Talk:Granfalloon

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there's a "real" (dictionary) word which has an almost exact meaning to granfalloon. anyone care to help me remember it?

Gregarious? Herd oriented?

I think you are mistaken - - - there is no equivalent word. "Granfalloon" is a unique tool in the quest to understand the human condition. It rightly implies a mild comic contempt for groups larger than Dunbar's number. It more than holds its own, and it would be a significant mistake to demote it to a sub-topic elsewhere. --LRW —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.77.75.26 (talk) 11:18, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Castlevania information

I've removed the lengthy description of the video game monster as it has very little relevance to the article itself (the boss' name was properly translated as "Legion" in all subsequent games) and replaced it with a simple note. I suggest that whoever wrote this find a more appropriate place to put it. Guermantes 23:27, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

There is a boss in the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn video game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night named Granfalloon. In keeping with the rest of the game's heavy horror theme, including other bosses such as Dracula, Medusa, and the Grim Reaper, Granfalloon is a giant floating ball of naked, hairless human bodies (in other words, "a proud and meaningless association of human beings"). It attacks by shedding these bodies, which shamble toward your character in an attempt to obstruct and damage him. Defeating Granfalloon involves destroying the outer layer of bodies to reveal an inner core with tentacles that shoot lasers, then destroying the inner core. In the original Japanese version of the game, the monster was known as Legion, a reference to the New Testament demon who was "composed of many." When the monster reappeared in subsequent Castlevania games (Harmony of Dissonance and Aria of Sorrow), this name was kept even in the English language localization.

In Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Legion's description in the bestiary reads "He is many, he is one" in an obvious allusion to the biblical Legion.

[edit] Picture?

Can we put a picture of Granfaloon from Symphony of the Night. I know this is about the author's word, but I'm willing to argue that it's worth having an example of how that word gets appropriated and interpreted visually by popular culture in a postmodern world (it's sociology!!) I don't think it was a mere mistranslation in the game either, there are a lot less obscure words (and less cynical and amusing terms at that) that would have ended up there if it was just a case of incorrectly translating it from the Japanese. I'm not talking about going on at length so that it overshadows the primary definition, just stick a little picture of the corpse ball in for visual interest and to show the impact of the word on popular culture. PLEEEEEAAAAASE???Rglong 21:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Eh, I know the Wikipedia Nazis are never going to allow a picture, but I did add a second line to the video game boss description because its form - a big ball of mindless zombies - is pretty obviously a literal interpretation of the author's idea of humans mindlessly massing together. I think it's worth it to know that naming it that wasn't arbitrary and that it really does reference the author's ideas.Rglong 21:07, 18 April 2007 (UTC)