1995
Electric Arts, Inc.
"Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual"
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In this award-winning
CD-ROM, "I've discovered two in Data's quarters and one in
Picard's. I think there may even be one in Troi's but I'm not
sure if it's a real plant or some fake interplanetary type. Are
there any others I should watch for?" (Originally brought to RJB's attention
in posting to rec.arts.bonsai by Jim D. Robertson, September 27, 1995)
New 04/24/05
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2002
Nintendo
"Animal Crossing"
Gamecube video game
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"In the ... game, you can actually decorate your house with Bonsai. I remember
having a Mugo Pine and an Azalea!" (Per edwardorino from Bloomington, IN in
posting to
bonsaitalk.com on August 11, 2005 and seconded by Misspeled_Name from Ohio on Sept. 5, 2005)
There are actually ten different trees you can use as indoor decoration only: Mugho,
Pine, Ponderosa, Azalea, Hawthorn, Holly, Jasmine, Maple, Plum, and Quince. The Maple
is in a low brown hexagonal container, the soil mounded above the pot's edge. The tree is a
formal upright, perhaps equivalent to 12-15" in height, with oranhish-brown leaves on three main
side branches and one or two at the top. (Additional details per RJB's son Andrew.)
Added to 12/02/07
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2002
Ubisoft Entertainment
"Tom Clancey's Splinter Cell"
video game
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"There's a bonsai on a table inside the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar..." (Per malhomme from Austin, TX in
posting to
bonsaitalk.com on Apr. 2, 2005; confirmed by RJB's son Andrew.)
New 10/23/06
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2002, 2003
Electric Arts, Inc.
"James Bond 007
TM
nightfire
TM"
interactive computer game
"unexpected guest," 3rd mission
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In a large ground-level room in the two-story Japanese house, there is
what would be a very nice 3' tall straight-trunked slightly leaning
juniper (?) with excellent taper and texture at the bottom of the
trunk. It is in a rounded-oval pot, olive green with wide corner
feet on a redwood stand on the tatami mat. In closeup inspection,
the pot is actually twelve-sided with a lip and having mossy ground
cover. A square columnal paper lantern is on the tatami mat on
each side of the tree, an island scene is on the paper screen behind
the tree. This is not a tokonoma.
When James Bond is later scaling the
outside of a high-rise building, through the window we see on the
inside left facing away from the window two similar bonsai, each in a
large olive oval pot with wide feet on the carpet. It seems that
there are identicle copies of these trees on each of the first through
fourth floors, and also on the eighth (?) floor of this office
building. Entering that top floor and around the corner can be
seen a shorter tree with a thin trunk and masses of five-petalled
grayish flowers, in a similar pot but with more moss on the soil
level. This is the floor with the offices of Matthew and
Mayhew. Further around the corner are a pair of curved planters
along the walls. Each holds ferns and three of the same evergreen
and two of the same flowering trees. The planters appear to be
teak on the upper half and marble tile on the lower. The hallway
then goes to the Meeting Room. Release date 11/01/02.
(Brought
to RJB's attention by son Kenny.)
Added to 09/03/05
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2003
Rockstar Games, Inc.
"Max Payne 2"
video game
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"...they are mentioned ... near the end, and are also in the police cheifs office."
(Per spoonman from Victoria, Australia in
posting to
bonsaitalk.com on Sept. 6, 2004)
New 10/23/06
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2004
Electric Arts, Inc.
"The Sims 2"
life simulation/strategy computer game
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When playing as a family, inside the "Buy Mode" catalog, located inside
the "Decorative" section under "Plants" there are two bonsai
possibilities. "Blue Sky" Bonsai Tree (costing 99 simoleons --
Sim currency). "Description - From its
origins in China over a millennia [sic] ago, the concept of growing miniature 'pun-sai'
trees spread to Japan in the late 1100s. There they became
renowned as symbols of harmony and prized by the upper classes.
Nowadays, even the lowliest of citizens can appreciate these little
tree's gnarly beauty."
"Juniper" Bonsai Tree (costing 120
simoleons). "Description - The ancient art of the bonsai tree
lies in the representation of the larger, natural tree forms in a
diminutive scale. Bonsai, literally translated as 'potted tree',
can be made from almost any type of tree, though juniper has long been
heralded in the modern age as the most receptive to the bonsai
'training.'" (Brought to RJB's attention by son Andrew.)
New 04/24/05
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2002, 2005
BioWare Corp.
"Jade Empire"
XBox video game
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At the top of Pirate's Island is Gao the Greater's tower. On a
floor in the back against the wall and about 15' back from the open
balustrade is a bonsai. It is in a long (equivalent to just a
little more than 3') but narrow, light blue rectangular pot with
indented center panels on each side. This rests on a low bamboo
or wooden table which slightly longer than the pot. The 3'H tree
is very large trunked -- planted to the left side, perhaps 1/3 of the
left-to-right length of the pot and almost the entire front-to-back
depth. An informal upright deciduous of unknown species with long
narrow leaves, its lower right branch extends just over the right-hand
lip of the pot. The soil seems to be raised in the middle along
the long axis of the pot, almost resembling a baked loaf of bread in a
pan. The label "Bonsai Tree" appears in the lower right corner of
the screen.
When your character kicks once and totally
shatters the tree, pot, and stand you receive one of the gems as a
reward (such as the Aura of Calm gem or the Inferior Intuition).
Arrrgh, Boldly Grow! (Brought to RJB's attention by son Andrew.)
New 09/03/05
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2003, 2005
Sega
"Worms Forts Under Siege"
XBox video game
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In the "No Go Dojo" level, at least six similar bonsai are seen around
the courtyard. Each sits in a somewhat deep, thick-walled, light
gray concrete-like rectangular container resting on a 6-piece flat
brick-like "mat." The trees do not have much detail in close-up,
the thin brown curving trunks each going into three almost topiary-cut
foliage pads of greenish splotches. Each tree also has a 3-clawed
surface root in the orangish-brown coarse soil mix.
(Brought to RJB's attention by son Andrew.)
New 07/26/05
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2005
Natsume Inc.
"Harvest Moon,
Another Wonderful Life"
Ninetendo Gamecube video game
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"A very well pruned and cared for bonsai" is what the caption reads. Inside an elderly couple's home
is a small tightly multi-layed conifer in a brown bowl pot. The tree is in need of serious pruning to
better define the top growth. It rests on a two-level TV-stand-like piece of furniture against a wall
and just away from a window. (Brought to RJB's attention by son Andrew.)
New 09/02/06
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