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* In ''Manga/GekkanShoujoNozakikun'', Maeno is obsessed with tanuki and is constantly badgering the manga authors working under him to include them in all their works. Since they're very obvious InUniverse {{Creators Pet}}s, most of the other characters hate them, to the point that the anime's opening show Sakura and Hori violently destroying one.
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* In ''Manga/GekkanShoujoNozakikun'', Maeno is obsessed with tanuki and is constantly badgering the manga authors working under him to include them in all their works. Since they're very obvious InUniverse {{Creators Pet}}s, most of the other characters hate them, to the point that the anime's opening show shows Sakura and Hori violently destroying one.
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* In ''Manga/GekkanShoujoNozakikun'', Maeno is obsessed with tanuki and is constantly badgering the manga authors working under him to include them in all their works. Since they're very obvious InUniverse {{Creators Pet}}s, most of the other characters hate them.
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* In ''Manga/GekkanShoujoNozakikun'', Maeno is obsessed with tanuki and is constantly badgering the manga authors working under him to include them in all their works. Since they're very obvious InUniverse {{Creators Pet}}s, most of the other characters hate them.them, to the point that the anime's opening show Sakura and Hori violently destroying one.
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* In ''Manga/GekkanShoujoNozakikun'', Maeno is obsessed with tanuki and is constantly badgering the manga authors working on them to include them in all their works. Since they're very obvious InUniverse {{Creators Pet}}s, most of the other characters hate them.
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* In ''Manga/GekkanShoujoNozakikun'', Maeno is obsessed with tanuki and is constantly badgering the manga authors working on them under him to include them in all their works. Since they're very obvious InUniverse {{Creators Pet}}s, most of the other characters hate them.
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* In ''Manga/GekkanShoujoNozakikun'', Maeno is obsessed with tanuki and is constantly badgering the manga authors working on them to include them in all their works. Since they're very obvious InUniverse {{CreatorsPet}}s, most of the other characters hate them.
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* In ''Manga/GekkanShoujoNozakikun'', Maeno is obsessed with tanuki and is constantly badgering the manga authors working on them to include them in all their works. Since they're very obvious InUniverse {{CreatorsPet}}s, {{Creators Pet}}s, most of the other characters hate them.
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* "VideoGame/ShounenKinindenTsumuji" features a tanuki statue made by Tsumuji's father which has all 8 traits.
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* Mamedanuki from ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''.
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* In ''ShamanKing'', Ponchi is a Tanuki that makes a pair with Conchi, a fox (or ''Kitsune''), which is another animal regarded with mystical powers of deception in Japanese mythology. The less said about his testicles, the better. Suffice it to say that he inverts the GroinAttack.
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* In ''ShamanKing'', Ponchi is a Tanuki that makes a pair with Conchi, a fox (or ''Kitsune''), ''{{Kitsune}}''), which is another animal regarded with mystical powers of deception in Japanese mythology. The less said about his testicles, the better. Suffice it to say that he inverts the GroinAttack. Fitting with their mischievous sense of humor, both he and Conchi are {{Captain Ersatz}}es of WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy.
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* [[PunnyName Tom Nook]] from ''AnimalCrossing'' is a Tanuki. Tanuki statues also appear. Of note is the fact that all furniture items in Animal Crossing (such as those that Tom Nook sells) are transformed into leaves when put in one's inventory.
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* [[PunnyName Tom Nook]] from ''AnimalCrossing'' ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' is a Tanuki.tanuki. (The English translations officially call him a raccoon, but the obvious pun makes it clear what he ''really'' is.) Of note is the fact that all furniture items in the games (such as those that Tom Nook sells) are transformed into leaves when put in one's inventory. And, naturally, Nook's [[ChasteToons nephews]] Timmy and Tommy are also tanuki, although this is less obvious. Tanuki statues also appear. Of note is the fact that all furniture items in Animal Crossing (such as those that Tom Nook sells) are transformed into leaves when put in one's inventory.
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** Mamizou Futatsuiwa, the BonusBoss of ''Ten Desires'', whose character is based on the tanuki FolkHero [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danzaburou-danuki Danzaburou-danuki]]. Initially hailing from Sado, she decides to stay in Gensokyo after being called to defeat the FinalBoss only to discover that the player character already took care of things.
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** Mamizou Futatsuiwa, the BonusBoss of ''Ten Desires'', whose character is based on the tanuki FolkHero [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danzaburou-danuki Danzaburou-danuki]]. Initially hailing from Sado, Sado[[note]]a Japanese city-island known for its large tanuki population[[/note]], she decides to stay in Gensokyo after being called to defeat the FinalBoss only to discover that the player character already took care of things.
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* Early unnamed example in the ''YuYuHakusho'' manga.
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** In one episode of ''Final Act'', Shippo enrolls in a Prankster school of sorts. All students were required to wear a leaf over their heads. The students were mainly tanooki demons, but Shippo made a good impression with his own skills.
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* Ibuki of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' and ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Super Street Fighter IV]]'' has a pet tanuki.
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* Ibuki of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' and ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Super Street Fighter IV]]'' has a pet tanuki.tanuki named Don.
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** Mamizou Futatsuiwa, the BonusBoss of ''Ten Desires'', whose character is based on the tanuki FolkHero [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danzaburou-danuki Danzaburou-danuki]]. Initially hailing from Sado, she decides to stay in Gensokyo after being called to defeat the FinalBoss only to discover that the player character already took care of things.
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** ''Ten Desires'' introduced a tanuki named Mamizou Futatsuiwa. Notably a female tanuki.
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* A clan of them feature in the StudioGhibli film ''PomPoko''. The American dub [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar refers to their testicles as "pouches"]].
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* A clan of them feature in the StudioGhibli film ''PomPoko''. The American dub calls them [[RascallyRaccoon raccoons]] and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar refers to their testicles as "pouches"]].
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* [[TokugawaIeyasu Ieyasu Tokugawa]] in ''SamuraiWarriors'' is associated with the tanuki, in contrast to his rival Mitsunari Ishida, who is associated with the {{Kitsune}}.
** In SengokuRance, Ieyasu ''is'' a tanuki.
** In SengokuRance, Ieyasu ''is'' a tanuki.
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* [[TokugawaIeyasu [[UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu Ieyasu Tokugawa]] in ''SamuraiWarriors'' ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' is associated with the tanuki, in contrast to his rival Mitsunari Ishida, who is associated with the {{Kitsune}}.
** * In SengokuRance, Ieyasu ''Sengoku Rance'', UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu ''is'' a tanuki.
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* TheBigBangTheory: Kripke alledgedly draws a picture of "a 'raccoon' with an engorged scrotum" on Sheldon's survey. It was quite probably intended to be a tanuki.
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* TheBigBangTheory: ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': Kripke alledgedly allegedly draws a picture of "a 'raccoon' with an engorged scrotum" on Sheldon's survey. It was quite probably intended to be a tanuki.
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* ''DungeonsAndDragons'' 1st Edition supplement ''Oriental Adventures''. The raccoon dog is a subtype of hengeyokai (basically an Asian animal-based ShapeShifter). They are always evil. They have enhanced strength but lower than normal wisdom.
* In ''{{Pathfinder}}'', tanuki are [[PettingZooPeople monstrous humanoids]] with the [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifter]] subtype, tend to be ChaoticNeutral, and [[BoozeBasedBuff get more powerful when]] [[DrunkenMaster they're drunk]]. Also, they have a [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar slam attack that they don't need to have their paws free to use]].
* ''DungeonsAndDragons'' 1st Edition supplement ''Oriental Adventures''. The raccoon dog is a subtype of hengeyokai (basically an Asian animal-based ShapeShifter). They are always evil. They have enhanced strength but lower than normal wisdom.
* In ''{{Pathfinder}}'', tanuki are [[PettingZooPeople monstrous humanoids]] with the [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifter]] subtype, tend to be ChaoticNeutral, and [[BoozeBasedBuff get more powerful when]] [[DrunkenMaster they're drunk]]. Also, they have a [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar slam attack that they don't need to have their paws free to use]].
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*''DungeonsAndDragons'' ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 1st Edition supplement ''Oriental Adventures''. The raccoon dog is a subtype of hengeyokai (basically an Asian animal-based ShapeShifter). They are always evil. They have enhanced strength but lower than normal wisdom.
* In''{{Pathfinder}}'', ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', tanuki are [[PettingZooPeople monstrous humanoids]] with the [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifter]] subtype, tend to be ChaoticNeutral, and [[BoozeBasedBuff get more powerful when]] [[DrunkenMaster they're drunk]]. Also, they have a [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar slam attack that they don't need to have their paws free to use]].use]].
* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' has drum-playing baby tanuki (though the English cards call them "raccoons") named Ponpoko and Tantan.
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* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' has drum-playing baby tanuki (though the English cards call them "raccoons") named Ponpoko and Tantan.
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Tanuki are a type of canid that lives in Asia (and now Europe), commonly referred to as 'raccoon dogs'. In Japanese mythology, tanuki are said to have magic powers such as {{shapeshifting}} (usually performed with a [[TransformationTrinket leaf on their forehead]]). Pranksters and tricksters, Tanuki spirits are generally fat and jolly, like to drum on their bellies (a sound which has the Japanese onomatopoeia "ponpoko"), and are often associated with good luck.
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Tanuki (commonly transliterated as "tanooki") are a type of canid that lives in Asia (and now Europe), commonly referred to as 'raccoon dogs'. In Japanese mythology, tanuki are said to have magic powers such as {{shapeshifting}} (usually performed with a [[TransformationTrinket leaf on their forehead]]). Pranksters and tricksters, Tanuki spirits are generally fat and jolly, like to drum on their bellies (a sound which has the Japanese onomatopoeia "ponpoko"), and are often associated with good luck.
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* A one-episode character in 090-EkoToIssho, which, not having ever mastered the transformation business, would hide by possessing people. LastOfHisKind. Is used to cause a ShipTease and maybe, just maybe, advance the plot.
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* A one-episode character in 090-EkoToIssho, ''[[Manga/EkoToIssho 090 ~Eko to Issho~]]'', which, not having ever mastered the transformation business, would hide by possessing people. LastOfHisKind. Is used to cause a ShipTease and maybe, just maybe, advance the plot.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' introduced a tanuki in ''Ten Desires'' named Mamizou Futatsuiwa. Notably a female tanuki.
** Prior to that, the ExpandedUniverse manga "Oriental Sacred Place" chapter 11 featured an unnamed tanuki who almost successfully impersonated [[CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' introduced a tanuki in ''Ten Desires'' named Mamizou Futatsuiwa. Notably a female tanuki.
has these youkai showing up here and there, but there are two notable ones:
**Prior to that, the The ExpandedUniverse manga "Oriental ''Oriental Sacred Place" Place'', chapter 11 11, featured an unnamed tanuki who almost successfully impersonated [[CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame]].Kirisame]].
** ''Ten Desires'' introduced a tanuki named Mamizou Futatsuiwa. Notably a female tanuki.
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* ''Literature/UchoutenKazoku'' is a novel about a family of Tanuki living in Kyoto that has been adapted into an anime series.
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* The 1982 arcade PlatformGame ''Ponpoko'' stars a hungry tanuki.
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* Of ''{{Pokemon}}'', Zigzagoon is one in Japan. Though insignificant in battle, with below average statistical abilities and a small pool of moves to learn from, it can be useful as a party member. It is one of the few Pokémon that can have the "Pickup" ability, which will sometimes give you very rare items such as Rare Candy and PP Up, and its evolution, Linoone, can learn most HM moves, which are used to progress through otherwise [[InsurmountableWaistHeightFence insurmountable obstacles]].
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* Of ''{{Pokemon}}'', Zigzagoon is one in Japan. Though insignificant in battle, with below average statistical abilities and a small pool of moves to learn from, it can be useful as a party member. It is one of the few Pokémon that can have the "Pickup" ability, which will sometimes give you very rare items such as Rare Candy and PP Up, and its evolution, Linoone, can learn most HM moves, which are used to progress through otherwise [[InsurmountableWaistHeightFence insurmountable obstacles]]. Early in the game, catching two or three will net you a steady source of income from various picked-up items that you can sell (or use) and possibly get you early access to a few less common items. Being able to bust out a couple of Revives upon battling [[ThatOneBoss Whitney]] can be ''very'' helpful.
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* [[PunnyName Tom Nook]] from ''AnimalCrossing'' is a Tanuki. Tanuki statues also appear.
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* [[PunnyName Tom Nook]] from ''AnimalCrossing'' is a Tanuki. Tanuki statues also appear. Of note is the fact that all furniture items in Animal Crossing (such as those that Tom Nook sells) are transformed into leaves when put in one's inventory.
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* A clan of them feature in the StudioGhibli film ''PomPoko''.
** When exported to America, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar their testicles were referred to as "pouches"]].
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* A clan of them feature in the StudioGhibli film ''PomPoko''.
** When exported to America,''PomPoko''. The American dub [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar refers to their testicles were referred to as "pouches"]].
** When exported to America,
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They can also cause ... certain problems during localization outside of Japan due to them being characterized with ''enormous'' testicles, called kintama in Japanese. Another issue is their tendency to be erroneously localized as "raccoons" or "badgers," as they are close to unknown in America. These errors are less common in Europe, which has a large feral population of tanuki, and there aren't many problems localizing raccoons and badgers into Japanese media, as actual raccoons and badgers are present in Japan.
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They can also cause ... certain problems during localization outside of Japan due to them being characterized with ''enormous'' testicles, called kintama in Japanese.testicles. Another issue is their tendency to be erroneously localized as "raccoons" or "badgers," as they are close to unknown in America. These errors are less common in Europe, which has a large feral population of tanuki, and there aren't many problems localizing raccoons and badgers into Japanese media, as actual raccoons and badgers are present in Japan.
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* Oversized testicles, symbolizing financial luck; this is an exaggeration of the real-life raccoon dog's already-large testicles
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They can also cause ... certain problems during localization outside of Japan due to them being characterized with ''enormous'' testicles. Another issue is their tendency to be erroneously localized as "raccoons" or "badgers," as they are close to unknown in America. These errors are less common in Europe, which has a large feral population of tanuki, and there aren't many problems localizing raccoons and badgers into Japanese media, as actual raccoons and badgers are present in Japan.
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They can also cause ... certain problems during localization outside of Japan due to them being characterized with ''enormous'' testicles.testicles, called kintama in Japanese. Another issue is their tendency to be erroneously localized as "raccoons" or "badgers," as they are close to unknown in America. These errors are less common in Europe, which has a large feral population of tanuki, and there aren't many problems localizing raccoons and badgers into Japanese media, as actual raccoons and badgers are present in Japan.
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* The boss of the alternate fourth stage in ''Sexy VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'' is a tanuki. You can [[GroinAttack shoot it in the testicles]], though the game tells you not to do that. The music for the BossBattle is a medley of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and the Japanese children's song "Genkotsu-yama no Tanuki-san."
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* The boss of the alternate fourth stage in ''Sexy VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'' is a tanuki. You can [[GroinAttack shoot it in the testicles]], though the game tells you not to do that.tanuki, whose prominent kintama are a FakeWeakness. The music for the BossBattle is a medley of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and the Japanese children's song "Genkotsu-yama no Tanuki-san."
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Many of the tropes that Americans associate with [[RascallyRaccoon raccoons]] also apply to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon_dog raccoon dogs]] or (in Japanese) ''tanuki''. Though raccoon dogs are canids and not true raccoons[[note]]Thus making them more closely related to the domesticated dog and their wild relatives, wolves, which are also members of the same family[[/note]], they enjoy the same reputation in {{Japan}}ese folklore that true raccoons share in the Western Hemisphere -- both this and their superficial resemblance to raccoons are the reasons this animal is called "raccoon dog" in English.
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Many of the tropes that Americans associate with [[RascallyRaccoon raccoons]] also apply to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon_dog raccoon dogs]] or (in Japanese) ''tanuki''. Though raccoon dogs are canids and not true raccoons[[note]]Thus making them more closely related to the domesticated dog and their wild relatives, wolves, which are also members of the same family[[/note]], they enjoy the same reputation in {{Japan}}ese UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese folklore that true raccoons share in the Western Hemisphere -- both this and their superficial resemblance to raccoons are the reasons this animal is called "raccoon dog" in English.
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Surprise! Japanese-media raccoon that actually is a raccoon! http://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/chara/marine/index.html
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* ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Rush|Series}} Adventure'': Marine the Raccoon is actually a tanuki.
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** Prior to that, the ExtendedUniverse manga "Oriental Sacred Place" chapter 11 featured an unnamed tanuki who almost successfully impersonated [[CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame]].
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** Prior to that, the ExtendedUniverse manga "Oriental Sacred Place" chapter 11 featured an unnamed tanuki who [[YouMeddlingKids almost successfully]] [[MasterOfIllusion impersonated]] [[CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame]].
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** Prior to that, the ExtendedUniverse manga "Oriental Sacred Place" chapter 11 featured an unnamed tanuki who [[YouMeddlingKids almost successfully]] [[MasterOfIllusion impersonated]] successfully impersonated [[CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame]].