When the lever is released, the head comes down and retracts. When the lever is pressed, the hippo opens its mouth and extends its head forwards on a telescopic neck. The game board is surrounded by four mechanical, colorful, plastic hippopotamuses operated by levers on their backs. There is also a battle level based on the game in the 2016 Micro Machines game. The game has been referenced in The Simpsons (1992), Mystery Science Theater 3000, Donnie Darko (2001), Toy Story 3 (2010), My Little Pony: The Movie (2017), The Last Man on Earth (2017), Safe Havens (2018), Space Force (2020), and in The Afterparty (2022). The game is marketed under the "Elefun and Friends" banner, along with Elefun, Mouse Trap and Gator Golf. The objective of the game is for each player to collect as many marbles as possible with their "hippo" (a toy hippopotamus model). The idea for the game was published in 1967 by toy inventor Fred Kroll and it was introduced in 1978. Hungry Hungry Hippos (or Hungry Hippos in some UK editions) is a tabletop game made for 2–4 players, produced by Hasbro, under the brand of its subsidiary, Milton Bradley. Milton Bradley, now a subsidiary of Hasbro Hungry Hungry Hippos being played by four children
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