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A stereotype is a widely held view of a particular person or group. The Punch-Out!! series is notorious for stereotyping its characters based on their nationalities. Below are listed some stereotypes that can be inferred from each character.

Glass Joe and Gabby Jay[]

  1. The French don't like fighting.
  2. The French love their own cuisine to an extreme level, often eating baguettes and croissants, and drinking coffee several times a day.
  3. The French frequently visit the Eiffel Tower and Arc De Triomphe.
  4. The French are not skilled in what they do, but enjoy doing it anyway.
  5. The French are usually seen as cowardly and very weak.
  6. Frenchman always wear high-class turtle neck jumpers/sweaters.
  7. The French often hum or harmonise notes that sound like La Marseillaise.
  8. The French often say "Viva la France!"/"Long Live France!" or "Liberte!"/"Liberty!"

Von Kaiser[]

  1. The German military is very prepared.
  2. German people love to fight.
  3. Germany loves facial hair, especially moustaches.
  4. German people are crazy and loud.
  5. German people are often mentally unstable.
  6. The German language often sounds aggressive.
  7. Germans are often accompanied by leitmotifs or musical cues which resemble "Ritt der Walkuren"/"Ride of The Valkyries".
  8. Germans always stand to attention if knocked unconscious.
  9. All Germans have last names derivative of The Imperial German Kaisers.

Disco Kid[]

  1. New Yorkers love clubbing.
  2. New Yorkers love partying.
  3. New Yorkers love disco.
  4. New Yorkers are very vocal about their intentions and feelings.
  5. New Yorkers, specifically African-American men, are very flamboyant.
  6. African-American New Yorkers love cars so much they modify their boots to play music.

King Hippo[]

  1. Islander tribesmen speak undocumented languages.
  2. Islanders come from small, unknown places that are difficult to find on a normal map.
  3. Islander tribesmen tend to be overweight.
  4. Islanders tend to eat a lot of fruit and fish.
  5. Islander Tribesmen have, or predominantly look, sub-human with no visible noses and conical shaped heads.
  6. Islander Tribesmen eat from Morning until Night.
  7. Islander Tribesmen love to eat.
  8. Islander Tribesmen have visible square-shaped incisors that jut out from their lower jaw.
  9. Islander Tribesmen have a mask-like depression around their eyes.
  10. Islander Tribesmen always sleep in hammocks suspended between palm trees.
  11. Islander Tribesmen often have plentiful amounts of pineapples and bananas.
  12. Islander Tribesmen often "speak" in grunts or roars.

Piston Hondo[]

  1. The Japanese love their own food.
  2. The Japanese can do seemingly impossible things thanks to intense training, such as outrunning a bullet train and catching katanas with their bare hands.
  3. The Japanese are very polite to a fault.
  4. The Japanese read manga a lot and love anime.
  5. Japanese fighters are very wise and honourable.
  6. The Japanese live in minka, a type of traditional Japanese house.
  7. Japanese boxers, or martial artists, wear hachimaki's (lit. "helmet-scarf"), a kind of traditional Japanese headband worn typically by samurais or select disciples.
  8. The Japanese are very competitive.
  9. The Japanese always introduce themselves by saying "Sessha, Hondo to mosu."/"This humble one is called Hondo" a type of traditional Japanese greetings used among samurai.
  10. The Japanese are very knowledgable about samurai customs and sayings.
  11. The Japanese love to eat sushi in large quantities.
  12. The Japanese will always bow, even in the middle of boxing matches.
  13. The Japanese often drink tea, most likely green tea.
  14. The Japanese can eat large quantities of food and yet not gain weight, due to their intense training.
  15. All Japanese houses come with an adjoining courtyard with a zen garden.
  16. Japan is known for its abundance of cherry blossom trees.
  17. The Japanese are known to meditate.

Bear Hugger[]

  1. Canadians tend to be lumberjacks or otherwise engaged in forest-related occupations.
  2. Canadians are used to bears and other animals, and they can tame them without lifting a finger.
  3. Canadians love maple syrup.
  4. Canadians wear Toques everywhere.
  5. Canadians love ice hockey.
  6. Canadians finish their sentences with "eh".
  7. Canadians love to have long breakfasts.
  8. Canadians are always accompanied by physical maple leaves when knocked out, or predominantly adorn themselves in articles of clothing patterned with the iconic red maple leaf.
  9. Canadians predominantly live in cold environments, including tundra-riddled snowy mountains or valleys.
  10. Canadian men love the forest so much they will shave their chest hair to resemble a pine tree.
  11. Canadian men have very bushy beards.

Great Tiger[]

  1. Indians are great magicians.
  2. Indians attend mosque services often.
  3. Indians live in temples.
  4. Indians love meditating, much like the Japanese.
  5. Indians wear turbans often.
  6. Indians use flying carpets.
  7. Indians typically dance in a similar vain to Bollywood films when accomplishing something.
  8. All Indian men have extravagant handlebar moustaches.
  9. Indians often gain strength or enhance their natural attributes by absorbing the elements of earth, water and air.
  10. Indians can create duplicates of themselves by performing like a mirage.
  11. Indians can float above the ground, thanks to magic.
  12. Indians always wear tiger print clothing.

Don Flamenco[]

  1. Spaniards, much like the French, are very romantic.
  2. Unlike the French, however, Spaniards are expert bullfighters.
  3. Spaniards are great at the Flamenco.
  4. Spaniards are always acting like they're in an opera.
  5. Spaniards love sweet-smelling things, such as roses and perfume.
  6. Spaniard men all have the title "Don"/"Lord".
  7. Spaniards are all vain.
  8. Spaniards often shout, "Ole!"/"Bravo! (Possible translation)", or "Toro!"/"Bull!".

Aran Ryan[]

  1. The Irish often get into fights.
  2. The Irish are great at finding loopholes.
  3. The Irish are very lucky.
  4. The Irish love adorning themselves in Four-Clover Leaves.
  5. The Irish are often cheaters.
  6. The Irish all have, or have a large majority of, red haired people.
  7. The Irish are always angry or quick to temper.
  8. The Irish are often trash-talkers.
  9. The Irish often use horseshoes.
  10. All Irish people have (Imperial or Metric) Heights that add up to seven.
  11. The Irish always get up from getting knocked down after seven seconds.
  12. The Irish often perform the Irish Step-Dance.
  13. The Irish's buildings are all patterned or hued in shades of green.

Soda Popinski/Vodka Drunkenski[]

  1. The Russians live in extremely cold climates.
  2. Furthermore, Russians are so used to freezing temperatures that they can wear little to no clothing without succumbing to the cold.
  3. The Russians are bald with bushy moustaches.
  4. The Russians are tall and intimidating.
  5. The Russians are easily angered.
  6. The Russians are addicted to vodka/soda.
  7. Russian boxers secretly dope their boxers sometimes.
  8. Russian men, whether drinking vodka or "soda", typically act drunk or have slurred speech.
  9. Russian men have ruddy skin, a side effect of alcoholism.
  10. Russians frequently perform the Cossack Dance (an Eastern European dance).
  11. Russians always wear ushenkas.
  12. Russians always wear heavy fur coats.

Bald Bull[]

  1. The Turks are muscular.
  2. Turks tend to be angry.
  3. The Turks spend plenty of time taking Turkish baths.
  4. Turkish men are typically bald or balding.
  5. The Turks often live in dry or hot environments.
  6. Turkish men always have side burn that reach their lower jaws.
  7. Turks are powerlifters/bodybuilders.
  8. Turkish men often live in Hammam (Bathhouses).
  9. Turks have oddly shaped heads, with a noticeable depression around their crown.
  10. Turkish men are so strong they leave earthquake-like impacts upon falling over onto the ground.

Super Macho Man[]

  1. The Californians are Hollywood celebrities.
  2. The Californians are bodybuilders.
  3. The Californians speak in surfer lingo.
  4. The Californian men are lady's men.
  5. The Californians are very tan.
  6. The Californians are obsessed with their body, fame, fortune, and looks.
  7. The Californians hang out at the beach all day.
  8. Californians often have or own expensive boats.
  9. Californians are all ultra-wealthy
  10. Californians always wear sunglasses, even indoors.
  11. Californian men love to flex their nipples.
  12. Californian men love to wear earrings and gold chains.
  13. Californians all have a single or multiple gold teeth.
  14. Californians love to flex their muscles.
  15. Californian women are all superficial gold diggers.
  16. Californian women are typically very fit and slim.
  17. Californian women love to watch men workout or flex their muscles.

Mr. Sandman[]

  1. The Pennsylvanians are street thugs.
  2. The Pennsylvanians are street brawlers.
  3. The Pennsylvanian boxers are champions.
  4. Pennsylvanians are often very aggressive.
  5. All Pennsylvanians are champion boxers.

Piston Hurricane[]

  1. The Cubans deal with hurricanes a lot.

Bob Charlie[]

  1. The Jamaicans love to jive.
  2. Jamaican men have dreadlocks.
  3. The Jamaicans tend to make weird noises.

Dragon Chan[]

  1. Hong Kong people know Kung Fu.
  2. Hong Kong martial artists tend to yell "Hi-Yah", and other similar phrases.
  3. Hong Kong people have excellent jumping skills.
  4. Hong Kong male martial artists all resemble Bruce Lee.
  5. All Hong Kong martial artists have the title of "Dragon".

Masked Muscle[]

  1. Mexicans call men "Señor".
  2. Mexicans live in the desert.
  3. Mexicans are wrestlers and not boxers.
  4. Mexican wrestlers (or luchadors) wear masks.

Mad Clown[]

  1. Clowns are fat.
  2. Clowns are acrobatic despite being fat.
  3. Clowns are excellent jugglers.
  4. Clowns are all Italian.

Narcis Prince[]

  1. Some British men are Ivy Leaguers.
  2. Ivy Leaguers are vain and narcissistic.
  3. Ivy Leaguers have anger issues.
  4. British men often have last names derivative of titles of peerage, such as "Prince".
  5. All Britons speak, or vocalise in Prince's case, with a Received Pronunciation (RP) British accent.

Hoy Quarlow[]

  1. Chinese people are excellent fighters no matter their age.
  2. Chinese people work excellent with staffs.
  3. Chinese fighters only throw open palm strikes and kicks, never punches.
  4. All Chinese people have names referring to food, as Hoy Quarlow's means, "twice-cooked pork".

Pizza Pasta[]

  1. Italians love pizzas and pastas.
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