Alright, many of you people out there have heard, or played final fantasy. Just so you know, i have NOT, so please don’t ask me any questions about it, because i don’t know. But if you do have questions i’ll force my friend Sam on since she beat the entire game. Or something like that. Anyways, so one day we were just using the comp after school when she asked me about if i knew about the whole ‘Kupo’ thing.
by the way if you wish not to read our conversation, just scroll a bit.
“what the fuck?” I said. So she pulled me over and showed me and i’m like, “That look’s kinda freakish! But really cute! But whassa’ Kupo?” So she explained.
“Basically, it’s this little, kinda annoying, thing that the moggle say at the end of everything. It’s annoying but cute.” Then she got an idea. “Omigosh, on your blog thing, you should post a national Kupo day, were we get everyone to say Kupo at the end of everything!” Canz you not see the brilliance in this idea? Lol.
And if you decided to skip over the convo here’s what Kupo is:
In Final Fantasy games, “Kupo” is basically, um, the thing that Moogles say, if I may be so lowbrow. The idea is that because Moogles are not human (they’re merely anthrophiles) they must have some fundamental differences. These differences have, so far, been limited to appearance, outlook on like, and the word “Kupo”.
Moogles were introduced to the series with Final Fantasy V, but at that point, they did not speak. One character in the game could understand them, but other than that, there was no implication that they could communicate.
In Final Fantasy VI, we had much more contact with Moogles. This was mostly in the form of the character Mog, but nonetheless, there were Moogles. And because they spoke, they needed to speak in a cutesy way. And thus was Kupo born.
Kupo is basically the equivalent of “smurf“. As in:
- Emphasis: We should go kill that villain, kupo!
- Surprise: You got me a new-in-box SNES, kupo!
- Agreement: Let’s dance, kupo! (Kupo!) (Kupo!) (Kupo!)
- Threat: Give me the kupo money or your friend the white mage gets it!
- As a name for all things Moogle: This is my friend Kupo. He lives in Kupo Village and enjoys eating Kupo Nuts.
- Exclamation: Oh, kupo! I spilled the Echo Screen all over the floor!
And so on and so forth. Kupo is essentially an all-purpose phrase. Were you to buy a stuffed Moogle, and it said something when you hugged it, that something would doubtless be “Kupo!”. If you wanted to break into a Moogle’s computer, his password would most likely be “kupo”. If you wanted to compliment a Moogle, you probably would not offend him by smiling and telling him that he’s looking very kupo today.
That’s basically what Kupo is. Oh and website props! I found that entire thingy at http://everything2.com/title/Kupo
National Kupo day is Wednesday 17 Feburary 2o1o. Celebrate with us, by spreading the Kupo.
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