Overwatch – Understanding the Pink Sausages and Onions Phenomenon

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One of the many sprays available in-game shows a pink sausage holding a leek, and is commonly seen with his turnip-onion baby, seen here:

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All of the sprays in game, for every hero either references something that can be attributed to that hero or references another part of Blizzard's story. For example, there is a boy spray that shows a young kid with his arm in a cast out, and this references the Overwatch museum cinematic.

However, I swear I've seen this before somewhere but this pink sausage is driving me nuts. What reference is Blizzard making with this and the onion baby?

Best Answer

It may look familiar for a few reasons-

It is elsewhere in the game, such as the arcade in Hanamura: enter image description here

And these characters are inspired by Taiko no Tatsujin: enter image description here

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