30 Heroic Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Valiantly Pulverized the Countryside to Defeat the Big Bad

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Pan’s Labyrinth

CRACKED.COM Movie: Pan's Labyrinth Inspiration: Francisco Goya Director Guillermo del Toro drew a lot of inspiration from Goya's work in the film, but none more so than the scene with the Pale Man. There is a scene in which the Pale Man bites the heads off the fairies. That comes straight from Goya's painting of Saturn devouring his son. Or what we like to call, Things Nightmares Are Made Of.

Blake Lively

celebrity Besties M The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants became real Amber Tamblyn + Blake Lively + America Ferrera + Alexis Bledel They all met on the set of the movie and stayed connected ever since (via text, not pants). All four have been to each others' weddings and celebrated their pregnancies as they have grown. CRACKED.COM

Star Trek

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION CRACKED.COM Despite its success, the 7 season series ended on May 23, 1994 to shift focus to the upcoming films. Season 7 received an Emmy nom for Outstanding Drama, the series finale, All Good Things, is hailed as one of the show's best episodes, and was watched by 31 million viewers.

Bridget Jones’ Diary

BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY TONI COLLETTE AND KATE WINSLET WERE UP FOR THE LEAD ROLE. After Colette turned it down, Winslet was considered but producers thought she was too young. It ultimately went to Renée Zellweger. CRACKED.COM

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Escape From New York

Snake's wardrobe in Escape From New York was pretty carefully planned. According to Kurt Russell, he wears a slightly different version of black and white fatigues to reflect the fact that the character had been in Siberia. CRACKED COM

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Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown is not bald. When asked about the celebrated character's signature coiffure, Charles M. Schulz said he has hair, but it's so blond that

Thor: Ragnarok

MARVEL STUOIOS THOR RAGAROK IN THE COMIC BOOK THOR: RAGNAROK, THOR GOES CRAZY (NOT IN A FUN WAY). In the movie, he loses one eye. But in the comic, he

Up

DisnepoPLXAR PIXAR The final count of the balloons used in Pixar's movie UP was 10,297. CRACKED COM

Glory

GLORY won three Oscars in 1989, including Denzel Washington's first. It's the story of an all-black Civil War regiment, as seen through the eyes of...

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