Pufferfish in popular culture
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Pufferfishes (family Tetraodontidae) and porcupinefishes (family Diodontidae) have a very distinctive appearance and comical mode of locomotion, and as such have become among the most popular fishes for cartoons, logos, and other such uses.
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[edit] Pufferfish characters in cartoons
- Mrs. Puff from the animated series Spongebob Squarepants is a pufferfish who teaches boating lessons at her own boating school.
- Bloat, voiced by Brad Garrett, is not a pufferfish in Finding Nemo, he is a porcupinefish.
- Sykes, voiced by Martin Scorsese, is a pufferfish in Shark Tale.
- Uncle from Jackie Chan Adventures often uses a pufferfish/porcupine fish for Chi spells.
[edit] References to pufferfish in TV shows and movies
- In the episode of MacGyver labeled Walking Dead, a Voodoo artist uses chemical derived from a puffer fish to make zombies.
- In an episode of The Simpsons, Homer eats fugu and is prescribed as having eaten fatal amounts of the poison.
[edit] Pufferfish in computing
- Puffy has been designated as the mascot of the OpenBSD project. Although supposed to be (and named after) a pufferfish, Puffy more closely resembles a spiny porcupinefish.
- The covers of the books "Understanding Japanese Information Processing" and "Understanding CJKV Information processing" by Ken Lunde, published by O'Reilly, feature an engraving of a pufferfish.
[edit] See also
- Tetraodontidae
- Fugu, the Japanese dish containing pufferfish meat, famous for its potential toxicity.
