Changes: Card Trivia:Harpie Lady

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The TCG name is in fact a mistranslation because "Harpy" is singular while "Harpies" is plural.
In the earlier episodes of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, this card's name was "Harpie's Lady".

This monster appears in the artworks of "Summoning Clock" and "Elegant Egotist", while its eyes appear in the artwork of "Shadow of Eyes".

In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, harpies are a female monster in the form of a bird with a human face. They steal food from their victims while they are eating and carry evildoers.

Interestingly, unlike the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, this monster's appearance was censored even in the Japanese version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime.

This card's first TCG printing was uncensored, just like the Japanese artwork. This was fixed in later TCG reprints.

This card's OCG/TCG artwork is taken from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Duel 10: "The Siren", specifically from the panel where this monster is Summoned.

Curiously, this card and the anime version of Harpie Lady Sisters (anime) are the only members of Harpie to have blue skin, with the rest having human skin tone.

This card has two retrained counterparts, “Harpie Lady 1” and “Cyber Harpie Lady”, the latter basically being this exact monster equipped with “Cyber Shield”.

Along with other protagonist and rival cards like “Dark Magician”, “Blue-Eyes White Dragon”, “Red-Eyes B. Dragon” and “Dark Magician Girl”, this card is often considered to be one of the most iconic monsters of the entire franchise.

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+* The TCG name is in fact a mistranslation because "Harpy" is singular while "Harpies" is plural.
-* In the earlier episodes of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|original series]] this card's name was "Harpie's Lady"
+* In the earlier episodes of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh! anime]]'', this card's name was "Harpie's Lady".
-* "[[Harpie Lady]]" appears in the artwork of "[[Summoning Clock]]" and "[[Elegant Egotist]]".
+* This monster appears in the artworks of "[[Summoning Clock]]" and "[[Elegant Egotist]]", while its eyes appear in the artwork of "[[Shadow of Eyes]]".
+* In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, harpies are a female monster in the form of a bird with a human face. They steal food from their victims while they are eating and carry evildoers.
-* "Harpie Lady's" wings seems to always change color:
-** "[[Cyber Harpie Lady]]" -> Green wings.
-** "[[Harpie Lady]]" -> Blue wings.
-** "[[Harpie Lady Sisters]]" -> Purple wings & Green wings.
-** "[[Harpie Lady 1]]" -> Green wings.
-** "[[Harpie Lady 2]]" -> Green wings.
-** "[[Harpie Lady 3]]" -> Green wings.
-* Despite the name, "Harpie Lady" much more closely resembles the [[wikipedia:Erinyes|Furies]] than it does [[Wikipedia:Harpy|harpies]]:
-** Harpies are depicted as monstrous birds with human heads, while Furies are depicted as women with wings and claws. In addition, in mythology there existed a great many harpies but only three Furies, which are sisters (reflected by the limitation of only 3 of the "Harpie Lady" cards to a deck at a time.
-*** However, this depiction is historically inaccurate; in the original mythology, harpies were depicted simply as women with wings. Their frequent portrayal as monstrous bird-women was due to a confusion between harpies and the [[wikipedia:Siren|Sirens]].
-** The Furies were depicted as using whips and flails as weapons, similar to the Harpies' [[Electro-Whip]] and [[Rose Whip]] equip spells.
-[[File:HarpieLady-JP-Anime-GX.NC.jpeg|thumb||Harpie Lady Censored in the Japanese Version of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]
+* Interestingly, unlike the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh! anime]], this monster's appearance was censored even in the Japanese version of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' anime.
-*For unknown reasons, unlike the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|original Yu-Gi-Oh! series]], in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]] [[Harpie Lady]] appears to be censored even in the Japanese Version.
-This card's name could be a play on words; a harpy is a nasty of bad-tempered woman.
+* This card's first ''[[TCG]]'' printing was uncensored, just like the Japanese artwork. This was fixed in later ''TCG'' reprints.
+* This card's ''[[OCG]]''/''TCG'' artwork is taken from {{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|10|ref}}, specifically from the panel where [[Harpy Lady (manga)|this monster]] is Summoned.
+* Curiously, this card and the anime version of [[Harpie Lady Sisters|Harpie Lady Sisters (anime)]] are the only members of Harpie to have blue skin, with the rest having human skin tone.
+* This card has two retrained counterparts, “[[Harpie Lady 1]]” and “[[Cyber Harpie Lady]]”, the latter basically being this exact monster equipped with “[[Cyber Shield]]”.
+* Along with other protagonist and rival cards like “[[Dark Magician]]”, “[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]”, “[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon]]” and “[[Dark Magician Girl]]”, this card is often considered to be one of the most iconic monsters of the entire franchise.