Perhaps the most unusual thing about the privately operated buses is the fact that they are all highly decorated and personalized, with decaling and home made interior designs that range from comic book scenes, to erotic themes, and even to " Hello Kitty " themes.

Many think that Miffy is Japanese, because Sanrio's Hello Kitty and friends are rendered using a similar line style.

In an interview for the British paper The Daily Telegraph, Bruna expressed his dislike for Hello Kitty.

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Several Hello Kitty TV series, targeted towards young children, have been produced.

Hello Kitty is also the main character at the two Japanese Sanrio theme parks, Harmonyland and the indoor Sanrio Puroland.

Per official character profiles for Hello Kitty, her real name is Kitty White and she was born in the suburbs of London, England on November 1.

Hello Kitty is portrayed surrounded by a large family who all go by the last name White.

While Hello Kitty wears a bow on her left ear, Mimmy wears hers on the right.

He travelled with his parents and was away from Hello Kitty for a long time.

Charmmy Kitty is Hello Kitty's pet, a white Persian.

Hello Kitty also has a pet hamster named Sugar, who was a gift from Dear Daniel.

Yuko Shimizu, creator of Hello Kitty, in 2010

Hello Kitty was designed by Yuko Shimizu and was added to the lineup of early Sanrio characters in 1974.

Sanrio decided to make Hello Kitty British because at the time when she was created, foreign countries, in particular Britain, were trendy in Japan.

In addition, Sanrio already had a number of characters set in the US and they wanted Hello Kitty to be different.

He first considered " Hi Kitty " before settling on " Hello " for the greeting.

Spokespeople for Sanrio have said that Hello Kitty does not have a mouth because they want people to " project their feelings onto the character " and " be happy or sad together with Hello Kitty.

Representatives for Sanrio have said they see Hello Kitty as a symbol of friendship, and they hope she will encourage friendship between people across the world.

There has been some suggestion that Hello Kitty has its origins in Maneki Neko, and that the name Hello Kitty itself is a back-translation of Maneki Neko, which means beckoning cat in English.

On August 26, 2010, Mercis BV, representing Bruna, brought suit against Sanrio with the claim that one of Hello Kitty's companion characters, a rabbit named Cathy, infringes on the copyright and trademark of Miffy.

His seductive voice is his trademark as well as his catchphrases, " I say, Ding Dong " ( originally the catchphrase of Phillips ' character Jack Bell in Carry On Nurse ), " Hello " and " Lumme!

Squiggy, like Lenny, loves the chocolate-flavored drink Bosco Chocolate Syrup, and makes nearly every entrance with his trademark " Hello " said in a slightly dopey voice.

On August 26, 2010, Mercis BV, representing Miffy's creator Dick Bruna, brought suit against Sanrio with the claim that one of Hello Kitty's companion characters, a rabbit named Cathy, infringes on the copyright and trademark of Miffy.

With new artwork, some songs added and some removed, Cake and Pie was re-launched as Hello Lisa, a play on Sanrio ’ s signature Hello Kitty, who appears on the album cover wearing Lisa Loeb's trademark glasses.

Haas started every show with his trademark greeting " Hello everyone ," and even titled a track of his CD as such.

Known for Gilmour's trademark Hello!

Jerry's snide greeting for him with " Hello Newman " ( in response to Newman's " Hello Jerry ") becomes a trademark of their relationship.

A " Hello World " program has become the traditional first program that many people learn.

If Hello World fails to compile or execute, the supporting environment likely has a configuration problem.

All IP prefix information has been removed from the link-state advertisements and from the Hello discovery packet making OSPFv3 essentially protocol-independent.

Brooke-Taylor has acted in many other television sitcoms, as well as appearing in the 1970s BBC radio sketch show Hello, Cheeky!

Originally aimed at pre-adolescent females, Hello Kitty's market has broadened to include adult consumers.

Yuko Yamaguchi, the main designer for most of Hello Kitty's history, has said that she is inspired by fashion, movies and TV in creating new designs.

Originally aimed at the pre-adolescent female market, the Hello Kitty product range has expanded and goes all the way from dolls, stickers, greeting cards, clothes, accessories, school supplies and stationary to purses, toasters, televisions, other home appliances, massagers, and computer equipment.

Hello Kitty's Stump Village came out in 2005 and The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends came out in 2006 has aired 52 episodes.

Hello Kitty has her own branded album, Hello World, featuring Hello Kitty-inspired songs performed by a collection of artists, including Keke Palmer and Cori Yarckin.

Hello Kitty also has made cameo appearances in games featuring other Sanrio characters, such as the Keroppi game, Kero Kero Keroppi no Bōken Nikki: Nemureru Mori no Keroleen.

The Dutch artist Dick Bruna, creator of Miffy, has suggested that Hello Kitty is a copy of Miffy ( in Dutch: Nijntje ), being rendered in a similar style, stating disapprovingly in an interview for the British paper The Daily Telegraph:

UNICEF has also awarded Hello Kitty the exclusive title of UNICEF Special Friend of Children.

In 2002, Hello Kitty lost her place as the top-grossing character in Japan in the Character Databank popularity chart and has never recovered.

" They also said that Hello Kitty not having a mouth has dampened her success as an animated TV character.

For example, the following expression uses the "+" symbol as the concatenation operator to join two strings:, and has the value " Hello, World ".

Smithers has occasional fantasies about Burns: when we see his computer turning on, it shows a nude Burns with an audio montage saying: " Hello Smithers.