Tart (Tokyo Mew Mew)
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Tart (タルト, Singaporean name is the same as Japanese name) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Tokyo Mew Mew. He is one of the three aliens who come to Earth to 'reclaim it'. Tart is known as Trab is Mew Mew Power.
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[edit] History
Tart appears in episode 13 of the Tokyo Mew Mew anime and volume 3 of the manga, along with Pie. Tart's race originally lived on Earth, but it became uninhabitable so they moved to another planet. This planet was even worse. All the aliens were forced to live underground for thousands of years. They finally came back to Earth, only to find that it had been taken over by humans. It is unknown how humans ended up on planet Earth.
[edit] Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode
In a la Mode, Tart makes a small appearence. After Kish sneezes, Tart tells Pie and Kish that even though he shows his stomach, he doesn't get cold, with Pie replying "The iditot never catches a cold...". In Japan, it is believed that if you sneeze, it means someone is talking about you, which is why Kish sneezed as Mint was talking about him, and Tart didn't sneeze as no one was talking about him, but Tart assumes it's somthing else. This would be a joke most Americans would have trouble understanding, as it is an old wives tale of Japanese origin.
[edit] Personality
Tart is kind of a cry baby and hates to be called chibi (Japanese for small, or midget) in Tokyo Mew Mew. He argues a lot with Ichigo and it usually resorts to name calling. Overall, he is a boisterous -and childish alien who likes to have fun. He is more prone to laughing out of true amusement (as opposed to Pie's solemn expression and Kish's 'evil smirk'), and throws occasional tantrums when things don't go the way he expected them to. His energetic, childishly curious personality is comparable to that of Pudding Fong.
[edit] Profile
- Name Pronunciation: Tah-roo-tou (romaji of tart)
- English Name Origin: Backwards spelling of brat.
- Age: Unknown, but a good estimate would be around 10 years old
- Height: About 150 cm (about 4'11 in Mew Mew Power)
- Weight: Unknown
- Blood Type: Unknown
- Hair Color: Brown
- Eye Color: Gold
- BMI: Unknown
- Love Interest: In the manga, it is suggested that Pudding Fong and Tart have a crush on each other. At first, he kidnaps Pudding, who doesn't seem to care that he's the villain. When he saves her from one his dangerous Chimera Animal, she thinks they are friends. At the end of the manga, before Tart leaves, Pudding looks like she is about to kiss him, but she actually puts a candy drop in his mouth. Tart says he might come back to Earth for more.
In the anime, Pudding is underground with Tart. At first, Pudding is still cheerful as Tart tries ignoring her. Later, Tart realizes that Pudding was running out of air to breathe and was going to die when Pudding starts panting. He teleports them aboveground, saving them both.
[edit] Weapons and Abilities
Tart wields a click-clack toy for a weapon.
Tart has control over plants and Chimera Animals made from plants. He can also teleport and even steal the spirit of a human (which he did once) like the other two aliens.
[edit] Voice Actor
- In Tokyo Mew Mew, he is voiced by Asai Kiyomi.
- In the dubbed Mew Mew Power, he is voiced by Jimmy Zoppi.
[edit] Trivia
- Some people believe that he acts similar to Kish in the English dub version, Mew Mew Power.
- Ichigo has some confusion about Tart's gender; this is shown when she calls him a girl, mistakenly, more than once. However, this could just be a translation mistake by Tokyopop.
| Tokyo Mew Mew Characters |
| Heroines |
| Ichigo Momomiya - Mint Aizawa - Lettuce Midorikawa |
| Pudding Fong - Zakuro Fujiwara - Berry Shirayuki - Ringo Akai |
| Friends |
| Keiichiro Akasaka - Masaya Aoyama |
| Ryou Shirogane - Tasuku Meguro |
| Masha - Ucha |
| Enemies |
| Aliens (Pie - Kish - Tart - Gateau du Rowa) |
| Deep Blue - Chimera Animal - Saint Rose Crusaders |
