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Hidden Details: Plant Parenthood

Welcome to the ninety-third episode of the Hidden Details blog!

Have you found some obscure reference or detail in this comic? A JoJo reference? A sneaky little Loss? A callback to a previous comic? Let us know what you've found in the comments! Every detail that has been found will be added to the list below. Once everything has been found, this comic will officially be marked with "all details found".

Link to the comic for your convenience

Please only comment with ONE hidden detail or reference!

There ONE Loss, ONE Balthazar, and NO JoJo reference. Bonus panels don't count.

1: The flipover in the first panel showcases some plans Kazuya and Incineroar made on how to revive the Mushroom Kingdom characters. It indeed references past strategies on how to revive Yoshi and the likes, Put 9-Volt In Smash Bros Please. Also, it indeed confirms Mario and Dr. Mario are the same person in my continuity. Good catch, Carrick RaccoonBro Inabnett.
2: Piranha Plant has withered and started to rot. I hope I'm not shooting myself in the foot here since the rest of the dead characters are still fresh, but I wanted to reference how quickly plants wither after they die.
3:
The seed that drops from Piranha Plant has the same red colour and white spots as the adult plant.
4:
In the third panel, Kazuya is using soil to plant the Piranha Plant seed. Balthazar is visible as part of the soil's branding. Found by Luke first.
5:
Kazuya's glasses have his trademark flame motif, just like basically any of his accessories and clothes. Good find, Tejayes.
6:
Kazuya disposed the old Piranha Plant in the bin seen in the background. Glad you noticed, Cherry.
7:
Kazuya has a cute little bonsai tree. Those things are apparently hard to take care of, so I put it there to reflect Kazuya's love for gardening.
8:
Kazuya has a dart board on his wall. And he has put a picture of his hated dad on it. Glad you noticed, Cameron Devera.
9:
Kazuya is carefully counting the drops and logging them in the fourth panel. Apparently raising a Piranha Plant is a complicated job, Daniel Myhre.
10:
Yes Eli Hurtt and DustPride! I can't tell which one of you was first, but the music coming from the stereo in the fifth panel is indeed the original Mario theme! I copied the sheet music :)
11: In the same panel, one can notice Kazuya has a bear rug... and you're right John Hattan. It's probably poor old Kuma.
12: The book Kazuya is reading in that panel has the title "Baby Plants" on the cover. Good eye Zach, it's very tiny.
13: Just like Kazuya's glasses, his mug also has a flame motif.
14: Kazuya's slippers have the G Corp logo on them. Good catch, PLANTMAN. Always rep your brand.
15: To avoid copyright claims (in a comic about Nintendo characters lmao) I changed "Sony" on the stereo into "Nosy". Don't call any lawyers, Gavin Walker.
16: Yes Trigger! I put a little Ludwig on the cover of the "Beethoven for Plants" music CD because Ludwig is based on... well, Ludwig von Beethoven.
17: Wario's fake Incineroar-fur moustache comes off in the final panel. You're right Zanreo, he probably didn't attach it properly.
18: This week's loss was found by Dirtydan8991: it's in Kazuya's scars in the fourth panel.
19: I'll count it, Iron Collie. Greninja is visible in the background of the second panel. I just needed a random fighter but I might have chosen Greninja because I still consider it my main.
20: Right on the money Conner Kavanaugh! I couldn't find any confirmation for this, but I assumed that if you'd let a 1-Up Mushroom pass through a Piranha Plant in a Mario game, it wouldn't get a 1-Up. So I came up with this seperate comic for Piranha Plant's revival.

After one week, I'll reveal all the details that haven't been found. These ones are written in italic.

Hidden Details: Plant Parenthood

Comments

I’m fairly certain the sheet music is for 1-1 (SMB Overworld music)

Rhys Hendo

I saw Greninja's dead body in the background in Panel 2. Not sure if that counts as a detail. It is not that hidden.

Erich Scheidle

The music CD is Ludwig because of Ludwig van Beetoven

Matthew Miller

Looks like he found a place for the old Plant in that rubbish bin behind him in Panel 4

Foxdoc

The classical music being played to the new Plant is a reference to this comic by Slaughterkeys: https://i.redd.it/ks7pxne6ol011.png (as well as the popular myth)

Youmg

Wario is drinking milk, a healing food commonly found in the Smash Bros games. Wario still has his Incineroar mustache.

Artlover95

Kaz is recording how much water he adds each day, like you'd do in an actual experimental.

Pokedude14

Greninja was in the second panel, in the background. Also, the original Kuma is the rug on the nighttime panel...

PoisonNyalien

Loss is on Kazuya’s scars in the “drops of water” panel

Griffin Seeley

The music CD shows Ludwig with the name Beethoven because all the koopalings were named after musicians, in this case Ludwig von Beethoven

Jonathan Stein

You can see balthazar on the soil

Duncan Cupernell

in the 5th panel

194114

Kazuya has G Corp slippers

194114

Dead Pirahna plant in the trash can

Cherry

You can see (Dr.) Mario on the white board, which pretty much confirms that Mario and Dr. Mario are the same person.

Carrick RaccoonBro Inabnett

Kazuya's book is called "Baby Plants"

Zach

Kazuyas scars make a loss

Dirtydan8991

kazuya is so busy reviving pirahna plant that he doesn't even throw any new darts at his dart board

Erin

I think... I think it may be the Super Mario Bros theme?

Luffink

Kazuya still has a chart board of all the Mushroom Kingdom characters, with everyone but Piranha Plant and Yoshi reviving by 1-ups, Yoshi reviving by Egg replacement, and Piranha Plant still being a question mark.

Supercharged (CEO of 9-Volt)

I have no way to prove this but I am assuming that the music notes make an actual song

hambo

Kazuya has his signature flames on his glasses in the third panel.

Tejayes

Kazuya plays his music on a "Nosy" stereo rather than a "Sony".

Gavin Walker

The tune playing is Mario's theme

DustPride

The music playing is the world 1-1 music.

Xenoriginal

They have to revive Piranha Plant differently because he's an enemy and can't be revived with 1-up mushrooms.

Conner K

Half of Wario's Incineroar-fur mustache falls off in last panel, guess he didn't attach it well enough

Zanreo

Greninja is dead behind Kazuya in the second frame. Don't know if this counts.

Iron Collie

Heihachi picture in front of the dart board

Cameron Devera

Kazuya has a Kuma fur rug

John Hattan

G Corp slippers

PLANTMAN

The CD cover in panel 5 features a picture of Ludwig von Koopa, as a reference to Ludwig van Beethoven.

Trigger

Balthazar appears on the bag of soil

Luke


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