Ninja Burger is a parody website started in late 1999, purporting that a sect of noble ninjas have taken to secretly delivering fast food meals, anywhere, anytime, within 30 minutes or less. Failure to deliver within the ascribed time limit results in Seppuku. The site riffs on many of the same points as Real Ultimate Power, another ninja parody website.

Ninja Burger became well known after appearing on Fark.com, and soon after was turned into a role-playing game (published by 9th Level Games ) and a card game (published by Steve Jackson Games) in November, 2003 (ISBN 1556346107). The site has also spawned a series of comic strips, several short films, and a multimedia CD . Plans to publish Ninja Burger: The Employee GuideBook are in the works; a PDF version is presently available through RPGNow.com .

Though not directly influenced by it, Ninja Burger's concept is similar to a Saturday Night Live sketch from the early 1980s by John Belushi entitled "Samurai Deli." In this skit, Belushi played a samurai working in a New York City deli who would commit seppuku if customers were unhappy with his sandwiches (which he prepared using his katana). Other possible influences include Snow Crash, which features a ninja-like pizza deliveryman, and A Fistful of Yen , a short parody of Enter the Dragon from Kentucky Fried Movie.

See also

• List of websites

External link

• Ninja Burger Website
• 9th Level Games Ninja Burger RPG
• Steve Jackson Games Ninja Burger Card Game
• Ninja Burger Employee Handbook