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** The page name/image refers to the [[Big Bad]] Ganondorf, aka Ganon (explicitly said so in the third game's manual), who is [[Common Knowledge|commonly believed]] to have gotten an additional "N" in ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' but no other official sources. The reality is more complicated. "Gannon" was used in every Japanese game up until ''Triforce of the Gods'' (that is, ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]'') at the very least, and was the official romanization up until that point. This can be seen in ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|Zelda II the Adventure of Link]]'s'' intro text and game over screen, and TotG's end credits, where it refers to "Gannon's Tower". Whether due to a simple error or a deliberate choice, the American manual of the original game favored the spelling Ganon, and beginning with Zelda II, the American localizers explicitly went out of their way to change the spelling in-game, giving the appearance that the original three-N form was a simple misspelling, rather than an artifact of the Japanese version.
** Claiming that there is only one Link, that the games were released in chronological order, etc., is liable to get you laughed out of any timeline forum. Likewise is redirecting anyone with a timeline question to the Gametrailers timeline.
** The "Tetra"force theory,
** [[I Am Not Shazam|Call Link "Zelda" around any LoZ fan and prepare to get yelled at.]]
** For your own safety, don't call ''Zelda'' an [[RPG]].
** [[Vindicated by History|It's become a serious crime]] to refer to ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Wind Waker]]'' as [[Animation Age Ghetto|kiddy]] in certain fan groups. {{spoiler|Link stabbing Ganondorf through the head and the prime evidence of the split timeline may be a big contribution to this}}
** Also, don't call Link an "elf" in front of a Zelda fan unless you want to be slapped upside your face for being a complete [[Noob|n00b]]. You'll also probably get a huge speech about how Link is NOT an elf but rather a Hylian, the main race in the games.
*** According to pretty much every non-human entity in those games, Hylians are humans. Presumably the ears are just long.
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** [[Samus Is a Girl]], and thinking she's a he is considered very, ''very'' bad.
* ''[[Kirby]]'':
** Go onto a forum and say "[[Kirby|''Meta-Knight'']]", "MetaKnight" or "
** Calling Kirby evil with a straight face is a sure-fire way to get torn into. Don't learn this the hard way like MatPat did.
** Kirby's [[Pink Means Feminine|pink color]] and [[Cross-Dressing Voices|female voice actor]] better not make you [[Viewer Gender Confusion|think he's a girl.]] He's always been called a "he" in English localizations and he's gender-neutral in Japan.
** It's "Dream Land" (two words). Not "Dreamland" (one word). It's a common mistake, even on [[This Very Wiki]], but you should spell it right just to be safe.
* [[Star Fox]] is the name of the mercenary unit where Fox McCloud works. [[I Am Not Shazam|It is ''not'' his name.]] This misconception isn't helped by the fact that Andross seemingly uses this name to refer to Fox at the end of ''[[Star Fox 64]]'' (Andross was actually talking about the team in general, but in context it looks like he's just addressing Fox).
* Spelling Jak's name with an added ''c'' or Daxter with an ''e'' is a [[Berserk Button]] for many ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' fans. If you're lucky, they'll facepalm and point out your mistake. If not, they'll eat you alive.
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