Zappa (Guilty Gear)
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| Zappa | |
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 Official Guilty Gear XX Accent Core artwork for Zappa and S-Ko. |
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| Game series | Guilty Gear series |
| First game | Guilty Gear XX |
| Created by | Daisuke Ishiwatari |
| Voiced by | Yuuji Ueda |
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| Birthplace |  Australia |
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. 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.
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[edit] Story
[edit] Background
Zappa is just a normal man, 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. These ghosts consist of three giant centipedes, several will-o-wisp-like apparitions that manipulate a broken sword, three gray ghosts, a dark chihuahua-like dog, and a manifestation of lightning called Raou. With the exception of S-Ko (who seems to inflict the most pain to Zappa), Raou and the other apparitions seem to try their best to comfort him when he's depressed or in pain; indicating a degree of loyalty to their host. S-Ko's relationship with him still remains a mystery.
[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 and hates love. She allegedly committed suicide because her boyfriend abandoned her. There are some hints in one of the endings where Axl Low suddenly thinks of his girlfriend and wonders how she is after defeating Zappa, thereby implying that he may be the mysterious boyfriend and that S-Ko may be the ghost of his girlfriend Megumi, though this is unconfirmed. It seems only certain characters can see her. It's also implied that even though Raou is the strongest spirit within Zappa, all the apparitions within Zappa fear her. It's possible she becomes more powerful when angered, further following her homage to The Ring.
After defeating Zappa in Guilty Gear: Accent Core with A.B.A she makes a comment relating to S-KO, exclaiming that "That woman behind you is waving at me.... does she think I'm her friend?!" This may imply a future connection between the two characters in later installments.
S-Ko is a reference and name abbreviation 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 (which Arc System Works has since made a fighter out of). In one of Zappa's intro's, he starts off with his back turned from the opponent and twisted in a stange position. Dio Brando from the manga/anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has a very similar pose.
[edit] References
- (2002) Guilty Gear XX for PS2 (in Japanese).
- (2002) Guilty Gear XX PS2 manual (in Japanese). Sammy, 22.
- (March 2, 2006) Guilty Gear X2 Reload Characters and Their Moves (PDF) (in English), Majesco, 20. (Obtained from here.)
- Guilty Gear XX: Drama CD Red (in Japanese), tracks 13-19. (English translation of script can be viewed here.)
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