Card Trivia:Number 2: Ninja Shadow Mosquito

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For trivia pertaining to this monster's Number, see Forum:"Numbers" Xyz Monster Trivia. Any contributions regarding this type of trivia should be placed there, instead of this page.
  • The number "02" appears on this monster's right missile launcher.
  • This card's Japanese name, "Mosquito-Science Ninja - Shadow Mosquito" (蚊学忍者シャドー・モスキート Kagaku Ninja Shadō Mosukīto) features the word "kagaku", the Japanese word for "science" with the first kanji ka (化) replaced with the similar-sounding kanji ka (蚊) meaning "mosquito".
    • This naming scheme is a reference to the 1972 anime series, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, with "Shadow Mosquito" likely referencing a line in the show's opening theme song: "A shadow dancing beyond the sky".
  • Like many "Number" monsters with numbers below 10, this card's number matches its Rank.
  • In the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime, this monster is portrayed as being so small that all that can be seen of it is a tiny, green speck.
    • Additionally, this monster is probably the smallest one ever seen in the anime.
  • This monster's neutral form resembles the pupa stage of a mosquito larva, keeping in relation with its mosquito theme.
  • This card's effect of using Hallucination Counters to damage the opponent's monsters references to how some mosquitoes transmit diseases when they bite.