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The history of Marsupilami is being unmasked right now!
Spotted marsupilami: a big, hairy and omnivorous marsupial (or more likely, it's in fact technically a monotreme) being widely known as just marsupilami, it is mainly monogamous. Its infamously long tail acts as an all-in-1 tool for different purposes!
The idea of popularising these typical cryptids would have been made by an ailing old Edgar Rice Burroughs when he finished his old Tarzan books! He would gave them to a faithful Belgian cartoonist called Andre Franquin from 1949 onwards until his death in 1997, and that's history!
The most infamous members of their kind are (or were) Mars (also called Kumbo, Spirillen, Mars, Spiralis or even Marsu), his wife (named Mia or Maya), their original kids (all named Bibi, Bibu and Bobo! Plus there's a new kid on the block called Biba, who's in fact their secretive cousin!), and their extended clan which includes a bossy mother of his (unofficially named Frazella, who is cream and had mainly appeared in My Friend Marsupilami)!
As a whacked-out teenager (in Disney's Marsupilami), his father (unofficially named Marsupilami Sr.) went into his ancestral African homeland (during the summer holidays) by being with an old gorilla friend of his, Maurice! His brother is the ironically nicknamed "Baby Prinz", who is also the actual father of Black Mars! He also has maternal grandparents of West-Central African origin, so I suggested they could possibly come from Nigeria or even Cameroon!
He came back into the Amazon a week before being met by Frazella! He met her and gave birth to their two litters of babies (the latter in a short-lived spinoff called Marsu Kids)! Although Mars and his middle bro named Razor ain't conjoined twins, they act like each other because they shared an egg before their hatch-day)! Their older brother (from the first litter) is a pet of Spirou and Fantasio who also bears that nickname, plus he has a similar wife and similar kids too!
A melanistic older cousin (and sometimes the classier rival) named Black Mars (who has a wife named Venus) did appear in some comics though, but it's sad news that he's now fainted! Biba is a possible "paternal cousin" of the triplets because Mars possibly has numerous siblings! But did some of them bear young? I guess it's poor Razor being her father, who knows!
The two most popular (and official) theme songs for the franchise are "Marsupilami The Superstar!" (from the Disney show) by Roy Braverman and the intro of "My Friend Marsupilami" (from a tv show of the same name) by mambo legend Lou Bega, of "Mambo No. 5 (a little bit of)" fame!
Don't you think that the "Dance like an African" song (the song that MFM's intro is based on) is also seen in (Dreamworks hit) Madagascar's first sequel! As it spreads, will the medley (of both) cross into the Sonic Team line during its future making of "Candomble Talk-in?Tarzan Jungle Tails"!?
There is also the almost instrumental "Houba Houba Madness" from "The Classic Marsupilami", two versions of the cuddlecore "Houba Houba Hop/Ma Ma Marsupilami", and the derogatory "Houba Dance" from the film adaptation.
Other songs are included: Gil Slavin's "Houba Houba Song" and "Beatbox song", Dennie Christian's "Houba Houba Hop/Wir Sind Zwei Freunde" and "Houba Rock", "La Danse Du Marsupilami" by Sax Pustuls, "Marsupilami" by Cristina D'Avena, "La Chanson du Marsupilami" by Annie Cordy and Charlelie Couture, and "Geia sou Marsupilami".
Similarly named "Le Marsupilami": Bob Azzam, Ordures Menageres, Les Champions, Anne Meson-Poliakoff, and Rob Hoeke Boogie Woogie Quartet. The original song, you may notice, was made by Danyel Gerard.
