Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The line is the game's whole attitude in one shout: a movie nerd borrowing the stern henshin ritual of Japanese hero shows and turning it into a groovy sixties catchphrase. It tells you the game is both a love letter to tokusatsu and a joke about it, and it is the phrase fans and cosplayers still use when they change into costume, in the game and out.
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In context
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In Viewtiful Joe (Capcom, GameCube, 2003) movie fan Joe is on a date with his girlfriend Silvia, watching a film starring his hero Captain Blue, when the villain reaches out of the screen and drags Silvia into Movieland. Joe follows, and Captain Blue gives him a V-Watch. Henshin, the Japanese word for transformation used in tokusatsu hero shows, is the word that makes the watch work; Joe's flourish, "Henshin-a-go-go, baby!", turns him into the red-suited Viewtiful Joe, with a V-shaped hand sign of his own. Silvia later says it too when she transforms.
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- Viewtiful Joe Wiki: HenshinIntro and TriviaReference checked
- Viewtiful Joe Wiki: Viewtiful Joe (Game)PlotReference checked
- Wikipedia: Viewtiful Joe (video game)SynopsisReference checked
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