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In Episode 4 of Season 2 of Miss Monochrome, Miss Monochrome wants to have an
action figure made as merchandise for her concert tour. Her manager tells her
it might be difficult, so she decides to become an action figure based on her
own merits.

For some reason, this leads her to become a bear, as terrifyingly recounted in
the following scene.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ncLxbm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ncLxbm.jpg)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jzW1Ym.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jzW1Ym.jpg)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/q7XU6m.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/q7XU6m.png)

There seems to be some kind of silly pun in play here, but I couldn't make out
what it was. What contortion of the Japanese language led Miss Monochrome to
think dressing up as a bear would make her an action figure?


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Why did Miss Monochrome become a bear?


Based on Torisuda's clue, Figuma is a reference to
[Figma](http://www.figma.jp), a company that sells action figures. Higuma
sounds similar to Figma and it means Sun Bear (hi/日 = sun, kuma/熊 = bear).
Thus, Miss Monochrome turned into a sun bear.

![sun bears are
brown](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Sun_Bear_3.jpg/220px-
Sun_Bear_3.jpg)


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