Bouncer

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**Bouncer** is one of the Elite Puffles who appears in *Penguinronpa* after Chapter 4. She is a blue puffle who specializes in throwing snowballs, and her talent is the **Ultimate Snowball Pro.**

## Appearance

Bouncer is a blue puffle that wears a dark red knit hat. Unlike her original appearance in *Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force*, Bouncer has two strands of fur sticking out from under her hat that resembles hair.

## History

### Main Story

#### Prior to the events of *Penguinronpa*

Bouncer was recruited to the Elite Penguin Force and trained by Paige to utilize her snowball throwing ability. She was the first Elite Puffle that Agent met when they were recruited, and helped them solve the mystery of Operation: Robotomy.

#### Chapter 2

While Bouncer herself is not mentioned by name, the Elite Puffles as a group are first mentioned by Agent in Chapter 2 Daily Life when the agents are talking about the remote-control jet pack in the Puffle Training Room.

#### Chapter 4

The Elite Puffles are mentioned a few times throughout Chapter 4 Daily Life. They are first mentioned by Gary in one of Agent's nightmares, then by Dot when strategizing how to defeat Jet Bot, and finally by Dot again when talking about the lullaby that Paige used to sing to them.

In Chapter 4 Deadly Life, Bouncer makes a small cameo in the Operation: Robotomy recap video, where she is seen behind Agent in the Lighthouse. Bouncer then makes her first real appearance shortly afterward in the Chapter 4 Execution to rescue Agent. She appears in the center of all of the Elite Puffles as they break down the Sport Shop door, and throws a snowball at the camera. She then throws several snowballs at Monobert's face, and later gives snowballs to Chill for her to freeze. At the end of the execution, Bouncer appears in a fight cloud with the other Elite Puffles and Monobert, and is later called back to stand with the agents when Dot uses Paige's whistle.

#### **Chapter 5**

Bouncer appears to be confused along with the other Elite Puffles at the beginning of Chapter 5 Daily Life after rescuing Agent from Monobert. After Agent shuts down Monobert, Bouncer joins the other penguins and puffles in a big group hug, where she rests on Dot's arm. She is then introduced to Sam and Amy as the Ultimate Snowball Pro by Agent. After the other penguins go to their igloos for the night, Bouncer sleeps in the Sport Shop with Gary and the other Elite Puffles.

The next day, Bouncer is walked to the Coffee Shop with the other puffles by Gary, who is exhausted from taking care of the energetic puffles all night. Dot suggests that each of the penguins should choose an Elite Puffle to look after, so that they won't be distracted with playing with each other. Sam is the last penguin to choose a puffle partner, and is left between Bouncer and Blast. He says he doesn't mind either of them, and lets Agent pick a second puffle partner first. They choose Bouncer, since she was the first Elite Puffle they ever met, which Bouncer seems to be happy about. From this point on, Bouncer is mostly seen being carried in Agent's arms. Later that day, during Mission 14, when Agent is testing Sam and Amy by having them go through a practice mission, Bouncer throws snowballs at Dot in a shark costume to obstruct her vision, which lets Jet Pack Guy and Rookie slip away. Bouncer then goes to Dot's igloo for the night, along with Dot herself, Agent, Loop, and Chill.

The following morning, Bouncer wakes up in Dot's igloo after a good night's rest, and then goes to the Coffee Shop for breakfast, where she presumably eats some of the pancakes prepared by Gary along with the others. Next, in Mission 15, she goes to HQ with the group to search through the files on the computer for more information. Agent discovers that Bouncer's folder is mysteriously locked by a password, along with all of the other Elite Puffles. Then in Mission 16, upon entering the Command Coach simulation, Bouncer no longer travels with Agent and instead can be called whenever she is needed with the Puffle Whistle. However, Bouncer's abilities are not used at all in Mission 16, but she does appear at the end of the mission in a group hug between Agent, Sam, Amy, Chill, Chirp, and Blast. She then goes with Agent and Chill to Dot's igloo for the night.

The next day, Bouncer goes back into the Command Coach during Mission 17, but is once again not needed at all during the mission. She appears dazed and confused along with the other Elite Puffles after Sam and Amy shut down the Command Coach. Bouncer then goes to the Pizza Parlor to have dinner with everyone. She is seen on the floor eating pizza with Blast, and is later said to have played with Sam, Amy, and the other puffles. After everyone leaves the Pizza Parlor for the night, she returns to Dot's igloo as usual and goes to sleep.

Bouncer, Loop, and Chill are nowhere to be found in Dot's igloo the next morning, and it is quickly apparent to the penguins that all of the Elite Puffles are missing. In their attempt to search for them, Agent, Dot, Rookie, and Jet Pack Guy discover the bodies of Herbert and Gary.

In Chapter 5 Deadly Life, Bouncer remains missing until the beginning of the trial, where she is seen being held captive by the Ultimate Protobot 10,000- the true body of Monobert- along with the other Elite Puffles. After Protobot rigs the trial to result in Amy being voted as the killer, a wrong verdict is reached, and Bouncer must be executed along with all of the other innocent puffles and penguins. Bouncer is chained to the others, and is nearly crushed by a giant tower, but is quickly rescued by Shadow Guy, and Bouncer escapes back to the Box Dimension. Bouncer is then saved again by the Test Bots from Protobot's lasers, and then is subject to a strange "restoration process" from a holographic video message from Gary.

### Bonus Content

#### Penguinronpa Holiday Special (2020)

Bouncer herself does not appear in the first Penguinronpa Holiday Special, but she is technically mentioned in the credits, as the Elite Puffles are given special thanks.

#### Penguinronpa Halloween Special (2021)

Bouncer is apparently trick-or-treating with the other puffles (Except for Loop) during the Halloween Special, and is not seen until the end credits, where she is credited as a "Small Fuzzy Ball Thing That Probably Contributed To The Production Of This Cinematic Masterpiece In Some Way Shape Or Form". She and the other puffles are dressed as a Togedemaru, and are sitting next to Tofu.

#### 12 Days of Penguinronpa (Holiday Special 2021)

Bouncer appears with Paige and the seven other Elite Puffles on the eighth verse of the song, "Eight Elite Puffles". In the group photo, she sits between Aunt Arctic and Rockhopper.

#### Penguinronpa Valentine's Day Special (2022)

Bouncer is seen in a pairing with Blast in the second Penguinronpa Valentine's Day Special. Pop says the two of them know how to make a good tutorial, and Loop calls their ship name "Blouncer".

## Quotes

* *"Bounce, bounce!"*
* *"Bouncee-!"*

## Trivia

* Bouncer's introduction code translates to "FEELING BLUE AFTER A GRAVE MISTAKE".
* Tofu declared that January 26th is "Bouncer Day", after sharing two facts about her on January 26th, 2021.
	+ On January 26th, 2022, Tofu shared a preview of Bouncer's appearance in the 2022 Valentine's Day Special to celebrate Bouncer Day.
* Bouncer's two tufts of fur that stick out from her hat in her *Penguinronpa* design have no significance to the story at all, and is simply how Tofu has always drawn her for some reason.
	+ To prove this, they shared a piece of fanart they drew in 2018 of the Elite Puffles and the Pixls from *Super Paper Mario*, where Bouncer is seen with this design.
		- Upon sharing their art, Tofu also hid a code that translated to: "IT'S HER! BOUNCER ON THE NINTENDO DS! HANGING OUT WITH CHARACTERS FROM THE NINTENDO WII! WHAT'S NEXT!? BOUNCER IN SMASH BROS!?"
		- This artwork was referenced in the Mario Day Special, where the Elite Puffles cameo in the background with the Pixls. (Though Bouncer herself is absent from the group.)
* The Elite Puffles' sprites were made far ahead of their Chapter 4 debut, all the way back in April 2020. However, Bouncer was the only puffle to have her sprite remade, as Tofu was not happy with how it looked during development of the Chapter 4 Execution.
* Prior to Chapter 5 Daily Life, Tofu shared an edit of Bouncer's sprite over Mike Wazowski's face, and Chill's sprite over Sully's face, with the *Monsters Inc.* logo covering up Bouncer. The edit was captioned "this will make sense later", and implied that Chill would overshadow Bouncer somehow.
	+ This was referring to the fact that when Bouncer and Chill are seen together in Agent's sprites, Chill is seen sitting on Agent's shoulder, but Bouncer is being held by Agent closer to their torso, and is obscured by the text box.
	+ In the Google Drive, the sprites of the penguins and puffles together are accessed from the puffles' folders, and not the penguins' folders. The sprites of Agent, Bouncer, and Chill can be found through Chill's folder, but if you attempt to find them through Bouncer's folder, all you'll find is the *Monsters Inc.* edit, with the filename "check chills folder.png".
* When prompted to choose between Bouncer and Blast to be his puffle partner, Sam says "Guess I'm left with blue or red. This must be what non-members feel like...", which references the fact that under normal circumstances, players who didn't have a membership on *Club Penguin* could only adopt Blue or Red Puffles.
* In the 2022 Valentine's Day Special, Pop comments that Bouncer and Blast "know how to make a good tutorial." This is a reference to the two of them being the first obtainable Elite Puffles in *Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force*, and their abilities being taught to the player within the first two tutorial missions of the game.
* Bouncer's gender is inconsistent throughout the original *Club Penguin.* She is mostly referred to with She/Her pronouns, but is occasionally referred to with He/Him pronouns. She is only referred to with She/Her pronouns in *Penguinronpa*, though Tofu has said they like the idea of Bouncer being genderfluid.