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* [[Aerith and Bob]]: With this many languages, one culture's Aerith ''is'' another culture's Bob. In many locations, characters named "Sakura" and "Antonio" are mixed in with "LeShawna" and "Ali". Tends to be played straighter in large cities, averted in small villages.
* [[Aerith and Bob]]: With this many languages, one culture's Aerith ''is'' another culture's Bob. In many locations, characters named "Sakura" and "Antonio" are mixed in with "LeShawna" and "Ali". Tends to be played straighter in large cities, averted in small villages.
** It's usually justified these days, since few (or at any rate less than previously) players remain in the area where their character spawned for their entire game. Aerith may have moved from India or Scandinavia to New York, where Bob is.
** It's usually justified these days, since few (or at any rate less than previously) players remain in the area where their character spawned for their entire game. Aerith may have moved from India or Scandinavia to New York, where Bob is.
* [[After the End]]: According to a couple sourcebooks, at one point [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies|the entire earth was drowned]] by an angry [[Game Master]] who spared only a family of eight and a breeding pair of every animal.
* [[After the End]]: According to [[The Bible|a couple sourcebooks]], at one point [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies|the entire earth was drowned]] by an angry [[God|game master]] who spared only a family of eight and a breeding pair of every animal.
* [[Air Vent Passageway]]: Some players have pulled this escapes off this way. In general, creatures of the smaller animal classes tend to be more successful at it than humans.
* [[Air Vent Passageway]]: Some players have pulled this escapes off this way. In general, creatures of the smaller animal classes tend to be more successful at it than humans.
* [[Alien Abduction]]: Some players like to claim this happens (or even happened to them), although most others are pretty skeptical.
* [[Alien Abduction]]: Some players like to claim this happens (or even happened to them), although most others are pretty skeptical.
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