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Aardvark Mimicry

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Aardvark Mimicry The ability to take on the form and/or characteristics of an


aardvark.

SWOT Analysis of Aardvark Mimicry

From an in-fiction POV aardvarks are not particularly strong compared to predators like
tigers and wolves. Aardvarks are type of character that are inherently exotic. This can be
either a strength or weakness from a narrative perspective.

Cerebus the Aardvark is the most famous aardvark hero and come to think about the
only aardvark hero and dies in Cerebus #200. Cerebus the Lion or Tiger or would not
have been as inherently ironic as choosing an exotic animal such as an aardvark.
Cerebrus challenges the fourth wall via exotic characterization.
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Gumshoe is Commissioner James Gordon pet aardvark (Capstones DC Super-Pets


Character Encyclopedia). Gordon is a relatively rounded character. Gordon is not just
human but an older human who smokes and is past his prime. An off-beat pet makes
more sense for an off-beat hero like Gordon than a flat character like Superman who has
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a more "normal" pet like a dog. Aardvarks eat termites! Explaining how Gordon feeds
termites to Gumshoe could provide a comic effect to a narrative about Gordon.

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