STAR WARS
PREQUELS
PREQUELS
C-3PO's first encounter with a member of the Skywalker family occurs not when he meets Luke Skywalker on the desert planet of Tatooine, but when he meets princess Leia Organa aboard her Alderaan Cruiser.
C-3PO's first encounter with a Skywalker is when he is fixed and reassembled by Anakin Skywalker.
Captain America's shield is so strong because it is made of Adamantium, the same metal in Wolverine's skeleton.
Captain America's shield is made of an alloy of Vibranium and an unknown iron alloy, sometimes called Proto-Adamantium.
Eevee- the 133rd Pokémon- can evolve into Vaporeon, Electreon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, Glaceon and Sylveon.
Eevee can evolve into Jolteon, not Electreon.
Female Smurfs are extremely rare in the Smurf village. In fact, the original animated series has only three female Smurfs: Smurfette, Sassette, and Nanny Smurf. This is because female Smurfs are born only once every thirty years.
Smurfs aren't born, they are created by Gargamel's magic.
In Return of the Jedi, the rebels attack and destroy the new Death Star’s shield generator on the planet Endor with the help of furry creatures called Ewoks.
Endor is a forest moon.
General Grievous, the droid general of the Separatist Army during the Clone Wars, while not capable of wielding the Force, was able to wield four lightsabers in his battle against Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi.
General Grievous is a cyborg.
The X-Men are one of the most multinational superhero teams in comics, including Storm from Kenya, Colossus from the former Soviet Union, and Nightcrawler from Germany. Meanwhile, Professor X, Cyclops, Wolverine, and Jean Grey are all from the United States.
Wolverine is from Canada.
Bonus: Um, actually, in some versions Storm is born in Manhattan.
In the "Pokémon" TV show, most Pokémon communicate by saying their name over and over again in a way that is definitely not annoying, but there are some exceptions. At least one Meowth can speak like a human, Charizard never says his name, and Mr. Mime doesn't make any sound at all.
Mr. Mime does say his name.
When Adora transforms into She-Ra, she gains a variety of powers. She grows seven feet tall, gains super strength and agility, has healing powers, and can magically summon an alicorn (a flying unicorn) called Swift Wind
The alicorn is with Adora all of the time.
We first see the palace of Jabba the Hutt on Tattooine when he is given Han Solo's body frozen in Carbonite. He also keeps a monstrous creature in his palace known as the Sarlacc and feeds his enemies to it.
the Sarlacc is a giant whirlpool of teeth out in the desert; the creature in Jabba's palace is the Rancor.
In Star Wars, Queen Amidala of Naboo casts the tie-breaking vote in the decision to award Chancellor Palpatine emergency powers to fight the Trade Federation.
Jar Jar Binks cast the deciding vote
The character most people know as Wolverine was born with the name "Logan Howlett," named after his father, though he occasionally goes by the name "James" or "Jim" Howlett.
Wolverine was born James Howlett and later adopts the name Logan from his family's groundskeeper Thomas Logan, who murdered his father, though you later find out Thomas Logan is actually his biological father.
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 all members of the same family.
It may seem like a job that requires no training, but Krusty's past, present, and hopeful sidekicks all attended Ivy League schools; Sideshow Bob went to Harvard, Sideshow Mel went to Cornell, and Cecil, Sideshow Bob's brother, went to Princeton.
Sideshow Bob went to Yale, not Harvard.
Though we see Ewoks earlier in “Return of the Jedi”, we don’t actually hear the word “Ewok” until C-3PO encounters them and is able to translate the Ewokese.
Um, actually, you don’t hear the word “Ewok” until the TV Show.
In Star Wars, in order to free young Anakin Skywalker from slavery, Qui-Gon Jinn first uses a Jedi Mind Trick to convince his master Watto, a Toydarian junk merchant, to allow him to pod race.
mind tricks don't work on Toydarians.
n the X-Men series, superpowered mutants often have aliases that somewhat describe their abilities. Some, however, have names that just go with the "X" motif. Including Professor X, Crusader X, Stacy X, X-Man, X-Treme, Mage-X, and X-23.
Mage-X is not a real X-Men.
While Bulbasaur may be the first Pokémon in the Pokédex, several other Pokémon also have a claim to being first. From Rhydon being the first Pokémon designed by developers to Mew being the genetic predecessor of all Pokémon, there is also a question of Arceus, who due to his time travel ability could theoretically travel into the distant past to be the first chronological Pokémon.
Arceus is the god of all Pokémon and does not have time travel abilities.
In "The Simpsons" Principal Skinner is typically referred to as Seymour Skinner, even though his true, full name is W. Seymour Skinner. The viewers still don't know what the W stands for.
Skinner's real name is Armin Tamzarian. In the episode "The Principal and the Pauper," it is revealed that Skinner took the name Seymour Skinner from a man in the same unit as him in the army.
As a powerful Sith Lord, Darth Vader can harness power of the dark side of the Force to conjure Force lightning, and use the power of the Force for evil means like when he uses telekinesis to choke adversaries.
Darth Vader cannot cast Force lightning because he has mechanical limbs.
The character of Anakin Skywalker, perhaps better known as Darth Vader, has appeared in every Star Wars movie except one, The Force Awakens. The first six films basically serve as his life story, in which he is portrayed by no less than four actors, including Jake Lloyd, Hayden Christensen, James Earl Jones, and briefly at the end of Return of the Jedi by David Prowse.
Sebastian Shaw is the actor who's face appears in Return of the Jedi, while David Prowse was the body actor.
In the "X-Men" comics, the classification "Omega Level Mutant" generally designates those mutants with the most powerful abilities. Some of these incredibly powerful mutants include: Iceman, Jean Grey, Matthew Malloy, Kid Omega, Professor X, and X-Man.
Proffessor X is not an Omega Level Mutant.
The Pokémon anime has been on the air for more than twenty years now. In that time, its protagonist, Pokemon trainer Ash Ketchum, has only won two Pokemon league championships. He's also never caught a legendary Pokemon.
Ash has only won one Pokémon League Championship.
In "The Simpsons" episodes "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds," Mr. Burns ends up convinced by Bart and Lisa to spare the lives of the 25 puppies spawned from their dog, Santa's Little Helper, and his mate, She's the Fastest. Unable to home 25 dogs, Marge makes the kids distribute the puppies to random townsfolk including Snake, Groundskeeper Willie, and Krusty.
Mr. Burns keeps all of the dogs to race them and wins because of their superior genetics. The scene where the kids distribute puppies to random townsfolk is from a different episode, "Today I Am a Clown".
One of the most iconic buddy relationships of all time is that of Han Solo and his co-pilot Chewbacca. Chewbacca only speaks to Han in Shyriiwook, though he can understand English just fine, while Han only speaks to Chewbacca in English, as Shyriiwook is rough on human vocal cords.
English won't have been invented for many years. The language they are speaking is called Basic.