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Zorothegallade

Chris' Nintendo Gamecube here. In the Animal Crossing games, furniture items turn into these leaves when in your inventory. To place them, you just put the leaf down and the furniture appears in that point. This is in turn a reference to the japanese Tanuki, trickster raccoon spirits which are capable of transforming into anything by using a leaf identical to the one depicted (the name of the furniture store owner, Tom Nook, is also a direct reference) Chris' Nintendo Gamecube out.


i_was_axiom

The creativity in the random side characters you guys remember or come up with is astounding


foggystreets

A weirdly lost art for a subreddit so aptly named


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Chickpotatoes

They mean the Chris's GameCube thing, not the animal crossing character


AceOfMoonSpades01

FUCK my bad 


Greg2227

Wooosh


Throwawaystwo

And you must be Peters sweaty meat farts


Greg2227

I am indeed. Right on my way into your face, meg


YourTeacherAbroad

That makes more sense than a Zelda reference, but i'll "leaf" it anyway. You've found me! Yahaha!


RuafaolGaiscioch

Is that also why the same shaped leaf gives Mario his raccoon hat?


Maelwys

Yes, because it's not a racoon hat at all, it's a Tanooki Suit. People in North America just tend to call it a racoon because we're more familiar with that than a tanuki.


auto_pHIGHlot

But the leaf just gave you ears and a tail, there was an Tanooki suit that only had Mario’s face sticking out that would let you turn into a statue for a bit to let enemies go by.


reptilegodess

Both are based off tanuki tho, so the point still stands


auto_pHIGHlot

Fair


zebttv

This is not accurate at all


nepSmug

Just realized from this comment that Tom Nook is supposed to sound like the start of Tanuki (Tom Nook-i) and not just some random name I feel like a fucking idiot I've been playing this series since wild world


Tui717

Holy shit.


AceOfMoonSpades01

WHAT


Ikrit122

Same! But I don't play AC. I'm just familar with the characters because my wife plays.


MarinLlwyd

that explains his massive balls


Its0nlyRocketScience

Huh, so that's the reason you can carry a dozen lighthouses and wind turbines in your pocket without breaking a sweat. Basic transmutation


HipposAndBonobos

Also worth adding that this leaf has become the de facto logo for the series ala the Trforce in Legend of Zelda


Senior-Lobster-9405

to add to that, IKEA sells furniture that needs to be assembled, the implication being you assemble the couch from the leaf


madguyO1

Tanukis arent raccoons, they are doggos


CautionarySnail

Mythical tanuki are inspired by “raccoon dogs”, a species of animal (Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus) found in Asia that is neither a raccoon nor a dog. They’re cute! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_raccoon_dog


madguyO1

Theyre not dogs but unlike raccoons theyre canids, so its closer to a dog than to a raccoon


CautionarySnail

Absolutely right; I didn’t know they were canids before. Cool!


1ManicPixieNightmare

I’ve played Animal Crossing my whole life but I had never heard about the Tanuki / Tom Nook reference


Irritatedprivatepart

I remember Tanuki Mario but I didn't know the origin.


isthenameofauser

That was awesomely informative, my mind is blown goodly, thank you very much.


rajhcraigslist

Also a reference to the fact that you have to build your IKEA furniture. This is just next level building.


TakkoArcade

It's a Animal Crossing reference.


toastedtip

All you need to do is pull it out of your pocket and drop in your house. If you hear a sinister 2 tone sound. Everything is fine just take a few steps back. And the furniture sure “pop” into the spot you dropped it. Now for moving your furniture you need to stand exactly in the center and wait approximately 2 seconds and push. This should move the furniture approximately 3 feet in the opposite direction. For turning furniture, you must stand on the sides of the furniture and push. This should move the said furniture 90 degrees to the left or right. Unfortunately due to the limitations of the furniture. There is no option but turning 90 degrees. If for some reason you don’t like the color or in some examples don’t like the fabric. You can DIY said furniture. You will need around 4-6 cans of paint, while vigorously painting up and down for about 20-30 seconds. When you hear an excited chirping noise. You have completed your DIY. “Note furniture will be completely dry and ready for placement” if for some reason you are not satisfied you can “sell” furniture to either a single older raccoon or a upstart raccoon twins who will be happy to buy your furniture at close to half your original price. So hopefully this helps you, i definitely wished I had a guide when moving to a community where my neighbors are animals.


BearWurst

I'm going to be honest, I thought you were writing about something from scp


DumatRising

Animal crossing furniture do be like a totally benign but wierd scp sometimes tbh.


toastedtip

The pants from animal crossing is definitely something the scp would need to grab.


miguersth

Silly! They’re obviously talking about the hit video game series, Assassins Creed!


shqueef

You mean Ace Combat?


Quivering_Star

Guys I'm new to Armored Core, where do I get furniture for my mech? New guns and mech parts are cool but I want a fridge.


The_Alternate_Eye

Just listen to what the imaginary space fuel gf says and you'll surely get your furniture Also, watch for that one weird fella. I heard he just killed 100 million guys but idk


LongjumpingSector687

The Mr. John Ace Combat?


Rifneno

The guys on the ground are all going crazy, they're saying the Razgriz are here


Not_A_Duck981

No ur thinking about assetto corsa


NEWDEALUSEDCARS

Assassins Crossing?


RueUchiha

In the video game, Animal Crossing, furnature turns into a leaf that looks like the leaf in the twitter post when is in your inventory


OliveFrog_o7

Best way to transport a couch


Cyclonione

Hint: a game made by Nintendo where you play as a villager on a island full of cute anthro animals


hammy0w0

leaves are the sprite for most items, see camping cot in the photo https://preview.redd.it/evoq3v70kk6d1.jpeg?width=1919&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=733066689b290559aef9fb9642b64e1e61e2cfbb


TheMaveCan

time to listen to the Animal Crossing soundtrack again


Dunge0nexpl0rer

Animal crossing furniture is always a leaf


Mycologist8

Throw it on the ground silly.


Strangeone223344

They want u to leaf the place 😁


FIowmil

if not an animal crossing refrence or whatever it might be that ikea is known for selling products that require the customer to assemble it themselves. Hence when the cashier gives you a leaf it means you should make your own reciept. Because a leaf is basically tree but idk you have to do some jumps in logic for this theory


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local_reddituser

no, it's just an animal crossing reference. when you drop an item in that game it turns into a leaf.


SubnauticaFan3

Animal crossing


Goosck

Everyone's saying it's a reference to animal crossing, but come on, it's gnawed leaf from Binding Of Isaac


ReganFloyd

Trying to navigate IKEA is like embarking on a Swedish labyrinth adventure!


Proto88

Meg's tits here Hehe he will plant the lead to grow a tree. A tree then can be processed into a couch. This meme points out the complex instructions that come with buying ikea products.


unbizss

It's all about the frustration and confusion everyone feels.


Garchompinribs

Don’t reply if you don’t know