Cake Song

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A nursery rhyme game played in The Rebellion Story.

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 improv, 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," "tumbles," 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 improv, since 'red' is a dirt-simple observation. Or, she could be giving Kyoko an easy turn.
  • Kyoko is competitive against Mami, since her passed quality is somewhat tricky.
  • Mami sees Homura as a clumsy child.
  • Homura sees Madoka as sweet.

Lyrics

Singer Original Romanization English Translation
All ケーキ、ケーキ、まぁるいケーキ

まぁるいケーキはだぁれ?
ケーキはさやか?

Kēki, kēki, ma~a rui kēki

Ma~a rui kēki wada ~are?
Kēki wa Sayaka?

Cake, Cake, a round cake

Who is the round cake?
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
Ma~a rui kēki wa akai
Kēki wa Kyouko?

No - you're - wrong

I'm the raspberry
The round cake is red
Is the cake Kyouko?

Kyouko 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
Ma~a rui kēki wa bebe ga suki
Kēki wa Mami?

No - you're - wrong

I'm 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
Ma~a rui kēki wa korogaru
Kēki wa Akemi-san?

No - you're - wrong

I'm the cheese
The round cake goes tumbling around
Is the cake Akemi-san?

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
Ma~a rui kēki wa amai desu
Kēki wa Madoka?

That's... wrong

I'm the pumpkin
The round cake is sweet.
Is the cake Madoka?

Madoka ちーがーう

わたしはメロン

Chi-ga-u

Watashi wa meron

No - you're - wrong

I'm the melon

All メロンが割れたら甘い夢

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!

Meron ga waretara amai yume

Kon'ya no o yume wa nigai yume
O sara no ue ni wa neko no yume
Marumaru futotte meshiagare-!

Dividing melon brings sweet dreams

And the dream tonight is a bitter one
The one on top of the plate is the cat's dream
It's round and thick so let's dig in!

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