Difference between revisions of "Card Trivia:The Tripper Mercury"

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* This monster, along with "[[Splendid Venus]]", "[[The Suppression Pluto]]", and "[[The Blazing Mars]]", are the only Legendary Planets who can't increase their [[ATK]] with their own effect.
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* This card is based on the planet [[wikipedia:Mercury (planet)|Mercury]], the first planet in the [[wikipedia:Solar System|Solar System]].
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** Coincidentally, both this card and "Splendid Venus" are the only ones that can decrease the opponent's monsters [[ATK]] or [[DEF]].
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** This card's [[WATER]] [[Attribute]] and [[Aqua]] [[Type]] reference the Japanese name of Mercury, "Suisei" (水星), which translates to "Water Star".
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** All the above cards lack any [[Summon]]ing restrictions.
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** This card's name is based on "tripper", a British slang term for someone going on a short excursion, referencing how Mercury is the smallest planet of the Solar System and the closest planet to the [[wikipedia:Sun|Sun]], which has the shortest duration of orbit around the Sun in eighty-eight days.
  
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* This card's name could be a reference to [[wikipedia:Mercury (planet)|Mercury's]] orbit, which has the highest [[wikipedia:Orbital eccentricity|orbital eccentricity]] of all the Solar System planets (that is, its orbit is the least similar to a perfect circle).
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* This is one of the few cards where its Japanese name consists of only English alphabetical characters and punctuation, excluding furigana characters. The others are "[[Destiny HERO - Plasma]]", "[[Destiny End Dragoon]]", "[[Assault Revival]]", "[[NEX]]", "[[ZERO-MAX]]", and the other [[Legendary Planet]] cards (except "[[Elemental HERO Terra Firma]]").
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* This card's ''[[OCG]]''/''[[TCG]]'' effect to make a second attack during each [[Battle Phase]] is based on a scene in {{chapter|GX|057|ref}} where [[The Tripper Mercury (manga)|this monster]] was allowed to attack twice via the effect of "[[Forbidden Substance]]"

Latest revision as of 17:56, 5 December 2023

"The Tripper Mercury":
  • This card is based on the planet Mercury, the first planet in the Solar System.
    • This card's WATER Attribute and Aqua Type reference the Japanese name of Mercury, "Suisei" (水星), which translates to "Water Star".
    • This card's name is based on "tripper", a British slang term for someone going on a short excursion, referencing how Mercury is the smallest planet of the Solar System and the closest planet to the Sun, which has the shortest duration of orbit around the Sun in eighty-eight days.
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