Difference between revisions of "Card Trivia:Don't Slip, the Dogs of War"

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"Don't Slip, the Dogs of War":

This card's Japanese name is a multi-layered pun:
- The first kanji, 綱, means "rope", and is normally read as "tsuna" (つな); here it is being force-read as the similar sounding "chuna" (チュナ), a close approximation of the Japanese term for Tuner monsters (チューナー, chūnā), referencing the monsters needed to use this card's effect.
- The first two kanji together, 綱引, mean "tug-of-war"; taking the previous point into account, the meaning becomes something like "Tuner-pulling" or "Tuner-drawing", referencing this card's activation condition.
- The last two kanji, 犬会, don't naturally mean anything together; it is a play on 大会, meaning "tournament", where 大 has been replaced by the similar looking 犬, meaning "dog", referencing the dog monsters in this card's artwork.

This card's TCG name references the quote "Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war" from the William Shakespeare play, Julius Caesar.

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 * "[[Yokotuner]]" and two "[[Yoko-Zuna Sumo Spirit]]" appear in this card's artwork.
-* This card's ''[[TCG]]'' names are a reference to the famous phrase, "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war." from [[wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare's]] play, ''[[wikipedia:Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]''.
+* This card's Japanese name is a multi-layered pun:
+** The first kanji, 綱, means "rope", and is normally read as "''tsuna''" (つな); here it is being force-read as the similar sounding "''chuna''" (チュナ), a close approximation of the Japanese term for [[Tuner monster]]s (チューナー, ''chūnā''), referencing the monsters needed to use this card's effect.
+** The first two kanji together, 綱引, mean "[[wiktionary:tug of war|tug-of-war]]"; taking the previous point into account, the meaning becomes something like "Tuner-pulling" or "Tuner-drawing", referencing this card's [[activation condition]].
+** The last two kanji, 犬会, don't naturally mean anything together; it is a play on 大会, meaning "tournament", where 大 has been replaced by the similar looking 犬, meaning "dog", referencing the dog monsters in this card's artwork.
+* This card's ''[[TCG]]'' name references the quote "Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war" from the [[wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]] play, ''[[wikipedia:Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]''.