The mascot of the Linux operating system. Shortly after developing the monguin for the first time, I was walking with my friends in Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle and saw real monkeys and penguins. They are what triggered my mind to really fall in love with the concept of the monguin. As a result, monkeys and penguins usually caught my attention, especially when Happy Feet was coming out that year. When I saw Tux, he caught my attention as a penguin that can resemble a monkey. When I looked up penguin on Wikipedia, there he is again! When I looked up Ninja penguin, there he is again, and looks very monkey! It was him that really got me into the monguins and made them my icon. The most ironic thing, both this character and Diddy Kong are equally rivals against Microsoft. Read my story, "Diddy and Tux" to see why.