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The Ties to Time Bokan: Marl Kingdom (Marjoly’s Gang)

The witch Marjoly and her crew, from the Marl Kingdom series and other games by Nippon Ichi Software, are probably some of the more prominent characters inspired by the Time Bokan series.

Marjoly takes more cues from the Time Bokan villainess than most other characters in media, and practically exaggerates them all too. Her name is similar to that of Marjo's, and both are from the Japanese word for witch, majo, with Marjoly being a actual witch.

She shares their penchant for revealing outfits, with her absurd fashion sense topping all of them. She also has loyal yet snarky minions in common with Boyacky, Tonzura, etc. that also make jokes about how old they supposedly are, though Marjoly is over a thousand years old. Like Doronjo specifically, Marjoly lusts after a young heroic figure, and for her this was her main motivation in the first game.

Coincidentally, while Marjoly and Doronjo are treated as jokes in their respective series, instances that pit them against others out of their context (ie. Doronjo in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, Marjoly in the Disgaea series) present them as much more credible foes to be reckoned with.

Marjo's lackeys don't borrow as strongly from Doronjo's and such, but still draw inspiration from them. Myao's role is akin to Boyacky's, but uses magic in place inventing gadgets and dragons and Nyankos (cat creatures) instead of mechas and robots. She shows a hot-blooded temper at times that Kosuinen and Boyacky himself from the 90s onwards had. Myao's appearance and snarky attitude are also similar to Ryuko from Itadakiman.

Gao fulfills Tonzura's role as the bruiser obsessed with their strength, and having a relatively small (yet memorable) role compared to their teammates. On the other hand, she has the unique trait of (seemingly) being a werewolf and knows how to swim unlike Tonzura.

While vain like her boss Marjoly and by proxy Doronjo, Crowdia is also comparable to Otasukeman's Gekigauski and Yattodetaman's Count Donfanfan in that she's the most sensible of the group, and she shares the former's respect for the environment. Her pet crow invokes Zenderman's Nyaravolta as the obnoxious team pet that everyone else but her hates.

Finally, Marjo's gang and the Dorombo gang have songs about how clever they were and what they desired, with backhanded remarks sneaked in. As such, Marjoy and co has their own song, boasting about how great Marjoly is, how she wants Prince Ferdinand, and her underlings both praising and mocking her. (although since the Marl Kingdom games are musicals in general, this musical moment isn't exclusive to them.)

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The Ties to Time Bokan: Old Timey Villains and Dick Dastardly and Muttley

There are several ways to depict villains in media. The type that the Time Bokan villains usually fall into are basically the comically inept villains that revel in being bad and rotten.

The origins go back to the early 20th century, These films and serials, particularly comedic ones featuring Buster Keaton or the Keystone Cops, featured villains depicted to be wearing black clothing and often a mustache.

Their actions and looks were so cliched that by the 50s exaggerated parodies of them were used in comics and cartoons, and by the 60s these types of baddies weren't limited to black clothes, facial hair, or even gender.

One of the earliest parodies was Dishonest John from the puppet show Time for Beany and later cartoon Beany and Cecil. His antics were popular enough to merit a few episodes focusing on him over the title characters. Another example was Snidely Whiplash from Dudley Do-Right, who was such a direct parody that he had a habit of tying people to railroad tracks.

Perhaps one of the most well known examples is Dick Dastardly from Wacky Races, who along with his cheeky sidekick Muttley would use every dirty trick in the book to try and win a race, only to never succeed every time. The characters were so popular that they got their own spinoff show, Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, and would continue to appear in various Hanna Barbera shows.

The premise of the spinoff was that the Vulture Squadron, consisting of Dastardly and Muttley along with the cowardly Zilly and eccentric inventor Klunk, were assigned to capture a spy pigeon known as Yankee Doodle Pigeon. They used all sorts of planes and gadgets to try to catch him, but constantly lost due to their own ineptitude.

Both Wacky Races and the Dastardly and Muttley show were cult hits in Japan, and the original Time Bokan took cues from both, especially the latter. Both shows have the villains make absurd vehicles to catch a bird and humorously failing each time. There's time travel and they stop going after the bird later on in Time Bokan, but it's still Japan's version of Dastardly and Muttley when you think about it.

The villains Marjo, Grocky, and Walsa take many cues from Dastardly and Muttley in their personalities and costumes. Grocky in particular heavily borrows from Dastardly's slender body and mustache, Muttley's cheekiness, Zilly's reluctance to go along with the plans, and Klunk's knack for making eccentric devices.

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