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'''Gama-chan''' is [[Naruto Uzumaki]]'s [[toad]] shaped wallet. Gama-chan's presence and brief appearances in the series are used for comic relief. Naruto cares for "''Gama-chan''" and refers to it as if it were a pet, saying that it's happy when it's fat and full of money. He gets disappointed and indignant whenever [[Jiraiya]]'s jaunts out for "''research''" would end up with Naruto broke, and Gama-chan emaciated.
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{{translation|'''Gama-chan'''|ガマちゃん|Gama-chan|engtv=Froggy}} is [[Naruto Uzumaki]]'s [[toad]] shaped wallet. Gama-chan's presence and brief appearances in the series are used for comic relief. Naruto cares for "''Gama-chan''" and refers to it as if it were a pet, saying that it's happy when it's fat and full of money. He gets disappointed and indignant whenever [[Jiraiya]]'s jaunts out for "''research''" would end up with Naruto broke, and Gama-chan emaciated.
   
 
When [[Tsunade]] made a bet with Naruto on whether he could master the [[Rasengan]] in a week, she took a money-filled Gama-chan as his part of the wager.
 
When [[Tsunade]] made a bet with Naruto on whether he could master the [[Rasengan]] in a week, she took a money-filled Gama-chan as his part of the wager.
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* During the [[Three-Tails Arc]], when Naruto asks [[Konohamaru]] to buy snacks for [[Gamatatsu]] and [[Gamakichi]], Gama-chan's eyes lack the white border around them.
 
* During the [[Three-Tails Arc]], when Naruto asks [[Konohamaru]] to buy snacks for [[Gamatatsu]] and [[Gamakichi]], Gama-chan's eyes lack the white border around them.
 
* On the underside of Gama-chan, a white strip can be seen. The strip roughly says {{translation|Naruto's Wallet|なるとさいふ|Naruto Saifu}}.
 
* On the underside of Gama-chan, a white strip can be seen. The strip roughly says {{translation|Naruto's Wallet|なるとさいふ|Naruto Saifu}}.
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* It might be based on the Chan Chu, the ''Lucky Money Toad'', a Chinese symbol of prosperity depicted as a frog sitting on top of a pile of coins with a coin in its mouth.
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* The Japanese word for frog, "kaeru", is a homonym that means "return / to return". It is considered lucky in Japanese culture to keep a frog in wallets (in whatever form, whether as figurines or keychains, etc.) for money to come back when it is spent.
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*The creator of Naruto Masashi Kishimoto says "One day, the following incident took place. I got stuck writing a manga just before the deadline , so I lay down behind my desk to take a short nap. When i was looking for something to use as a pillow, I found a big frog-shaped gamaguchi cushion. (This is a cushion modeled on the froggie wallet that Naruto uses in the series, It was made as a present for readers) <ref>''Naruto'' Volume 29, page 26 </ref>
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Revision as of 01:23, 11 September 2014

This article is about Naruto's wallet. For the giant toad that resides at Mount Myōboku, see Gama.

Gama-chan (ガマちゃん, English TV: Froggy) is Naruto Uzumaki's toad shaped wallet. Gama-chan's presence and brief appearances in the series are used for comic relief. Naruto cares for "Gama-chan" and refers to it as if it were a pet, saying that it's happy when it's fat and full of money. He gets disappointed and indignant whenever Jiraiya's jaunts out for "research" would end up with Naruto broke, and Gama-chan emaciated.

When Tsunade made a bet with Naruto on whether he could master the Rasengan in a week, she took a money-filled Gama-chan as his part of the wager.

Trivia

  • During the Three-Tails Arc, when Naruto asks Konohamaru to buy snacks for Gamatatsu and Gamakichi, Gama-chan's eyes lack the white border around them.
  • On the underside of Gama-chan, a white strip can be seen. The strip roughly says Naruto's Wallet (なるとさいふ, Naruto Saifu).
  • It might be based on the Chan Chu, the Lucky Money Toad, a Chinese symbol of prosperity depicted as a frog sitting on top of a pile of coins with a coin in its mouth.
  • The Japanese word for frog, "kaeru", is a homonym that means "return / to return". It is considered lucky in Japanese culture to keep a frog in wallets (in whatever form, whether as figurines or keychains, etc.) for money to come back when it is spent.
  • The creator of Naruto Masashi Kishimoto says "One day, the following incident took place. I got stuck writing a manga just before the deadline , so I lay down behind my desk to take a short nap. When i was looking for something to use as a pillow, I found a big frog-shaped gamaguchi cushion. (This is a cushion modeled on the froggie wallet that Naruto uses in the series, It was made as a present for readers) [1]

References

  1. Naruto Volume 29, page 26