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Shae - Game of Thrones

Shae never cared for Tyrion. GAME OF THRONES CRACKED.COM In the book series A Song of Ice and Fire, Tyrion is just another client for Shae. She was never heartbroken or scorned when she was forced to betray him. — Vulture / GOT Wiki

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House Of The Dragon Star Turned Down GoT Because It Had Dragons.

Paddy Considine turned down Game of Thrones because it had dragons. CRACKED.COM Considine will play King Viserys Targaryen in HBO's House of the Dragon, which is guar- anteed to have 500% more dragons than Game of Thrones. — ScreenRant

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Game of Thrones

Fantasy movies Game of Thrones Cast and crew played with Ned Stark's head. It was a bit strange, yeah, a bit creepy, Sean Bean said during a Reddit AMA. We just kicked it around like a football! CRACKED.COM — Source: Sean Bean/Reddit

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Tyrion Lannister

Game of Thrones FIRST APPEARANCE Winter is Coming TYRION Drunken wasted lout. Hand of the King. LAST APPEARANCE The Iron Throne CRACKED.COM

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COMEDY NERD You might have missed YouTube comedian Steve Love on Game of Thrones. Не was in Season 6 - he did some pretty popular Game of Thrones impressions, so they invited him to do a cameo and die horribly on the show. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rheumatold Arthritis: Jane Lvnch Talks About 90% Of Game of Cory Mo Returh To Rehab Thrones's viewers did it illegally. GAMEOF THRONES GAMEOF THRONES

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Hieroglyph An ancient Egyptian Game of Thrones that was ultimately scrapped by FOx... for being too similar to Game of Thrones. — Source: EW

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GIANTS ARE JUST TALL POLES HELD UP. The ball at the tip is the giant's eye level. CRACKED.COM

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George RR Martin / Game of Thrones

George RR Martin wasn't too thrilled with how Game of Thrones wrapped up. The series has been... not completely faithful. Otherwise, it would have to run another five seasons. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Writers Who Hate Movie Adaptations Of Their Work

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Dothraki is a Real Language

CRACKED.COM GAME OF THRONES DOTHRAKI IS A FULL LANGUAGE YOU CAN SPEAK. Linguist David J. Peterson developed the language for Game of Thrones and created others for various films and TV shows. — Source: 20 Facts About 'Game of Thrones' to Prep for 'House of the Dragon' (or Not, Whatever You Prefer)

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Director Lucrecia Martel turned down Black Widow

CRACKED LUCRECIA MARTEL SAID MARVEL MOVIES ARE HARD TO WATCH. She declined to direct Black Widow after Marvel wouldn't allow her more creative control. She said, It's hard to watch a Marvel film. It's painful to the ears to watch Marvel films. — Animated Times

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Marvel Superheroes vs Street Fighter

MARVEL SUPERHEROES vs. STREET FIGHTER There's a pervert in the Japanese version of Marvel Superheroes vs. Street Fighter. He's an older man named Norimaro who dresses like a schoolboy. Не spends his time trying to take Chun-Li's picture. If you beat the game with him, he steals her panties. CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Games We Grew Up On (With Weird Backstories)

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The Incredible Hulk / Spider-Man Homecoming

MCU Phase One Easter Eggs Mr. Harrington The computer nerd from The Incredible Hulk goes on to become Peter Parker's teacher in Spider-Man: Homecoming. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Easter Eggs in Phase One of the MCU

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Iron Man 2

MCU Phase One Easter Eggs Iron Man 2 Loki Ivan Vanko had a Loki tattoo on his neck. It was removed for fear audiences would think Loki was behind Whiplash's actions. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Easter Eggs in Phase One of the MCU

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CRACKED.COM MCU Blunders Marvel creative committee This group of writers, creators, and (mostly) toy makers weighed in and vetoed decisions throughout the first two and a half phases of the MCU - before Kevin Fiege got tired of them and threatened to walk. — Source: Cinemablend

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Captain Marvel was almost in Age of Ultron

Deleted scenes that would've changed everything Avengers: Age of Ultron captain Marvel came home early. The original line-up for the New Avengers at the end of the movie included Captain Marvel and Quicksilver, before Quicksilver was removed and Scarlet Witch replaced Captain Marvel. — Source: Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki

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HANK PYM When a guy accidentally loses his wife in the quantum realm, can you blame him if he's too distracted to be much of a father? He's also going to be reluctant to turn the over keys to the superhero suits, given the family history.

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Why Didn't Loki Use The Scepter TO Control Captain America? THE AVENGERS CRACKED COM Loki uses the scepter to control people all over the place, Erik

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How Did Hulk End Up On Sakaar? THOR: RAGNORAK CRACKEDCON Hulk flew away from Sokovia in a Quinjet and showed up on the planet Sakaar in Thor: Ragnarok

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THe SIMPSONS DO THE BARTMAN Secretly WRITTEN By MICHAeL JACKSON CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ned Flanders

Oh, that's where the term Flanderization comes from. THE SIMPSONS HOLY BIBLE CRACKED COM Not overly religious, and even a bit spicy in The Simpsons pilot, Flanders quickly became religion-obsessed. Writers said that he was deliberately changed to satirize the growing influence of Christianity in politics at the time. — CBR

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Russ Cargill

The Simpsons Movie Russ Cargill was originally supposed to be Hank Scorpio. Producers claim that idea was only taken seriously for about a week, but still hired Hank Scorpio's voice actor, Albert Brooks, to voice Cargill. CRACKED.COM — Screen Rant

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The Pilot

COMEDY NERD The Simpsons pilot was a kinda-strange, one-off Christmas special. Homer and Marge have voices that feel off if you're used to today's versions, and some characters - like Maggie and Ned Flanders - are fairly different. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Sitcoms Whose Pilots Were Different From Later Episodes

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McBain

Easter Eggs The Simpsons There's an entire McBain film (think Rambo meets Beverly Hills Cop) playing in the background of The Simpsons episodes through the years. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movie Easter Eggs (Just in Time for Easter)

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Real-Life Inspiration

A Simpsons Christmas episode, from Season 7, was inspired by real life. In the episode, Bart steals a video game, gets caught, and kind of gets more distant from his mom-and something similar happened to Simpsons writer Mike Scully when he was 12 (so he pitched the idea for the episode based on it). CRACKED COM — Source

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The Simpsons Game

The Simpsons Game (The Simpsons Movie) CRACKED.COM It may not be the almighty Simpsons: Hit and Run, but this co-op platformer, released the same year as The Simpsons Movie, is well worth playing, especially for its bevy of levels parodying other gaming classics such as Medal of Honor and Grand Theft Auto. — Source: Gamespot

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STANLEE is king of the cameos SPACE were and XHEN CRACKED.com Bart's attempt at a new comic book hero sets off Stan's stinky sense. The boy is crestfallen, but the Marvel icon encourages Bart to keep trying. If you fail, you can always open a comic book store. — Source: 13 Non-Entertainers Who Got Animated on The Simpsons

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Fred Armisen

FRED ARMISEN got Groening back to his Portland roots DEVEL CRACKED.COM After Fred and Carrie Brownstein guested on the Simpsons, Matt Groening returned the favor by appearing on Portlandia. The Simpsons creator sued Armisen's character for his line of bootleg Bart Ska-mson t-shirts. — Oregon Live

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Front Facing Simpsons

There's something oddly fun and unsettling about seeing Simpsons characters facing forward. The Tumblr page Front Facing Simpsons is the place to fi — Link: Front Facing Simpsons' Tumblr Account

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Halloween episodes It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Who Got Dee Pregnant A hilarious whodunit mixed in the Halloween motif, even if the end result doesn't really resolve anything. Resolution was never the point of Sunny anyway. CRACKED.COM — FX
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Charlie Kelly from 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'

Characters who would kill it on reality shows It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Charlie Kelly Charlie would be interesting to follow on dating shows or any reality competition programs due to this sweet yet unstable nature. Wildcard, bitches! CRACKED.COM

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Mac from “It’s Always Sunny” was raised by a gay couple.

Rob McElhenney from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was raised by a lesbian couple. McElhenney plays the for- merly homophobic and now out-of-the-closet (and ripped) homosexual charac- ter, Mac. The show has used gay marriage to illustrate America's hipocracy re- garding marriage equality. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — On Top Mag

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A beer giant wanted their products on “It’s Always Sunny,” until they saw it.

Anheuser-Busch product placement had to be blurred out in the first season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. G RAB OME в JDS اله سنه - Anheuser-Busch signed on for product placement for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's first season, but after watching the very first episode (The Gang Gets Racist), they pulled their sponsorship. CRACKED.COM — Bleeding Cool

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

The working title for the show was It's Always Sunny on TV Another name supposedly floated was, understandably, Jerks. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED COM — Source: Monsters and Critics

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Rob McElhenney and Kaitlyn Olson own a real bar in Philly. It's appropriate the real-life couple's bar is named Mac's Tavern. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED COM — Source: Philly Voice

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Dayman

The Dayman song was a riff on Queen's Flash Gordon Theme Song. Glenn Howerton was playing in a band that opened with the Queen song So it was fresh in his head.' It was a one-off joke that went very far. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED COM — Source: Howerton's AMA

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Danny DeVito's casting saved the show from being canceled after the first season The network demanded star power. Luckily, DeVito's kids were fans of the show So he joined on. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED COM — Source: Hollywood Reporter

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DeVito told It's Always Sunny... creator Rob McElhenney he joined the cast because he wanted to be around younger people to stay fresh and relevant. T — Source: CinemaBlend

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Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia

COMEDY NERD Have you seen It's Always Sunny in Philadelphias Season 6 finale? In true IASIP form, A Very Sunny Christmas features things like naked elves and blood, but also the gang rediscovering the true meaning of Christmas. CRACKED.COM — Source

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