Ms. Sign

Not to be confused with Aku Researcher.

Ms. Sign (カンバン娘 Kanban Musume, lit. "Signboard Girl") is an enemy that appears in the Main Chapters and Legend Stages.

Ms. Sign
Information
Appearances:	Almost all stages below ★10 difficulty
Money Drop:	1¢ - 4¢

Enemy

This enemy appears in almost any level when the player takes too much time, normally when the player's timed score reaches 0. She is not a threat and is mostly just there to signify that you are taking too long, however she still does attack, dealing one damage per hit. In some levels, there are different conditions for how and when Ms. Sign spawns, and in an even smaller selection of levels, they indicate Assassin Bears that are about to be spawned:

• In Last Gang, Ms. Sign spawns earlier than usual (2 mins 6.67s), along with Assassin Bears, and in Star Ocean a Ms. Sign spawns after about 3 minutes in battle.
• Specifically in Chubby B. Goode, Ms. Sign spawns twice (first at 10 mins, second one at 14 mins 26.67s), and after that the player will end up facing highly magnified Assassin Bears afterwards. This also happens in Murmuring Evil, but with half as much time for the Ms. Signs to spawn.
• Strangely, in Learned to Love, Ms. Signs are completely replaced by Assassin Bears.
• In Gouache Ghouls, Ms. Sign spawns infinitely after 66.67 secs, taking up the enemy limit. If the enemy base is damaged before that happens, extremely buffed Angels will appear and destroy the player's base.

Ms. Sign herself doesn't pose any threat and can be safely ignored outside of the above stages. However, there is a "cheesing strategy" for many levels (notably Dark Souls and Deathhawk) with weak to mid-level peons involving this enemy. Normally, it exploits her ten thousand knockbacks. If you wait for ten Ms. Signs to spawn, no other enemies will, including the boss. From there you can use Wall Cats to knock her back, and then summon your high-damage attackers. Note that this takes 75 minutes WITH a Speed Up, so it should only be used as a last resort.

Strategy

You can use almost any unit to beat Ms. Sign, as her attack power is laughably low, and her health goes down very quickly, despite it being above most other Empire of Cats Enemies.

Dictionary

Switch EN/JP

Enemy Unit # 21		Traitless
Ms. Sign
		EN Description
		Her family structure is father, mother, brother and a "daddy". Wants to marry out ASAP. She comes out when you take too long.

Enemy Unit # 21		Traitless
カンバン娘 (Kanban Musume, lit. "Signboard Girl")
		JP Script
		あまりにも時間がかかりすぎると出現する ご近所でも評判のムスメさん。 将来の夢はお嫁さん。 家族構成は、父、母、兄。あとパパ。
		EN Translation
		Appears if you take too long. This daughter has a reputation in the neighborhood. Future dream is to be a bride. Family structure is father, mother, brother and "papa".

Variants

Angel Fanboy

A weak Metal enemy that exists to remind the player that anti-Floating abilities won't work on Angels. Holds a sign saying, "Angel Alert!! Angels ignore Anti-Floating type enemies!!"

Festival Ms. Sign

A variant of Ms. Sign that appears in A Cultured Festival. Has less health, range and knockbacks, but slightly more speed and attack damage. Holds a sign depicting Doge, Snache and Teacher Bear, with the word "Welcome" in Teacher Bear's paws.

Stats

Ms. Sign
Health	Attack Power	Attack Range	Attack Frequency	Movement Speed	Knockback	Attack Animation
10,000 HP	1 damage (0.05 DPS)	800 (Single Target)	607f (20.23 seconds)	4	10,000 times	8f 0.27s (6f 0.2s backswing)
Special Ability						Attribute
-						Traitless

Existence Elsewhere

The Burgle Cats

Ms. Sign appears as a League 4 trap in The Burgle Cats.

Ms. Sign

Gallery

Ms. Sign's appearance in BCJP

Ms. Sign's spritesheet (JP)

Trivia

• Her Japanese name has a double meaning: while Kanban Musume literally translates to "Signboard Girl", it can also refer to an attractive girl who stands outside a store to attract customers.
• Prior to version 1.5.2, the sign message changed depending on the device language (English or Japanese). However, after version 2.0.0, the original English version was lost. The English text used to be "Too late!! Come back stronger!!".
  • In the English re-release, her sign reads "Too slow!! Try harder next time!!".
• In the Korean version, it is said that Doge is her pet.
• She has the second-highest amount of knockbacks in the game, with Gummy Cat in the first place.
• She does not appear in most stages with a difficulty of 10★ or more, possibly because of the infamous cheesing strategy. This includes all Uncanny Legends stages except for An Ancient Curse, Murmuring Evil, Furry Cavern and Hall of the Four Kings.
• In Yuru-i GeGeGe no Kitarou: Youkai Dotabata Daisensou, her role is overtaken by Kemedama holding a sign with the same message.
• In the Spanish, French and German translations of the game, the text on her sign is still in English.

Reference

• https://battlecats-db.com/enemy/023.html

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