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===[[Museum Arc|"Museum Arc"]]===
===[[Museum Arc|"Museum Arc"]]===
''to be added''
A week later... ''to be added''<ref name="EP1" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>[[Epithet Erased]] | [[The Doctor is In|EP3 - The Doctor is In]]</ref><ref>[[Epithet Erased]] | [[Reflection|EP4 - Reflection]]</ref>


===[[Western Arc|"Western Arc"]]===
===[[Western Arc|"Western Arc"]]===
''to be added''
''to be added''<ref name=":1" /><ref>[[Epithet Erased]] | [[All's Well That Ends Well|EP6 - All's Well That Ends Well]]</ref><ref>[[Epithet Erased]] | [[Winner Take All|EP7 - Winner Take All]]</ref>


=== [[Prison of Plastic]] ===
=== [[Prison of Plastic]] ===
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==Ranks==
==Ranks==
===Banzai Blaster===
===Banzai Blaster===
Banzai “Blaster” is the lowest rank that someone can be in the organization. At first, a blaster is a generic grunt in the generic Banzai Blaster uniform (As seen by [[Ben]]). Once a blaster has done something cool enough to make them stand out, they get a nickname and they are allowed to customize their costume a little bit (as seen by [[Car Crash]]).<ref name=":2">[https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189365972892/aikeji-just-a-silly-thing-i-wanted-to-draw Epithet Erased on Tumblr in reply to aikeji - November 29, 2023]</ref><ref>[[:File:Banzai Blasters 1.png|Baszai Blasters Trivia 1]]</ref> Anyone who wants to become a blaster has to pay $49.99 a month (plus tax).<ref>[[Epithet Erased]] | [[Bear Trap (Episode)|EP2 - Bear Trap]]</ref> However, they would only start caring enough to come after you if you stopped paying at higher levels.<ref name=":3">[https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189866450537/what-happens-when-a-banzai-blaster-doesnt-have Ask:what happens when a banzai blaster doesn’t have... - JelloApocalypse - December 25, 2019]</ref>
Banzai “Blaster” is the lowest rank that someone can be in the organization. At first, a blaster is a generic grunt in the generic Banzai Blaster uniform (As seen by [[Ben]]). Once a blaster has done something cool enough to make them stand out, they get a nickname and they are allowed to customize their costume a little bit (as seen by [[Car Crash]]).<ref name=":2">[https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189365972892/aikeji-just-a-silly-thing-i-wanted-to-draw Epithet Erased on Tumblr in reply to aikeji - November 29, 2023]</ref><ref>[[:File:Banzai Blasters 1.png|Baszai Blasters Trivia 1]]</ref> Anyone who wants to become a blaster has to pay $49.99 a month (plus tax).<ref name=":4">[[Epithet Erased]] | [[Bear Trap (Episode)|EP2 - Bear Trap]]</ref> However, they would only start caring enough to come after you if you stopped paying at higher levels.<ref name=":3">[https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189866450537/what-happens-when-a-banzai-blaster-doesnt-have Ask:what happens when a banzai blaster doesn’t have... - JelloApocalypse - December 25, 2019]</ref>


===Banzai Captain===
===Banzai Captain===
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*'''Uniform''': ''to be added''
*'''Uniform''': ''to be added''
* '''Peashooter''': ''to be added''
* '''Peashooter''': ''to be added''
*'''Manual''': There is a Banzai Blaster Manual that lists [[Ramsey Murdoch]] as a contact for appraisal.<ref name=":1">[[Epithet Erased]] | [[Redwood Run|EP5 - Redwood Run]]</ref>
*'''Manual''': There is a Banzai Blaster Manual that lists [[Ramsey Murdoch]] as a contact for appraisal.<ref name=":1">[[Epithet Erased]] | [[Redwood Run (Episode)|EP5 - Redwood Run]]</ref>


==Merch==
==Merch==
[[File:Banzai Blaster Plush.webp|thumb]]
===Doll===
===Doll===
*A Banzai Blaster doll was sold on Makeship.com.<ref name=":0">https://www.makeship.com/products/banzi-blaster-doll</ref>
*A Banzai Blaster doll was sold on Makeship.com.<ref name=":0">[https://www.makeship.com/products/banzi-blaster-doll Banzai Blaster Doll on Makeship]</ref>
**They sold out/ended on October 16. 2020.<ref name=":0" />
**They sold out/ended on October 16. 2020.<ref name=":0" />
*These Dolls appeared in [[HEIST NIGHT]].<ref>[[HEIST NIGHT]]</ref>
*These Dolls appeared in [[HEIST NIGHT]].<ref>[[HEIST NIGHT]]</ref>
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The "W"s on the Banzai Blasters' uniforms are actually confirmed to be sideways "B"s for Banzai<ref>https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189394251227/heya-i-wanted-to-ask-what-the-w-on-giovannis</ref>.
*The "W"s on the Banzai Blasters' uniforms are actually confirmed to be sideways "B"s for Banzai.<ref name=":5">[https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189394251227/heya-i-wanted-to-ask-what-the-w-on-giovannis Ask:Heya! I wanted to ask what the W on Giovanni's... - November 30, 2019 - JelloApocalypseon on Tumblr]</ref>
*Three of the Banzai Blasters are a ''Heathers'' reference<ref>https://twitter.com/BrendanBlaber/status/1190431683247521792</ref>.
**It looking like one was a very intentional design decision out-of-universe as in-universe they would not have caught this oversight.<ref name=":5" />
**Since all three of them are named Jennifer, the crew goes with their nicknames Jenny, Jen and Niffer respectively.<ref>https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/190198786622/bowblasters-welcome-to-the-ee-heathers-tumblr</ref>  
*The Banzai Blaster have a pilot/airline motif, as such their logo are also inspired by a pilot's badge.<ref name=":5" />
** [[Brendan Blaber|JelloApocalypse]] said that the blonde Jennifer is his favorite, despite the fact that she "absolutely doesn't matter and doesn't have a name"<ref>https://twitter.com/brendanblaber/status/1201728583271665669</ref>.
*Three of the Banzai Blasters are a ''Heathers'' reference.<ref>[https://twitter.com/BrendanBlaber/status/1190431683247521792 Brendan Blaber on Twitter - November 1, 2019]</ref>
*The Banzai Blasters were heavily influenced by [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Team_Rocket Team Rocket] and Giovanni's pink hair was inspired by the team's grunts having pink hair<ref>https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189376659342/im-going-to-ask-the-obvious-question-did-you-get</ref>.
**[[Brendan Blaber|JelloApocalypse]] said that the blonde one is his favorite, despite the fact that she "absolutely doesn't matter and doesn't have a name".<ref>[https://twitter.com/brendanblaber/status/1201728583271665669 Brendan Blaber on Twitter - December 3, 2019]</ref>  
**The Banzai Blasters were also named after the Bushido Blasters from ''Girlchan in Paradise!!''.
**Later, he said the crew and him named them all Jennifer, with their nicknames being Jenny, Jen and Niffer respectively.<ref>[https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/190198786622/bowblasters-welcome-to-the-ee-heathers-tumblr JelloApocalypse reblogging Bowblasters on Tumblr - January 11, 2020]</ref>
*If one of Giovanni's boys mentioned that they didn’t like being called a "Boy" he’d stop, but to him "MY BOYS" is a gender-neutral term, hence why he calls Molly and Spike boys.<ref>https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189851198967/ah-just-read-your-lgbt-answersthank-you-for</ref>
*The Banzai Blasters were heavily influenced by [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Team_Rocket Team Rocket] and Giovanni's pink hair was inspired by the team's grunts having pink hair.<ref name=":6">[https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189376659342/im-going-to-ask-the-obvious-question-did-you-get Ask:I'm going to ask the obvious question. Did you get... - November 28, 2019 - Epithet Erased on Tumblr]</ref>
**The Banzai Blasters were also named after the Bushido Blasters from ''Girlchan in Paradise!!''.<ref name=":6" />
*Jello imagines that the Banzai Blasters have a small unit who goes around and shakes down members for late fees, but that probably only happens if you’re at Captain rank or higher.<ref name=":3" />  
*Jello imagines that the Banzai Blasters have a small unit who goes around and shakes down members for late fees, but that probably only happens if you’re at Captain rank or higher.<ref name=":3" />  
*There are so many low-ranking Banzai Blasters that Jello doesn’t really think they care if they stop paying and fall off the map.<ref>https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189866450537/what-happens-when-a-banzai-blaster-doesnt-have</ref>
*There are so many low-ranking Banzai Blasters that Jello doesn’t really think they care if they stop paying and fall off the map.<ref name=":7">[https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189866450537/what-happens-when-a-banzai-blaster-doesnt-have Ask:what happens when a banzai blaster doesn’t have - December 25, 2019 - JelloApocalypse on tumblr]</ref>
*People solely join this organization because they are idiots.<ref>https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/190084833687/if-the-banzai-blasters-are-so-obviously-a-pyramid</ref>
*People solely join this organization because they are idiots.<ref name=":7" />
*The higher the rank, the nastier and more dangerous a Banzai member is.<ref> https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/190091391507/are-there-any-actual-criminal-masterminds-or</ref>
*The higher the rank, the nastier and more dangerous a Banzai member is.<ref> [https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/190091391507/are-there-any-actual-criminal-masterminds-or Ask:Are there any actual criminal masterminds or... - January 5, 2020 - JelloApocalypse on Tumblr]</ref>
*If the Banzai Blasters were a group of villains from a Pokémon game, they would use Falinks as the grunts' main Pokémon. <ref>https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/190088599072/if-the-banzai-blasters-were-a-bad-guy-team-in-a</ref>
*If the Banzai Blasters were a group of villains from a [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_games Pokémon] game, they would use [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Falinks_(Pok%C3%A9mon) Falinks] as the grunts' main Pokémon.<ref>[https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/190088599072/if-the-banzai-blasters-were-a-bad-guy-team-in-a Ask:If the Banzai Blasters were a bad guy team in a - January 5, 2020 - JelloApocalypse on Tumblr]</ref>
*Jello stated that male Banzai Blasters uses the generic model of Ben.<ref>https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/613322520839487488/hi-sorry-if-anyone-has-already-asked-about-this</ref>
*Jello stated that male Banzai Blasters uses the generic model of Ben.<ref>[https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/613322520839487488/hi-sorry-if-anyone-has-already-asked-about-this Ask:hi !! sorry if anyone has already asked about this... -  March 22, 2020 - JelloApocalypse]</ref>
*[[Molly Blyndeff|Molly]] was an unofficial member, since she joined [[Giovanni Potage|Giovanni]]'s team. Although since [[Giovanni Potage|Giovanni]] left the [[Banzai Blasters]] this no longer applies.
*[[Molly Blyndeff|Molly]] was an unofficial member, since she joined [[Giovanni Potage|Giovanni]]'s team. Although since [[Giovanni Potage|Giovanni]] left the [[Banzai Blasters]] this no longer applies.
*In general, the organization is not environmentally conscious.<ref>[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1428065859 Writing "Epithet Erased" Songs - Great at Crime]</ref>
*In general, the organization is not environmentally conscious.<ref>[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1428065859 Writing "Epithet Erased" Songs - Great at Crime] (Out of Order)</ref>


===Adaption from ''Anime Campaign''===
===Adaption from ''Anime Campaign''===

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“

Arnold: Villainy is a dog-eat-dog world, little boy. You gotta be cutthroat to survive! That's why every moron stays a minion, and the people with any REAL value move up!
Bugsy: That's how it is all the way to the Tippy-top of the pyramid scheme!

”
—"Redwood Run"

The Banzai Blasters are an infamous criminal organization in Sweet Jazz City that runs on a pyramid scheme. It primarily appeals to teenage delinquents and disenfranchised divorcees.[2]

History

Past

Sometime after the organization's founding, low-ranking Banzai Blasters and Captains became notorious for small and petty crime. Eventually, the Sweet Jazz Police began to ignore them, viewing any time to deal with the ruffians as not worth it.[2]

One day, a group of Banzai Blasters found a family who had dug up a golden box. They stole the box and than shot the parents, leaving their daughter unharmed but orphaned.[3]

Bugsy Pugsler and Arnold Markdown joined the Banzai Blasters. Both managed to be promoted to Banzai Vice Principals.[4]

Dark Star, Car Crash, Crusher, Ben, Flamethrower, and Spike joined the Banzai Blasters and became apart of a leaderless Banzai team.[2]

Giovanni Potage joined the Banzai Blasters and was assigned to the leaderless team with the aforementioned six blasters. He was initially mocked by his teammates for bringing creampuffs to their first meeting. However, Giovanni unofficially led several of their missions, including replacing a gas station's hot dogs with cattails and stealing miscellaneous items to present at team-based show-and-tells. The rest of the team warmed up to him, causing Dark Star to unintentionally give him the nickname "Boss" from the team following his ideas. The name stuck within the group.[2] Giovanni was eventually promoted to Banzai Captain.[5]

"Museum Arc"

A week later... to be added[5][6][7][8]

"Western Arc"

to be added[4][9][10]

Prison of Plastic

After leaving the Banzai Blasters after the end of the Western Arc, Giovanni Potage held a meeting in Crusher's Treehouse, where the two of them and the rest of Giovanni's Team decided to leave the Banzai Blasters and create their own organization.[2]

Ranks

Banzai Blaster

Banzai “Blaster” is the lowest rank that someone can be in the organization. At first, a blaster is a generic grunt in the generic Banzai Blaster uniform (As seen by Ben). Once a blaster has done something cool enough to make them stand out, they get a nickname and they are allowed to customize their costume a little bit (as seen by Car Crash).[11][12] Anyone who wants to become a blaster has to pay $49.99 a month (plus tax).[6] However, they would only start caring enough to come after you if you stopped paying at higher levels.[13]

Banzai Captain

Banzai Captains, like Giovanni Potage, get to lead missions and get to add one big accessory to their outfit, along with a few other subtle changes. Giovanni, for example, added a cape.[11]

Banzai Vice Principal

Being a Banzai Vice-Principal gives you multiple benefits such as even more customization options and silly cartoon gloves (as seen by Arnold & Bugsy). Vice Principals come in pairs but only one of them is ever able to rank up. This is apparently done to encourage infighting.[14]

Banzai Associate Justice

TBA

Banzai Valedictorian

TBA

Banzai Senpai

TBA

Banzai Baron

The Banzai Baron is the supposed leader of the Banzai Blasters.[15]

Members

Valedictorians

Vice Principals

Blasters

  • Mohawk BB

    Mohawk BB

  • Female BB

    Female BB

  • Motton Chop BB

    Motton Chop BB

  • Jenny/Banzai Red

    Jenny/Banzai Red

  • Niffer/Banzai Green

    Niffer/Banzai Green

  • Jen/Banzai Yellow

    Jen/Banzai Yellow

Former Members

Captains

Blasters

Equipment

  • Uniform: to be added
  • Peashooter: to be added
  • Manual: There is a Banzai Blaster Manual that lists Ramsey Murdoch as a contact for appraisal.[4]

Merch

Doll

  • A Banzai Blaster doll was sold on Makeship.com.[16]
    • They sold out/ended on October 16. 2020.[16]
  • These Dolls appeared in HEIST NIGHT.[17]

Hoodie

  • Because the Prison of Plastic Kickstarter reached the $310K stretch goal, the backers got to vote to make either a Molly or Banzai Blaster Hoodie. The Molly hoodie won the poll and the Banzai Blaster Hoodie was never produced.
  • Both Hoodies would have been produced at the $375K stretch goal, but it wasn't reached in time.

Trivia

  • The "W"s on the Banzai Blasters' uniforms are actually confirmed to be sideways "B"s for Banzai.[18]
    • It looking like one was a very intentional design decision out-of-universe as in-universe they would not have caught this oversight.[18]
  • The Banzai Blaster have a pilot/airline motif, as such their logo are also inspired by a pilot's badge.[18]
  • Three of the Banzai Blasters are a Heathers reference.[19]
    • JelloApocalypse said that the blonde one is his favorite, despite the fact that she "absolutely doesn't matter and doesn't have a name".[20]
    • Later, he said the crew and him named them all Jennifer, with their nicknames being Jenny, Jen and Niffer respectively.[21]
  • The Banzai Blasters were heavily influenced by Team Rocket and Giovanni's pink hair was inspired by the team's grunts having pink hair.[22]
    • The Banzai Blasters were also named after the Bushido Blasters from Girlchan in Paradise!!.[22]
  • Jello imagines that the Banzai Blasters have a small unit who goes around and shakes down members for late fees, but that probably only happens if you’re at Captain rank or higher.[13]
  • There are so many low-ranking Banzai Blasters that Jello doesn’t really think they care if they stop paying and fall off the map.[23]
  • People solely join this organization because they are idiots.[23]
  • The higher the rank, the nastier and more dangerous a Banzai member is.[24]
  • If the Banzai Blasters were a group of villains from a Pokémon game, they would use Falinks as the grunts' main Pokémon.[25]
  • Jello stated that male Banzai Blasters uses the generic model of Ben.[26]
  • Molly was an unofficial member, since she joined Giovanni's team. Although since Giovanni left the Banzai Blasters this no longer applies.
  • In general, the organization is not environmentally conscious.[27]

Adaption from Anime Campaign

Gallery

Main Article: Banzai Blasters/Gallery


References

  1. ↑ Epithet Erased | EP5 - Redwood Run
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Prison of Plastic, Prologue B: The Banzai Blasters
  3. ↑ Great at Cowboy Extended
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Epithet Erased | EP5 - Redwood Run
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Epithet Erased | EP1 - Quiet in the Museum!
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Epithet Erased | EP2 - Bear Trap
  7. ↑ Epithet Erased | EP3 - The Doctor is In
  8. ↑ Epithet Erased | EP4 - Reflection
  9. ↑ Epithet Erased | EP6 - All's Well That Ends Well
  10. ↑ Epithet Erased | EP7 - Winner Take All
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Epithet Erased on Tumblr in reply to aikeji - November 29, 2023
  12. ↑ Baszai Blasters Trivia 1
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Ask:what happens when a banzai blaster doesn’t have... - JelloApocalypse - December 25, 2019
  14. ↑ Bugsy Trivia 1
  15. ↑ Arnold Trivia 1
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Banzai Blaster Doll on Makeship
  17. ↑ HEIST NIGHT
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Ask:Heya! I wanted to ask what the W on Giovanni's... - November 30, 2019 - JelloApocalypseon on Tumblr
  19. ↑ Brendan Blaber on Twitter - November 1, 2019
  20. ↑ Brendan Blaber on Twitter - December 3, 2019
  21. ↑ JelloApocalypse reblogging Bowblasters on Tumblr - January 11, 2020
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Ask:I'm going to ask the obvious question. Did you get... - November 28, 2019 - Epithet Erased on Tumblr
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Ask:what happens when a banzai blaster doesn’t have - December 25, 2019 - JelloApocalypse on tumblr
  24. ↑ Ask:Are there any actual criminal masterminds or... - January 5, 2020 - JelloApocalypse on Tumblr
  25. ↑ Ask:If the Banzai Blasters were a bad guy team in a - January 5, 2020 - JelloApocalypse on Tumblr
  26. ↑ Ask:hi !! sorry if anyone has already asked about this... - March 22, 2020 - JelloApocalypse
  27. ↑ Writing "Epithet Erased" Songs - Great at Crime (Out of Order)
  28. ↑ Anime Campaign EP1 - (Official Upload)
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