Nikushimi

The kid looks NOTHING like Naruto. AT ALL. Furthermore, the creators of South Park don't seem to be into Naruto at all, and the episode with this alleged "rip-off" dates back to probably around the time Naruto first became an anime. Not only is their no resemblance AT ALL, but there's nothing to suggest that the creators even know that "Naruto" exists.

As for the Deidara-copy... Like I said, there are some minor similarities in appearance (though easily noticeable), blatant similarity in style of combat, and it's in a show with an already-confirmed instance of a Naruto cameo.

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Mag

Let me say, you don't know the south park creators personally. Nor do i, so how can you say they don't like it? Maybe they don't blatantly rip it off like Ben 10. But there is no proof to say that they don't watch Naruto.

and as for Deidra-person I never said it wasn't him, i just said it didn't look like him.

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Nikushimi

They've never mentioned it. Not in any interviews. Ever. The creator of Ben 10, however, openly admitted that he was influenced by Naruto. The kid in South Park also looked NOTHING like Naruto, AT ALL; I've said that a few times now, I'd think you would've heard it. And again, I bring up the "time" issue: That episode of South Park dates back to when Naruto became an anime at least, possibly earlier. On top of that, for what reason would they include a cameo of Naruto? Their audience is adults and older teens, most of whom have no idea what "Naruto" is nor could even pronounce the freaking name. They're not going to try to appeal to such an ifinitesimal minority, particularly at a time when the Naruto series isn't even very popular in Japan and virtually NO ONE in America knows about it.

The girl DOES have a few small similarities to Deidara in terms of appearance, but there are other areas in which she resembles him as well.

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Mag

Your starting to get waaaay to serious about this now.

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Nikushimi

Hey, you're a fast learner, huh? =P

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Mag

xD yeah

EDIT: Nevermind, was one of those clones -.-

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Baylavim

So like, I finally mananged to get my hands on a Ben 10 episode featuring this Charmcaster person.

And let me say that there's no resemblance that I can see, other than using creatures to fight--which in the episode I saw were never flat-out stated to be clay, either. They were brown with glowing pink markings on them, looking more like enhchanted fairytale creatures.

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Nikushimi

They may not have been stated it to be clay, but...that would obviously be ripping Deidara off TOO much. So they did it without saying anything about it. For all we know, the creatures could've been made of shit.

And then there's the bag with the mouth-like zipper that she gets the material from...

Subtle similarities, but they're there. And as I said, I probably wouldn't feel so strongly about it had there not been that blatant cameo of Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi. Since there's preexisting evidence that the creators are Naruto fans and since there's already a clear example of that leaking into their own work, it's gotta be a little more than coincidence that this character has to be like this in particular...

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Trunksshe

I found the picture of Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi in Ben 10; for anyone that didn't see it.[thumbup]

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Sharky

Here a picture of the Ryo-san // Kochikame thing:

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In Gintama episode 13, Katsura and Gintoki pretend they're pirates looking for the secret treasure of "One Park" so they can join a group of space pirates. At the end of the episode they replay a clip where Katsura introduces himself to the crew but with different audio:



A parody on Naruto's dattebayo.

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