They've taken our money, they’ve taken our jobs, they’ve taken our manufacturing...
President Trump is famous for pronouncing China is this particular way.
What is Chyyyyyna?
This electric rodent is the undisputed face of the franchise, though game freak originally intended for the pink, fairy-like Clefairy to be the main mascot.
Who is Pikachu?
Before he was corrupted by the Ring and became Gollum, he belonged to a Hobbit-like river folk and went by this birth name.
What is Sméagol?
This official Washington document outlines the country's major security concerns and is famous for being submitted late by almost every single presidential administration.
What is the National Security Strategy?
This massive, six-legged flying bison is Aang's loyal lifelong companion and primary mode of transportation for Team Avatar.
Who is Appa?
This 1972 presidential visit to Beijing effectively broke decades of diplomatic isolation and laid the groundwork for modern U.S.-China relations.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This notoriously useless, splashing fish Pokémon has become a massive internet meme for its inability to do damage until it evolves at Level 20.
Who is Magikarp?
Aragorn is a member of this long-lived race of Men, also known as the Rangers of the North.
Who are the Dúnedain?
Often heavily informed by the National Security Strategy, this specific document is produced by the Department of Defense to outline military objectives, force structure, and strategic priorities for the Pentagon.
What is the National Defense Strategy (NDS)?
Prince Zuko delivers this deadpan, hilariously inadequate three-word consolation to Sokka after learning that Sokka's first girlfriend turned into the moon.
What is "That's rough, buddy"?
This term describes the aggressive, confrontational style of diplomacy adopted by Chinese diplomats in the 21st century, named after a popular patriotic Chinese action movie franchise.
What is Wolf Warrior diplomacy?
If you are looking to evolve your Eevee into a Vaporeon, Jolteon, or Flareon, you’ll need to expose it to one of these elemental evolutionary items.
What are Evolutionary Stones? (Specifically: Water, Thunder, or Fire Stones)
This is the exact number of companions who set out from Rivendell to form the Fellowship of the Ring.
What is nine?
This new military Command consolidated three strategic-level command structures into one
What is the Western Hemisphere Command
This unfortunate Earth Kingdom merchant constantly finds his livelihood utterly demolished by Team Avatar, leading to his signature, high-pitched comedic breakdown.
Who is the Cabbage Merchant? ("My cabbages!!!")
President Trump routinely used this fiery, legalistic verb to describe what he believed China was doing to the American economy through currency manipulation and trade imbalances.
What is "Raping" (our country)?
Introduced in Generation II, this exceptionally rare, alternatively-colored variation of a Pokémon has a mere 1-in-4,096 chance of appearing in the wild in modern games.
What is a Shiny Pokémon?
These seven seeing-stones allowed users to communicate across vast distances, though looking into them carried the risk of chatting with Sauron.
What are the Palantíri (or Palantír)?
Testifying before Congress on the 2026 National Defense Strategy, Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby used this two-word term to describe the administration's policy of practically navigating between isolationism and over-extension to protect concrete American interests.
What is Flexible Realism?
This incredibly dangerous and taboo Waterbending technique can only be performed during a full moon, allowing the bender to physically control a person's body like a puppet.
What is Bloodbending?
Chinese state television abruptly cut its live broadcast of the welcome ceremony when Trump began doing his signature "double fist-pump" dance to this specific, distinctly un-communist 1970s disco anthem.
What is "Y.M.C.A."?
Due to a massive coding inversion error in Generation I, this type—supposedly weak to Ghost-type attacks—was actually completely immune to them, making Mewtwo nearly invincible.
What is Psychic?
The film adaptation of The Two Towers passes this famous 3-word gender-bias test on a technicality, solely because Éowyn shushes a young, refugee girl named Freda who is asking for her mother.
What is the Bechdel-Wallace Test (or Bechdel Test)?
This core geopolitical philosophy, championed by Under Secretary Elbridge Colby, argues that the U.S. must prioritize its limited military resources to prevent China from achieving regional hegemony, even if it means drawing down commitments in Europe.
What is Strategic Realism? (Also accept: The "Asia-First" approach)
Long before Sokka met Suki, the Kyoshi Warriors were founded by Avatar Kyoshi itself. Kyoshi created the uniform and the distinct fighting style explicitly to protect her homeland from this specific, tyrannical conqueror.
Who is Chin the Conqueror?