Pygmalion is a classical masher.
John saves her from the would-be masher and the couple eventually fall in love.
So did his huge collection of potato mashers.
While it is an action game, the designers took care to not make a button masher.
It is a button masher where you have to eat all of the food in front of you to win.
Their appearance has sometimes led them to be compared to potato mashers or waffle irons.