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(→Nintendo Comics System: call me childish or sick in the head, but there's nothing else i can interpret that object as. it's a furry, brown, dual-ovoid-shaped thing shown in the same context as Tanooki Suits, which are inspired by mythological creatures particularly known for their furry, brown, dual-ovoid things. if it's meant to be something else, such as a tailoring-adjacent object, feel free to remove the crap i just wrote.) |
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===''Nintendo Comics System''=== | ===''Nintendo Comics System''=== | ||
The Tanooki Suit is prominently featured in a ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' story titled "[[Tanooki Suits Me]]"; according to this story, the suit was one of many magical suits made by a tailor named [[List of implied characters#Tanooki|Tanooki]], who would sew his trademark tails on the back of each suit. The comic reveals that Mario turns into a statue by pressing a button on the front of the suit, and changes back by wishing to return to human form. | The Tanooki Suit is prominently featured in a ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' story titled "[[Tanooki Suits Me]]"; according to this story, the suit was one of many magical suits made by a tailor named [[List of implied characters#Tanooki|Tanooki]], who would sew his trademark tails on the back of each suit. The comic reveals that Mario turns into a statue by pressing a button on the front of the suit, and changes back by wishing to return to human form. | ||
In a panel of the comic where the tailor sews a tail onto a Tanooki Suit, an object resembling a scrotum can be seen on the ground in-between him and the suit's pedestal.<ref>MorganCherney (July 15, 2022). [https://twitter.com/MorganCherney/status/1547768731870187521 Time to right a wrong. I found the rare (even for scans) Super Mario comic from Valiant, "Tanooki Suits Me", only ever printed in ONE elusive book. Here it is for your enjoyment at last! Scans aren't @VGArtAndTidbits quality, but was the best I could do. Enjoy! (1/3)]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved February 23, 2023.</ref> Said object may be a theme-appropriate reference to mythological depictions of Japanese racoon dogs (''tanuki''), which {{wp|Bake-danuki#Traits|highlight their scrotum as a primary trait}}; with its inclusion, the comic also suggests that the production of Tanooki Suits requires sacrificing actual ''tanuki'' (with the scrotum representing a by-product of the animal), a concept that [[Nintendo]] [[List of Mario-related controversies#Animal cruelty|would later deny]]. | |||
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