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Almost all of the strange creature in Donyatsu all seem to be a hybrid of some
confection and some animal.

![Ronya, Donyatsu, Bagel](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1Ocd7.jpg) (From left to
right) Ronya, Donyatsu, Bagel

![Kumacaroon, Bamucougar, Morudonyatsu,
Sakuwabuta](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Fo9mf.jpg) (From left to right)
Kumacaroon, Bamucougar, Morudonyatsu, Sakuwabuta

![Menchiwawa, Korokkenn](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fvybO.jpg) (From left to
right) Menchiwawa, Korokkenn

What combination of animals and confections are each of the characters listed?


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What animals and confections are each of the characters?


All of them seems to be
[portmanteau](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau) which combines the
name of some kind of food (reflected in the shape/features of their bodies)
and the name or sound made by some animal (reflected in the shape/features of
their heads).

  * ローニャ (ro-nya): [ロールケーキ](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD)/[Swiss roll](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_roll) \+ ニャ/にゃ ([Onomatopoeia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia) for cat)

  * どーにゃつ (do-nyatsu): [ドーナツ](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%84)/[Donut](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doughnut) \+ ニャ/にゃ (Onomatopoeia for cat)  
The name is written in Hiragana. For comparison purpose, ドーナツ in Hiragana is
どーなつ.

  * ベーガル (be-garu): [ベーグル](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB)/[Bagel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagel) \+ **(Unknown)**

  * クマカロン (kumacaron): クマ（熊）/Bear + [マカロン](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3)/[Macaron1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaron)  
1 Not to be confused with [Macaroon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroon).

  * バームクーガー (ba-muku-ga-): [バウムクーヘン](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A0%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3)/[Baumkuchen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumkuchen) \+ [ピューマ（クーガー2）](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E)/[Cougar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar)  
2 In the [disambiguation
page](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC_%28%E6%9B%96%E6%98%A7%E3%81%95%E5%9B%9E%E9%81%BF%29),
クーガー is a different name for ピューマ; ピューマ (Puma) seems to be more commonly used
in Japanese.

  * もるどーにゃつ (morudo-nyatsu): Mold/モルド3 \+ ドーナツ/Donut + ニャ/にゃ (Onomatopoeia for cat)  
3 モルド is more of a transcription of the English word "Mold", rather than a
loan word.

  * ちくわぶた (chikuwabuta): [ちくわぶ（竹輪麩）4](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%A1%E3%81%8F%E3%82%8F%E3%81%B6)/[Chikuwabu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikuwabu) \+ ぶた（豚）/Pig  
4 Not to be confused with
[ちくわ（竹輪）](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%B9%E8%BC%AA)/[Chikuwa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikuwa).
Quoting from Wikipedia page of Chikuwabu: " _Chikuwabu_ is often confused with
the fish-based _chikuwa_ , as they are similar in shape and name and are both
common ingredients in _oden_. However, unlike _chikuwa_ , _chikuwabu_ is
rarely eaten on its own."

  * メンチワワ (menchiwawa): [メンチカツ5](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%82%AB%E3%83%84)/[Menchi-katsu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menchi-katsu) \+ [チワワ](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%AF%E3%83%AF)/[Chihuahua](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chihuahua_%28dog%29)  
5 I linked to Menchi-katsu (ground meat cutlet), since it resembles the
illustration best. メンチ (menchi) is a phonetically modified version of the word
"mince" in English.

  * コロッケン (korokken): [コロッケ6](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%B1)/[Korokke](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korokke) \+ ケン（犬）/Dog  
6 Not to be confused with
[クロケット](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B1%E3%83%83%E3%83%88)/[Croquette](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croquette),
although コロッケ/Korokke is a dish originates from クロケット/Croquette.

Although not in the pictures in the question, there is also マチュマロ (machumaro),
translated as marshmallow mouse, which made an appearance in chapter 3.
However, the mice seem to be the only characters in the manga whose bodies
don't resemble some kind of food.

  * マチュマロ (machumaro): マシュマロ/Marshmallow + チュウ (Onomatopoeia for mouse)

![マチュマロ](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Mq7g1.gif)  
Source: <http://donyatsu.jp/wp-
content/themes/donyatsu/characters/img/characterimg12.gif>

As the story progresses, more characters are introduced:

  * ウシフォン (ushifon): ウシ（牛）/Cow + [シフォン](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD)/[Chiffon cake](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiffon_cake)

![ウシフォン](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qit3N.jpg)  
Source: <http://www.square-
enix.co.jp/magazine/yg/introduction/donyatsu/img/character12.jpg>

  * まっちゃん (macchan): [まっちゃ（抹茶）](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8A%B9%E8%8C%B6)/[Matcha](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matcha)  
According to the official website, it seems to be a Matcha Donut Cat.

![まっちゃん](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UjUsf.gif)  
Source: <http://donyatsu.jp/wp-
content/themes/donyatsu/characters/img/characterimg8.gif>

  * マルモチーター (marumochi-ta-): [まるもち（丸餅）](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A4%85)/[Marumochi _(lit. Round Mochi)_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochi) \+ [チーター](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC)/[Cheetah](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetah)

![マルモチーター](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HawqB.jpg)  
Source: <http://www.square-
enix.co.jp/magazine/yg/introduction/donyatsu/img/character16.jpg>

Marumochi is grilled before consumption, as seen in the picture below:

![Grilled Marumochi](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l33C7m.jpg)  
Source: <http://www.ic-net.or.jp/home/ds-chizu/graphic/marumochimein2.jpg>)  
This explains the square pattern on its body.


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