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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Somehow Body-Swapped With and Now They Have to Navigate Our Career and Make Love to Our Wife

April 29, 2025

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Chucky vs. Annabelle

CRACKED VS. Origin of Power CHUCKY ANNABELLE Voodoo. Or at least, the Satan, you voodoo in the Child's Play universe. It's what guys. This doll allows Charles Lee Ray to inhabit Chucky to is literally begin with, and he also powered by uses it to transfer Tiffany's soul into a doll Satan. in Bride of Chucky. CRACKED.COM — Source: Cinemablend

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Community

THE 6TH SEASON OF COMMUNITY WAS FILMED IN A BASEMENT. CRACKED It was filmed under the set of Parks and Rec! — Source

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28 Days Later

Ryan Gosling was offered the role of Jim in 28 Days Later. The starring role was initially written for and offered to Ewan McGregor, who turned it down. Gosling was the second choice, but declined due to scheduling conflicts. Irish actor Cillian Murphy was relatively unknown back then, but ended up crushing the part. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Britney Spears and Madonna

MADONNA AND BRITNEY SPEARS' VMAS KISS. CRACKED At the 2003 VMAs, people were utterly shocked that Madonna sensually kissed Britney and Christina Aguilera on stage. Only 5 years later, Katy Perry's hit song about kissing girls and liking it hit #1 on Billboard. — Source

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Gangland

CRACKED.COM H HISTORY Gangland KOREA i SEASON FIVE Dangland Dangland 2003 2007-2010 DVD When Dave Chappelle predicted that the History Channel would cover Street Gang Wars as US History, the audience broke into hysterics — Source

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Courteney Cox

EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES - COURTENEY COX in Masters of the Universe Three years after dancing with Bruce Springsteen, Cox appeared in 1987's infamous He-Man movie with Dolph Lundgren. We like Courteney Сох, but come on, if the movie wasn't even set in Eternia it didn't even have a chance. CRACKED.COM — Source: Eighties Kids

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Britney Spears

Oops, she cameoed again BRITNEY SPEARS HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER CRACKED.COM As receptionist Abby, she fell in love with a clueless Ted. She ends up spending the night with Barney, who never calls her back. Brit then makes it her mission to warn women about Barney the womanizer. The guest gig went so well that HIMYM brought Spears back for an encore. — Source: 15 Hilarious, Downright Weird Musician Cameos on TV Shows

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Hey Arnold!

Hey Arnold originally started out as a series of claymation shorts on Sesame Street. CRACKED.COM The show's creator, Craig Bartlet, got his start making cutaways for Pee-wee's Playhouse, starring Penny and her friend Arnold. 27% — NY Times

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The Sherlock

Irene Adler CRACKED.COM Sherlock Holmes, BBC's Sherlock, Elementary Irene The Sherlock Though she outsmarted Holmes in the one short story she's in, Irene is not a brilliant mastermind - just a shrewd judge of character, and quite able to lean into her perceived weakness as a woman.

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Darkman

CRACKED.COM Sam Raimi's 1990 superhero flick DARKMAN has fallen into obscurity. But it's worth checking out. It has all of Raimi's trademarks, including twisted humor and wild action, and a unique (and original) antihero played perfectly by Liam Neeson. — Source: 20 Underrated Things & Three Reasons To Check Them All Out

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The Office

On the set of The Office, Mindy Kaling made up weird lies for BJ Novak. They came out of nowhere, and they were just trolling - for example, she claimed that the show's casting director was also the third lead in Cold Mountain. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

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The PainStation

This game actually hurt people who sucked at it. CRACKED.COM The PainStation, a German creation, is a two-player Pong-like game. Players can get shocked, whipped, or burned by the console. — Wired

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Paul Newman

Paul Newman funeralized his career in Variety TOP GRACKED.COM Newman called his acting debut, The Silver Chalice, the worst film to be made in the entirety of the 1950s. When an LA television station decided to air it a decade later, he took out full-page ads in Variety and the LA Times, styled like an obituary, that said Paul Newman apologizes every night this week- Channel 9. — NPR

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Stephen King

SCOT SCOTT SCOTT LAND ANDON HUNGRY HIO NIGHTS PEO You SCOTT, NDON In season 3, the library is filled with books written by Scott Landon, a fictional character in Stephen King's Lisey's Story. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Queen

Brian May is an astrophysicist QUEEN CRACKED.COM May had to choose between astrophysics and ROCK early in his career: When I was about to finish my thesis, it was just the beginnings of Queen, and I had to make a choice. And my choice was made on the assumption that I wasn't very good at physics and I might be quite good at music. He completed his thesis 30 years later, and has since consulted with NASA. — Source: NASA

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Keira Knightley

15 Bizarre Things Actors Had To Do For Auditions - Keira Knightley had to do weird sex faces auditioning for A Dangerous Method.

Knightley said she h — Source: BBC

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Josie and the Pussycats

THE MOVIE: Josie and the Pussycats WHAT YOU Transparent grab for THINK IT sponsor bucks. MEANS: WHAT IT Parody of movies that are MEANS: transparent g — Source: Wizard World

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Oasis

CRACKED CON According to his brother Noel, Liam Gallagher pulled out from a 1996 Oasis tour at the very last minute because his wife called and asked

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Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne had to audition for Elizabeth I. Не claimed he knew how to ride a horse. Не didn't, so first time he tried, he nearly fell off and died. Elizabeth's Tom Hooper later directed Redmayne again in Les Miserables and inserted a gratuitous horse scene purely out of revenge. CRACKED.COM

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Zootopia

Zootopia continues a joke started by Frozen. In Frozen, Alan Tudyk voiced bad guy the Duke of Weselton (who demanded people stop calling him the Duke of Weasel Town). In Zootopia, Tudyk is again a bad guy, called Duke Weaselton. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Terminator 2

Classic movies crushed at the box office Terminator 2 blew away Point Break. In 1991, Terminator 2: Judgment Day was the number one movie at the box office every weekend. Point Break, released a week after T2, also made a strong cultural impact even though it has a silly concept that shouldn't work. CRACKED — Source

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

The SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME toy 77-534 The black-and-gold suit sports the number 77-543 all over. It's a reference to 1999's Amazing Spider-Man #534 which showed the aftermath of Peter Parker revealing his secret identity to the world. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Parasite

Parasite has a nod to Pink Floyd. ANOTHER BRICK ANOTHER BRICK Mr. Park's company is called Another Brick -- because Pink Floyd was Bong Joon-ho's favorite band when he was in college. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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John Williams

CRACKED THE STAR WARS MAIN THEME John Williams' main theme from Star Wars is strongly inspired by (i.e. kind of ripped off from) the music from a largely forgotten 1942 movie Kings Row. Just goes to show that Williams is a great artist, not a good one. — Vanity Fair / USA Today

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Celebrity Culture

Hobbies older than we knew Some time ВСЕ Celebrity culture Roman gladiators were a hit with gamblers and fans, who could even watch them train in the spectator area. Plus, their rippling muscles were kind of a sight to behold. CRACKED — Wiki Commons
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Chappelle’s Show

CRACKED DAVE CHAPPELLE- BUDDIES In 1996, the sitcom Buddies starred Dave Chappelle and Jim Breuer, but Breuer was quickly replaced, causing ill-will between Dave and the network. The show lasted just 5 episodes, and 8 episodes remain unaired. — Geeks / Ebay

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Steven Universe

GLOVES IN POP CULTURE STEVEN UNIVERSE GARNET'S GAUNTLETS These Fusion Gem weapons add extra oomph to Garnet's punching abilities, along with enhancing her strength. CRACKED.COM — Cartoon Network
Steven Universe Wiki

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Rock Lee

Characters that would thrive on a Lantern Corps Rock Lee from Naruto GREEN LANTERN CORPS A ninja that has no genjutsu or ninjutsu abilities still overcomes his limitations through hard work, dedication, and willpower to become a top-class martial artist, which fits the Green Lantern mold. (Also, he wears plenty of green to begin with.) CRACKED.COM — More: Narutopedia
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The Addams Family

Spooky films to pair with Hocus Pocus 2 THE ADDAMS FAMiLY What better way to bring eerie weirdo families together than a movie starring an eerie weirdo family? Plus the comedic beats fit the Hocus Pocus tone, too. CRACKED.COM — IMDb

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Back to the Future

Dog/Human Relationships That Need Therapy Doc Brown & Einstein While it's clear that Doc loves Einie, he did risk Einstein's life by making him the guinea pig to test the time machine. That's not cool, Doc. Boundaries need to be established. CRACKED.COM

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Dodgeball

The Inspiration For Average Joe's Colors CRACKED.COM The colors of the Average Joes Gym uniforms were chosen to match the basketball team from the 1986 film Hoosiers. The direc- tor of Hoosiers, David Anspaugh, was a friend of Stiller and Vaughn, in addition to having worked with both in the past. Не even visited the Dodgeball set and attended the premiere. — FilmSchoolRejects

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Johnny Knoxville

COMEDY NERD Jackass Crew Quotes Snakes are like bulls. They're very cooperative. Johnny Knoxville CRACKED.COM — Source

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Michael Jackson

THE CONSPIRACY: Michael Jackson was chemically castrated. GRACKED COM THE THEORY: Не was prescribed a powerful acne drug at the age of 12 that caused his body to fend off puberty. — Source: 24 Super-Ding-Dong Theories About Celebs

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Office Space

Milton and Lumbergh were on MTV in the early 90's. CRACKED.COM Office Space is based on a series of animated shorts Mike Judge made for MTV's Liquid Television, and later SNL. After There's Something About Mary was a hit, Fox looked at these crude animations and thought they could be the basis for their next big, broad comedy hit. — SNL Transcripts

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DC Comics

CRACKED VS. The Big Beef DC COMICS ALAN MOORE Moore, along with illustrator David Gibbons, created Watchment for DC in 1986. DC's contract stated that the rights would revert back to Moore and Gibbons when the comic went out of print. It was such a hit, however, that they kept on printing it, and Moore severed ties with DC soon after, stating, You have managed to successfully swindle me, and so I will never work for You again. CRACKED.COM — Source: QZ

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Pirates of the Carribean

The Original Pirates of The Carribean Ride contained actual human remains- and maybe still does. In 1967, the ride's original creators didn't like the look of faux skeletons- so they purchased genuine remains. They have since been replaced- but many claim a few real bones still remain. CRACKED.COM — source: Mental Floss

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Gene Roddenberry

Gene Roddenberry wrote tunes for the Star Trek theme. - The theme is famously lyrics-less -- but Roddenberry still wrote words for it. He never intend — More: 5 Underreported Jerk Moves By Beloved Creators

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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS TWO PEOPLE UNKNOWINGLY MANIPULATE EACH OTHER INTO A RELATIONSHIP. Two wrongs don't make consent, and both characters are

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9-1-1

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was banned in Detroit's libraries for having no value to children. TNE WONDERFUL WIZARD ofOZ LOOTH ANNIVERNARY FOITION In

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