Mona (ASCII art)
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Monā (モナー) is a character-based Japanese cartoon character. He is considered to be one of the mascots of 2ch, the largest web based bulletin board system in Japan. Mona often says, "Omae mo nā" (you too), from which the name derives. He was originally used to retort in fun in response to a flame.
Mona is distinguished by his pointed ears, and a face consisting of the universal quantifier symbol (upside-down capital "A") for a mouth, flanked by an apostrophe and grave accent for eyes. When rendered from behind, he has a small, round tail.
There is also a taller variant, known as Hattoushin Mona (literally, "eight heads high Mona"). He is frequently depicted in mock-homoerotic poses, or pursuing 1-san, originally with murderous but more recently lustful intent.
The ā (アー) sound in Japanese is sometimes interpreted as an "ar" or "er" sound, so some refer to this character as "Monar" or "Moner". Without an "official" reference, the accuracy of any English spelling cannot be verified.
A variant with dots (in Shift_JIS art, the katakana middle dot) for eyes, rather than the apostrophe and backtick, has been named Morara (モララー, sometimes spelled "Moraler" or "Moralar") or Matari (マターリ, also spelled "Matterly" or "Mattarly") and is considered a separate character. He sometimes characterized as being more sensible than the whimsical Mona, but in many cases they are interchangeable.