Stuffed Boobie Toys from Japan
Remember when Miss Piggy had a huge rack? She used to pack some pretty serious cleavage. Over the years though, Piggy's bountiful breasts seem to have diminished quite a bit. Notice the ample bosom of 1979's The Muppet Movie versus her practically flat chest of 1999's Muppets from Space:
See that faint cleavage line in the picture on the left? It's completely absent in the other photo. Where the hell did Miss Piggy's boobs go? Did she get breast cancer or something?
I have my own theory. I think that her breasts were lopped off in order to pacify prudish parents who didn't want their precious children exposed to Miss Piggy's unabashed sexuality. Perhaps muppet cleavage was just a little too real for some people. So in the name of family values, Miss Piggy was forced to undergo a double mastectomy.
Speaking of disembodied plush breasts, check these babies out:
This is Funwari Milk-chan ("Fluffy Milk") and her friends. They're exactly what they appear to be: adorable anthropomorphized plush boobies from Japan. Like many of Japan's other kawaii characters (such as mamegomas), Milk-chan and her friends have been given a rich and strange culture and history. They all live together in Milk Village by a big nipple-capped mountain (Mt. Milk). They speak the Milk language, "a tongue understood by all living creatures." Each little boob has her own unique personality:
There's even a ganguro boobie! She's the second one from the bottom and her nipple cap is pierced, because she's wild like that.
I like to think that this is where Miss Piggy's big plushies ended up. Perhaps they retired to the idyllic Milk Village, where they could roam free and frolic with other disembodied boobies.
2007-10-23 08:37:48 UTC