The Mandela Effect has gone mainstream. Now that the internet is buzzing with wild theories and new examples every day, it's time to go over where the ideas originated, and consider in detail what exactly might be causing it.
- Ray Wu 0 Comments
I was a teenage Gary
MMDE: Contains Squidward snail morph scene
Current: Does not contains Squidward snail morph scene
There's an episode from the early days of SpongeBob SquarePants which has been hotly discussed amongst it's fans for years. The title of the episode is "I was a teenage Gary". It's interesting because it fits the exact pattern of a Mandela Effect without them realising that's what it is, because it concerns a scene many of them remember but can't find any references to today apart from those memories.
The scene is where Squidward gets accidentaly injected with a medicine not meant for him, and he turns into a snail. The actual transformation is missing today, but there are many who remember seeing it and instantly wondered, when watching re-runs, why is had been deleted.
- Ian Scott 0 Comments
The whites of their eyes
MMDE: 'The Birds' from 1963 was filmed in black and white
Current: 'The Birds' from 1963 was filmed in color
Here's another Mandela Effect, like The Fly, which is concerned with whether a movie was originally filmed in color or black and white. This time it's Hitchcock's 1963 thriller "The Birds".
Based on the 1952 Daphne Due Marier story of the same name, the movie shows a series of unexplained attacks by birds on a small, ordinary American town over a few days.
Many of the special effects were actually firsts, including a precursor to the green-screen technique used throughout the video and movie industries today.
- Ian Scott 0 Comments
Say his name how many times?
MMDE: Say 'Candyman' 3 times
Current: Say 'Candyman' 5 times
Candyman was the 1992 movie in which all who saw him were certainly not about to receive a sweet treat.
Written by Clive Barker, from Hellraiser fame, it focuses on an urban legend which describes the summoning of an entity by saying his name a certain number of times in front of a mirror. The Mandela Effect here is that number, because whilst today it shows it was 5, many people are saying they remember it being 3.
Even weirder is that this is shown in the movie to be able to change, because at the end one character says "Helen" 4 times to summon a spirit.
- Joe Hutt 0 Comments
What made the dodos extinct?
MMDE: Humans ate them
Current: Humans introduced animals which ate their eggs and food
The poor dodo lived for many thousands of years on it's island paradise of Mauritius, where it had no natural predators, which meant being flightless was not a problem. Unfortunately this was it's downfall, because within 100 years of humans settling, it was extinct. The widely agreed date for this extinction is 1681.
The popular idea is that humans ate them, and this myth is so widespread it comes as quite a surprise to many to find out it's meat was terrible to eat, and this wasn't the cause of their extinction. In fact it was down to the pigs, rats and even monkeys which humans introduced to the island which then went and ate the eggs, and competed for food, of the birds.
- Helen C. Phillips 0 Comments
Seal: Kiss from a rose
MMDE: "Kissed by a rose on the grave"
Current: "Kissed by a rose on the grey"
Seal's 1994 hit 'Kiss from a rose' was used in the Batman Forever soundtrack.
There's something odd about the lyrics, though.
It mentions in the first line a greying tower, and is full of imagery surrounding color. So the main refrain, which many people are sure is '...kissed by a rose on the grave' is seen today as ''...kissed by a rose on the grey"
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey
Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grey
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The 2001 movie where cats fought dogs was called...?
MMDE: Cats vs Dogs
Current: Cats & Dogs
It is an epic battle that has been fought for thousands of years.
Brought to the big screen in 2001, the legendary tale of the ongoing war between otherwise cute-looking cats, and their friendly-looking (but that might be just an act) dogs was made into a movie, which saw a sequel in 2010.
Many remember the movie Cats vs Dogs, which showed just how much is going on in this battle which we mere humans are totally unaware of. The problem? That movie never existed.
The movie everyone is thinking of is called "Cats & Dogs", but it's remarkable how many are sure they see the "vs" in mental image when they conjure up the movie poster.
- Ian Scott 0 Comments
Was Agatha Christie found after her disappearance?
MMDE: Agatha Christie was not found after her disappearance in 1926
Current: Agatha Christie was found after her disappearance in 1926
There was a real world mystery surrounding the most famous mystery writer of her day, Agatha Christie, in 1926, when she disappeared from her Berkshire home. It sparked a manhunt larger than anything seen before - over 1,000 police officers were drafted in, and , for the first time, aeroplanes.. It was all the more concerning because she left her 7 year old daughter, Rosalind, behind.
Many remember the story, but not her being found. The current version of events have her turning up in a hotel in Yorkshire 11 days later, but some remember her never being found at all, and are pointing to this as a Mandela Effect.
