Watching anime with no glasses
"Why is that bright orange smudge screaming at a giant pink blob for three whole episodes, and why did his yellow hair suddenly turn giant and spiky?"
Dragon Ball Z
Executive Managing Director of Domestic Hydrological Hygiene & Porous Cellulose Decontamination"
Dishwasher (or someone washing up)
This core game zone holds your active spells, lands, and creatures—kept carefully hidden in your palms face-down so your opponent can't see your next move.
Hand
Operating out of Greendale, this postal contractor routinely breached royal mail security protocols, caused multiple transport accidents due to reckless driving, and unlawfully used a helicopter.
Postman Pat
This 2018 Norse-epic reboot saw the usually ruthless Greek God of War, Kratos, open his journey with a simple, gravelly one-word nickname for his son Atreus that instantly became an internet meme.
"Boy"
"I think a giant naked skinless person is trying to peer over a giant beige wall, but a teenager in a green cape is swinging around on invisible ropes."
Attack on Titan?
Chief Terrestrial Refuse Logistics Coordinator & High-Density Waste Compression Architect
Binman
In MTG, this classic term describes leaving two untapped Blue sources open at the end of your turn just to trick your opponent into thinking you hold a Counterspell.
Holding up mana
This illegal underground syndicate ran an unlicensed demolition operation and grand theft auto ring, utilizing a giant mechanical shovel and stolen steamrollers without blue-collar trade permits.
Bob The Builder
In Super Mario Bros., after battling through a castle of lava and defeating Bowser, Toad famously delivers this disappointing 8-word line to the hero.
"Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!"?
"A gangly guy in a blue suit smokes a blurry white stick in space while jazz music blasts over a space station dogfight."
Cowboy Bebop?
Director of Autonomous Pedestrian Guidance, Kinetic Barrier Administration & Velvet-Rope Access Auditing
Bouncer
This ubiquitous slang term describes drawing a card that is completely hidden from your opponent until you cast it—named after the cold feeling of pulling the exact trick you needed off the top of your deck.
Top Deck
This individual repeatedly committed trespassing, vandalism of public muddy puddles without a permit, and operating an unlicensed aircraft alongside her grandfather.
Peppa Pig
In 2011's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, this endlessly memed line spoken by hold guards became an instant pop-culture staple describing how an adventurous life ended abruptly.
"I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee"?
"A skinny teenager in a black school uniform points his glowing purple eye at a group of blurry soldiers, and now they are all bowing down to a giant black-and-gold helmet."
Code Geass
Director of Caffeinated Emulsion Extraction, Micro-Foam Architecture & Thermal Ceramic Delivery
Barista
When a magician vanishes a card into thin air, it’s gone forever. In MTG, this game zone is where cards go when they are removed from the game completely, rather than sent to the graveyard.
Exile (or Exiled)
Operating out of a subterranean dome, these four colorful bio-entities repeatedly engaged in broadcasting without an OFCOM license, public nudity, and mass exposure to mind-altering sun rays.
Teletubbies
In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), players were shocked by the betrayal of General Shepherd, who shot and burned these two fan-favourite Task Force 141 operatives. Roach and...
Ghost
"A tiny, pale white smudge with long elf ears spends eighty years staring at a flower field, occasionally shooting a blue laser beam at a giant purple demon blob."
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End?
Executive Lead in Automated Point-of-Sale Scans & High-Volume Polymer Carrier Bag Deployment
Supermarket cashier / Checkout assistant
Magicians keep their secrets, but MTG tournament rules state you can never hide or misrepresent these Three "derived" numbers,
Life total, Mana Floating and....
Storm Count
Routinely abandoned his post at Pontypandy Station, engaged in reckless endangerment by permitting a minor named Norman Price to repeatedly commit arson, and operated specialized emergency vehicles without dispatcher authorization.
Fireman Sam?
Throughout this 2007 Valve puzzle masterpiece, the AI antagonist GLaDOS promises you a sweet baked reward upon completing the test chambers, spawning the internet's most iconic gaming catchphrase when you discover the truth.
"The cake is a lie"