# Have you see the new spin on the badger badger badger flash?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-see-the-new-spin-on-the-badger-badger-badger-flash/279375>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 12, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-see-the-new-spin-on-the-badger-badger-badger-flash/279375 "2004-12-12T00:35:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-see-the-new-spin-on-the-badger-badger-badger-flash/279375/21 "2004-12-13T15:48:49Z")

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> [@OpalCat](#):
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> It’s missing the best part of badger badger badger though, which is the periodic appearance of the tiny badger in the back…

I think the periodic griffon in the background is meant to balance that out.

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-see-the-new-spin-on-the-badger-badger-badger-flash/279375/22 "2004-12-13T19:24:04Z")

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> [@Uvula Donor](#):
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> It’s the way the graphics were done. The right-facing Harries and the left-facing Harries are mirror images of each other (the animator just flipped one to make the other.)

Yes, but the question is, **why** did they bother to do that? Why not have all the Harrys in the same orientation?

Not that it really matters; it’s just one of those oddities that got stuck on my curiousity bump.

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**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-see-the-new-spin-on-the-badger-badger-badger-flash/279375/23 "2004-12-13T21:09:39Z")

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> [@Morgyn](#):
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> Yes, but the question is, **why** did they bother to do that? Why not have all the Harrys in the same orientation?

I think it’s because the badgers are done the same way. Of course, now the question is, why are the badgers done that way? I think it’s to have different looking badgers without having to animate them twice.

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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-see-the-new-spin-on-the-badger-badger-badger-flash/279375/24 "2004-12-13T23:53:02Z")

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> [@Morgyn](#):
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> Yes, but the question is, **why** did they bother to do that? Why not have all the Harrys in the same orientation?
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> Not that it really matters; it’s just one of those oddities that got stuck on my curiousity bump.

From the creator’s [website](http://thefifthdistrict.com/):

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> The Fifth District is a collective of artists, technologists and rogue geniuses based in New York City. We include writers and programmers, animators and researchers, musicians and scientists; we collectively have experience in game design and graphic design, literary composition and musical composition, teaching and outreach and performance and much more.
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> We believe that play is important. We believe that art should be fun. We believe that machines can be art. \<snip\>

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