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Garioshi 10/27/23 5:21:47 PM #1:	In Tales of Arise, a character named Zephyr says "we have an ace up our sleeve" several times despite the fact that playing cards do not exist, and even if they did, he is a slave that never would have had the opportunity to with them. Any other glaring examples of shit like this? --- "I play with myself" - Darklit_Minuet, 2018 <cite>Garioshi posted [p:976893281] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>In Tales of Arise, a character named Zephyr says "we have an ace up our sleeve" several times despite the fact that playing cards do not exist, and even if they did, he is a slave that never would have had the opportunity to with them. Any other glaring examples of shit like this? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Phantom_Nook 10/27/23 5:23:44 PM #2:	Shrek says "hold the phone," even though phones don't exist yet. --- currently waiting for my turn in Master Duel. <cite>Phantom_Nook posted [p:976893302] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Shrek says "hold the phone," even though phones don't exist yet. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
cuttin_in_farm 10/27/23 5:23:46 PM #3:	Any game or show that says oh my God when no/multiple gods exist in the setting. --- A show of kindness may not do much help, but a show of cruelty may do much harm. <cite>cuttin_in_farm posted [p:976893303] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Any game or show that says oh my God when no/multiple gods exist in the setting. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 10/27/23 5:29:50 PM #4:	Garioshi posted... In Tales of Arise, a character named Zephyr says "we have an ace up our sleeve" several times despite the fact that playing cards do not exist, I was going to mention the same idiom, except for Xenoblade 3. Noah says it at one point, but seeing as he and his party members are child soldiers raised specifically to fight in an endless war for no real reason, I find it hard to believe that they would have ever had a chance to play cards if playing cards even exist in Aionios outside of the City. (The Kevesi and Agnian soldiers don't even know what sex is, nor do they have any concept of parentage and romantic love.) --- "Be good to yourself, because everyone else in the world is probably out to get you." - Dr. Harleen Quinzel <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:976893373] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Garioshi posted... </cite><quote>In Tales of Arise, a character named Zephyr says "we have an ace up our sleeve" several times despite the fact that playing cards do not exist,</quote>I was going to mention the same idiom, except for Xenoblade 3. Noah says it at one point, but seeing as he and his party members are child soldiers raised specifically to fight in an endless war for no real reason, I find it hard to believe that they would have ever had a chance to play cards if playing cards even exist in Aionios outside of the City. (The Kevesi and Agnian soldiers don't even know what sex is, nor do they have any concept of parentage and romantic love.) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Linze 10/27/23 5:32:09 PM #5:	Son of a submarine. --- Once you're aware of your own art, you can train yourself to identify and replicate the "good" ones... And hands off the bad ones. <cite>Linze posted [p:976893403] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Son of a submarine. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
yunalenne10 10/27/23 5:32:18 PM #6:	Concept of menus in The Lord of The Rings. <cite>yunalenne10 posted [p:976893408] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Concept of menus in The Lord of The Rings.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Letsago 10/27/23 5:33:30 PM #7:	Didn't they change a mention of Einstein in one of the Star Fox games because of this? --- Let's-a go! Okey dokey! <cite>Letsago posted [p:976893435] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Didn't they change a mention of Einstein in one of the Star Fox games because of this? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Technician_X 10/27/23 6:03:23 PM #8:	Not an idiom thing but it still makes me chuckle inside when playing an rpg set on a fantasy world and you go to the weapon shop Thank you for buying LOCHABER AXE <cite>Technician_X posted [p:976893916] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Not an idiom thing but it still makes me chuckle inside when playing an rpg set on a fantasy world and you go to the weapon shopThank you for buying LOCHABER AXE</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Torgo 10/27/23 6:08:42 PM #9:	Garioshi posted... In Tales of Arise, a character named Zephyr says "we have an ace up our sleeve" several times despite the fact that playing cards do not exist, and even if they did, he is a slave that never would have had the opportunity to with them. Any other glaring examples of shit like this? Thank you! YES - I hate this! This is something that bugs me in movies, RPGs, etc... for years. When it's a light-hearted setting and there's a precedent for comedy over consequences... it's fine. There's definitely a place for it... but so often I see works of fiction trying to immerse the viewer of player in a sense of urgency and realism, and then use a current or even an old saying that makes no sense in "their" world. Immersion broken... and it's super lazy 99% of the time. It doesn't make the character more relatable, it makes the alternate world you're trying to build less immersive. --- Moderated for telling people not to commit illegal acts of assault and murder.09/2/23 Also moderated for not responding to obvious bait. - 10/03/23 <cite>Torgo posted [p:976893988] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Garioshi posted... </cite><quote>In Tales of Arise, a character named Zephyr says "we have an ace up our sleeve" several times despite the fact that playing cards do not exist, and even if they did, he is a slave that never would have had the opportunity to with them. Any other glaring examples of shit like this?</quote>Thank you! YES - I hate this!This is something that bugs me in movies, RPGs, etc... for years. When it's a light-hearted setting and there's a precedent for comedy over consequences... it's fine. There's definitely a place for it... but so often I see works of fiction trying to immerse the viewer of player in a sense of urgency and realism, and then use a current or even an old saying that makes no sense in "their" world.Immersion broken... and it's super lazy 99% of the time. It doesn't make the character more relatable, it makes the alternate world you're trying to build less immersive. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Torgo 10/27/23 6:10:45 PM #10:	Solar_Crimson posted... I was going to mention the same idiom, except for Xenoblade 3. I'm playing through it right now, and while the characters are generally better written and animated than the previous game, they drop lingo and terms that make no sense in their world - especially under their very narrow experiences as child soldiers bred only to fight. --- Moderated for telling people not to commit illegal acts of assault and murder.09/2/23 Also moderated for not responding to obvious bait. - 10/03/23 <cite>Torgo posted [p:976894016] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Solar_Crimson posted... </cite><quote>I was going to mention the same idiom, except for Xenoblade 3. </quote>I'm playing through it right now, and while the characters are generally better written and animated than the previous game, they drop lingo and terms that make no sense in their world - especially under their very narrow experiences as child soldiers bred only to fight. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Priere 10/27/23 6:12:01 PM #11:	Is this as weird as every character living in a fantasy world speaking english? --- https://imgur.com/iQep35u https://i.imgur.com/PmX8smn.gif https://i.imgur.com/mwTy0iF.gif https://i.imgur.com/FCER80e.gif <cite>Priere posted [p:976894031] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Is this as weird as every character living in a fantasy world speaking english? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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K181 10/27/23 6:26:21 PM #13:	Hwy Einstein, Im on your side! - Falco --- Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less. <cite>K181 posted [p:976894220] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Hwy Einstein, Im on your side! - Falco </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Garioshi 10/27/23 10:15:27 PM #14:	Priere posted... Is this as weird as every character living in a fantasy world speaking english? I accept the idea that we're getting the language translated to us by whatever medium we're consuming media in. The Legion of Super-Heroes comics take place in the 30th, where the universal language is Interlac, which has its own letters. Interlac is the only thing you will ever see on signs and documents and the like, but all the dialogue is still presented in English. For another example, almost all of Metal Gear Solid 3's dialogue is in Russian in-universe. --- "I play with myself" - Darklit_Minuet, 2018 <cite>Garioshi posted [p:976897586] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Priere posted... </cite><quote>Is this as weird as every character living in a fantasy world speaking english?</quote>I accept the idea that we're getting the language translated to us by whatever medium we're consuming media in. The Legion of Super-Heroes comics take place in the 30th, where the universal language is Interlac, which has its own letters. Interlac is the only thing you will ever see on signs and documents and the like, but all the dialogue is still presented in English. For another example, almost all of Metal Gear Solid 3's dialogue is in Russian in-universe. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SwayM 10/27/23 10:19:16 PM #15:	I think about this kinda stuff all the time. Especially for something like Guardians of the Galaxy. I cant think of any specific examples off the top of my head but there are many moments where the characters talk in a very Earth like way that doesnt make any sense. --- Like 90% of CE topics are the same way lol. CE is edgy/contrarian as f*** and will do anything to troll the TC/OP. -Touch <cite>SwayM posted [p:976897644] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>I think about this kinda stuff all the time. Especially for something like Guardians of the Galaxy. I cant think of any specific examples off the top of my head but there are many moments where the characters talk in a very Earth like way that doesnt make any sense. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ablegator 10/27/23 10:22:26 PM #17:	SwayM posted... I think about this kinda stuff all the time. Especially for something like Guardians of the Galaxy. I cant think of any specific examples off the top of my head but there are many moments where the characters talk in a very Earth like way that doesnt make any sense. yeah its not very realistic. --- Why be stupid? Does it make you happy to be stupid? <cite>ablegator posted [p:976897675] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>SwayM posted... </cite><quote>I think about this kinda stuff all the time. Especially for something like Guardians of the Galaxy. I cant think of any specific examples off the top of my head but there are many moments where the characters talk in a very Earth like way that doesnt make any sense.</quote>yeah its not very realistic. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FortuneCookie 10/27/23 10:23:15 PM #18:	"Hey, Einstein! I'm on your side!" <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:976897684] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>"Hey, Einstein! I'm on your side!"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 10/27/23 10:25:43 PM #19:	ablegator posted... yeah its not very realistic. Guardians isn't exactly trying for hard sci-fi, to be fair. --- He/Him http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://i.imgur.com/M8h2ATe.png https://i.imgur.com/6ezFwG1.png <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:976897711] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>ablegator posted... </cite><quote>yeah its not very realistic.</quote>Guardians isn't exactly trying for hard sci-fi, to be fair. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LordFarquad1312 10/27/23 10:26:03 PM #20:	I the Trails series, the units of measurement are reges and arges (cm and m). At some point in one of the game, a character says something like "Missed by a mile", and I was like "The fuck is a mile!?" They're usually pretty good at using the fictional units. --- El sexo sucio y el planeta limpio. "If you are tired of fear from links... Let Kirby's Nightmare protect you." <cite>LordFarquad1312 posted [p:976897716] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>I the Trails series, the units of measurement are reges and arges (cm and m). At some point in one of the game, a character says something like "Missed by a mile", and I was like "The fuck is a mile!?" They're usually pretty good at using the fictional units. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Torgo 10/27/23 10:27:56 PM #21:	Priere posted... Is this as weird as every character living in a fantasy world speaking english? That's certainly the contrarian approach, but I think while that is a level of immersion broken, it is often necessary to move the narrative forward that the audience understands what the characters are communicating. Now, as someone that has watched a LOT of anime with subtitles... I find it more immersion breaking when a character in a pre-industrial setting eats a spicy meal and states "that'll get your motor running!" when they have no concept of motorization than whether or not they dubbed and translated from Japanese, or Elvish, or Klingon. --- Moderated for telling people not to commit illegal acts of assault and murder.09/2/23 Also moderated for not responding to obvious bait. - 10/03/23 <cite>Torgo posted [p:976897733] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Priere posted... </cite><quote>Is this as weird as every character living in a fantasy world speaking english?</quote>That's certainly the contrarian approach, but I think while that is a level of immersion broken, it is often necessary to move the narrative forward that the audience understands what the characters are communicating.Now, as someone that has watched a LOT of anime with subtitles... I find it more immersion breaking when a character in a pre-industrial setting eats a spicy meal and states "that'll get your motor running!" when they have no concept of motorization than whether or not they dubbed and translated from Japanese, or Elvish, or Klingon. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Torgo 10/27/23 10:30:58 PM #22:	SwayM posted... I think about this kinda stuff all the time. Especially for something like Guardians of the Galaxy. I cant think of any specific examples off the top of my head but there are many moments where the characters talk in a very Earth like way that doesnt make any sense. However, in that universe, our earth and humans from our world exist, right? Same with something like Star Trek where someone quoting Shakespeare is quoting the actual Shakespeare from Earth where many of the characters are from and would have access to knowledge about Shakespeare - but in a setting like Star Wars where it's not even the same Galaxy or time frame - there's no Shakespeare to quote. --- Moderated for telling people not to commit illegal acts of assault and murder.09/2/23 Also moderated for not responding to obvious bait. - 10/03/23 <cite>Torgo posted [p:976897765] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>SwayM posted... </cite><quote>I think about this kinda stuff all the time. Especially for something like Guardians of the Galaxy. I cant think of any specific examples off the top of my head but there are many moments where the characters talk in a very Earth like way that doesnt make any sense.</quote>However, in that universe, our earth and humans from our world exist, right?Same with something like Star Trek where someone quoting Shakespeare is quoting the actual Shakespeare from Earth where many of the characters are from and would have access to knowledge about Shakespeare - but in a setting like Star Wars where it's not even the same Galaxy or time frame - there's no Shakespeare to quote. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HairyQueen 10/27/23 10:31:47 PM #23:	The genie in Aladdin does this frequently, the writers later admitted they didn't realize it wouldn't make sense in the setting --- "Every last inch of me's covered in hair!" <cite>HairyQueen posted [p:976897777] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>The genie in Aladdin does this frequently, the writers later admitted they didn't realize it wouldn't make sense in the setting </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FortuneCookie 10/27/23 10:35:15 PM #24:	HairyQueen posted... The genie in Aladdin does this frequently, the writers later admitted they didn't realize it wouldn't make sense in the setting Yeah, but he's supernatural. Pulling from things the characters in-story would no nothing about makes perfect sense from him. Plus, there's that fan theory about the film being set in the far future. <_< <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:976897819] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>HairyQueen posted... </cite><quote>The genie in Aladdin does this frequently, the writers later admitted they didn't realize it wouldn't make sense in the setting</quote>Yeah, but he's supernatural. Pulling from things the characters in-story would no nothing about makes perfect sense from him. Plus, there's that fan theory about the film being set in the far future.<_<</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArchNemo 10/27/23 10:47:40 PM #25:	Letsago posted... Didn't they change a mention of Einstein in one of the Star Fox games because of this? No, some fan tried to point it out in a magazine letter and basically got the response "Fuck off, nerd" --- Down with the Signess. <cite>ArchNemo posted [p:976897969] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Letsago posted... </cite><quote>Didn't they change a mention of Einstein in one of the Star Fox games because of this?</quote>No, some fan tried to point it out in a magazine letter and basically got the response "Fuck off, nerd" </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vicious_Dios 10/27/23 10:51:34 PM #26:	Pop! Goes the weasel --- S / K / Y / N / E <cite>Vicious_Dios posted [p:976898015] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote><quote>Pop! Goes the weasel</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 10/27/23 10:51:41 PM #27:	There's also Mallow name-dropping Bruce Lee in Super Mario RPG. ArchNemo posted... No, some fan tried to point it out in a magazine letter and basically got the response "Fuck off, nerd" Actually, I believe it was changed in the 3DS remake. Falco says "genius" instead. --- "Be good to yourself, because everyone else in the world is probably out to get you." - Dr. Harleen Quinzel <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:976898019] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>There's also Mallow name-dropping Bruce Lee in Super Mario RPG.ArchNemo posted... </cite><quote>No, some fan tried to point it out in a magazine letter and basically got the response "Fuck off, nerd"</quote>Actually, I believe it was changed in the 3DS remake. Falco says "genius" instead. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkFists 10/27/23 10:52:09 PM #28:	Garioshi posted... I accept the idea that we're getting the language translated to us by whatever medium we're consuming media in. The Legion of Super-Heroes comics take place in the 30th, where the universal language is Interlac, which has its own letters. Interlac is the only thing you will ever see on signs and documents and the like, but all the dialogue is still presented in English. For another example, almost all of Metal Gear Solid 3's dialogue is in Russian in-universe. Honestly, that's the logic I apply to the use of our idioms in games too, think of it as a localization for the sake of our understanding, and they're very likely using a cultural equivalent --- "The starting point is of the utmost importance" <cite>DarkFists posted [p:976898022] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Garioshi posted... </cite><quote>I accept the idea that we're getting the language translated to us by whatever medium we're consuming media in. The Legion of Super-Heroes comics take place in the 30th, where the universal language is Interlac, which has its own letters. Interlac is the only thing you will ever see on signs and documents and the like, but all the dialogue is still presented in English. For another example, almost all of Metal Gear Solid 3's dialogue is in Russian in-universe.</quote>Honestly, that's the logic I apply to the use of our idioms in games too, think of it as a localization for the sake of our understanding, and they're very likely using a cultural equivalent </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Amakusa 10/27/23 10:54:55 PM #29:	Whenever I think of stuff like this I think of the funny line the Sheriff of Nottingham had in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves where he asks a couple of women to visit him at certain times and bring a friend. Only there's no clocks. --- I will rule the world, and find that truly good cup of coffee. <cite>Amakusa posted [p:976898061] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Whenever I think of stuff like this I think of the funny line the Sheriff of Nottingham had in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves where he asks a couple of women to visit him at certain times and bring a friend. Only there's no clocks. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ricemills 10/27/23 10:56:19 PM #30:	Kratos telling Atreus to "fire" the bow A character saying "this is the end of the line" when train lines never existed. --- You have the right to remain silent. Anything you posted will be misquoted, then be used against you. http://error1355.com/ce/Ricemills.html <cite>Ricemills posted [p:976898084] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Kratos telling Atreus to "fire" the bow A character saying "this is the end of the line" when train lines never existed. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ricemills 10/27/23 10:58:30 PM #31:	Garioshi posted... For another example, almost all of Metal Gear Solid 3's dialogue is in Russian in-universe. And yet volgin said "Kuwabara, Kuwabara" a japanese idiom. English version should be something like "knock the wood". --- You have the right to remain silent. Anything you posted will be misquoted, then be used against you. http://error1355.com/ce/Ricemills.html <cite>Ricemills posted [p:976898116] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Garioshi posted... </cite><quote>For another example, almost all of Metal Gear Solid 3's dialogue is in Russian in-universe.</quote>And yet volgin said "Kuwabara, Kuwabara" a japanese idiom. English version should be something like "knock the wood". </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Villain_S_Fiend 10/27/23 11:09:50 PM #32:	They've since made it make sense retroactively, but I always found it weird when Han Solo shouts "then I'll see you in Hell!" --- The food here is terrible. My steak was so tough it attacked my coffee and the coffee was too weak to defend itself. <cite>Villain_S_Fiend posted [p:976898235] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>They've since made it make sense retroactively, but I always found it weird when Han Solo shouts "then I'll see you in Hell!" </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ablegator 10/27/23 11:13:38 PM #33:	Villain_S_Fiend posted... They've since made it make sense retroactively, but I always found it weird when Han Solo shouts "then I'll see you in Hell!" Its bad writing. --- Why be stupid? Does it make you happy to be stupid? <cite>ablegator posted [p:976898270] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Villain_S_Fiend posted... </cite><quote>They've since made it make sense retroactively, but I always found it weird when Han Solo shouts "then I'll see you in Hell!"</quote>Its bad writing. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FortuneCookie 10/28/23 12:17:33 AM #34:	Solar_Crimson posted... There's also Mallow name-dropping Bruce Lee in Super Mario RPG. Our world exists in the Mario canon. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/8/0/AAdlC_AAE-y0.png https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/8/1/AAdlC_AAE-y1.jpg <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:976899041] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Solar_Crimson posted... </cite><quote>There's also Mallow name-dropping Bruce Lee in Super Mario RPG.</quote>Our world exists in the Mario canon.https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/8/0/AAdlC_AAE-y0.png https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/8/1/AAdlC_AAE-y1.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Pitlord_Special 10/28/23 12:28:30 AM #35:	When they call a stuffed toy bear a Teddy bear in a world without Theodore Roosevelt or America in general --- Posted from my iPhone 13 <cite>Pitlord_Special posted [p:976899159] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>When they call a stuffed toy bear a Teddy bear in a world without Theodore Roosevelt or America in general </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PurpleOutsider 10/28/23 12:33:14 AM #36:	Garioshi posted... I accept the idea that we're getting the language translated to us by whatever medium we're consuming media in. The Legion of Super-Heroes comics take place in the 30th, where the universal language is Interlac, which has its own letters. Interlac is the only thing you will ever see on signs and documents and the like, but all the dialogue is still presented in English. For another example, almost all of Metal Gear Solid 3's dialogue is in Russian in-universe. There was a Fantastic Four cartoon that had a great example of that. It started out in the Skrull homeward, with everyone speaking skrull. No subtitles. A minute in, it paused and Stan Lee popped up, apologized, and said that from now on, they're going go speak English for our convenience, and to just pretend they're still speaking skrull. --- Your knowledge of scientific biological transmogrification is only outmatched by your zest for kung-fu treachery! <cite>PurpleOutsider posted [p:976899208] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Garioshi posted... </cite><quote>I accept the idea that we're getting the language translated to us by whatever medium we're consuming media in. The Legion of Super-Heroes comics take place in the 30th, where the universal language is Interlac, which has its own letters. Interlac is the only thing you will ever see on signs and documents and the like, but all the dialogue is still presented in English. For another example, almost all of Metal Gear Solid 3's dialogue is in Russian in-universe.</quote>There was a Fantastic Four cartoon that had a great example of that. It started out in the Skrull homeward, with everyone speaking skrull. No subtitles. A minute in, it paused and Stan Lee popped up, apologized, and said that from now on, they're going go speak English for our convenience, and to just pretend they're still speaking skrull. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
King_Rial 10/28/23 12:36:52 AM #37:	I never watched it myself, but my oldest brother mentioned that happened a lot in The Scorpion King. Like a character saying "He passed with flying colors." --- I use Google... A lot.... >______> <cite>King_Rial posted [p:976899243] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>I never watched it myself, but my oldest brother mentioned that happened a lot in The Scorpion King. Like a character saying "He passed with flying colors." </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HylianFox 10/28/23 12:37:37 AM #38:	K181 posted... Hwy Einstein, Im on your side! - Falco FortuneCookie posted... "Hey, Einstein! I'm on your side!" This. Sadly, the line was changed to "Hey genius"in the 3DS version. lame --- THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Do not write in this space. <cite>HylianFox posted [p:976899255] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>K181 posted... </cite><quote>Hwy Einstein, Im on your side! - Falco</quote>FortuneCookie posted... </cite><quote>"Hey, Einstein! I'm on your side!"</quote>This. Sadly, the line was changed to "Hey genius"in the 3DS version. lame </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HylianFox 10/28/23 12:38:16 AM #39:	FortuneCookie posted... Our world exists in the Mario canon. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/8/0/AAdlC_AAE-y0.png well, Mario is from Brooklyn... >_> --- THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Do not write in this space. <cite>HylianFox posted [p:976899260] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>FortuneCookie posted... </cite><quote>Our world exists in the Mario canon.https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/8/0/AAdlC_AAE-y0.png </quote>well, Mario is from Brooklyn...>_> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
darkbuster 10/28/23 12:54:37 AM #40:	I always just write those off as an extension of the "audience translation convention" that allows us to understand characters, even when they should have entirely separate languages. Although I do appreciate when a series makes it clear that a separate world does have its own culture, such as with Pokemon's in-game writing system or Klonoa's voice clips. --- Remember kids, it's only an RPG until someone gets hit with a meteor; Then it's a JRPG! SSBB: 3869 0521 7142 <cite>darkbuster posted [p:976899415] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>I always just write those off as an extension of the "audience translation convention" that allows us to understand characters, even when they should have entirely separate languages. Although I do appreciate when a series makes it clear that a separate world does have its own culture, such as with Pokemon's in-game writing system or Klonoa's voice clips. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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coolguyjimmy 10/28/23 1:20:45 AM #42:	A couple of these mentioned, might not be due to the setting, or lore thereof, but more the translation from Japanese to English. Tales of Arise, and Xenoblade 3 are originally in Japanese, and it's the translators who translated the lines of "Ace up their sleeve" from Japanese. "Ace up their sleeve" probably flows better than a literal translation, and the Japanese it's translated from, might make sense Lore-wise. <cite>coolguyjimmy posted [p:976899633] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>A couple of these mentioned, might not be due to the setting, or lore thereof, but more the translation from Japanese to English.Tales of Arise, and Xenoblade 3 are originally in Japanese, and it's the translators who translated the lines of "Ace up their sleeve" from Japanese. "Ace up their sleeve" probably flows better than a literal translation, and the Japanese it's translated from, might make sense Lore-wise. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ToteAll 10/28/23 1:21:28 AM #43:	Garioshi posted... never would have had the opportunity to with them. The whole them? <cite>ToteAll posted [p:976899643] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Garioshi posted... </cite><quote>never would have had the opportunity to with them.</quote>The whole them?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ulfar 10/28/23 1:30:02 AM #44:	Villain_S_Fiend posted... They've since made it make sense retroactively, but I always found it weird when Han Solo shouts "then I'll see you in Hell!" What did they do, come up with an afterlife? Hell is also used by Maximus in Gladiator which definitely would not have occured IRL but all the historicity of that goes out within the first 10 minutes. <cite>Ulfar posted [p:976899697] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Villain_S_Fiend posted... </cite><quote>They've since made it make sense retroactively, but I always found it weird when Han Solo shouts "then I'll see you in Hell!"</quote>What did they do, come up with an afterlife? Hell is also used by Maximus in Gladiator which definitely would not have occured IRL but all the historicity of that goes out within the first 10 minutes.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kim_Seong-a 10/28/23 1:43:10 AM #45:	Most of these aren't that farfetched. Card games, and concepts of afterlife, exist across multiple different cultures and its not crazy to think these fantasy settings would also have them. You can probably argue about the specific terms used (ace, hell), but the concepts are generalized enough (a strong card cheaters would hold onto, a place to punish the wicked) that you can just handwave it with the aforementioned translation explanation. >_> --- Lusa Cfaad Taydr <cite>Kim_Seong-a posted [p:976899790] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Most of these aren't that farfetched. Card games, and concepts of afterlife, exist across multiple different cultures and its not crazy to think these fantasy settings would also have them.You can probably argue about the specific terms used (ace, hell), but the concepts are generalized enough (a strong card cheaters would hold onto, a place to punish the wicked) that you can just handwave it with the aforementioned translation explanation. >_> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MICHALECOLE 10/28/23 1:49:26 AM #46:	ablegator posted... Its bad writing. No, youre being pedantic <cite>MICHALECOLE posted [p:976899838] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>ablegator posted... </cite><quote>Its bad writing.</quote>No, youre being pedantic </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnholyMudcrab 10/28/23 2:02:14 AM #47:	It's a minor example, but characters using "fire!" to tell an archer to loose an arrow. --- http://i.imgur.com/VeNBg.gif http://i.imgur.com/gd5jC8q.gif http://i.imgur.com/PKIy7.gif http://i.imgur.com/3p29JqP.gif <cite>UnholyMudcrab posted [p:976899913] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>It's a minor example, but characters using "fire!" to tell an archer to loose an arrow. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Garioshi 10/28/23 9:12:31 AM #48:	ToteAll posted... The whole them? shut UP --- "I play with myself" - Darklit_Minuet, 2018 <cite>Garioshi posted [p:976902678] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>ToteAll posted... </cite><quote>The whole them?</quote>shut UP </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 10/28/23 11:24:24 AM #49:	FortuneCookie posted... Our world exists in the Mario canon. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/8/0/AAdlC_AAE-y0.png Ill accept Punch-Out (and, of course, the Mario movie), but this map is from Mario Is Missing, which I'm pretty sure is noncanon. Also, it bothers me here that Greenland is... green. --- "Be good to yourself, because everyone else in the world is probably out to get you." - Dr. Harleen Quinzel <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:976904280] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>FortuneCookie posted... </cite><quote>Our world exists in the Mario canon.https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/8/0/AAdlC_AAE-y0.png</quote>Ill accept Punch-Out (and, of course, the Mario movie), but this map is from Mario Is Missing, which I'm pretty sure is noncanon.Also, it bothers me here that Greenland is... green. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 10/28/23 11:38:43 AM #50:	Solar_Crimson posted... Also, it bothers me here that Greenland is... green. Shouldn't Australia be two green stripes on the sides and then like five million square miles of brown? --- He/Him http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://i.imgur.com/M8h2ATe.png https://i.imgur.com/6ezFwG1.png <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:976904504] in Characters... [t:80604588]...</cite> <quote>Solar_Crimson posted... </cite><quote>Also, it bothers me here that Greenland is... green.</quote>Shouldn't Australia be two green stripes on the sides and then like five million square miles of brown? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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