Nickelodeon Shows
In "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (2012) many mutants are the result of humans coming into contact with a compound called mutagen and animal DNA such as Master Splinter and the titular ninja turtles themselves.
Nuh-Uh, the Ninja Turtles were just turtles.
Jean Val Jean, also known as Prisoner #24601, is imprisoned for nineteen years after he steals a loaf of bread to feed his starving child, only to be paroled and still pursued by Inspector Javert.
Nuh-Uh, Jean Val Jean stole it to feed his starving niece.
Eevee, the Evolution Pokemon, has nine distinct forms, Flareon, Jolteon, Vaporeon, Umbreon, Espeon, Glaceon, Leafeon, Aveeon, and Sylveon.
Nuh-Uh, Aveeon is not real.
In the "Twilight Zone" episode "Long Distance Call" a young boy named Billy uses a toy telephone to talk with his dead grandmother. Billy's parents grow concerned and ask him to stop playing with the phone after Grandma says she is in hell and warns Billy to be good.
Nuh-Uh, Billy's dead grandma actually says she is in heaven and encourages Billy to do dangerous and risky things.
Danny Fenton becomes Danny Phantom, a ghost, after an accident involving his parents Ghost Portal. It also gives him powers like the ghost ray, overshadowing, teleportation, and the ghostly wail.
Nuh-Uh, Danny is actually a half-human, half-ghost hybrid.
While not included in the musical, the titular "Phantom of the Opera" has a name, which is Scott.
Nuh-Uh, his name is actually Erik.
In the first episode of the Pokemon anime, we not only meet main characters Ash and Misty, but sixteen of the original 151 Pokemon from the 1st Generation make an appearance.
Nuh-Uh, Ho-Oh, a Pokemon from Generation 2, makes an appearance at the end.
The 1927 film, "Metropolis" is one of the first feature-length sci-fi movies. It also featured a number of then cutting edge visual effects: including forced perspective used to create the illusion of giant arcs of electricity and the Schufftan process which used mirrors to create the illusion of flames in the scene where Maria is burned at the stake.
Nuh-Uh, there were no effects used on the stake, they just lit a bunch of fire.
In "Avatar: The Last Airbender" Zuko takes upon the criminal alterego of "The Blue Spirit" using a pair of swords and a mask he was given by his uncle Iroh.
Nuh-Uh, Zuko actually gets the mask from his mother, Ursa.
The US is the place to be for musical theatre! All of these musicals take place in American cities: Chicago, Singin' in the Rain, Hamilton, Rent, Waitress, West Side Story, Newsies, In the Heights.
Nuh-Uh, in Hamilton there are actually three songs that do not take place in America.
In Gen 1 there were 15 Pokemon types, however when Gen 2 was released they added two new ones: Dark type and Steel type. These were added to counter the Poison type, since in the previous games, it was too dominant in battles.
Nuh-Uh, Dark and Steel were added to counter the Psychic type.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient epic poem about Gilgamesh, the half-god king of Uruk. After the death of his friend, Enkidu, Gilgamesh seeks the immortality from Utnamapishtim and his wife, the only mortals ever granted immortality by the gods.
Nuh-Uh, Gilgamesh is 2/3 god, not 1/2.
In "Avatar: The Legend of Korra" Avatar Korra calls for help when an evil waterbender takes over Republic City. General Iroh III, grandson of Firelord Zuko, responds to her call.
Nuh-Uh, it's actually Iroh II.
In "Cabaret" Sally Bowles is a English nightclub singer performing at the "Moulin Rouge" theater in Berlin as the Nazis rise to power. That doen't matter though, as much of the musical instead focuses on her romance with Clifford Bradshaw, and eventual heartbreak as she refuses to leave for Paris with him.
Nuh-Uh, she actually works at the Kit Kat Klub.
Everyone knows about Ash's father's disapperance from the anime, and many expected to meet him before the end of the anime. However, he's not the only one. Every Pokemon game's protagonist is also missing their father.
Nuh-Uh, in Gen 3 you meet your father, Norman, the Normal-type gym leader.
Some of the monsters of the week on "Doctor Who" may at first seem to be familiar mythological creatures before it's explained that they're actually aliens. Alien versions of these modern monsters include minotaurs, sirens, doppelgangers, mummies, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and witches.
Nuh-Uh, the doppelgangers were not aliens but actually scientific constructs made out of programmable organic matter called Flesh.
In "Miraculous Ladybug and Cat Noir" there is usually a new villain with each episode once they are transformed by an evil buttefly or "akumatized." Some include Banana Boom Boom, Chloe Bourgeois, Lollipop Boy, Mega Leech, Reflekdoll, Sentibubbler, Strikeback, and Techno-Pirate.
Nuh-Uh, Chloe Bourgeois is the name of a character/villain before she is akumatized.
I had to do a question like this. Each of these musicals feature Jewish characters: Fiddler on the Roof, Falsettos, Ragtime, Tick, Tick, Boom, Funny Girl, Sunday in the Park with George, Cabaret, and Parade.
Nuh-Uh, Sunday in the Park with George does not feature Jewish characters.
Shuckle, a pure Rock-type Pokemon, is the strongest Pokemon in the games. No, that's not a joke. A Lv. 100 Shuckle with perfect IV's and EV's in Defense, the moves Defense Curl, Mimic, and Power Trick, the held item Metronome, and some assitance from the Pokemon Smeargle, Keckleon, Cherrim, Meditite, and Noibat, and a lucky critical hit, can do upwards of 721 million damage
Nuh-Uh, Shuckle is a Rock/Bug type Pokemon.
LEGO's Bionicle line are set in a sci-fi universe populated by cyborgs. The Toa are heroes with elemental powers who protect the Matoran from the evil Makuta. Toa and Matoran are usually divided into tribes based on the four Aristotelian elements: fire, water, air, and earth, but less common elements were introduced in later editions, like light, gravity, and lightning.
Nuh-Uh, there's actually two more central elemental tribes: stone and ice.