DUCKEN[ダックン] aka DAKKUNG
BLOCKEN[ブロックン] BLOCK + DUCKEN (the original retained DUCKEN's rounder shapes, but I like how later games made him much blockier)
TICKEN[チックン] Like TICK-TOCK[チクタク] because his little data blurb mentions clockwork
SUIKAN[スイカン] from SUIKA[西瓜]: "watermelon" and DUCKEN
KAAKUN[カークン] from KAAKAA[カーカー] the sound of a crow
WAKKUN[ワックン] super unclear to me what this was meant as… WACK? WAKUWAKU, which is a kind of onomatopoeia for excitment? What do either of those have to do with I guess a beach theme?
KARA-KARAKKUN[カラカラックン] from KARA-KARA[からから] meaning "Parched/bonedry" because it's a mummy.
TOKUN-POKUN[トークンポークン] No idea what this is supposed to be... It could just be loosely racist gibberish in the vein of EekumBokum mockery of south pacific indigenous cultures considering the vague totempole or tiki sculpture.
DOKKUN[ドックン] weirdly I was expecting it to be from donguri[団栗]: "acorn" but it's not... Given that the -KKUN bit is just standard for the DUCKEN family, that really only gives me DO to work with, and that's too vague
KAZAMUKKUN[カザムックン] from I think either KAZAMA[風待]: "waiting on (a favorable) wind" or KAZAGURUMA[風車]: "windmill"
KOKEKKUN[コケックン] from KOKE~[コケッ] the sound a chicken makes, like a CLUCK.
DENKUN[デンクン] from ODEN[御田] a classic hotpot dish in Japan, recognizable for its larger chunks of food on a skewer
DARUMAKUN[ダルマックン] from DARUMA-OTOSHI[だるま落とし] the children's toy with the Daruma figure on top of a tower of smaller colored blocks that you have to knock out one at a time with a little mallet.
BUDOKUN[ブドークン] from BUDO[葡萄]: "Grapes"
MACHU-PICCHU[マチュピチュ] the famous Incan citadel in the mountains of Peru
KAMOCHA[カモチャ] From KAMO[鴨]:"duck" and KABOCHA[南瓜]: "Pumpkin"
KAN-TEESEEKUN[カンテーセークン] This one is super weird to me and I'm assuming from the design that whatever this is is a Japanese approximation of Chinese. I want to take a random stab and say the KAN[關] is GUAN from GUAN-YU[關羽] the famous mythic Chinese general from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, as is fairly apparent from the design. But I'm not so certain about the TE~SE~ bit (The kanji on his chest is tori[鳥]:"bird")
BAKURETTSUN[バクレッツン] from BAKURETSU[爆裂]: "EXPLOSION/BOMB"
TUTANKHAMUN[ツタンカーメン] like the Egyptian pharaoh
PARADOKKUN[パラドックン] seemingly from PARADOX[パラドックス]
PIITAN[ピータン] from PIITAN[皮蛋] the preserved and aged egg dish known as a "Century Egg"
MAGAMOKKUN[マガモックン] from MAGAMO[真鴨]: "Mallard"
MIYABIYAKAN[ミヤピヤカン] from MIYABIYAKA[雅やか]: "elegant/graceful"
RIKUU[リクウ] I have no idea what they were going for with this name in relation t the design... You'd think given the design that it would be some kind of reference to, like, canopic jars or Duamutef something, but no... Also this is the 3rd time there's been some kind of egyptian mummy duck in this series...
And then all the funky spares from the GBA games
PIIKAN[ピーカン] PIXIE + DUCKEN
KINKUN[キンクン] KIN[金]: "gold" and DUCKEN
MOCHIKUN[モチクン] just MOCHI + DUCKEN
HIKKUN[ヒックン] from HI[火]: "fire" and DUCKEN
ARROWKKUN[アロックン] ARROWHEAD + DUCKEN
YUZUKKUN[ユズックン] from YUZU[柚子] japanese name for a pomelo
KAMOMEKKUN[カモメックン] from KAMOME[鴎/鷗/鷖]: "seagull"
TAKKON[タッコン] from TAKOPI and DUCKEN, where TAKO[蛸]: "octopus"
CHAKKUN[チャックン] super unclear given how little is in here... Maybe it's CHA[茶]: "brown"?
SAIKUN[サイクン] from SAI-ROLLER and SAI[犀]: "Rhinoceros"
TORIKOKKUN[トリコックン] from TORIKO[虜]: "prisoner"??
BOUKUN[ボウクン] from BOUKUN[暴君]: "tyrant/despot"
LESSUN[レッスン] from LESIONE and DUCKEN
ZANNEN[ザンネン] from ZAN and DUCKEN
KYUUKAN[キューカン] Unclear... Obviously the KAN is the DUCKEN format, but with just the one syllable, KYUU I can't pinpoint a specific meaning
OREOKKUN[オレオックン] unclear??
DORAGGUN[ドラッグン] DRAGGON??? But it's not a dragon subtype??
DOKKUN[ドックン] from DOKU[毒]: "poison" and DUCKEN
UZURAKKUN[ウズラックン] from UZURA[鶉]: "quail"
LEOKKUN[レオックン] from LEO and DUCKEN
FANTASY-STAR[ファンタジスタ]
PIYOKKUN[ピヨックン] from PIYO-PIYO[ピヨピヨ] the sound of chirping birds.
O-FRANCE[オフランス]
KONGARII[コンガリー] from KONGARI[こんがり]: "well-cooked/browned"
NASUKKUN[ナスックン] from NASUBI[茄子]: "Eggplant" one of a few different monsters skinned as eggplants as a reference to the Japanese tradition of your first dream of the New Year being an indicator of luck in the year ahead, with eggplants being a prominent good luck indicator
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