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A Novelist Wrote a One-Shot Chapter Just for Vivi's Farewell

As part of the show's big anniversary celebrations, the author behind Nisekoi was brought in to write a special one-shot covering Vivi's farewell to the crew. It's an unusual move for a franchise this size, letting an outside creator take a swing at one of the story's more emotional character exits.

That Plane Crash Was a Real Plane

The mid-air plane sequence that opens the film wasn't a green screen job. Nolan actually dropped a full-size plane out of the sky over Scotland and let it hit the ground for real, a shoot that took months of planning but only two days to actually film.

Sobbing Behind the Power Room Door

Open the door left of the Power Room in Verrückt and you can hear the sound of a young boy quietly sobbing on the other side. It's one of a handful of unsettling ambient audio cues scattered around the asylum that most players just assume is a zombie growl and move on.

Thunderfury Was Forged From a Captured God

Long before it became one of vanilla WoW's signature legendary swords, Thunderfury's power came from Thunderaan, Prince of Air, who was defeated by Ragnaros and his lieutenants and had his essence sealed into a talisman split in two. Ages later a devoted follower fused the halves back together and, unable to fully free his master, poured what remained of him into a blade instead.

Arcane Beat Both The Mandalorian and Stranger Things

In its third week out, Arcane overtook both Stranger Things and The Mandalorian to become the most-watched streaming show in the US that week, a genuinely surprising result for a video game adaptation nobody was expecting to be a breakout hit.

Ice-T Played a Rapper on the Skids

Gangsta rap pioneer Ice-T voiced Madd Dogg, the fading rap star whose career CJ accidentally wrecks early on before eventually helping put back together. It's a nice bit of stunt casting, given Ice-T basically lived through the era the character is parodying.

Companions Quote Monty Python

Fallout 4 sneaks in a good three Monty Python and the Holy Grail references through your companions. Cait can bring up the Black Knight fight ('what are you gonna do, leak oil all over me?'), Codsworth has his own Black Knight line ('Tis but a scratch!'), and Deacon has a whole bit about taunting turrets that mirrors the French Knight scene. All of it can slip by completely unnoticed if you're not paying attention to companion chatter.

The Game's Very First Discontinued Item

Long before any of the tradeable rares people obsess over today, RuneScape's actual first discontinued item was a random key tied to the Shield of Arrav quest. It only came to light because of an obscure Hungarian RuneScape forum post from 2001 — there's still leftover code for it in OSRS, but a bug means it can never actually run.

Aidan Scott's Helmeppo Gets a Redemption Arc

Aidan Scott plays Helmeppo, the spoiled son of a corrupt Marine captain who starts the show as a straightforward antagonist. The character's live-action arc follows the manga in gradually softening him, with Garp and Koby ending up shaping him into someone more sympathetic by the season's end.

Keys That Go Nowhere

Looting practice dummies during the missions "Knowledge Is Power" and "Hunting the Hunter" grants the player keys, leftover, dummied-out content that serves absolutely no purpose in the game.