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* ''Anime/SonicX'': Many fans think the English dub censored Maria's death to her being captured, [[DubInducedPlotHole despite it being an integral part of Shadow's backstory]]. In reality, while the show never uses words [[NeverSayDie explicitly relating to death]], it does all but outright say she was killed. This is likely a result of people exaggerating Creator/FourKidsEntertainment's notoriety for [[{{Bowdlerise}} censoring their dubs]], as well as confusion with Molly, who really ''did'' have her death censored.

** There's also a common myth out there that Hannibal never blinks at any point in the film, presumably to make him seem scarier. He does, plenty of times.

** There are still people who think there was a character named "Doctor Spock" and that he was famous for his "Vulcan Death Grip", both of which are thanks mainly to CommonKnowledge and confusion and the real life Dr. Benjamin Spock. There are actual fans who have watched numerous episodes who will insist there was such a thing as the "death grip", likely confusing it with the Nerve Pinch, which did not kill.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Referenced heavily in the episode "The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat", with a guy who insists people's memories, or possibly the past itself, are being altered all the time, which is why Mulder's favourite episode of ''Series/TheTwlilightZone1959'' doesn't seem to exist. Mulder refers to the Mandala Effect by name, but Reggie says it's the Mengele Effect, named after people remembering Josef Mengele being arrested when he wasn't.

* Contrary to its film adaptation, ''Literature/TheWizardOfOz'' never even hints that Dorothy is just dreaming; she returns to Ozz many times and eventually settles there for good. Vast numbers of people believe that Oz is canonically a dream world, mostly thanks to many more people seeing the movie compared to reading the book.

** In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', there was no nudity or simulated sex in the scene where Tasha Yar, infected by a virus that makes one behave as if drunk, seduces Data. They kiss briefly before the scene cuts away. There also seem to be some who believe Data and Yar were boning on the regular, but there's not even a hint that outside of this one instance that they ever saw each other as more than friends.

* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' includes multiple entirely fictional video games and characters created for the film, including the titular Wreck-it Ralph and Fix-it Felix Jr. However, many viewers remember seeing an actual video game with Wreck-it Ralph and Fix-it Felix, either in an arcade or as an advertisement.

* In the [[VideoGame/MarioParty1 first]] [[VideoGame/MarioParty2 two]] ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' games, people remember there being a minigame where you had to jump across hovering platforms of various types in an AutoScrollingLevel and be the first one to make it to the end, and that it was called "Platform Panic." While the minigame itself is indeed quite real, the name of the game in question is actually "Platform '''Peril'''." The misremembering is most likely due to a number of reasons, including the existence of an actual PlatformGame called ''Platform Panic'', as well as the fact that the words "peril" and "panic" have nearly interchangeable connotations and share [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal the same first letter]]. In addition, "panic" is a more commonly known word, especially amongst children (the games' target demographic), than the word "peril," and is therefore the one that will more likely stick in the average player's head.

* Creator/FromSoftware games often have multiple recurring trademarks in most of their games, the most reoccurring being the Moonlight Greatsword, which first appeared in ''VideoGame/KingsField''... Except, the weapon is actually called the "Moonlight Sword," in that game, was almost always referred to as the Moonlight Sword in almost every game it appeared in, and despite how many people assume, the Sword was ''never'' referred to as the "Moonlight Greatsword" until it appeared in the original ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'', whereas ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' and ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' refer to it as the "Large Sword of Moonlight" and "Holy Moonlight Sword" respectively. Essentially, the "Moonlight Sword" is the recurring weapon in [=FromSoftware=] games, not the "Moonlight Greatsword" despite how ''Dark Souls'' popularized the name.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967:'' Many (perhaps '''most''') viewers remember Baloo clearly singing in "Bare Necessities" the line "Where ever I'd wander, wherever I'd roam, I couldn't be fonder of my big home." Now, it sounds like he's singing "Where ever I'd wander, wherever I'd roam, I couldn't be found(?) of my big home". While the sing-a-long confirms the word is supposed to be "fonder", it's still odd he would pronounce it that way (''especially'' if it's meant to rhyme with "wander"), and there are a lot of people who say they've [[SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes watched the movie tons of times as a kid]] and remember him saying it the normal way. In ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'', Baloo ''does'' say it the normal way, probably causing the confusion.