Nintendo Zoo Keeper Quotes

As Jonathan Richman might have said: "I like this game; I like it a lot" (in the unlikely event of Jonathan preferring Nintendo to Dodge Veg-o-matics).

So, Zoo Keeper...

You round up escaped animals, trying to score as many points as you can. At the end of the game, the zoo keeper (he's supposed to be your father) waves a cigar at you and makes a comment (presumably translated direct from the original Japanese). Sometimes these comments are kind, at other times soul-destroying, but more often than not, highly amusing.

This post collects together ninety-three of Zoo Keeper's sayings (in alphabetical order - it was already such a sad thing to do, I decided to make it even more sad by alphabeticising them all). If you come across this post and have knowledge of more sayings, feel free to add them in the comments box! Thank you!

1. ...
2. 78 points?
3. A monkey would be better than you
4. Are you enjoying your youth?
5. Best of Zoo Keepers
6. Borderline
7. Can I cut your pay?
8. Can I give you a raise?
9. Cheers to you and thanks to me
10. Don't go anywhere
11. Do you eat regularly?
12. Do you have someone special?
13. Do you need a vacation?
14. Do you need an energy drink?
15. Do you want to grab a drink after this?
16. Fabulous! You are the hero!
17. Fight!
18. Finally, you have matured
19. Follow me for the rest of your life!
20. Give way to a cleaning lady
21. Glory!
22. Go and wash your face
23. Go back to training for a while
24. Grrrreat!
25. Having a lot of drive is not enough
26. Honestly, I am shocked
27. How much of raise do you need?
28. Humph
29. I am impressed. I have tears in my eyes
30. I am not playing
31. I am pretty satisfied
32. I am proud of you
33. I am too nice today
34. I don't think you can do it
35. I don't want to see your face
36. I know how to train people
37. I know what to look for in people
38. I'll put you on the cover of our brochure
39. I love you
40. I'm changing my opinion of you a little bit
41. I'm extending your contract
42. I think it's okay
43. It's all down to your talent
44. I think you'll make a name
45. I want you to follow in my footsteps
46. I will put a picture of you on the wall
47. Jump sideways repeatedly until night falls
48. Just try to give me some hope
49. Late, late, you are too late!
50. Let me go crazy
51. Let's be loud!
52. Let's put a picture of you on the wall
53. My expectations of you are getting higher
54. Not even in my league
55. Oh! Unbelievable!
56. Out of the question
57. Put your bronze statue next to mine.
58. Regaining your power!
59. Rub yourself down with a dry towel at the pond
60. Start with the small things
61. Stay in your room and take a good look at yourself
62. This is godlike
63. Today's lunch is three slice of pickled radish
64. Well, hmm, ho-hum
65. What a neglect!
66. What do you want?
67. When I was young I was better
68. Where are you from?
69. You are a curator.
70. You are a legend in this zoo
71. You are a mainliner
72. You are a professional
73. You are barely forgiven
74. You are definitely rejected!
75. You are growing a little bit
76. You are miserable
77. You are missing something
78. You are nothing but average
79. You are shining today
80. You are the man I counted on
81. You came this far because of me
82. You can do it when you feel like it
    
83. You dress the part but you can't do the job
84. You'll be a history soon
85. You'll polish my shoes from tomorrow
86. You'll work for a week without pay
87. You make a poor show no matter how old you are
88. You must be blind
89. You're better than me!
90. You remind me of my early days
91. Your face is now shining with pleasure
92. Your time begins
93. You will not be paid this month!