Evil Spoo

The Heinous Spoo (極悪スプー, Gokuaku Supū)¹⁾ refers to a drawing of Spoo (スプー, Supū) from Goo Choco Lantan that was illustrated by Shōko Haida during her time on Okaasan to Issho in 2006. This had went viral in the late 2000s, namely on 2channel.

Summary

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From 1999 to 2009, Goo Choco Lantan served as the tenth generation puppet show for Okaasan to Issho, and the puppet show's main protagonist was a goat named “Spoo” (スプー, Supū). During this generation, their co-hosts, Shōko Haida and Yūzō Imai, participated in a drawing song segment that aired on April 28, 2006²⁾ which became notable as Haida's drawing of Spoo ended up looking like this:

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This creature, resembling a bell pepper or pumpkin, would go viral on the Japanese internet.³⁾ At one point, NHK allegedly tried to take down the video,⁴⁾ but Haida was actually fine with the drawing going viral, even using a silhouette of it on her blog.⁵⁾⁶⁾ After this, Haida was asked to draw @games's mascot,⁷⁾⁸⁾ and starred in a few Toyota Sienta commercials.⁹⁾¹⁰⁾

Notes

As an AA character, “Evil Spoo” didn't have that much staying power as he was a drawing you were supposed to laugh at upon first glance, so people got bored of him after a couple of months.
Yūzō Imai would die from an intracerebral hemorrhage on December 21, 2020 at the age of 43.