Editing Island Sisters


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|image=[[File:E74 Island Sisters.png|200px]]
|caption=Screenshot of the '''Island Sisters''' from ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]''.
|debut=[[Caterpillar Thriller]]
|last=[[Tooned Out]] (cameo)
|role= Guest stars
|voice=Tara Sands and Amy Birnbaum (English)<br>Yuko Mizutani and Madoka Akita (Japanese)
}}
{{Quote|We are the Island Sisters from the South Seas.|'''Island Sisters''', in [[Caterpillar Thriller]]}}
The '''Island Sisters''' are a pair of tiny twin fairies from ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]'' who live with [[Mosugaba]] on the Embrya Island in the South Seas. They have a peculiar bond with the giant [[monster]] [[Mosugaba]], and have the power to both summon and calm the giant insect using their singing. To take advantage of this, the Island Sisters are kidnapped by [[Night Mare Enterprises]] and forced to call Mosugaba to [[Dream Land (anime)|Dream Land]] for [[King Dedede (anime character)|King Dedede]]. After causing a stir in the kingdom, [[Tiff]], [[Tuff]], and [[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]] reunite the sisters with Mosugaba and they return to their island in peace.

The Island Sisters are based on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothra#Mothra's_fairies Shobijin] from the film ''[[wikipedia:Mothra (film)|Mothra]]''.

==Characteristics==
The Island Sisters are two tiny twin girls with sparkling eyes and tan skin. They wear a rough two-piece outfit and have long light-blue hair with blossoms on their heads, as well as orange hoop earrings. Their anatomy is similar to [[Tiff]]'s, as they have defined arms and hands, but only two stubby green [[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]]-like feet and no legs.

The Island Sisters either speak in unison or finish each-others' sentences, and only desire to live in peace on Embrya Island with Mosugaba. They have the ability to both summon and calm Mosugaba using their singing, which can be heard by the creature from extreme distances.

===Mosugaba's song===
In the Japanese version, the song that the Twin Nuts sing to Mosugaba has very peculiar lyrics. It is based upon "[https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Mothra%27s_Song Mothra's Song]", and while describing characteristics of Mosugaba, it also contains references to both [[Nintendo]] and [[HAL Laboratory]]. The lyrics are as follows:

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|<tabs>
<tab name="English (direct translation)">
Mosugaba, ya!
<br>Mosugaba!
<br>Although you are large,
<br>you are also a flying angel.
<br>Our branch office is
<br>the Kanda building.
<br>The smaller one is
<br>the Yamanashi office.
<br>HAL doesn't make enough
<br>to afford food.
<br>Mosugaba, ya!
<br>Mosugaba!
<br>Mosugaba, ya!
<br>Mosugaba, ya!
</tab>
<tab name="Japanese">
モスガバーや
<br>モスガバー
<br>大きいけれど
<br>堂天任
<br>支社は　神田の
<br>ビル
<br>小っちゃいな
<br>山梨県　ＨＡＬは
<br>食い物に
<br>困るよ
<br>モスガバーや
<br>モスガバー
<br>モスガバーや
<br>モスガバーや
</tab>
<tab name="Japanese (Romaji)">
Mosugabā ya
<br>Mosugabā
<br>ōkīkeredo
<br>dō ten'nin
<br>shisha wa Kanda no
<br>biru
<br>kotcha ina
<br>Yamanashi ken haru wa
<br>kuimono ni
<br>komaru yo
<br>Mosugabā ya
<br>Mosugabā
<br>Mosugabā ya
<br>Mosugabā ya
</tab>
</tabs>
|}
The line "you are also a flying angel" is transcribed from Japanese as "do-tennin". This word is an anagram of the word "Nintendo". The lyrics also reference [[HAL Laboratory]]'s two branch offices: their headquarters in [[wikipedia:Kanda, Tokyo|Kanda, Tokyo]], which they had recently moved to at the time of Caterpillar Thriller's Japanese airing, and their second building in [[wikipedia:Yamanashi Prefecture|Yamanashi]]. 

In the Japanese version, three different arrangements in instrumental form play as Mosugaba turns into a butterfly, attacks Kirby (which reappears as "Evade and Dig and Dash" in ''Kirby and the Rainbow Curse''), and after it's calmed by the Island Sisters' singing, respectively.

The song reappears in instrumental form in ''[[Kirby and the Rainbow Curse]]'', as "More Dig and Dash". Instrumental arrangements of the same song also appear in ''[[Kirby Mass Attack]]'', as "Desert Scorcher" and "Lifted Upward," respectively.
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==Role in Caterpillar Thriller==
[[File:E74 Scene 24.png|thumb|right|200px|The Island Sisters use their singing to calm Mosugaba after they are freed.]]
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In [[Caterpillar Thriller]], the Island Sisters are kidnapped from their home on Embrya Island by [[Night Mare Enterprises]]. From there, they are sent through the [[Monster Delivery System]] in a cage to [[Castle Dedede]], and [[King Dedede (anime character)|King Dedede]] commands them to summon their guardian monster to Dream Land using their singing.

Later on, while Mosugaba is antagonizing Kirby, [[Escargoon]] decides he has had enough allergies and gives [[Tiff]] the key to the Island Sisters' cage. After being freed, the Island Sisters sing to calm Mosugaba down, ending the conflict. Kirby then delivers the Island Sisters to Mosugaba, and they fly home.

==Trivia==
*The light pattern in the Island Sisters' eyes is a reference to the symbol used to summon Mothra in the film ''Mothra''.
*The Island Sisters later cameo as posters in the episode [[Tooned Out]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
E74 Scene 10.png|The Island Sisters trapped in a cage by Night Mare Enterprises
E74 Scene 25.png|Kirby returning the Island Sisters to Mosugaba
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{Names
|ja=ザ・ツインナッツ
|jaR=Za Tsuin Nattsu
|jaM=The Twin Nuts <br><small>This name is based on the music duo [[wikipedia:The Peanuts|The Peanuts]], who play Mothra's twin fairies in the film ''Mothra''.</small>
}}

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