Santa Death Parade (サンタデスパレード, Santadesuparēdo) is a mecha piloted by Charlie Macdonald and his cheerleaders during their ranking match with Travis Touchdown's Glastonbury during the events of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.
Features and Abilities[]
The Santa Death Parade is a football-shaped mecha formed from twenty-five pilots in space. It possesses two barrel-shaped arms capable of directly striking an opponent ("Death Parade Punch") or firing a massive particle beam ("Death Parade Beam" and "Death Parade Buster"). It can also produce a large bomb resembling a football. All of its attacks are designed to stun, floor, or gain distance from its opponent.
Gallery[]
Glastonbury and Santa Death Parade.
Santa Death Parade mobilizing.
The face of the mecha.
Santa Death Parade's special attack.
Trivia[]
- The Santa Death Parade's concept art was illustrated by Shigeto Koyama.
- The Santa Death Parade features faces and spirals prominently in its design, bringing to mind Koyama's previous work in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
- Fans have often commented that the Santa Death Parade resembles Dekabutsu.
- Yuri Lowenthal, who voices Charlie MacDonald, also voiced Simon, the protagonist for Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann in its English dub.
- In the original script for No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, Charlie and the cheerleaders would have rocketed into their own smaller, individual mecha before amalgamating into the Santa Death Parade.