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One
reference to Easter Island that most people are familiar with is the
popular animated television show, "Spongebob Squarepants". In
the
show, there is a character named Squidward, whose house resembles the
head of a Moai statue. Another example of references to
Easter
Islander culture today is Lego's collectable action figure series,
Bionicle. The names that Lego used for the characters came
from
the language of the Rapa Nui and some other Polynesian languages, which
upset many Polynesians when Lego trademarked words from their language,
and Lego agreed to stop using the language for commercial
purposes. Japan's popular trading card and video game series,
Pokemon, also has some characters that resemble Rapa Nui
culture.
Two Pokemon characters, Nosepass and Probopass, were created to
resemble Moai statues. Also, Konami's trading card game
Yu-Gi-Oh
has some characters that resemble Moai, the cards "The Statue of Easter
Island" and "Moai Interceptor Cannons".
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