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In the Doctor Who two parter, aliens of london/world war three The Doctor and Rose encounter the siltheen, an alien species that infiltrated 10 downing street to ruin the earth and sell it for rocket fuel. The siltheen can be destroyed by vinegar because they are a calcium based species.

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Um Actually The Siltheen is not the name of the species. It's a family name. The actual species name is Raxacoricofallapatorians, other familes include the blathereen and Hamazeen

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In the futuristic world of Psycho-Pass, law enforcement is equipped with high-tech firearm, named Dominators. It is able to scan a target's Psycho-Pass and change form according to their Crime Coefficient. It has various modes such as Non-Lethal Paralyzer, which fires non-lethal rounds that immobilizes the target, Lethal-Eliminator which fires a vaporizing shot which cleanly disposes of the target, and Destroy Decomposer that is mainly used against non-organic targets.

Should the target's Crime Coefficient be insufficient for enforcement, the gun will lock itself, preventing it from being fired, even if the enforcement officer's judgement determines otherwise.

CorrectionUm actually ... Eliminator does not cleanly dispose of the target. When shot, the target will swell and explode into a gory mess.

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A iconic series requires a iconic villain. Dio is a key figure in many parts of the JoJo series, with many equally memorable lines. In part 1, it includes 'but it was me, Dio', 'do you remember how many bread you ate?', "I reject my humanity".

When he reappeared in part 3 and gained his stand, iconic phrases includes "Za Warudo", "I see you are approaching me", and his "Muda barrage" that spans a staggering 7 out of the 19 pages of the chapter in the manga.

CorrectionUm actually ... Dio did not perform the Muda barrage that spans 7 pages. That was performed by Giorno against Cioccolata instead.

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Mao Mao challenged Lakan to a Xiang Qi match, in exchange for him buying a courtesan if Mao Mao wins. Mao Mao prepared 5 cups of liquor, with 3 laced with a dose of poison, where 3 doses would be lethal. Mao Mao was no match for Lakan and lost the first two rounds, thus drank two cups. Lakan, to avoid the potential lethal dose for Mao Mao, threw the third round and drank one glass. He noticed the awful taste of the poison and thus was confident in winning the upcoming rounds. However, he underestimated the potency of the poison, leading him unable to continue the match just from a single cup and thus forfeiting it.

CorrectionUm actually ... He did not fall prey to the poison.

He has low tolerance for liquor and it was the alcohol content that done him in.

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When Eggsy enlisted in Kingsman, Merlin gave each one of them a body bag and instructed them to write the their names and the details of their next of kin. This is to acknowledge the risk associated and strict confidentiality of the organization. Roxy played it off as a "classic army technique" to scare new cadets. However, they come to a grim realization in their first test, where the room is suddenly flooded with water, leading to the death of Amelia.

CorrectionUm actually ... Amelia did not die.

Galahad later revealed that she was a plant setup by the organization. They were testing the cadets limits but without risking lives; similar to the other tasks, how there was no missing parachute in a later task, or that blanks were used to shoot the dogs.

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After being frustrated about being treated like a child, Barnacle Boy broke his friendship with Mermaid Man. He became Barnacle Man, and joined Man Ray and the Dirty Bubble, forming group E.V.I.L: the Elite Villain Interspecies Legion.

CorrectionUm actually ... E.V.I.L does not represent that. It means Every Villain Is Lemons (though "Villain" was misspelled on the TV).

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Even in Generation I, there is various ways of evolving a Pokemon. One of these methods is via various evolution stones introduced in the generation itself, which are the Fire Stone, Water Stone, Thunder Stone, Leaf Stone and Moon Stone.

And the Pokemon that is heavily influenced by these stones is Eevee. In Generation I, it evolves into Flareon via the Fire Stone, Vaporeon via the Water Stone and Jolteon via the Thunder Stone. In Generation IV, when Leafeon is introduced, Eevee can evolve into it via the Leaf Stone.

However, till date, there is no evolution for Eevee via the Moon Stone.

CorrectionUm actually ... Eevee does not evolve into Leafon via Leaf Stone in Generation IV.

That method is only introduced in Generation VIII.

Prior to that, you would need to level up Eevee near a Moss Rock.

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A Pyscho-Pass is a scan of a person's mental state by the Sibyl System. It is deeply ingrained in society, being used to determine a person's career and academic prospect, and even for law enforcement purposes. To overthrow the system, Makishima Shogo invented a helmet that fabricates a low crime coefficient for its wearer. This allows the wearer to trespass and commit crimes without being stopped by security bots and Psycho-Pass scanners. The distribution of this helmet ultimately lead to numerous riots which created chaos for his next plans.

CorrectionUm actually ... It does not fabricate a Psycho-Pass.

Fabricating a Psycho-Pass is too intensive to be achieved. It instead copies the cleanest Pyscho-Pass from another person within proximity.

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After the protagonist boarded the oil freighter which is actually Strength, they faced its Stand user, a giant monkey. It is highly intelligent and demonstrate human-like behaviours, such as smoking cigarettes, solving Rubik's cube and lusting over the young girl Anne while she's showering. It was a formidable foe as it is able to phase through the ship and even managed to restrain Jotaro. However, Jotaro managed to defeat it, after freeing himself by provoking it and extended his "Star Finger" to launch a coat button into its head.

CorrectionUm actually ... It was not a giant monkey It was an orangutan, which is technically an ape.

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The "Titan injection" is a fluid speculated to be synthesized from Titan spinal fluids, appeared at several plot points. When injected, it converts anyone (without the Power of the Titans) into a Pure Titan. The syringe was introduced in fragments of Eren's memory, where Grisha injects him to pass him the power of the Attack Titan. Later, we see Rod Reiss attempt employ it to have Historia regain the Founding Titan from Eren. It was also used to save Armin who was mortally wounded, by turning him into a titan, then gaining the Colossus Titan. We also learnt much later that Marley uses it on convicted Eldians, turning them into Pure Titans to roam Paradis Island.

CorrectionUm actually ... The injection doesn't converts anyone into a Titan. It only affects Subjects of Ymir.

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After Undead learnt about the curse of Izumo Fuuko and knowing that it would be useful in killing him, he brought her to his abandoned hospital hideout. There, he tested various aspects of the curse. However, he was interrupted when the organization infiltrated their base and ambushed him. The conflict ended when Fuuko kissed him and caused a lightning strike to zap both Undead and the assailant, defeating the foe.

CorrectionUm actually ... The kiss didn't cause a lightning strike. The lightning is caused by him cutting her hair.

The kiss caused a meteorite to obliterate the hideout.

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The anime adaptation, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, follows similar story-beats as its source material and movie adaption. Scott first meets Ramona in his dreams, then goes to Julie's party, sees Ramona and tries to make small talks but fails. Later, he orders a package from amazon.ca to meet her again, where they agreed to a date. The date ended with them sleeping together. The plot diverges during the fight with Matthew Patel, where instead of beating Matthew like in the graphic novel and movie, he lost and (supposedly) died. Following that, it revolves around Ramona trying to ascertain Scott's where-about.

CorrectionUm actually ... Scott didn't use amazon.ca in the anime adaptation. He used Netflix instead.

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In Balatro, you play various poker hands to score points. Apart from standard poker hands, there are some non-conventional ones which are not possible with a standard deck of cards. These are Five of a Kind, Flush House and Flush Five. Perhaps due to the amount of deck manipulation to achieve it, Flush Five boasts the highest base Chip and Mult, as well as the highest Chip scaling and Mult scaling of all the hands.

CorrectionUm actually ... While Flush Five does have the highest base Chips and Mults (160 Chips and 16 Mult), and Chips scaling, it does not have the highest Mult scaling.

It scales by +50 Chips and +3 Mult, but Straight Flush and Flush House scales by +40 Chips and +4 Mult.

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On the last hand of poker against D'Arby, Jotaro refused to see his hand, nor exchange his cards. D'Arby was about to call Jotaro after he bet his remaining "soul chips", but Jotaro interrupts by also betting the souls of Kakyoin and Avdol. Right after hearing this raise of ante, in exchange for information about Dio's stand; D'Arby had a mental breakdown, causing him to admit defeat in his heart and lose the gamble.

CorrectionUm actually ... D'Arby didn't lose when Jotaro raised using their souls. He lost after Jotaro raises using his mother's soul.

The sequence of events is:

  1. Jotaro goes all in with his soul chips, together with Avdol's.
  2. D'Arby raises him 6 chips
  3. Jotaro calls him, wagering Kakyoin's soul using an IOU
  4. Jotaro further raises his mother, Holly's soul, in exchange for information about Dio's stand.
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In Snowdin, we are introduced to the multicolor tile puzzle by Papyrus. Each colored tile has a different function, and have complicated interactions, as explained by Papyrus. If the player understands Papyrus' explanation, Papyrus will activate the puzzle, only for it to generate an extremely simple layout. If the player doesn't understand it, Papyrus will explain the puzzle again, only to fumble on the details. If the player insist in being confused, Papyrus won't activate the puzzle, allowing the user to skip it. In either situation, the complicated function and interaction of the tiles was completely insignificant to the player.

CorrectionUm actually ... The function of the tiles is significant to gameplay. In Hotland, after hearing Mettaton sing, we revisit the multicolor tile puzzle, but this time with an actual maze and a time limit. The player had to recall the function of the tiles to navigate and complete the maze.

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"Hi! I like shorts! They're comfy and easy to wear!". Those are the famous words uttered by Youngster Joey in Generation I (though he was unnamed until Generation 3). You encounter him on Route 3, on the way to Mt. Moon. His team consists of a Rattata and an Ekans.

CorrectionUm actually ... Joey does not say those words. The quote is from Youngster Ben instead. Youngster Joey is the other famous Youngster, known for his endless praise of his Rattata in Generation II.

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After our duo gets thrown into the Void, they encountered Chris Evans as the Human Torch. They were then captured and brought before Cassandra Nova, the twin sister of Charles Xavier. However, Deadpool betrayed the Human Torch by falsely accusing him of badmouthing her on the way there, incurring her anger and inciting her to tear the flesh off of his bones.

CorrectionUm actually ... Deadpool did not falsely accuse the Human Torch. In the post credit scene, we see that the Human Torch did, in fact, say those things.

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In the future of the beta timeline, Mayuri adopted a war orphan, Kagari. When their time machine was discovered and attacked, Kagari was sent back in time with Suzuha. During Suzuha's mission, she lost Kagari. After Suzuha jumped forwards in time to continue her mission, she kept searching for Kagari. When Kagari was found, she was identified by the Metal Upa she has with her, a keepsake from Mayuri.

CorrectionUm actually ... Kagari didn't have a Metal Upa, it was the Green Fairy Upa.

The Mayuri got the Metal Upa from capsule machine, but it was misplaced and ended up together with the time travel thesis in this timeline in 2010.

The Green Fairy Upa was bought from the store in the beta timeline after Kurisu's death.

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At the climax of fight against Pucci, many of our protagonists have died after he activated Made of Heaven, barring Emporio. He was brought over to the new universe, much to his confusion. To tie up loose ends, Pucci pursued Emporio in Green Dolphin Prison, ultimately ending up in the ghost room. There, Emporio assimilated Weather Report's stand disc, and used it to remove the oxygen in the room suffocating Pucci and finally killing him.

CorrectionUm actually ... Emporio didn't used Weather Report's stand to remove the oxygen in the room. He actually increased the oxygen level and killed Pucci by oxygen poisoning.

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In the Okinawa chapter, the Peek a Boo diving club hosted their own Otoori, an Okinawa drinking custom. In their variant, everyone adds the liquor of their choice to a pot, then everyone drinks from the same pot. The liquor that was added includes a hearty dose of classic Spirytus by the club members, and Awamori by Kouhei and Iori. More ridiculously, laboratory ethyl ethanol was added by the chemistry major student.

CorrectionUm actually ... Ethyl ethanol (80%) was not added, because it would reduce the alcohol concentration of the pot, which was mainly 96% Spirytus.

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In the original release of Maple Story, players start as a Beginner. Only after reaching level 10, they can transition into their first job by talking to the respective NPC in the area:

  • To be a Archer, Athena Pierce in Henesys.
  • To be a Warrior, Dances with Balrog in Perion.
  • To be a Magician, Grendel the Really Old in Ellinia
  • To be a Rogue, the Dark Lord in Kerning City

CorrectionUm actually ... Players can choose Magician as a job once they hit level 8.

A patch later on standardized it to be 10.

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Enya the Hag controls Justice, a terrifying stand that is made of a cloud of fog. It can control anybody by tying strings of fog into their open wounds. Since it is a fog, it is also basically impervious to physical attacks. Justice was ultimately defeated when Jotaro uses Star Platinum's agility and power to disperse Justice before it can reform itself.

CorrectionUm actually ... Jotaro did not disperse Justice. He used Star Platinum to inhale Justice, causing Enya to suffocate.

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"Gotta catch 'em all" has been the slogan for the Pokemon franchise. Thus, when the original Japanese Generation II was released, they introduced 100 new Pokemons to catch. The Pokedex also includes the Generation I Pokemons, which gives a total of 251 unique Pokemons. On top of that, they introduced Shiny variants for the Pokemon, which appears extremely rarely and is a prized item for collectors. For the less extreme fans, they (though somewhat misguidedly) added Unown, a Pokemon shaped based on the English alphabet with 26 different forms (in that generation) to collect. To accommodate for players who wishes to fill their PC with all unique Pokemons (excluding Shiny Pokemons) and Unown forms, they also increased the PC Pokemon storage capacity from 240 to 280, just barely enough to fit them.

CorrectionUm actually ... The initial Japanese release of Generation II doesn't have 280 space for the PC. It only have 270, which makes it shy of the 251 + 25 (other forms of Unown) = 276 slots required to fill the PC with unique Pokemons and their forms. For the international release, they increased it to 280. Kind of hints that Unown was not well thought out.

Note: the 2 other forms of Unown, based on the question mark and exclamation mark, are introduced in Generation III.

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Digimon need a lot of food to stay alive. Thus, File City has a farm that grows vegetables such as Super Carrots and Hawk Radish that are supplied daily to the player for free to feed their Digimon. Initially ran by Tanemon, you can improve the farm by recruiting other Digimons to the town, such as Palmon and finally Vegiemon.

CorrectionUm actually ... The vegetables are not free. The farm in File City don't primarily grow vegetables. They grow meat, and those are the daily supplies. Vegetables can be purchased once Vegiemon runs the farm.

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After Pucci obtained Made in Heaven, he began accelerating time for all non-living things in the universe. Due to this, the whole world experienced various strange phenomena. These includes corpses rotting quickly, vehicle moving faster than a person could operate leading to widespread accidents, the sun and moon moving at fast speeds across the sky, and oddly specifically, every manga artists being unable to keep up with the weekly release schedule.

CorrectionUm actually ... Not every manga artist is unable to keep up. In particular, Kishibe Rohan is able to keep up with the accelerated schedule.

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