Life goes by so fast
Welcome to another episode of "Twilight Blogs About Stuff You Don't Care About". I've decided to title this one "Misquotes, Misrememberings and Mandela Effects", just for the alliteration bonus. If you want to know what a Mandela Effect is, ask your mum. Or Google it. And yes, I know it should be "misquotations", but "misquotes" flows better.
In the Batman & Robin movie, Mr. Freeze (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) makes a lot of ice- and snow-related puns. However, one line he didn't actually say, despite many claiming or remembering that he did, was "Ice to meet you". People are most likely thinking of Rainier Wolfcastle on The Simpsons, a caricature of Schwarzenegger, whose character McBain uses the line "Ice to see you" in one of his movies.
The adverts for Mr Bucket never said "I'm Mr. Bucket, put your balls in my mouth". One of the ads said "Put your balls in my top" and "out of my mouth they will pop".
When Teen Talk Barbie was released, there was a lot of controversy over them saying "Math is hard!"... except none of the dolls ever said that. Each doll was preloaded with a selection of phrases, one of which was "Math class is tough!", not "Math is hard!" or "Math is too hard, let's go shopping!", and only 15% of the dolls actually said "Math class is tough!" to begin with.
You probably all know the tune "Popcorn" - even if not by name, you'd probably at least recognise it. Originally done by Gershon Kingsley, it has been covered by many artists, but despite what the majority of the internet seem to think, Kraftwerk is not one of them. Kraftwerk have gone on record saying that they have never covered "Popcorn", and the cover on YouTube most often attributed to them is actually by M&H Band.
You know that song "Zombie Nation" by Kernkraft 400? Actually, other way around - it's "Kernkraft 400" by Zombie Nation. Easy to confuse, because Kernkraft 400 sounds more like a band name, and the song has the lyrics "Zombie... zombie... zombie... zombie nation" repeated often throughout.
Whenever people quote/reference/parody Anakin Skywalker's "I don't like sand" speech from Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, they'll often end it with "Not like you!", even though Anakin actually says "Not like here" in the movie, referring to the lush, green environment of Naboo.
And speaking of Star Wars, let's get this out of the way quick - Darth Vader's line is "No, I am your father", not "Luke, I am your father." This is so popularly misremembered that even James Earl Jones, the guy who said the line in the first place, later misquoted it as "Luke, I am your father". He also puts emphasis on "I", not "am", and says the line in a quiet, chilling tone, not the loud and dramatic fashion often seen in parodies. Also, Luke's preceding line is not "You killed my father!" The actual dialogue goes:
Darth Vader: Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.
Luke: He told me enough. He told me you killed him!
Darth Vader: No. I am your father.
An oft-quoted line is "Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast", which may be true, but the actual quotation (from the play The Mourning Bride by William Congreve) is "Music has charms to soothe a savage breast". (In other words, music can calm you down when your emotions are out of control.)
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned", right? The actual line is "Heaven has no rage, like love to hatred turned, nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorned."
No one in Star Trek, at any point - series, movies, anything - ever says the line "Beam me up, Scotty". EVER. (No, they don't say it in the animated series either, despite many claiming they did, though they did say "Beam us up, Scotty" a few times.) Despite this, it's one of the most well-known quotations from Star Trek. The actual line was usually something like "X to beam up" (where X was the number of people), addressed to whomever was at the transporter. Being that Scotty was the chief engineer, he was usually down in the engine room making sure the ship didn't blow up - beaming up was usually handled by a guy named Commander Kyle. Occasionally, if Scotty was fixing the transporter, he might have done the beaming once it was fixed, but it wasn't really part of his job at all.
Also, "There's life, Jim, but not as we know it" was never said by Spock. It actually comes from the song "Star Trekkin'" by The Firm. The closest Spock gets is saying "Within range of our sensors, there is no life, other than the accountable human residents of this colony beneath the surface. At least, no life as we know it." in the episode "The Devil in the Dark".
Bones McCoy never said "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a (whatever)". He did say "I'm a doctor, not a _____" quite a lot, but in a much less angry tone than most people remember. They would never have been able to get away with a character saying "Dammit" so much on '60s television anyway.
There is no famous Renaissance artist called "Da Vinci". His name is Leonardo. "Da Vinci" means "of Vinci", referring to his birthplace (the town of Vinci in Tuscany). Saying the Mona Lisa, for example, was painted by da Vinci (and unless it's at the beginning of a sentence, it's "da Vinci", not "Da Vinci") is like saying Harry Potter was written by from Yate. (Leonardo didn't have a surname in the traditional sense - his full name was Lionardo di ser Piero da Vinci, meaning "Leonardo, son of Piero, from Vinci".)
Have a break, have a... what? Kit-Kat? Actually, no, it's KitKat, despite many people remembering it being spelled with a hyphen, which it was at one point... during World War II, and only in England. So unless you live in England and are around 80 years old, you've probably only ever seen it written KitKat.
What's the name of the cartoon show that had such characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, etc.? Looney Toons? Nope, it's Looney Tunes. So many people get this wrong. It's called "Looney Tunes" because it was meant to rival Disney's Silly Symphonies series.
Apparently one of the biggest Mandela Effects is misremembering the name of a certain family of bears as the Berenstein Bears, when they are and have always been the Berenstain Bears. Still, so many people vehemently insist they remember it being Berenstein at one point.
Did you ever eat Fruit Loops cereal as a kid (or even as an adult)? Unless you were eating some cheap store-brand knockoff, the answer is no, because they're called Froot Loops and they always have been.
Similarly, if you've ever freshened your house or furniture with Febreeze, you're either misremembering or were using a cheap knockoff, because the actual product is called Febreze.
Ask someone to sing the end of "We Are the Champions" by Queen. If they finish with a triumphant "...of the world!", then they might be from an alternate universe (assuming you believe that theory). The actual song just ends on "No time for losers, 'cause we are the champions...", there is no "of the world".
Going back to Star Wars, did you know C-3PO isn't actually all gold? Despite many people remembering him as being gold all over, he actually had a silver leg in the original trilogy movies. Go watch the movies or look up screenshots online if you don't believe me.
People often remember Darth Vader's voice in the original trilogy as being much deeper than it actually was. They will often imitate it as being this incredibly deep, booming voice, when in actuality it was only slightly deeper than a normal (male) speaking voice, and slightly muffled and distorted due to his helmet.
Whenever anyone parodies Yoda, they will ALWAYS use that unique word order and sentence structure. Think Yoda always talks like this, they do. But actually, around 2/3 of Yoda's lines in the Star Wars movies (original trilogy and prequel trilogy) are said with normal sentence structure. While he does use "Yoda speak" now and then (e.g. "Around the survivors, a perimeter create" in Attack of the Clones), it's a lot rarer than most people think, and certainly not every single thing he says.
When people reference the "Step three: Profit" meme from South Park, they tend to phrase it as "Step 1: (do something), Step 2: ???, Step 3: Profit!" However, in the actual South Park episode "Gnomes", it looked like this:
Phase 1: Collect underpants ("phase", not "step" or "stage")
Phase 2: ? (only one question mark)
Phase 3: Profit (no exclamation mark)
In the Batman & Robin movie, Mr. Freeze (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) makes a lot of ice- and snow-related puns. However, one line he didn't actually say, despite many claiming or remembering that he did, was "Ice to meet you". People are most likely thinking of Rainier Wolfcastle on The Simpsons, a caricature of Schwarzenegger, whose character McBain uses the line "Ice to see you" in one of his movies.
The adverts for Mr Bucket never said "I'm Mr. Bucket, put your balls in my mouth". One of the ads said "Put your balls in my top" and "out of my mouth they will pop".
When Teen Talk Barbie was released, there was a lot of controversy over them saying "Math is hard!"... except none of the dolls ever said that. Each doll was preloaded with a selection of phrases, one of which was "Math class is tough!", not "Math is hard!" or "Math is too hard, let's go shopping!", and only 15% of the dolls actually said "Math class is tough!" to begin with.
You probably all know the tune "Popcorn" - even if not by name, you'd probably at least recognise it. Originally done by Gershon Kingsley, it has been covered by many artists, but despite what the majority of the internet seem to think, Kraftwerk is not one of them. Kraftwerk have gone on record saying that they have never covered "Popcorn", and the cover on YouTube most often attributed to them is actually by M&H Band.
You know that song "Zombie Nation" by Kernkraft 400? Actually, other way around - it's "Kernkraft 400" by Zombie Nation. Easy to confuse, because Kernkraft 400 sounds more like a band name, and the song has the lyrics "Zombie... zombie... zombie... zombie nation" repeated often throughout.
Whenever people quote/reference/parody Anakin Skywalker's "I don't like sand" speech from Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, they'll often end it with "Not like you!", even though Anakin actually says "Not like here" in the movie, referring to the lush, green environment of Naboo.
And speaking of Star Wars, let's get this out of the way quick - Darth Vader's line is "No, I am your father", not "Luke, I am your father." This is so popularly misremembered that even James Earl Jones, the guy who said the line in the first place, later misquoted it as "Luke, I am your father". He also puts emphasis on "I", not "am", and says the line in a quiet, chilling tone, not the loud and dramatic fashion often seen in parodies. Also, Luke's preceding line is not "You killed my father!" The actual dialogue goes:
Darth Vader: Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.
Luke: He told me enough. He told me you killed him!
Darth Vader: No. I am your father.
An oft-quoted line is "Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast", which may be true, but the actual quotation (from the play The Mourning Bride by William Congreve) is "Music has charms to soothe a savage breast". (In other words, music can calm you down when your emotions are out of control.)
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned", right? The actual line is "Heaven has no rage, like love to hatred turned, nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorned."
No one in Star Trek, at any point - series, movies, anything - ever says the line "Beam me up, Scotty". EVER. (No, they don't say it in the animated series either, despite many claiming they did, though they did say "Beam us up, Scotty" a few times.) Despite this, it's one of the most well-known quotations from Star Trek. The actual line was usually something like "X to beam up" (where X was the number of people), addressed to whomever was at the transporter. Being that Scotty was the chief engineer, he was usually down in the engine room making sure the ship didn't blow up - beaming up was usually handled by a guy named Commander Kyle. Occasionally, if Scotty was fixing the transporter, he might have done the beaming once it was fixed, but it wasn't really part of his job at all.
Also, "There's life, Jim, but not as we know it" was never said by Spock. It actually comes from the song "Star Trekkin'" by The Firm. The closest Spock gets is saying "Within range of our sensors, there is no life, other than the accountable human residents of this colony beneath the surface. At least, no life as we know it." in the episode "The Devil in the Dark".
Bones McCoy never said "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a (whatever)". He did say "I'm a doctor, not a _____" quite a lot, but in a much less angry tone than most people remember. They would never have been able to get away with a character saying "Dammit" so much on '60s television anyway.
There is no famous Renaissance artist called "Da Vinci". His name is Leonardo. "Da Vinci" means "of Vinci", referring to his birthplace (the town of Vinci in Tuscany). Saying the Mona Lisa, for example, was painted by da Vinci (and unless it's at the beginning of a sentence, it's "da Vinci", not "Da Vinci") is like saying Harry Potter was written by from Yate. (Leonardo didn't have a surname in the traditional sense - his full name was Lionardo di ser Piero da Vinci, meaning "Leonardo, son of Piero, from Vinci".)
Have a break, have a... what? Kit-Kat? Actually, no, it's KitKat, despite many people remembering it being spelled with a hyphen, which it was at one point... during World War II, and only in England. So unless you live in England and are around 80 years old, you've probably only ever seen it written KitKat.
What's the name of the cartoon show that had such characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, etc.? Looney Toons? Nope, it's Looney Tunes. So many people get this wrong. It's called "Looney Tunes" because it was meant to rival Disney's Silly Symphonies series.
Apparently one of the biggest Mandela Effects is misremembering the name of a certain family of bears as the Berenstein Bears, when they are and have always been the Berenstain Bears. Still, so many people vehemently insist they remember it being Berenstein at one point.
Did you ever eat Fruit Loops cereal as a kid (or even as an adult)? Unless you were eating some cheap store-brand knockoff, the answer is no, because they're called Froot Loops and they always have been.
Similarly, if you've ever freshened your house or furniture with Febreeze, you're either misremembering or were using a cheap knockoff, because the actual product is called Febreze.
Ask someone to sing the end of "We Are the Champions" by Queen. If they finish with a triumphant "...of the world!", then they might be from an alternate universe (assuming you believe that theory). The actual song just ends on "No time for losers, 'cause we are the champions...", there is no "of the world".
Going back to Star Wars, did you know C-3PO isn't actually all gold? Despite many people remembering him as being gold all over, he actually had a silver leg in the original trilogy movies. Go watch the movies or look up screenshots online if you don't believe me.
People often remember Darth Vader's voice in the original trilogy as being much deeper than it actually was. They will often imitate it as being this incredibly deep, booming voice, when in actuality it was only slightly deeper than a normal (male) speaking voice, and slightly muffled and distorted due to his helmet.
Whenever anyone parodies Yoda, they will ALWAYS use that unique word order and sentence structure. Think Yoda always talks like this, they do. But actually, around 2/3 of Yoda's lines in the Star Wars movies (original trilogy and prequel trilogy) are said with normal sentence structure. While he does use "Yoda speak" now and then (e.g. "Around the survivors, a perimeter create" in Attack of the Clones), it's a lot rarer than most people think, and certainly not every single thing he says.
When people reference the "Step three: Profit" meme from South Park, they tend to phrase it as "Step 1: (do something), Step 2: ???, Step 3: Profit!" However, in the actual South Park episode "Gnomes", it looked like this:
Phase 1: Collect underpants ("phase", not "step" or "stage")
Phase 2: ? (only one question mark)
Phase 3: Profit (no exclamation mark)
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