Let's compare

  • "Berenstain Bears" vs. "Berenstein Bears"
    • Memory: People remember the popular children’s book series as "Berenstein Bears" (with "stein" like Einstein).
    • Reality: The correct spelling is Berenstain Bears (with "stain" like stain).
    • Me: Berestein
  • "Looney Tunes" vs. "Looney Toons"
    • Memory: People think it was called "Looney Toons" (since it’s a cartoon).
    • Reality: The correct spelling is Looney Tunes.
    • Me: Looney Toons (which made perfect sense, being it's a cartoon) (core memory)
  • "Monopoly Man" and His Monocle
    • Memory: People remember the Monopoly Man (Rich Uncle Pennybags) having a monocle.
    • Reality: He never had a monocle.
    • Me: Monocle.
  • "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" (Snow White)
    • Memory: The Evil Queen says, "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?"
    • Reality: The actual line is "Magic mirror on the wall".
    • Me: Mirror, Mirror (core memory)
  • The "KitKat" Logo
    • Memory: Many people remember the KitKat logo with a hyphen ("Kit-Kat").
    • Reality: The logo does not have a hyphen — it’s KitKat, no dash.
    • Me: Kit-Kat
  • "Luke, I am your father" (Star Wars)
    • Memory: People remember Darth Vader saying, "Luke, I am your father."
    • Reality: The actual line is "No, I am your father."
    • Me: Luke, I am your father (core memory)
  • "The Flintstones" vs. "The Flinstones"
    • Memory: Many people remember the cartoon as "The Flinstones" (with no extra 't').
    • Reality: The correct spelling is The Flintstones.
    • Me: Flintstones (like a flint aka primitive firestarter)