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Published: 2007-12-02 07:30:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 7228; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 54
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Description Well...yeah.
No More Heroes comes out in Japan in about five days, and I've been obsessing with the game ever since it's trailer appeared on IGN about a year ago. One of the things I learned is Heroes' relevance to social issues, and Suda 51 opted to name many of his characters after people or things. For instance, psycho dominatrix Sylvia Christel is named after a Dutch soft-core porn star, Helter Skelter is named after a Beetles album with ties to Charles Manson, and then there's the above image. Turns out, Travis Touchdown, whos name might be inspired by a famous football player's nickname Touchdown Travis, is modeled after one of my favorite dudes of all time, Jackass star Johnny Knoxville!! Yep, and this is nothing more than a comparison shot between the two. I'm not sure if I used the greatest pics, and if others decide to follow suite I don't really care, but at least I was the first!! Ha ha!! Aside from the images themselves, Travis may be a little screwed up in body portions as he got a little screwed up while being brought into flash...but that's about it. Hopefully I'll be able to scan a sketch tomorrow. I'm also working on, sadly, a fan fic that's for school, of all things. But whatever, merry Christmas!!
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Comments: 21

heroftime711 [2012-08-06 19:52:08 +0000 UTC]

OMG! LOLOLOL! I never knew that! This explains Travis's crazy ideas!

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UnyieldingSteel [2011-04-25 02:20:24 +0000 UTC]

Good eye.

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sacana456 [2011-02-26 19:00:06 +0000 UTC]

i thing they have to make that movie really soon!!!

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VampiricAngel21666 [2011-02-12 00:06:56 +0000 UTC]

Holy crap. I never would have thought of that, but wow!

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MahouCoon [2009-05-27 06:22:08 +0000 UTC]

LOLOLOLOLOL

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holly-summers [2009-02-01 03:25:43 +0000 UTC]

I think Suda actually based Travis from him
Like Holly Summers is based on this Model with a fake leg which i forgat her name

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The-Alaskan-Artist [2009-01-17 00:39:33 +0000 UTC]

Funny. I saw some similarities to Johnny, but Travis always reminded me of Hyde from That 70s' Show. Maybe it was the hair and glasses.

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jokes-on-gigi [2008-12-22 05:24:23 +0000 UTC]

so thats why i was drawn to them both tee hee love travis and johnny

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Eschersphere [2008-06-17 02:53:40 +0000 UTC]

I still say he was modeled after Brad Pitt's Tyler Durden, but then I gotta hand it to JKNOX.

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Godzillaguy009 [2008-05-19 21:07:11 +0000 UTC]

yeah, i remember they mentioning Travis being similar to Johnny in Nintendo Powah.

I and i also remember that Playboy issue with Johnny's interveiw.

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kisuke [2008-02-28 03:40:47 +0000 UTC]

I noticed this as well! May back when I was reading about it in Nintendo Power, actually.

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kisuke In reply to kisuke [2008-02-28 03:41:00 +0000 UTC]

**Way

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MasterBlarg [2008-02-09 22:21:55 +0000 UTC]

That's really funny. I never even noticed this until just now!

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netdiverkai [2008-02-08 09:18:34 +0000 UTC]

you know what? I never noticed their similarities. good eye dude.

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LuisManuel316 [2008-02-05 21:39:35 +0000 UTC]

...So travis is an asian Johnny Knoxville?

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GURGUR-RANT In reply to LuisManuel316 [2008-10-15 23:31:54 +0000 UTC]

He's not Asian...

He's CALIFORNIAN!!!

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LuisManuel316 In reply to GURGUR-RANT [2008-10-16 17:30:54 +0000 UTC]

So he's latino?


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MasterBlarg In reply to LuisManuel316 [2008-02-09 22:21:26 +0000 UTC]

No Travis in the game lives in California. It's just a Japanese developer.

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TripcodeMel [2008-01-06 07:05:39 +0000 UTC]

I TOLD THEM

BUT THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE ME

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Crush-Zombie [2007-12-12 03:50:14 +0000 UTC]

That's amazing.

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azyw [2007-12-02 14:28:44 +0000 UTC]

LoL

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