Lord of the Rings
Denethor, King of gondor, is the father of both Faramir and Boromir, one of which dies above the Rauros Falls, the other grievously injured in the siege of Osgiliath.
Denethor is the Steward of Gondor. Aragorn is the king, they're merely awaiting his return.
Other that Water, Earth, Fire and Air, there is a fifth type of bending known as Energybending, which is older than all the other forms and can be used to strip a bender of their abilities. Taught to Avatar Aang by an ancient lion turtle, the only known Energybenders are Aang, Amon, and Korra.
Amon used Bloodbending, which is actually a form of Waterbending.
"My Hero Academia" Centers on a superhero high school whose students have abilities known as 'quirks.' Examples include Katsuki, whose combustible sweat is used to create explosions, Ochaco, who can manipulate gravity, and the principal, Nezu, who can transform into a humanoid animal.
The principal doesn't transform into a humanoid animal, he already is an animal.
The Common Rooms of each Hogwarts House is intended to be accessible only to members of that house. Every one is at least partially concealed and requires a secret password or knock to enter.
The Ravenclaw Common Room requires a riddle.
Also Hufflepuff student must tap the barrel "two from the bottom, middle of the second row" in the stack of barrels near the kitchen corridor, in the rhythm of Helga Hufflepuff.
The original NES game "The Legend of Zelda" started players out as Link, armed with only 3 heart pieces and a sword and let them immediately begin exploring a non-linear world packed with 9 boss-filled dungeons.
Link doesn't start with a sword.
With the exception of several featured hobbits such as Rosie Cotton, women are few and far between in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. From the missing Entwives to the dwarf women hidden away under mountains, only three named female characters feature prominently in the film trilogy: Galadriel, Arwen, and Eowyn.
The spider Shelob is female.
Genie, whose true name is never revealed, is the only character in "Aladdin" animated with four fingers instead of five - a stylistic choice to make Genie feel more cartoonish and other-worldly.
He's not the only character with four fingers. Abu and the merchant have four fingers.
The magic carpet has no fingers.
The Elric brothers are both immensely talented alchemists. Edward, a "State Alchemist" for the military, can perform alchemy without an alchemical transmutation circle. Alphonse has his own claim to fame, though: he lacks a physical body, and instead is a soul bonded to a suit of metal armor, earning him the nickname "Fullmetal."
Fuhrer King Bradley gave Edward Elric the title Fullmetal Alchemist due to his automail arm and leg.
In the "Harry Potter" series, the caretaker of Hogwarts, Argus Filch, is a non-magical person from a wizarding family, also known as a muggle.
The term for a non-magical person from a wizarding family is a squib, a muggle is a non-magical person from a non-magical family.
While the title of "Super Mario Brothers" is generally only applied to Mario and Luigi, in 1992 the long lost brother Wario made his first appearance in the Game Boy's "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins."
Wario is Mario's childhood friend, they are not related.
Anduril, which means Flame of the West, was the name of the sword wielded by Elendil during the Last Alliance fo Elves and Men. Once broken, Elendil's son Isildur used the broken handle-shard of Anduril to cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand. 3,000 years later, it was reforged and given to Aragorn, son of Arathorn.
The sword wasn't named Anduril until it was reforged. Before that, it was called Narsil.
In "The Ricks Must Be Crazy," we are introduced to the character Zeep Xanflorp, a scientist who inhabits a Microverse created by Rick to provide unlimited energy to the planet Earth through the use of Goobleboxes.
The Microverse is used to power Rick's space cruiser.
Hayao Miyazaki's films are an incredible gateway into Japanese folklore, with each movie introducing us to a new spirit for the very first time, such as the Kodama in "Princess Mononoke," or the Susuwatari, Soot Sprites, or "dust bunnies" in "Sprited Away."
The dust bunnies are introduced in "My Neighbor Totoro".
The Hippogriff Buckbeak is saved in "The Prisoner of Azkaban" when Harry and Hermione steal a time-turner from Dumbledore's office.
Hermione gets special permission to use the time turner so she can take extra classes.
Though originally named Jump Man, the name Mario came about when Shigeru Miyamoto, the character's creator, named him after the company's landlord Mario Segale, although the character goes only by his single appellation.
Mario is actually named Mario Mario.
One of the earliest attempts to adapt "The Lord of the Rings" to the screen was by The Beatles. It was to feature original songs by The Beatles, with Paul McCartney as Frodo, Ringo Starr as Sam, George Harrison as Gandalf, and John Lennon as Aragorn. The project was cancelled because Tolkien did not like The Beatles' music.
John Lennon was not going to be Aragorn, he was going to be Gollum.
Series antagonist Bill Cipher is a dream demon originating from the Nightmare Realm. He appears as a yellow, one-eyed triangle wearing a top hat and bowtie, similar to the Eye of Providence symbol seen on the back of real one-dollar bills.
Bill Cipher originates from the Second Dimension.
Saiyans, a race of alien warriors to whom both Goku and Vegeta belong, are capable of transforming into blonde versions of themselves known as Super Saiyans. But only if they still have their tails, which contain the glands necessary for transformation.
Saiyans don't need their tails to go Super Saiyan, they do need their tails to transform into their Great Ape form.
The Shrieking Shack, the most haunted building in all of Great Britain, is technically located in Hogmeade, but is only accessible from Hogwarts through a secret tunnel located under the Whomping Willow.
The Shrieking Shack isn't haunted, it's where Remus Lupin would transform into a werewolf, and the howling sounds made people believe it was haunted.
Bowser, Mario's first and greatest enemy, also known as King Koopa, has attempted to kidnap Princess Peach of the Mushroom Kingdom no less than 17 times.
Mario's first enemy was Donkey Kong in Donkey Kong.
In J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, the titular fellowship is composed of nine members from four races: Hobbit, Dwarf, Elf, and Man.
There are five races present as Gandalf is a member of the Istari race.
In the original series, the four forms of elemental bending are based on actual Chinese martial arts. Airbending is based on Baguazhang, Earthbending is portrayed as Judo, Northern Shaolin is used for Firebending, and Tai Chi is used to portray Waterbending.
Earthbending is not based on judo, it is based on Hung Gar.
Toph actually has her own style, Chow Gar/ Southern Praying Mantis.
In the extended Pokémon universe, Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy appear to exist and work in every town, though it is acknowledged that neither is a single entity, but rather multiple identical clones.
They're actually a giant family.
The position of Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher at Hogwarts seems to be a cursed position. Of the seven professors that taught in that position during the seven years of the books all of them, including Quirinus Quirrell, Gilderoy Lockhart, Remus Lupin, Alastor Mad-Eye Moody, Dolores Umbridge, Severus Snape, and Amycus Carrow, served only one year.
Mad Eye Moody never actually served. It was Barty Crouch Jr using polyjuice potion.
Super Mario Kart was a kart racing game released for Super Nintendo in 1992. Players could race with characters like Mario, Princess Peach, Donkey Kong, and Toad on tracks like the famous Rainbow Road.
Donkey Kong wasn't a playable character, Donkey Kong Junior was.