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The collar airbag helmets used by Earth Kat pilots? A real thing. (Developed by iSi)

Paulette's weapon is actually a Johyo "aka" Rope Dart.

The Turbant-Wearer Boy Mentioned the Sauerkraut a German Pronom for Sour Cabbage during the Conversations in the canteen

The Juicy-Apple TV (or Apple TV prior to New Horizons), which a literal TV shaped like an apple, may seem like a joke on the more well-known Apple TV. However, not only was this TV available in the Manga long before Apple produced theirs, but one Chinese company called Hannspree has been making apple-shaped TVs since the early 2000s. These novelty TVs were still being made as late as 2018.

Both the Manga and the Anime Mentioned John Durlesser a American founder of the Margarita Cocktail since 1936, Which lot of Peoples They pass him off as a fictional character for the Manga When in fact it actually existed Especially in some older books, Older than the Bartender. The Reason Behind John Durlesser as Fictional Character being derived by Two People's Perception.

A) Durlesser Is not Well Know as Other Bartenders Like Jerry Thomas, Juyoung Kang or Francisco "Pancho" Morales.

B) Doesen't have a Wikipedia Page.

Iron Arm and one of Miura's most successful ideas, a sort of forerunner of modern prosthetics and even more functional than the latter, which contributes to making the character even more men from a physical point of view. Many have thought that he was inspired by Bruce Campbell in the film Army of Darkness, but in reality that film was produced only on the mind. The inspiration for his main character, even if never admitted by Miura, comes true Historical figures Gotz von berlichen: a German mercenary who had his arm amputated after being hit by a cannonball, but who continued to practice his profession for another forty years thanks to decidedly cutting-edge Prosthesis. and the Prince Pier Gerlofs Donia, pier Gerlofs Donia, who lived in the same area in what is now Frisia/Oland on January 29, 1515, the troops of Landsknechts hired by George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony, laid waste to the entire region. One of these groups, the Black Band, in addition to destroying the village and properties of Pier Gerlofs Donia, violated and killed his wife, the event triggered a "berserk" rage in the knight, thanks to which he was able to take up a huge two-handed sword with his sword and take revenge, killing the executioners of his family

The series includes loads of these. To name a few, several European/Asian dialects are used (from Russian to Romanian), quite a few old movie references are made ("This looks like a remake of the movie "The Last Command") as well as several obscure gun comments ("I mean he's Jewish, right? Of course he'd have an Israeli-made gun!"). References to various philosophers and their view on consequence ethics, like Kierkegaard and Sartre, are made by several of the characters.

Many people thought that Albese, the minnow team that Aoi plays for in Italy after Internazionale dismisses him, was fictional. Turns out it's real, and has played at the Piedmont division of Eccellenza (the fifth division of Italian football).

° Hyuga debuting on Juventus wearing a number "1+8" (one plus eight) jersey may also seem outlandish, but it is based on Chilean superstar Iván Zamorano, who wore the number 9 shirt at Internazionale before Ronaldo, another wold-famous number 9, joined the team. This was done in order to let both players be the number 9 on the teamnote.

° Interestingly enough, the situation in the manga is reversed in which it's the newcomer that takes the amended numbering while the correct number is kept by the team veteran (in this case, Inzars).

cross-shaped boomerangs They really exist.

° Even if it is too anachronistic Since Castlevania Curse of the Darkness Timeline Is set in the 15th-century, While the Name Garibaldi Didn't exist until the 19th. The fact that the temple of Garibaldi Is infested by Monsters Instead of being deprived of it, have double meaning. Garibaldi was a swindler of the Bourbon folks instead of a Good Baron How Many History Books Lie to Portrait Garibaldi as Good. He stole, killed and committed fraud, because He was in the service of the British Consulate Of the Catholic rather than Christian religious order, It makes perfect sense since Catholicism does not dominate all of Europe. Castlevania Curse of the Darkness Is set on Transylvania Which most of the Churchs are Dominated by Christian's (Christianity is older than Catholicism, since the early Century 102-244) So Technically Safe Places from the Demons, You wouldn't expect a church named after "Garibaldi" in-memory of, or fake Church made Close to the Dracula Castle.

Kabaddi is a real sport.

Vamola's native language of Sumerian may seem like a made-up alien text, but the characters are actually from the obscure Ugaritic alphabet, with a Redditor translating Vamola's Sumerian speech into coherent sentences.

"Hot Pepper Tuna" sounds at first like it was just a fake rap song made specifically for the game to stick with the constant seafood theme that runs throughout it. But it's actually a real song made years before the game was made.

° Duff's favorite Anime, Stra Stella, is also real, though it is in a different medium; it is based off the now defunct mobile game "Master of Eternity", which was published by Mintrocket's parent company Nexon. Leahs is one of the starting units in that game, and the song that plays during Duff's Dream Sequence is the game's intro music.

In an omake, Laios says that once he dies, he wants his body to be eaten by monsters, which is represented in a thought bubble with a body being eaten by carrion birds on a mountainside. While the party are weirded out by it, this is a real, if esoteric, burial practice known as Sky Burial practiced in some Buddhist sects. The deceased is laid out on a high spot, where the elements and carrion eaters will decompose it.

Ivy's hat been called by many as a weird and bizarre piece of clothing that's often compared to a waffle or a grill. It's far from rare these claims happen because people are unaware her hat is an actual existing type of headwear called a fascinator, which is used for fashion purposes and can be often seen in a formal context like social gatherings.

Not many know that whatever Lilina is wearing on her head is actually based on Russian kokoshniks and not some other kind of Generic headband.

It was never used in battle (and certainly wasn't intended to), but the impractical-looking hoop skirt Lissa wears (and by extension, anyone else you choose to make into a cleric or a war cleric) really exists. It's called a crinoline.

The Toyota Cresta, which in the manga is idolized by its owner, Vice Principal Hiroshi Uchiyamada, and destroyed several times by Onizuka, is a luxury car that was actually produced in 1996, but only for the Japanese market.

Featured the Shelby Mustang GT5000 a Car that really Existed in the 60s

"Synchronized Attack," the name of one of the techniques used by the Karasuno team during matches, was invented by Toshiki Watanabe, a doctor at the Shiga Medical Center for Adults in the city of Shiga, as well as a volleyball enthusiast who writes on the subject and supervises the technical terms of volleyball in various works.

The historical Hijikata did in fact compose the collection of haiku that Okita and the others keep making fun of - including the "ume ume ume" poem that so baffles Saito in the Drama CD - and those who have read it generally agree that it's pretty bad.

° Isami Kondou really was known to be able to put his whole fist in his mouth as a party trick as he does during one of the Shimabara scenes in Zuisoroku.

For many people who have not visited Japan, Japanese banknotes with the Emperor Portrait might seem a bit kitschy when compared to American Banknotes, but Japanese banknotes do exist.

At Chapter 21 and Page 10 Was Featured the Hand grip strength Measurer, can be quantified by measuring the amount of static force that the hand can squeeze around a dynamometer.

at Page 17 featured a Polmonary System Called alveoli one of you might say but Alveoli Are The Hexagonal Shaped Tissues Of The Beehives And Not Of The Human Body, However The Anatomy Of Your Body Says Otherwise.

The "Isotope Farm" where unwanted Robitas are sent to work is based on an actual practice used in plant cultivation where crops will be exposed to radiation to see if they develop beneficial mutations.

Logos Syndrome, the condition Hina suffers from, is based on the real-life disease known as congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD), which shares many similarities as its fictional counterpart, like weakness in muscles, intellectual impairment, and speech difficulties. Like Logos Syndrome, there's no known cure for CMD as of this writing and most kids living with the disease don't make it past their 20s.

The protagonist owes her name to the Greek princess Nausicaa, a character from the Odyssey by cul Maké who came to know her while reading a text on Greek mythology by Bernard Evslin

Takina's "Hot Choco Parfait" from Episode 8 is based on a real product, Chocola Noir, released in 2020 by Nagoya-based cafe chain Komeda Coffee. Much like its anime counterpart, the real thing went viral too. Sadly, it appears that the Chocola Noir was a limited-edition item and is no longer available.

° The pulse-less artificial heart is a real thing. The most famous Real Life person with this style of artificial heart is Dick Cheney. It works by keeping up a steady, constant stream instead of pumping like a real heart. The level of strenuous activity Chisato can undergo, however, is not supported by the real thing. After the heart is sabotaged by Himegama in Episode 9, Takina even tells Chisato that she shouldn't overexert herself.

In Negima!, Manga, the twins mention a "walking club", which is about professional walking. There actually is a sport called "racewalking", established enough to be included as an olympic event.

The surnames of the inhabitants of Ikkoku-kan are linked to the number of their room: Otonashi means "without sound" and nashi is the kanji for "nothing," because ko nor's room has a number; room 1 is occupied by iching (Ichinose), which means 1 in Japanese; room 4 (yotsu) in the original language is instead that of Yotsuya; all the way up to number 5 in Godai, from go, which means 5.

Tons of Fairly Obscure Stuffs are.

• at Page 4 of the First Volume Featured the Baumkuchen is a kind of donut-shaped German cake that's very popular in Japan.

• in the Episode 8 Featured the Sea Cucumbers an Acquatic Creatures that Really Existed.

Ren's character is clearly inspired by Sid Vicilus, bassist of the Sex Pistols. Like him, Ren also wears a chain around his neck with a padlock engraved with his initial.

The Running Robot-Like Monster Girl from the Manga Seemly A totally made-up, wacky character? wrong, It's inspired from AN actual Sculpture created by Joan Miro called King Ubu from Alfred Jarry's play "Ubu Roi," considered a precursor to surrealism.

The Baratie, the restaurant-ship where Luffy and the others first meet Sanji, is a clear reference to the Baratel, a restaurant in Kumamoto where Eiichiro Oda worked as a waiter as a boy.

Those very thick pancakes that Kuroe has in Chapter 1 are real, and you can make them yourself.

At one point Shin Youngwoo is rushing in to rescue his little sister who is being sexually harassed by four college students who insist on a "date" with her and her female friend and refuse to take "no" for an answer, with Shin even having the Korean number for 911 on his phone, ready to go if the louts don't back off, until the phone battery decides to just die on him. The thugs then decide to try to beat him up "for stealing all the pretty women." As he's fighting, Shin starts putting into practice the martial arts he was being taught in the game, and it worked. While this may seem silly to some readers, research on Virtual Learning shows that this is indeed plausible with some noted early successes.

The Manga correctly portrays Diana being born in Park House and attending Riddlesworth Hall School instead of an Urban House.

While Tatsu's Technicolor Lightning seems exotic, it's actually based on a real meteorological phenomenon where large-scale electrical discharges go off in the sky, often in colors like red, forming ethereal "sprites" of plasma. This phenomenon is also the source of the name of Tatsu ship's and the title of the story, "Red Sprite".

Western viewers unfamiliar with modern Japanese pop-culture would be surprised that Lolita fashion is not only a well-established trend long before the novel came out, but also that Baby The Stars Shine Bright is an actual, successful store popular within the fashion community, making it shocking that Momoko declined a job offer as a designer there at the end.

The Azhi Dahaka, also called Zohak or Zahhak, is an evil figure in Persian folklore.

° Etemenanki was a Babylonian temple dedicated to the Mesopotamian god Marduk.

The author revealed that he wrote Tomie because of the sudden death of a classmate of his after a car accident: unable to process his death, he expected to see him again at any moment, suddenly, and from this fact the idea for the character of Tomie was created.

Alessandro XVIII Became a Pope at a very young age which is impossible to have in Real Life. Worth noting that this This example contains a YMMV entry. It should be moved to the YMMV tab.has actually happened in the real Catholic Church, though this was extremely rare and only one was ever as young as Alessandro. Contemporary rules setting a minimum age are an Obvious Rule Patch because such papacies can only really happen as a result of corruption. As the story takes place 20 Minutes in the Future. Who's to say the rules won't be changed?

The notion of a viking in England having an Eastern sword is not as bizarre as it sounds. By the time the story takes place, vikings were raiding and trading with peoples throughput the Mediterranean, Northern Africa and the Near East. In particular, Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon men were prized as mercenaries in Byzantium, which would also serve to explain Snake's knowledge of Greek and Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Wooden submarines in a fantasy setting, built out of wooden planks like a barrel? Preposterous! Only, the real-life Turtle was exactly that, just much smaller.

The rotating ice floes found by Jabu-Jabu's altar in the adult timeline also happen to be an actual and naturally occurring phenomenon.

Kuchikamizaken (which literally means "Mouth-chewed sake") anyone? They don't shy away from showing you the whole process, either.