Ninjas and cookie monster

Like any right-thinking red-blooded sweet-toothed male, I’m a big fan of ninjas and cookie monster. The other day, when I was watching this great interview of cookie monster on NPR

I was struck by the similarities between cookie monster and the ninja from askaninja.com.

I’m not sure what it is, partly the gruff tone of course. But there’s also an admirable singlemindedness to them both. They’re both so passionate about what they do, whether it’s eating cookies or killing people.
See what I mean? Or is it just me?