Hatofun Fact.

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Said page also kills, once and for all, any remaining "human-sized birds" theories.

Partridges and quails are part of the same genus as pheasants. (Second, less Hatoful, more Wikiful source.)

So basically, all this time that Pidgeworth has been using "pheasants" as a derogatory term to describe lower-class peons, he's been indirectly insulting Murderbeaks, whom he has always held in the highest esteem (BBL notwithstanding).

I believe the word I'm looking for here is, "Oops?" (minus the -ed.)