My Neighbor Totoro is a wonderful movie. It came out in 1988, but recently, people on Twitter seem to be noticing one thing: The goat’s teeth are all wrong.
You remember the goat, right? (Yes, there is a goat.) Mei is walking around with her corn, and a goat walks up, and Mei is all, “Back off!” If you’ve forgotten that scene, here is how it unfolds in the film:
So, what’s the problem? As Twitter user Yusai00 points out, the unnatural addition of teeth was done to add dread to the scene.
Unnatural, because goats have no upper front teeth! The scene should look like this:
https://twitter.com/embed/status/794529986237501440
The reality is far more terrifying:
|дﾟ) 下あごには生えてるし、正面から見たら結構怖いわよ。 pic.twitter.com/l8l7QQyGRB
— オヤすもん🐾六尺一寸子猫法師©︎ (@oyasumon) November 4, 2016
Goodness.
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