Punch buggy

Punch buggy

Punch buggy (also called punch bug or slug bug) is a car game generally played by young children in which participants hit each other upon sight of a Volkswagen Beetle.

History

Most references about the game originate from unofficial sources and personal accounts from players. No facts about this game are certain, though top estimates suggest that it has existed since the 1960s. [

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title=Bug: The Strange Mutations of the World's Most Famous Automobile
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url=http://www.wnyc.org/books/5377
date=2007-03-28

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In the Simpsons episode "Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade" Bart and Lisa take part in the game:

::Bart: Punch buggy red! "(punches Lisa)"::Lisa: OUCH! You are such an immature-punch buggy white! "(punches Bart)"::Mrs. McConnell: Stop fighting.::Lisa: He started it! He did punch buggy first.::Girl: What's punch buggy?::Bart: When you see a Volkswagen bug, you punch somebody and yell the color.::"(The bus passes a car dealer called Volkswagen World. Its parking lot is filled with Beetles.)"::Kid: Punch buggy blue! "(punches kid)"::Kid: Punch buggy green! "(punches kid)"::Kid: Punch buggy taupe! "(punches kid)"::Otto: Two for flinchin'!::"(The bus erupts into chaos.)"::"(Then the children are seen walking off the bus rubbing their arms from being punched so much)"Punch buggy has been the subject of merchandising with baseball caps and t-shirts produced with associated logos of various sorts.

Variants

Volkswagen's 1998 reintroduction of the New Beetle option made older model Beetles much more rare. Some players consider this new model invalid for game purposes, making the game much more difficult to play. [cite news
title=How to play the punch buggy game
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date=2007-03-28]

References


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