History Main / Tsuchinoko

* ''Franchise/MetalGear'':

* ''VideoGame/ForbiddenSiren'' (Called just Siren in the US): Can be spotted a couple times in specific scenarios, one of which sees it squeezing into the drain of a bathtub.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' canon, specifically ''Strange and Bright Nature Deity'', Marisa adopted a rather cute tsuchinoko as a pet after chasing it out of a fairy's house.

The Tsuchinoko (translated to English as "child of hammer" or "child of dirt") is the name of a small, snake-like creature in Japanese legend, known for having a disproportionately pudgy body ending in a slender, pointed tail. They are typically jet-black or dusty-brown and can be as long as 12 to 31 inches. Their behavior is noted to be strange, defying behavior seen in similar animals and even defying certain laws of physics. They can bite the end of their tail to form a wheel to travel faster to avoid predators or catch prey and they can even DoubleJump by scrunching their bodies like an accordion and unloading like a spring. The tsuchinoko is a viper and thus has fangs lined with poison, but unlike other snakes, they don't hiss, but squeak and chirp instead. They are most commonly seen in Western Japan, mostly in Kansai and Shikoku.

->Tsuchinoko real.

-> ''The bones were foun in May 2000, in the small town of Yoshii in Okayama Prefecture. News of the iscovery, according to one weekly magaizine, "set off tremors throughout Japan." The skeleton was taken to a university to determine whether it really belonged to a ''tsuchinoko'', a legendary reptilelike creature the existence of which had never been scientifically confirmed.''

The Tsuchinoko (translated to English as "child of hammer" or "child of dirt") is the name of a small, snake-like creature in Japanese legend, known for having a disproportionately pudgy body ending in a slender, pointed tail. They are typically jet-black or dusty-brown and can be as long as 12 to 31 inches. Their behavior is noted to be strange, defying behavior seen in similar animals and even defying certain laws of physics. They can bite the end of their tail to form a wheel to travel faster to avoid predators or catch prey and they can even DoubleJump by scrunching their bodies like an accordion and unloading like a spring. The tsuchinoko is a viper and thus has fangs lined with poison, but unlike other snakes, they don't hiss, but they squeak and chirp instead. They are most commonly seen in Western Japan, mostly in Kansai and Shikoku.

The Tsuchinoko (translated to English as "child of hammer" or "child of dirt") is the name of a small, snake-like creature in Japanese legend, known for having a disproportionately pudgy body ending in a slender, pointed tail. They are typically jet-black or dusty-brown and can be as long as 12 to 31 inches. Their behavior is noted to be strange, defying behavior seen in similar animals and even defying certain laws of physics. They can bite the end of their tail to form a wheel to travel faster to avoid predators or catch prey and they could even DoubleJump by scrunching their bodies in like an accordion and unloading like a spring. The tsuchinoko is a viper and thus has fangs lined with poison, but unlike other snakes, they don't hiss, but they squeak and chirp instead. They are most commonly seen in Western Japan, mostly in Kansai and Shikoku.

The Tsuchinoko (translated to English as "child of hammer" or "child of dirt") is the name of a small, snake-like creature in Japanese legend, known for having a disproportionately pudgy body ending in a slender, pointed tail. They are typically jet-black or dusty-brown and can be as long as 12 to 31 inches. Their behavior is noted to be strange, defying behavior seen in similar animals and can even defy certain laws of physics. They can bite the end of their tail to form a wheel to travel faster to avoid predators or catch prey and they could even DoubleJump by scrunching their bodies in like an accordion and unloading like a spring. The tsuchinoko is a viper and thus has fangs lined with poison, but unlike other snakes, they don't hiss, but they squeak and chirp instead. They are most commonly seen in Western Japan, mostly in Kansai and Shikoku.

The Tsuchinoko (translated to English as "child of hammer" or "child of dirt") is the name of a small, snake-like creature in Japanese legend, known for having a disproportionately pudgy body ending in a slender, pointed tail. They are typically jet-black or dusty-brown and can be as long as 12 to 31 inches. Their behavior is noted to be strange, defying behavior seen in similar animals and can even defy certain laws of physics. They can bite the end of their tail to form a wheel to travel faster to avoid predators or catch prey and the could even DoubleJump by scrunching their bodies in like an accordion and unloading like a spring. The tsuchinoko is a viper and thus has fangs lined with poison, but unlike other snakes, they don't hiss, but they squeak and chirp instead. They are most commonly seen in Western Japan, mostly in Kansai and Shikoku.

* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow'': There's a tsuchinoko as a particularly elusive enemy that serves as a MetalSlime not because it drops a lot of money if killed, but because possessing its soul reduces prices at the shop. It appears in a single room, and not every time you enter it, and tends to disappear quickly. Once you do so, the bestiary description states that Soma claimed the bounty for proving its existence.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'': You can catch a tsuchinoko if you're lucky. [[FridgeLogic Which is odd]], since the game takes place in Russia. The team congratulates you when you do and you get an achievement (in the [[UpdatedRerelease HD remake]]). You can even eat it, which would be a stupid thing to do since finishing the game with a live tsuchinoko in your inventory rewards you with a facepaint option that grants [[BottomlessMagazines Infinite Ammo]] (and don't worry; if you already caught it, the critter can be easily recaptured following a plot-relevant event that dumps all of Snake's inventory).

* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow'': There's a tsuchinoko as a particularly elusive enemy that serves as a MetalSlime not because it drops a lot of money if killed, but because possessing its soul reduces prices at the shop. It appears in a single room, and not every time you enter it, and tends to disappear quickly.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Dunsparce is a tsuchinoko with small wings and a rattlesnake-like tail(that's actually a [[ThisIsADrill drill]]). They are very elusive, and spend most of their time hiding in burrows and tunnels underground.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Dunsparce is a tsuchinoko with small wings and a rattlesnake-like tail. They are very elusive, and spend most of their time hiding in burrows and tunnels underground.

The Tsuchinoko (translated to English as "child of hammer" or "child of dirt") is the name of a small, snake-like creature known for having a disproportionately pudgy body ending in a slender, pointed tail. They are typically jet-black or dusty-brown and can be as long as 12 to 31 inches. Their behavior is noted to be strange, defying behavior seen in similar animals and can even defy certain laws of physics. They can bite the end of their tail to form a wheel to travel faster to avoid predators or catch prey and the could even DoubleJump by scrunching their bodies in like an accordion and unloading like a spring. The tsuchinoko is a viper and thus has fangs lined with poison, but unlike other snakes, they don't hiss, but they squeak and chirp instead. They are most commonly seen in Western Japan, mostly in Kansai and Shikoku.

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-->Tsuchinoko real.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'': You can catch a tsuchinoko if you're lucky. [[FridgeLogic Which is odd]], since the game takes place in Russia. The team congratulates you when you do and you get an achievement (in the [[UpdatedRerelease HD remake]]).

* QT in ''Anime/SpaceDandy'' catches a few during his brief interest in fishing. They seem quite easy to come by [[spoiler: though one of the tsuchinoko's is actually a shapeshifting Chameleonian.]]

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The Tsuchinoko (translated to English as "child of hammer" or "child of dirt") is the name of a small, snake-like creature known for having a disproportionately pudgy body ending in a slender-pointed tale. They are typically jet-black or dusty-brown and can be as long as 12 to 31 inches. Their behavior is noted to be strange, defying behavior seen in similar animals and can even defy certain laws of physics. They can bite the end of their tail to form a wheel to travel faster to avoid predators or catch prey and the could even DoubleJump by scrunching their bodies in like an accordion and unloading like a spring. The tsuchinoko is a viper and thus has fangs lined with poison, but unlike other snakes, they don't hiss, but they squeak and chirp instead. They are most commonly seen in Western Japan, mostly in Kansai and Shikoku.