Kuku

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**Kuku** is the comedic tritagonist in "***Westwood Vibrato (Webtoon)*"** and a minor supporting character in "***Terror Man***." He is also a main character in "***Kuku-Kuku (Webtoon)*.**" A penguin who lives in Cape Town, South Africa. He became best friends with Cornelia Bobo Washer and visits her store multiple times; becoming his second home.

## Appearance

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As a cape penguin, his fur is black, white, and yellow. With his belly being majority white, his arms and head being black and his eyebrows are yellow. He also has a black streak in the upper middle of his body. A notable characteristic is that he is quite fat.

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He appears extremely cartoony but other than that, he looks the same.

## Personality

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## Background

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Nothing is really known of Kuku's past and birth. He somehow was born with incredible capacity of human intelligence and coordination than other animals like Ron. As a penguin, he does what life has given him to until he met Cornelia.

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## Plot Overview

### Westwood Vibrato

#### Track 1 (Misty)

Seen mainly in the background while Cornelia and Swan Evans converse with his instrument.

#### Track 7 (Cat Waltz)

Had a rivalry against Ron due to Cornelia's affection towards the cat; creating small fights which she scolds Kuku for. During their last fight, Ron disappears which Kuku felt guilty that it was his fault but it wasn't.

#### Track 9 (Traumeri)

In Cape Town, South Africa, Kuku was walking and hanging around. He then met a female penguin seemingly in love with him but ignored and walk away. He then reminisce how his name was made for him by Cornelia. Ever since he met her, he stopped hunting and became quite fat. Regardless, he had met many of Cornelia's customers some bad, some good. This time, Cornelia meets with Daniel and his mother as she inspects the oboe. Then Daniel rudely asked about Cornelia's missing foreleg which made Kuku sprung to hit him. The customers temporarily left while Cornelia scolded his brash behavior. Afterwards, Kuku monotones that nature is harsh as that is the law of animals and thus he must protect her. Meanwhile, the female penguin from before gave him fish before leaving which he then acknowledge. Then a bit later, Daniel meets with Cornelia again of her progress on the oboe but he kept nitpicking everything of it which Cornelia realizes that he doesn't want to sell it. Shocked, he became more rude which Kuku hits him again. Cornelia tells Kuku she hates him which makes him leave.

Kuku, heart broken, decides to leave and settled with the female penguin. Then after fixing it, Daniels plays the Oboe with great tone of music which Kuku noticed before leaving Cornelia. Heart felt by what he saw, he decided to not leave with the female penguin which resulted in a slap to the face. However, Cornelia leaves him outside to fix his behavior while Allen only smirks of his punishment.

#### Track 16 (Africa)

Cornelia had left Cape Town to elsewhere and given a message to Thomas to take care of Kuku which he was incredibly sad.

#### Track 19 (Postlude)

In 2013, three years after Cornelia has left, Kuku has become a "great hunter" as he now has a wife and two chicks. Even then, he really missed Cornelia. He disregards this and focus on finding food otherwise his wife will be really mad which he fears. He goes into the town looking for Tabo and Wang but they were absence. Then he finds Catherine which makes a deal with him to find food in exchange if she can feel his body but he rejects and runs away. He then bumps into Winnie's father which spooked him by saying he will eat him and runs away. Desperate to find food, he eats bunch of pigeon food but the pigeons doesn't like that and attacks him; leaving him fatigue. Rachel Harmon and her friend finds him and takes him to the surprise party for Cornelia.

Waking up, he sees everyone he knew and sees Cornelia in forever. Happy, he hugs her.

### Terror Man (Season 1)

Kuku was seen at the Cornelia's home when Bongchun Kim arrived and ask her to help create Jungwoo's equipment. However, she refuses and tells Kuku to sic him which he does. However off-screen, he greatly bonded with Bongchun and sides with him. Sometime after, he accidentally hitches into Bongchun's case and flies into South Korea. When arrived, he was dehydrated and Jungwoo tried to resuscitate him. Afterwards, he helps with their plan in confronting Y&Y.

Battle at Jinmyung Tower
Before the battle, Kuku was given by Bongchun his mini bongs. Then he arrived just in time as he distracted Minjun Shin. After his defeat, Kuku then gave Bongchun his equipment and accompanies him up to the roof tops. During the final fight of Jungwoo and Hyunseong, he gives the former an electric cable.

### Terror Man (Season 2)

Kuku along with Bongchun and Jungwoo celebrate Lilia's health from her fatal wounds. He then slept along with Jungwoo using him as a pillow

Battle at the Blue House
Kuku was seen using the minibongs while Bongchun explain Kuku's human intelligence.

## Relationships

**Westwood Vibrato**

**Family**

* Unnamed Penguin Wife
* Penguin Children

**Friends**

* Cornelia Bobo Washer
* Allen Harmon
* Thomas
* Tabo
* Catherine

**Others**

* Ron
* David
* Ex-Penguin Girlfriend

**Kuku-Kuku**

**Friends**

* Hakdo Gong -
* Gabriel -
* Kookie -
* Jungsik Park -

**Others**

* Cooing (Ex-girlfriend) -
* Kangyoon Ji - Somehow knows him but recognizes his strength.

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**Allies**
* Bongchun Kim
* Lilia - Is comically affectionate to her for unknown reason. He has even "romantically' winked to her which left her in awkward disgust.
* Jungwoo Min

## Abilities and Equipment

**Westwood Vibrato**
**Abilities**

* Human Intelligence - Although many of the animals seen has some sort of conscience and intelligence, Kuku has the most capacity. His actions and behavior is led to him to act very human although he does still have his penguin side.

**Equipment**

* Knapsack - Carries his stuff.

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**Equipment**
* Selfie Stick - Used during the tower fight. It has a phone stuck to it. Kuku used this as a offensive weapon
* Knapsack - same sack as before, he carries equipment from Bongchun
* Bongchun's Tablet - He is coordinated enough to use human machines and control the Bong Minis.

## Trivia

* His hobby is visiting Korea while being hidden in a suitcase and he was born on 9/9 and his star sign is a "Virgo."
* Before meeting Cornelia, he doesn't have a name. Cornelia suggested Alice, Christina, Caroline, Juliet despite him being male.
	+ He was named Kuku as Cornelia keeps hearing his constant penguin cry: "Koo, Koo!" He finds the name Kuku not his favorite or best
* A common gag in Superstring and Bluestring is that Kuku appears as Easter Eggs in the backgrounds. The list:
	+ In Terror Man, he appears as aesthetic design on most of every Bongchun Kim's inventions.
	+ In Distant Sky, he appears as a phone case for Bitnara Yun's phone.
	+ In "Jungle Juice," on Ep. 36 Kuku made a cameo as a sand statue. Huijin Park and Dohwa Cheon was making the statue when Suchan Jang was laying at the beach.
	+ In "The World is Money and Power," on Ep. 21, Kuku appears on the cards of Thieves' Poker.
	+ In "Study Group," he appears on a whiteboard.
* Kuku appears in a non canon season 2 of Kuku-Kuku Webtoon, titled "Kuku Chan is Back." He was sent by Gangseok Choi, the TRPA leader, from Get Schooled, to deal with bullies at some school.
* Kuku seems to appear as the mascot of YLAB. As appeared on their official Instagram, he is seen majority of the time promoting stuff and appears on many of their wallpapers.
* As an animal, his popularity is rivaled against Happy in the Super String Universe.
* In the Superstring Mobile Game:
	+ His selfie stick is an item for Kuku.
	+ His wife is also featured in his skill.
	+ He is voiced by voice actress *"Jeong Yoo-jeong."* She is known to dub Noelle Silva from *"Black Clover,"* Damien Desmond from *"Spy X Family,"* and Venti from *"Genshin Impact."*

## Gallery

### Official Gallery

Website ArtWallpaperInstagramHappy New Year 2021Superstring Mobile Game (Character Model)Kuku Chan is Back
### Short Gallery

Jungwoo trying to save Kuku after finding him in the luggage.pngKuku attacking Minjun Shin with the selfie stick 86.pngKuku with a selfie stick facing Minjun Shin 86.pngKuku's barage of attacks on Minjun Shin using the selfie stick 86.pngKuku ruined Tabo's refrigerator (Ep.11).pngEmily interacts with Kuku (Ep.13).png
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## References

1. ↑ Terror Man, Season 1, Ep.68
2. ↑ Kuku-Kuku, Ep.16
3. ↑ http://ylabcomics.com/bbs/board.php?bo\_table=02\_01\_eng