TAKASHI’S VICTORY SONG.
Let’s set the record straight. There will never be another Revenge of the Nerds and THERE DOESN’T NEED TO BE ANOTHER Revenge of the Nerds. This cinematic masterpiece (and I mean that) could only have been released in 1984 and we as a modern day society could never deliver something so precious and sacred. We lack the power, the purity and the innocence to create such lightning in a bottle. We may as well be living on a different planet because it just wouldn’t register with these times. It’s a damn perfect film.
Revenge of the Nerds is a movie filled with zeros turned heroes and one of the most triumphant success stories is Lamba Lamda Lambda’s very own Takashi Toshiro. Takashi is a Japanese nerd with a very thick accent. For all the racial stereotype comments and nerd ridicule he receives, he’s always ultra polite to every single person he encounters, which is something people take advantage of him for. Even his own fraternity brother Booger who constantly cheats during poker games and takes his money!
Booger: What the fuck’s a frush?
Takashi: [showing his royal flush] A *frush*.
Booger: Oh, well I’ve got two sevens and two sevens beats a frush.
Takashi: Oh, thank you!
Takashi: Oh thank you. Good luck to you too Burke!
Always sincere even if very confused and out of place. That’s our main man Takashi.
Which now brings us to today’s brain-destroying discovery. During the tricycle race scene of Atoms College “Greek Games Homecoming Charity Carnival”, competitors had to complete 20 laps on the track while stopping to drink a beer once every rotation. That’s right, 20 beers per tri-cyclist. YES. Revisit the moment in the clip below before continuing.
The idiotic but infectious song “Daicheeee Daicheee” that sounds like some warped acid dream locked inside an old Chinese restaurant has been in my head for literally decades. I remember as a kid watching the movie and constantly humming the melody and singing it with my bonehead friends. It’s still happening to this day as a matter of fact.
Something about this song all of a sudden in 2025 sounded familiar to me. Call it fate, call it a spiritual awakening but something about the song demanded some in-depth research. So after spending 5 minutes on the internet looking around, I stumbled on something VERY interesting. Play the video below.
This “Daisy Bell” song was composed by Harry Dacre in the year 1892! Fast forward to 1961 and the IBM 7094 became the first computer to sing, singing the song “Daisy Bell”. The ancient computer song was even the inspiration for a similar scene in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.
So yes, your guess is as good as mine and all points lead to Takashi’s “Daichee” being transformed from this early computer song to the Asian-stereotyped victory song we love so much! Since all the nerds who attend Atoms College are invested in the institution’s computer program, that’s the connection to the old IBM computer song. Here’s a recorded version of “Daichee”:
It isn’t every day that my mind is blown from discoveries like this one but 40+ years after the film’s release and here we are. The goofball song isn’t even featured on the movie’s hit soundtrack which goes to show even in 1984 they must have figured it was best to leave this one a mystery.
Takashi’s life changed forever when he jointed the Tri-Lambs. If it wasn’t for fraternity brothers like Lewis and Booger introducing Takashi to drinking beer, smoking wonder joints and the cherished “hair pie”, who could really say where this foreign exchange student would be in his life. Here in the Land of TNUC, Takashi is a true hero.
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I love articles like this. The excitement of discovery that may mean little to many, but means a lot to you. Very….nerdy, lol.
I do the same thing for “The Terminator”. It’s my favorite movie, came out the same year I was born, so I can’t remember the first time I’ve seen it. Probably watched it over a thousand times in my life. Every few years I discover something I never noticed before.
Example: The bootleg “Jetsons” shirt Linda Hamilton is wearing early in the film. In the Jetsons universe, technology has reached its peak, creating a Utopia for humanity. The very opposite of what will happen in the future of the Terminator universe. Also, the Jetsons themselves have a cyborg as their maid, and essentially their slave. Again, the very opposite of what will happen in the future. In the future, the robots enslave humanity.
Did James Cameron have Linda wear this shirt as an easter egg? Or, the film being low budget, was it one of her own shirts that she just happened to wear on that day of shooting? With the exception of Arnold and Cameron, most of the Terminator 1 and 2 cast go to conventions to meet fans quite often. If I EVER get the chance to meet her, I’m gonna to ask her this question.
Bonus: The close-ups of the Terminator’s red eye (at the end of the film) HAS to be a HAL9000 reference (if I can tie this comment to 2001 like your article as well, lol).