Don Patch

**Don Patch**, also known as **Poppa Rocks**, is one of the main characters from the *Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo* anime and manga.

Don Patch leads a gang against the Hair Hunt Troops, he is "beaten" at his own game by Bo-bobo and since then became his sidekick, in destroying the empire. He's mostly a butt-monkey in the fights, but does manage to defeat some of his enemies on his own.

In the AWA fics, Don Patch is a student at the AWA Academy and debuted in the All Worlds Alliance Chronicles - Assorted Stories.

## **Appearance**

Don Patch is an orange-colored sun-like creature with sharp white eyes, blue iries and has yellow eyebrows. He has a white slinky arms and legs, and wears white gloves and blue shoes.

## **Personality**

Don Patch is a happy-go-lucky character, more so than anyone else on Bo-bobo's team. While facing extreme danger and the many powerful and troublesome threats in this world, he usually keeps his chin up and either finds or says something that completely destroys the mood of the battle or makes things even more bizarre. Most of his cheerfulness comes from his hajike-centered way of life, where he must always be doing something bizarre or else he'll be completely uncontrollable. Even during the most serious times, Don Patch can never take anything too seriously (nor can any of the other principal characters for that matter, save Beauty and Heppokomaru).

Unfortunately, Don Patch's desire to consistently wig out or be the center of attention makes him narcissistic in nature. Whenever the focus isn't on him, he always tries to find some way to make everyone pay attention. His feelings are particularly seen this way towards his allies, of whom he finds himself more important than throughout the series. He tries to promote himself as main character over Bo-bobo, he tries to become the main heroine over Beauty, he even tries to force himself as greater than a similar ally, Tokoro Tennosuke. Usually, these streaks of attention-hogging are beaten away from Don Patch, either by being beaten up by an enemy, beaten up by Bo-bobo or even talked down upon by Beauty.

Several other aspects of Don Patch's personality occasionally come into play whenever needed. Although he is no longer leader of the Hajike Gang, he still obtains great respect from hajike followers, including the KoPatch, and the human followers, Underboss and Hatenko. Don Patch uses these moments to show his leadership qualities, but usually they lead to him becoming bossy or self-serving. He has also exhibited a matronly side (and not just when he cross-dresses either), usually in care of his toy doll **Ya-kun** (**Ya-ya**), but occasionally in Hajike gags with Bo-bobo. And there are even moments where Don Patch does try to show a more serious side, but yet those usually end up as set ups for a joke.

## **Abilities**

Don Patch is first and foremost a powerful hajikelist: as the former leader of the Hajike Gang, he excels in battles where, like Bo-bobo, he utterly confuses his opponent to submission. Many of his confusing attacks vary wildly from joining the bad guy to turning into a female to doing the most outlandish and absurd things possible. Most of his Hajike attacks seem to be alongside Bo-bobo, who usually takes the lead in the creation of a hajike style with Don Patch following along. However, there have been many times where Don Patch either takes the main initiative or fights alone, throwing around his confusing hajike style to anyone who stands in his way.

Other than his hajike abilities, Don Patch does have various other attack abilities at his disposal. One of his most frantic attacks involves the use of his fists to pulverize his enemy in a rapid-fire attack. He occasionally can extend the spikes around his body to pierce anyone standing within his radius. Another of his more well known abilities is a power of transformation, where Don Patch transforms into another object that assists either in battle or in his hajike maneuvers. It is through transformation that he can also fuse with Bo-bobo, turning into a tiny piece of candy that the afro warrior can slip through his mouth and absorb through the power of his hajike style and his Fist of the Nosehair. Finally, Don Patch has been known to use weapons, but usually all of the weapons that he carries around are actually green onions that he thinks is a weapon (such as the Don Patch Sword or the Don Patch Hammer).

Perhaps one of the most powerful of Don Patch's many abilities is a transformation where he becomes "*Don* Patch", a "seemingly" serious warrior with tremendous power. Don Patch activates this form with anger, particularly from a situation where nearly everything appears hopeless or due to a tragic loss.

When his anger manifests, Don Patch's body turns completely yellow while his eyes become more outlined and serious (compared to the wide eyes of the typical orange-colored creature). His spikes become more smooth and hair-like. He has two torn-up, black wristbands on his gloves.

On top of improved speed, strength, and reflexes, *Don* Patch's main attack is generating a pine-cone like structure from his palms, which he uses to painfully jab at his opponents.

Although powerful on his own, *Don* Patch becomes even more powerful the angrier he becomes, gaining more power and occasionally a change of clothing with each form of his anger. Occasionally, the Kopatch of the Hajike Gang assist in increasing his anger, allowing him to step on them and making them call him names to increase his anger power.

## **Trivia**

* Don Patch is an expy between Sonic the Hedgehog and Ristar.

* Don Patch's "habitat" is the swamp.
* Don Patch's favorite food is cola, which is considered a hajike essential.
* Don Patch's least favorite food is ochazuke, because it's western food school.
* Don Patch's biggest rivals are Beauty and former president Bill Clinton.

## **External Links**

* Don Patch at The Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Wiki