Mario's Raccoon Suit Enrages PETA 491
redletterdave writes "PETA believes Nintendo's iconic plumber Mario takes a 'pro fur' stance" because he 'wears the skin of a raccoon dog to give him special powers' in the new handheld game released Nov. 13. PETA illustrated its disgust with Nintendo in an online campaign called 'Mario Kills Tanooki.' The page includes a side-scrolling Super Mario-style game called 'Super Tanooki Skin 2D,' where you play an angry, skinless tanuki that must chase a bloody raccoon-pelt-wearing-Mario across a 16-bit world and try to reclaim its fur."
Re:More Specifically Aimed at Chinese Fur Farms (Score:5, Funny)
holy @#@%, Tanuki is a real animal? Today I learned....
I don't mind the raccoon suit... (Score:5, Funny)
But as a card-carrying member of PETF (People for the Ethical Treatment of Fungus), I'm outraged that Mario also stomps on giant, walking mushrooms.
So just wondering.... (Score:5, Funny)
And a better question, has anyone told PETA about the furry community yet?
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Re:More Specifically Aimed at Chinese Fur Farms (Score:5, Funny)
This is PETA. They're not exactly known for their rational thought processes.
You must be crazy. Trying to get fish rebranded as "seakittens" so that people would stop eating them does nothing BUT scream rational thinking.
Turtles (Score:5, Funny)
Not to mention the number of turtles he's fucked up over the years. The man is a monster!
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PETS (People for the Ethical Treatment of Statues) added that Mario is sending the message that it's ok to pretend to be a statue.
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Re:More Specifically Aimed at Chinese Fur Farms (Score:5, Funny)
And what is their opinion on Mario wearing a frog suit?
That nobody gives a rat's ass about the French...
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Mario's long history of animal abuse (Score:4, Funny)
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The fictional ones have balls the size of watermelons.
Huh, I always wondered why Peach put up with Mario's odd fascination with magic outfits and such...
Re:Mario: Lost Decade (Score:5, Funny)
Thank you SO much for making me feel old, you bastard.
Re:More Specifically Aimed at Chinese Fur Farms (Score:5, Funny)
I'm surprised they didn't go with the more straightforward "Mario jumps on turtles to kill them."
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Re:More Specifically Aimed at Chinese Fur Farms (Score:5, Funny)
Re:More Specifically Aimed at Chinese Fur Farms (Score:5, Funny)
After which they still won't sleep with you.
Sing Along!: (Score:5, Funny)
"Ask any mermaid you happen to see. What's the best tuna? Kittens of the Sea!"
PETA (Score:0, Funny)
People
Eating
Tasty
Animals
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My usual response when someone is introduced to me as or says they are a vegan or vegetarian...
"I like vegetarians. They're really good with a little bar-b-cue sauce."
Cheers,
Dave
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Re:Turtles (Score:2, Funny)
Not to mention the number of turtles he's fucked up over the years. The man is a monster!
Yes, this is fucked up all the way down!
Might have the opposite effect (Score:5, Funny)
...if these sea kittens are tasty, then kittens must be tasty too.
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And Mario is the problem? (Score:4, Funny)
God help them if they play Skyrim. I swear I'm swimming in wolf pelts, fur boots, and leather bracers.
Re:Well PETA... (Score:4, Funny)
I'm waiting for the porn site to go live....
Re:More Specifically Aimed at Chinese Fur Farms (Score:5, Funny)
Re:More Specifically Aimed at Chinese Fur Farms (Score:5, Funny)
You lying sack of crap. Anyone who has ever been subjected to the tyranny of a cat knows that they only have two emotions:
1) impatiently wanting something, and right this second, you filthy human scumbag.
2) "Oh, do you still exist? My mind must have wandered."
It's like having a girlfriend was when I was in highschool: an exercise in masochism.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go clean the litter box again...
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Re:More Specifically Aimed at Chinese Fur Farms (Score:5, Funny)
I think by "sane people" the OP meant "people who would use attractive naked people to make their point".
Re:More Specifically Aimed at Chinese Fur Farms (Score:5, Funny)
There were two good points on every poster.
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Though it turns out it's a bad thing to serve on a first date. Never understood why - I mean women love kittens, and love chocolate so the combination of the two should be perfect, right?
Re:Might have the opposite effect (Score:5, Funny)
... then kittens must be tasty too.
Kittens?
Oh, you mean land salmon.