I played the Chop Chop Master Onion songs from all the Parappa games in show 25. Here are videos of the songs in action. It's hard to find You Tube videos where players HAVEN'T recorded themselves showing off, so the songs sound a little different to the versions I played on the show. As for Um Jammer Lammy, the only footage kicking about You Tube at the moment is of terrible quality. Maybe one day I'll dig out my copy of the game and post some videos that do it justice.
On a side note, the nice thing about the Parappa series is its consistency and self-referencing. Lyrics from previous games are reapeated in later ones, and there are always cameos going on in the background. The very fact that Chop Chop Master Onion has a story running through these three games is a good example. One day I might make a list of all the little in-jokes and post it up...
If you want to know more about the artist behind the Parappa games, I strongly suggest you check out Rodney Alan Greenblat's site, the Center for Advanced Whimsy. It's a great site that showcases his work well.
Without further ado, here's the first appearance of Chop Chop Master Onion in Parappa the Rapper
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There's no decent footage of Chop Chop Master Onion in Um Jammer Lammy on the net, the best I could find was this intro to his stage. As you can see, he's fallen on hard times. Parappa also raps in this stage, but there's no footage of that either.
Note that the story Lammy comes up with about the queue at the gas station is actually a stage from the original Parappa the Rapper. Here's the video - Chop Chop's in there, so it counts (seriously, could somebody record the game being played normally so you just get a clean recording of the rap without all the button-mashing? Tch):
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And finally, Parappa the Rapper 2. Chop Chop Master Onion has pulled himself together, is dressed in a spangly jumpsuit, presenting a TV show extolling the virtues of 'Romantic Karate'. Love Chop!
Much love to you too sensei!
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Parappa the Rapper official site
Finally, here's a bonus picture of Chop Chop Master Onion cosplay. Seriously, if it's in a video game, someone has dressed up as it.
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