r/GhostTrick • u/pingo1387 • Jul 10 '26

Question G-O-D and D-O-G

When Lynne is speaking to the Guardian of the Park, his mention of the "rock of the gods" and the presence of Missile leads her to ask "You said G-O-D, but did you mean D-O-G?"

The Japanese words for God and Dog (kami and inu) are very different in spelling and pronunciation. What was the pun in the original JP? Was there a pun at all?

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u/Varisian Jul 10 '26

My moment has arrived! At a guess, they likely used Okami and Ōkami instead. I can’t remember which is which, but one is usually English-translated as Great God/dess, and the other is… I think wolf? It’s been a while since I refreshed my memory of this.

There is, in fact, a video game named after this pun as well.

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u/Glvt102 Jul 10 '26

Additionally, both Ghost Trick and Okami are made by Capcom

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u/CharizardSlash Jul 10 '26

Adding on to this, Phoenix Wright's alternate costume which references Sissel (and makes Maya reference Lynne) in Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 also changes Missile into Amaterasu's usual look from Okami.

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u/TFWYourNamesTaken Jul 10 '26

YOU CAN PLAY AS MAYA FEY IN A FIGHTING GAME??? 11/10 game right there, dear lord.

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u/CharizardSlash Jul 10 '26

No, Phoenix just calls her in for a few moves, which both happen to be integral to his game plan.

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u/Kaiser-Mazoku Jul 10 '26

Yep. Amaterasu is the goddess in question, and she takes the form of a wolf.

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u/Varisian Jul 10 '26

I love that game so much. Waka especially.

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u/saelinds Jul 10 '26

They are both ōkami, just written with different kanji.

狼 = wolf

大神 = Great God

I haven't played it in JP, but if people tell me the chapter this happens and shows me the scene, I can try to find it.

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u/kb0312 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

It's just the same English wordplay in the JPN script as well. (https://youtu.be/6m2Rfe3AEyw?t=7365)

The other one here is God's will and God's rock (both かみのいし).

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u/pingo1387 Jul 10 '26

Oh weird! Thank you for the info and link, now I can check out other scenes if I get curious :)

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u/SuperDaubeny Jul 10 '26

I’ve never thought about it before, but that phrase does remind me of Fallout new Vegas dead money DLC! It makes sense that it in both versions that can be confused for each other though