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At the end of every episode of _Puella Magi Madoka Magica_ there is an
artist's drawing while one of where characters is narrating the next episode
preview. In Episode 2 we see this:

[![Madoka Magica episode 2
endcar](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jJd0yl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jJd0y.jpg)

Who/what is that behind Homura? And why is he there?


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Who is that at the end of episode 2?


So, uh, this is kind of weird.

According to [a guy on
Chiebukuro](http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1388861238/a212338659)
(which is basically Japanese Yahoo! Answers), the artist of this end card,
HIKAWA Hekiru, is a fan of the movie Mad Max 2, and one of the characters in
that movie is [a dude named
Humungus](http://madmax.wikia.com/wiki/Lord_Humungus), who is the guy pictured
here.

Also according to the guy on Chiebukuro, Humungus has apparently popped up in
other works by Hikawa. I'm not familiar with any of Hikawa's works, so I don't
know whether this is actually true or not, but the guy in the endcard
certainly does look like Humungus.


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