Nitpicking

In the mission "A House Divided", Shepard faces off against a faction of Geth, a race of sentient machines. This faction, called the Heretics, are set to annihilate organic life. To stop them, Shepard must choose between peacefully negotiating with the Heretics, which awards Paragon points, or destroying the Heretics base using an antimatter bomb, which awards Renegade points.

The various Spider-People in "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" may have all been bitten by a radioactive spider and consider themselves the "one and only" Spidey in their universe, but they couldn't be more different: Peter B. Parker is a divorcee living in a one-bedroom apartment, Spider Man Noir is a P.I. living in 1933 who likes to drink egg creams and fight Nazis, and Peter Porker is a photographer for the Daily Beagle.

Everybody's got secrets! Yor Forger is secretly an assassin, her husband Loid is secretly a spy from Westalis, and her adopted daughter Anya is secretly psychic. When Yor has to explain to her younger brother Yuri (who is secretly a member of Ostiana's Secret Police) why she hadn't told him about her marriage, she explains she needed to keep the marriage secret to help Anya get a scholarship at Eden Academy.

The female descendants of Sun Yee are afflicted with the ability to transform into giant red pandas when they experience strong emotions - a curse that manifests on a descendant's thirteenth birthday. The red panda spirit can be sealed away by performing a ritual that encases it in an object under a red moon; but protagonist Meilin Lee learns to control her power by thinking about her friends.

Have you got a "Clue"? In 2023, Hasbro released a new version of the classic board game. Prior to this, the British edition of the game (titled "Cluedo", shortened from the original title of "Cluedunnit?") differed slightly from the American version - the British version had Reverend Green and the deceased Dr. Black; while some American editions had Mr. Green and Mr. Boddy. The 2023 game, in both the UK and America, now have Mayor Green and Boden 'Boddy' Black Jr.

Shortly after "Portal" players are given their Weighted Companion Cube - a waist-high crate with a pink love heart on each side - GLaDOS informs the player character, Chell, that the cube must be euthanised in an Emergency Intelligence Incinerator to proceed. After doing so, GLaDOS informs Chell that she euthanised her companion cube more quickly than any test subject on record, the Cube is burnt up, never to be seen again.

Westley, the farm-boy turned Dread Pirate Roberts, rescues Buttercup from her kidnapping by defeating three outlaws. He knocks out Inigo after defeating him in a fencing duel, chokes the giant Fezzik into unconsciousness, and drinks the poison-free goblet in his "Battle of Wits" against Vizzini.

Barbarians in "Dungeons & Dragons" are archetypically strong fighters, defined by their primal instincts and their unbridled rage. Although players have little control over their character's rage, it offers several advantages in combat, including advantage on Strength checks and saving throws and resistance to bludgeoning, piercing and slashing damage.

In a famous scene, the leader of the Judean People's Front rhetorically asks what the Romans have given the people of Judea. This prompts resistance members to start suggesting things the Romans have given them, including the aqueduct, sanitation, the roads, irrigation, medicine, education, wine, public order and bringing peace.

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, possesses enormous strength and power. According to the legend, he is able to support the weight of two celestial mountains and can travel over 30,000 miles with a single somersault. He also possesses a magical circlet gifted to him from the Buddha, which gives him the power to freeze people in place.

Universal Pictures arguably began the concept of a shared cinematic universe, with sequels that tell a continuous story and characters that crossover into each others' films. "Dracula" was followed by sequels "Dracula's Daughter" and "Son of Dracula", "Frankenstein" was followed by "Bride of Frankenstein" and "Son of Frankenstein", and "The Mummy" was followed by "The Mummy's Hand", "The Mummy's Tomb", "The Mummy's Ghost" and "The Mummy's Curse".

The Cenobites are disfigured, humanoid creatures who can no longer differentiate between pain and pleasure. Their leader describes them as "explorers in the further reaches of experience, demons to some, angels to others". The Cenobites were summoned when the hedonistic Frank Cotton was revived by his former lover Julia bringing men to her attic, so Frank could drain their life force and regenerate his body.

In "The Avengers", Loki steals the Tesseract from a S.H.I.E.L.D. research facility and uses it to control the mind of Clint "Hawkeye" Barton. This prompts Nick Fury to activate the Avengers Initiative, to capture Loki and retrieve the Tesseract. The plan seems to be successful when Loki is imprisoned on the Helicarrier, until he escapes and successfully uses the Tesseract to open a wormhole allowing a Chitauri fleet to invade New York.

Gandalf is a wizard of the Istari order. As a member of the Fellowship of the Ring, he was one of the companions Elrond chose to aid Frodo's quest to destroy the One Ring. After Gandalf the Grey died falling from a ledge in the Mines of Moria while fighting the Balrog known as Durin's Bane; he later returned as Gandalf the White.

"Detective Comics Volume 2" gave us a new insight into the origins of Harley Quinn. Disguised as a cop, she gives free games consoles to the children of Gotham. From the top of a building, she reflects on her origins and how she has begun to disassociate when violence occurs; before enacting her master plan - the game consoles update to hypnotize the children into becoming her army of child soldiers.

Kamala Khan is the most recent incarnation of Ms. Marvel, both in comics and the MCU. In the comics, Kamala is descended from Inhumans, and has morphogenetic powers activated by bangle that was given to her by Carol Danvers. In the TV show "Ms. Marvel", Kamala is descended from Clandestines and can manipulate extra-dimensional energy with her powers, activated by a bangle that belonged to her great-grandmother Aisha.

Dust (also known as Rusakov particles, Shadows, Shadow-Particles, Dark Matter or Sraf) is an elementary particle responsible for consciousness. Dust is itself conscious, and while humans can see Dust through technology such as the Amber Spyglass or chemical photograms, the only known way of communicating with it is through the alethiometer. Only six alethiometers were ever made, one of which is owned by Lyra Silvertongue.

The Batman villain Bane debuted in the Knightfall storyline, where he had a diabolical plan for defeating Batman. After escaping from Arkham Asylum, he freed other inmates (including Joker, Poison Ivy and Scarecrow) to wreak havoc on Gotham - causing Batman to spend 3 months rounding them up and running himself to exhaustion, after which Bane fought him in the Batcave and broke his back.

"BNA: Brand New Animal" and "Beastars" might have come out around the same time, but the two shows are very different. The characters in Beastars are anthropomorphic animals, while the characters in BNA are humans who can shift into an animal-like form. Beastars is a murder mystery/romance mostly taking place in Cherryton Academy, while BNA revolves around a large government, religious, and corporate conspiracy in Anima city.

Jaegers are giant robots created to fight the monstrous Kaiju. Since a Jaeger's neural load is too much for one person to handle without dying or suffering health problems; every Jaeger is designed to be piloted by 2 pilots who are linked to each other by a concept called "drifting". When pilots drift, they gain knowledge of each other's memories and feelings, which is why many Jaegers are piloted by family members.

The titular Thunderbirds are "miracle machines" piloted by the five sons of astronaut Jeff Tracy, consisting of two supersonic planes, a rocket, a minisubmarine and a space station. The "supermarionation" series also featured various other vehicles - including Lady Penelope Parker's car The Compact Pussycat (a Pink Rolls-Royce equipped with machine cannons, harpoon cables and bulletproof tires), the hypersonic airliner Fireflash, and Thunderbird 6 - a restored Tiger Moth biplane.

"The Fifth Element" begins in 1914, with aliens known as Mondoshawans taking a weapon for safekeeping. The weapon is designed to destroy a fireball set to collide with Earth, known as the Wolf-Beiderman comet; and consists of four classical elements as four engraved 'stones', and the titular fifth element contained in a sarcophagus. In 2263, this 'fifth element' is recreated using biotechnology as Milla Jovovich's character Leelo.

In the episode "Hush", Sunnydale is terrorised by a group of ghoulish figures with metal-toothed grins and black suits known as 'The Gentlemen' that render the townspeople unable to speak - allowing them to carve their victims' hearts out in near silence. Buffy and Riley defeat The Gentlemen by destroying the box that was storing everyone's stolen voice, then driving a stake through the heart of the lead Gentleman.

Set in an alternate history of 19th Century England, the novel opens with The Learned Society of York Magicians, whose members are "theoretical magicians" who study magical texts and history. The group is stunned to learn of a "practical magician", Mr. Gilbert Norrell. Mr. Norrell proves his skill as a magician by making a statue in York Cathedral disappear, thereafter compelling the society to disband.