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In
[_WataMote_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WataMote_~No_Matter_How_I_Look_at_It,_It%E2%80%99s_You_Guys'_Fault_I%E2%80%99m_Not_Popular!~),
Tomoko's phone appears to have a little figure on the top of it. It looks like
a doll, with a kitty-face smile and an orange coat and antenna. In the ED
sequence, it appears again, in both orange and blue.

![Tomoko's phone](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AOV1B.png) ![The phone in the ED
sequence](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VC09b.png)

Is this doll a reference to another series or Japanese pop culture? What does
it mean?


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What is the little doll on top of Tomoko's phone?


That guy is apparently from the Wii game
[Opoona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opoona) where you play a character
called "Opoona" that's short and has a number of facial expressions (and one
of them has a ball over their head), though they don't always have such a sour
look on their faces.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JaUzV.jpg)

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/d6amy.png)

Some ascii art of Opoona with the Yaruo face that Krazer mentioned:

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NE1mi.gif)


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