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When they needed a steamy heap of dog doo, the producers of John Wick called up the CGI team.

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Face/Off

FACE/OFF GINA GERSHON AND NICK CASSAVETES MADE THEIR CHARACTERS INCESTUOUS. John Woo gave his performers a lot of space to create their characters, which included allowing Gershon and Cassavetes to explore their idea of giving their sibling characters a weirdly incestuous vibe. CRACKED.COM — Source: Mental Floss
Image Credit: Paramount Pictures

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Video Game Animation

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Collected Like Tree Sap After Etching a Long Scar in Our Cerebral Cortex — 13 Weird Workarounds Behind The Magic Of Fav Games

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Trans Representation

Transgender TV characters can change people's attitudes As opposed to news coverage, transgender characters on fictional shows changes attitudes toward transgender people and policy issues. Representation does matter. CRACKED.COM — ScienceDaily

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Scooby-Doo

COMEDY DE NERD CRACKED.COM HARVEY BIRDMAN DEFENDED SCOOBY ON A POSSESSION RAP W u Harvey Birdman was what happens when Super Friends meets Better Call Saul. We're in America, says Cartoon Network's Mike Lazzo. Of course cartoon characters would start suing other cartoon characters. — New York Times

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Super Smash Bros.

THE CHARACTERS IN THE SUPER SMASH BROS. FRANCHISE ARE TOYS ON IMAGINARY ADVENTURES. CRACKED.COM The opening sequences of the first two Super Smash Bros. titles start with toy figures being turned into the characters you'll ultimately use to battle with in the game. More recent entries into the franchise left out this aspect, but the intention was always that the characters are actually toys and the fantastical sequences are imaginary. — Source: Time

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Javier Bardem

JAVIER BARDEM WORKED AS AN EXOTIC DANCER CRACKED.COM The fact that I like to make characters doesn't mean that I like to watch my characters being ma — GQ

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Ramsay Bolton

Iwan Rheon based Ramsay Bolton on Heath Ledger's Joker...and Dennis The Menace. Rheon said that doing all those horrible things with childlike glee

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Luxo

LUXO Sr. and LUXO Jr. aren't just Pixar intro characters. They're characters on TV that Pixar characters watch, too. For instance, Toy Story 2 shows H

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Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones is sO successful even among non-fantasy fans because it puts characters first. Devoting so much time to exploring characters' motivati

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Deadpool

Super-Weird Early Versions Of Famous Characters - In the early drafts of the Deadpool script, Angel Dust was written as three different characters. — Source: Film School Rejects

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Spider-Man 2

Inconspicuous CGI Spider-Man 2 Doc Ock sacrifices himself and sinks in an Oscar- worthy close-up full of powerful dramatic gravitas -that's pure CGI. Alfred Molina wasn't even on set. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Gone Girl

Inconspicuous CGI Gone Girl Mirroring the much better-known CGI ping-pong balls in Forrest Gump, we give you: CGI gummy bears. Tyler Perry is not a master marksman, so to get the gummy bears to hit Ben Affleck in the exact places David Fincher wanted, CGI was used. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tenet

CRACKED CGI: MORE EXPENSIVE THAN AN AIRLINER Christopher Nolan explained that they crashed a real 747 instead of using CG for the set-piece in spy-thriller Tenet, revealing that it was more efficient to buy a real plane than to use miniatures or CGI. — Gamesradar / Variety

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John Wick

Inconspicuous CGI John Wick This scene is a synonym for absolutely unnecessary CGI. It's dog poop. That's it. When the puppy leaves John's house to poop in the lawn, the doggy waste can be seen as the little girl sprints back. They couldn't give her laxatives, so they added CGI poop, which probably cost a few hundred-wait, $5,000? CRACKED.COM — Sources: WatchMojo.com/YouTube, WhatCulture/YouTube
Image Credit: Lionsgate

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Gemini Man

Awful CGI GEMINI MAN Will Smith's last attempt at a big action blockbuster before you-know-what was a shameless vanity project of him getting jiggy with a younger CGI self. We're sure there's a Freudian significance in there somewhere, but we can't see it over the CGI Will Smith strutting like a GTA Vice City NPC (or like Will Smith walking back to his seat after you-know-what). CRACKED.COM — Watch it on YouTube

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George Lucas

George Lucas added CGI to more of his past films than you probably think. Lucas couldn't help but insert a CGI sunset into the opening credits of the DVD version of American Graffiti. Raiders of the Lost Ark randomly replaced a car chase stunt with an entirely CGI shot - a change that was seemingly reversed in the subsequent Blu-Ray release. CRACKED.COM — Source: George Lucas Screwed-Up His Non-'Star Wars' Movies Too

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The First CGI

The first CGI. 1973 CRACKED.COM We get to see through the eyes of an evil robot in a scene in Westworld, and it's... boring. The motif was inspired by the first images of the surface of Mars. — Source: 16 Game-Changing Movie Firsts

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Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

The chocolate river in Charlie & The Chocolate Factory wasn't CGI. CGI wouldn't just cost more, it would really limit what they could do on set, so they went with practical effects. Tim Burton's note was just to Make sure it looks edible. CRACKED COM — Source

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Coraline

Coraline's visual effects aren't all physical. There are a few CGI scenes -for example, in the Starry Night dream, most of the animation is CGI. CRACKED.COM — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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The Last Jedi

Surprising Ways Beloved Movies Accomplished Their Effects - Snoke's throne room in The Last Jedi used no CGI. — Source: Film School Rejects

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The Adventures of Champion

The Adventures of Champion 1955 CRACKED.COM The first TV show spin-off was based on The Gene Autry Show, with the titular Champion being Gene Autry's horse. — Source

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The Queen Latifah Show

The Queen Latifah Show *Livin ALL CRACKED.co The show was cancelled in 2001 after a 2-season stint. Then, 10 years later, she dredged up its petrified corpse and made another show by the same name. That one actually won the People's Choice Award for Favorite New Talk Show Host (somehow), but was axed after 2 seasons once more.

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The Dick Van Dyke Show

ALAN BRADY showed off the staff DICK VAN DKYE SHOW ORAGKED.COM One of the first shows-within-a- show, the 'Alan Brady Presents' Christmas episode allowed the cast to show off their many singing and dancing talents. Fast-forward through Richie Petrie mangling Little Drummer Boy. — MeTV, YouTube

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Best in Show

Mockumentaries - 2 180 Best in Show ChristopherGuest's comedy mockumentary about a dog show had real-life consequences. NBC Sports' Jon Miller found the entire concept and setting hilarious, and started broadcasting the National Dog Show every Thanksgiving since 2002. CRACKED.COM — Sources: Wikipedia, Philadelphia Magazine

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BoJack Horseman

BOJACK HORSEMAN Fans are well aware that visual gags are a staple of this show, and will often pause the show to spot all the gags. STOP PAUSING AND JUST WATCH THE SHOW BROKEN SNOW GLOBES ) & ROLLED In Season 5 Episode 5, a possum can be (very briefly) seen holding up a shirt that reads, Stop pausing and just watch the show. GRACKED.COM — Source: 28 Sneaky Jokes Tucked Into Movies And Shows

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Eden

Contestants on a reality show spent months on an isolated island without knowing the show was canceled. CRACKED.COM After surviving a year-long experiment on an isolated island in 2016 for a British reality TV show Eden, 10 contestants learned that the show had been canceled after just 4 episodes. — Telegraph

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Bullsh*t The Game Show

April on NETFLIX April 29 Bullsh*l The Game show This is Howie Mandel's third game show. CRACKED.COM — Source: U.S. Game Shows Wiki

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Candid Camera

Candid Camera 1948 Candia Camela CRACKED COM The show (originally a radio show called Candid Microphone) was the first televised reality show, featuring regular members of the public as its stars. — Source

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Chappelle’s Show

CHAPPELLE'S SHOW Dave Chappelle CRACKEDC COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Host of his own The show was controversial, sO stressful to yet critically mak

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Geno Machado

CRACKEDC COM Geno Machado, a participant on the Spanish reality-talent show Operacion Triunfo (Triumph Operation), claimed that the show didn't prepar

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The Island Nation of Niue

CRACKED.COM THE NATION OF NIUE PUTS POP CULTURE ICONS ON THEIR MONEY. Niue, an island nation in the Pacific, is so tiny MICKEY that it doesn't have MOUSE much of an economy. A sizable portion of its revenue comes from the pop , oz 999 Fine Silver Disney culture coins they mint. While the coins are certainly legal tender, their true value comes from selling them as collector items. DOCTOR Streeth Doctor WHO - — Source: 18 Amazingly Interesting Facts To Stick In Your Head

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Die Hard

CRACKED.COM Die Hard HANS ANTON GRUBER had noble intentions in the book. Unlike Hans, who was in terrorism only for the money, Anton Little Tony the Red Gruber was trying to expose a corrupt corporation's dealings with the Chilean dictatorship. — Screen Rant

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Pokemon

FROSLASS IS A YUKI-ONNA YOKAI GRAGKED.COM As a ghost, Froslass has some dark Pokédex entries, and an even darker inspiration. The legend of the yuki-onna yokai, which Froslass comes from, tells of ghostly women who make their home on the snowy mountaintops, known for stealing children and feeding on their life-force. — The Gamer

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Skyscraper

CRACKED.COM Skyscraper was supposed to be Dwayne Johnson's 2018 summer blockbuster... ...but it only raked in $67 million in the US (only half its budget). However, The Rock is so popular in countries like China, the film tripled that overseas, pulling in $304 worldwide! — Source: 24 Pop Culture Iconic Things (That Bombed Initially)

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The Woman in Black

The second time Susan Hill's 1983 novel, The Woman In Black, was made into a film, the main character was played by Daniel Radcliffe -- a.k.a Harry Po

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Queen Elizabeth II

TO HONOR QUEEN ELIZABETH II'S 90TH BIRTHDAY, A LIMITED EDITION ALE CALLED, PURPLE REIGN WAS RELEASED. THE NAME OF THE ALE WAS A NOD TO THE POPULAR P

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Howard Hughes

When Stan Lee conceived Tony Stark in the 1960s, he based the character in part on Howard Hughes. When Jon Favreau made 2008's Iron Man, one of the fl

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Assassination

WASTDUD Y ) John Lennon and Dimebag Darrell were both shot by fans on December 8th. CRACKED COM

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Kick-Ass

Quicksilver appears in both the Marvel Cinematic Universe (played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and the X-Men film series (played by Evan Peters). Both act

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The Devil Inside

The Devil Inside, one of the many found-footage horror movies Hollywood used to crank out, was even despised by fans of the genre. Rotten Tomatoes: 6% CinemaScore: F The film ended up making $101 million worldwide. Which is even more impressive because its production budget was only $1 million. CRACKED.COM — Source: 23 Wildly Successful Movie Failures

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