In the Virtual Reality game, Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash!, it is revealed that they are actually a set of Morolian robots, as there are multiple Coco★Tapiocas in the game.
Coco★Tapioca is a large gumdrop-shaped robot with long arms and very small, stubby legs. On the ends of its purple arms are dark pink, spherical hands, while its feet are featureless and match its body color. Like all Morolian robots, Coco★Tapioca has two antenna-like horns, which are yellow and capable of creating ring beams. Its face consists of three glass panes, lined with red, and a large mouth that is only visible when open.
In the video before its battle in Space Channel 5, Coco★Tapioca is pink, but in battle, and all other appearances, its body is a purplish pink.
History[]
Space Channel 5[]
Report 1: Introducing...Ulala!
Coco★Tapioca in Space Channel 5.
In the first game Coco★Tapioca appears as the first boss, Coco★Tapioca is a hypnotized robot invader that appears at the Launch Pad of Spaceport 9. It shows up at the end of “Ulala’s Swingin’ Report Show”, dropping down from a UFO.
The first battle segment is a dance battle, where Ulala will need to copy its dancing commands to beat it. When Coco★Tapioca says "chu", It'll create ring beams above its horns and sending them to Ulala. The rings will hover above her head until she successfully dances them away.
Just when it seems Coco★Tapioca’s down for the count, it gets back up and opens its mouth. In this segment, it'll let out a group of yellow dancing creatures called Yellow Submorolian that will try to attack Ulala by shooting a yellow beam, but the latter can stop them from doing it by copying Coco★Tapioca's dancing commands and shooting at them.
When the little robots are dispatched, Coco★Tapioca will starts freaking out and the final segment will begin. Coco★Tapioca will charge up a laser in its mouth and to prevent it from shooting, Ulala must copy its commands to shoot at its mouth. After getting knocked down, the robot will be freed from Blank's hypnotic control and the battle will be over.
Ulala ends her show and marches away with the unhypnotized Coco★Tapioca getting up and hopping along behind the lines of people Ulala rescued.
Report 4: Evil in the Galaxy Revealed!
Coco★Tapioca later appears at the end of the game, as Ulala and the other characters march to the end of the galaxy.
Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash![]
As stated above, in this game it is revealed that this robot is actually a set of robots and many of them appear through the game.
Report 1: Morolians Strike Back!
A Coco★Tapioca first appears as a boss in the first report, Morolians Strike Back!. Three yellow Morolians will appear in front of it and the player will need to copy the Morolians moves to knock Coco★Tapioca down. In this game, they have new attacks, one where they shoot a green energy beam and other where they attack with their arms.
Report 2: A Chorus in White
After knocking the Coco★Tapioca down, Glitter will coat many Coco★Tapiocas with X space cells off screen, turning them into Other★Tapiocas. Three Other Tapiocas will appear in the next report, A Chorus in White, as bosses. To defeat them, the player will need to once again copy the Morolians move to avoid their attacks and counter.
Report 4: The Final Report
Two Coco★Tapiocas can be seen in the fourth report, The Final Report celebrating Glitter's defeat.
Coco★Tapioca II[]
The Green Coco★Tapioca from the Hatsune Miku DLC.
In the Hatsune Miku DLC, a Green colored Coco★Tapioca called "Coco★Tapioca II", appears as a boss. The fight is just like the default one, where the player must copy the Yellow Morolians' moves to defeat it.
Space Channel 5 Part 2: Both Morolian Eight and Hoorg have a spaceship which is modeled after Coco★Tapioca, called the Tapi-maru. The spaceship can be seen during Report 3, being piloted by Morolian Eight and in Report 5, being piloted by Hoorg during the report's intro.
Coco★Tapioca in Project X Zone.
Project X Zone: A Coco★Tapioca appears in the game as a boss.
Project X Zone 2: Coco★Tapioca returns to the game's sequel, Project X Zone 2. In this game, Coco★Tapioca is brainwashed by the Rhythm Rogues.
4Unique "Never Gonna Change My Love" Music Video: Coco★Tapioca, along with Ulala and the Morolians, cameos in a Space Channel 5 inspired music video for 4Unique's song "Never Gonna Change My Love." The video was produced in 2001 in part by Fiftyeight Animation.
Sega Superstars Tennis: Coco★Tapioca itself doesn't make an appearance. However, its boss battle theme is an unlockable music track for the Space Channel 5 Tennis court.
In-Game Profiles[]
Space Channel 5[]
The first invading dancing robot, it appears at the Launch Pad in the First Report. The ring beam it creates from its horns, and the line-dancing robots it keeps inside its body, are something to be cautious of.
Space Channel 5 (Japanese)[]
"Dancing Robot Invader No. 1, it appears in at the Launch Pad in Report 1. It has a huge “purplink” body. The ring beams it creates from its antennas and the line-dancing robots (officially named Yellow Submorons) stored inside its body are something fierce."
Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash![]
A dancing robot created by the Morolians. Behold its ginormous "purplink" (purple-pink) body! Watch for the ring beam it shoots from its horns! Tremble at the signature Coco★Tapioca Dynamite Punch it unleashes with its terribly beefy arms!
Project X Zone[]
Dancing Robot No.1, created by the Morolians. It invaded a human spaceport, forcing the earthlings there to dance. It attacks with the Yellow Morolian line-dancing mecha housed inside its body, and it can also fire beams from its mouth. Its body is attractively colored purple-pink.
The word "Tapioca" is the name of a Brazilian dish where the main ingredient is manioc and the most popular filling is coconut. In Brazilian Portuguese, "Coco" means "coconut", hence the name.
Despite being written with Portuguese words, Coco★Tapioca's name follows English grammatical rules. If it were to follow Portuguese grammatical rules, Coco★Tapioca would be called "Tapioca de coco".
Coco★Tapioca production sketch.
Early concept arts reveal that Coco★Tapioca was originally going to be piloted by three Morolians and it would be possible to see them inside Coco★Tapioca's eyes.
It is possible that these pilot Morolians almost made into the game, as there are two unused textures named "eye_moro1" and "eye_moro2" in the game files.[2]
Coco★Tapioca's Japanese profile reveals that the official name of the line-dancing robots is "Yellow Submoron". The name is probably a reference to The Beatles' song, "Yellow Submarine".
In Space Channel 5 VR, the three yellow Morolians assisting Coco★Tapioca are most likely a reference to the Yellow Submorons, the dancing creatures that assisted it in the first game.
Coco★Tapioca is the first and currently only boss to be fought in more than one Space Channel 5 game.
Coco★Tapioca is also the only boss who appeared in every game. That is, if counting the reference to it in Space Channel 5: Part 2 (the Tapi-Maru spaceship) as an appearance.
Strangely, Coco★Tapioca's mouth is completely visible while closed in its in-game profile portrait, despite that not being the case in any of its models.
Coco★Tapioca's legs are extremely long and lined with ring beams during the intro to its battle, but only while it was attached to the ship. It has never been seen with its legs extended.
Gallery[]
Coco★Tapioca production sketch
A render of Coco★Tapioca in Part 1.
In-game profile (Part 1).
Coco★Tapioca, before the battle (french version)
During the battle.
Coco★Tapioca releasing Yellow Submorolians
Coco★Tapioca releasing Yellow Submorolians
"Shoot!"
Angry Coco★Tapioca (Ulala's Cosmic Attack)
Coco★Tapioca shown on the VMU of the dreamcast from the first game.
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