7 Tortured Acronyms They Clearly Worked Backwards From: The Return

MARIO? FINGeR? Hoo boy. We're back, with even more twisted backronyms in games that they so, so clearly worked backwards from.
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[@Majere613]

"SHIELD stands for Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division. Now what does that tell you?" "It tells me someone really wanted our name to spell SHIELD."

[@jennasloan396]

Well, at least it's better than "Strategic Homeland Intervention Team"

[@bryanwoods3373]

Marvel has done worse. Norman Osborn created HAMMER, which has no known meaning.

[@jormungandrtheworldserpent8382]

in the comics the acronym used to be different i think they changed it like 3 times to get the best one so you know its defiantly a backronim

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

@@bryanwoods3373 "Help! AM Mysteriously inExpert at acRonyms!"

[@rokeYouuer]

SHIELD, HAMMER, SWORD . . . Marvel loves naming their covert agencies after medieval weaponry.

[@philipbaker4970]

Jill is classier than I am. I'd be telling everyone how I F.I.N.G.E.R-blasted Nemesis to death

[@pariah076]

Dammit! I knew I should have scrolled through the comments before making a redundant comment.

[@ronnieedge2236]

A FINGeR bang, so to speak.

[@ka-mai]

Be honest. It would be "how I FINGeRed Nemesis to death".

[@UkuleleVillain]

What about the original Japanese version tho?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

In other words, you gave Nemesis the FINGeR.

[@demonprincess9680]

That NICOLE IS DEAD one is actually really clever. How many people do you think paid enough attention to notice that?

[@PKMNwater]

Probably about the same amount of people who noticed the phrase spelt out by Young Justice: Outsiders episode titles.

[@carlsiouxfalls]

@@PKMNwater Had to look that one up. Nice!

[@rokeYouuer]

@@PKMNwater can you explain it for those of us who want to know, but aren't emotionally invested enough to look it up?

[@trontosaurusrex9532]

The Acronym in the third one was pretty good too. I won't spoil it here for those who want to look it up.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

You should check out The Owl House (...don't ask). Every first letter of an episode always spells out something really important for the season. Example: the first season's eps spell out "A WITCH LOSES A TRUE WAY".

[@nithin143ash]

How luke read UR-DED without bursting into the "you are dead" song is beyond me.

[@melodysymphonystar]

I know! As soon as I heard "You are dead" the song popped in my head immediately. I blame Andy.

[@GracUntoYou]

Shalom 2 Peter 3:10-11 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,/Inspiration+ This passage in Peter shows up nicely an idea that has been raised many times by Christ before, that the true value of a man is measured not by what he has, but by what he may do without. When all is burned up, when all possessions and vainglories are dissolved, when all but our body remains, who amongst us can truly claim to be able find comfort only in God? Who amongst us, could claim still, to be able to stand before the Lord, thankful and glad? The question thrown up by Peter is not a command to cast off our worldly goods and comfort, but rather it is a challenge to Christians, to challenge us to look within ourselves and ask who we truly are, and what is truly necessary in front of our Lord./Prayer+ Lord I stand before you, cleansed of all possessions. Naked I pray Lord, that my soul still remains pure and worthy of your paradise. Show me strength in your mercy, and trust in your word as the only everlasting truth into the beyond. Have faith in me, as I continue to long for thee beyond all earthly effects, riches and property. I ask this in the name of our Lord who art in Heaven, Amen.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

"Thought you were hot, guess what, you're not!"

[@mml5575]

ELLEN : Enthusiastic Lovable Little Entertaining Nerd LUKE : Large Unstable Killing Engine needs work...

[@Juicewski2]

Ellen's acronym was perfect, for Luke i might use: Lightly Unhinged Kooky Entertainer

[@carlsiouxfalls]

@@Juicewski2 Literal Undead Knight Enthusiast? (Dark Souls reference, I think)

[@andrewcook8093]

I think you mean Large Unstable Kindness Engine.

[@Hellbane224]

Lamellar Underwear for Kinky Elephants. :3

[@CelticVictory]

You should go with largely instead of large.

[@ChocolatierRob]

For crying out loud Jill! It's *this* time take the fucking hint, not 'next' time. The whole point of this is that there _won't be_ a next time because you are ending it *this* time...

[@registereduser]

Didn’t the original version cap it with “you want S.T.A.R.S? I’ll give you S.T.A.R.S!” I like that better.

[@lessersphinx3971]

@@registereduser she says that line much earlier in the remake, when being chased by nemesis right before the sewer level starts. It’s a chance dialogue though, she won’t say it in every playthrough

[@chukyuniqul]

@@lessersphinx3971 I think she does but nemmy is close enough that it can punch the smarm out of her for that brief instance.

[@-undecided-1663]

Can't wait for: 7 tortured acronyms they clearly worked backwards from: the second return: commenter edition

[@SrAmplex]

I'm eager for "7 tortured acronyms they clearly worked backwards from 3: electric bogaloo"

[@cadenseil5630]

The second coming of the acronym

[@waitwhat4302]

In space!

[@birthday_Jake]

7 Acronyms they clearly worked backwards from 2: Electric Boogaloo

[@Dazork04]

Revenge of the Tortured Acronyms

[@mullerpotgieter]

Translating Japanese is especially difficult because they love their puns

[@ddjsoyenby]

"can you stop" japan: NEVER WE'D RATHER D13!

[@pyrotempestwing]

@@ddjsoyenby Or, put another way: They’d rather shine.

[@Gaehhn]

@@pyrotempestwing would you kindly yametekudastop

[@AbsolXGuardian]

Apparently all the pop culture references in Ace Attorney actually go in places where there was a pun, and the localizers couldn't find an equivalent English pun. So instead you get the weirdest and dated jokes.

[@marhawkman303]

@@AbsolXGuardian Yeah, I was thinking "this is probably not what the Japanese original said"...

[@AbsolXGuardian]

Ace Attorney doesn't actually have much in the way of Japanese legal terminology. Shu Takumi did zero research. What it is chock full of is puns, which are much harder to translate. Which is why there's so much referenational humor. Sometimes there was a difference reference in that part of the script, but most of the time it was a pun that couldn't be translated nor could the localizers think of an apporiate one to go in that spot.

[@ARUCARDFTEPES]

I don't know about the history of it's development, but I do know the translation was handled very well. It seems they took the spirit and feel of the game to heart, rather than using technical, direct translation which would ruin the humor. Despite the silliness about it taking place in California, Japan, the pop culture and name puns are clever and entertaining.

[@JaelinBezel]

A punderstorm?!

[@alalalala57]

@@ARUCARDFTEPES This. I always felt Ace Attorney felt surprisingly comfortable in English. Something always feel funnily off in localizations usually.

[@Mr_Yeah]

@@ARUCARDFTEPES Also, I love that they've refined the translation in the 3DS remakes. Aahhh, boot to the head… ☺️

[@Nakker42]

It's the return of the Flying Landing And Meanwhile Initialising Nonstop Gnarly Operations let me get my flight jacket, remember, F.L.A.M.I.N.G.O.S never said die.

[@gothmissstress]

Where this joke is from? Which video?😭

[@Nakker42]

The very first acronym video from way back. It's Luke's alternative to H.A.W.X

[@gothmissstress]

@@Nakker42 I just watched it. Amazing.

[@ChanningKing]

I still kick myself for not jumping on the F.L.A.M.I.N.G.O.S. T-shirt when they offered one.

[@SpoonOfDoom]

@@ChanningKing I have the mug, and I love it!

[@thisisodsmith]

Things this pandemic has cost us: Luke talking about UR-DED, leading to another dance along to You Are Dead

[@SupersuMC]

NOOOO!

[@drinnik]

Jill's last line should have been, "You want STARS? I'll give you STARS!" which they oddly used right at the beginning.

[@galghoul3042]

R3make made enough affronts to the original, I'd say using her iconic phrase at such a random point was maybe the worst one.

[@Drako999x]

As a games programmer myself I can say, that at least the "MARIO"-acronym is pretty well made. Mathematics are the most valuable thing in grafical programming. The name of the company is always fine to put into a designation. Rotation is technically one of the most important things in a 3D-work spaces, so this is also fine. And Input/Output is basically the one thing a chip does, so it's perfect.

[@Drako999x]

@The Gaming Meta If you work at an acronym backwards you have to force a little bit. I just said, that in this case it was pretty well made.

[@JaelinBezel]

@@Drako999x Do you mean like the episode names in Codename kids next door?

[@Drako999x]

@@JaelinBezel Unfortunatly I don't know what that is.

[@JaelinBezel]

@@Drako999x it’s a cartoon show where kids are secret agent types and every episode and gadget and vehicle has an acronym name that that describes it in more ways than one.

[@Drako999x]

@@JaelinBezel Seems like it is pretty similar.

[@insecdroid]

Glad to see the return. Me and my F.L.A.M.I.N.G.O. shirt are ready.

[@anonduckduck]

F.L.A.M.I.N.G.Os never say die *cue sunglasses*

[@300IQPrower]

I wore mine too much and its completely worn out :(

[@dominichoughton8119]

@@anonduckduck Except they do say "DIE" when they Do It Ennyway.

[@oliviazanoni2643]

I think "quirky heart-break-em-up" is probably one of the best descriptions of Undertale I've ever heard

[@oriolgonzalez9328]

I admit I didn't get the SPARDA one until I saw it was preceded by "This is madness!", then it hit me like a Spartan kick to the chest.

[@EGRJ]

I think I had to put my DS down for a second.

[@Jebbtube]

I think it was actually a Devil May Cry reference.

[@robertbeisert3315]

@@Jebbtube Probably both. Why have one joke/reference when you can have two?

[@shawnfields2369]

@@robertbeisert3315 Yeah, pretty sure it's a double reference. Why wouldn't it be? It's the name of Vergil and Dante's father, and the name of Sparda's sword, and a reference to 300, at the same time. Kind of clever. There's also a Ghost In The Shell reference right there too.

[@JaelinBezel]

Oriol Gonzalez, I like your profile picture. A man of culture indeed.

[@starscreamsniper926]

Ellen: if you're watching this video you clearly enjoy a good acronym or enjoy a bad acronym getting roasted. Me: Why not both?

[@audoldends6799]

The most iconic of all backronyms, FLAMINGO, who never say die

[@Guitarpiper]

As an engineer I can guarantee you that real-world acronyms are often backronyms as well.

[@jessicastrike5640]

Rip Ya a New One from the Ratchet and Clank games, aka the most powerful weapon, the RYNO

[@lyokianhitchhiker]

You mean his BFG?

[@gothmissstress]

That "N.I.C.O.L.E.I.S.D.E.A.D." is just 🤯😤 I never noticed it before!

[@trontosaurusrex9532]

The third game has an Acronym too! It was pretty cool as well.

[@Some__Guy]

Oh no, Animal Crossing spoilers! They might talk about how Tom Nook is the super secret optional True End Final Boss. Specifically his debuff attack D.E.B.T Dynamic Extortion Bank Taker That doubles the amount of your debt for every turn it lasts until it's cured, and ONLY HE SELLS THE CURE!

[@maxvel0city906]

Glad to see Oxtra didn't make the joke about the finger that I would have. Hey Nemesis, PULL MY FINGER! Sorry, not sorry.

[@JanStenholt71]

That's not even the worst possible joke...

[@stevef5888]

One could say nemesis got… Finger blasted. Oh stop booing me you all thought it too

[@marhawkman303]

@@stevef5888 Jill really needs to up her finger-gun game. Maybe if she studied under the Crane Hermit she could learn how to make the Nemesis as dead as the Dodo. :D

[@otani_gabri]

On spanish the LV in Undertales changes. LOVE is changed for AMOR, wich means Amenaza de Mortalidad, or Deadly Treath.

[@mellow_mallow]

Treath???? What is Treath

[@otani_gabri]

@@mellow_mallow i'm pretty sure i mispelled that word, I don't know english quite well

[@mellow_mallow]

@@otani_gabri oh gotcha. is it "threat"?

[@otani_gabri]

@@mellow_mallow Yes! That's it. Thanks

[@mellow_mallow]

@@otani_gabri no problem!

[@Velociraptor2000]

I can't still wrap my mind of how they misused Jill's iconic line from the original in the remake, the timing wasn't right when they used it (using it while running away from it) and blasting Nemesis doesn't feel as epic without it. "Want stars? I'll give you stars..."

[@JaelinBezel]

Stars are pretty

[@galghoul3042]

One of the many incomprehensible changes they made in R3make.

[@George-fe5mf]

I'll Now Conclude Real Editors Design Idiotic Backronyms Less Efficiently. But you guys are incredible!!!

[@necktiefox2917]

*Sighs in disgust and holds up sign marked 10/10* You win, you monster.

[@George-fe5mf]

@@necktiefox2917 finally, someone appreciates my evil genius 🦹‍♂️

[@phoenixcierebiej9763]

For all the people saying SPARDA is not a 300 reference, it's a DMC reference. Watch the text of the game in that segment This is madness No, this is SPARDA It's both. I don't think it can be more clear that 300 was 100% part of the backronym

[@skvaderarts7009]

The spelling gives it away, too because the character from DMC's name is "Sparda" whereas in the movie 300 the city is called "Sparta." Slightly different spellings.

[@minireaperYT]

Yeah, at least someone was paying enough attention to notice that the reference is Sparda, Dante and Vergil's father, not 300, lolz.

[@TheHUEZOX]

Im gonna pretend you 2 are joking and move on with my life

[@X19Virus]

They're also both Capcom lol

[@ChristophBrinkmann]

​@@minireaperYTThen explain why the character says "This is madness"

[@rebeckymo]

The developers that made up these backronyms were CLEARLY former KND agents.

[@travisbishop782]

Man! I miss that show!

[@Porochaz]

I always love the 7TATCWBF series, looking forward to the 4th installment.

[@shawnfields2369]

Oh, so THAT'S what that stands for!

[@Uruveilhobbit]

What about H.A.R.M? The villainous group from “No one lives forever”, it either has no actual meaning or apparently stands for “Hair Alternative Replacement Membership”.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

...Why must the bad guys get the better acronyms? Also, how about UNITY?

[@ericb3157]

@@michaelandreipalon359 reminds me of SPECTRE from the James Bond movies.

[@HylianFox3]

Then there's the MST3K movie 'Agent For H.A.R.M.' WTF does H.A.R.M. stand for? Human-Aetiological Relations Machine. I dare you to tell me what "aetiological" means without looking it up...

[@BozPaggs]

I am still salty they threw away the "I'll give you STARS" line on a barely audible chase sequence instead of the killing blow

[@jvccr7533]

I didn't even get to that part. That's sad :(

[@crimmas]

They could have given it an f-bomb this time too. Think about it. I’LL GIVE YOU F***ING S.T.A.R.S. and then earth-shattering death laser

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Yeah, shame, and there's the noticeable absence of good old Barry. Also, why wasn't Brad thrown by Nemesis to some zombies?

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

It was pretty audible.

[@ASpooneyBard]

@@michaelandreipalon359 "Barry! Where's Barry?!"

[@AngelBeatYunara]

Star Trek Online has the DOMINO: The Denorios Offense Matrix and Invader Neutralization Overdrive.

[@JoshuaEisenbart]

Warframe's P.O.T.A.T.O. or, Potent Orokin Technical Augmentation Tactical Offensive device. It's a pun on the fan given nickname for Orokin Reactors, Catalysts, and Cells, based on their appearance.

[@Konpekikaminari]

gotta love DE going along with our sh*t sometimes

[@joeschmo3844]

They already have a great jingle for the UR DED though: “UR DED, DED DED.”

[@l0stndamned]

The SPARDA is also a reference to Devil May Cry, which is also a Capcom-owned IP.

[@shawnfields2369]

Exactly what I was thinking. While it is a reference to 300, yeah I'm almost surprised more people don't catch that it's a reference to the name of Vergil and Dante's father's name, Sparda. There's also a reference to Ghost In The Shell too; that Nick makes while talking to Lisa Basil. Saying to himself that, quote: "She's human?!? She seems more like a ghost in a shell". Not as clever as the Sparda reference, but it makes me chuckle a little every time I play that case, so it's not bad. And a DMC reference in an Ace Attorney game is pretty cool, as a fan of both series, and I think that they're 2 of Capcom's best I.P's, alongside RE.

[@skvaderarts7009]

*I have found my people!* Seriously I was hoping I wasn't the only person who noticed that. The spelling is a DEAD GIVEAWAY. But unfortunately, from what I can tell, the Oxbox team doesn't seem have much love for the series, so the reference probably went totally of their heads along with most people.

[@WinchesterxNL]

It was what my initial thought was. Considering the name of the city is Sparta with a T.

[@avisian8063]

No. Its a reference to Sparda-banken the spelling is a dead giveaway.

[@nerovaleriussparda]

THIS~! I thought this right away and came into comments for this very reason!!

[@gruggerduggerhoose]

How good would it been if Jill had just screamed “BOOP!” Everytime she fired the Finger? 🤣

[@estoericaferret]

I would demand her name be changed to Nora effective immediately.

[@TheFirstAifos]

In Kirby’s Return to Dreamland, the first letter of each level name spells out CROWNED. In Triple Deluxe they do this again spelling FLOWERED, and one final time in Planet Robobot where it spells PROGRAM. Star Allies named each level individually, so the gimmick doesn’t apply over the whole game, but they did have the levels in World 2 spell out FRIEND.

[@HylianFox3]

In Kirby's Adventure, the level names spell out ROYGBIV (well, actually it's VIBGYOR but most people are familiar with the other way around), in Kirby Canvas Curse, the level names spell out RAINBOW. It's pretty common with this series...

[@TheFirstAifos]

@@HylianFox3 I knew about Adventure, but it’s not really a “word” per se. It’s like an acronym that spells out another acronym, which is why I didn’t mention it. Didn’t know about Canvas Curse, though, mainly because that’s one of the few I haven’t played.

[@jbmp1390]

God I love Outside Xbox and Outside Xtra. Hard to find the right words to explain how much I appreciate all the work you guys put in to both channels.

[@SamButler22]

Oooooo Gottfried's Omni-opening Grimoire and Defensive Regulatory Magicon in Witcher 3

[@lukanelis6972]

When the Outside crew start swearing you know that you're in for some really deep S.H.I.T (Seriously Hilarious Interesting Things)

[@Jonathon_Hennessey]

It hasn't been released yet but Metroid Dread is going to have an enemy called E.M.M.I which stands for Extraplanetary Multiform Mobile Identifier.

[@wutthabuck8772]

Yes we need more videos with Ellen getting mad about stupid acronyms 😂

[@thegayagenda8375]

And here my stupid ass was thinking SPARDA was just a reference to Devil May Cry, I thought it made sense at the time, I mean they were both games published by Capcom

[@skvaderarts7009]

You were probably right on both accounts. Oxbox isn't too familiar with the DMC games plot from what I can tell, so they probably don't know that.

[@jason6569]

I scrolled thought the comments looking for someone who said this so I can up vote and hopefully oxbox sees it.

[@SerathDarklands]

Personally, I loved the idea that LV and EXP were "Level of Violence" and "Execution Points" in _Undertale._ Really grounded how brutal you were or were not being.

[@motherofvermin]

Me: Why is Ellen explaining "This is Sparta?" Ellen: Why am I explaining this? Me: Ah.

[@glassphoenix9095]

"nook miles are cryptocurrency" is a take i wish i never heard

[@chrisjones5949]

"Why am I explaining this?" That one literally got me to Laugh Out Loud. Well done, Ellen.

[@tomireland4740]

Genunely impressed at the restraint not to include a dance-break clip when talking about U R Ded...dead dead It being an explosive certainly gives new meaning to "Thought you were hot? Guess what, you're not. U R DED dead dead"

[@tibi_lares]

You know, if there is ever going to be another one of these videos, I really hope that the first letters of the words in the title will also form an acronym :P

[@LooBear87]

This is a bit rich coming from Our U-Tube Style Is Decidedly Excellent and X-TRemely Awesome

[@NathanWeeks]

Gary Busey: "Gary, it stands for Great Actor, Right? Yeah!"

[@waycooljrplays]

I'm literally 2 entries in and this is the absolute funniest video I have seen from these two in a long time...right up there with Ellen's wonderful take on a souls boss who "you wish he would just fuck off, but off he does not fuck..."

[@lizardguyNA]

What, no New Pokemon Snap with LENS? AKA, the Laboratory of Ecology and Natural Sciences.

[@werh227]

But it doesn't sound bad?

[@lizardguyNA]

@@werh227 Neither do a lot of these.

[@zachary4670]

That one actually sounds like something a rational person would come up with

[@AgentKryos]

Well. Acronyms are...tricky.. Until u consider thats how the episode titles for ALL the codename kids next door are

[@seand7042]

To this day I'm convinced that Bras are battle ready armor

[@amwoodco3049]

Or the V.I.D.E.O. G.A.M.E.

[@artemuswithau]

The "SPARDA" thing might also be a reference to Devil May Cry. Since, you know, Capcom loves to reference their own IPs in their games. It'd also justify the misspelling better. Just my two cents.

[@samthompson1804]

"Since that video, things have been hard, because once we started noticing them, we couldn't stop." I think Ellen is suppressing some things... I mean, uh, yes Ellen! That is the only and biggest reason why things have been hard since 2017!

[@dominichoughton8119]

Hey! Phrasing!

[@Rodark_GR]

as a Greek, i love the SPARDA acronym XD

[@amwoodco3049]

Why? It's like me as a Canuck liking an accronym ODDAWA. Same error.

[@Rodark_GR]

@@amwoodco3049 for the pun mate

[@glee6665]

Y.O.S.H.I - You're Only a Sacrificial High-jump Item

[@CHEESEPUFF_7]

XD

[@travisbishop782]

Nice!

[@wanderlustwarrior]

SPARDA probably is also a reference to Capcom's Devil May Cry series, otherwise it wouldn't have opted for that spelling.

[@skvaderarts7009]

YES THIS! Sadly, I don't think they probably know that. They made a joke about the seriese's story being "stupid" a few videos back. Smh.

[@NagatoNaoeProduction]

Man, that last one is really the CAT's MEOW.

[@Jijijijijij5]

Jill's "this is the last fucking time" line fucking killed me when I first played. Best line in the game.

[@donaldgow6673]

Did Adam Jensen at least request the UR-DED, or did it turn up unannounced, presumably causing to muse to himself that "I didn't ask for this"?

[@nicholascross3557]

A friend had a workplace acronym (of sorts) for those times someone from management poked their nose in where it was neither wanted or needed. They called this a "One D Ten T" error, which, when written down reads 1D10T.

[@TizzyLento]

GEATHJERK: Guild of Evil Aliens Terrorizing Humans with Jiggawatt bombs, Energy beams, Ray guns, and Killer lasers! Shout out to one of my favorite games, The Wonderful 101, for that beautiful piece of poetry!

[@lyokianhitchhiker]

It is quite the Freddled Gruntbuggly.

[@GlaciesYin]

Yes! Backronyms are back!

[@MrFutago87]

I'm not 100% sure here but I think SPARDA is actually a reference to the father of Dante and Vergil in Devil May Cry.

[@UltimaLestat]

Glad I'm not the only one who spotted that double reference

[@wanderlustwarrior]

The second Commenter Edition should hopefully have the P.O.O.P.T.O.O.T. from the Shantae games: "Part Omni-Organic, Partially Titanic, Ocean-​Optional Tinkerslug"

[@demonprincess9680]

Can you really get at Undertale? What would you make EXP and LV stand for to make it sound sinister?

[@Giga-lemesh]

I laughed out loud at the half life joke

[@Rodrigo-ei4ht]

Ellen calling Superman ungrateful made my day 😂😂

[@ericb3157]

"blue screens inc" reminds me of the online comic "general protection fault", which starts with several people joining a company called "GPF software". one cracks up when she realizes what GPF stands for...

[@crimmas]

Luke tell me you didn’t just dunk on our precious weird puppet Fox, our beautiful almost-stop motion fuzzy boy

[@danielwright5233]

Sparda is also the name of Dante's father in Devil May Cry (also made by Capcom) so it could also be a reference to that.

[@marhawkman303]

I've always suspects that Sparda was named after Sparta.

[@skvaderarts7009]

Yup!

[@coltonsteele4146]

The Aperture Science “Computer Aided Enrichment Center”, or CAEC for short… now where have I heard that before?

[@SupersuMC]

The CAEC is a lie?

[@nightmarethrenody8232]

You know, I never actually spelled that out before. Thanks.

[@brentage5000]

That Dead Space one was brilliant! Never realized that! Call it tortured if you want, but I'm impressed as hell

[@ericb3157]

oh, i just remembered one: Supreme Commander 2. the Cybran faction has a unique research/Tech upgrade for their sea units called: Land Emergence Galleon System. yes, it gives their ships mechanical LEGS enabling them to walk on land. you may groan now.

[@nickyblue-eyes]

"Look Incredibly Cool Eh?" That's LICE, I'm giving you LICE.

[@DirgeTV]

She will absolutely regret that backronym once she realizes this.

[@ApesWithEgos]

Almost as bad as S3 of Young Justice spelling out the whole season -Antilife Equation- right? Oh God, when does season 4 come out already...

[@michaelandreipalon359]

October 21st this year. Lucky us. Disney's The Owl House (please, don't ask) also uses a similar acronym system for every season... shame Season 3 can't be extended.

[@MonochromeWench]

Anachronox had TACOs, totally arbitrary collectable objects

[@SupersuMC]

The S is silent. Oh, wait, that's Tentacle Arm Kragle Outside Sprayer.

[@ChandlerKeithFlow]

2:30 "Your heart has stopped and your brain is cold. You are so so dead!!!"

[@musicadictor]

I am really hoping for another awesome tortured acronym shirt. My F.L.A.M.I.N.G.O. shirt is feeling lonely!

[@donaldgow6673]

I would have thought that the SPARDA thing was a reference to Dante's father in the Devil May Cry series?

[@daviddaugherty2816]

That's just what I thought. Otherwise it would need to me T-A, not D-A.

[@frellion6430]

I figured it was both, just because they could.

[@phoenixcierebiej9763]

Considering the line in the game is This is madness! No. This is SPARDA. I'm fairly sure it's a 300 reference

[@marhawkman303]

@@phoenixcierebiej9763 I suspect Sparda was a play on Sparta in the first place. So the spelling has a D to make a it a sort of dual pun I guess?

[@skvaderarts7009]

It probably was both, but I don't think Oxbox really like DMC, so they probably have no idea.

[@enavy04]

I was almost screaming "Do a ba...aileron roll!" when I saw the Arwing take damage from the Rock Crusher's lasers in Star Fox. It was always such a satisfying plunk when the lasers, ring lasers, or plasma balls bounced off your wings while you were spinning like crazy. The SNES Star Fox was my favorite game growing up. Hope you guys had fun playing it too.

[@MeLeoMiller]

SPECTRE from Mass Effect always baffled me. SPECcial Tactics and REconnaissance, it a weird acronym that only just works in one specific language of earth and yet its what everyone calls them

[@SomewhatSlightlyBored]

Maybe every other alien language coincidentally uses words with the same beginning letters?

[@3TeamsMedia]

"Two acronym for the price of one. Now that's a great system." MEOW CAT Missed opportunity for "purr-fect system."

[@3possumsinatrenchcoat]

lost chance to make the title into a backronymn 😔

[@DaneTheDane]

I came up with an acronym for an organization in a story I wrote once. The organization was called PHOENIX, which is an acronym for: Professional Homeworld Operations, Embassy for Necropaths, and Investigation of Xenotypes

[@skilletborne]

"Somebody's getting their five a day" is so painfully British and I love it. Only thing better would be if it was followed by "if you know what I mean?" (I came from the Joke Boat stream)

[@gl15col]

Perhaps the railgun was actually - The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate?

[@owenwilliams4039]

A good video would be 'game characters who weren't paid for this'

[@Tminus31]

Every entry is just Adam Jensen not asking for this...

[@renammartinez]

This is pretty much me trying to make "do it right first time" into an acronym, realizing that "DIRFT" is almost "DRIFT", and then changing it to "do right in the first try" at work... (obviously omitting "the" else it would be DRITFT and WTH is DRITFT)

[@NoThanksOkay]

My love for backronyms definitely started with Spongebob's E.V.I.L.: Every Villain Is Lemons

[@elhazthorn918]

I forgot about that. That show had some really good writers for a while.

[@SupersuMC]

Don't forget P.O.O.P.: People Order Our Patties!

[@Michael_Lindell]

MARIO? I prefere LUIGI (Logarithmic Utility Internal Game Interface).

[@Michael_Lindell]

@The Gaming Meta The human mind sure is interesting...

[@MrDalevich]

So Tim and Daisy moved on from their dreams of Graphic Design and Journalism to turn to weapons manufacturing? Didn't see that one coming. (edited to correct a really stupid mistake)

[@StereoPixelMusic]

Mario is missing - Bowser plans to take over the word with his "Passcode-Operated Remote Transportation and Larceny System (PORTALS)" The best one yet 😅

[@wasteland5000]

Surprised they made it spell SPARDA instead of SPARTA. So they had some restraint.

[@danielribeiro1433]

Actually that way it makes it a double reference. Dantes Father from Devil May Cry, also by Capcom, is called Sparda

[@leobarbosa2001]

I'm pretty sure S.P.A.R.D.A. is a reference to Dante's father from devil may cry. Both dmc and ace attorney are Capcom games after all.

[@Megatron113]

That’s where I thought it was going too

[@marhawkman303]

@@Megatron113 Yeah but... I think he's named after Sparta. :p "Son of Sparta" sounds cool... except it only makes sense in the context of DMC if it's his father's name. :p

[@skvaderarts7009]

@@marhawkman303 Other way around. The demon in DMC is actually named Sparda whereas the city is named Sparta, so the Ace Attorney games actually used the DMC spelling.

[@marhawkman303]

@@skvaderarts7009 Well I was speculating that the demon in DMC was named after the Greek city-state. :p

[@simonharford4834]

tbh, i can say pretty confidently that any game where corporations own everything is bound to have shitty backronyms,,,

[@nathan9931]

"Long limb k.k needs to fuck off immediately" took me tf out 😂😂😂

[@Intr0vertical]

Oh yeah! I was in the commenter Edition for this video lol. Damn time flies.