1. These two words together roughly mean "a real mushroom boy," a callback to Pinocchio's wish to become a real boy in his own story. This begs the question of whether Toad is a natural being or made by some mad scientist of the Mushroom Kingdom, given his Japanese name's connection to the toy puppet.
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    Toad's English name appears to have been inspired by the word " toadstool ", a word used to describe mushrooms, including those featuring umbrella-like cap-and-stem form characteristics, which Toad's design portrays along with the character's general resemblance to a mushroom.
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