Um, Actually
Introducing a game show of fandom minutiae one-upmanship, where nerds do what nerds do best: flaunt encyclopedic nerd knowledge at Millennium Falcon nerd-speed.
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Mortal Kombat, Element Stones, The Matrix: Reloaded
Zac Oyama, Kirk Damato, Sam Bashor fear for their gamer cred and admire Crash Bandicoot's style.
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Hodor, Portable Holes, Philip K. Dick (with Kristian Nairn)
Matt Mercer, Becca Scott, and Jon Gabrus identify with Tingle and fixate on New Zealand.
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Ms. Pac-Man, Mick Foley, Marvel Apes
Hector Navarro, Danielle Radford, and Nick Mundy play name-that-robot and learn ALF's real name.
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Cyclops, Skeletor, the Dark Crystal
Jordan Doll, Jon Gutierrez, and Maggie Mae Fish admire Gelflings' wings and Ser Mandon Moore's bops.
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Sonic, Shredder, the Sword in the Stone
Shane Crown, Jenny Lorenzo, and Erika Ishii shudder over underwater levels and moving to Florida.
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Monty Python, Shōnen Manga, Mr. Burns
Nathan Yaffe, Haley Mancini, and Kirk Damato question Xena's powers and make bribes for Pokémon.
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Wario, Winnie the Pooh, A Wrinkle in Time
Brennan Lee Mulligan, Ryan Martin, and Jackie Kashian ponder pink kryptonite and missing mages.
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Diablo, Diddy Kong, Dora Milaje
Shane Crown, Jordan Doll, and Ify Nwadiwe beef up like Goku and consider going alt-Sith.
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Skaven, Watchmen, The Neverending Story
Spellcasters hex Nick Marini, Emily Heller, and Edgar Momplaisir into forgetting the game's rules.
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Nothlits, Dust Bunnies, His Dark Materials
Ally Beardsley, Zach Sherwin, and Siobhan Thompson assess Pokémon's missteps and Merlin's real age.
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Bilquis, Black Panther, Battlestar Galactica
Adam Lustick, Dan Black, and Jackie Kashian appraise MTG cards and scream for superhuman ice cream.
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Jump Man, Folklore, Hounds of Tindalos
Middle-earthian bards regale Brian Murphy, Amy Vorpahl, and Matt Mercer, plus a lesson in THAC0.
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Mouth of Sauron, Saiyan Tails, Bothan Spies
Power-ups and sibling rivalries beleaguer Ify Nwadiwe, DC Pierson, and Emily Axford.
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Pevensie Reign, Foreign Mutants, Kanto Clones
Zac Oyama, Becca Scott, and Thomas Middleditch scrutinize anime jazz and interplanetary linguistics.
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Animalities, Maple Street Monsters, Mutagen Ooze
Brennan Lee Mulligan, Siobhan Thompson, and Adam Conover name dragons and parse nonlinear timelines.
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Ganondorf, Gremlins, Geography of Westeros
Sorting swords proves an arduous task for contestants Ally Beardsley, Ify Nwadiwe, and Becca Scott.
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Incantations, Immortans, Vulcans in Heat
Ally Beardsley, Adam Conover, and Alice Wetterlund arrange Sailor Scouts and dethrone stewards.
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Cyborg Cops, Shai'Hulud, Sci-Fi Substance Abuse
Can Jared Logan, Daniel O’Brien, and Haley Mancini identify droids by sight and monsters by sound?
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C-3PO's Origins, HP Lovecraft, the Food Album (with Weird Al Yankovic)
Caldwell Tanner, Siobhan Thompson, and Nate Dern inspect guns and review the Diagon Alley bar scene.
