The Famicom Monster

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The Famicom Monster, or TFM for short, is a large reptilian creature that was created sometime around October 2022 by the Twitter user @DrBreadpire. It was first sighted sometime in the spring of 1986. It's a hefty lizard-like creature with mustard yellow skin and large white and green splotches that stain it in ring-like patterns. 
== Appearance ==
This creature looks similar to Luigi from Super Mario Bros. on the NES or Famicom, but if he was stretched out. It doesn't appear to have visible eyes and the "clothes" are really a part of its skin. The yellow, green and white of its body are in a similar pattern to what Luigi had in those days.
==Biography==
=== Prologue ===
In February, 1986, a Japanese farmer was tending to his land when he noticed what seemed to be graffiti plastered onto his barn. After wiping it off, he went to sleep for the night expecting nothing else. His body was never found.
News of the disappearance spread around the area. A search party started but to no avail as, even with the whole town after him, no traces were ever found.
Later in March, another piece of "graffiti" was sighted along the walls of a warehouse. A photo was taken by someone after their son recognized it as a replica of Luigi's sprite from Super Mario Bros., which came out about half a year ago by then. once again, like the farmer, both went missing not to long afterwards.
The government began to close in on this sudden threat, wondering if it was some sort of serial killer or anything else. However, no new evidence was discovered until September of the same year, when the biggest discovery in the case yet was made.
It was a skull. Not a human skull, but the skull of a giant lizard-like creature. At first, scientists presumed it to either be a fossil dating to millions of years back or some kind of hoax. When it was tested, it was found that this creature had only died a few years back.
DNA tracking of the surrounding area found that it was very likely that more were out there. All they needed was proof, and that proof would come much faster than any of them could think.
In December, a photographer was hiking around the land that the farmer went missing when it saw something strange in the distance. Its body was painted a dirty yellow and white with neon green splotches all over its body. This was what they were looking for.
The beast's poor eyesight and sense of hearing allowed for the photographer to take a photo of it in good view. When it was brought to the police, everything suddenly went undercover.
The Famicom Monster had been discovered, and now something had to be done about it.
==Abilities/Weaknesses==
===Abilities===
Sense of smell - Due to TFM's lack of eyesight and hearing, it's evolved so that its sense of smell is heightened. This allows it to sniff out its prey as long as it has the pheromones spread out by its next ability.
Spores - TFM has the ability to use its saliva as spores of some sort. That graffiti mentioned earlier was actually one of them. They act as sort of a breadcrumb trail for TFM to come back to. Simply getting near one can spread the pheromones out to you. No matter what you do, by time they have come back, it's already too late. 
Venom - TFM has fangs like a viper at the top of his mouth. The large bulging protrusions on his head are actually his venom glands and when he bites into his prey, the venom shoots itself through their body. The creature's venom is described to be like a mix of a boomslang's and elephant tranquilizer.
Agility - TFM has been observed to have heightened reflexes whenever aggravated. The top speed of this creature is really high, whether it's running from something or after something. The beast could catch up to a motorcycle if he really wanted to, which would put it at 150 mph (241 km/h).
===Weaknesses===
Light - TFM's eyes are very light sensitive and thus it is majorly nocturnal in its hunting. Flashing a flashlight in its eyes can stun it for a while but may also put it into a rage, so be careful with how much you use it.
Literally any firearm - TFM isn't invincible. He has tough skin in some parts like his back and head but, like any creature, he's easily damaged by most firearms. It's just that you may need a bit more than a measly little pistol to do much.
==Trivia==
*Many people outside of the country dubbed the beast as "Hidden" in relation to both how it managed to hide for so long and its connection to the hidden Luigi phenomena.
*The current population of TFM's is unknown. While many describe there being only one individual, it is speculated that a whole family of Famicom Monsters resides somewhere in the mountains.
*TFM is very stupid, to say the least. There have been records of it having unsuccessful hunts and just aimlessly wandering around town hoping that something just bumps into it for a quick snack.
*The protective mass on his head implies that the creature needs to defend itself from something... Something's out there, bigger, stronger, and more threatening than even The Famicom Monster is willing to fight.
==Gallery==
TFM mouth.png|Drawings of TFM's mouth, showing unseen parts like his two tongues
File:The Famicom Monster.png|An older design of TFM, as seen in most of the other images in this gallery
File:Tfm sketch.png|A sketch of TFM's head
File:TFMinnards.png|The skeletal and muscular structure of TFM
File:THEFAMICOMMONSTER.png|an even OLDER design of TFM
Category:Antagonist .EXEs
Category:Carnivorous
Category:Luigi-based