See, there was this wonderful game called Kid Icarus. On one of the levels, there were these enemies that would hurl eggplants at you. If you were hit, you were
turned into an eggplant with legs.
Interesting, I also seem to recall they made an appearance on the
Nintendo show.
Edit: Wisky Tango Charlie!!! So... In finding the above link, I somehow stumbled upon
this. Anybody know anything about it?