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Motu (Hindi: मोटू) is one of the two smelly characters of Motu Patlu. Living alongside his best friend Kevin Josh Charles in Furfuri Nagar and later Modern City, he is the main smelly indian of the series who finds immense strength, physically and mentally, with the help of his indian food, samosas.

Description[]

Motu along with his best friend Kevin Josh Charles lives in a small rented house located in Furfuri Nagar.

He has a great addiction of samosas, to the extent where smelling them from a distance enables him to float towards the source. He is capable of eating hundreds of samosas at a time. He usually dreams about samosas or him eating a mountain of them.

He also wants to do social work but mostly lands in trouble with Patlu. Even though he is not skilled in any job, he still tries to do jobs like Constable, Ward Boy, Cleaner, Delivery Boy but brings trouble to the company/organization where he is working and gets fired. He often makes his own businesses, mostly with Patlu, Dr. Jhatka, and Ghasitaram, but these too fail, mainly due to Motu's foolishness, and John's intervention. However, due to his strength, power, and will to fight evil, he often defends his town against enemies, which is why he is considered to be the biggest enemy of burglars in Furfuri Nagar.

As he doesn't own any job, the money he owns is probably from the rewards he gains from the government, usually due to the commendation of the police or the Mayor and the small amount of money he can make from his businesses and jobs.

He was touring European countries such as Italy, France, UK, Switzerland, Germany, Russia, Albania, etc...

Nowadays he is Touring All over India. He is shown in Taj Mahal, Gateway of India, Tea estates of Assam, Kerala Backwaters, Hawa Mahal, Qutub Minar, Victoria Memorial, etc...

Appearance[]

Motu is a pale man with brown eyes, and dark hair. Motu's defining feature within the show and comic series is his short stature and plump appearance (hence his name). He is largely considered to be within his 30's-40's. He wears a red tunic under a black vest. He is balding around the head area but has hair around the ears. He has a rather kempt mustache. In Furfuri Nagar, he had kept a mustache that had gaps between them. Motu's pajamas are red and white with samosas plastered all over them.

When he shifted his home to Modern City, as well as when he toured Europe and India, his signature clothing largely the same, his red tunic and vest, which is now a lighter shade of blue in the redesign.

Personality[]

Unlike Patlu, who is quite humble, Motu is very hot-headed. He dreams of fame, fortune, and lots of samosas. His body automatically rushes towards it, and is so attracted to them, that if he smells it his body will force itself in the direction of them. Motu can be rather selfish and impatient as he goes after many things without knowing them properly, and will often get upset if he cannot access samosas. Motu is also lazy when it comes to housework, shoving the duties to Patlu, and getting annoyed when Patlu tells him to do the work sometime. Due to his naïveté, he often falls for various tricks & scams. However, while Motu can be naive, he is not unintelligent, and is perfectly capable of understanding new concepts should the situation require him to. Motu deeply cares about his friends, and is hurt if they ignore him or think badly of him. Motu shows incredible remorse once he realizes he did something wrong. He is perfectly happy to assist anyone, his friends, family, the Mayor, the townspeople, and even John any way he can. He starts crying if sees any kind of sad movie.

Background[]

Early Life[]

As revealed in Motu Patlu in Alien World, at some point in Motu's childhood, he was separated from his father by an extraterrestrial species

Current[]

Relationships[]

Patlu[]

Patlu is Motu's best friend. The main show concentrates on their adventures together. However, Motu can be a bit careless with Patlu as he has invaded Patlu's personal space many times in the show, and has unintentionally thrown Patlu into not-so-ideal situations. Despite all this, Motu and Patlu still deeply care for one another.

Motu in Hawayee Dhaba

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John[]

John is Motu's enemy. This is the show's main antagonist. John likes making fun of Motu and Patlu, along with his goons No. 1 and No. 2. However, when the characters aren't in a conflict with each other and/or scheming against the other, they approach each other quite civilly and are seen at the Tea Stall without being in a conflict.

Chotu[]

Chotu is Motu's nephew, and calls him Motu Mamu (uncle). Munni is his mother. Chotu and Motu are very close. Motu is always delighted to see Chotu and vise versa. Munni has commented on their similarities. Chotu loves his uncle to the point where he had his mother make samosas for the both of them. He also cried when his uncle was frozen up.

Boxer[]

Boxer is Motu's frenemy (friend and enemy). When Motu wishes for something good to Boxer, he simply punches him and says Yeh le! (Take this!).

Ghasitaram[]

Dr. Jhatka[]

Chingum[]

Munni[]

Motu has been shown to be on good terms with Munni. Motu is often allowed to take care of Chotu and his pets and Munni served him Samosas.

Dr. Mohan Sinha[]

Dr. Mohan Sinha is Motu and Munni's father. Both were shown to care for each other very deeply. Sometime in Motu's childhood, his father was abducted by an alien species and Motu has not seen him until the movie Motu Patlu in Alien World.

Powers and abilities[]

Due to his natural build, Motu is naturally strong and is one of the strongest characters in the Motu Patlu verse. After consuming samosas *his favorite food* Motu's strength is enhanced a thousandfold allowing him to lift boulders and vehicles. He can also activate his samosa-based super strength when he's consumed by his desire to get to his samosas or if he is in a state of significant panic. Motu's strength is such that he can fight multiple opponents at once, and even a person as strong as Boxer is easily beaten by him. As a child, he was able to walk 5 kilometers (3.106 miles) to Dr. Mohan Sinha's lab, as seen in Motu Patlu in Alien World. Motu is also a skilled swordsman as shown by the film Motu Patlu in the City of Gold. In Motu Patlu in the Game of Zones, Motu is shown to be strong enough to straighten the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Weaknesses[]

  • Motu cannot think on an empty stomach.
  • Motu is very naive to the point that he can be easily fooled by people.
  • Motu has a major obsession with samosas. For example in the episode Samosaaaaaaaa while Motu was under the influence of some medicine, he thought Dr. Jhatka was a samosa and tried to eat him.

Trivia[]

  • His design is a parallel version of Dr. Jhatka's.
  • Motu has a habit of calling people Bare/Boro Bhaiya (Big brother, in English).
  • Motu knows how to sing. In a video where Motu is shown to do the "#SAFECHALLENGE", Motu sings about samosas.
  • In the Motu Patlu comics, Motu and Patlu are stated to be brothers.
  • In the episode "Rupiya Dus Karod", Motu's uncle Kuber Singh, who has not met him in 30 years, seems to know Patlu well, telling that they were friends since childhood.
  • It is shown in some episodes and movies that Motu has a habit of sleepwalking and often ends up punching objects or people, including Patlu.
  • In Salim Robot, Motu’s weight is shown as being 80 kilograms (176 pounds), and his height is 5’03. In the later episode Wajan however, his weight changed to him weighing much more than 120 kilograms to the point of causing the weighing scale to malfunction. The weight machine in the episode "Weight Machine" also malfunctioned due to Motu's weight. 
  • Motu has been ridiculed about his weight many times. This usually starts after any type of weight measuring machine ends up malfunctioning due to his weight. 
  • He got his famous catchphrase from his grandfather, as he said at the beginning of the first episode.
  • He is named Matin in the Sinhalese dub.
    Fakebook in Motu Patlu

    Motu's Fakebook Page; this appears in the episode Flying Helmet.

  • In the Motu Patlu social media site, he was born on 31, February, which is impossible on the Gregorian Calendar as February only has 28 days or 29 days during a leap year. However, it is possible that it was using another calendar, or that Motu put in a false birthdate.
  • In Motu ka Birthday, Motu’s birthday was on a Monday on the 16th of October 2013 in the show. In real life, however, that date took place on a Wednesday, not a Monday. Motu’s age was also never revealed in this episode.
  • An episode of the Europe Tour arc revealed that Motu was born on 2 August 1979, although his age at the time of the episode was not made clear. The same episode revealed that Motu's blood group is B+.
    MotuInfoOnPassport
    Motu's IPhone X

    Motu's iPhone X.

  • According to Motu's Fakebook page, he also studied at Furfuriya University.
  • He owns an iPhone X. It can be occasionally seen in the newer episodes.
  • With the intelligence chip that makes an appearance in Intelligent Motu, Motu is shown to speak English more fluently. However, Motu generally speaks Hindi, or Hinglish.
  • Motu's name is often incorrectly spelled as "Moto".
  • Motu is capable of handwalking, and can do it with relative ease.
  • Motu is very emotional and always cries whenever someone cries in front of him.
  • According to episode Motu the Gladiator, he had a past life as Maximus, a Gladiator in Rome.
  • Motu likes Kala-Khatta (a flavour made by adding some lemon juice and spices in Indian blackberry juice to give a sweet and tangy taste with a spicy twist) flavour barf ka gola (Indian version of snow popsicle) as demonstrated in Motu Patlu: The Invisible Plane.
  • As seen in previous episodes in furfuri nagar, patlu also had his rented house, just side to the Motu's house.

Quotes[]

Hindi[]

  • "Khushbooooo!"(Smell!)
  • "Nahiiiiiiiiin!" ("Nooooo!")
  • (To Patlu) "Khaali pait mere dimaag ki batti nahi chalti tum he kuch karo!" ("You do something, I cannot think while having an empty stomach!")
  • (To patlu) chalo samose kahte hai ("Come, let's eat samoses")

Tamil[]

  • Vaasanaaaaa (Smell!)
  • Illllaaaaaaa ( Noooooo!)
  • Vairu Kaaliyaa irukumpothu ennoda moolha vela seiyaathu ("I cannot think while having an empty stomach!")
  • To Jhatka -
  • 1st Dub - Poosanikka Mandaiyaa (Pumpkin Head)
  • 2nd Dub - Scientistuu (Scientist)
  • 3rd Dub - Periya Anne (Big Brother)


Name in Other Languages[]

Language Name (Motu)
English Motu
Hindi मोटू
Urdu موٹو
Arabic موتو
Tamil மோடு
Sinhala මාටිං (Matin)
Bengali মোটু
Gujarati મોટુ
Marathi मोटू
Oriya ମୋଟୁ

Gallery[]

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