colors to fit in with the rest of the game ends up with a "gauche" look. He also criticized both his moveset and his campaign to be underwhelming. In popular culture Like Crash Bandicoot, whose debut game was released on the same day, PaRappa went on to become an iconic mascot character for the PlayStation brand due to the international commercial success of the first PaRappa the Rapper game. PaRappa has been referenced in popular culture, and as the subject of fan labor activities such as cosplay. A cast member of the webseries Mega64 appears as PaRappa in a 2008 episode. PaRappa appeared in three sketches in the Adult Swim television show Robot Chicken. In one of the segments of the show, PaRappa is picked over his competitor in a freestyle battle by 50 Cent, who appears as himself, and is signed to his G-Unit label. References Further reading The Minds Behind Adventure Games: Interviews with Cult and Classic Video Game Developers Architectures of Illusion: From Motion Pictures to Navigable Interactive Environments Anthropomorphic video game characters Child characters in video games Fictional dogs Fictional rappers Fighting game characters Mascots introduced in 1996 Production I.G Sony Interactive Entertainment protagonists Video game characters introduced in 1996 Video game franchises introduced in 1996 Video game mascots