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3	''Mystical Medleys: A Vintage Cartoon Tarot'' is a divinatory deck of UsefulNotes/TarotCards designed by Gary Hall and published by Sterling Ethos as part of the Modern Tarot Library series.
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5	It's a ThemedTarotDeck modeled after the InkblotCartoonStyle popular in TheThirties animation. Think, ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'', ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}''.
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8	!!''Mystical Medleys'' provides examples of:
9	* AdamAndEvePlot: "The Lovers" refers to the Adam and Eve story: a man and a woman, both clad only in leaves (and shoes); one of the trees with apples on it, a snake in the middle, and a godly being watching from above.
10	* AdventurerArchaeologist: The "Page of Wands" wears the typical safari outfit while being in the desert.
11	* AnimateInanimateObject: Being an {{homage}} to [[RubberHoseLimbs rubber hose]]-style animation, a lot of the characters present are inanimate objects given faces and limbs.
12	* {{Baphomet}}: {{Satan}} as featured on "The Devil" was [[ArtImitatesArt designed after]] the ''Sabbatic Goat'' drawing by Eliphas Levi, the image most associated with Baphomet.
13	* BedSheetGhost: On the upper part of the "Ace of Cups", there's a white, surprised ghost with a hooded head, a light-blue overall, and a halo. Its body looks as if it's made of a transparent bedsheet.
14	* {{Calacas}}: "Three of Cups" features a trio of skeletal women dressed in Mexican-feminine attire, each dancing with a gold-colored cup.
15	* {{Cyclops}}: "The Fool", "The Magician", and "The Hierophant" both have one giant eye for a head.
16	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Satan in "The Devil" is done entirely in greyscale. This contrasts the man, the woman, and the podium to which they are chained, and the torch in Satan's hand -- all of them are colored.
17	* EyeOfProvidence:
18	** The back of every card is a parody of the Bicycle Rider playing cards with the eyes of providences in an eight-figure.
19	** The head of "The Fool" is that of a pyramid with a singular eye.
20	* InkblotCartoonStyle: All of the characters (and objects too) are {{Cartoon Creature}}s who sport [[RubberHoseLimbs rubber-like limbs]] without knees or elbows. You won't catch any of them without [[WhiteGloves gloves]] or shoes. They are also PieEyed.
21	* MockyMouse:
22	** The shoes and pants worn by the men from "Three of Wands" and "Page of Cups" are an obvious reference to Mickey Mouse's default design.
23	** The "Two of Wands" wears a red hooded robe and shoes, and has a pair of brooms that brings to mind Mickey Mouse's appearance in "[[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]".
24	* MushroomMan: "Nine of Cups" features an anthropomorphic mushroom, complete with the red, white-spotted toadstool for a hat (or hair?).
25	* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: Both "The Empress" and "King of Pentacles" are anthropomorphic bovines that, while not going full InformedSpecies, are still PieEyed {{Cartoon Creature}}s with [[RubberHoseLimbs no joints whatsoever]].
26	* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: The titular "Queen of Cups" has a red-headed mermaid with a crown sitting on a beach with a cup. There is also a baby mermaid (complete with SeashellBra), a pacifier, and a bonnet.
27	* ScrewballSquirrel: The two [[JokeCharacter joke cards]] "Happy Squirrel" and "Sad Squirrel" are anthropomorphic squirrels in overalls.
28	* ShoutOut:
29	** The puppet body, hat, donkey ears, and bindle on "The Fool" are references to WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}. The last two, in particular, allude to when the wooden kid runs away from home and gets transformed into a donkey as a consequence of foolish behavior.
30	** The "Page of Pentacles" looks similar to [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer Tom Sawyer]]. It likely alludes to Sawyer's TheTrickster nature and cruel streak.
31	** The "Two of Swords" is an Ace of Hearts that looks like one of the playing cards in ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland''.
32	** The "Seven of Swords" has an Literature/{{Aladdin}}-like appearance.
33	** The deck includes a bonus "Happy Squirrel" card that references the one that appears in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E19LisasWedding "Lisa's Wedding"]].
34	** The redhead girl riding a lion on the box is a dead ringer to ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop''. Well, if she wore a green cap, anyway.
35	* SpiderPeople: "Five of Wands" features an anthropomorphic spider in a baseball uniform, wielding five baseball bats and a catcher's mitt with a baseball in it.
36	* ThemedTarotDeck: It's fashioned after the InkblotCartoonStyle from TheThirties. In other words, it features {{Animate Inanimate Object}}s and wobbly limbs. Furthermore, the characters always sport gloves and shoes in their attire. Most of them are deliberate shout-outs to the golden era of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon.
37	* WitchClassic: "Eight of Wands" features a coven of [[RobeAndWizardHat robe-and-hat]] witches on {{flying broomstick}}s.

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