Zappa (Guilty Gear)

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Zappa
Official Guilty Gear XX Accent Core artwork for Zappa and S-Ko.
Game series	Guilty Gear series
First game	Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival
Creator(s)	Daisuke Ishiwatari
Voice actor(s)	Yuuji Ueda
In-Universe Information
Birthplace	Australia
Blood type	A
Theme song	"Good Manners and Customs" (GGXX) "Seizures" (Korean XX #Reload)

Zappa (ザッパ, Zappa^?) is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in the third game, Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival. He is said to be a normal guy from Australia, except that he is possessed by a variety of ghosts, the most prominent of which is called S-Ko.

1 Story
2 Cultural references
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Story

[edit] Background

Zappa is just a normal guy, looking for a wife and writing in his diary about his new "disease" he has, which, from his point of view, consists of fainting and then waking up somewhere else, possibly with alarming wounds and fractures and no memory of how he got there. Like Axl in the previous game, he seeks the "Dark Doctor" Faust to cure his paranormal ailment. When entering a battle, he is unconscious, with S-Ko and the other ghosts having control of his actions.

[edit] Guilty Gear XX

In his search for Faust, Zappa encounters several people, most of which he ends up fighting involuntarily, and later finding them unconscious. In one ending, he meets up with Ky Kiske, who arrests him for assaulting an officer (the officer being Ky himself). In his other two endings, he actually finds Faust and fights him (once again involuntarily). In one ending he defeats Faust, and then, after regaining consciousness, sees Faust injured and unconscious. At this point, it is suggested that S-Ko assumes more control over Zappa. In another ending, Zappa loses the fight with Faust, and Faust gives his diagnosis: this disease cannot be cured! He then suggests that Zappa isolates himself until a cure is found.

[edit] S-Ko

S-Ko (S子) is the foremost spirit possessing Zappa, and the only one with a significant place in the story. Little is known about her, except that she is very volatile and spiteful. She allegedly committed suicide because her boyfriend abandoned her.

S-Ko is a reference to the film and book Ring's malevolent apparition, Yamamura Sadako. Supporting this is Zappa's Instant Kill, which causes S-ko to reach out and grab at the enemy. If caught, the victim is made to view a tree blowing in the wind while kana appears before the screen cuts to blaring static with an eye in the center.

[edit] Cultural references

Zappa is named after Frank Zappa. His attack "Last Edguy" is a reference to the German power metal band Edguy. Zappa's strongest ghost Raou (ラオウ, Raō^?) is likely an homage to Raoh (ラオウ, Raō^?) from Fist of the North Star.

[edit] References

(2002) Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival for PS2 (in Japanese).
(2002) Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival PS2 manual (in Japanese). Sammy, 22.
(March 2, 2006) Guilty Gear X2 Reload Characters and Their Moves (PDF) (in English), Majesco, 20. Retrieved on 2007-03-04. (Obtained from here.)
Guilty Gear XX: Drama CD Red (in Japanese), tracks 13-19. (English translation of script can be viewed here.)