Pūko

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Pūko (プー子) is a Monty Mole and Rocky Wrench who is also a member of AKG48 (a parody of the Japanese girl group AKB48) that appears in volume 46 of Super Mario-kun. Her name comes from「プー」(Pū), the Rocky Wrench's Japanese name, and「子」(-ko), a common female given name suffix. Her name is very similar to Choropūko's.

Pūko
General information
Species	Monty Mole Rocky Wrench
Appearances
First appearance	Super Mario-kun Volume 45 (sneak peek only) (2012)
Latest appearance	Super Mario-kun Volume 46 (2013)

Pūko taking the appearance of a Rocky Wrench in the first chapter of volume 46

She first appears in the first chapter of volume 46, where she is shown alongside the other AKG48 members. She wears goggles in this chapter, taking on the appearance of a Rocky Wrench.

She later reappears in the fourth chapter at the Mogura Matsuri (もぐらまつり, Mole Festival), now without goggles, now resembling a Monty Mole. She introduces herself to Mario, Luigi and Toad and gives them a tour around the place. She shows them carnival-like games such as "Choropū ga Tataku Game" (チョロプーがたたくゲーム), a game where Monty Moles whack the participant, and a target practice game that uses a bazooka. She then shows Mario and his friends the food, which consists of mostly aquatic enemies. After putting a Spike Eel in a pot, a Morty Mole arrives and starts destroying the festival due to it being in his home. Mario and the Morty Mole start fighting, with Pūko cheering the former on. After Mario loses, Pūko gives him a Monty Mole heirloom, a super-metal, invincible powered suit for him to use, which he discards almost immediately. As Mario continues to getting attacked by the Morty Mole, Luigi wins two Statue Leaves from a raffle, which Pūko then tells the Mario Bros. to use to defeat the Morty Mole. She offers them a cooked Goomba to eat before they fight the Morty Mole. After Mario and Luigi defeat the Morty Mole with their Statue forms, she thanks them for saving the festival, and gives them both a cooked Fuzzy as a reward.

Trivia

• Pūko and Hachiko are the only AKG48 members who physically appear outside of being mentioned in the list of the members seen in the first chapter of volume 46.
  • However, unlike the chapter Pūko physically appeared in, the chapter that Hachiko physically appeared in did not mention the AKG48, due to the chapter being from volume 45 (as the AKG48 did not physically appear until volume 46, excluding sneak peeks).
• Pūko is the only known character to be both a Monty Mole and Rocky Wrench.