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Evil Spoo
Summary
From 1999 to 2009, Okaasan to Issho's tenth generation puppet show, Goo Choco Lantan, would have a goat named 'Spoo' as its main protagonist. During this generation, the co-hosts, Shōko Haida and Yūzō Imai, participated in the 'Spoo Drawing Song' (スプーの絵描き歌) segment that would air on April 28, 2006.2) In what would have been the goat's head, Haida's drawing ended up looking like this instead:
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This unusual creature, resembling a bell pepper or pumpkin, would go viral.3) While the NHK allegedly attempted to take the videos down,4) it turns out that Haida was actually fine the drawing going viral, even using a silhouette of it on her blog.5)6) After this, Haida was asked to draw @games's mascot7)8) and would be cast 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.