Long long ago, in the mid-to-late 2000s or something, I was a wee lad watching Japanese tv shows. There’s one show I remembered watching, but now I can’t remember the name or what channel it was on (probably nhk but idk). Maybe that adds to the magic of these guys lol.

The eggplant was only able to be seen in a frame by frame of a track video as he beat a lap runner while the snail was upside down on a ceiling, shaking cartoonishly in its kotatsu shell. The ramen octopus was in a fight simulation.

Edit: Update, what I apparently watched was a show called “Bitworld”. The monsters were called “Bivo” and apparently it’s still ongoing. Seems to be some sort of Pokémon-esque monster battle show that uses live action and cgi, can’t find the eggplant or snail though. Seeing how the ramen squid was there, there is no doubt that this is it.