#majyo

Marjoly takes more cues from the Time Bokan villainess than most other characters in media, and practically exaggerates them all too. Her name is similar to that of Marjo's, and both are from the Japanese word for witch, majo, with Marjoly being a actual witch.

She shares their penchant for revealing outfits, with her absurd fashion sense topping all of them. She also has loyal yet snarky minions in common with Boyacky, Tonzura, etc. that also make jokes about how old they supposedly are, though Marjoly is over a thousand years old. Like Doronjo specifically, Marjoly lusts after a young heroic figure, and for her this was her main motivation in the first game.

Coincidentally, while Marjoly and Doronjo are treated as jokes in their respective series, instances that pit them against others out of their context (ie. Doronjo in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, Marjoly in the Disgaea series) present them as much more credible foes to be reckoned with.

Marjo's lackeys don't borrow as strongly from Doronjo's and such, but still draw inspiration from them. Myao's role is akin to Boyacky's, but uses magic in place inventing gadgets and dragons and Nyankos (cat creatures) instead of mechas and robots. She shows a hot-blooded temper at times that Kosuinen and Boyacky himself from the 90s onwards had. Myao's appearance and snarky attitude are also similar to Ryuko from Itadakiman.

Gao fulfills Tonzura's role as the bruiser obsessed with their strength, and having a relatively small (yet memorable) role compared to their teammates. On the other hand, she has the unique trait of (seemingly) being a werewolf and knows how to swim unlike Tonzura.

While vain like her boss Marjoly and by proxy Doronjo, Crowdia is also comparable to Otasukeman's Gekigauski and Yattodetaman's Count Donfanfan in that she's the most sensible of the group, and she shares the former's respect for the environment. Her pet crow invokes Zenderman's Nyaravolta as the obnoxious team pet that everyone else but her hates.

One of the earliest parodies was Dishonest John from the puppet show Time for Beany and later cartoon Beany and Cecil. His antics were popular enough to merit a few episodes focusing on him over the title characters. Another example was Snidely Whiplash from Dudley Do-Right, who was such a direct parody that he had a habit of tying people to railroad tracks.

Perhaps one of the most well known examples is Dick Dastardly from Wacky Races, who along with his cheeky sidekick Muttley would use every dirty trick in the book to try and win a race, only to never succeed every time. The characters were so popular that they got their own spinoff show, Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, and would continue to appear in various Hanna Barbera shows.

The premise of the spinoff was that the Vulture Squadron, consisting of Dastardly and Muttley along with the cowardly Zilly and eccentric inventor Klunk, were assigned to capture a spy pigeon known as Yankee Doodle Pigeon. They used all sorts of planes and gadgets to try to catch him, but constantly lost due to their own ineptitude.

Both Wacky Races and the Dastardly and Muttley show were cult hits in Japan, and the original Time Bokan took cues from both, especially the latter. Both shows have the villains make absurd vehicles to catch a bird and humorously failing each time. There's time travel and they stop going after the bird later on in Time Bokan, but it's still Japan's version of Dastardly and Muttley when you think about it.