Rug
Rug noun - A headpiece made of natural or synthetic hair usually worn to cover a bald area.
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Throw
Throw noun - A risky undertaking.
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- About whom Zazu said "He'd make a very handsome throw-rug".
Source: Mythology Gag / Film -
This is also an in-joke to the fact that both Herc and Scar are animated by Andreas Deja, as well as a clever little Call Back to The Lion King itself: when Mufasa asks what he should do with Scar near the beginning of the film, Zazu suggests that he "would make a very handsome throw-rug".
Source: Disney / Hercules -
To motivate the girls to work to throw off their obligations, he intentionally disrupts the lifestyles that they've adopted to adjust to them, or goes out of his way to bring up uncomfortable past events that they've just swept under the rug.
Source: Visual Novel / Sharin No Kuni
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