Talk:The Mimic

Mimic Trivia
Is this trivia even needed? If a mimic appears in DnD and DS, and supposedly originates in the former, then at best, only the former needs to be referenced. Speaking personally, the only mimic I knew of prior to this was the mimics from Golden Sun, and while I haven't played Dark Souls, looking at the wiki page, I can't single out any particular reference with DS mimics as opposed to others.--Hawki (talk) 10:21, May 3, 2016 (UTC)


 * Well, this particular reference is definitely to Dark Souls one, since the DS franchise made the chest-morphing monsters a meme and popularized the concept (not to mention the Dark Souls 3 release happening at the time of the 2.4.1 development). So I say we keep it, unless (as usual) Tephra says we remove it, by majority of voices. Pryamus (talk) 11:02, May 3, 2016 (UTC)

◄► Tephra ◄► 21:39, May 3, 2016 (UTC)
 * While this may indeed be a reference to DS specifically, I must disagree that DS popularized the concept of chest mimics. They have been a staple in RPGs for so long, they are one of the default enemy types in the RPG Maker series. DS is relatively new to the scene, and is late to the party of a monster already long-clichéd. The trivia also mentions its name as one of the references to DS, but this type of monster has always been called a mimic. I think we only have two indications that this is a reference to DS rather than the monster in general: the timing of release, and the description of it quivering (though there may have been other games in which mimics quivered as their tell too, but I do not know). I think the two trivia notes could/should be merged.