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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That May Technically Be Haikus and You’d Never Know

March 04, 2025

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Lady and the Tramp

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Existenz

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Lord of the Rings

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That May Technically Be Haikus and You’d Never Know

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Toy Story 3

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Superman

Richard Donner was never told what the budget for Superman was. It's a miracle Donner managed to make such a beloved movie, as the producers for some reason wouldn't let him know how much money he had to work with. They'd just tell him, You can't do that, without further guidance. Не didn't even get to see the final cut until the premiere. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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Samurai Cop

... TELL US NOW. SAMURAI COP Aaron V. says, Terrible acting, ridiculous action scenes, and cringeworthy innuendo. Put it all together, it works! CRACKED.COM — Source: Tell Us Now: 19 Movies So Bad They're Good

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Ator, the Fighting Eagle

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Flip It Forward

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The Sims

The Sims couldn't have happened without Will Wright losing his home. After it burned down, he had to rebuild it from scratch, which also meant he'd have to learn the fundamentals of architecture and to figure out what he could and couldn't buy later on. So he got the idea for a game in which players build a household from scratch. CRACKED.COM — GamesRadar

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Hollaback Girl

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The Nightmare Before Christmas

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Subaru

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Jimi Hendrix

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25

Back to the Future

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24

Tron

In Tron, Flynn lasers himself into a computer. He does it again in the sequel, and nobody can figure out where he went. In Tron: Legacy Flynn moves eq

23

Les Miserables

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Sky Dancers

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Kit Kats

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Melissa McCarthy

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Steve Urkel

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Chevy Chase

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Kristen Schaal

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Venom

VENOM CAME FROM A FAN LETTER. After Marvel asked readers to submit ideas, Randy Schueller suggested that Spider-Man wear a special black suit that'd enhance his powers. The writers ran with this idea, throwing in the alien symbiote angle, which eventually developed into Venom. — More: 6 Times Fans Got Put In Charge Of Everything

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Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3 didn't have a female villain for sexist reasons. An early draft had Rebecca Hall's Maya Hansen as the villain, but the idea was nixed by Marvel CEO like Perlmutter, who believed that toys of female characters wouldn't sell. The movie was rewritten so that Guy Pearce's character became the bad guy. — More: 6 Shady Moves Pulled By The MCU

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Snoop Dogg

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True Detective

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Intel

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11

Breaking Bad

When Breaking Bad ended, Walter White got a funeral in Albuquerque. C Around 200 people attended, and the show's set decorator, Michael Flowers, gave a eulogy. The whole thing included a procession led by not just a hearse, but also the RV from the show and a few of the Sheriff's Department deputies. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Goonies

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Uma Thurman

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The Outer Limits

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The Mist

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That May Technically Be Haikus and You’d Never Know — Source: 24 Adaptations That Ignored The Source Material

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Beyonce

Beyoncé threw a New Orleans-style masquerade for her mom's 60th Girthday. Guests wore masks and arrived via horse-drawn carriages, being heralded by a marching band. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Absurdly Over-The-Top Celebrity Parties

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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL GIV This modern take on the killer hillbilly trope makes the would-be killers into innocent bystanders, helpless as the prototypical high school canon fodder winds up getting themselves mutilated in the isolated patch of wilderness. The brutal bloodshed is offset by the brilliant and hilarious performances by Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine.

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Akira

STILL INSPIRES MOVIES AND GAMES CRACKED.COM Akira was a huge inspiration on Western media; Kaneda's motorbike, for instance, appears in the film Ready Player One (2018) and in the video game Cyperpunk 2077. Rapper Lupe Fiasco named his album Tetsuo & Youth after Tetsuo Shima. Even the cyberpunk, indie game Red Strings Club has a cyborg called Akira, who plays a very crucial role. — Source: CBR

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Boston Marathon

A marathoner took the subway to the finish line CRACKED.COM After Roise Ruiz barely broke a sweat in her impressive Boston Marathon win, she was found to have simply skipped most of the race. Upon closer inspection, they figured out that she'd also taken the subway to the finish line in NYC - and only got a spot in that race by claiming to have a fatal brain tumor. — Source: Time

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Toy Story 4

TELL US NOW. TOY STORY 4 Simon M. says, An ending that completely disregarded what the main character had been all about for 3 films, for a predictable 'sad payoff. CRACKED.COM

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