The King of All Cosmos (Katamari Damacy)

The King of All Cosmos is one of the main recurring characters of the Katamari series and the one who assigns his son The Prince to collect items with the magical Katamari. He is a godlike entity and the current ruler of the Great Cosmos.

Throughout the series, The King's life and backstory are slowly revealed. The King's Father, the Previous King of All Cosmos, also known as Papa, raised the King as a competitor while The King goes through many different events in his life such as meeting The Queen. In all of the games, his voice is usually heard as a record scratch, although during the credits of We Love Katamari, his supposed "true" voice sang the song "A Song for the King of Kings" and the Chapter 11 cutscenes.

Why He's Out of this World

 * 1) The King is shown to adore all of the joys of life. From his own family to rolling Katamaris.
 * 2) There are times when he regrets doing bad things like when he expressed regret for punching Papa as shown in We ♥ Katamari.
 * 3) Later on in his backstory, both The King and Papa reconcile and they started to get along pretty fine after Papa fishes out a second-place trophy that did belong to The King when he was little. It's relatable since many people see The King's relationship with Papa is complex at first but end up getting along.
 * 4) He is able to make new stars and a new moon with The Prince's help because he accidentally destroys all the stars in the sky. While talented, he realized that the people of Earth were fascinated with the Katamari and wanted The King to make more stars. This leads The King to fulfill the fan's requests.
 * 5) *Not just the cosmos, The King was able to pay for the damage he caused in Me & My Katamar when he destroyed many animals' homes with a giant tsunami.
 * 6) He has a unique and bizarre speech pattern such as using the royal "we" (using "we", "our", and "us" in place of "I", "my", or "me") or saying some quirky stuff that feels psychedelic for a game that he comes from. In fact, he would emphasize words simply because they fit well with the theme of a level.
 * 7) His appearance can be over the top and very flamboyant. In every game, you seem wearing a new outfit that only stresses his eccentricity. As weird as they can get, it really reflects his overall strangeness and is full of personality.
 * 8) Despite the King having a huge ego, he can come off to be entertaining. Most of the time, it is played for laughs. His narcissism is amusing and greatly paints what kind of character he is.
 * 9) The final cutscenes during We ❤️ Katamari show that the King truly loves the Prince at the end of the day. It's very heartwarming to see him act this way, playing peekaboo with the Prince and thanking him for being born.
 * 10) Despite the way he comes off most of the time, the King's overall just a giant weirdo. Sometimes he just says the weirdest things at the weirdest times, or has a very strange thought process. An example would be the item descriptions that are written by him or his incredibly bizzare and hammy real voice.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) He can be arrogant like when he thinks he's the one rolling up Katamaris instead of the Prince, mainly to credit himself for all of the work his son does.
 * 2) He would give harsh punishments to the Prince and even his nieces and nephews if his tasks are not completed. This includes physical (shooting lasers at them, hitting them with pool balls, punching them, tying them to bowling pins and throwing bowling balls at them, and more) and mental abuse.
 * 3) He's rarely ever nice to The Prince, AT ALL. He calls The Prince names like "loser Prince".
 * 4) Because of his trauma, he passes his insecurities down to his own son. This is why the player feels so happy when the King praises your katamari, as it is common for abusive parents to deprive their child of praise, which leads to the praise feeling higher than usual. He has a way of making players feel what they are for their accomplishments due to a Katamari's size quota thanks to his egotistical personality. Depending on the size of the Katamari, he can either congratulate you or make players hope that they can earn his approval while The King insults you like you are the scum of the Earth.
 * 5) His abuse is passed off as comedy by most, however when actually thought about, he is an awful parent.
 * 6) His childhood backstory as presented in We ♥ Katamari can be viewed sympathetic because The King has gone through many troubles that he has faced during his younger years. However, this is also the game's way of guilt tripping you into defending the King's awfulness.
 * 7) He made his own son fix his relationship with The Queen in Amazing Katamari Damacy, due to The King's own clumsy mistake, which leads to the objective of "winning The Queen's heart back" by making katamaris.
 * 8) He is an alcoholic and destroyed the ENTIRE Cosmos, which lead to the first game's story, Katamari Damacy.

Trivia

 * When a katamari rolls up a cousin, after completion of the stage, the King often asks them what they're doing on Earth, which is strange due to the fact that Earth is the only known inhabited planet.
 * The King's mother is never shown nor mentioned in any of the games. This could probably serve as a reason why he and the Prince are very different, despite both having aggressive fathers.
 * The King might have been adopted by Papa, which would explain a non-existent mother figure. The King's father also already seemed to be quite old by the time the King was very young, and possibly needed an heir to pass the crown to.
 * The King shows no resemblance of his father, having a gray skin tone and a flamboyant yet self-conscious personality.
 * Has an official Twitter account.
 * Just like the Prince, the King had an antenna on his head when he was young. However, once he was an adult (as portrayed in Katamari Damacy), his antenna disappeared. Interestingly enough, the Queen and Papa have the same characteristic. It is unknown if it sinks into the skull or it just falls off, but it is implied that the Prince and his cousins will have the same character as well, once they are adults. Also, it seems that his face becomes complex as he becomes an adult while the Queen doesn't, meaning the males of his kind will change in the face while the females' faces remain the same.
 * In The King's description in the Collection menu from We ♥ Katamari, he and the rest of his kind has the ability to shrink down into normal human height depending on their mood and the local atmospheric temperature.
 * As mentioned before, his "true" voice can be heard in A Song for the King of Kings.
 * He's even got a trope labeled after him for almighty gods having an eccentric or strange side to them.