Question 1

Detective Konakawa's recurring nightmare opens with him caged at a circus. What is unsettling about the audience watching him?

Accepted Answer

Every spectator has Konakawa's own face.

Question 2

How does Paprika famously describe the relationship between dreams and the Internet?

Accepted Answer

Both are places where the repressed conscious mind vents.

Question 3

Who invented the DC Mini, and what habit defines him throughout the film?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Tokita - constant eating

Question 4

What design flaw makes the stolen DC Minis so dangerous?

Accepted Answer

They have no access restrictions, so anyone can enter anyone's dream.

Question 5

During a meeting about the missing prototypes, Dr. Shima suffers a breakdown. What does he do?

Accepted Answer

Hurls himself through a window

Question 6

Shima's hijacked rant is a stream of nonsense about a parade. Which imagery does it include?

Accepted Answer

Mailboxes, refrigerators and frogs

Question 7

What figure haunts the DC Mini's victims as their waking dreams begin?

Accepted Answer

A sinister Japanese doll

Question 8

When Kei Himuro is finally found, what has happened to him?

Accepted Answer

A DC Mini has fused with his skull and he is a mindless shell.

Question 9

What do Chiba and Tokita find crammed inside Himuro's apartment?

Accepted Answer

An enormous hoard of dolls, toys and figurines

Question 10

What happens to Chiba at Himuro's apartment when she ignores Paprika's warning?

Accepted Answer

She is dragged into dream space and nearly dies.

Question 11

After more scientists fall victim to the dream attacks, what does Chairman Inui do?

Accepted Answer

Bans all use of the DC Mini

Question 12

What does Inui claim to be doing by seizing control of the dream world?

Accepted Answer

Protecting dreams from being defiled by humanity and dream therapy

Question 13

What can the wheelchair-bound Inui do inside dreams that he cannot do awake?

Accepted Answer

Walk

Question 14

What is Dr. Osanai's true role in the conspiracy?

Accepted Answer

He is the Chairman's agent, lending Inui the use of his body.

Question 15

What is Osanai's personal motive?

Accepted Answer

His possessive love for Atsuko Chiba

Question 16

In the film's most notorious image, how does Osanai expose Atsuko Chiba beneath Paprika?

Accepted Answer

He pins her like a butterfly and peels her skin away.

Question 17

During her frantic escape, Paprika shifts through a rapid series of forms. Which is among them?

Accepted Answer

A mermaid

Question 18

How does Konakawa kill Osanai?

Accepted Answer

He shoots him inside the dream, which kills his body in reality.

Question 19

What is the source of Detective Konakawa's buried guilt?

Accepted Answer

An 8mm film he abandoned, made with a friend who later died

Question 20

Which number keeps recurring in Konakawa's dreams?

Accepted Answer

17

Question 21

What did the young Konakawa want to become?

Accepted Answer

A film director

Question 22

In his corridor dream, who does Konakawa finally realize the culprit is?

Accepted Answer

Himself

Question 23

What is the name of the bar, and website, that serves as Paprika's meeting place and a doorway into dreams?

Accepted Answer

Radio Club

Question 24

What are the names of the two bartenders who serve Konakawa there?

Accepted Answer

Jinnai and Kuga

Question 25

Which figure at the institute turns out to be an old friend of Detective Konakawa?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Shima

Question 26

What becomes of Tokita during the parade's rampage?

Accepted Answer

He is swallowed and absorbed by the parade.

Question 27

What form does Tokita take in the climactic collision of dream and reality?

Accepted Answer

A giant robot

Question 28

What does Inui become as dreams flood Tokyo?

Accepted Answer

A towering humanoid nightmare

Question 29

How is Inui finally destroyed?

Accepted Answer

A merged Paprika-Chiba being emerges as an infant, grows, and devours him.

Question 30

In the final scene, which film does Konakawa buy a ticket to see?

Accepted Answer

Dreaming Kids

The Ultimate Paprika Trivia Quiz

2) How does Paprika famously describe the relationship between dreams and the Internet?

3) Who invented the DC Mini, and what habit defines him throughout the film?

4) What design flaw makes the stolen DC Minis so dangerous?

5) During a meeting about the missing prototypes, Dr. Shima suffers a breakdown. What does he do?

6) Shima's hijacked rant is a stream of nonsense about a parade. Which imagery does it include?

7) What figure haunts the DC Mini's victims as their waking dreams begin?

8) When Kei Himuro is finally found, what has happened to him?

9) What do Chiba and Tokita find crammed inside Himuro's apartment?

10) What happens to Chiba at Himuro's apartment when she ignores Paprika's warning?

11) After more scientists fall victim to the dream attacks, what does Chairman Inui do?

12) What does Inui claim to be doing by seizing control of the dream world?

13) What can the wheelchair-bound Inui do inside dreams that he cannot do awake?

14) What is Dr. Osanai's true role in the conspiracy?

15) What is Osanai's personal motive?

16) In the film's most notorious image, how does Osanai expose Atsuko Chiba beneath Paprika?

17) During her frantic escape, Paprika shifts through a rapid series of forms. Which is among them?

18) How does Konakawa kill Osanai?

19) What is the source of Detective Konakawa's buried guilt?

20) Which number keeps recurring in Konakawa's dreams?

21) What did the young Konakawa want to become?

22) In his corridor dream, who does Konakawa finally realize the culprit is?

23) What is the name of the bar, and website, that serves as Paprika's meeting place and a doorway into dreams?

24) What are the names of the two bartenders who serve Konakawa there?

25) Which figure at the institute turns out to be an old friend of Detective Konakawa?

26) What becomes of Tokita during the parade's rampage?

27) What form does Tokita take in the climactic collision of dream and reality?

28) What does Inui become as dreams flood Tokyo?

29) How is Inui finally destroyed?

30) In the final scene, which film does Konakawa buy a ticket to see?