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Note: This character's name is derived from Japanese, as no official English name is known.

Otome (おとめちゃん) is a hamster who appears in some of the Japanese episodes. Her friends (or underlings) are Lion and Bear, and together they form Otome's Crew. They all love art and are constantly saying "Go, go, art, go!"

Character[]

Otome is the leader of Otome's Crew, hence the name. Whatever she says, goes, and Lion and Bear know it. Otome is very arrogant, and always takes a chance to impress other hamsters by performing various acts with Lion and Bear.

She always ends her sentences with "zamachu~" (ざまちゅ); a pun on "zamasu" (ざます), a verbal tic used by elegant women. This is often interpreted as "jamachu" (じゃまちゅ) due to her accent, though is officially written as "zamachu".[1]

Otome's green hair is actually a wig. She is seen with various wigs and outfits throughout the series, mostly in It's Art, Otome's Crew!; however, she is never seen without one.

Relationships[]

Lion and Bear[]

Referred to as her "art pupils", Lion and Bear are extremely loyal to Otome. Sometimes, she treats the two with disrespect; especially if they refuse to follow her orders or speak out of turn. However, Otome truly cares about them as friends, and is rarely seen without the two by her side.

Sparkle[]

Sparkle and Otome meet in Sparkle's Art, and they have a strange relationship. Sparkle becomes angry at Otome because she isn't in a Ham-Ham ice sculpture Otome's Crew made. The two begin to fight, leading Otome to challenge the pop idol to an ice-art contest; they work on their projects deep into the night, but became stranded outside due to a heavy snowstorm. As Sparkle is losing hope that the Ham-Hams will come rescue her, Otome attempts to comfort her. Afterwards, she keeps waking Sparkle up as she drifts in-and-out of sleep, worried that if she succumbs to sleep she will freeze to death. After the art contest is done, they both accept defeat; however, they immediately begin to fight again over who lost.

Notable Episodes[]

Etymology[]

Etymology
Japanese
Otome
(おとめ Otome)
Otome means "maiden", possibly referring to her status as the "leading lady" of the troupe.
English
N/A N/A


Trivia[]

  • The XLC Co. figure of Otome has pink hair instead of green.
  • In the Hamtaro Trading Card Game Guide book set, Otome is stated to live in a grocery store; this was never shown in the anime, with Otome being a wild hamster instead. In some early artwork, however, Otome is shown carrying a grocery bag (with a tiny baguette and other food sticking out of it); likely echoing this dropped concept.
  • Otome's anime model sheet labels her lipstick reference with a question mark, suggesting the design choice was not 100% finalized when the sheet was produced.[2]

Gallery[]

Main article: Otome/Gallery

References[]

  1. Tottoko Hamutaro: Hamu Hamu Pitarinchu! Otome card
  2. Scan of model sheet
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