And Sandy Cheeks from SpongeBob, though that’s probably a coincidence, given that all the other examples have Japanese origins.
The main reason I say squirrel is because “Science Squirrel” is apparently a common trope in Japanese media? At least according to Mod Chikako, I know Risukuma from Puyo Puyo and Himari from Precure as a couple examples. (though scientifically speaking, chipmunks are a type of squirrel)
I like the philosophy of whoever decided this minigame about scientists falling in love needed some guy who always wears a squirrel suit.Īt least, that’s assuming this is a squirrel. They hid the guy off-screen, he doesn’t have much lore, I think his entire purpose is just to exist and be weird, which I think is delightful. We know very little about Squirrel Man, but I think that’s kind of the point. Or if you don’t want to ruin their relationship, you can just wait for the end credits where he also pops in during the cast call. Yeah! Good job sucking at Love Lab! Your reward is Squirrel Man face reveal! Fortunately, you can get a better look at him if you get the Try Again screen! The guy’s fully-sprited, but is tough to notice in-game considering how off-screen he is. They realized it would be dangerous if you were throwing around chemicals and no one was catching them, as if throwing around chemicals isn’t dangerous in its own right, so they added this guy, and since he’s barely visible, why not make him Wacky? You’ll be so busy paying attention to the cute scientists and good tunes that you won’t even notice him. (iiiiiii suppose, yeah!) He’s just off-screen, catching the flasks You’re throwing. What, you didn’t notice him? Well, it makes sense, I suppose. Look at them.)Īnyway that’s enough time talking about those two, they’re both regular humans and while I respect them and their relationship, they aren’t nearly as interesting as the third guy who is also there. (And besides, these two are both obviously bi. “Weird scientist” was like, my whole online persona way back in the day. He appears in Rhythm Heaven in the minigame Love Lab, which is actually one of my favorite games in the series! That’s right! I managed to get invested in a guy and a girl falling in love, something unexpected from my usual lesbian self. We’re using this Friday to talk about some dude in a squirrel suit. We must savor the Funky Fridays we get to spend our elusive Rhythm Heaven points. Getting to talk about Rhythm Heaven is a major event.
This is not Super Mario’s Super Mario World. It’s loosely attached to Mario, through WarioWare, but it’s just enough of its own thing that it is out of our field of view. But it’s not every day we get to talk about Rhythm Heaven. Name: Third Research Scientist of Love LabĪnother post about a Rhythm Heaven character! There are so many Wacky Rhythm Heaven characters we can talk about.