Princess Piggles (プリンセスぶー子, Princess Būko) is an in-universe animated character featured in the Danganronpa series. She is from the anime Demon Angel☆Pretty Pudgy Princess (外道天使☆もちもちプリンセスぶー子, Heretic Angel ☆ Mochi Mochi Princess Būko).
Appearance
Princess Piggles is a short overweight magical girl with pink hair and blue eyes who resembles a cupid. She wears a two-piece pink outfit consisting of a lacy crop top, pink skirt, and pink boots all with a heart motif. She carries a bow and arrow with a heart-shaped tip, and has a set of small, white wings.
Demon Angel☆Pretty Pudgy Princess
Not much is known about her in-universe anime series Demon Angel☆Pretty Pudgy Princess, but Hifumi Yamada mentions it's something in the magical girl anime genre, and that it's pre-production name was "Damage Angel". Based on the kind of merchandise it has, it seems to be aimed at a younger female audience.
Princess Piggles also appears as in the weekly manga magazine, Comic Ponpon.[1]
Appearances and Cameos
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Demon Angel☆Pretty Pudgy Princess is Hifumi Yamada's favorite anime, and it inspired him to become a fanfic/doujin creator. Hifumi is extremely passionate about Princess Piggles, and collects a lot of her merchandise, much of which is visible inside Hifumi's Dorm Room. 2 pieces of Princess Piggles merchandise were key pieces of evidence during the Chapter 3 trial.
Hifumi's Dorm Room
Hifumi's Dorm Room contains the most pieces of Princess Piggles merchandise seen in the game. In his room, a Princess Piggles themed bedding, cosplay outfit, figurine, glasses case, pillow and cardboard standee are visible.
Other
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A Princess Piggles themed camera, previous belonging to Hifumi before his memories were erased, is found in the physics lab. It is later used by Celestia Ludenberg to frame Yasuhiro Hagakure for the murders of Kiyotaka Ishimaru and Hifumi. | |
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After pouring a blood pack on himself while faking an attack from Robo Justice, Hifumi used a Princess Piggles themed glasses cleaning cloth to wipe the blood from his glasses before transporting Kiyotaka's body. The blood on this cleaning cloth proved that Hifumi had faked his death. | |
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A drawing of Princess Piggles can be seen during the Warlockuma concept segment of the School Mode resource-gathering simulator featured in Danganronpa 1.2 Reload. |
Danganronpa/Zero
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Princess Piggles appears on the corner of Yasuke Matsuda's manga magazine, Comic Ponpon. |
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
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A Princess Piggles figure is visible in the Pets minigame, on the chest of drawers behind the pet. |
Additionally, in the minigame Magical Girl Miracle ★ Monomi, one of the collectible armor items called "Copyrighted Diaper" (版権モノのオムツ) has the item description: "This diaper is printed with the main character from the anime, "Pretty Pudgy Princess"."
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
A Princess Piggles alarm clock is on the bedside table of Komaru Naegi's apartment during the prologue.
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School
Princess Piggles appeared as a playable character in a Mario Party like game.
Super Danganronpa 2.5: Nagito Komaeda and the Destroyer of the World
Princess Piggles made a cameo appearance in Super Danganronpa 2.5 where she was shown with a family and Miaya Gekkogahara.
Danganronpa: Monokuma no Gyakushū
Princess Piggles is the rarest item to find in the minigame. She will appear flying on the screen and you must shoot at her to receive the power-up. Shooting Princess Piggles will upgrade your baseballs into rockets for a short period of time.
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School
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The brainwashing Hope Video made by Ryota Mitarai uses an image of Princess Piggles in a kaleidoscope fashion. [2] | |
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Two Princess Piggles sprites feature during two of the advertising interstitials. |
References
- ↑ Yasuke Matsuda's profile.
- ↑ Kazutaka Kodaka Twitter (December 3rd, 2016)