| “ | Dadaping is the most outstanding Royal Teenieping so far. | ” |
— Dadaping in "Dadaping, the Smart One" talking about how outstanding he is as a Royal Teenieping. | ||
Dadaping is the Royal Emotion Teenieping of rightness who appears in Catch! Teenieping. He is tasked with supporting Romi in her mission to catch the Emotion Teeniepings along with the other Royal Teeniepings. He debuts in "Dadaping, the Smart One."
Appearance[]
Dadaping's Appearance
Dadaping is a blue sky-themed Teenieping. He has a baby-blue body, an azure-blue collar shaped like a cloud with a golden bell/button, and a white underbelly with a golden Royal Symbol.
He has white eyebrows and a white hair tuft that resembles clouds. He wears blue glasses, a blue hoodie, and a dodger-blue bow on the back of his head.
He has ear-like extensions resembling puppy or lop-bunny ears, a cloud-like structure on the tip of his tail, a round nose, and a standard mouth.
Personality[]
Dadaping is smart, serious, and organized. He is always looking to learn new things, and he often helps Romi with his extensive knowledge about numerous topics and strategies to catch at Teenieping or handle a conundrum.
However, like his fellow Royal Teeniepings, he can be rather immature sometimes. While he is smart, he is quick to assume things before knowing the full story, as shown in "Dadaping, the Smart One".
Etymology[]
- The Korean name "바로핑" (Baroping) may be derived from the Korean word "바로잡다" (balojabda) meaning correct.
- The English name Dadaping's etymology is unknown, but it may be derived from Dadaism it can also be related to the latin word data which in a philosophical context can mean things known or assumed to be facts.
- However, it's likely that it's derived from it's Russian name and spelling, "Дадапин" (dadaping), which means "yes-yes ping" as "да", which is pronounced "da", means yes in Russian. Ironically, the Russian dub also uses that the same name for Dadaping.
- The Chinese name, "正正萌可" [zhèng zhèng méng kě], likely stems from the word "正确的" [zhèng què de], which means "right" or "correct".
Magic[]
Transformation[]
Romi transformed as Princess Cloudia
Like his Royal Teenieping comrades, by kissing Romi on the cheek, Dadaping can help her transform into a magical princess. He can transform Romi into Princess Cloudia.
When transformed, Romi gains physical strength and can use the power of her various magic tools to carry out her objective.
Magic powers[]
Tinkle Puff[]
With his magic book, Dadaping can sprinkle Tinkle Puff to create books that can grab or pursue objects or people, and post-its to mute people.
He can also use it to make someone more productive, as demonstrated in “Dadaping, the Smart One.”
History[]
Catch! Teenieping[]
Dadaping was one of the Teeniepings who was released to Earth from the Cube Chamber.
Dadaping, the Smart One[]
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While Romi & Heartsping learn about Nile’s situation that’s caused him to miss school, Dadaping — appearing to have been watching them from the bushes — causes Romi’s Teenieping Alert to ring, and he tearfully leaps out of the bushes to finally greet them. Having heard about their conundrum, Dadaping immediately goes out to turn Nile from lazy to studious without really listening to what Romi & Heartsping have to say.
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This works against him when Nile causes more harm than good, which Romi tells him about, but he argues that he simply did what was asked. This leads to a brawl all over the library between Romi & Dadaping, which Heartsping tries to stop by cutting their clash of attacks off mid-way, causing the two of them to stop and apologize for the misunderstanding. He joins Romi from this point on, becoming the second of six Royal Emotion Teeniepings to join her.
Find Moseyping![]
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Dadaping debuts his detective alter-ego to figure out who has stolen the birthday cake for Marylou’s mother. He leads the other Royal Emotion Teeniepings to find clues — and Romi — and search for the thief, who is revealed to be Moseyping.
Dadaping Is Everywhere[]
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While getting a drink of water late at night, Dadaping accidentally reads out a spell from a book that causes a hoard of clones to appear from a magic mirror. The clones all drag the Royal Emotion Teeniepings — and even Romi — out of bed to do various activities (to their chagrin).
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A transformed Romi stops the clones by using her magic. However, Dadaping takes on several odd transformations, which can only be fixed by stones from Dr. Monziu. Combining her magic and the power of the stones, Dadaping is restored to his original state, but his body has turned pink as a side effect, which lasts a week and is made into a joke courtesy of Heartsping, Gogoping & Jun.
Happying's Back[]
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Dadaping re-introduces his detective alter-ego to make a discovery about Giggleping's badge after a confrontation involving her, Romi & Gogoping. Using a cotton swab, he finds pollen from the Yummy Fruit, which the Royal Emotion Teeniepings, Romi & Dr. Monziu assume Giggleping ate.
Twinkle Catch! Teenieping[]
After all of the Emotion Teeniepings are caught, Dadaping returns to the Emotions Kingdom along with the other Royal Emotion Teeniepings (except for Heartsping) to resume their role as teachers at the Royal Teenieping School.
Twinkle Twinkle, Jewel Teeniepings[]
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Dadaping, Gogoping & Happying race to the Jewel Forest to try and stop Maskping upon hearing that a crisis is going down, but are too late in doing so. He alerts the Heart King of what’s happened through his magic mirror.
Royal Teenieping Face-Off![]
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Dadaping and the other Royal Emotion Teeniepings (except for Happying) arrive at Heartrose Bakery to challenge the student Royal Teeniepings to a duel upon realizing their progress in catching the Jewel Teeniepings has been lackluster. He joins Gogoping & Lalaping to challenge them and beat them out at the last game. He and the other Royal Emotion Teeniepings return to the Emotions Kingdom.
Teenieping School Graduation[]
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Dadaping and the other Royal Emotion Teeniepings (except for Happying) arrive to the bakery to watch the graduation of the Jewel Teeniepings.
Star Catch! Teenieping[]
The Girl Who Came Upon a Star[]
He appears as a cameo alongside the other Royal Emotion Teeniepings and starts waving at Romi who's on board the Space Star Plane.
Trivia[]
- Dadaping's character and design may be inspired by a couple of other characters:
- Oshaki from Cocotama
- Orenetchi from Tamagotchi
- Clanosuke Benji from Idol x Warrior Miracle Tunes!
- Brainy Smurf from The Smurfs
- Like Shushping, if you look at Dadaping's hand that's holding the pencil, it looks like he is left-handed[1].
- However, considering that Dadaping mainly uses his right hand when using magic, there's a possibility that he is ambidextrous[2], or he's left-handed and only uses magic with his right hand.
- It's also possible that he's right-handed, but only writes with his left hand.
- He's the first Royal Teenieping, and the first Teenieping by extension, to wear glasses.
- However, considering that Dadaping mainly uses his right hand when using magic, there's a possibility that he is ambidextrous[2], or he's left-handed and only uses magic with his right hand.
- Dadaping's concept used to be honesty in Season 1.
- As of season three, Trueping is now the Teenieping of honesty.
Gallery[]
Errors[]
- Dadaping’s name is misspelled as “Dataping” in the English dub’s credits.
Notes[]
- ↑ Look closely at Dadaping's hand when he's holding a pencil in the episode "Trouble In The Library".
- ↑ Someone who's both right-handed and left-handed.