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| | Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Gang At The Aquarium - TV.com |
 | | The fairy tale being performed at the aquarium is a famous Japanese folk tale of a man named Taro Urashima, whose surname appear on the book Laura holds at one point (nice of them to leave a bit of the culture intact, eh?). |
 | | It plays out just as it does in this episode, although the box given to him by the princess (the Tamatebako) isn't said to contain an evil spell, á lá Pandora's Box, but is instead a souvenir of his time spent at the palace (Ryuuguujou). |
 | | The ending, which is not covered in the episode, carries out thusly: After turning into an old man from opening the Tamatebako (or before, sometimes), Taro returns to his village, only to learn that many years have passed whilst he was in the underwater palace and that everyone he knew has long since died. |
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