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** Oh, [[QuirkyBard bards]]. The [[JokeCharacter always underpowered losers]], with about as much use as [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Sir Robin's minstrels]] and likely to [[EatTheDog meet the same fate]]. What kind of idiot wanders into a dungeon to fight monsters with an instrument? The kind of idiot who's going to save the whole party, as it turns out. Over the course of ''D&D'''s many editions, bards have been a mid-tier class at worst, and often edge on being [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower one of the best]]. The original bard was a [[MagikarpPower special super class that could only be entered after a complicated process]] that would usually make them the strongest character at the table. The 2e bard, the first one to become a regular class, was a more than serviceable caster and thief, and often preferable to the actual thief. The 3.5 bard was the most powerful core class [[OvershadowedByAwesome not considered an outright]] GameBreaker. The 4e bard was a completely competent Leader with some handy specialized skills. The current 5e bard is often regarded as flat-out the best core class, with the potential to be a MasterOfAll. Though some versions have been poorly designed or DifficultButAwesome, the class as a whole has never been weak. A mixture of new players failing to understand their mechanics and how they synergize with each other, the longstanding trope of the comic-relief WanderingMinstrel, and the crappiness of Edward in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' may be to blame for this one.

** While fandom holds that Inquisitors will cheerfully request Exterminatus (the complete and utter destruction of a planet's life and biosphere, and often infrastructure as well) at the first sign of heresy or lacking faith (e.g. someone coughing in church or saying "[[HoldYourHippogriffs Emperor-damnit]]"), and those kinds of lunatics likely do exist, Exterminatus is a far more complicated process than someone signing off and saying "oh well, plenty more planets". It requires the Inquisitor to make the call that taking the planet back from Chaos/orks/the Tyranids is impossible (not "impossible without the loss of billions of lives and materiel over decades", flat-out impossible), a Space Marine fleet to get to the planet (often an active warzone) via warp travel (and HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace), and then launch the barrage from orbit, costing the Imperium a world that is usually an important source of materials/weapons/people. Then the Inquisition still checks if the call was justified. And in some cases (such as virus-bombing a planet attacked by Nurglites) it "just gave them ideas". When Inquisitor Kryptman went on a SaltTheEarth strategy to slow down the Tyranids, he was openly condemned and stripped of his position for using Exterminatus on planets before the Tyranids got there.

** While fandom holds that Inquisitors will cheerfully request Exterminatus (the complete and utter destruction of a planet's life and biosphere, and often infrastructure as well) at the first sign of heresy or lacking faith (e.g. someone coughing in church or saying "[[HoldYourHippogriffs Emperor-damnit]]"), and those kinds of lunatics likely do exist, Exterminatus is a far more complicated process than someone signing off and saying "oh well, plenty more planets". It requires the Inquisitor to make the call that taking the planet back from Chaos/orks/the Tyranids is impossible (not "impossible without the loss of billions of lives and materiel over decades", flat-out impossible), a Space Marine fleet to get to the planet (often an active warzone) via warp travel (and HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace), and then launch the barrage from orbit, costing the Imperium a world that is usually an important source of materials/weapons/people. Then the Inquisition still checks if the call was justified. And in some cases (such as virus-bombing a planet attacked by Nurglites) it "just gave them ideas".

May result from or lead to LostInImitation, or from any of the subtropes under TimeMarchesOn. May result from AudienceColoringAdaptation, where people assume the original work is the same as a well-known adaptation of the work. Often a result of MainstreamObscurity, when a work existence is known by the general public, but very few people actually know what it's about. When left unchecked, it can lead to AnalogyBackfire, PublicMediumIgnorance, and NeverLiveItDown. Compare and contrast {{fanon}} and PopCultureUrbanLegends. See also RealityIsUnrealistic, TheCoconutEffect, DeadUnicornTrope, JustForFun/EverybodyKnowsThat, {{Misblamed}}, and ShallowParody. No relation to LostCommonKnowledge or the Creator/{{GSN}} GameShow of the same name.

* Many people assume that UsefulNotes/CinemaScore is a film rating system ala Metacritic or Rotten Tomatoes, and are often bewildered when a well-received movie receives a bad score (most famously, ''Film/{{Hereditary}}'' and its D+ score) and vice versa. However, Cinemascore was never intended to be a film rating system, but rather a marketing tool to measure how successfully a movie was able to appeal to its opening day audience.

** Nadia did not "burst onto the scene" in Montreal. She had been beating veteran, legendary gymnasts in international competition since she was eleven years old; the Soviets already knew exactly who she was, especially as she had nearly swept the gold medals at the 1975 European Championships -- at that time the third-most-prestigious competition in gymnastics, behind only the World Championships and the Olympic Games[[note]]at that time, the sport was almost entirely dominated by Eastern Bloc countries like the USSR, Romania, East Germany, Hungary, and Bulgaria; with the occasional exception of Japanese athletes, almost all of the countries to medal at Worlds would have also competed at Europeans[[/note]].

** Nadia did not "burst onto the scene" in Montreal. She had been beating veteran, legendary gymnasts in international competition since she was eleven years old; the Soviets already knew exactly who she was, especially as she had nearly swept the gold medals at the 1975 European Championships (at that time the third-most-prestigious competition in gymnastics, behind only the World Championships and the Olympic Games).

** Olga Korbut was not exceptionally young; at seventeen, she was three years ''older'' than Nina Dronova, the alternate on the 1972 Soviet Olympic squad, and ''eight'' different teams had at least one 14-year-old in their lineup at that Olympics. The trend toward younger gymnasts had actually begun eight years earlier, when the up-and-coming 15-year-old Larisa Petrik defeated the legendary Larissa Latynina at the 1964 USSR Championships and proved that a young teenager could compete and win against the sport's best. Korbut's uniqueness was due to her incredible acrobatic athleticism, which ''did'' popularize the shift from the more elegant, dance-based gymnastics of the era to the emphasis on the acrobatic tricks that the sport has been known for ever since.

** Olga Korbut was not exceptionally young; at seventeen, she was three years ''older'' than Nina Dronova, the alternate on the 1972 Soviet Olympic squad, and ''eight'' different teams had at least one 14-year-old in their lineup at that Olympics. Korbut's uniqueness was due to her incredible acrobatic athleticism, which ''did'' trigger the shift from the more elegant, dance-based gymnastics of the era to the emphasis on the acrobatic tricks that the sport has been known for ever since.

* For the TheInternet in general, there this often repeated adage that states that if one post something on it, it remains there forever. That is not true, if a certain post, video, or even website isn't saved or archived in someway before its deleted, it becomes lost and unretrievable. There are many pieces of web media that were once easily accessible that became completely lost due to lack of upkeep or archiving.

** Many wrestling fans are under the impression that the original Big Gold Belt had a black leather strap and that the plates were completely gold (not helped by the fact that the belt was depicted this way in merchandise). [[https://i1.wp.com/lylesmoviefiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nwa-big-gold-belt.jpg When the belt was first made in late 1985]], the strap was a cherrywood brown color with light gray stitching and the plates had a sterling silver[[note]]Many in the belt community have claimed that the plates were actually made of German silver aka. nickel silver, an alloy of nickel, zinc and copper (sometimes with a bit of tin or lead added) meant to mimic the appearance of silver but with no actual silver present. This is untrue, the engraving on the back of the plates confirms that they are indeed solid sterling silver with 24-karat heavy gold electroplate.[[/note]] background with the lettering, swirl patterns and relief pieces being gold-plated. While the original brown strap was eventually replaced by a new black strap, it wasn't replaced until 1999. Even most people who know that the strap was originally brown think that it was replaced much earlier. This is likely because the original brown strap became so dirty and discolored by the mid-'90s that it began to look black on TV (This was pre-HD after all.) As for the plates, not only did they initially look completely gold on TV except in close-up shots, but as time went on, the gold became less shiny and the silver became tarnished, which made it harder to tell that the plates were two-tone even up-close (compare how the plates looked when they were [[https://youtu.be/7JQWWu5X-Ms?si=pYouzfIgQxn7oqow&t=1m29s brand new]] to how they looked just [[https://youtu.be/j8ggDRV5Rj4?si=usUKwvZ9cj2aOW-I&t=59s five years later]]). And towards the end of WCW's existence, the original Big Gold Belt was replaced by a series of cast copies[[note]]Despite what Wikipedia says, these cast copies were not made in order to be used as props in the ''Film/ReadyToRumble'' movie. The [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/73/5d/f6/735df65c881406b14b7f06b0991a21e2--ready-to-rumble-belts.jpg prop belts]] in that movie were etched replicas made by professional championship belt maker [=J-Mar=] and have very noticeable differences compared to the [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dx7FXJvWsAEvryB.jpg real Big Gold]] and the [[http://belttalk.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/DDPBGdone1.jpg cast copies]], so they couldn't have been cast from the original. WCW ordered two cast copies because the original Big Gold was in rough shape by that point and they needed replacements. A third cast copy was made as a backup in case one was lost or needed repairs and two more were personal copies made for Wrestling/KevinNash and Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage making a total of five direct copies.[[/note]], which ''were'' entirely gold-plated, with one of these cast copies carrying over into WWF during Wrestling/TheInvasionAngle. The WWE versions of the Big Gold Belt used for their World Heavyweight Championship would also feature all-gold plates on a black leather strap (with a red crocskin backing added in 2011), which probably helps fuel the misconception among younger fans.

** Today the belt is owned by Conrad Thompson, a wrestling podcaster and Wrestling/RicFlair's son-in-law.[[note]]He's married to Ric's older daughter Meghan, Ric's younger and more famous daughter [[Wrestling/CharlotteFlair Ashley]] is married to fellow WWE wrestler Wrestling/AndradeCienAlmas. He's had the belt since 2013, before he met Ric or married Meghan. In fact, it was his acquisition of the belt that led to him meeting Flair; they met during the writing of the book). He kept his ownership of the Big Gold a secret until after he became famous through his podcasts.[[/note]] It's not in Wrestling/TripleH's office (after Flair gave it to him as a gift) as often believed[[note]]According to Flair, he actually gave Triple H the "[[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/28/7b/2a/287b2a32fe88ac1bd28723f43164d997.png Vegas Big Gold]]", a knockoff version briefly used by WWF at live events during their legal battle with NWA/WCW over the real Big Gold appearing on WWF television during Flair's WWF run.[[/note]]. It is also widely believed that Wrestling/ScottSteiner stole the original Big Gold while he was WCW Champion and replaced it with one of the cast copies. It's certainly plausible since Steiner was the last person known to have possessed the original belt prior to WCW's downfall and he did use one of the cast copies during the last few months of his title reign; the same copy that would carry over to WWF in 2001 in fact. General consensus is that Steiner did keep the original for years until Conrad bought it from him, but there's no definitive proof of this.

* Everyone knows that Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage didn't start wrestling until 1991 when he was 35-years-old. Page actually attempted to pursue a wrestling career in his twenties, but quit after only a few matches due to knee problems he'd had from a string of injuries during his youth. After spending several years running a nightclub, followed by a moderately successful career as a wrestling manager and announcer who occasionally wrestled, he decided to become a full-time wrestler.

* For the TheInternet in general, there this often repeated adage that states that if one post something on it, it remains there forever. That is not true, if a certain post, video, or even website isn't saved or archived in someway before its deleted, it becomes lost and unretrievable. A lot of web media that were easily accessible became completely lost due to lack of upkeep or archiving.

* For the TheInternet in general, there this often repeated adage that states that if one post something on it, it remains there forever. That is not true, if a certain post, video, or even website isn't saved or archived in someway before its deleted, it becomes lost and unretrievable. A lot of web media that were easily accessible became completely due to lack of upkeep or archiving.

* Japanese toy manufacturer [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]]'s American subsidiary is commonly known either as Bandai Creation or Bandai Creations, a distinction American ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' fans argue about endlessly. In fact, both are wrong: it's Bandai America or simply Bandai USA. Beginning from the early 2000s, many American ''Godzilla'' toy packages featured the word "creation" under the regular Bandai logo, denoting that the toys in question were the creations of the Bandai company. This single extra word etched itself so deeply into the minds of American buyers that all American-produced Bandai ''Godzilla'' toys are still widely and unquestionably referred to as Bandai Creation(s) products on fan forums, articles, Platform/YouTube video reviews, and certain Wikis or toy databases, when no such company ever existed. The facts that the packages have stopped using the "creation" label after a few years, that it was never part of the official logo to begin with, and that no other American Bandai toys even featured the word seems to have gone completely unnoticed.

** Hogan tends to be remembered as much more squeaky-clean (if not boring) than his actions at the time would suggest. For instance, while 1984's Hulk vs. Wrestling/TheIronSheik is remembered as a cartoonish battle of the AllAmericanFace vs. the ForeignWrestlingHeel, it's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9psdw86uAUg Hogan]] who starts the match with a flurry of cheap shots. He was also fond of back rakes and face stomps, both heel tactics, and wasn't above using "bad powder" and chairshots on opponents when the ref was distracted. This is because Hogan was trained to wrestle as a heel and had been one until his run in the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]]. Watch a Hogan match from late 1995, then watch one from shortly [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder after he turned heel]] a few months later. Outside of Hogan now wearing black trunks instead of yellow it's pretty much the exact same match until the run-in finish.

** Despite common belief, ''Wicked'' is not a true PerspectiveFlip on the MGM film, or the original ''Oz'' books for that matter. It's an AlternateContinuity with various differences from the originals and with elements taken from both of them.

* The yeti is invariably portrayed as having white fur in Western works, but it's actually supposed to be reddish-brown since it allegedly lives below the tree line.

** Many wrestling fans are under the impression that the original Big Gold Belt had a black leather strap and that the plates were completely gold. [[https://i1.wp.com/lylesmoviefiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nwa-big-gold-belt.jpg When the belt was first made in late 1985]], the strap was a cherrywood brown color with light gray stitching and the plates had a sterling silver[[note]]Many in the belt community have claimed that the plates were actually made of German silver aka. nickel silver, an alloy of nickel, zinc and copper (sometimes with a bit of tin or lead added) meant to mimic the appearance of silver but with no actual silver present. This is untrue, the engraving on the back of the plates confirms that they are indeed solid sterling silver with 24-karat heavy gold electroplate.[[/note]] background with the lettering, swirl patterns and relief pieces being gold-plated. While the original brown strap was eventually replaced by a new black strap, it wasn't replaced until 1999. Even most people who know that the strap was originally brown think that it was replaced much earlier. This is likely because the original brown strap became so dirty and discolored by the mid-'90s that it began to look black on TV (This was pre-HD after all.) As for the plates, not only did they initially look completely gold on TV except in close-up shots, but as time went on, the gold became less shiny and the silver became tarnished, which made it harder to tell that the plates were two-tone even up-close (compare how the plates looked when they were [[https://youtu.be/7JQWWu5X-Ms?si=pYouzfIgQxn7oqow&t=1m29s brand new]] to how they looked just [[https://youtu.be/j8ggDRV5Rj4?si=usUKwvZ9cj2aOW-I&t=59s five years later]]). And towards the end of WCW's existence, the original Big Gold Belt was replaced by a series of cast copies[[note]]Despite what Wikipedia says, these cast copies were not made in order to be used as props in the ''Film/ReadyToRumble'' movie. The [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/73/5d/f6/735df65c881406b14b7f06b0991a21e2--ready-to-rumble-belts.jpg prop belts]] in that movie were etched replicas made by professional championship belt maker [=J-Mar=] and have very noticeable differences compared to the [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dx7FXJvWsAEvryB.jpg real Big Gold]] and the [[http://belttalk.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/DDPBGdone1.jpg cast copies]], so they couldn't have been cast from the original. WCW ordered two cast copies because the original Big Gold was in rough shape by that point and they needed replacements. A third cast copy was made as a backup in case one was lost or needed repairs and two more were personal copies made for Wrestling/KevinNash and Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage making a total of five direct copies.[[/note]], which ''were'' entirely gold-plated, with one of these cast copies carrying over into WWF during Wrestling/TheInvasionAngle. The WWE versions of the Big Gold Belt used for their World Heavyweight Championship would also feature all-gold plates on a black leather strap (with a red crocskin backing added in 2011), which probably helps fuel the misconception among younger fans.

* It is often assumed that [[https://youtu.be/DgJS2tQPGKQ?t=6 this video]] was an actual television commercial for [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows 1.0]]. This was actually a ParodyCommercial that was seen only by Microsoft employees. This is indicated by the P.O. box number given at the end of the ad (286-DOS), which obviously isn't a valid number.

* Everyone remembers Wrestling/TripleH getting [[Main/SquashMatch squashed]] by Wrestling/UltimateWarrior at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania XII'' as punishment for the "curtain call"[[note]]Where Triple H, Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/ScottHall, and Wrestling/KevinNash all broke Main/{{Kayfabe}} and hugged in the ring at the end of a show in New York (it's also referred to as the "MSG Incident", Hall & Nash had given their notice weeks earlier and this was their last night in the company), causing a near mutiny among the old guard working backstage. Triple H ended up being the only one punished because Michaels was WWF world champion (and with Wrestling/BretHart taking time off Michaels was basically the only upper card babyface on the roster) and Hall & Nash had taken their talents [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} down south]], and he spent the next few months jobbing out[[/note]], it's even mentioned on a couple pages of this website. Problem is, the "curtain call" happened about six weeks '''after''' ''[=WrestleMania XII=]''. Triple H got squashed by Warrior because he was deemed the one heel over enough that the fans would want to see him [[Main/CurbStompBattle get wiped out in short order]] but not over enough that the loss would really matter (keep in mind that Triple H had only been in the company for about 4 months), and while he obviously didn't much care for being treated like a [[Main/{{Jobber}} job guy]] he certainly appreciated getting what was the biggest one night payoff of his life up until that point. If he was already in Vince's doghouse someone else would have been collecting that ''[=WrestleMania=]'' bonus.
* At '' Over the Edge 1999'', no one watching on PPV saw Wrestling/OwenHart fall to his death. He was being lowered to the ring during a pre-taped interview segment backstage prior to the accident. It's likely that the live crowd did see him fall, but the audience at home were unaware until a very shaken Wrestling/JimRoss announced it.[[note]]It ''was'' filmed and recorded by the hard camera though, the original copy is either in the WWE vault next to the Chris Benoit tribute episode of ''Raw'' and all the other stuff that can '''never''' be shown on TV, or in the possession of Martha Hart's lawyers (or possibly Martha herself).[[/note]]

* Everyone (especially in Buffalo) knows that if the Buffalo Sabres had won the infamous [[https://youtu.be/QDfHXmWTE7U?t=491 "No Goal" game]] they would have won the Stanley Cup, right? Nope, they would have just forced game 7. If the goal had been disallowed, Dallas still could have won the game and the Cup by scoring after that. And the call on the ice was correct (and contrary to popular belief was reviewed and upheld), [[Main/ObviousRulePatch the rule was changed the following season]] to allow a skate to be in the goal crease at any time so long as the skater isn't interfering with the goaltender.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' is often thought of as a complicated game that takes ''forever'' to play, when actually the sheer opposite holds true. Beyond simple math and a basic understanding of risk/reward management, it's actually a fairly simple game to understand and play and is really only more complicated than simple {{luck based|mission}} games like ''Parcheesi''. As for its length, it actually a really quick and dirty game owing to huge UnstableEquilibrium... as long as you actually follow the game rules:

* ''Theatre/{{A Streetcar Named Desire}}'': The script actually leaves up to directorial interpretation whether or not Stanley really raped Blanche; all it says about their final confrontation is that she collapses in the midst of her hysteria and "he picks up her inert figure and carries her to the bed." That can easily be staged as her falling into a catatonic trance and him taking advantage, but it suggests just as validly that he was just cruelly taunting her and puts her to bed to sleep off her drunkenness after she passes out (which sets a very different tone for the following scene of Stella confiding to Eunice that she simply doesn't believe Blanche's dramatic claim and receiving reassurance that she should stick with that thought). Of course, more often than not, the stage direction is completely disregarded and a MoralEventHorizon violent rape is substituted.

* Porn also had nothing to do with Blu-Ray stomping all over HD-DVD. That victory can be credited to the Blu-Ray's higher capacity (50gb on dual-layer vs 30gb on a dual-layer HD-DVD) and the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 having Blu-Ray built right in (the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 hitched its wagon to HD-DVD... as a $150 add on. You can probably guess how that went). By that point the internet had pretty well killed off the sales of porn on physical media, so nobody would have cared even if Blu-Ray was the only one that allowed kinky stuff.

** A lot of fans think WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls was [[FollowTheLeader primarily created to compete]] with the Toys/MonsterHigh Franchise. Actually, according to the documentary ''The Toys That Made Us'', it was the popularity of humanised fanart that made Creator/{{Hasbro}} interested in the idea.
* To anyone who was a child in TheFifties, TheSixties, and TheSeventies, it was self-evident that German soldiers in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII all wore the classic coal-scuttle helmet and jackboots all the time -- why, that's the way they come in the toy soldier sets we collect, look! Miniature portrayals of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII soldiers by Airfix and others might not have created the stereotype, but they fixed and perpetuated it in a new generation of young minds. [[note]](Airfix's British soldiers all, to a man, wore the "classic" British helmet -- in figure sets uniformed for both world wars, despite the fact it was only widespread halfway through UsefulNotes/{{W|orldWarI}}W1 and replaced later in UsefulNotes/{{W|orldWarII}}W2 by something different.[[/note]] The fact the Germans abandoned the jackboot as it was too expensive to make and consumed too many resources, as well as the fact the helmets were only worn in combat when most of the time soldiers preferred lighter and more comfortable headwear, was lost as, well, ''everyone'' knows this is how German soldiers look...)[[note]]And the first Airfix set of American UsefulNotes/WorldWarII infantry soldiers had a disproportionate number of men armed only with Colt revolvers as, well, it's common knowledge they were [[AmericansAreCowboys a bunch of cowboys in uniform]]... look, this was a Britain smarting at a diminished role in the world...[[/note]]
* Japanese toy manufacturer [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]]'s American subsidiary is commonly known either as Bandai Creation or Bandai Creations, a distinction American ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' fans argue about endlessly. In fact, both are wrong: it's Bandai America or simply Bandai USA. Beginning from the early 2000s, many American ''Godzilla'' toy packages featured the word "creation" under the regular Bandai logo, denoting that the toys in question were the creations of the Bandai company. This single extra word etched itself so deeply into the minds of American buyers that all American-produced Bandai ''Godzilla'' toys are still widely and unquestionably referred to as Bandai Creation(s) products on fan forums, articles, Website/YouTube video reviews, and certain Wikis or toy databases, when no such company ever existed. The facts that the packages have stopped using the "creation" label after a few years, that it was never part of the official logo to begin with, and that no other American Bandai toys even featured the word seems to have gone completely unnoticed.

Much of the ''Bionicle'' franchise's very early visual aesthetic and parts of its in-universe lore ''were'' inspired by real-life Polynesian cultures, leading to some Māori activists hacking fan websites, harassing fans and threatening to sue LEGO for misappropriating their language. But these were mostly dismissed as Internet aggressors and did not represent the Māori as a whole. LEGO didn't copyright any real-life words either. The legal core of the incident actually centered around the title of a UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance game, "''Tales of the Tohunga''", where Tohunga denoted a culturally and historically sensitive word for the Māori. News outlets falsely claimed the word described the "helpless" tribal villagers of ''Bionicle'' lore, but in the actual story they were far from helpless and they performed vital tasks to keep their culture and their island safe. After LEGO met with Māori cultural representatives, the word Tohunga was removed and replaced with the made-up "Matoran", the game's title was changed to "''Quest for the Toa''", other words were changed as well, and ''Bionicle'' lost most of its supposed mysticism and quasi-religious tone. Māori-inspired deities and traditional dance rituals were also written out before they were even properly introduced in the story.\\

* The mysterious Indrid Cold from late 20th century American {{urban legends}} is also known as "the Grinning Man", an AmbiguouslyHuman person sporting [[SlasherSmile an inhuman, ear-to-ear grin]]. He is commonly tied to the legend of TheMothman, mainly because he was included in ''Film/TheMothmanProphecies'' (both the book and its very loose film adaptation). Some say he's [[HumanoidAbomination an otherworldly, godlike entity]], [[HughMann an alien badly masquerading as a human]], or a [[TheMenInBlack Man in Black]]. Some accounts also claim he lacks a [[TheNoseless nose]], ears or hair. In the original story, Cold (the name Indrid came from a later account) is just [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse a normal-looking guy]] with [[{{telepathy}} telepathic]] abilities who travels around in a strange flying ship. Woodrow Derenberger, the person who claims to have first met him in West Virginia during November 1966, later said Indrid was an extraterrestrial human. Though Derenberger's accounts were unabashedly bizarre, not once did he claim Indrid Cold looked any different from a regular human. He had slicked-back hair, a dark tan and wore a shiny blue suit under his coat. His most famous trait, the creepy grin, was added to the story by other people. His affiliation with the Mothman meanwhile originated from {{conspiracy theorist}}s, mainly ''The Mothman Prophecies'' author John Keel, reaching for connections between separate weird events that had zilch to do with each other. One of these cases was an alleged New Jersey sighting of a grinning person wearing a metallic green suit in October 1966. The two events were conflated and further embellished, thus the most common version of the Indrid Cold myth became far removed from Derenberger's story.

** ''Theatre/RichardIII'''s most famous line, "Now is the winter of our discontent", is not delivered during a time of great hardship or suffering. It's actually the opposite: the full line is "Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of York". Richard says it while celebrating [[UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRoses the House of York's victory over the House of Lancaster]]. The fact that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_Discontent a period of inclement weather and labor unrest in the UK]] became known as the "Winter of Discontent" has probably contributed to the misconception.

* Speaking of both Goldberg and Kevin Nash, it's because of Nash's shoot interviews that a lot of fans believe the angle following the FingerpokeOfDoom getting killed off was caused by Goldberg putting his arm through a limousine window, when in reality that happened almost a year later, shortly after ''Sarrcade'' 1999. Nash has claimed in several shoot interviews that it happened not long after the Fingerpoke, which is where the confusion comes in. Whether Nash is just lying about not wanting to job, simply doesn't remember clearly (he admits to doing a lot of pills and booze while in WCW), or is just trolling the [[SmartMark smart fans]] is anyone's guess.

* Many people assume that UsefulNotes/CinemaScore is a film rating system ala Metacritic or Rotten Tomatoes, and are often bewildered when a well-received movie receives a bad score (most famously, ''Film/{{Hereditary}}'' and it's D+ score) and vice versa. However, Cinemascore was never intended to be a film rating system, but rather a marketing tool to measure how successfully a movie was able to appeal to its opening day audience.

* InconsistentSpelling: A character's name lacks an inconsistent spelling. Some cases may be the result of not being aware of the official spelling.

* In a similar but much less morbid example it's commonly believed that Wrestling/KurtAngle's wife Karen left him for Wrestling/JeffJarrett, whom she would later marry (and they're still married as of this writing.) Like with Sullivan and Woman Kurt and Karen separated well before Karen and Jeff got together, what got Jarrett in trouble is that he lied to Wrestling/{{TNA}} head Dixie Carter about it. According to Kurt there's never been any real hostility between him and Jeff, and he's accepted his responsibility in torpedoing his marriage with his past drug and alcohol issues.