King Hippity-Hop

* King Hippity-Hop
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**King Hippity-Hop** (王様, *Ōsama*), also known as the King, is the ruler of the planet Hippitron. He is depicted as frantic and cowardly in the cut scenes of the Story Mode, often crying, flailing, and shouting. Additionally, he appears to be somewhat greedy, as he decided to purchase the cheapest Frolf Kit available when the fate of his planet was at stake.

He is also the method in which the player saves the game, contacting Scooter after every Frolf match via Picwick's monitor.

> Ah, it’s Scooter! Thank you for coming!
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## Appearance

The King wears a similar hat to Scooter with two protruding bunny ear like shapes. His hood is a cream color with white tips on the ears. Atop his head he has a small gold crown with 5 points and a blue gem in the middle. He has small eyes, a big pink nose, and a long white mustache with a matching white goatee. His outfit consists of a red dress shirt with blue sleeves and a white collar. He wears purple shorts with blue leggings underneath as well as cream-colored gloves and boots. He has a gold belt buckle with a crown shape engraved into it. Additionally, he wears a purple cape.

## Introduction (Gamecube)

The King is first seen greeting Scooter as he enters his room. He gives thanks to Scooter for coming to see him and explains how they have a problem going on. As he begins to explain he bursts into tears, flails his arms, jumps out of his chair to cry on the floor, and goes on a panicked tangent about how they are "doomed". He paces around frantically crying that, again, the planet is doomed and life as they know it is over. One of his chamberlains, with a blue hat, goes to comfort him as he begins crying on the floor once again. The other chamberlain, red, goes to explain to Scooter that their supply of Super Ribbinite is diminishing. As he continues to explain, he points Scooter towards the direction of a monitor beginning to reveal itself. The King rises his head, still crying, telling him to stop and that he does not want to look. He proceeds to hide behind the back of his chair, but promptly falls out as the large monitor appears from behind them. The red chamberlain sadly admits that their planet will indeed be doomed at the current rate the Super Ribbinite is decreasing. At the same time, the worker on the screen with the Super Ribbinite and the King both cry, "Stop it, it's too awful". Continuing, the King hides back behind the chair while the monitor goes to static. Suddenly, the other chamberlain that was originally comforting the King, interrupts the other by pushing him aside. As he begins to explain what they want Scooter to do, the King moves in front of them both and insists that Scooter drops everything that he is doing to go get a new supply of Super Ribbonite. He kindly ends his request with a "pretty please", leaving Scooter speechless.

The King is seen again on a screen after Scooter defeats Picwick. This device is Picwick's monitor, which is used for the King to get updates and information from Scooter as he goes through the Frolf Tournament. He acts as a save point for the player, promptly showing up after each match, and at the request of the player through interacting with Picwick in the FUV. If the player rejects a status report the King calls them a meanie, but he still asks if the player is done playing for the day.

Once Scooter defeats all possible opponents in the Frolf Tournament and is given his rewards, it shows the King happily hugging Scooter for saving their planet. However, this interaction is only an image, not a cut scene. Afterwards, the King is seen on Picwick's monitor once again, telling Scooter that he did a great job. He then prompts him to save all of his hard work. After saving, he says that this moment is in the history books.

Beginning the second Story Mode arc, Scooter enters the King's room alongside Picwick. Happily greeting Scooter, the King thanks him for coming. He begins to talk in the same way as he did in the first Story Mode arc. Crying, flailing, rolling around, then comforted by the blue chamberlain. As this commotion goes on, the other chamberlain goes to speak about the new problem. A band of outlaw renegades, the Oinkatrons, are invading their planet. Shocking Scooter, the large monitor behind the King begins to beep. The blue chamberlain that was comforting the King, shouts out that it's the Oinkatrons trying to talk to them. As the monitor begins to show the transmission, the King looks up and begins to whine and shake out of fear. Captain Oinka is seen sitting in his ship with his two companions beside him. They sit in opposite sides compared to the King's chamberlains, with red being on the left and blue being on the right. Oinka asks if they had prepared what he asked for and reminds them that if they don't follow his orders he will destroy their planet. In order to make his message clear, he charges a blast from his ship, aiming it at Hippitron. As it explodes, the King's room has a huge earthquake, causing everyone to stumble. After seeing the aftermath of his attack, Oinka laughs and ends the transmission. The chamberlains disappointingly lower their heads as the King runs quickly in circles, crying, and chanting that they are doomed. The red chamberlain proceeds to explain the situation, that Captain Oinka wants the complete set of hints and clues for Mega Zapper Men 2, and hands Picwick the PlayBox Advance. The King speaks up, saying that Scooter is the finest gamer on their planet and to please find out how to win the game so that he can give Captain Oinka the hints and clues. However, Scooter admits that Mega Zapper Men 2 is too hard of a game. He has tried beating it several times before but was unsuccessful. His response causes the King to go into another crying fit, begging him not to tell him this. To comfort the distressed King, he explains that he still has some great ideas. One of which is contacting Sparky & Whoosh, who he remembers that told him they had the complete set of hints and clues available. Scooter reminds the King not to worry and begins to leave his room. Before Scooter leaves, the King shouts out that they are counting on him. The King has no unique dialogue to greet Scooter with when he returns to the FUV.

After the credits roll for the end of the second Story Mode arc, the King is seen with Captain Oinka as well as Scooter, Picwick, the King’s chamberlains, and the Snorks. The King seems very intimidated by Oinka as he happily holds up the cartridge for the completed version of Mega Zapper Men 2.

As the end of the second Story Mode arc finishes completely, the King is seen on Picwick’s monitor praising Scooter for doing a most excellent job. He then promptly encourages him to save his work. The King calls Scooter their hero, claiming that it is now official in their books.

## Introduction (Playstation 2)

In an additional cut scene, available in the Playstation 2 version of Ribbit King, the King can be seen presenting Scooter with a flyer for the Frolf Tournament. He orders Scooter to win the tournament, win the Super Ribbinite, and save the planet, while crying a little. Unfortunately, Scooter lets him know that he has no idea what Frolf is nor how to play. The Chamberlains quickly step in and explain the mechanics of the game. They also bring up the fact that Scooter is the only carpenter on the planet, therefore he is the "best Frolf player on the planet". However, Scooter is still not confident in his abilities. To his luck, the team had purchased the best how-to-play Frolf Kit to teach Scooter the in's and out's. Picwick can be seen rising from the ground beneath a spotlight and introduces himself. Noticing his appearance, one of the Chamberlains confronts the King. He reiterates a previous statement where he told the King to make sure to purchase the highest grade Frolf Kit. Knowing he is in the wrong, he becomes visibly nervous, but apologizes saying that is was too pricey. He proceeds to pull out a flyer displaying different Frolf Kits and their various features and prices. He points to the image of Picwick claiming it was on sale. Furious, the Chamberlain grabs the King by the collar and shakes him around, calling him a cheapskate. The safety of their planet depended on this purchase in order to make Scooter an expert at Frolf. As they continue to fight, the other Chamberlain goes to encourage and inform Scooter more on his duty.

## Unlock Requirements

To unlock the King as a playable character, you must complete the second Story Mode arc. He is exclusive to the GameCube version of the game, as Captain Oinka replaces him in the PlayStation 2 version.

## Trivia

* The King is the only unlockable character in the Gamecube version of Ribbit King that does not give you their frog to be playable in Story Mode.
* Since his frog cannot be used in Story Mode it has no known name.
* When the King tells Scooter about the problems going on, he says that the Super Ribbonite issue is a “bit” of a problem, while the issue with Captain Oinka is a “teensy” problem.

## Voice Lines/Animations

Each character has unique lines and animations when hitting their frogs, getting a frog-in, and winning/losing matches.

## Gallery

King Hippity-HopThe King celebrating at the end of the gameThe King celebrating with ScooterKing's first appearanceKing from the save menuKing Hippity-Hop's Bottlecap