Boy

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ボーイ Bōi
General information
Homeplace	United Kingdom
Birthdate	April 21st
Gender	Male
Species	Human
Eye Color	Unknown
Hair Color	Blond (pop'n 1, Best Hits!) Orange (pop'n 6)
Hobby	Collecting games. I have games from all over the world (CS1) But nowadays there's a lot of shitty games (CS2) Maybe I'll make one myself (CS3)
Relative(s)	Sylvie (Rival and friend/Same animations) Kid (Same animations)
Likes	Recently an old game is my favorite! (CS2) I was even able to get a girlfriend! (CS3) Still online games! (CS6)
Dislikes	Persistent people
Appearances
First Appearance	pop'n music CS
Other Appearances	pop'n music 2 CS pop'n music 3 CS pop'n music 5 CS pop'n music 6 pop'n music Best Hits!
Song(s)	Techno'80 Funny Dreamy News Mind Pop Beats Techno'80 Remix
Designer(s)	MUKAI (pop'n 1), tera (pop'n 6)
Icons and Banners
Icon(s)

Boy is one of the CS characters from Pop'n Music.

Profile

3Dメガネが大のお気に入りで、
見るもの全てを赤と青にしてしまう。黄色いバナナも赤く見える？
His 3D glasses are a big favorite of his,
they make everything look red and blue. It seems that even yellow bananas look red to him.

Boy is a wealthy British video game guru and businessman who owns many arcades and makes and develops his own video games. On the Vocal Best cover, he is seen driving a car with Sugi-kun and Reo-kun in the passenger seats, and teasing women. In Pop'n Music 3, he finally got a girlfriend but it's never stated who she is.

Appearance

Techno'80

Boy is a pudgy man with a blond bowl cut parted in the front, an upturned nose and wearing a pair of white 3D glasses, obscuring most of his face. He dons a simple red suit with a yellow collar and brown clogs. This is his original 1P (3P in Pop'n Music 2 and onwards).

Boy's 2P color (4P in Pop'n Music 2 and onwards) has him with red hair, and his suit is now all black and has a white collar and his shoes are brown once more. This palette is used for Dreamy in Pop'n Music 3 CS.

His 3P palette (1P in Pop'n Music 2 and onwards) gives him orange hair, paler skin, and his suit is now light gray. His shoes are black and his collar is orange. This is used in Pop'n Music 2 CS for Funny.

Boy's 4P palette (2P in Pop'n Music 2 and onwards) changes his hair to light blue, and his suit is all orange with a white collar and red shoes. It's used in Pop'n Music 5 CS for News.

Pop Beats

Boy's attire remains identical to his debut, although his hair is now orange. He has an orange suit with a white collar and worn with purple shoes. He keeps his 3D glasses as well.

In his 2P coloring, his suit becomes green with black shoes, and his hair is lime colored.

Techno'80 Remix

Boy appears with blond hair once more, drawn in a rocker style. He sports a purple and white plaid suit with a navy blue collar and black shoes, along with several different pop outfits.

In Boy's 2P palette he regains orange hair, and his suit is deep magenta with white shoes and a yellow collar.

NET Self

Attack	Bleep bleep~ (ピコピコ～, Pikopiko ~?)
Damage	Speechless! (ギャフン！, Gyafun!?)
GOOD Play	High spirits! (ノリノリ！, Norinori!?)
BAD Play	Huh? (あれれ？, Arere??)
WIN	Hehee~ (フフ～ン, Fufu ~ n?)
LOSE	Oh no (がくーん, Gaku ̄ n ?)

Other Character Comments

Pop'n Music 1&2 AC Site

３Ｄめがねが大のお気に入り！！
見るもの全てが赤と青！黄色いバナナも赤く見えちゃう？！
His 3D glasses are a big favorite of his!!
Everything he sees is red and blue! Even that yellow banana looks red!

Pop'n Music 2 CS

夏休みのゲーム大会でみごと優勝！アートスクールの女の子にも大人気なんだ。
でも一回戦で破った相手がリベンジを狙ってるよ！？
He was the winner of the summer vacation gaming tournament! He was very popular with the girls at art school after that.
But someone who lost in the first round is plotting revenge!?

Pop'n Music 3 CS

今年の冬は家族でスイス旅行なんだって。「クリスマスは静かなほうがイイからね」
This winter, he's taking a family trip to Switzerland. "Christmas is better when it's quiet."

Pop'n Music 5 CS

最近オンラインゲームにハマちゃって
一日中プレイしてるんだって。
でもポップンパーティは出席に二重マル！！
He has recently become addicted to online games.
I heard he plays all day long.
But it's important that he attends the Pop'n Party!

Pop'n Music 6

ピコパコサウンドに誘われて、話題のアイツがアーケード進出。
最近の自慢は自作のハイパー・ハンディー・ゲームマシーン、その名も“ウルトラボーイ・アドバンズ”。
24V駆動（単三電池20本分) でどんなゲームも動く最強マシンだ。
He was invited to Piko Pako Sound, an advanced arcade everyone has been talking about.
Recently he's boasting about his own Hyper-Handy-Game Machine, called the "Ultra Boy Advance"
With a 24V Drive (for 20 AA batteries), it's the strongest machine that can run any game.

Pop'n Music Best Hits!

イギリス出身の天才ゲーマー。最近は自作ゲームマシーンのパワーアップに夢中なんだって。
自称ライバルのシルヴィーには対戦を挑まれてるらしいよ。
A British-born genius gamer. Lately, he seems crazy about the power-ups in his home-made game machine
His self-proclaimed rival Sylvie seems to have challenged him to a match.

Pop'n Music GB

アートスクールの女の子に大人気のボウイ。グームがとっても上手なんだ！
Boy is popular with the girls at art school, because he's really good at games!

Pop'n Music 19 TUNE STREET Town Mode

Hint

この前beatmania IIDXを 
プレーしていたら、３人組の 
女の子が走り回っていたよ。 
飛び出して見えたけど、あれ？ 
それってこのメガネのせい？

Last time, while I was playing Beatmania IIDX, I saw three girls running around.
Huh, they looked like they were jumping out.
Is it because of my glasses?

Conversation only

ワォ！キミ，なかなかヤルね！
次はどのゲームで勝負する？

Wow! You're not too bad!
Which game do you want to challenge me to next?

Trivia

General

• Boy's birthdate is identical to Romio's.
• In the Pop'n Music AC&CS 1~5 Character Illustration book, Boy's 2P coloring is erroneously listed as his 1P.
• Boy is one of the few characters besides MZD to appear as the rival character for a remixed song.
• The designer team calls Boy the "techno leader."
  • Boy is one of Aoi Tagami and Rin Hayashi's favorite characters.
  • In the staff comments for Pop Beats, it states that Boy's popularity among the staff got him in an AC release.
• In a Pop'n Music poster, he is playing games with Tsukuba and accompanied by Sylvie.

Cameos in Boy's Animations

• Sylvie makes a cameo in Boy's FEVER! Win animation for pop'n music 6.

References

• Boy has a lot of connections to Nintendo.
  • Boy's birthdate coincides with the release date of the original Game Boy.
  • In pop'n music 6, Boy's handheld game in his character portrait for Pop Beats is a Nintendo GameBoy. In the CS version though, it was modified to a generic handheld console, in avoidance of copyright from Nintendo.
  • His rivalry against Sylvie is a parallel to the competition between Nintendo and SEGA. The former is successful in both games and console products. The latter, on the other hand, is successful in producing games, but had a financial decline on consoles.
  • The color palettes also have allusions to Nintendo:
    • His debut appearance looks like a Family Computer or Game & Watch, and his 2P looks like an original Game Boy.
    • Boy's palette in Best Hits! may have been based on the Nintendo Gamecube.
• Boy's old Japanese name is a homage to David Bowie.

Gallery

Portraits

pop'n music (1P)

pop'n music (2P)

pop'n music (3P)

pop'n music (4P)

pop'n music 6 (1P)

pop'n music 6 (2P)

pop'n music 6 CS (1P)

pop'n music 6 CS (2P)

Animations

Neutral (1P) (1)

Great

FEVER!

Miss/Lose

Neutral (2P)

Neutral (3P)

Neutral (4P)

Miss/Lose

Neutral (1P) (6)

Good

Great

FEVER!

Miss

Win

FEVER! Win

Lose

Neutral (2P)

Neutral (1P) (BH)

Miss

Neutral (2P)

Great

Screenshots

FEVER! Win (Pop Beats)

Boy playing with Tsukuba

Profile

Boy's appearance in the first game

Boy in Pop'n Music 6

Boy's different pop outfits from the Best Hits website.

Best Hits concept art

Options mode icon from Pop'n Music 14 FEVER!

Reward for beating every Expert course in Pop'n Music 2

Boy in the Ee'MALL icon in Pop'n Music 17 THE MOVIE.

End screen from Pop'n Music 6.

UK/England Tourist Snap from the AC11 site.

Boy with Sugi-kun, Reo-kun, Rie-chan, Margaret, and Sanae-chan on the Pop'n Music Vocal Best cover art.

From Pop'n Music 19

Merchandise

Boy's card

Boy with Sylvie on a Pop'n Music Sunny Park message card

Boy's card for Pop'n Music 6

Boy with Sylvie, Fu-chan, Mr. KK, Shishamo, B-kun, Rie-chan, Uta, and Sanae-chan on the Pop'n Music éclale card "Hello! Life with Glasses!"

Pop'n Music CS Characters

Pop'n Music

Pop'n Music 2

Pop'n Music 3

Pop'n Music 4

Pop'n Music 5

Pop'n Music 6

Best Hits!

Liddell | nico

Pop'n Music 7

Pop'n Music 8

Pop'n Music 9

Pop'n Music 10

Pop'n Music 11

Pop'n Music 12

Pop'n Music 13

Pop'n Music 14

Pop'n Taisen Puzzle Dama

Jersey Men

Utacchi

K-SUKE | Nattsun

Pop'n Music Portable

NINON | REINA

Pop'n Music Portable 2