Talk:Blanka

message: I suggest that somebody with enough time to fix the History section of Blanka. Not only is it messy and difficult to follow, it also contains some irrelevant contents. One example of what need to be fixed in that section would be "In Street Fighter Alpha 3, his character design was again changed to make him look less ferocious-looking." In my opinion, the statement is not relevant and is an original research, but also the Blanka page already has Characteristic section. I would appreciate your contributions. Shavoba55 07:44, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blanka's History section 

message: I have a small bone to pick with the etymology of his name.
First, "hombre blanco" is Spanish. In Brazil they speak Portuguese. So, the term "homem branco" should be used.
Next, that nickname in either language means "white man." Why the color white? He is green. Was he white before? Even if, he wouldn't be the "only white man" in Brazil.
Lastly, the letter "a" at the end of nouns and adjectives and the like (with few exceptions) always refers to someone or something feminine in both Spanish and Portuguese. In terms of the word for "white" ("blanco or branco"), no male would ever be referred to with the feminine ending, unless possibly to imply so kind of innuendo. And even then only maybe. This is actually something I've been wondering for years.
:"no male would ever be referred to with the feminine ending, unless possibly to imply some kind of innuendo." Maybe it's because he wore those anklets. :) 
:All these plot holes tell me one thing: videogames are videogames, and most of them are not very well written. So maybe we don't need a separate article for every contrived back-story on every videogame character ever made. Hmm... Kafziel 19:28, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm no expert in spanish languages, but I believe that this information citation was a error on the creators. Even though it may be gramattically incorrect, its still established "canon" from CAPCOM and we cannot really dispute that. -MegamanZero|Talk 19:38, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In japanese, "Blanka" is spelled (in katakana) as BU-RA-N-KA, which is the same spelling for the word "Branca". This enforces the fact that the original name for the character was actually "Branca" but someone from Capcom Japan did a mistake in the romanization of the name. This is not the first time Capcom Japan did it, as it happenned previously with Andore (Andre) and Rolento (Laurent), from the Final Fight series. By the way, I remember early screenshots for the Genesis port of SF2:CE and Blanka was displayed as "Branka". -XGargoyle
I'm brazilian and there are a few things I would like to add:
1) The creator of Street Fighter said in an interview here that Blanka was created because they heard Brazil had a big forest, and they decided to use it for the character. He actually apologized for Blanka during the interview, thinking that brazilians would be offended by the portrayal of a beastman (which is worng, since we brazilains love Blanka).
2) Also, that explains why his name doesn't make sense. They definatly did not make hefty research to explain the origin of the name based on brazilian culture. For example, we wouldn't call never him "homem branco" for having pale skin, but instead we would call him "gringo"(foreigner) ou "alemão"(german).
3) "Branca" may mean just the color. Since colour in portuguese is feminine, when we say "the colour white", translating to portuguese would be "a cor branca". That explains a bit, but other then that, I think the developers just missed the mark.
4) "Was he white before? Even if, he wouldn't be the "only white man" in Brazil." The majority of the brazilian population is white, FYI. The ActRaiser (talk) 13:52, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blanka's Name 

message: I know the guy is green like EVERYWHERE else, but his default color was yellow in the original Street Fighter 2. (References:  )  Anyone know why?
:It's really more of a light green than yellow. Yellowish green, perhaps. Jacquismo 00:14, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blanka's Color 

message: Why is it stated that blanka was born in brazil? Where do you get this information, he comes from Brazil but how do we know where he was born. Wouldn't he be Thai because his mother is Thai? The game only states that his plane crashed over Brazil and that's it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.56.69.88 (talk) 07:05, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Since we have no confirmation, we should follow the Capcom country status from Street Fighter II where fighters travel to Brazil to fight with him. There is a flag of Brazil, a map of Brazil and Brazil name itself spoken by narrator. Sufficient arguments to endorse until Capcom provide a final statement where Blanka comes from. --Ciao 90 (talk) 10:57, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blanka's Country of Birth 

message: Blanka is a huge rip off of The Amazon from the NES game Pro Wrestling. Does anyone disagree? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.57.19.126 (talk • contribs) 
*Yes. Danny Lilithborne 08:27, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blanka's inspiration 

message: Let's see if I have this right. Blanka is an inexplicably-pigmented wild man from Brazil who has a name with an irreconcilable etymology, and _has_ a name despite being unable to speak human language for most of his life. He's larger than any normal human, yet wears anklets that he was given as a small child, and gained bioelectricity from electric eels just by watching them.
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Any wonder he's always been my favorite SF character? ^_^
Here here! I agree! No wonder he gets all the ladies. Bokan (talk) 18:43, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Summary