Ganon with One N (a song about common name errors)

[@BitFinityGames]

Hey guys, I love how many comments and questions came up this time around! I knew this one would get some rumbling and grumbling about pronunciations. A few things to address since they've been brought up a few times: -I had more than one discussion with family on whether or not the song should be "Ganon with One N" or "Ganon with Two Ns," and we felt the One sounded better. I lampshade this in the middle of the song though because it is a little odd. -The "Gannon-Bannin'" with two Ns near the end is intentional, as it's referencing one of the earlier Zelda memes that became a whole thing. "Gannon-Banned" was what you'd say to someone who spelled Ganon with two Ns in the middle; it was a whole big website and everything and it'd be a disservice to not have a nod to that in a song about it. Since it's a proper name/term that includes the two Ns, I kept them there. -Brigitte has a little more nuance than I originally thought, apparently! The main thing I was addressing there was that it wasn't pronounced like the name Bridget (as I once believed). -Arceus sounds like it's probably a Japan/US distinction so it's more accurately kind of a Dedede situation. Personally I think going with whatever's localized generally works better for communication. -Lums is a weird case since apparently they're "Luhms" in Rayman 3 but officially have been corrected/retconned to "Looms." -Giygas was a shocker to me, a huge EarthBound fan. They say it with a long I in an old EB commercial but according to localizer Marcus Lindbolm, it is indeed with the long E (based off of Mother 1's "Giegue" [GEEG]). -I love Wreck-It Ralph but Capcom has confirmed that it is indeed Zan-gi-ef since then. To be a pedantic little shrew, Zangief is also not "bad guy!" -Even though Ganon is quite certain of himself with these, that doesn't mean I'm always a fan of the official pronunciations! I just like the idea of him getting twisted in knots over this, but you do you. Personally, I vastly prefer the way "Zebes," "Tidus," and "Rydia" sounded in my head. I had to do some soul-searching after hearing the official pronunciations of those... -The only one that really drives me crazy is hearing Ocarina pronounced with a long O! ;)

[@webbowser8834]

Honestly my main takeaway from this song is that I really need to add "Pedantic little shrew" to my insult repertoire.

[@GameMasterKyro]

Actually, it turns out "ocarina" is also a dialect thing. It seems that some regions (read: America) don't commonly use short O sounds such as in "pot", and in those regions the "ah" sound is accepted. However, due to its Italian origins, the "oh" sound is the "true" pronunciation (as long as you don't stretch it out too much).

[@UltraLuigi2401]

Mario also has nuance, as the true correct pronunciation uses a vowel sound which is absent from many English dialects, including the most common British and American dialects. This causes most people who only speak English to hear Mario's name with whichever vowel they do use which is closest, with main issue being that the correct vowel is almost exactly in the middle of the vowel sounds of the words 'cat' and 'car'. For reasons which are beyond me, British people are more likely to hear the former while Americans are more likely to hear the latter. Basically, both pronunciations written at 2:18 are equally wrong.

[@oofoof4875]

have you ever seen someone spell it like ganonn or is that just a joke for the song?

[@webbowser8834]

@@oofoof4875 It was a pretty common misspelling on GameFAQs back in the day.

[@Mr.Brothybear]

Cannon - Thing that fires cannonballs Canon - Event that Occurs in a Published Story What They have in Common: Both Are Capable of Sinking Ships

[@jessehunter362]

Actually not really! From what i've seen, fairly few ships are truly canon-compliant, most of them can weather being disproved in canon fairly well by just focusing themselves around aus or in a small, ambiguous window within canon. For example, Silvergifting, from the Silmarillion: it is impossible to say that they did not at least break up in canon, given that sauron murdered celebrimbor, but lots of fic and art are made for the ambiguous nature of their middle-years, or imagining ways it could have gone differently. If tolkien came back to life to condemn this ship specifically, I doubt many of us would stop caring about the interesting dynamic he wrote, bc he did write it once, even if by accident.

[@jonathangarling960]

⁠@@jessehunter362 Similarly, cannons will not necessarily destroy a ship. However, he only said that they are both capable of destroying ships, in which case canon can absolutely destroy some ships, though some if not most can survive in some way, shape, or form.

[@jessehunter362]

@@jonathangarling960 You know, very fair read.

[@wegner7036]

@@jessehunter362 If I had a nickel for every time Detective Conan made a popular ship in the fandom into cousins, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but-

[@jessehunter362]

@@wegner7036 Konami has been trying with bomberman but they can't seem to fully manage it.

[@Kirbun]

I'll keep that in mind, Gano

[@BitFinityGames]

YOU PEDANTIC LITTLE SHREW

[@ClaireCrayon]

@@BitFinityGames*pedanntic

[@Deathnotefan97]

Gnannon

[@IDESTROYER236]

Gaon.

[@jpxfrud]

holy shit GANOS IN SMASH.😊

[@lizardguyNA]

Not gonna lie, I can totally see Ganondorf as the type of guy to get annoyed by mispronunciation.

[@THE_ONLY_REAL_WAFFLE]

Gannondorf*

[@chriscaseybrown5587]

Ganondorf** good grammar is important.

[@toekneemart5597]

Ganonedwarf***

[@andrewcheng1948]

Gahnnnowndaorph******

[@pigaster5649]

Canneddwarf****

[@Tukaro]

Easy way to remember: "If you don't make sure Ganon is canon, you get the cannon!"

[@heyoyo10gaming4]

Except that I already see so manny people say cannon instead of canon

[@deplorabledegenerate2630]

There really mixing up canon and cannon? They're education must have been lacking over their, whereever their is.

[@Ezoc]

​@@deplorabledegenerate2630 OH MY GOD

[@blueblurfan6303]

@@deplorabledegenerate2630 Listen here you little shi-

[@cubechan1938]

​@@deplorabledegenerate2630 Wow 😂 At Least I Don't Talk Like An Old Person Commmenting On A Political Video #couchfucker2024 (I'll give you a hint, X marks the joke)

[@ErikNilsen1337]

I went to a very small college for six years, completing a bachelor’s and a master’s degree. It was so small that I knew everyone personally. They still spelled my name as “Eric Nilson” on my master’s degree.

[@knightofarkronia9968]

I can’t help but feel that they did so on purpose.

[@ErikNilsen1337]

@@knightofarkronia9968 Not so. When I pointed it out, they were very apologetic and ordered a replacement immediately. The administration was astounded that such a mistake could happen, especially since they all knew me well.

[@knightofarkronia9968]

@@ErikNilsen1337 Ok, glad to hear!

[@erikawilliams3468]

I get that too!

[@JetEriksen]

As a fellow "sen" i understand your pain.

[@comradedog7144]

my name is spelt conor and everyone spells it connor, i connect with bro on a spiritual level

[@jan_harald]

"you know lord of the rings, right? you know how there's condor? now take away the "d", and there you go!"

[@ShadeShadowblade]

@@jan_harald Condor is a bird. Gondor is the city from LotR.

[@OlOleander]

Leave Gonor alone

[@backyardr.c.6280]

A single letter i, when talking about one's self, is always capitalized.

[@SnailPreacher]

⁠​⁠@@backyardr.c.6280backyard actually doesn’t have a r.c.6280 at the end idk if you’ve noticed

[@cloudedarctrooper]

"sin, attacks, and syntax" That's a really good verse

[@toomanydum4084]

sin attacks and syntax. No audible comma (hehe)

[@nirinaanjara5135]

Ganon, now that waluigi has taken retirement you have giant boots to fill, so full our hears with honey baby

[@musicsheep9816]

Why is Waluigi is search term in this comment

[@Newibe]

​@musicsheep9816 everyone should know about waluigi

[@N1ghtwolf724]

fair point

[@glowstickofdestiny1290]

When you have the Triforce of Power but don't even have the power to make people spell your name correctly

[@thefog13]

Honestly, the Trifforce seems kinda weak. Maybe Hilya should fix that, also Zelda has Wisdom? He’s courageous if anything, same thing for Link, she’s wise, being a princess.

[@Halberds8122]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@thefog13 You mixed up their genders. Plus Link is the hero not the princess

[@nightmare3642]

@@Halberds8122 Nah, the game's called Zelda, obviously the playable character is too. (I'm pretty sure they were joking.)

[@Halberds8122]

@@nightmare3642 yeah their comment was basically unintelligible, if they're not joking they would definitely get gannon-banned

[@AidenG-t9w]

​@@Halberds8122also he may be talking about the new game just a thought

[@Hugop_arts]

2:44 I love that you can see the eyelashes lol. Ganon is sticking his had inside your eye for that final point

[@dorianhargis6246]

I always that that were freys(idk what the name is) from him tearing the wall apart.

[@Gatorboy5678]

AHHHHHHHHH MY EYEEEEEEEE

[@rampantmutt9119]

Either Ganon is quite tiny or the viewer is huge.

[@BigStrap]

The notion of ganon personally prying my eyelids open at the end is quite unsettling! I love it!

[@Moss_Dude]

I'll be sure to always get it right from now on, Gano Alright fine he got me halfway in the song

[@lurkathon]

love how this comment is edited

[@Moss_Dude]

@@lurkathon I hate how someone else made the same joke and got 4 times the attention despite being gotten halfway in the song

[@rolandcaters7258]

@@Moss_Dudepart of why theirs might be more popular is the artist called them a pedantic little shrew

[@gannon5712]

As someone named Gannon irl, thank you for clearing this up

[@doomsdayrabbit4398]

What's for dinner?

[@jordanguelbert7754]

How often do people in green scream at you?

[@azure-cladassassin5425]

What in the Robin Williams-

[@rainpooper7088]

@doomsdayrabbit4398 YOU!

[@elfascisto6549]

Does the pit burn ?

[@SCA713]

As someone who wears being a pedantic little shrew on his sleeve, I gotta appreciate Gaon being sure to specifically that he meant the one in the middle. Been putting that in wrong for so long.

[@Bonkus..]

Actually, he said it _did_ technically have 2 Ns So its actually Gaonn

[@contrariwiseowl]

This is pure lyrical magic. You can't beat BitFinity's semantic antics.

[@DigidesteinedSayian]

The Bubble Lead reminds me of how the author of Bob and George made that mistake, and theorized that it hurts enemies by giving them lead poisoning.

[@machinedramon3532]

Well it does sink, so it would make sense.

[@CiromBreeze]

Man, it's been so long since I read Bob and George

[@JumboDS64]

@@machinedramon3532 Yeah, that's why I thought it was pronounced like the metal

[@GatorOne-in7hk]

That same comic also popularized Cataclysm Theory so I’m not surprised. 🙄

[@TheRealBlazingDiamond]

Wait, it's not lead bubbles? What does "leed" lead mean?

[@TheBreadPirate]

These animations are so fun! And really catchy.

[@johnospina1953]

WHY AREN'T THERE MORE REPLIES THIS GUY IS THE REAL BREAD PIRATE (btw I'm I fan)

[@AlfredoPastaSauce-c8z]

​Great point! ( By the way, I'm also a fan of bread pirate )

[@safebox36]

Funny thing about "hydrocity"; SEGA has never made an official stance on it. Games have flipflopped between Hydro City and Hydrocity since it first appeared and continue to do so today 😅. Even in dialogue it's not consistent.

[@Emmariscobar]

Honestly I'm split on it myself, on one hand "Hydrocity Zone" sounds way better to say out loud, but on the other hand "Hydro City Zone" looks a lot more fitting when put besides all the other zones.

[@doomsdayrabbit4398]

​@@EmmariscobarThis is a game that used "reef" as a reference to the lava zone being the final barrier to cross before reaching the Master Emerald's shrine. Even though it's entirely underground so it should be magma anyway. Also, everyone complains about "hydrossity" versus "hydro city" but I guarantee no one pronounces the zone before Lava Reef as "sandOHpolis" not "sanDOPollis".

[@homerman76]

​@@Emmariscobar It also just makes a lot more sense for it to be Hydro City because that's how it would officially work if you named a city Hydrocity. Kind of like the Megamind Metrocity situation, Megamind might always say it as one word, but it is in fact Metro City in pronunciation

[@Rodanguirus]

Hydro City makes so much more sense and was almost certainly the intent, but Hydrocity sounds really satisfying to say, and...they could have put a space in there if they wanted to. There are many two-word zones (not counting the word "Zone") in Sonic.

[@doomsdayrabbit4398]

@@Rodanguirus Yeah. Literally all of them in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, actually. The only ones that aren't are Hydrocity, Icecap, and Sandopolis.

[@BirdieSenpai]

The ultimate irony is my favorite video game character pronouncing a ringing in one's ears as though it is an inflammation in a song all about mispronunciations.

[@BluePopsoprogen]

Tbf, "tin-it-us" sounds really dumb and every doc I've met also pronounces it tin-eye-tus.

[@OlOleander]

Then every doc you have heard doing so is wrong. Heck, I know more than one person with a math degree who pronounces "Laplace" wrong.

[@isavenewspapers8890]

⁠@@OlOleander Pay them five bucks each to change their pronunciation. Call that a Laplace transform. ... Don't actually do that, but I couldn't pass up the pun.

[@BluePopsoprogen]

@@OlOleander my point wasn't that it's right, my point is that the correct way is stupid

[@cashkromsupernerd1193]

The fact that Matthew is an actual teacher makes the Power Point stuff ten times better

[@ganondorfisno.1560]

Ganondorf looks really good in that outfit! I absolutely love this song and your channel!

[@BitFinityGames]

That outfit is taken directly from Mr. Feeny from Boy Meets World.

[@Danominator]

"Canon...with one n" and the zoom in at the end got me good 😂

[@Rubbly]

0:41 ohhhhh "Power" Point with the Triforce of Power!! Took me too many rewatches to notice lmao

[@J.Blazer]

The return of Professor Dragmire

[@pubcle]

Ah feels right out of when Random Encounters was popular, as well as right in with the rest of your creations. It's wonderful. I truly appreciate the work put in here.

[@greengem9132]

Weird Al Yankovic would be so proud of this song.

[@carlclo2988]

That’s Yankovic. No h.

[@greengem9132]

@@carlclo2988 ah shoot I spelled it wrong, this is what I get when using the mic to spell out the word thanks man 👍

[@vulkendov5210]

​@greengem9132 also, it's Weird Al Yankovic. Make sure to capitalize those proper nouns.

[@greengem9132]

@@vulkendov5210 ah okay

[@andrewcheng1948]

I mean if we're correcting here you had ought to put some punctuation at the end as well.

[@Hero_of_Comedy]

Upon hearing how Zangief is supposed to be pronounced, I paused and looked at Wreck-It Ralph and the anime High Score Girl to see how they pronounced it.

[@thatonegaminglatias4345]

I honestly hate how inconsistent Cyrillic transliterations can be :/

[@prowolf633]

Glad you’re back. Was afraid that Waluigi vid would be your final one

[@lunaitc]

He was pretty clear that was just the end of Waluigi Time. (Waluigi time will absolutely return on April 1)

[@dogman15]

Until now, I never realized that Etude (from Tadpole Treble) was a pun on "a toad". As a lifelong piano player, I only saw the musical reference. Speaking of that game, you should update the Steam version to have the features from the Switch version and fix the bugs.

[@ventusleone]

Man, I was not expecting a whole song by our man Gannon! What a happy surprise!

[@BestSomebodyNA]

Ganon* 🤭

[@TehJimlad]

😠

[@SephirothRyu]

@@BestSomebodyNA Nah only one n. Its Gano.

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@jeremyrossi2716]

Apparently the reason it was “misspelled” in 86’ was that his original name was spelled with 2 middle “N”s to resemble cannon. Once Zelda gained traction they realized that naming a villain after a weapon might not be for the best so they slightly modified it.

[@MrXCoolManX]

His name was based off of Gammon (not jamon, the hind legs of pigs). They changed the m's to n's.

[@Emmariscobar]

@@jeremyrossi2716 At least it wasn't "Gistol" or "Gazooka".

[@jan_harald]

@@Emmariscobar *Bistol, Pazooka

[@dominichekashia105]

Is that true? I can't find a source on that, but if it is, that means the character parodying him in Enter the Gungeon named "Cannon" is really just bringing everything full circle, and that's hilarious.

[@ImNotAThing]

@@jan_harald*baple , pozoka

[@bannedname5036]

The plot twist is Nintendo have been spelling his name wrong since 1988, and will be going back and correcting it one day.

[@quillion3rdoption]

Gannon just looks cooler in English tbh.

[@GatorOne-in7hk]

Thank you for mentioning HydroCity and Stickerbush Symphony, you have no idea how much it frustrates me when people say “Hydrocity” and “Stickerbrush Symphony” 🤦‍♂

[@jan_harald]

I mean...Megamind has an entire joke about how ONLY he pronounces "metro city" as "metrocity", lol time to commit atrocities in hydrocity

[@TheRealBlazingDiamond]

Hydrossity. It's wrong, but I can't deny it's fun to say

[@ElFreakinCid]

Well considering multiple games have called it Stickerbrush Symphony and not even people who worked at Rare seem to be in agreement on what it's called...

[@GatorOne-in7hk]

@@ElFreakinCid It hasn’t been called that in games, only KZbin videos. It’s always officially been bush, not brush.

[@CocoCrawl]

I LOVE Earthbound but I did NOT know that was how you pronounce Giygas

[@yoshifan3611]

Hi, Coco! Me neither...

[@kirbysuperstaruhh3769]

Yeah I have been pronouncing it "GUY-gas" the entire time too

[@AstralBirthVoid0]

He has been named Giegue because the sound "guee" is unpleasant to the ear. Then Mother 2 and weird translation gaves us the Giygas, and it makes us want to say "Guy" instead of "guee".

[@ElFreakinCid]

@@AstralBirthVoid0 I've never once pronounced his name as "guy-gas", because I would never think to pronounce "giy" as "guy".

[@orsonzedd]

I'm glad someone remembered Gannon Banning

[@Maxwell-vw1br]

It is Ganon not Gannon.

[@orsonzedd]

@@Maxwell-vw1br and it's Gannon Banned not Ganon Baned

[@goodgamer1419]

Thank you ganonn

[@Idkanymore9029]

*Gannon

[@Zordyn]

*Gannonn

[@BurgerSoup]

YES!! THANK YOU! I see so many people down to video titles mispelling "StickerbRush Symphony", it's irritating lol.

[@ElFreakinCid]

Games have literally spelled it that way and there's even debate among Rare employees about how it's spelled.

[@petfriendamy]

Had to watch this one immediately, this is great haha. It's so true that Final Fantasy in particular is a common target for name mispronunciations.

[@thecardboardboxz]

YOU MADE "MY WAA" my friends played this song randomly when i was at their house and i just checked ur channel for another song that they played and i saw "my waa" right b4 the Ganon 1. Thank you 4 your bangers

[@ShimmeringVapidCoal]

I still can't believe Brawl in the Family ended 10 years ago!

[@headphonics3052]

I feel like this comment made me age about 10 years

[@ShimmeringVapidCoal]

@@headphonics3052 Oh, just be glad it isn't 20 years..... yet. :)

[@legogeneralgrievous1173]

My last name is an uncommon spelling of a relatively common last name. I feel your pain, Ganon.

[@davidguthary8147]

The one that always bugs me is "Psyche-Locks" being pronounced as "sigh clocks". There are two syllables in "psyche", people!

[@connormc4050]

I learned something new today

[@dogman15]

@@connormc4050 Yep. It's "sy-kee locks". I recently learned that one.

[@KapitanKaos]

Psyco-Locks

[@CiromBreeze]

Isn't Psyche two different words? Like, theres "psyche" with two syllables (meaning your mind), and there's "psyche" with one syllable (to mean "I'm joking", often misspelled "sike")

[@davidguthary8147]

@CiromBreeze One syllable is just "psych." "Psyche" always has two syllables.

[@aarter2913]

Even hydrocity wasnt safe This was so great

[@beanofknowledge2125]

2:15 Usually don't do this but it is this Video's purpose: In the german Name Brigitte both "i"s are contracted. The correct pronounciation is actually closer to "Brigg - it - teh""

[@bubba-gumby]

​@stm7810 No, the song is referring to Brigitte from Overwatch, not Bridget from Guilty Gear. Reg. the German pronunciation: I was under the impression Brigitte (the character, not the name) was Swedish, not German, so I looked it up. Apparently she is Swedish, but the reason she has a German name is because Reinhardt (who is German) made a deal with Torbjorn to give her her name. Neat

[@ElFreakinCid]

@stm7810 Use his real goddamn name.

[@blueghost4184]

Thank you for the enlightenment, Janondorf!

[@kuboskube]

This is REALLY NICE! Words and visuals are amazing here! Great job!

[@s.m.2523]

Well.. if conquering Hyrule keeps failing, there's some good backup careers as a singer and the middle school teacher I never knew I wish I had then.

[@DaCanadianViking]

😂

[@thekiss2083]

These are some of my favorite lyrics from you, great job! (Also keep fighting the good fight, it's OCK-arina)

[@mattwo7]

1:28 The dorf is for his gerudo form and excluding it is for his Triforce of Power-enhanced pig form and whatever the calamity was. You'll notice Ganon wasn't present in TotK and Ganondorf had the title of demon king instead, this is because the Triforce of Power is with Zelda as somehow her sealing power is actually the entire Triforce.

[@ElFreakinCid]

The Triforce of Power left Ganondorf in Twilight Princess, so that's one timeline branch accounted for.

[@LIGHTERstudioANIMATOR]

I return at least once every week to rewatch this.

[@protoplasm-1]

I don’t listen to kinngs of evil, so I’m gonnna keep on sayinng Gannon out of gennuine spite.

[@DLCguy]

This is my favourite of your new Bitmusicals

[@wiredcoffee9347]

Ganondorf is his name and Ganon when he has manifested his power

[@humblebee5575]

Sheesh, fourteen times? I know he's your go-to villain when it comes to Zelda, but that seriously dorfs the competition! ...Er, dwarfs. Dwarves? Aw dang it.

[@heyoyo10gaming4]

Well, he's counting Brawl and the CDi Games

[@_Stormfather]

Dwarves is the plural of dwarf. Dwarfs is the present tense form of the verb "to dwarf".

[@adampozzobon5193]

You can also just always say 'dwarfs', the spelling with a v was made up by Tolkien for LotR, the actual mythological dwarfs are usually spelled with the f included

[@AstralBirthVoid0]

Shout out to Vaati and Majora's mask, the only actual other villains, with Vaati still getting replaced by Ganon in one of his appearances, and to Yuga who merged wtih him but it who was still the one in control.

[@pearlplayaa]

​@@AstralBirthVoid0Skull Kid/Majora:

[@CysmaWinheim]

I'm so glad I found a song about spelling Gannon's name correctly.

[@Thesilliestsquid]

Nintendo has the ability to do something really funny in the next Legend of Zelda game now.

[@dysr]

Funny how the can of worms that is Cait Sith wasn’t touched upon in the FF section.

[@jan_harald]

catshit

[@Mariokemon]

this is because as a character, his name is pronounced as Cait Sith, even tho his namesake is Kat Shee.

[@ElFreakinCid]

@@Mariokemon No it isn't. Literally every game that's said his name out loud has pronounced it right. The only exception is the English localization of FF7 Rebirth, which was done entirely to appease American fans who never bothered to learn his name, and it sparked mass outrage because it's seen as contributing to the centuries-long erasure of the Gaelic language.

[@ILikeCereal276]

What I find embarrassing to me, is the fact I've been saying Arceus wrong for my WHOLE LIFE, till I found this video, thank you Gandalf

[@spockamania]

Really nice of Gannon to correct so many of these misunderstandings. I learned a lot here!

[@ImNotAThing]

*gano

[@ImNotAThing]

*gamgombambom

[@MiddleschoolPikachufan]

*Gandambananon

[@MikeOShay]

From the first moment of the song I was hoping you'd make a Canon/Cannon parallel, and I was very satisfied with the payoff.

[@TemplateUserNameSquad]

Thank you Gaondorf.

[@ng65gaming]

More people need this, like it's the most informative thing I've seen on the internet in years

[@Bawktee]

I was screaming at the screen for him to mention arcanine because I’m still not 100% on whether it’s Ar-KAY-nine or Ar-kuh-nine

[@Limomon]

I always thought the name came from arcane and canine, so in both cases it should be pronounced "kay" in the middle

[@vulkendov5210]

It was pronounced AR-KUH-NINE in the anime and nothing will dissuade me way from that

[@bannedname5036]

Problem is neither is he.

[@Bawktee]

@@Limomon EXACTLY

[@webbowser8834]

Pretty sure it's pronounced Ar-kuh-ni-ney

[@thecrab2408]

honestly this was the thing that finally taught me what various google searches could not: the fact that canon has only one N (well two but not in the middle) thanks for that ganondorf.

[@AnimeboyIanpower]

1:47 I always pronounced it "Guy-gas" because the first people I heard it from were Fawful's Minion in his Top 15 Kirby Bosses list, referring to the arena where you battle 0² in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards as "Giygas' Bachelor Pad", and from Chuggaaconroy in the final episode of his first EarthBound Let's Play (as well as a KZbin Poop I remember watching called "Mrs. Krack is possessed by Giygas" which uses the sound clip of Chuggaaconroy pronouncing Giygas as "Guy-gas" in it. However, I haven't been able to find it in years.). It makes sense that Giygas would be pronounced "Gee-gas", given it's in line with his Japanese name in both the first two MOTHER games (ギーグ /Giegue).

[@koolkid4825]

for some reason, I always tend to horribly mispronounce words like “leitmotif” because my brain just never looks at the word deep enough for me to realize i’m mispronouncing them, so for the longest time I always pronounced Giygas as GIGYAS for some reason, thank you to ganon for showing me otherwise lol

[@TheHungryReader]

Some early promotional material, from before the translation was even completed, called the villain “The Geek”, which is a crazy alternate timeline to think about, but helped to push me toward the Gee-gas pronunciation early.

[@yo_who_asked]

this feels like something i would have found on newgrounds in 2007. great work

[@Hulk_Lover]

Imagine in another game, the thing Link is trying to stop is Ganon's ultimate weapon, the Ganon-Cannon, or, as it is colloquially known, the Gannon.

[@elfascisto6549]

A Zelda game where Link is trying to stop Ganon, that'd be crazy

[@ButterToastPotado]

Love the detail of Sephiroth sword coming into frame for the Aerith slide. Besides that, this has been delightful!

[@Marandahir]

I really appreciate the Gannon-Banned ref at the end!!! That said, Arceus sounding like the buttocks as called in England is correct and a direct transliteration of the Japanese name, as almost all legendary and mythical Pokémon are. But the English anime decided to pronounce as Ark instead of Ars, so both are technically correct and acceptable pronunciations. Should have had the same treatment as King Dedede. Plus, I notice you included the CD-i games as well as at least one Smash Bros. game in your 14 times Ganon’s been thwarted. If you’re going to include those, you should really consider all 20 times he’s been thwarted, not just 14 of the 20.

[@BitFinityGames]

You are technically correct, the best kind of correct. Ganon(dorf)'s thwarts were a point of contention--depending on what counts it could be anywhere from 12-ish to 20+. But I really liked the way "thwarted fourteen" sounded so I went with the definite ones first then added a couple less-than-canonical ones (Faces of Evil, SSB Brawl, Hyrule Warriors) to round it out.

[@dysr]

Fun fact: the pokemon games actually show how Arceus is pronounced in English. Silvally’s ability is RKS System, which is pronounced similarly to the official localisation (which should rhyme with deus, being a deity after all). It doesn’t seem to be the case in Japanese though.

[@sonarchy5158]

​@@dysr Good point! Especially when it could have been called RCS system

[@KodaKitten333]

I actually did notice at the end ganon has two Ns nice touch to show how stressed he is

[@chrisruss_]

2:20 once i heard someone call it a god damn "osarina"

[@ThefifthBishopofGord]

That sounds terrible

[@HenshinFanatic]

you think that's bad? I've heard someone insist that "chimera" is pronounced shim-ur-ah.

[@ToasterWithLimbs0376]

i was shocked to see this was made 3 weeks ago, this seems like the type of video you would see 8 years later, listen to it, then forget it for another 2 years

[@ThefifthBishopofGord]

2:11 I love the fact even in the power point she is gonna die by being stabbed.

[@wafagdplqs4421]

A really catchy and useful song Gannon !

[@anonymousanonymous2649]

The amount of people that comment about 2:34 without reading the pinned comment is truly astounding.

[@dchen73]

This is awesome! Can't wait to see a BitMusical on other characters like Bowser!

[@ShadwSonic]

Sometimes, I know what the "correct" pronunciation is and just blatantly ignore it. "Lums" for one, especially since the only time they voiced the word in the series they used the "wrong" pronunciation! Rayman 3 to be precise, which also brings up the point that if it's supposed to be "Looms" then the "Hoodlum" pun doesn't work! So you could say it's Word of God versus ingame evidence, and the latter _always_ wins in my book! Oh, and no one knows what the correct pronunciation of "Hydrocity" was _supposed_ to be, we just have vocal factions on preferences. I'm in the "Hy-DROSS-ity" camp myself.

[@Cerberus-the-space-devil]

I must agree, irl My blood boils when my name is misspelled too. Its Erick with a C and a K, Not Eric or Erik OR WORST OF ALL ERIKC. Its erick! With a CK

[@safebox36]

Finally someone acknowledges Dedede's name pronunciation! I know it's established as "dee-dee-dee" in the west, but it still bothers me knowing the original is "deh-deh-deh".

[@OrbitalFrog_]

When ever this pops up, I always gotta listen to it

[@lealty7115]

I aspire to have wordplay this genius one day holy-

[@Rubbly]

Great work! What a fun song, so much detail and the animation is awesome!!

[@theamphibian6041]

Finally! Someone who knows how to say "Lums!" They say it's pronounced "Looms" in the Rayman Origins manual, but I don't think many people read that.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

So, it's NOT pronounced like the name of the Urusei Yatsura character?

[@PTp1ranha]

They don't say "loom" in Rayman 3 though.

[@theamphibian6041]

Oh, they don't? Hm, might be a po-tay-to, po-tah-to kinda deal.

[@HairyHariyama]

It doesn't help that it was pronounced like "Lumms" in Rayman 2 and 3 when the little guys first appeared.

[@theamphibian6041]

@@HairyHariyama Eh, fair enough. Both pronunciations are valid!

[@Shady_Fungus]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 this video needs more attention.

[@keiyakins]

The gannon-banned reference made me smile

[@Superstories-r4n]

The Voice actor for Gannon was amazing!

[@ZoofyZoof]

Arse-eus is a correct official pronunciation. It _has_ been used in official Pokemon media. It's just less commonly used for obvious reasons.

[@Swagpion]

It WAS official. But isn't anymore

[@ZoofyZoof]

@@Swagpion Yeah, things don't just stop being official. Not how that works.

[@InTheSky521]

Ark-eus is how it was said in the commercial for the games legends Arceus tho

[@ZoofyZoof]

@@InTheSky521 That doesn't really disprove or contradict anything i said.

[@Swagpion]

@@ZoofyZoof yes things can stop being official, because retcons exist. Heck the Arceus movie trailer originally said it like arse-e-us, before being changed to Ark-E-Us. Also Silvally's ability (I dont know how you spell that pokemon's name) is called R.K.S. system not R.C.S. system.

[@NortbookOSC]

It actually tells you how to pronounce Lums correctly in the first pages of the Rayman Origins guide book in the box

[@TristanBass-kw8ki]

As a Sonic fan thank you for affirming Hydro city as the correct pronunciation

[@HeeminGaminStation]

gosh dang, I just barley memorized "monolithic hull is indomitable" and now you add all this way fun to say wordplay.

[@browncow5210]

1986: Gannon 2024: That blue monster

[@marscaleb]

Now you need a follow-up/bonus video where you review each of these entries individually and explain exactly why we know what the correct pronunciation is.

[@byrontheusurper6505]

I genuinely didn't know it's ninetales that's crazy Also didn't know about Giygas but I also never finished earthbound

[@fairytaillink]

Thank you for informing me. Ive always had trouble with arceus and looms. Thank you for help ganon. Your not as bad a guy as i thought

[@RezeedTheDataspirit]

I don't know how I feel about the fact, I am in complete agreement with the Gerudo King about how the Water Level in Sonic 3 is pronounced.

[@doomsdayrabbit4398]

The sand level says hi, you're probably mispronouncing it, too.

[@Newibe]

Idk any other way of pronouncing Sandopolis other than "Sand aw polis" or "Sandoh polis" Which ones right idk​@doomsdayrabbit4398

[@falling_into_roblox]

Alright Gannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnon!

[@Enceladeans]

I guess there are two things he wants for Christmas now.

[@captainrocket9915]

Cute, charming, and well-made! I love it!

[@irene208]

Don't you go thinking I won't see Ganon sealed in the book of Koridai there Matthew.