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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Simisage is based on a {{wp|monkey}} and a {{wp|tree}}; the fact that it is based on both may mean it might be based on the legends of {{wp|Monkey tree phenomenon|monkey trees}} or possibly a visual pun on {{wp|Colobinae|leaf monkeys}}. Its hairstyle may have been inspired by the {{wp| | Simisage is based on a {{wp|monkey}} and a {{wp|tree}}; the fact that it is based on both may mean it might be based on the legends of {{wp|Monkey tree phenomenon|monkey trees}} or possibly a visual pun on {{wp|Colobinae|leaf monkeys}}. Its hairstyle may have been inspired by the {{wp|bōsōzoku}} or {{wp|Yankee#In other parts of the world|yankee}} subculture.<!-- It, along with his two contemporaries, seem to inspired by the {{wp|three wise monkeys}} motif; with its mouth doing something, Simisage represents "speak no evil". (I can't justify this)--> | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
Simisage is a combination of ''{{wp|simian}}'' and ''{{wp|sage}}''. ''Sage'' may either mean a type of plant or a wise person, the latter possibly relating to the "{{wp|three wise monkeys}}" motif of the [[elemental monkeys]]. It may also come from the german word ''sagen'', meaning ''to say''. | Simisage is a combination of ''{{wp|simian}}'' and ''{{wp|sage}}''. ''Sage'' may either mean a type of plant or a wise person, the latter possibly relating to the "{{wp|three wise monkeys}}" motif of the [[elemental monkeys]]. It may also come from the german word ''sagen'', meaning ''to say''. | ||
Yanakkie may be a combination of 柳 ''yanagi'' ({{wp|willow}}) or 野菜 ''yasai'' (vegetable; an alternate reading of 菜 is ''na'') and ''{{wp|monkey}}''. It may also involve けっき ''kekki'' (vigor). | Yanakkie may be a combination of 柳 ''yanagi'' ({{wp|willow}}) or 野菜 ''yasai'' (vegetable; an alternate reading of 菜 is ''na'') and ''{{wp|monkey}}''. It may also involve ヤンキー ''yankee'' (delinquent youth) and けっき ''kekki'' (vigor). | ||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||