Cake Song

A nursery rhyme game played in Rebellion.

Rule interpretations

The song is sung in a Sprechgesang sort of style - the words are spoken rhythmically rather than sung melodically, accompanied by background music.

Cumulative description

A game of memory and improvisation, players take turn singing the nursery rhyme. On their turn, a player has to come up with and sing:

1. An object with all the qualities previously mentioned
2. A new quality that the object shares
3. The next player to pass the song to

The player loses when they fail to sing their lines in time. In-universe, Madoka picked "melon" — which is "round", "red", "something Bebe likes", "goes round in circles", and "sweet" — but couldn't come up with a new quality for "melon".

Sequential description

Alternatively, the requirements could be the following:

1. A food object that shares the previous quality.
2. A quality that applies to the next player to pass the song to.

The "round" quality does not describe Sayaka because she comes first and Madoka does not have to supply a new quality because she is the last player. With these rules, the following character observations can be made:

• Sayaka is horrible at improvisation, since "red" is a dirt-simple observation. Or, she could be giving Kyoko an easy turn.
• Kyoko is similarly unimaginative; she uses "something Bebe likes" directed towards Mami, who is yellow like cheese, and good friends with Bebe. On the other hand, Kyoko's line on its own is very unspecific.
• Mami sees Homura as a clumsy child.
• Homura sees Madoka as sweet.

Lyrics

Singer	Original	Romaji	English translation
Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko	ケーキ、ケーキ、まぁるいケーキ まぁるいケーキはだぁれ？	Kēki, kēki, maarui kēki Maarui kēki wadaare?	Cake, cake, a round cake Who is the round cake?
Bebe	ケーキはさやか？	Kēki wa Sayaka?	Is the cake Sayaka?
Sayaka	ちーがーう 私はラズベリー まぁるいケーキは赤い ケーキは杏子？	Chi - ga - u Watashi wa razuberī Maarui kēki wa akai Kēki wa Kyoko?	No, you're wrong. I am the raspberry. The round cake is red. Is the cake Kyoko?
Kyoko	ちーがーう あたしはリンゴ まぁるいケーキはベベが好き ケーキはマミ？	Chi - ga - u Atashi wa ringo Maarui kēki wa Bebe ga suki Kēki wa Mami?	No, you're wrong. I am the apple. Bebe likes the round cake. Is the cake Mami?
Mami	ちーがーう 私はチーズ まぁるいケーキは転がる ケーキは暁美さん？	Chi - ga - u Watashi wa chīzu Maarui kēki wa korogaru Kēki wa Akemi-san?	No, you're wrong. I am the cheese. The round cake goes round in circles. Is the cake Homura?
Homura	ちがっ…います 私はかぼちゃ まぁるいケーキは甘いです ケーキはまどか？	Chiga… imasu Watashi wa kabocha Maarui kēki wa amai desu Kēki wa Madoka?	No, that's... wrong. I am the pumpkin. The round cake is sweet. Is the cake Madoka?
Madoka	ちーがーう 私はメロン メロンが割れたら甘い夢	Chi - ga - u Watashi wa meron Meron ga waretara amai yume	No, you're wrong. I am the melon. When the melon splits, a sweet dream is created.
Madoka, Sayaka, Kyoko	今夜のお夢は苦い夢 お皿の上には猫の夢 丸々太って召し上がれー！	Kon'ya no o yume wa nigai yume O sara no ue ni wa neko no yume Marumaru futotte meshiagare!	But the dream tonight is a bitter one indeed. Atop of the plate is the dream of the cat. Round and plump. Everyone eat up!

Observations

• Why Sayaka used raspberry in particular when blueberry would fit her better is unknown. Perhaps as a lead-in to the "red" trait?
• Mami's line is a reference to Homura's time loops ("goes round in circles"); it could also be a reference to Homura's or Madoka Magica's repetitive nature.
• Madoka's line foreshadows the ending twists of Homura undermining Ultimate Madoka and ripping her in half ("when the melon splits") and rewriting the world so everyone is alive and happy ("a sweet dream is created").
• Bebe apparently likes melons.
• Sayaka uses the pronoun "watashi" when she instead uses "atashi" as her go-to pronoun. Kyoko, however, still uses "atashi", making her the only one to not use "watashi" in the song (minus Bebe).

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External links

• Cake Song
• Cake Song (slowed down 800%)
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica Movie 3 Rebellion - Cake Song [English & Japanese Subs + Romaji