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Annalynn
Annalynn (2021)
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Attachment On August 16th, 2023, Cruise Elroy revealed that he usually sketches out concepts for Annalynn before implementing them in game. While many of the sketches shown are present in the final release, some unused concepts are also shown, such as an orange character named Annabelle (presumably a second player character) and Mappy-style trampolines.

Among these sketches is also Mike drawn with an expression mirroring that seen in the "Today I Will" meme.
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (2021)
subdirectory_arrow_right SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom (Game), Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (Game), Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis (Game), Nickelodeon (Franchise), The Fairly OddParents (Franchise), Nickelodeon (Collection)
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Many Nickelodeon fans noticed a significant omission of characters from the series The Fairly OddParents in Nickelodeon crossovers starting in 2008's SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom, which was the final installment in the Nicktoons Unite! series where Fairly OddParents protagonist Timmy Turner had previously been part of the main ensemble cast. The reasoning for this is believed to be due to Nelvana, a Canadian distributor of children's content, holding the international licensing rights and copyright for the first 5 seasons of the show outside of the US, having used this to syndicate the cartoon on the rivaling Disney Channel.

Timmy Turner did later appear in the 2022 Apple Arcade game Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis. In response to a tweet speculating that this could lead to Fairly OddParents content appearing in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, the community manager for the latter game Thaddeus Crews posted a "heads-in-the-clouds" emoji. A playtester for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 alleged that the legal issues with The Fairly OddParents are so complicated and strung-out that a former Nickelodeon or Nelvana employee was gifted the copyright to Timmy Turner's pink hat design as a farewell gift.
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Cameo, Copyright, Development, Regional Difference, Theory, Unused Character
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Frogger
Frogger (1981)
subdirectory_arrow_right Frogger (Game), Frogger (Game), Frogger (Franchise), Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Platform), Sega Mega Drive/Genesis (Platform)
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In the US, the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System's final official releases in the 1990's were the same game: a port of the original arcade Frogger made to coincide with the PlayStation and PC reboot.
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (2021)
subdirectory_arrow_right Slap City (Game)
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Attachment The layout of the Traffic Jam stage in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, consisting of a bus driving along moving asphalt that players can fall onto and either ram into the bus or get conveyed off-screen, while cars appear to the left and right to stand on, is recycled from a stage from Ludosity's first platform fighter Slap City called Public Transit, with the main difference aside from the Hey Arnold! theming being the absence of an equivalent to the Apathetic Frog helicopter.

The background music for the Slap City stage is also called "Traffic Jam" on the game's song selector (though the official Bandcamp release and the internal file names call the song "Noisy City" instead) and a side-scrolling stage reusing assets from Public Transit in Slap City's story mode is called "Traffic Jam".
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl - Helga Pataki showcase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZWTcs5SI6c

Slap City - Business Casual Man online match:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAxq0gbpFgE

Slap City music:
https://slapcity.wiki.gg/wiki/Music
Slap City
Slap City (2018)
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Attachment The fifth recolor of the Goddess of Explosions' second alt, War Queen, is a reference to a Swedish holiday known as Saint Lucia's Day, where a girl or woman is chosen to dress with a wreath of candles, red belt, and white robe to represent the legendary Christian martyr Saint Lucia.
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Lemmings
Lemmings (1991)
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Attachment One of the music tracks in Lemmings, known officially as Lemming 1, is often referred to online as "Pachelbel's Canon in D Major". Despite this, the only resemblance between the classical piece and the Lemmings theme is their chord progression.
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Music, Similarities
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Pac-Man
Pac-Man (1980)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pac-Man (Franchise), Takara Tomy (Company)
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Attachment The first appearance of a yellow, spherical character named "Puck-Man" with a ravenous appetite was a 1974 bank toy by Tomy, which came in a variety of colors including yellow. It is unknown if the video game character was plagiarized or Pac-Man's design similarities are all a bizarre coincidence, with game creator Toru Iwatani claiming in an unrelated court hearing to have not heard of the toy until after the release of the game. No legal action was taken by Tomy, and the 1970's Tomy Puck-Man toys would be rebranded with Namco's Pac-Man after the success of the game.
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BFDIA 5b
BFDIA 5b (2013)
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During YouTuber Ni Hao Guylan's Let's Play of BFDIA 5b, he struggled on an early version of Level 29. Shortly after the video was uploaded, Cary Huang commented on the video that he "made level 29 a bit easier". Based on the dates for both the original video and Cary's comment, this would suggest that the final update for BFDIA 5b was released on June 5, 2013.
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Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II (2003)
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Attachment An NPC appearing in Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II is potentially a reference to American domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber. It should be noted that while his character portrait and overworld sprite look similar to Kaczynski, it is used for several different NPC characters in the game, so it's unknown if he was originally intended to physically resemble the real-life Unabomber. However, like the Unabomber this character is also named Ted, he moved to a cabin in the woods, and believes society is too reliant on industrial technology, even complimenting Vegeta on "blowing up" a neighbor's generator after he failed to destroy it himself. His dialogue is the following:

Ted: "I moved out here because society is too reliant on Capsule technology. Civilization is falling apart, and we've all filled our pockets with capsules, SUV's and capsule cappuccino machines. It is unnatural. It was very peaceful here - until that Vinnie guy moved in. He makes me sick! Listen to that music he is always playing:

"Feel the danger around you!
The black darkness surrounds you!"
"What are you going to do?
The eyes of the lion!"

I can't stand that corporate pop music Vinnie is always playing: [same lyrics as above]

[After destroying Vinnie's generator]: You blew up his generator? I like your style! I would have done it myself, but I couldn't figure out his security code."
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Chase the Chuck Wagon
Chase the Chuck Wagon (1983)
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There has been a trend of retrospective reviews and historical content relating to the North American video game crash of 1983 mentioning Chase the Chuck Wagon as a contributing game to the crash, despite the fact that it only had a limited mail-order release and was not the first product-placement-based video game. This is theorized by the blog/website "Bad Game Hall of Fame" to be the result of a quote from the G4 docuseries Icons that was taken out of context, referring to a proliferation of companies trying to branch into video games as opposed to any specific games or the use of product placement, with the mistaken belief that Chase the Chuck Wagon was published or developed by Purina itself like with Quaker Oats' "U.S. Games" brand. The quote in question reads:

"Toy companies like Parker Brothers and Hasbro form video game divisions. But when unrelated companies like Chuck Wagon dog food and Quaker Oats jump on-board, the market begins to turn."
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General, Real Life, Rumor, Theory
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Ghost of Tsushima
Ghost of Tsushima (2020)
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Attachment A sword kit named "The Stonecutter" can be obtained at the Zasho River Pillar of Honor. Its description reads: "Humble, but more powerful than a prince". The sword name and description are possibly a reference to a story by the same name contained in Andrew Langs' The Crimson Fairy Book. In the story, a humble stonecutter wishes to be turned into many things that hold power by a mountain spirit, the first of which being a prince. In the end, he wishes to be changed back to his original form realizing that he is satisfied living as a humble stonecutter.
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Pizza Tower
Pizza Tower (2023)
subdirectory_arrow_right Memoirs of Magic (Game)
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Ghost of Tsushima
Ghost of Tsushima (2020)
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Attachment A sword kit named, "Ōmukade's Revenge", can be obtained by completing the mythic tale "The Spirit of Yarikawa's Vengeance". The design on the sword wrap depicts a coiling giant centipede. This is possibly a reference to the Japanese folktale of Tawara Tōda Monogatari in which a giant centipede (mukade or Ōmukade in Japanese) yokai terrorizes a kingdom.
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Ghost of Tsushima - Omukade's Revenge sword guide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1THLIOtw0U

Wikipedia article for Tawara Tōda Monogatari:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawara_Tōda_Monogatari

Depiction of Omukade from Tawara Toda Monogatari at Seta no Karahashi Bridge:
https://photoguide.jp/pix/displayimage.php?album=451&pid=11197#top_display_media

Same bridge as above but different depiction:
https://photoguide.jp/pix/displayimage.php?album=451&pid=11196#top_display_media

My Lord Bag of Rice English translation articles:
https://www.curiousordinary.com/2021/07/bag-of-rice.html?m=1
https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/72/japanese-fairy-tales/4846/my-lord-bag-of-rice/
Starfield
Starfield (2023)
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All of the celestial bodies of the Alpha Centauri system (the star and star system that both in real life and the game is the closest to The Sun and the Solar System) are named after real-life humans who had or have a hand in space travel and cosmic studies. This includes the following:

• Gagarin - Yuri Gagarin - A Soviet Cosmonaut who is known the world over to be the first man and human in space.

• Bondar - Roberta Bondar - First female Astronaut from Canada.

• Jemison - Mae C. Jemison - The first African-American woman to visit outer space.

• Olivas - John D. Olivas - NASA Astronaut and Engineer who helped out with the STS-117 and STS-128

• Curbeam - Robert Curbeam - The NASA Astronaut who holds the record for most Space Walks in a single space flight.

• Grissom - Gus Grissom - an esteemed NASA astronaut that became one of the first Americans in space.

• Kurtz - Michael J. Kurtz - a Harvard University astrophysicist known for his work on NASA's Astrophysics Data System, and for studying the distribution of different galaxies throughout space.

• Chawla - Kalpana Chawla - First woman of Indian descent to go on a space flight and also sadly one of the victims of the 2003 space shuttle Columbia explosion.

• Hawley - Steven Hawley - American Astronaut who flew on five US space shuttle flights.

• Lovell - Jim Lovell - The man who piloted the command module of the Apollo 8 vessel that was successful in orbiting the Moon.

• Voss - James Voss - An Astronaut who has visited the International Space Station 5 times.

• Zamka - George David Zamka - Pilot of the space shuttle Discovery and visitor to the ISS.
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Twisted Metal: Small Brawl
Twisted Metal: Small Brawl (2001)
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During developement, devs were already creating partial assets for RC versions of two classic Twisted Metal characters: Grasshopper and Warthog. However, because developement was rushed, they could not completely finish either in time, so they came up with an idea to combine the two: they would use Grasshopper's car shape/design, stats and everything else from Warthog (including his name and cutscenes), complete with a camouflage coloration for the car and its flag. This character even became known as "Warthopper" among the devs because of this. One particular dev on the GoodrichGames YouTube channel even stated that he was disappointed with Warthog's final Special in the game (which was modified from both Specter's and Crimson Fury's) and said that if they had more time it would be fixed mechanically and also unique with each missile doing something different.
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Complaint, Development, Early Idea, Inspiration, Mistake, Real Life, Secret, Similarities, Unused Character
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Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker
Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker (1996)
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Attachment In the city set of Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker, a fried chicken store titled "Chick N' Chunks" can be seen. This is not the name of any one location from any Nickelodeon series, but its branding is reminiscent of the Chokey Chicken restaurant from Rocko's Modern Life, a connection further supported by Filburt and Dr. Hutchison's trailer home appearing on the same map.

In Season 4 of Rocko's Modern Life, released the same year as Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker, the Chokey Chicken was renamed "Chewy Chicken" due to the original name's sexual slang meaning, meaning that Chick N' Chunks may have been an alternate censorship of the "Chokey Chicken" name.
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Adaptation, Artwork/Illustration, Censorship, Reference, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Theory
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Chick N' Chunks in Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker (taken from random film):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFAufn4-PnM?t=171

Webpage on censorship in Rocko's Modern Life:
http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~otown/censored.htm
Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (1999)
subdirectory_arrow_right Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour (Game)
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The music track for Blizzard Beach in Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour was reused from the Holiday Broadcasting level from Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko, with the Gex 3 motif being replaced with "Tis' the Season", and the minor key "Frosty the Snowman" segment replaced with a reprise of an earlier segment of the song.
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Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4dySWpjwEY

Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BySOgyNm4JY
Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day
Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day (1994)
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Attachment Rocko's punching animation is directly traced from a sequence of animation in the Rocko's Modern Life pilot episode "Trash-O-Madness".
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Rocko's Modern Life Season 1 Episode 10B "Trash-O-Madness". Pilot version featured on the Rocko's Modern Life Season 2 DVD. The punching clip is featured in the pilot version of the intro, which can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsQxnOMGZFg
Tiny Toon Adventures
Tiny Toon Adventures (1991)
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Attachment As discovered on the French blog UPSILANDRE RETROGAMING, the movement code for the NES version of Tiny Toon Adventures by Konami was directly plagiarized from Super Mario Bros. 3, giving the two games near-identical play-feels.
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Controls, Development, Inspiration, Plagiarism, Secret, Similarities
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Mario's Cement Factory
Mario's Cement Factory (1983)
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Attachment The Tabletop version of Mario's Cement Factory's startup jingle is a low fidelity rendition of the bassline to "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen. At some point, a revision was made using an original jingle, likely to avoid legal action.
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Music, Reference, Similarities, Unused Audio, Version Difference
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