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There's a new monster cereal in the Boo Berry/Frankenberry/etc line and her name is Carmela something. Just realized that's likely a nod to Carmilla (Sheridan Le Fanu)
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Carmela Creeper, apparently a zombie DJ
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Oct 13, 2023 03:02
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I think it's because it's a caramel apple flavored cereal and "Carmella" sounds like "caramel."
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Oct 13, 2023 03:15
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Sort of like Barackberry Hussein Obamas.
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Oct 13, 2023 04:17
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Baron von Eevl posted:I think it's because it's a caramel apple flavored cereal and "Carmella" sounds like "caramel." That's just why it's a good pun.
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Oct 13, 2023 12:11
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:One Punch Man (the guy in yellow) started out as a parody of the classic 1970s Japanese superhero Anpanman (the guy in red). The One Punch Man manga series is a parody of heroic super power hero type stories in general.
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Oct 13, 2023 13:35
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Baron von Eevl posted:I think it's because it's a caramel apple flavored cereal and "Carmella" sounds like "caramel." And count chocula is solely and only named after chocolate, the resemblance to the name Dracula is utterly accidental, right?
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Oct 13, 2023 20:58
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I think my only difficulty with the conclusion is that Camilla wasn't a zombie
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Oct 13, 2023 21:37
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The concept of zombies didn't reach America until 1929 and before Polidori invented the literary aristocratic vampire a vampire was basically just a walking corpse. The cereal mascot in question seems to be sentient and thus probably more of a vampire than a zombie. A zombie is a undead farm tool, a zombie that has a personality is something else.
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Oct 13, 2023 22:08
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InediblePenguin posted:And count chocula is solely and only named after chocolate, the resemblance to the name Dracula is utterly accidental, right? "Chocula" isn't a common name though. I mean maybe the breakfast cereal is named in honor of the 151 year old Irish novella (where the name is spelled differently), but Sheridan Le Fanu doesn't exactly have the same pop culture cache as Bram Stoker. What specific work of 19th century literature do you think "Fruit Brute" is named after?
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Oct 13, 2023 22:08
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Brawnfire posted:I think my only difficulty with the conclusion is that Camilla wasn't a zombie Baron von Eevl posted:"Chocula" isn't a common name though. I mean maybe the breakfast cereal is named in honor of the 151 year old Irish novella (where the name is spelled differently), but Sheridan Le Fanu doesn't exactly have the same pop culture cache as Bram Stoker. What specific work of 19th century literature do you think "Fruit Brute" is named after?
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Oct 13, 2023 23:25
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Zombies are not vampires but lesbians are djs, snopes: unverified
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Oct 14, 2023 01:45
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In all their copy Carmela is referred to as a zombie. Looking at her character design I'd actually say she's more of a Frankenstein's monster type.  The Carmilla connection is not convincing but you can have your headcanon it's ok Kevin DuBrow has a new favorite as of 02:53 on Oct 14, 2023 |
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Oct 14, 2023 02:50
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Wikipedia monster cereals entry posted:Count Alfred Chocula What the gently caress
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Oct 14, 2023 02:52
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Kevin DuBrow posted:Looking at her character design I'd actually say she's more of a Frankenstein's monster type. Just looks like a human under weird lighting. Also the new Count Chocula box artwork sucks.
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Oct 14, 2023 03:00
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Count Chocula is based on a Prince in a Serbian fairy tale, who collected all the children in the (fictional) town of Pezcny and forced them to eat each other over the course of several months. The “winner” was given a single piece of chocolate as a prize, and when he ate it he realized that he had no taste for it anymore. Then he ate the Prince, etc etc. Not directly relating to Dracula/Romanian folklore.
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Oct 14, 2023 03:18
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Kevin DuBrow posted:In all their copy Carmela is referred to as a zombie. Looking at her character design I'd actually say she's more of a Frankenstein's monster type. She's even got "Bride of Frankenstein" hair but cool teen style
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Oct 14, 2023 03:23
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Modern zombies are closer to Frankenstein than they are to pre-Romeo zombies anyway.InediblePenguin posted:I think it is more likely that they did intend the LeFanu reference than that it's a complete coincidence, but go off Okay, have fun with that belief.
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Oct 14, 2023 04:08
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InediblePenguin posted:There are no named zombies in pop culture to draw inspiration from, and she is Chocula's cousin (she is related to a vampire). She's a Frankenstein type https://monsterscereal.com/pages/carmella-creeper Carmella is a cool, young and very capable young Zombie. She is Franken Berry’s long lost cousin, and she is back to help bring the rest of the Monsters into the 21st Century. She is a DJ and loves to host parties at the haunted mansion with her friends.
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Oct 14, 2023 04:46
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Kevin DuBrow posted:In all their copy Carmela is referred to as a zombie. Looking at her character design I'd actually say she's more of a Frankenstein's monster type. She's a zombie from the same "corpse but sexy and not gross" school of design as Rottytops from Shantae 
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Oct 14, 2023 04:58
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If a Frankenstein-class monster were to be bitten by a zombie, it would become a zombie which happens to be stitched together. 
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Oct 14, 2023 04:59
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Y'all talking about the Fonz reminded me to double check whether or not Henry Winkler was actually dead, nope I was thinking of Fred Willard. The Fonz lives on!
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Oct 14, 2023 05:11
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SLOSifl posted:Count Chocula is based on a Prince in a Serbian fairy tale, who collected all the children in the (fictional) town of Pezcny and forced them to eat each other over the course of several months. The “winner” was given a single piece of chocolate as a prize, and when he ate it he realized that he had no taste for it anymore. Then he ate the Prince, etc etc. Not directly relating to Dracula/Romanian folklore. what
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Oct 14, 2023 05:18
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Baron von Eevl posted:What specific work of 19th century literature do you think "Fruit Brute" is named after? 16th century. Et tu, Fruit Brute?
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Oct 14, 2023 06:16
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Baron von Eevl posted:Modern zombies are closer to Frankenstein than they are to pre-Romeo zombies anyway. So has anyone done Romeo & Juliet as zombies, because that seems like something somebody would've done
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Oct 14, 2023 12:33
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Sir Lemming posted:So has anyone done Romeo & Juliet as zombies, because that seems like something somebody would've done A decade ago it was called warm bodies
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Oct 14, 2023 12:46
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Looking at a bilingual list of vaccines and seeing “gripe” in Spanish made me realize that in old timey novels etc when they say that someone has the “grippe” they’ve just talking about the flu.
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Oct 14, 2023 15:09
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La grippe... la grippe. La post nasal drip. With the wheezes! And the sneezes! And a sinus that's really a pip!
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Oct 14, 2023 15:13
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And flu is derived from influenza, which just means influence, presumably something like a curse.
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Oct 14, 2023 16:35
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Huh, I thought grippe was one of those pooping diseases. Maybe I've just never gotten over finding out what dysentery was after having people die from it in Oregon Trail.
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Oct 14, 2023 16:49
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Pomme de Terror posted:Y'all talking about the Fonz reminded me to double check whether or not Henry Winkler was actually dead, nope I was thinking of Fred Willard. The Fonz lives on! Dude was just in Barry, he's still a working actor
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Oct 14, 2023 16:56
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Captain Hygiene posted:Huh, I thought grippe was one of those pooping diseases. Maybe I've just never gotten over finding out what dysentery was after having people die from it in Oregon Trail. Having an rear end that grips ain't an affliction 
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Oct 14, 2023 19:33
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FreudianSlippers posted:The concept of zombies didn't reach America until 1929 I think you'll find the concept of zombies originated in America.
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Oct 14, 2023 19:51
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Pookah posted:And flu is derived from influenza, which just means influence, presumably something like a curse. Yep, etymology online says "Used in Italian for diseases at least since 1504 (as in influenza di febbre scarlattina "scarlet fever") on notion of astral, occult, or atmospheric influence." You got sick because you were under the influence of bad omens/a witch's curse/miasma. They also thought that malaria was caused by miasma, it translates as 'bad air' (mal-aria)
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Oct 14, 2023 22:00
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Wait til you hear what they thought gave you diabetes
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I think you'll find the concept of zombies originated in America. I mean Haiti was occupied by America for like 20 years but I wouldn't call it part of it.
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Oct 14, 2023 22:12
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Grassy Knowles posted:Wait til you hear what they thought gave you diabetes Diabetes nuts
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Oct 14, 2023 22:12
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FreudianSlippers posted:Diabetes nuts gently caress I’m owned
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Oct 14, 2023 22:20
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Grassy Knowles posted:Wait til you hear what they thought gave you diabetes "Help, I'm pissing too much!" "Ohhh yeah you see that happen a lot, your piss has turned evil"
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:"Help, I'm pissing too much!" So evil you can taste it
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