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The Ghost Town Line Belongs to MacMillan, Not Price

One of the most quoted lines from the whole game, 'Fifty thousand people used to live here. Now it's a ghost town,' actually comes from Captain MacMillan surveying Pripyat, not Captain Price like a lot of players remember it. It's a small mix-up that's stuck around in fan trivia for years.

Pickle Rick Got His Own Pringles Flavor

The love for Pickle Rick got so big that Pringles announced a dedicated Pickle Rick flavored can, timed to launch right around Super Bowl weekend in early February 2020, giving the murderous gherkin a genuinely bizarre second life as a snack food.

Skyrim Has Sold Over 65 Million Copies

Bethesda has confirmed Skyrim's lifetime sales have passed 65 million copies across its many re-releases, placing it among the best-selling video games of all time alongside titles like The Witcher 3.

Zanzil the Outcast's Exile

Zanzil is a minor villain in Cape of Stranglethorn, later a raid boss in Zul'Gurub, and most players never learn why he's an outcast. Pay attention to the quest dialogue and you find he was banished from a troll tribe over necromancy, a foul potion and dealings with the god Hakkar, apparently in a rather violent way.

Price Slides Soap a Pistol at the Worst Possible Moment

With Zakhaev's back turned and both of them seemingly out of options, Price slides his sidearm across the floor to Soap, who uses it to finish the fight. It's a small, almost silent beat, but it's become one of the most referenced moments in the game.

Pippin's Song Started at Karaoke

Screenwriter Philippa Boyens only added the scene of Pippin singing for Denethor after hearing Billy Boyd's voice at a cast karaoke night. She handed him the lyrics straight from the book and left him to write the melody himself.

The Adaptation Squeezes Five Arcs Into One Season

Season 1 condenses the first five arcs of the original story, everything from Luffy leaving home to arriving at the Baratie and beyond, into just eight episodes, which meant plenty of streamlining and merging of side plots along the way.

Hawkeye's Costume Is a Comic Mashup

Clint's new suit in this film borrows a bit from three different eras of the character: his classic comic-book costume, the Ultimates version fans first saw referenced in the original Avengers, and his stint running around as the masked vigilante Ronin.

Wet Screen, Fake Glasses

Get caught out in the rain or wade through water and you'll sometimes see little droplets appear on the screen, as if your character was wearing glasses rather than, you know, having eyes exposed to the elements like a normal soldier.

Route 66's Payload Is Actually a Rescue

On Route 66, the attacking team is technically pushing stolen cargo for the Deadlock Gang — except the 'cargo' was meant to be Echo before Cassidy stepped in and rescued her. So functionally, you spend the whole match pushing an empty crate while the actual point of the heist already got resolved off-screen.