Sonic, Shredder, the Sword in the Stone

[@mattshannon3526]

Um, actually the Zelda timelines are Adult, Child, Basketball, and the T I M E B R E A K

[@ThatLexPlays]

**dramatic whispers** T I M E B R E A K

[@FullTheatre]

Monopoly solves everything...

[@Delta-ei7im]

@@ThatLexPlays *dramatic whispers ontop* T i m e b r e a k

[@drvollen]

um actually? you're spelling his name wrong. and i don't like how they broke timmy like that.... rude.

[@danman4326]

You can’t forget about the timelines where he goes on to fight Mario and the other one where he goes on to a professional kart racer

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

UM ACTUALLY in universe, Torchwood is named for the Torchwood estate, a Scottish property at which the Doctor and Queen Victoria fought a werewolf.

[@butzmn7190]

100% correct. Because Torchwood is an Anagram for "Doctor Who"

[@butzmn7190]

(I commented before I heard the answer in the show. Sorry for the repetition)

[@mherrera8968]

Came looking for this.

[@Hockeyluke1042]

And also every episode of Torchwood starts by saying they’re OUTSIDE the government

[@thorne9790]

Was literally typing this out when I saw this comment

[@charleslee8313]

"Tricky little asshole questions" isn't as marketable as "Um, Actually".

[@marlond5579]

i bet the give-it-a-whirl fuckers would be able to sell it

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Um, actually, i would 100% watch a show called “Tricky little asshole questions” 😂

[@jackwils3857]

@@MyBiPolarBearMax um actually I came here to say this 😂

[@MeTaLISaWeSoMe95]

@@MyBiPolarBearMax you're already watching a show called Um Actually

[@josh-cz3ey]

​@MeTaLISaWeSoMe95 you didn't say Um, Actually, so no points will be awarded to you.

[@cianoakheart5132]

Um, actually the sword is THROUGH the anvil and in the stone. The full length of the blade passes through both.

[@mightymop19]

Um actually that doesnt mean its not IN the anvil and stone though

[@cianoakheart5132]

@@mightymop19 True, but they banter for quite awhile on the belief that it is ONLY in the anvil, and simply on top of a stone.

[@pygmyhorde1821]

yeah, "The sword in the anvil" or "the sword in the anvil and stone" don't sound as good.

[@SineN0mine3]

Um actually, the full length only passes through the anvil. Only the end of the sword is in the stone. If the full length ran through both the stone would have to be inside the anvil (or vice versa)

[@TrainBoi227]

​@@SineN0mine3 Um, actually, if the stone was really short, or the sword really long, it could easily pass through both stacked atop each other

[@TheFrugalVideoGamer]

Um, Actually, Heart was also shown (in one of the tie-in comics) to be capable of just straight-up *brainwashing* people, which is why Ma-Ti was the one entrusted with it, since he wouldn't abuse that power.

[@ZannaZatanna1]

well that's terrifying

[@ashchusatoshi944]

well i guess *Mind Screw* makes sense.

[@DDuffy143]

@@ashchusatoshi944 lmfao, that’s right.. mind screw it is!

[@jadejaguar69]

Mari.. is a boy?

[@instantnoob]

Um actually, the ring of Heart is *not needed* to summon captain plantet at all! But if the beam of heart fails to find its mark in the process of summoning him, he has nearly the same amount of power, he's just also a heartless bastard

[@danielbelzberg2346]

Um actually, based on the dimensions of the sword in the stone, it would seem to go all the way through the anvil and into the stone beneath it. Which would make it, indeed, a sword in the stone.

[@JubioHDX]

Um actually, the correction wasnt that there isnt a stone but just that there should be mention of both an anvil and a stone

[@g.p.s-yourfunishere6635]

Um, actually, how do we know without 100% doubt that the animated anvil wasn't carved stone?

[@JubioHDX]

@@g.p.s-yourfunishere6635 because in any universe where metalworking has gotten to the point where you can create a sword, using a rock as a anvil is dumb as hell😂 so id say we can assume its not made of stone but thats just me

[@g.p.s-yourfunishere6635]

@JubioHDX unless it was made as style choice, and because it was never inteaded to be used as a proper anvil. Or even cooler, what if in a world were magic exist, maybe the stone anvil once helped forged the magic into the sword! Like it was a necessary focus of ancient earth magic, so it's made of stone shaped as an anvil to be used as a tool! Thay be pretty dope

[@M.Datura]

"The Sword Through the Anvil" dones't sound as mysterious and epic, clearly.

[@JV-the-Tossh]

I'd like to thank mr. B. D. Gilbert (Safety fan and Bureaucratic Wunderkind) for allowing me to get the Zelda one.

[@jameszetterman4487]

I would love to see him on the show.

[@samgittins5990]

God I wish I had your way with words

[@JV-the-Tossh]

@@samgittins5990 Oh, uh..? I didn't feel I was doing anything that impressive, but thanks for the compliment.

[@samgittins5990]

@@JV-the-TosshI mean as soon as I see Bureaucratic Wunderkind mentioned in a comment I’m in awe

[@JV-the-Tossh]

@@samgittins5990 I mean... How do you know I didn't open the OSHA violations video in another tab and checked the spelling? I'm not trying to belittle you or anything, I just feel like you being in awe is giving me way too much credit. I'm really not worthy.

[@joeyteter9383]

The Pokémon low HP sound is the equivalent of Trapp not liking the running out of air sound, that still sends chills down my spine

[@styill]

I can hear Siobhan yelling at the screen on the Torchwood question.

[@nickblas]

She probably wrote it.

[@ReinBelmont]

Flanders: "...There’s one god. Only one. Well, sometimes there’s three."

[@hamiltoneu]

There is only one God and you know his name. What do we say to the God of death? Not today.

[@felixgonzalez8478]

Umm actually, while it is stated that Q and Lady Q are in a relationship they never say they're married. In fact Q states their relationship is non-exclusive.

[@ZannaZatanna1]

yeah I thought that it was too. she was just his baby momma.

[@MetFreak42]

If I may, a small correction, plus a bonus. Um, actually, *Miss Q (not "Lady"). Q's son is known as "Q Junior." Q refers to him as such in the same episode as he was introduced to Captain Janeway, as well as one other time afterwards.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

@@MetFreak42 um , actually, "Miss Q" and "Q Junior" are nicknames. They're both named "Q".

[@zombie7318]

@@RabblesTheBinx um, actually this is the stupidest discussion but I wanted to be in it cause I’m probably the most stupid one here

[@leahswett9805]

This! It drove me nuts because Q went and tried to get Janeway to mother Q, and that would have been terrible 😂

[@vicentefernandez9084]

24:17 Erika's PTSD trigger with the baby Mario sound is something I relate SO MUCH to.

[@Ashtarte3D]

I fucking love Erika's reaction to Baby Mario sound and why she'll never have kids.

[@DDuffy143]

And when she said that thing about getting kidnapped or falling off of a dinosaur’s back, she was referencing The Land Before Time right?

[@rainydays7698]

@@DDuffy143 yoshi is a dinosaur. there is a game where he rescues baby mario and rides around with him on his back.

[@thormusicbass]

@@rainydays7698 You forgot to say, "Um, Actually."

[@zacharyboyd7493]

Odd thing to be proud of. YES, thousands of years of a human line ENDS with me- NOT on accident, but because children are like “ew” annoying… like in that one baby Mario game. To each their own, better to know you are to selfish to be a mom then be a mom who hates a kid but still… Weird flex.

[@natebernasconi]

@@zacharyboyd7493 I don't know where you're going with this but it's not inside a woman

[@RabblesTheBinx]

Um, actually, Nintendo always maintained that they had an internal timeline for the Zelda games, but had said they wanted players to focus on the gameplay, not the continuity, which is why they delayed releasing it until fan demand caused them to publish it in Hyrule Historia. About to go into full nerd mode, but back in 2002 I did a school project where I proved that they 100% knew that there would be a three-way split in the timeline by the time OoT was released. Let's look at three points of evidence: 1) Ocarina was billed as a prequel to A Link to the Past upon release. 2) Ocarina _has_ to be a prequel because so many events described in the Sealing War backstory In ALttP occurred in OoT (Ganon's previous identity as the thief Ganondorf, for starters). And 3) Ocarina _can't_ be a prequel to ALttP because in the Sealing War, Ganon was sealed in the Golden Land in possession of the entire Triforce (and he still has it as seen in the game's ending), while he was sealed with only 1 piece in OoT's ending. That means that there had to be a third ending that we never got to see. An ending where he was able to take the other two pieces from Link and Zelda. In other words: OoT had hidden lore everyone missed for _years._ Also, um, actually, there was a _third_ mistake in that statement that wasn't addressed, that is what sparked this whole rant which is that the unified Zelda timeline wasn't the version already released, it was this idea of a single timeline that contained all of the games. It lost steam in the aftermath of Wind Waker, and the original split timeline theory (which only had two branches, child and adult) became more popular. That's why the fans got so pissed about the downfall timeline, literally 99.9% of the fans were proven wrong. Because, again, they missed the hidden lore. /End Rant

[@Alepzeron]

I searched for this comment knowing the few key issues they did miss in the episode. Thank you for the rant it's always nice to find another Zelda nerd who knows way too much about the lore lol. Random side note my favorite part of Hyrule Historia is them finally showing us why Zelda and Link are constantly being reborn in all three timelines with no memories of past lives.

[@lgbtlion9727]

thank you for your service, this felt so good for my Zelda loving brain to read

[@bryanmoreau59215]

Isn't also an error to say that all Zelda games are in one timeline ? Because I saw somewhere that Breath of the wild was in a complete other timeline than the rest

[@voldrik1364]

@@bryanmoreau59215 There are actually several Zelda games not on the timeline. BotW isn't (as of yet we don't know where or if it falls on the timeline, is in it's own or, my personal theory, is a merging point where the timelines will essentially reset), the Japan exclusive satelaview games aren't and the Phillips cdi games aren't, since Nintendo's official stance on those is "we don't talk about the cdi games."

[@strange17]

@@bryanmoreau59215 botw is at the end but so long after that it's impossible to know which branch

[@ratboyoftheratrealm5844]

I'VE GOT IN THE COMMENTS- oh wait, Brennan isn't here.

[@CrashSable]

I'm sure he wrote some of the statements, though.

[@PAINTnPONG]

Anytime I see Brennan in an episode I immediately become happy and enjoy watching his just slaughter everyone moth no mercy. #NerdRage

[@LeonardGreenpaw]

I HAVE COME TO THE COMMENTS TO DEMAND MORE BRENNAN

[@nedcurfman3486]

He didn’t specify which comments section, so I’M HERE BRENNAN

[@jongrubbdesign]

Does Um Actually have a merch store of their various irritatingly not-quite-correct nerd decorations?

[@qwertycal1707]

I wonder if parodic objects are exempt from copyright infringements

[@TheCinderfang]

@@qwertycal1707 I could see it falling under parody

[@rjheiselt1222]

I’d definitely buy a shirt with a picture of the Vulcan salute with the caption “may the force be with you”

[@the_void_screams_back7514]

this might be old but now that they've launched the Kickstarter for the board game one of the reward tiers is you get to choose a prop from the set :)

[@vagabond1920]

I just realized the decorations aren’t quite correct.

[@Variocom]

"Just curing the pandemic seems a bit irresponsible." Aged like microwaved milk, that one.

[@IceMetalPunk]

Not really. That's why vaccines are so important, because we're trying to not just cure people who have COVID, but eradicate (or at least decimate) the virus in the wild.

[@SL-gz9gq]

You mean buttermilk?

[@RiamsWorld]

@@IceMetalPunk I believe in this case, the game means by cure, they invent the vaccine, but don't actually take the time to distribute it everywhere (since you'd run out of cards by then)

[@Variocom]

@@IceMetalPunk true. But irradiation of viruses is suuuuuper hard with many easily spread viruses. So in the case of a pandemic level virus, most of the time getting the cure and reaching herd immunity levels is the best that can be done.

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@Variocom True, but with a high enough vaccination rate and an effective enough vaccine, that alone can eradicate a virus. It worked for polio and smallpox :D

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Fun extra trivia: Q's son was also his actor's real life son.

[@jb888888888]

Q wasn't even in the original final script for "Encounter at Farpoint," until the executives at Paramount decided that they wanted a two hour premiere instead of a regular sized one hour first episode. To stretch the episode out they decided to add Q's plot. And when they thought up Q he was going to be several different members of the Q continuum all with the same "A Form You Are Comfortable With" face, switching each time he disappeared & reappeared including when he changed uniforms, which is why he acts so different when the costume switches happen.

[@jadejaguar69]

Fun fact, you look like a real life mr incredible

[@ABalloonInNeed]

not giving her the point would be a cruel angel’s thesis, if you will

[@conner.j.a.wilson]

Um, actually, The Sword in the Stone isn’t a separate book from The Once and Future King. It’s the first part of that book, which collects The Sword in the Stone, The Queen of Air and Darkness, The Ill-Made Knight, and The Candle in the Wind into one volume.

[@jonathanross149]

I'm with you. The sword in the stone was basically a chapter in the larger volume.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

And, the Book of Merlin, in a fifth, separate volume.

[@arc7818]

This is one of my favorite episodes of Um, Actually because the contestants are 1. Funny and 2. Competitive knowledge-wise. Everybody seems to be having fun and actually know some aspect of nerd culture. It's nice having funny people on, but if they don't get many questions right, it kind of deflates my enjoyment. Good episode all around.

[@scooticusmaximus]

Fun Fact: The Sonic drowning music is my alarm in the morning. Never sleeping in.

[@digitaldemonuk]

Umm actually, Terry Pratchett was an English writer, so therefore 'The Colour of Magic' would be spelt with a U and only be 'The Color of Magic' in localised versions.

[@CED99]

GNU PTerry

[@felipearaujodominici3057]

Americans do have the tendency to think the way they pronounce/write things is the only correct one, even if the said thing is from another language originally

[@leafyisqueer7155]

@@felipearaujodominici3057 FUN FACT: America spells weird because printing presses charged by the letter, so to save money letters deemed unnecessary for 'the read pronunciation' (theres a word for this but I don't remember what it is right now) were removed.

[@punkrocker1377]

@@leafyisqueer7155 phonetically. Letters unnecessary for the word to be phonetically correct.

[@loganrenfrow2544]

Um actually even if it's only 'The Color of Magic' in localized versions then that still means that it is the title of a book, just not the original title. Therefore you aren't really correcting a mistake and are just providing additional information.

[@talk4dews]

We need one with three Brennans competing against each other.

[@17kiranime]

Okay, #UmActually, the reason why an anvil is called a “stone” for the purposes of both the book & movie titles is anvils were first made OF stone, followed in later years/centuries with bronze, wrought iron & finally steel.

[@tomasxfranco]

I think that the sword going through an anvil and a stone might have something to do with it as well.

[@L4NkYb]

I'm so glad someone else has acknowledged how freaking powerful the heart powers are

[@Taurusus]

I can't believe how little respect Ma'ti still commands even with the power of hindsight, that none of them remembered that the Heart ring enabled *communication with each other from anywhere in the world*.

[@Zahaqiel]

Um actually, Shane is technically correct given the question - in Neon Genesis Evangelion, the _only giant robot that exists in the series is not piloted by teenagers._ Jet Alone is piloted by computer.

[@AzureAzreal]

This is hard, but Jet Alone is not technically an Eva, but a robot meant to replace the Evas. There could be an argument that the plugs are complex AI's and therefor not actually teenagers, but they are basically replicas of the teenager consciousness, so it gets more complicated to say "not piloted by a teenager."

[@Zahaqiel]

@@AzureAzreal As stated by Erika and confirmed by Trapp, Evas are not giant robots which is what is wrong with the question. Shane is therefore correct in his statement given what is wrong in the question - _the giant robot_ in the series is not piloted by teenagers.

[@AzureAzreal]

@Zahaqiel though I think it is kind of you to give Shane the benefit of the doubt, the words "giant robots" were clearly qualifiers for Evangelions. Even Shane says "not all the pilots" - the key being plural - "were teenagers." Since Jet Alone is the only "giant robot" that could have been referred to - although was clearly not being referred to, as the Evas not being giant robots was the correct answer - there would only have been one pilot, that of Jet Alone itself. So I don't think that Shane would win the point, even semantically. Maybe had he said "there was no pilot" it could have earned a point, but I think even Shane himself would say that he was speaking of the Evas, not Jet Alone.

[@Zahaqiel]

@@AzureAzreal Jet Alone was a team effort, and it feels rude to pretend that it wasn't. And given how many accidental half-answers get points, Shane deserves that point for falling backwards into it.

[@AzureAzreal]

@Zahaqiel I'm confused about the rude part as the game is made for technicallities like this. Regardless, are you saying it would be right to take Erika's point away to give it to Shane for the Eva question? Because I just think that would be the wrong thing to do. I feel like Track would say, "though what you said is technically true it doesn't correct the part that's wrong in this statement." Still think it's awesome to remember Jet Alone! But I don't think Erika should lose the point for it.

[@obviousalias132]

Umm actually Pandemic isn’t a board game it’s just real life

[@WardNightstone]

it's actually had record sales this year

[@FilthyCasualty]

@@WardNightstone *Last year. We don’t know the sales for this year yet.

[@Cadrid]

@Obvious Alias Um, actually the pandemic is a _boredom_ game.

[@Blueskiesnclear]

@@FilthyCasualty You forgot to say "um, actually"! No point for you

[@FilthyCasualty]

@@Blueskiesnclear Good, I didn’t need those points anyway.

[@joeyteter9383]

The voice acting match up game is the first time I’ve ever gotten all of them correct in that type of game. So my life is complete now lol

[@schalicto]

Um actually, there is a ‘u’ in the title “The Colour of Magic”

[@lucidiously]

Thank you! GNU Terry Pratchett

[@stuarthutzler6670]

Interestingly, it's spelled without the U on my copy. Granted mine is an American copy, but I still expected _that_ of all things wouldn't need to be localized. Hm...

[@thewingedporpoise]

Technically on the American release they changed the name to The Color of Magic

[@timbuktu8069]

The Color of Maugic?

[@TheVideorascal]

I have an early american paperback that still says colour on the cover, but not anywhere inside the book. Weirdly enough

[@Dinoswarsgomoo]

Uhm, Actually, Carriage bolts are primarily characterized by the length of the shank that is square immediately beneath the head. While most carriage bolts do have a shoulder (unthreaded bit), not all of them do. Carriage bolts are primarily used in fastening situations which require either a low profile head, or when only one side is accessible during the fastening process

[@AalbertTorsius]

Um, actually I came into the comments for exactly this. And um, actually, it's not that just one side is accessible when fastening, but when fastened, like on doors.

[@Joshee9550]

Um, actually torchwood is outside the government.

[@WardNightstone]

beyond the police

[@IceMetalPunk]

I WAS GOING TO SAY

[@CrashSable]

Also, in-universe it wasn't called that because it's an anagram of Doctor Who. Queen Victoria was just looking at a torch when she named it. Out of universe, sure, that's how they got the name, but the question was referencing in-universe logic.

[@dragonmaster613]

@@CrashSable NO, she named it that due to the name of the estate where she decided that Britain needed to be protected from aliens... she is also a space werewolf (Doctor Who: Season 2, Episode 2 Tooth and Claw)

[@FrostedCreations]

@@dragonmaster613 Victoria isn't a moon werewolf, a moon werewolf tried to kill her

[@thegreatandterrible4508]

Um, Actually, Mark Hamill was cast as the Joker AFTER playing the very similar Trickster in the live action Flash TV show in 1991. So he was still being typecast.

[@jameszetterman4487]

Um actually, I don't think it's possible to be typecast as two different things at once. Additionally, since Batman and The Flash are related properties, I think it's brand synergy more than anything.

[@sethpeterson5297]

He was also the voice of Chucky in Child's Play before becoming the Joker

[@Wouter2312]

@@sethpeterson5297 his Child's Play movie came out in 2019, he first voiced the joker in Batman: The Animated Series in the 90's.

[@thegreatandterrible4508]

@@jameszetterman4487 Fair, I was more rebutting the idea that his casting as the Joker was a stroke of genius. I do think you can be typecast as two things though. My mother is an actress and she tends to get cast as housewives and witches.

[@jameszetterman4487]

@@thegreatandterrible4508 I think "mother" is far too broad a role to count as typecasting and doesn't really compare to "Luke Skywalker" in terms of specificity.

[@Gunman610]

JK Simmons is a working actor. Dude's got an Oscar, but he still does commercials.

[@mewmew8932]

He is everyone from Cave Johnson to Omni-Man, he's clearly up for anything.

[@LoganWH8]

Um, actually, the sword’s length when released from the anvil shows that the blade had been inserted deeply enough to fully penetrate the anvil and enter the stone, the anvil was likely there to force potential kings to pull straight up so as to prevent the blade from being snapped by a brute yanking it the wrong way or jiggling it around and freeing the blade by breaking the stone around it. It would also make it much heavier, likely to the point that no human could just wield the whole thing and smash the sword free. Logistically, there were a number of ways someone unworthy could’ve separated the sword and the stone, and the anvil prevented at least a couple

[@NickCev]

Baby Mario from Yoshi’s Island: way better birth control than cornflakes and the Catholic Church combined.

[@dannybob42]

ha corn flakes, I understood that reference

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

@@dannybob42 The dude had issues.

[@sortiapricefield2303]

um, actually i am supremely disappointed that mike didn't say, "it's qs all the way down."

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

Hearing the sonic underwater sound always gives me a tight feeling in my chest.

[@Bunbiichuffn]

The Q question being formatted as it was made me actually scream

[@SineN0mine3]

The q Question?

[@Existential_Detective]

HOW HAVE A NOT HEARD OF THIS SHOW UNTIL NOW?!?! THIS IS AMAZING!!!

[@islandgo]

It feels like they ratcheted up the difficulty on the questions in this episode. I think I approve. In any case, this continues to be a very fun gameshow! Keep up the good work!

[@danieltaber4924]

Um, actually, the song is the colorS of the wind.

[@danioshea]

There are plenty of boulders in Norway that were used as anvils. And, a large stone makes a reasonable one in a pinch (although obviously an iron [usually cast steel, now, and historically iron with a forge-welded face of hard steel] one is better).

[@coartneyblake2847]

I have never felt more proud than getting that Zelda timeline question spot on correct

[@PabloAlbornoz]

"let's wash our hands with this thing and go on vacation" what an eerie comment for these times

[@PerpetuallyTiredMillennial]

I've never felt rage quite like when none of the contestants got so many of those iconic video game sounds that haunt my existence.

[@thexalon]

Um, actually, a stone anvil works pretty well if you can't get an iron one. There's early ironworking sites with stone anvils, and the channel "How to Make Everything" has been making iron tools on stone anvils.

[@Zackaria_sMax]

21:25 this used to be alarm till I realized why I kept waking up holding my breath and gasping for air...

[@SpectreSpook]

“Let’s hear sound number 4...” *ad plays*

[@kirant]

I'll take the ad over the horrible flashbacks caused by that sound.

[@mitchelletzkin852]

SAME

[@scurvy135]

I actually had my head away from the screen for the sound clip part. When I heard the Sonic water death sound, I clenched in dread and went "oh no!" at the screen. I feel you Mike.

[@RaphYkun]

When you got back and realize that piece of paper was there THE WHOLE TIME....

[@luxdeitine4882]

16:22 Um actually, that's kinda exactly what happened in the myths. Iirc Merlin placed it in the anvil with the sole purpose of determining a future king.

[@davidjanoskovacs5440]

Loving Erika's correction of evangelion to evangelion.

[@ConManAU]

Someone should make a gif of it.

[@grutarg2938]

You say evangelion, I say evangelion, let’s call the whole thing off.

[@windmagus8573]

Anyone else expecting to hear Navi for the annoying sounds “Hey, Listen”

[@pyro7257]

Shes like every 5 seconds just to say "hey listen. Link lava is hot!" Like stfu

[@MafiaCow01]

Tbh I was expecting there to be a Fel Reaver, but that's more sheer terror than it is annoyance.

[@GsmeOutLoud]

I didn't think about that one, but I did expect to hear Duck Hunt's dog laughing.

[@edamommy]

Trapp's really flexing that one-eighth Asian with the "Ishi-i"

[@pallasproserpina4118]

He’s one-eighth Asian? I had no idea

[@hultgrenc]

@@pallasproserpina4118 it’s from a sketch they did

[@pallasproserpina4118]

@@hultgrenc Ah, i never saw it. Must have been before I started watching

[@TheSamkrox]

@@pallasproserpina4118 I think it’s called “Am I Asian enough”. Edit: “It’s called “Are You Asian Enough?”

[@KukaiTori]

Not even the right way to say it but gold effort trapp

[@catarinabarbosa2247]

erica is always such a delight to watch, i love her energy

[@abmorse1]

Um, actually, carriage bolts are defined by the smooth rounded head, and a (usually square) feature between the head and the shank that allows for driving the bolt, or seats into wood to keep the bolt in place while a nut is driven onto the other end. The smooth portion of the shank is common in many types of fasteners, including wood screws, hex bolts, and carriage bolts.

[@Snakefarm223]

I literally just got off of my shift at a hardware store when I saw the carriage bolt question and have never been that excited for one of the last questions in my life. Also it being half thread doesn't make it a carriage bolt, the fact that it has the little square below the head that allows it to stick in a square beg makes it a carriage bolt. Any screw can be full or half thread.

[@IfIHadMyTimeAgain]

Um actually, TORCHWOOD deals with extra-terrestrial threats not supernatural threats

[@coffeeaddict9605]

To be fair they did deal with Faeries and junk too.

[@IfIHadMyTimeAgain]

@@coffeeaddict9605 did they? Oh well nevermind then, although I think the extra-terrestrial stuff is more prominent

[@FulcanMal]

@@IfIHadMyTimeAgain They have a history of using the term supernatural wrong. In an X-Men statement they described their powers as supernatural, and that wasn't the thing that was meant to be wrong.

[@Lurklen]

@@FulcanMal Um actually, (I would never say this but it is the show) supernatural would cover both the powers of the X-men, and Faeries and junk, it's basically anything beyond our understanding of nature and science, or being extra ordinarily great and unnatural. Really anything "outside the natural order" or directly connected to divinity can be considered supernatural.

[@FulcanMal]

@@Lurklen Which is exactly why the X-Men powers aren't supernatural. They aren't beyond our understanding of nature and science. The X-Men's powers are the result of natural biological evolution.

[@OpinionsNoOneCaresAbout]

Um, actually, the Doctor Who episode "Tooth and Claw" was about the Tenth Doctor and Rose defending Queen Victoria from a werewolf in a manor home named Torchwood. Which is where Victoria got the idea to create the Torchwood Institute to deal with extraterrestrial threats.

[@ohheyitsguy]

Yes, but he was referring to the production reason, rather than the in universe reason. Good "um actually" regardless, and I feel like you'd get the "unless someone has a better answer" point

[@fangthedergon1863]

That look that everyone had after the GoT question is priceless

[@cmattss4]

That 7 gods question is for sure a tricky little asshole question. The characters refer to the new gods as 7 gods all the time.

[@BobSmith-tm2kj]

WAITWAIT WAIT. UM ACTUALLY, depending on when this was filmed, Hyrule Historia has an official timeline! (Which I think is ALSO full of plotholes)

[@BobSmith-tm2kj]

annnnnnnnnd one of the guests got it XD GG

[@TheSlayerDiary]

Um actually, whilst the name "Torchwood" is an anagram of Doctor Who, the name of the "Torchwood Institute" comes from the estate that Queen Victoria was staying at when she first meets the Doctor. After the whole episode's events happen (Episode "Tooth and Claw" from Season 2), she decides to create the "Torchwood Institute" in order to prevent things like this happening in the future. 2nd Fun fact, this information comes solely from Doctor Who, and you don't need to have watched Torchwood to know where the name comes from, in fact, if memory serves, they never once mention in the Torchwood show, where the name actually comes from, only in Doctor Who.

[@Chasetopher33]

I've had that MGS 'alert' sound as my text sound for ages. Best ever. It doesn't make me nervous, it makes me laugh. Especially because it seems to shock and surprise others so easily! 😂

[@DancingBlueMLBCatGamer]

Um, actually, at 3:14, the word “the” appears twice

[@Moxypony]

Nintendo published two different versions of the timeline in the different historia books. So the question was correct that Nintendo hasn't established one true canon

[@vagabond1920]

Um actually the sword in the stone is the first volume of the Once and Future King book. Each volume of the Once and Future King was published as it’s own book and then later compiled into the Once and Future King. The other volumes, with which the Sword and the Stone was revised and compiled into were The Queen of Air and Darkness, The Ill Made Knight, and The Candle in the Wind.

[@sunlocked5838]

Um Actually, the cybernetics and armor on the Eva units would more accurately be described as restraints for the god-like power an Eva unit can wield, not augmentations.

[@Tiga_UltraSuperiorGojira]

I thought the same thing but at first, you are still correct, but augmentations just add to something not necessarily for better or worse, it is implied that augmentations enhance something, but it could be argued that eva units are enhanced for the safety of humanity's use of them. But seriously tho is that Evangelion question the source or a result of all the comments online correcting people on the exact same not technically mech/robot difference

[@williamherman778]

Also Shinji kills Koworu at the end of episode 24 so the apocalypse has already been averted

[@schuhey7021]

@@williamherman778 The apocalypse was being engineered by Seele, who end up using the finished Eva series to instigate it, so no, he hasn't.

[@SineN0mine3]

Linguistically speaking, I think that "augmentations" could simply mean "additions". It sort of implies that they're beneficial, but I don't think it's necessary that augmentations are improvements.

[@YMasterS]

@@schuhey7021 you can't really call it an apocalypse when humanity survives it by communally becoming God.

[@katevalente9796]

um actually, torchwood is a reference to the episode tooth and claw it is the name of the estate where the 10th doctor and Rose Tyler meet queen victoria and she even explicitly mentions starting torchwood

[@jordanhem207]

Um actually, a carriage bolt is defined by the square base between the threads and the cap. Not the fact that it has a smooth un-threaded section.

[@rightousIke]

More accurately, it is the square base that fits into a corresponding hole in the peice it is being bolted to so you can affix the nut more easily.

[@smudolinithegreatdragobear2433]

Um actually Torchwood was named after Torchwood Mannor where the Doctor and Queen Victoria herself had a very unfortunate adventure with a werewolf.

[@josuemontero2675]

Um Actually, the Eva’s robotic parts aren’t augmentations they are restraints.

[@ianvincible111]

Um, actually it's right in the beginning of the Disney movie: "Who so pulleth this sword from out this stone and anvil is rightwise King, born of England."

[@Detson404]

Erika is always so nice.

[@Ouilei]

This show deserves FAR MORE views! Thanks for the fantastic content guys

[@hultgrenc]

Um, actually getting to watch a full episode every Friday is amazing

[@86belljoshua]

Um actually, in the final question. The bottom right “bolt” is actually a Lag Screw due to its pointed end. Thus not being a bolt

[@f.eugenedunnamiii9452]

Apologizing for "shitty little questions" isn't really embracing the spirit of the game. ;) Also Shane deserved the point for the last question. He identified the thing and no one could qualify it better. Points get awarded for "guessing close enough" all the time.

[@Tudsamfa]

I would have just arranged "Wolves of the worlds" and said they slipped a nature book in.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Sounds like one of those Alistair Reynolds sci-fi novels, in the "Redemption Ark" universe.

[@miketibbits8899]

this was the most pedantic episode I’ve ever seen 😂 even the real life skills question was switching out one screw from a paper full of screws

[@charliemirus4124]

I rarely feel like I would get even one question right on this show, but I would have NAILED the Captain Planet question!

[@andrewrockwell1282]

For those that want the most complete Zelda timeline, check out Brian David Gilbert's Polygon video on the subject.

[@BboyBio16]

Um, actually in Gold, Silver, and Crystal shiny Pokémon required specific combinations of IVs which would result in shiny Pokémon with higher stats on average. So for that generation, they would on average result in more points.

[@Jessie_Helms]

“In the same way the trinity is one God” *a couple different denominations* “Um, actually...”

[@murcurialmuroid5850]

Um, actually, the sword goes THROUGH the anvil and INTO the stone.

[@TheBubbleob]

Um actually, Torchwood was originally founded by Victoria after the werewolf fight to protect the British Empire from the Doctor specifically and to arm itself against alien threats generally. At the end of Season 2, when they encounter the London branch of Torchwood, Torchwood is unashamed in that they steal alien tech and reverse engineer it. After the battle of Canary Wharf, Jack Harkness rebuilt Torchwood from the Cardiff branch into something he believed the Doctor would be proud of to protect the human race from hostile alien threats and to monitor the Time/Space rift in Cardiff.

[@RichardDuryea]

I think that radio static sound was also in Myst when you open the red and blue books the first time. Probably a stock sound in a bunch of different things.

[@chasedavis188]

The Zelda timeline question reminded me of BDG’s unraveled. You guys should have him on and have all the questions be related to the unraveled topics.

[@yaboicolleen]

I would actually scream if they had him on

[@chasedavis188]

I need Brian Pat and Brennan on, that would be an all-star game

[@Z3DT]

These were all filmed years ago and slowly being released on KZbin after having been DropOut exclusive. CollegeHumor doesn't exist anymore. It's never gonna happen (as much as I'd want it to)

[@trueaidooo]

@@Z3DT theyre making more Um Actually episodes I think theyre releasing a season made in quarantine

[@chasedavis188]

@@Z3DT yeah I though CH was like half alive still, I thought Sam was able to get ownership but had to let a bunch of staff cuz not enough money but they are like working to keep it going. Plus, I think they are still making episodes and stuff with dropout, even if these are delayed releases.

[@adam346]

Um, actually, The Mighty Morphing Power Rangers is NOT the original... it was adapted from a Japanese tv show and used stock footage from it (which is why all the fighting/post transformation action) appears to be a completely different area are in fact Japan. I had to google so mild fail but it's original show was Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger.

[@stephenferry3017]

Um actually, the version of Torchwood in the spin off show was not part of the government but created by Captain Jack in honor of the doctor. Previously, Queen Victoria founded Torchwood as a government institution at a house named Torchwood. But Trapp is right that the words, rearranged, are Doctor Who, but in both Doctor Who and Torchwood, that is not the reason.

[@eveescastle5866]

Also it's worth noting is it was originally founded as a way to keep tabs on the doctor and protect the world from him.

[@CrashSable]

It's more accurate to say Jack took over the Cardiff branch of Torchwood and repurposed it rather than saying he created it, but sure.

[@stephenferry3017]

@@CrashSable um actually, Torchwood was disbanded after at the end of DW series 2 and Jack specifically states he refounded it at the end of DW series 3. Jack also recruited all the members of Torchwood in the spinoff, making it a wholly new organization.

[@kadawg13]

I have the MGS alert as my text alert as well as the Codec ring as my ringtone, I love it when it goes off in public because you can tell who the gamers are. someone's head will always pop up and look about, sometimes I'll get a "who was just spotted?" or a "SNAAAKKKEEE!" I love it everytime :)

[@kadawg13]

got the sonic one as soon as it started playing, kept waiting for them to buzz in then I remembered that most people were nintendo kids, not Sega....

[@lucasdieugenio507]

Great episode. Always love a close game. Great comeback to make it interesting

[@omnibecca7479]

Absolutely love the shiny question game match the voice! That’s my favorite category now!!!

[@TheJamesHyndman]

Can't believe they didn't play the sound of farms depleting in age of empires 2 to that shiny question !!!

[@Jully5Jullyet]

The fact that they listened the FULL running out of air tune made me cringe SO FREAKING HARD. I was screaming the answer to the screen to see it helped to end it sooner...

[@cinammonstyx7622]

"in the same way that the holy trinity are aspects of the same God" Give me a week of research and I can probably find a council that would've declared you a heretic.

[@cassandramuller7337]

I could probably do that in an hour (theology student) Edit: off the top of my hat I can tell you though that fighting about this was part of why the orthodox and catholic church split.

[@kapnkerf2532]

And of course there is but one REAL God, and that is the Lord of Light.

[@f.eugenedunnamiii9452]

Holy shit. Can you imagine if this game was played with ecclesiastical questions? My god, the screeching.

[@cinammonstyx7622]

@@f.eugenedunnamiii9452 If the can do a simpsons episode why not this?

[@spenceduggs]

An extra fact about Torchwood - the reason it's an anagram of Doctor Who stems from script/idea theft during the early days of the show. Archives of their material would be labeled Torchwood to deter wannabe thieves specifically looking for "Doctor Who"

[@chucho_qmp]

This was a pretty tight race! :O So much more fun than someone just bulldozing through the questions haha

[@wildmoose3979]

Never disrespect Brennan Lee mulligan ever again

[@chucho_qmp]

@@wildmoose3979 lol, how do you know i wasnt coming for gutz instead? 😜

[@periflores1002]

9:08 “Was there a writer’s strike or something?” *laughs in 2023*