Stikrusu

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**Stikrusu** is a Stikopian in the *Stikman* series, debuting in *Stikman Adventures*. He resides in Shinaia Town, and uses swords and throwables. His main weapons are the Katana and Shurikens.

## Profile

### Appearance

Stikrusu has brown hair that is swept to the right and blue eyes. He wears a short bandana around his mouth that is turquoise. He has light skin, like most other Stikopians. Stikrusu is presumably three feet and three inches, as with other Stikopians.

### Personality

Stikrusu enjoys training to become stronger in Shinaia Forest. He also enjoys stopping at Shinaia Town's café often, where the player can find him often.

## Appearances

### *Stikman Adventures*

In *Stikman Adventures*, Stikrusu is a playable character who is said to be "very strong". He trains often in Shinaia Forest, and can be found in Shinaia Town's café from time-to-time, showing that he may like coffee. He has the unique ability to perform wall jumps.

## Trivia

* Titanic Bee created Stikrusu's name in a naming competition in the *Stikman* Discord server.
* Stikrusu is the first Stikopian to casually wear some piece of head item. Stikman and Stikgirl wear a Santa hat and earmuffs respectively in their Christmas artwork, but they do not wear this item constantly. Stiklash also wears a bandana and a cowboy hat, but was revealed after Stikrusu.
* Stikrusu's design was inspired by a design of loga.'s, according to a conversation between him and Chikorita Lover.
* Stikrusu's unique ability to perform wall jumps is a result of his training in Shinaia Forest.

### Etymology

Stikrusu's name is a portmanteau of "Stikopian" and the Japanese word "suterusu", which translates to "stealth" in English.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Chikorita Lover*. "Stikopians, Gemodrills, Banaikins, Scapes, Cactlings, and Mushield are around a meter tall" *Discord*, February 16, 2021. Accessed February 16, 2021.
2. ↑ *Chikorita Lover*. "Stikrusu's main weapons are his katana and his shurikens" *Discord*, March 1, 2020.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Chikorita Lover*. "He is very strong, and trains in [Shinaia Forest]" *Discord*, March 1, 2020.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Chikorita Lover*. "In Shinaia Town, there is a café with coffee, a shop that sells minerals, and a weapon shop. Stikrusu stops at the café every now and then, and it's quite easy to find him there while taking a stop in Shinaia Town!" *Discord*, March 11, 2020.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Chikorita Lover*. "…for example, Stikrusu is able to wall-jump thanks to his training in Shinaia Forest!" *Discord*, November 30, 2020.
6. ↑ *Chikorita Lover*. "There is currently one week left to submit your ideas for [Stikrusu's] name. If you're thinking of submitting one, better get to it! The best name so far was submitted by [Titanic Bee], whose name was "Stikrusu", based off the Japanese term for "stealth"." *Discord*, February 23, 2020.
7. ↑ *Chikorita Lover*. "Stikrusu was designed with some help from [loga.], and his name was created by [Titanic Bee]!" *Discord*, March 1, 2020.
8. ↑ *Chikorita Lover*. "Plus, you [Pickle Cat] only helped with the design. You got me started" *Discord*, March 1, 2020.
9. ↑ *Titanic Bee*. "Stikerusu/Stikrusu (Suterusu is the Japanese pronunciation of the word 'stealth')" *Discord (deleted message)*, February 17, 2020. Accessed March 12, 2020.