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<blockquote data-quote="Silvercat Moonpaw" data-source="post: 4463484" data-attributes="member: 46652"><p>I'm a little confused as to the intent of this thread: Is it "strangest character which had a media influence" or "strangest media influence and the character it inspired"? I'll just go with what I've got. (Note: All of these have never actually seen the light of play.)</p><p></p><p><strong>The Roach:</strong> Inspired by a saying on a T-shirt: "You cannot hurt me, you cannot stop me, for I am the penguin of love!" It formed in my mind into "You cannot stomp me, you cannot stop me, for I am……………THE ROACH!" The Roach pretty much only exists as that line.</p><p></p><p><strong>Concrete Dragon:</strong> Combo of Freedom City's (Muntats&Masterminds) Dr. Metropolis and the country song "Concrete Angel", this statue of a dragon being killed by St. George came to life to protect a young girl from being killed by monsters.</p><p></p><p><strong>Brick House:</strong> Superhero. A fat woman who transforms into stone. Inspired by the song of the same name.</p><p></p><p><strong>American Demon:</strong> US agent. Generally portrayed as a demon, though it's not a requirement. Contrary to how it looks, this was inspired by taking the song "American Woman" and overlaying on a scene of some guy beating up terrorists and replacing "woman" with "demon". NOT by Hellboy.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Jird:</strong> A race of 3ft-tall gerbils. Inspired by gerbil pictures in a book on mammals, what their original name was (jird), and a wikipedia description of a character from an animé.</p><p></p><p><strong>Coyote:</strong> Wile E. Coyote……………except competent and a superhero.</p><p></p><p><strong>Dust:</strong> Superhero (made for a higher-powered superhero game, but is fluff-wise more street-level). Can take on a particulate form. Inspired by 3 Doors Down's song "Kryptonite" and the line "my body lying somewhere in the sands of time".</p><p></p><p><strong>É Mò:</strong> A character for a freeform superhero game. Inspired by <a href="http://www.missmab.com/Cast/kria.php" target="_blank">this webcomic character</a> after reading a HERO bestiary on mythological monsters from Asia—particularly the (not evil) horse-headed demons from China—with maybe a bit of Yu Yu Hakusho thrown in. The result is an investigator of spiritual phenomena based out of Chinese Buddhist hell who brings with her a bureaucratic view of human mythology (which has actually been used by other players). Yes, her name can be parodied as "emo", but I found it while originally looking for Chinese translations of English in an attempt to find something authentic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silvercat Moonpaw, post: 4463484, member: 46652"] I'm a little confused as to the intent of this thread: Is it "strangest character which had a media influence" or "strangest media influence and the character it inspired"? I'll just go with what I've got. (Note: All of these have never actually seen the light of play.) [b]The Roach:[/b] Inspired by a saying on a T-shirt: "You cannot hurt me, you cannot stop me, for I am the penguin of love!" It formed in my mind into "You cannot stomp me, you cannot stop me, for I am……………THE ROACH!" The Roach pretty much only exists as that line. [b]Concrete Dragon:[/b] Combo of Freedom City's (Muntats&Masterminds) Dr. Metropolis and the country song "Concrete Angel", this statue of a dragon being killed by St. George came to life to protect a young girl from being killed by monsters. [b]Brick House:[/b] Superhero. A fat woman who transforms into stone. Inspired by the song of the same name. [b]American Demon:[/b] US agent. Generally portrayed as a demon, though it's not a requirement. Contrary to how it looks, this was inspired by taking the song "American Woman" and overlaying on a scene of some guy beating up terrorists and replacing "woman" with "demon". NOT by Hellboy. [b]The Jird:[/b] A race of 3ft-tall gerbils. Inspired by gerbil pictures in a book on mammals, what their original name was (jird), and a wikipedia description of a character from an animé. [b]Coyote:[/b] Wile E. Coyote……………except competent and a superhero. [b]Dust:[/b] Superhero (made for a higher-powered superhero game, but is fluff-wise more street-level). Can take on a particulate form. Inspired by 3 Doors Down's song "Kryptonite" and the line "my body lying somewhere in the sands of time". [b]É Mò:[/b] A character for a freeform superhero game. Inspired by [url=http://www.missmab.com/Cast/kria.php]this webcomic character[/url] after reading a HERO bestiary on mythological monsters from Asia—particularly the (not evil) horse-headed demons from China—with maybe a bit of Yu Yu Hakusho thrown in. The result is an investigator of spiritual phenomena based out of Chinese Buddhist hell who brings with her a bureaucratic view of human mythology (which has actually been used by other players). Yes, her name can be parodied as "emo", but I found it while originally looking for Chinese translations of English in an attempt to find something authentic. [/QUOTE]
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