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[shiftplusone]

Thread title sucks but I couldn't think of a better title. Maybe "Times when a thing isn't the thing its supposed to be" but that kinda sucks too

here's my examples to clarify what I mean:


In Monster Rancher, this is the monster called Tiger:

That is not a fucking tiger. That is a wolf with some horns.

FF12 calls this a wolf

That's a weird ass wolf. Probably because its a fucked up bat.

This one is more of a pet peeve of mine than an example of the above, but oh well, it's my shitty thread

This is a moogle

These are not moogles but they are rabbits who are also assholes

Any examples that come to mind for you like this, like you play a game where something is called a dog and its actually a dodge ram and you think that this either has to have been a mistranslation, or someone has never seen a dog before?

This isn't the "That's no Moon" trope, so not something is a mountain but then oh shit its actually a big monster" but something that right off the bat does not match what it's "supposed" to be.

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Also this thread isn't completely serious so dont come in here all aggro trying to defend your stupid rabbit cat people being "just a different interpretation" or "How you gonna attack the wolf for looking like a bat when it obviously isn't a bat either you HYPOCRITE." It will be okay.

 

[super-famicom]

Treasure chest is not a chest, it's a Mimic oh shit now it ate me

 

[TheJollyCorner]

"Yo Zidane, that's not a sword handle that's a penis!"

-FFIX

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Donkey Kong...

"Hey, there are no donkeys in this game!!!"

 

[VE3TRO]

Treasure chest is not a chest, it's a Mimic oh shit now it ate me

That first one in DS3 shat the life outta me. Never played DS before so it was all new.

 

[V-Faction]

Donkey Kong...

"Hey, there are no donkeys in this game!!!"

Monkeys aren't donkeys. Stop messing with my head!

 

[Psyrgery ES]

Ghouls 'n Goblins

"Unicorn"

 

[CharminUltra]

Toads aren't really toads.

 

[ieptbarakat]

MGSV "D-Dog"

"You call him D-Dog but anybody can tell he's clearly a wolf!"

 

[Weltall Zero]

There's a page for this on TVTropes: Call a Smeerp a "Rabbit"

Not only that, the page image and caption image is precisely the OP's example:

Do these look like "tigers" to you?

 

[mclem]

In Final Fantasy Mystic Quest: CURE heals and HEAL cures.

 

[shiftplusone]

Ghouls 'n Goblins

"Unicorn"

This is great.

There's a page for this on TVTropes: Call a Smeerp a "Rabbit"

Not only that, the page image and caption image is precisely the OP's example:

Do these look like "tigers" to you?

THANK YOU. I don't use them regularly for a blank search so I wasn't sure how to actually find what I was looking for on the site.

 

[khaaan]

In Final Fantasy, CURE heals. I'm sure I've seen a JRPG where HEAL cures, as well, although I can't place where.

Conversely, "Esuna" (the spell that cures of you status ailments) used to be called "Heal". I think it went from Heal to Remedy in FF6 and then from FF7 onwards it was Esuna.

 

[UrbanRats]

Ghouls 'n Goblins

"Unicorn"

Unicorn basically means "one horn" though.

 

[mclem]

Conversely, "Esuna" (the spell that cures of you status ailments) used to be called "Heal". I think it went from Heal to Remedy in FF6 and then from FF7 onwards it was Esuna.

I started off writing that but couldn't find specific examples (going back to FF1, Heal was a 'party heal' spell); it took me a little while to latch on to Mystic Quest, which explicitly handled things that way.

 

[Weltall Zero]

THANK YOU. I don't use them regularly for a blank search so I wasn't sure how to actually find what I was looking for on the site.

Yeah, pretty impossible to look for it unless you already know the name; I just already knew as a frequent TVTrope binge-reader.

 

[tuxfool]

This is a moogle

These are not moogles but they are rabbits who are also assholes

The latter is the superior Moogle.

None of those shit-tier hemorrhoid nosed ugly fuckers.

 

[Blobbers]

Final Fantasy XII

called Cerebrus, has one head

called Lizard, it's a frog

 

[Defuser]

Destiny's Hive Wizards.....are actually female.

 

[Spiritwalker]

FFXII has the best moogles tbh

 

[Conciliator]

"Yo Zidane, that's not a sword handle that's a penis!"

-FFIX

"Well Zidane, I guess this truly is the final fantasy."

-Vivi, FFIX

 

[Keinning]

The Medicine Stick in new vegas actually hurts. a lot.

 

[L Thammy]

Shellfish?

 

[Duxxy3]

I refuse to call the rabbit looking things moogles. I truly can't stand the Ivalice style FF art.

 

[13ruce]

From wich FF are those rabbit moogles? Zodiac Age FFXII?

 

[shiftplusone]

From wich FF are those rabbit moogles? Zodiac Age FFXII?

12, and FFTA both use rabbits.


The original FFT has a moogle summon which uses the classic moogle

(it uses this art)

Crystal Chronicles uses these guys

and then World of FF has a specific style for everything and they look like

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

I refuse to call the rabbit looking things moogles. I truly can't stand the Ivalice style FF art.

You and I both... s'why I never liked FFXII.

 

[Flipyap]

No Man's Sky's "black holes" are function exactly like wormholes, they don't have a single thing in common with black holes. Confusing the two is such a bad sci-fi trope, maybe Hello Games found it amusing, but it suuuucks.

Destiny's Hive Wizards.....are actually female.

There can be female wizards. If you're thinking they should be witches, that's often a different kind of magic person.

 

[Syril]

The Liger Queen in Tales of the Abyss

Actual ligers

 

[Psyrgery ES]

Unicorn basically means "one horn" though.

Yeah I know, latin and that, but come one I lost it when AVGN mentioned it in his Ghouls n Goblins episode, I had to post it 😁

 

[Skittzo0413]

I feel like the original Zelda is full of this. Snakes are called "ropes" and bats are called "keese" which sounds like keys. http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_enemies

 

[Thud]

I feel like the original Zelda is full of this. Snakes are called "ropes" and bats are called "keese" which sounds like keys. http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_enemies

I was waiting for this.

 

[tiebreaker]

ugh, those Ivalice's moggles are so bad. They are just dressed up rabbits.

And wow, never seen the one from Crystal Chronicles. What an abomination.

 

[Zero-ELEC]

ugh, those Ivalice's moggles are so bad. They are just dressed up rabbits.

And wow, never seen the one from Crystal Chronicles. What an abomination.

Yo Crystal Chronicles moogles are cute af, y'all tripping.

 

[shiftplusone]

Yo Crystal Chronicles moogles are cute af, y'all tripping.

I dont like that they dont have any arms but I don't dislike them as much as the ff12/ta ones

 

[woopWOOP]

but Ivalice moogles are the best ones!

Sometimes known as 'Balloon'. I'm aware the other names like Grenade are pretty basic too, but calling a sentient ball of fire a balloon feels really off

And these things are known as Hyenas in FF1 NES. They look more like hyenas in other versions, but come on that is totally a raging cow like creature

 

[UncleSporky]

12, and FFTA both use rabbits.


The original FFT has a moogle summon which uses the classic moogle

(it uses this art)

According to FFT those are NOT MOOGLES

Spoiler

yes I'm joking

 

[Keinning]

And these things are known as Hyenas in FF1 NES. They look more like hyenas in other versions, but come on that is totally a raging cow like creature

looks like an hyena to me

way more than poochyena and mightyena in pokemon

 

[UncleSporky]

looks like an hyena to me

way more than poochyena and mightyena in pokemon

Yeah, their tails aren't quite that long but it looks like a hyena otherwise.

Also I wanted to say that I greatly prefer the "rabbit" moogles to the old style, which has always been overly abstract, cartoony and "mascotty." They never seemed to fit the tone. I especially love the FFTA-style artwork of them.

 

[woopWOOP]

looks like an hyena to me

way more than poochyena and mightyena in pokemon

I can't help but see hooves and a bull snout on that thing
Compared to the other versions that do look more hyena like to me

 

[darklin0]

Toads aren't really toads.

But they are Toadstools.

 

[Mman235]

Anytime a game treats something with six legs as a "spider"; it happens extremely often. Back when I had much worse arachnophobia it killed any fear whenever I noticed it because something with six legs isn't a spider to me.

 

[Keym]

Princess Toadstool does not look like a toad.

 

[Piers]

Those aren't emeralds, sans the green. Those are various gemstones with a Brilliant Cut.

 

[UncleSporky]

I can't help but see hooves and a bull snout on that thing
Compared to the other versions that do look more hyena like to me

Amano's original art, which was traced over/reproduced for just about all FF1 enemies, it was labeled "hellhound" when I looked it up:

 

[woopWOOP]

Amano's original art, which was traced over/reproduced for just about all FF1 enemies, it was labeled "hellhound" when I looked it up:

Neat! Yeah that looks way more like one

but that sprite is still totally a cow :V

 

[PSqueak]

Ghouls 'n Goblins

"Unicorn"

Technically speaking, that thing has indeed one horn.

 

[exfatal]

The latter is the superior Moogle.

None of those shit-tier hemorrhoid nosed ugly fuckers.

still best moogle design by far.

 

[Boss Doggie]

by the way, Tiger's JP name is Rygar or Raiga

 

[RecRoulette]

Metal Gear Solid V-

Spoiler

Big Boss