# South Park 3/17

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-17/234974>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 18, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-17/234974 "2004-03-18T03:38:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 5

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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-17/234974/81 "2004-03-23T02:59:24Z")

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> [@International Playboy](#):
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> I like Butters much more than Tweak.

It was much better than _Cats_.  
I will see it again and again.

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**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-3-17/234974/82 "2004-03-23T12:01:30Z")

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> [@tracer](#):
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> I thought “mecha” meant “giant humanoid robot with missile launchers and energy swords.” At least, that’s what it means in all the anime I’ve ever seen.

“Mecha” in the giant robot sense is written and pronounced in Japanese as “ME KA” (meh-ka). In this case, “ME CHA” is pronounced meh-cha (like in cha-cha dancing.)

I’d try to type it in Japanese, but I wouldn’t want to annoy you all with Windows asking you if you want to install the Japanese language pack…

RobuSensei  
who has stupidly managed to acquire way too many mecha toys. His collection includes 2 Gundam, 3 Evangelions, and 10 Valkyrie/Veritechs…

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