Bestiary
This creature from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has the body of a sea turtle, the head and tail of a cow, and is known for being melancholy and depressed.
Mock Turtle
At this site of an iconic Middle Earth battle, Legolas surfed on a shield down a staircase.
Helm’s Deep
Data & Picard
Star Trek: TNG
In Into the Woods, the baker and his wife must procure four items in order to lift the curse on their family. The cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as this, and the slipper as pure as gold.
Corn
Giggle water, hooch, tiger’s milk.
Alcohol
In medieval bestiaries, a “questing beast” was described as having the head and neck of a snake, the body of a leopard, and the legs of a deer. In reality, they are this animal.
Giraffe
You can visit popular tourist attractions like the Menagerie, the Kaelish Prince, or the Crow Club in this Grishaverse city…just keep an eye on your wallet.
Ketterdam
Mellow Brick Road
The Wizard of Oz
In Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Bad Horse, the thoroughbred of sin and the world’s most notorious supervillain, is the leader of this organization, which Dr. Horrible desperately wants to join.
The Evil League of Evil
A tomato, a Sheba, a dame.
Woman
The wolpertinger is a mythical rabbit-like creature from German folklore, very similar to a Jackalope. However, the Wolpertinger sports these two additional features besides antlers.
Wings and fangs
The official name for the school where the X-Men train, it’s a bit of a mouthful.
Charles Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters
Skynet Symphonic
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The iconic song “Good Morning” from Singin’ in the Rain ends with the three protagonists doing a fancy stunt on this piece of furniture. They did 40 takes, but ended up using the first one!
Couch
A peeper, a snooper, a gumshoe.
Detective
In ancient times, many people believed that the giant skulls of this animal belonged to Cyclops, due to the large holes in the center of the face.
Elephant
In Book #1: The Invasion, the Animorphs acquire their iconic “battle morphs” at this combination zoo and amusement park, which is frequently featured throughout the series.
The Gardens
Strangerous
Stranger Things
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat features songs in a wide variety of genres, including calypso and country. The Pharaoh parodies this popular 1950’s singer.
Elvis
The big house, the caboose, the hoosegow.
Jail
In medieval French folklore, this creature was described as a dragon with the head of a lion, the body of a turtle, six bear-like legs, and a serpent’s tail. In D&D, it looks like a spiky T-rex, and is one of the highest CR monsters a party can fight.
Tarasque
The creator of this Apple+ TV show said Lumon’s dystopian layout was inspired by The Truman Show, The Stanley Parable, The Matrix, the Backrooms, and The Office.
Severance
Mazel Tov
Fiddler on the Roof
In Holy Musical, B@man!, Batman tells Robin that he originally took to the streets as this-man. However, he soon changed his name to Batman, because “I’m a HUGE bat, but I’m a tiny this.”
Pterodactyl
A Roscoe, a heater, a bean-shooter.
Gun