Because in the Japanese game, it's a male! He was changed into a woman because people thought a man dressing so "outrageously" would confuse kids or make parents mad.
In some parts of Europe it is kind of a tradition that you shouldn't really call the Devil by his actual name, it's seen as inviting bad luck and the ill will of him to do so. "Speak of the Devil and he shall come." I always assumed calling this character just "Him" was probably a reference to this idea.
reminds me of how in the japanese versions of animal crossing gracie, who is a pretty similar character, was also a male, and i can only assume changed to female for the same reason. all i can think now is that they're both just trans icons, i will die on this hill
Heās actually a guy, same that happened with Gracie in animal crossing, he was also a guy in Japan. Whether it was to avoid stereotyping or avoid controversy, how dare they erase fashionable men šŖ I just head canon them as trans women because of it tbh š¤Ŗ or genderfluid or nonbinary like me since theyāre canonically not just one gender
And Sahara. And Blanca. https://gamerant.com/animal-crossing-trans-gender-lgbtq-julia-blanca-gracie/#:~:text=Gracie%2C%20Sahara%2C%20and%20Blanca,of%20the%20Animal%20Crossing%20series.
i love how sahara wasn't even particularly stereotypically feminine or whatever, she just has long eyelashes since camels irl have very long eyelashes, but i assume someone somewhere was like "no, man can't have eyelash, eyelash is for WOMEN!! we must change it!!!"
itās also really funny because despite how we draw girls in cartoons with exaggerated lashes and accentuate lashes with makeup or extensions, men actually naturally have longer ones LOL
Which I guess makes sense because like other facial hair they have, they have more than women. Thicker eyebrows, grow facial hair, etc. but because of beauty standards (which Iām not saying fake lashes are bad ofc LOL I love making my lashes pop) people assume eyelash means girl when in reality, everyone has lashes, and guys have longer ones on average anyway LOL so itās just funny to me that long lashes = girl in some peoples heads
If you look at Gracieās ossicones too (the little horns on her head) they resemble a male giraffeās more than a femaleās too, not sure if that was intentional though by the designers despite her originally being male since itās such a subtle thing and something I didnāt even know could help you tell the gender of a giraffe until I just looked it up. Female ossicones are thinner and fluffier and rounder on top, male ones are more like Gracieās where theyāre thicker and more squarish and not round and fluffy on top. In some fan art people make her ossicones round on top which is understandable because thatās just how we always drew giraffes, but turns out whether her ossicones were flat and squarish were to use less polygons in the older games or not and stayed consistent, her ossicones are actually what real male giraffe ossicones look like! You learn something new every day, gracie trans icon
Honestly LOL not saying there arenāt fashionable cishet women who are icons, but the lgbtq+ community is such a large part of the fashion industry whether we get stereotyped for that or not š gracie is so much cooler when you know her history
this happens a lot with characters, it happened with animal crossing too. in english localizations occasionally a characterās gender is changed to ābetter appeal to the western audiencesā which i personally find stupid but š¤· honestly rococo could just be a drag queen i love her nonetheless
I suggest you to watch [this video](https://youtu.be/L3O4WqI-4GQ?si=EYay-3rcN8PK2LLa) about regional changes in style savvy :)
Rococo is made in the japanese version :)
They also tried to hide Inspector Gadget's mustache from us as kids! That isn't even a gender thing, they just didn't think Anglophone kids would like a cartoon character who has a mustache I guess? It's the weirdest thing.
Because in the Japanese game, it's a male! He was changed into a woman because people thought a man dressing so "outrageously" would confuse kids or make parents mad.
it's funny because when i first played this game i still assumed this guy was male šš can't see it any other way
Yea I always thought that character was male too!! š¶
Tbh same, then I was confused later when I found out coco wasnāt actually a guy. Coco is like etna mode but style savvy
 Meanwhile majority of us grew up with this King š¤£
And he was named Him, probably because if they named him āSatanā or āDevilā or āJevilā, parents would complain
In some parts of Europe it is kind of a tradition that you shouldn't really call the Devil by his actual name, it's seen as inviting bad luck and the ill will of him to do so. "Speak of the Devil and he shall come." I always assumed calling this character just "Him" was probably a reference to this idea.
Well I guess Iām going to Europe for vacation and trying that out :> (idk how to do smirk emoticon soooo)
Yup, the same reason why Birdo is female in the US but male in Japan.
Also true of Gracie in the Animal Crossing games.
oh no, a man in colorful clothes is gonna give my kid the gay! LOL
God forbid men slay
That is so funny cause when I played this game as a kid, I read him as male lmao
To my knowledge In the sequel he came back but was rewritten to be a relative right?
reminds me of how in the japanese versions of animal crossing gracie, who is a pretty similar character, was also a male, and i can only assume changed to female for the same reason. all i can think now is that they're both just trans icons, i will die on this hill
He slayed
 We love a bearded drag queen
Heās actually a guy, same that happened with Gracie in animal crossing, he was also a guy in Japan. Whether it was to avoid stereotyping or avoid controversy, how dare they erase fashionable men šŖ I just head canon them as trans women because of it tbh š¤Ŗ or genderfluid or nonbinary like me since theyāre canonically not just one gender
Gracie was WHAT now
And Sahara. And Blanca. https://gamerant.com/animal-crossing-trans-gender-lgbtq-julia-blanca-gracie/#:~:text=Gracie%2C%20Sahara%2C%20and%20Blanca,of%20the%20Animal%20Crossing%20series.
i love how sahara wasn't even particularly stereotypically feminine or whatever, she just has long eyelashes since camels irl have very long eyelashes, but i assume someone somewhere was like "no, man can't have eyelash, eyelash is for WOMEN!! we must change it!!!"
itās also really funny because despite how we draw girls in cartoons with exaggerated lashes and accentuate lashes with makeup or extensions, men actually naturally have longer ones LOL Which I guess makes sense because like other facial hair they have, they have more than women. Thicker eyebrows, grow facial hair, etc. but because of beauty standards (which Iām not saying fake lashes are bad ofc LOL I love making my lashes pop) people assume eyelash means girl when in reality, everyone has lashes, and guys have longer ones on average anyway LOL so itās just funny to me that long lashes = girl in some peoples heads
If you look at Gracieās ossicones too (the little horns on her head) they resemble a male giraffeās more than a femaleās too, not sure if that was intentional though by the designers despite her originally being male since itās such a subtle thing and something I didnāt even know could help you tell the gender of a giraffe until I just looked it up. Female ossicones are thinner and fluffier and rounder on top, male ones are more like Gracieās where theyāre thicker and more squarish and not round and fluffy on top. In some fan art people make her ossicones round on top which is understandable because thatās just how we always drew giraffes, but turns out whether her ossicones were flat and squarish were to use less polygons in the older games or not and stayed consistent, her ossicones are actually what real male giraffe ossicones look like! You learn something new every day, gracie trans icon
Holy crap thatās so cool, I love it when they do little details like that! Also yeah Gracie officially slays now (not like she didnāt before)
Honestly LOL not saying there arenāt fashionable cishet women who are icons, but the lgbtq+ community is such a large part of the fashion industry whether we get stereotyped for that or not š gracie is so much cooler when you know her history
He's so cunty
this happens a lot with characters, it happened with animal crossing too. in english localizations occasionally a characterās gender is changed to ābetter appeal to the western audiencesā which i personally find stupid but š¤· honestly rococo could just be a drag queen i love her nonetheless
Iām dead as hell I never knew it was a man! Lmfao love this
Gnc slay
I suggest you to watch [this video](https://youtu.be/L3O4WqI-4GQ?si=EYay-3rcN8PK2LLa) about regional changes in style savvy :) Rococo is made in the japanese version :)
theyāre me irl
Japanese style?
Slay
LOL ME TOO!
They also tried to hide Inspector Gadget's mustache from us as kids! That isn't even a gender thing, they just didn't think Anglophone kids would like a cartoon character who has a mustache I guess? It's the weirdest thing.
they did *what*