Badtz Maru is also known as ”Bad Penguin” 

XO does mean something…

• Name: Badtz Maru
• Birthday: April 1, 1993
• Place of birth: Oahu, Hawaii
• Pet: Alligator named Pochi
• Friends: Pandaba, a Giant Panda who always wears a very short red skirt, and significant other Hana Maru, a white seal
• School: Gorgeous Academy, enrolled in the 1st grade
• Residence: Gorgeoustown, lives with mother and pinball-playing father
• Description: “Has dreams of greatness when he grows up, but for now he rolls his eyes at his humorous life in Gorgeoustown.”

In Japanese “badtz” (batsu) is a term for X, the cross signifying a wrong answer. “Maru” is a term for O, or a correct answer. So, Badtz Maru not only means “bad penguin;” it is also a pun that means “wrong-correct,” and is frequently represented by “XO”. Indeed, with his friends Pandaba and Hana Maru, Badtz runs the mischievous XO clan.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badtz-Maru

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