M&M Easter Egg ?

[Rags17]

Hello All

I am currently trawling though the M&M localization file looking for all the necessary text for a custom societies (coming Soon TM !) and found some interesting entries starting around the 1072 line -

Spoiler: Hello, what's all this then ?

MonksAndMysticsDLC;Monks And Mystics;Moines et mystiques;Monks And Mystics;;Monks And Mystics;;;;;;;;x
golden_platypus;The Golden Platypus;The Golden Platypus;The Golden Platypus;;The Golden Platypus;;;;;;;;x
platypus_herder;Platypus Herder;Platypus Herder;Platypus Herder;;Platypus Herder;;;;;;;;x
jesus_rock;A rock shaped like Jesus;A rock shaped like Jesus;A rock shaped like Jesus;;A rock shaped like Jesus;;;;;;;;x
normal_platypus;A platypus;A platypus;A platypus;;A platypus;;;;;;;;x
desc_golden_platypus;The symbol of kings who have defied all odds and are above godhood;The symbol of kings who have defied all odds and are above godhood;The symbol of kings who have defied all odds and are above godhood;;The symbol of kings who have defied all odds and are above godhood;;;;;;;;x
hunt_platypus;Find a platypus;Find a platypus;Find a platypus;;Find a platypus;;;;;;;;x
hunt_platypus_DESC;$HOLDER|Y$ must find the most noble and awesome of all animals;$HOLDER|Y$ must find the most noble and awesome of all animals;$HOLDER|Y$ must find the most noble and awesome of all animals;;$HOLDER|Y$ must find the most noble and awesome of all animals;;;;;;;;x
hunt_platypus_TOOLTIP;To complete the mission, $HOLDER|Y$ must scour the earth and find the legendary animal known as a "platypus";To complete the mission, $HOLDER|Y$ must scour the earth and find the legendary animal known as a "platypus";To complete the mission, $HOLDER|Y$ must scour the earth and find the legendary animal known as a "platypus";;To complete the mission, $HOLDER|Y$ must scour the earth and find the legendary animal known as a "platypus";;;;;;;;x

Am I unfashionably late to the party or did I miss something here ? I'm not sure if this actually links to anything or if it's just there to make us fanboys (and fangirls) squeal, but just letting you all know that there is "something" out there.

An event with a MTTH of 1000000000000 months perhaps ?

 

[RandomTag]

Found no associated event with "platypus" in mnm event files, so most likely unused for now.

 

[Silversweeeper]

I suspect that it might be leftover localization from an early society/artifact/decision/etc. test (or the code that was copy-pasted and edited a number of times for other stuff), given that the execution method example is death by platypus, though it still is an amusing find.

 

[StarSword]

Moar platypus jokes

 

[Moah]

I don't know what you're talking about!

 

[RandomTag]

I don't know what you're talking about!

Aha~~here's a platypus! Get it before it escapes!!

 

[MrParadux]

Moar platypus jokes

I don't know what you're talking about!

That had me seriously laughing