"Those are pillars? I thought they were garbage cans!"

Ages ago when my cousins and I were playing the original Final Fantasy, my Aunt mistook the pillars as generic metallic garbage cans. Ever since then, I have often been amused at gamers and non gamers alike mistaking game graphics for something else.

Example: Many people on this very forum pointed out to me that they thought Emperor Gestahl's sprite looks like a dog when facing forward.

Just now, my girlfriend dropped this one on me when she was watching me play Chrono Trigger:

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Anyway, share some of your experiences of amusing mistakes similar to the examples above!

I knew this was coming. xD

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Just now, my girlfriend dropped this one on me when she was watching me play Chrono Trigger:

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My dad thought Quina was a duck.

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Originally Posted by Laddy

My dad thought Quina was a duck.

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...I can see it.

Kuja.

I can't remember the characters name but there was someone in Suikoden V...

Okay, first it needs to be noted that about 80% of the time I play games on mute and listen to music (it's very amusing to me when the game and the music line up perfectly)

Anyways there was a character in Suikoden V who I could have sworn was a woman. A pretty woman at that. And one day I unmuted the volume. And out came this deep, manly voice. And they used 'he' or something for the first time that I noticed.

And my mind was blown.

My sister and cousin walked in when I was fighting Yunalesca. They thought she was a stripper.

...Gestahl DOES look like a dog though.

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Originally Posted by shion

I can't remember the characters name but there was someone in Suikoden V...

Okay, first it needs to be noted that about 80% of the time I play games on mute and listen to music (it's very amusing to me when the game and the music line up perfectly)

Anyways there was a character in Suikoden V who I could have sworn was a woman. A pretty woman at that. And one day I unmuted the volume. And out came this deep, manly voice. And they used 'he' or something for the first time that I noticed.

And my mind was blown.

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Dropped a Bridget on ya. Pity it's no longer the trope namer, though understandable.

I guess that would fall under Viewer Gender Confusion, since the error was yours.

This has been mentioned before by a few people but I had no idea that Bugenhagen in FFVII was on top of a huge green, floating ball.

I always thought that he was some kind of weird floating weeble.


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Mind blown, Bubba. xD

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Originally Posted by Shauna

Mind blown, Bubba. xD

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I know, right??

I always thought he was one of these...

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Just a very wise one.

Wait. Wait. No. This. I thought. I thought Bugencorholio just had no legs! I.

What is my life?

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Originally Posted by Sephex

Wait. Wait. No. This. I thought. I thought Bugencorholio just had no legs! I.

What is my life?

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I actually felt sorry for him when I played the game too... "Aww, poor Bugenhagen without any legs..." Nope, turns out he was just a lazy smurfer.

He's probably claiming disability benefit as well.