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Encyclopedia > Badtz Maru

Badtz Maru, or "bad penguin", is one of the many fictional characters produced by Japanese corporation Sanrio. Modern Genera Aptenodytes Eudyptes Eudyptula Megadyptes Pygoscelis Spheniscus Extinct Genera, see Classification Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are an order of aquatic, flightless birds living in the Southern Hemisphere. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Sanrio Co. ...


Official profile of Badtz Maru

  • Name: Badtz Maru
  • Birthday: April 1, 1993
  • Place of birth: Oahu, Hawaii
  • Pet: Alligator named Pochi
  • Friends: Pandaba, a Giant Panda who always wears a very short red skirt, and Hana Maru who is a little white boy seal.
  • School: Gorgeous Academy, he goes to the 1st grade.
  • Residence: Gorgeoustown, lives with mother and pinball-playing father.
  • Description: "has dreams of greatness when he grows up, but for now he rolls his eyes at his humorous life in Gorgeoustown." [1]

There is another meaning for his name: in Japanese "badtz" (batsu) is a term for X, the cross signifying a wrong answer. "Maru" is a term for O, or a correct answer. So, Badtz Maru not only means "bad penguin;" it is also a pun that means "wrong-correct," and is frequently represented by "XO". April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Image of Oahu from space taken by NASA. O‘ahu is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous island in the state of Hawai‘i. ... Species Alligator mississippiensis Alligator sinensis An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. ...


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Badtz Maru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (189 words)
Badtz Maru, or "bad penguin", is one of the many fictional characters produced by Japanese corporation Sanrio.
"Maru" is a term for O, or a correct answer.
So, Badtz Maru not only means "bad penguin;" it is also a pun that means "wrong-correct," and is frequently represented by "XO".
Badtz Maru : School Supply (139 words)
Badtz Maru : Swing Knock Ballpoint Pen : XO 45155
Badtz Maru : Spiral Notebook : Jungle XO 31921
Badtz Maru : Memo refill : XO 51428
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