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6 years ago

I´m not crying, you´re crying! *sniff*

Could you fill me in on the whole grape-kun thing?

A japanese zoo, Tobu Zoo, had a colab with the anime Kemono Friends where they added cutouts of the anime characters to the enclosures of the matching animals to attract visitors and stuff, one of these characters being Hululu, an airhead anthropomorphic Humboldt penguin:

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Grape-kun, an old humboldt penguin who’d been abandoned by his former mate due to his health issues, started showing a lot of interest for the cutout, staring at it for hours, trying to reach it on top of the tall rock where it was placed, and even trying to court it.

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Of course, Kemono Friends already being a surprise hit show, the thing went viral and tons of art, jokes and other content were made. Even after the colab was over, the zoo didn’t remove Grape-kun’s sunshine, and Hululu’s VA Ikuko Chikuta even visited Grape-kun during an educational event:

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Unfortunately, Grape-kun was already old and his health started to deteriorate. He was removed from his enclosure for treatment, along with his muse of course, that was placed next to him. On october 12, 2017, Tobu Zoo announced that Grape-kun passed away, with Hululu by his side in his final moments. Once again Grape-kun started trending, this time in a sadder tone as fans, visitors and part of the Kemono Friends staff paid their respects.

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As a final homage to Grape-kun, a new cutout was added to the penguin enclosure in january 2018, immortalizing this romance:

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And thus ends the tale of Grape-kun and Hululu. May our little Friend rest in penguin heaven with his anime wife, gone, but never forgotten.


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2 years ago

I feel bad for antarctica. like when people mention something that's all over the world they'll be like "on six out of seven continents" and antarctica's just huddling in the corner with some penguins. petition to give antarctica sports teams and make it a country


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1 year ago

Persona 4 but like... Penguin thoughts

Kanji likes penguins, he probably makes penguin plushies because they are round and gives them to the Investigation Team because they are all stressed out including him. He probably has a big penguin plushie for himself. Nanako probably has one too.

Kanji and Naoto would probably flirt about as well as penguins. Kanji just handing Naoto a cool pebble. Neither of them knows how to respond. And the next day Naoto has put a slightly bigger and shinier rock in his locker as thanks. Now they both just have weird rocks in their rooms. It's totally productive. Naoto has a huge rock in their room they can't move on their own. They will not request help. Kanji has a couple colourful rocks lined up on his desk. He recently realized one of them was pried off of a local building decal and started doubting where the rest of them came from.

If Teddie wasn't a bear, I'm pretty sure he'd be a penguin. Dopey, prone to falling but never getting injured, and with a natural tuxedo. His bear suit looked kind of tuxedo-suity to me. He would peck people who insult his friends. He would peck his friends. He'd slide down hills and poor Yosuke would have to deal with the grass stains.

Yosuke has eaten the penguin cracker. He found it while snacking on his break. He only realized after eating the top half of the penguin. He didn't tell Kanji because he had eaten half of it, was at work, and probably didn't care enough. He feels like he's keeping a secret for doing that and is not sure if he likes it.

Yukiko tried to buy a penguin once. Her and Chie were talking about something and that led to a tangent where they were talking about exotic pets in movies. Chie said that any animal sidekick makes a movie cooler. Yukiko said some were objectively more funny than cool. Chie said that it was all on the filmmaker, and any animal could be cool. Then it was 1 AM and Yukiko Amagi almost acquired a penguin to shoot the most badass action movie with Chie before Chie unplugged her computer. The penguin in the movie was going to be Chie's sidekick and save the world. Now Chie can't mention penguins and movies in the same breath or Yukiko will break down laughing over the non-existent comedic masterpiece that was Aggressive Penguin Dragon Lord. None of the other IT members get the 'joke', and Chie refuses to explain it lest Yukiko attempt to make it a reality.

Rise is the only member to have actually touched a penguin. Since she's a famous idol, she goes places. Goes to photoshoots and events. Gets lost at photoshoots and events. Doesn't admit she's lost and convinces everyone she's supposed to be there because she's Risette. Ends up somehow walking into a set with live trained penguins, almost getting attacked by one. It was an awkward apology, but she can proudly be the only IT member to have touched a penguin, even if it was just diving at her legs and screaming before the trainer returned. Also the only IT member who has almost been sued. So far.


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Horrible thoughts in the discord tonight

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Horrible Thoughts In The Discord Tonight
Horrible Thoughts In The Discord Tonight
Horrible Thoughts In The Discord Tonight

Resulted in me drawing this…thing *gestures broadly*

Horrible Thoughts In The Discord Tonight

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1 year ago

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PESTO THE PENGUIN HAS A WIKIPEDIA PAGE!!!!

PESTO THE PENGUIN HAS A WIKIPEDIA PAGE!!!!

HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTILL NOW!?!?!

PESTO IS SUCH A CUTIEEE!!! AAAAAAAAA


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