Tart (Tokyo Mew Mew)

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Tart (Tarb)

Tart (タルト, Taruto^?) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Tokyo Mew Mew. He is one of the three aliens who come to Earth to 'reclaim it'. Tart is known as Tarb in Mew Mew Power.

1 History
- 1.1 Tokyo Mew Mew à la Mode
2 Personality
3 Profile
4 Weapons and abilites
5 Voice Actors, and Voice Actress
6 Trivia
7 External Links

[edit] History

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Tart appears in episode 13 of the Tokyo Mew Mew anime and volume 3 of the manga, along with Pie. Tart's race (known as Cyniclons in Mew Mew Power) originally lived on Earth, but it became uninhabitable so they moved to another planet. This planet was even worse. All the aliens were forced to live underground for thousands of years. They finally came back to Earth, only to find that it had been taken over by humans. It is unknown how humans ended up on planet Earth.

[edit] Tokyo Mew Mew à la Mode

In À la Mode, Tart makes a small appearance in one small panel. After Kish sneezes, Tart tells Pie and Kish that even though he shows his stomach, he doesn't get cold, with Pie replying "The idiot never catches a cold...", and Tart getting angry replying "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!". In Japan, it is believed that if you sneeze, it means someone is talking about you, which is why Kish sneezed as Mint was talking about him, and Tart didn't sneeze as no one was talking about him, but Tart assumes it's something else. This would be a joke most Americans would have trouble understanding, as it is an old wives tale of Japanese origin. An additional joke used in the alien's exchange would be the Japanese superstition that stupid people don't catch colds, hence Pie's words.

[edit] Personality

Tart is kind of a crybaby and hates to be called chibi (Japanese for small, or midget) in Tokyo Mew Mew. He argues a lot with Ichigo and usually resorts to name calling. Overall, he is a rude and childish alien who likes to have fun. He is more prone to laughing out of true amusement (as opposed to Pie's solemn expression and Kish's 'evil smirk'), and throws occasional tantrums when things don't go the way he expected them to. His energetic, childishly curious personality is comparable to that of Pudding Fong.

[edit] Profile

Name Pronunciation: Tah-roo-toh (Japanese equivalent in kana)
English Name Origin: Backwards spelling of brat.
Age: Unknown, but a good estimate would be around 10 years old
Height: About 150 cm (about 4'11 in Mew Mew Power)
Weight: Unknown
Blood Type: Unknown
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Gold
BMI: Unknown
Love Interest: In the manga, Pudding Fong and Tart have a huge crush on each other. At first, he kidnaps Pudding, who doesn't seem to care that he's the villain. When he saves her from one his dangerous Chimera Anima, she knows they are friends. At the end of the manga, before Tart leaves, Pudding cries and then when she is about to kiss him, they accidentilly fall off a tree branch, where they were and through they're kiss, she puts a candy drop in his mouth (pushing it with her tongue, making it a french kiss). Tart says he might come back to Earth for more.

In the anime, Pudding is underground with Tart. At first, Pudding is still cheerful as Tart tries ignoring her. Later, Tart realizes that Pudding was running out of air to breathe and was going to die when Pudding starts panting. He teleports them aboveground, saving her life and she tackle hugs him, and he blushes (again, for like the 50th time!) but his ears go up, giving away that he likes it and tells her to stop it.

[edit] Weapons and abilites

Tart wields a click-clack toy for a weapon.

Tart has control over plants and Chimera Animas made from plants. He can also fly and teleport, and even steal the spirit of a human (which he did once) like the other two aliens.

[edit] Voice Actors, and Voice Actress

In Tokyo Mew Mew, his seiyu is Asai Kiyomi.
In Mew Mew Power, his voice actor is Jimmy Zoppi.
In Miau Miau Power, his voice actor is Andrés Palacio.
In Mew Mew: Amiche Vincenti, his voice actress is Patrizia Mottola.

[edit] Trivia

Some fans believe that he acts similar to Kish in Mew Mew Power.
Ichigo has some confusion about Tart's gender; this is shown when she calls him a girl, mistakenly, more than once. However, this could just be a translation mistake by Tokyopop.