But there's another explanation too – that mermaids have taken up the mantel as America's "new vampire," pop culture's latest pick for the sexy-scary-sweet monster that is supposed to tell us something about our own humanity.
Then decided to scrap that and focus on making AI ecology and sweet looking monster models.
"My Sister Was a Refugee," a work in progress set to a nutty collection of songs sung by Jessie Matthews, Patsy Cline and others, explores the thorny relationship of two sisters, a sweet-faced monster and her mostly innocent prey.
It is a ceramic figurine dating from the 10th Century BC that depicts a sweet-looking monster: half-man, half-horse.
This time, it's Denco's apple or sweet corn flavored Monster Deer Block.
iPhone / iPad There have been a succession of Cut the Rope games in the last few years, but this was the first proper sequel: 120 levels of rope-slashing puzzle action, as you try to guide sweets into cute monster Om Nom's mouth.
Again, it's far too early to tell right now, but if you're looking for something in the sweet spot between monsters like the Galaxy S III and the arguably bordering-on-too-small (at this point) iPhone 4, this may be a good compromise.
It's fair enough after her monster hit "Sweet About Me" threatened to eclipse the artist behind it.
