ProfessorChaos  - 2009-09-22
The consumerist has an article on the subject, and a plausible explanation for how this happened.
http://consumerist.com/5364011/buy-ds-game-scribblenauts-get-b onus-racist-symbolism
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keinsignal - 2009-09-30 plausible? That is the actual explanation. "Sambo" is an outdated racist term for a black person, and it is also, by coincidence, a gourd that looks almost exactly like a melon. Nobody has ever used it as "a racist term for a watermelon".
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IrishWhiskey - 2010-10-17 Those damn watermelons, always stealing our women and our jobs.
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Hooker - 2009-09-22
Well, that did make me laugh.
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Big Beef Burritos Supreme - 2009-09-22
The only amusing bit for me is that the word 'racism' triggers adverts for Massive Attack.
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Pillager - 2009-09-22 "Protect Your Guns and Ammunition Register to Vote Today!
www.TriggerTheVote.org"
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Big Beef Burritos Supreme - 2009-09-22 It seems there's a crossover with racism there. Intriguing that Google should capitalize upon it.
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spikestoyiu - 2009-09-22
Seriously though, black people do love watermelons.
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Caminante Nocturno - 2009-09-22 I'm pretty sure the only people who don't like watermelons are racists.
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spikestoyiu - 2009-09-22 They're like the most boring fruit ever, AND THE SEEDS... THAT'S SO MUCH WORK.
I'm 100% with black people on orange soda, though.
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Evilhead - 2009-09-27 Just swallow the seeds and poop them out later.
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Old_Zircon - 2012-09-30 spikestoyiu, you need to try better watermelons.
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vissarion - 2009-09-22
Old school!
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Caminante Nocturno - 2009-09-22
The best part is that when he sees the watermelon he thinks of chicken.
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infinite zest - 2009-09-22
WOW. I won't submit the related videos, but holy shit the Fried Chicken one is horrible
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infinite zest - 2009-09-22 In another one of the related videos you type in 'nigger' and a black boy appears. Is this game for real?
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memedumpster - 2009-09-22 I think that one is fake. If you watch it frame by frame at :09 there are some dirty leftover pixels which miraculously clean up at :10.
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Millard - 2009-09-22 The Fried Chicken one would work with anybody, not just black people. Scribblenaut people love food.
You can't type in nigger; it gives you a suggested word list.
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voodoo_pork - 2009-09-22
WHAT.
WHAT?!
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tamago - 2009-09-22
There's also a related video where he's in Mexico and defeats the Mexicans with 'swine flu.' Not sure if it's a fake or not, though.
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themilkshark - 2009-09-22
I want this game.
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Charming - 2009-09-22
Took me a minute to figure out how to summon a black person to test the watermelon on, since "black" and "African" aren't in the lexicon. I will confess to achieving this with "basketball player."
I have no regrets.
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keinsignal - 2009-09-30
Most of these are only funny/shocking if you haven't played the game... A few of the scenarios people have put online are funny by themselves, but too many are trying to act like OMG THIS GAME IS RACIST. It's like calling the dictionary homophobic 'cause it's got the word "faggot" in it.
Pretty much every human in the game likes every kind of food, and will follow you around if you're carrying some.
Any human or animal who eats three things in a row falls asleep. This is useful on some levels where you want to incapacitate someone without killing them and you're bored with typing "Dart Gun".
And, yeah, you can infect people with Swine Flu, Plague, Ebola and a few dozen other diseases, although they all look the same and do the same thing. Typing "AIDS" just asks if you meant to type "aide" though.
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Maru - 2013-02-11 IT HAS SAMBO IN IT!
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