The word was further popularized by the popular all-girl quartet Minimoni (ミニモニ。), who features the character in two of their promotional videos ("Aiin! Dance no Uta" and "Aiin Taisō").
The clip of the prairie dog is from the Japanese television show Hello! Morning featuring Minimoni.
They started to have a more mature, modern R&B-heavy sound to their music with the single "Crazy About You", a style the group explored more heavily on their second album Minimoni Songs 2.
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In February 2006, Minimoni's name was invoked on American television (NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno) during a skit claiming that one of Leno's house band members had started out as a member of Minimoni; a manipulated picture of the Leno band member with Minimoni (in their outfits from the cover of Minimoni Songs 2) was aired as part of the sketch.
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