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Arcade classic Donkey Kong (1981) saw Jumpman, who would later be renamed Mario, face off against Donkey Kong after kidnapping Princess Toadstool, better known as Princess Peach.
Um, actually, the female character first found in Donkey Kong (1981) was not Princess Peach, but was instead Pauline (who's character would later be revived for her appearance as the mayor of Super Mario Odyssey's New Donk City.
The starring protagonist of the television anime "Eminence in Shadow", Cid Kagenou, is known for his ridiculous antics and personality. Leader of Shadow Garden, a cabal of powerful descendant Shades, each named after the first seven letters of the Greek alphabet, as they fight against the group known as the Cult of Diablos. Drawing from various sources of power, Cid's ultimate ability is simply called Nuclear Magic, where he focuses his magic as densely as possible before releasing it with the phrase "I am Atomic".
Um, actually his signature magic isn't called Nuclear Magic, it's Atomic Magic.
Beyond several hit tracks against Drake and a surge of popularity ensuing from 2024's beef between the once colleagues, Kung-Fu Kenny found his first US Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single in Not Like Us.
Um, actually Not Like Us isn't Dot's first no. 1, that accolade goes to 2017's HUMBLE. However, Not Like Us is his first single to debut at no. 1.
A renaissance man, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a 6 time NBA MVP, 6 time champion, NBA Rookie of the Year, made his silver screen debut in Bruce Lee's feature film Way of the Dragon, a degree owner from New York Institute of Technology, as well as authoring 17 books.
Um, actually Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was in Bruce Lee's posthumous film Game of Death, not Way of the Dragon, which featured Chuck Norris.
Shin Megami Tensei, Japanese for "True Goddess's Reincarnation," has many mascots, but most notably Jack Frost of the Jack family. Some of his contemporaries include Black Frost, King Frost, Raiho (a pun on Raido), Jack-o Lanturn, and Jack-the-Ripper.
Um, actually Jack-o Lanturn is not the name of the Jack Bro. from SMT, his name is now Pyro Jack.
In the ninth movie of the super trilogy, Rise of Skywalker, the final scene triumphantly shows us Rey returning Anakin's lightsaber to Tatooine, his home planet, rejecting her Palpatine blood and fully adopting the surname Skywalker in honor of her mentor.
Um, actually she returns Luke's lightsaber, not Anakin's.
Bowser, formerly known as King Koopa, has a fairly large family tree. Of which, he has 8 children, one for each of the 8 worlds found in the various Mario games. These include: Larry, Morton, Wendy, Iggy, Roy, Lemmy, Ludwig, and finally Bowser Jr.
Um, actually Bowser only has one child and that's Bowser Jr. The rest of the Koopa kids were originally Bowser's offspring but have since been retconned.
"Jobless Reincarnation: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu" follows the life of a 34-year-old shut-in named Satoru Fujinuma who dies in our world and is reborn in a fantasy realm as Rudeus Greyrat, retaining his memories and intellect. Embracing his second chance at life, Rudeus resolves to become a powerful mage. Under the guidance of Roxy Migurdia, a skilled mage, he hones his magical abilities and embarks on adventures across the mystical world. Along the way, Rudeus forms close bonds with key characters like Sylphiette, a young elf girl whom he vows to protect.
Recorded in 2014 and slated for release two years later, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter V was met with several delays as a result of contractual disputes between him and Cash Money Records, as well as numerous personal disputes with label-head, Birdman.
Um, actually Tha Carter V was recorded in 2012 and set to release in 2014.
Fun fact: in 2019, several unused and/or unmastered tracks were leaked with some of them being rereleased on its 2020 digital deluxe edition.
Starring in the Amazon Original documentary The Last Dance, which would later launch the "...and I took that personally" meme, MLB player Michael Jordan is an avid golfer and owner of esports team/company aXiomatic, as well as dabbling in being a restauranteur.
Um, actually The Last Dance is a Netflix original, not Amazon.
Originally created as Square's swan song due to financial hardship, Final Fantasy became an instant hit and spawned a large amount of conventions copied by its genre successors for years to come. These include: chocobos, moogles, slimes, Cid, Biggs and Wedge, Summons, and Gilgamesh.
Um, actually slimes are an iconic creature from Dragon Quest and not Final Fantasy. More even, they were popular in Dungeons & Dragons before that.
Fleshed out more in the semi-canon Legends chronology, lightsaber combat falls into eight difference styles. These include Form III Soresu, Form VII Vapaad, and form VIII Jar'Kai.
Um, actually Jar'Kai is NOT a form of lightsaber combat. There are only VII and Jar'Kai is the act of dual wielding two sabers, which you would then use one or more of the VII styles.
Speaking of Bowser, did you know Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto originally envisioned Bowser as a hippo? However, Nintendo designer Takashi Tezuka suggested that Bowser looked more like a turtle, and the rest is history.
Um, actually Bowser was not meant to be a hippo, but an ox, as Miyamoto based him off of the Ox-King from the 1960 Japanese cartoon Journey to the West and the Toei Animation film Alakazam the Great.
In the popular isekai series That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime/Tensei Shitara Suraimu Datta Ken, Rimuru Tempest is the reincarnated entity born from Satoru Mikami, a 37-year old Japanese salaryman. Owing to his abilities of Predator and Gabriel, which would later evolve into Great Sage, Rimuru quickly rises in power in his new life, even taking on the appearance of a heralded hero in Shizu, another Japanese reincarnation resident.
Um, actually the ability wasn't named Gabriel, it was Raphael after the other Renaissance era archangel.
Known for his unique style of sampling and style mixing as well as being a, at times direct, student of some of hip hop's seminal greats in Common, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, and Jay-Z, LA grown artist Ye, previously known as Kanye West, recorded his studio debut album's first track with his jaw wired shut due to a car accident, leading to his iconic Through the Wire.
With a career average of 27.1 PPG, on February 7th, 2023, Lebron James scored his 38,388th point in a home game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 38,387 points. The achievement elevated him to the all-time top scorer position.
Um, actually the team Lebron became the top scorer was not against the Timberwolves, but against OKC.
Sega's hit brawler JRPG turned traditional JRPG Ryu ga Gotoku, better known as Yakuza in Western markets and now as its proper translation Like a Dragon, originally starred Kiryu Kazuma, a Tojo Clan, a Kanto based family, member fighting against the Omi Alliance from Kyoto.
Um, actually Kiryu is never a member of the yakuza in any of the games. He was temporarily expelled from the family during the events of Zero and was expelled before the events of 1 begin.
Despite the long running community joke of Darth Jar Jar, Gungans are amongst the races that have never had even a Jedi. These also include the Sith (race), the Yuuzhan Vong, the Chiss, Twi'lek, Trandoshans, Rodians, Bothans, and Geonosians.
Um, actually there is a Gungan Jedi, Master Tarpals from Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
Mario's signature kart, debuting in Mario Kart DS, is known as the Z-Dasher, owing its appearance to Honda's RA271, responsible for Japan's first Forumla One victory back in 1964.
Um, actually it's called the B-Dasher, as a pun on the fact that you have to hold the B button to run or "dash" in Mario games.
In 2015's Overlord Episode 12 "The Bloody Valkyrie", Momonga under the pseudonym "Ainz Ooal Gown" casts a series of buffs in preparation to fighter his floor guardian Shalltear Bloodfallen. In order, they are Body of Effulgent Beryl, Fly, Breath of Magic Caster, Infinity Wall, Magic Wall: Holy, Life Essence, Greater Full Potential, Freedom, False Data: Life, See Through, Paranormal Intuition, Greater Resistance, Mantle of Chaos, Indomitability, Senor Boost, Greater Luck, Magic Boost, Divine Favor, Draconic Power, Greater Hardening, Heavenly Aura, Absorption, Penetrate Up, Greater Magic Shield, Mana Essence, Triple Maximize Magic: Explode Mine, Triplet Magic: Greater Magic Seal, Triplet Maximize Boosted Magic: Magic Arrow,
Um, actually Divine Favor isn't part of the buffs Ainz uses. That's a popular passive buff from Dungeons & Dragon's 5e.
Speaking on diss tracks, did you know one of the "rappers" Eminem had to face early in his own career was his mother Hailie Mathers? In the song Dear Marshall, Halie defends herself as Marshall's mother as well as denouncing his persona as Eminem.
Um, actually Halie Mathers is not Eminem's mother but rather is his daughter. His mother is Debbie Mathers.
Shaq Fu is a 2D fighting game published by Electronic Arts for the Sega Genesis and Super NES on October 28, 1994. It was developed by Delphine Software International. In the game's storyline, Shaquille O'Neal walks into a dojo while heading to a charity basketball game in Tokyo, Japan. After speaking with Leotsu, a martial arts master, Shaq goes to another dimension, the Second World, where he must rescue a young boy named Nezu from the evil mummy Kan-Ra.
Um, actually the mummy is Sett Ra. Kan-Ra is the mummy character from the fighting game Killer Instinct.
Somewhat of the Cabela of the East, Monster Hunter tasks players with ecological culling of dangerous apex predators within ecosystems. Oftentimes, the cover will reflect a very striking design, known as flagship monsters, such as the fanged wyvern Zinogre, the leviathan Lagiacrus, the bird wyvern Rathalos, or even the elder dragon Nergigante.
Um, actually Rathalos is a flying wyvern and not a bird wyvern.
With a very bureaucratic organization, the Jedi order has many ranks within it including: Youngling, Padawan, Knight, Hunter, Sentinel, Consular, Master, Council Member, and Grand Master.
Um, actually there is no such thing as a Jedi Hunter. There are Jedi Knights who act as bounty hunters for those within the Order, but no rank specifically called "hunter."
A man of many talents, Mario is not unlike Hasbro's Barbie in his many career paths. Due to his appearances in his many spin-off series, he has earned a resume that includes his vocations as a plumber, doctor, racer, martial artist, golf player, basketball player, baseball player, and soccer player.
Um, actually, Nintendo has only confirmed seven of Mario's jobs with golf player not being one of them. However, you can see a character that suspiciously looks like Mario in the Punch-Out!! game for the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
An early subversion of the isekai trope/genre, The Devil is a Part-Timer/Hataraku Maō-sama! finds Sadao Maou working at a WcDonald's to make ends meet. He is joined by Shirō Ashiya, his closest general, Hanzō Urushihara, a fallen angel and one of his generals, Suzuno Kamazuki, a grand inquisitor of the Church in Ente Isla, and finally Emi Yusa, the hero of Ente Isle.
Um, actually he works at MgRonald's. WcDonald's is a common anime trope but not the name of his restaurant.
In 2004's AKI Engine game Def Jam: Fight for NY, the player is tasked with fighting through underground fight clubs to grow in notoriety by defeating Def Jam contemporaries, until ultimately culminating in the defenestration of Raven (as portrayed by Snoop Dogg).
Um, actually, the villain of the game is Snoop Dogg as Crow.
King Kong vs. Charles Barkley is a 1992 Nike television commercial directed by Michael Owens. Produced by Industrial Light & Magic, the commercial featured a giant-sized version of NBA star Charles Barkley challenging Kong to a game of basketball in the streets of downtown New York City.
Um, actually the commercial was Godzilla vs Charles Barkley. We can watch the clip together here:
Finding very little success, particularly in the West, until Awakening, Nintendo's Fire Emblem is a tactical role-playing game series. In many of them that feature blue haired protagonists, such as Marth or Chrom, the ultimate weapon according to the lore is the Excalibur, renown for its ability to slay dragons.
Um, actually, in the Fire Emblem series, the iconic weapon wielded by Marth and Chrom is called Falchion, not Excalibur.
Jango Fett, a Mandalorian from the planet Concord Dawn, rose to prominence as one of the galaxy's most skilled and feared bounty hunters. Renowned for his combat prowess, cunning, and distinctive Mandalorian armor, Fett became the genetic template for the clone army commissioned by the Galactic Republic. His legacy extends through his son, Boba Fett, who followed in his father's footsteps as a formidable bounty hunter.
Um, actually Jango Fett is not a Mandalorian. Boba Fett was originally human, but was retconned into Mandalorian, back to human in the Disney timeline.