Giraffe

"I love tap!"
— Giraffe.

The Giraffe (キリン^?, Kirin) is a white giraffe with orange polka dots that appears in the Rhythm Game Tap Trial.

Giraffes also appear in Animal Acrobat and Jungle Gymnast, where the monkeys swing on them.

Story

The Giraffe of Tap Trial is a friend of the monkeys, and is very impressionable and expressive. However, the monkeys find it annoying how it stands next to them as they stoically tap dance. After a while, the monkeys seem to have secretly changed their practice location without telling the giraffe^[1].

Appearances

Tap Trial Giraffe

Animal Acrobat Giraffes

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Rhythm Tengoku

Sprites

Sprite from Rhythm Heaven Fever
Sprite of Red on the Giraffe from Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Trivia

The Giraffe usually doesn't show up in Tap Trial in Remixes. However, sprites for it still exist in Remix 7 (the pig version) and Songbird Remix. In the Remix 7/Remix 8 version, the Giraffe is replaced with a dragon, and in Tap Trial 2, a camel. Neither of them ever appear onscreen, although interestingly the prologue for Tap Trial 2 in Rhythm Heaven Megamix does include the camel's legs.