Editing Manneken Pis (section)

===Internationally===
[[File:Hamamatsucho 20030913.JPG|thumb|A [[Japan]]ese variant of ''Manneken Pis'' on the platform of [[Tokyo]]'s [[Hamamatsuchō Station]]]]

Since the 20th century, numerous copies or imitations of ''Manneken Pis'' have been created abroad. It is necessary to distinguish the official copies offered by the [[City of Brussels]] from copies and imitations carried out privately by admirers of the little statue. Official copies were offered to: [[Colmar]], France (1922); [[Osaka]], Japan (1928); [[Monaco]] (1951); [[London]], United Kingdom (1959); [[Broxeele]], France (1979); [[Benalmádena|Benalmadena]], Spain (1991); and [[Nagoya]], Japan (2015).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Copies, replicas and others reproductions of the Manneken Pis|url=https://www.wonders-of-the-world.net/Manneken-Pis/Copies-of-the-Manneken-Pis.php|access-date=2021-08-15|website=www.wonders-of-the-world.net}}</ref>

A replica of ''Manneken Pis'' has pride of place in the lobby of the police station of [[Poitiers]], France, commemorating the fact that this city was, for 26 days, the seat of the Belgian government during [[World War II]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Quand Poitiers était la capitale de la Belgique|url=https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/poitiers/quand-poitiers-etait-la-capitale-de-la-belgique|access-date=2021-08-15|website=lanouvellerepublique.fr}}</ref> Similar copies of the statue exist in the Bulgarian city of [[Stara Zagora]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=October 5 Park |url=https://visitstarazagora.bg/en/place/3/with-an-organized-group/79/october-5-park |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=visitstarazagora.bg |language=en}}</ref> in the Danish town of [[Bogense]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manneken Pis in Bogense {{!}} Sehenswürdigkeiten {{!}} Nordfünen |url=https://www.visitnordfyn.com/nordfyn/explore/manneken-pis-bogense-gdk623245 |access-date=2021-08-15 |website=VisitDenmark |language=nl}}</ref> as well as in [[Chiayi Park]] in [[Taiwan]]. Another working replica stands on the platform of [[Tokyo]]'s [[Hamamatsuchō Station]]. There, the statue is a great source of pride for station workers who dress it in various costumes—traditional and otherwise—at different times of year.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-01-07|title=Manneken Pis at Hamamatsuchō Station, Tokyo - Japan Guide|language=en-US|work=Japan Guide|url=http://www.japanesesearch.com/manneken-pis-at-hamamatsucho-station-tokyo/|access-date=2017-09-09}}</ref>

In September 2002, a Belgian-born waffle-maker set up a replica in front of his waffle stand in the [[Orlando Fashion Square]] mall, in [[Orlando, Florida]]. He recalled the legend as "the boy who saved Brussels from fire by extinguishing it with his urine" (perhaps confusing the legend with an incident in ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]''). Some shocked shoppers made a formal complaint. Mall officials said that the waffle-shop owner did not follow procedures when he put up the statue and was therefore in violation of his lease.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2002/09/19/weird-but-true-166/|title=Weird but true|first=Bill|last=Hoffmann|date=September 19, 2002|work=[[New York Post]]}}</ref>

In contrast, there is a {{convert|1|m|ft|adj=mid|-tall}}  [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas#Mascots|similar statue]] known as ''Manequinho'' in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil, made in 1908. It used to be in front of the [[National Library of Brazil|National Library]], but after complaints about immorality, it was moved to the headquarters of [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas]], a famous Brazilian football club, where it has been adopted as a mascot by the club. Fans usually dress it with the club's jersey after important wins.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-29|title=Le Manneken-Pis de Rio|url=https://www.rtbf.be/vivacite/emissions/detail_vivre-ici-bruxelles/accueil/article_le-manneken-pis-de-rio?id=9340648&programId=5900|access-date=2021-08-15|website=Vivacité|language=fr}}</ref>