Jumping Jack Bu

**Jumping Jack Bu** (**ジャンピング・ジャック・ブ**) is a strong Roly-Poly from the *Roly-Polys* series.

## Physical Description

Bu is a round pink pig creature with yellow rosy cheeks, hooves for hands and feet, an orange snout, and red eyelids with yellow eyes. He wears no clothes other than black underwear. His tail has two dangos, and his yellow navel resembles a screw. On his back is a living dragon tattoo named **Tatsuro**.

## Personality

Despite his weight, Bu has strength and light movements, acquired the secrets of kung fu techniques. When angered, his dragon tattoo will breath out fire. He lacks a good talent of drawing.

## Bio Information

Jumping Jack Bu is the world's strongest pig, who has trained as a warrior all over the world and mastered the secrets of every kind of contest. He had the dragon on his back tattooed during his training days. He's also a karate action star who can sing, dance and throw punches. His most famous line is "*If you make me mad, this dragon will breathe fire! FIRE!*"

The name of his tattoo is Tatsuro. Jumping Jack Bu is not only known for his martial arts but is also expert in languages, including Japanese, English, and Chinese. It's true that he can skillfully use all these languages but he's also careless and never fails to make a mistake with a word here and there or spell a word wrongly.

## Life story diary

In Bu’s life story diary, he mentions having a rather tough past. He says Tatsuro, the dragon on his back, is his only close friend.

“Tatsuro isn’t just any old tattoo. Tatsuro is my only friend. Whenever I get angry, Tatsuro gets angry too and breathes fire. Whenever I’m sad, Tatsuro gets sad too and cries his eyes out. We’re always the same. Thats becuz Tatsuro is the dragon on my back.”

He mentioned being constantly kicked down in karate class. The way Bu words it sounds like he may have had an abusive teacher. He eventually got his revenge exactly three years and 101 days later.

“When I was child, my parents sent me to karate class. But day after day I was hit with a straight kick to the chest and nocked over with another heel kick to the chest. I ran away evry time but was always cawt and thrashed.”

He continues;

“My day or verenge came three years and 101 days later. I stepped back to avoid a hi kick from my teacher and struck with my tail. My teacher summersaulted and fell over. It was the best day of my life.”

In the next page, he mentions how his family is all fat, his struggles with dieting, and cannibalism.

“I’m fatt. My mom and my relations aer all fatt. I’m a pig, so there’s no kwestion of whether I’m fatt or thin. that’s just what pigs are. Wunce, I went on a diet, which was a cumpleet waste of time, but now I just luv eating. Roast pork, trotters, you name it, I eat anything. The best way you can make food happy is to eet it, I always eet everything up without leaving anything.”

After that, he talks about his issues with body image, his abusive teacher, his struggles with poverty and prostitution.

“I like making resolutions for the future. “Wun day I’ll lose weight.” I always make this vow when I see a reflection of myself in the mirrer. But this is wrong. Pigs are fat, and wether or not I eet, my shape isn’t going to change. Buu. “I’ll get my revenge wun day.” I achieved this as a result of karate training. “Wun day I’ll get rich.” When I was poor, I vowed this as I was out selling [my] own body. “I know!” I thawt. With my knowledge of karate I successfully auditioned and now I’m an action star.”

The spelling mistakes are most likely due to the fact that pigs have the intelligence and mindset of a human 2-3 year old, even as an adult.

## Custcene Appearances

D - Little *drops* of water make the mighty ocean

J - All work and no play makes *Jack* a dull boy

M - Practice *makes* perfect

P - Pudding before *praise*

Q - In a *quarrel* both parties are to blame

S - Let *sleeping* dogs lie

V - Nothing *ventured*, nothing gained

X - *X* the Unknown

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bu's bio from official *Roly Poly* website (web archive)