Spending lots of time around the evil warlord of the TCG, I've begun to notice similarities with another mythical being that I have been interested in: Blue Jeans. There are several things about the two of them that coincide, which I will try my best to point out.
Similarities in persona:
They both seem to like to stalk people in the shadows; in dreams or otherwise.
Darkrai plunges people into never-ending nightmares, similar to the Blue Jeans, who terrorizes his victims by smothering itself all over midwesterners.
Darkrai, like the jeans, seem to have a soft-spot for children. Almost all children I've met wear these jeans.
Differences in persona:
Darkrai seems to mean no harm, whereas the Blue Jeans are trying to prey on their hosts. Both are, however, total creeper status.
Similarities in shape:
Clearest image I could find. If someone has a better one, let me know.
Darkrai using his legs.
As you can see, the jeans (Above) are quite similar to Darkrai (Below).
They both have needle-thin legs.
They both have flowing "Tentacles" (See Darkrai's tail and shoulders; also the jeans's belt loops. (tentacles).
What do you think? Am I the only one drawing these similarities? Was Darkrai actually based off (somewhat) the jeans?