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[[File:Momo image.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Momo's creator Keisuke Aiso holding the statue's mask.]]

'''Momo''' is a [[:Category:Characters|character]] commonly associated with [[creepypasta]] and urban legends. She was originally a sculpture of a creepy-looking bird woman that later became synonymous with various disturbing Internet rumors revolving around someone claiming to be “Momo” harassing children and teens and encouraging them to harm themselves as part of the so-called “Momo challenge”. While the “challenge” has been linked to several actual suicides, evidence of a wider phenomenon is tenuous at best.

'''Momo''' is a [[:Category:Characters|character]] commonly associated with [[creepypasta]] and urban legends. She was originally a sculpture of a creepy-looking bird woman that later became synonymous with various disturbing Internet rumors revolving around someone claiming to be “Momo” harassing children and teens and encouraging them to harm themselves as part of the so-called “Momo challenge”. While the “challenge” has been somewhat dubiously linked to several actual suicides, evidence of a wider phenomenon is tenuous at best.

The character is now regarded as a fad of the late New Tens, with the “challenge” being a case of moral panic similar to the [[wikipedia:2016 clown sightings|creepy clown sightings]] of 2016.

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 [[File:Momo image.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Momo's creator Keisuke Aiso holding the statue's mask.]]
-'''Momo''' is a [[:Category:Characters|character]] commonly associated with [[creepypasta]] and urban legends. She was originally a sculpture of a creepy-looking bird woman that later became synonymous with various disturbing Internet rumors revolving around someone claiming to be “Momo” harassing children and teens and encouraging them to harm themselves as part of the so-called “Momo challenge”. While the “challenge” has been linked to several actual suicides, evidence of a wider phenomenon is tenuous at best.
+'''Momo''' is a [[:Category:Characters|character]] commonly associated with [[creepypasta]] and urban legends. She was originally a sculpture of a creepy-looking bird woman that later became synonymous with various disturbing Internet rumors revolving around someone claiming to be “Momo” harassing children and teens and encouraging them to harm themselves as part of the so-called “Momo challenge”. While the “challenge” has been somewhat dubiously linked to several actual suicides, evidence of a wider phenomenon is tenuous at best.
 The character is now regarded as a fad of the late New Tens, with the “challenge” being a case of moral panic similar to the [[wikipedia:2016 clown sightings|creepy clown sightings]] of 2016.