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The Giant Catfish is a villainous avatar of Taisui Xingjun, a God of Calamity who sent assassins (disguised as familiar characters) to attack Meiling. His objective, as he claims, was to drain her of her power so that he could move the earth and return to this world once again. He also spoke quite strongly of his plans to cause various disasters to Gensokyo.
Fun Facts
- The graphics files for this character are named "namazu*" in the Touhou Hisoutensoku application directory, so this is assumed to be his species.
- Most Japanese fans call him (or possibly her?) "Oo Namazu sama" (Master Big Catfish, 大ナマズ様), as s/he did it in the dialogue of Meiling's Scenario of Touhou Hisoutensoku.
- The Giant Catfish has been nicknamed "Primeus" by some fans. This is due to some similarities between the catfish and a MUGEN joke character named Primeus, who was a giant floating salmon who shot laser beams. Said MUGEN character has since been modified so he sometimes uses the Giant Catfish's sprites during his introduction to battle.
- "Giant Catfish" has been a recurring joke or theme in the English Touhou community since Scarlet Weather Rhapsody when Reimu seemingly brought up the subject out of nowhere (no such associations between catfish and earthquakes are commonly known outside of Japan), and when Sakuya caught one for a banquet.
- Perfect Memento in Strict Sense mentions that carp-like monster fish up to ten fathoms in length have been seen in the Misty Lake where the Scarlet Devil Mansion is located. This may be the kind of fish Sakuya caught at the end of SWR.
- Some of the attacks of the Unnamed Giant Catfish are a reference to the attacks of Fatty Whale from Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra.
- The Giant Catfish is the only character who appears as a boss in a fighting spin-off, but is not a playable character.
- According to NKZ's comment in the Nae Raji (radio broadcasting by D.N.A. Softwares) on September 21. 2009., the inspiration of the Giant Catfish is the Golden Statue of Catfish at Yoshikawa City in Saitama Prefecture, where is NKZ's hometown.
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