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* ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'': While the franchise was never set on Earth, the early years were heavily influenced by Polynesian mythology and used several names from it. Franchise/{{LEGO}} got into some legal trouble when they tried to trademark these names, and subsequently the Polynesian themes were toned down significantly, and most of the names were changed as a result. A lot of more earthly concepts and objects kept creeping their way into the story after around the '06 saga, such as characters eating with their mouth, using wheels for transport (one of the Makuta even owned a motorbike, supposedly the only one in their universe), writing on parchment instead of stone slabs and organic animals reproducing with eggs -- all of which the main characters found disgusting or just weird. The change of settings in '09 brought about references to sexual reproduction and animal droppings, and even some romantic love. These were all justified, as it was gradually revealed that the characters had been living in a constructed, artificial world all this time, and there was much more to the universe than they had thought.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Real world locations and events are mentioned in the first generation games and anime with some frequency, but fade from prominence in later installments.
** ''Videogame/PokemonRedAndBlue'':
*** A model of Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' and an {{NPC}} who discusses travels to the moon (even citing the "July 20, 1969" date) are present.
*** Lt. Surge is referred to as the "Lightning American".
*** A Silph scientist mentions being [[ReassignedToAntarctica transferred to a branch in Tiksi]] as his reason for defecting to Team Rocket.
*** Mew is said to have been discovered in the jungles of Guyana.
*** In ''[=FireRed=]'', which features translated Pokédex entries from the Japanese ''Red/Green'', Raichu and Gastly's Pokédex entries state that they can knock out an Indian elephant. While the original Pokédex was made before the Generation 2 Pokémon Donphan, it's still bizarre that this specific animal is mentioned at all. Later Pokédex entries remove references to the animal and instead mention that they can knock out foes several times their size. Raichu's entry in ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' has a MythologyGag to the older entries, as Professor Laventon comments that its shocks can knock out a Copperajah, an elephant Pokémon from [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Galar]].
*** The Kanto region is named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanto_region the actual Kanto region]] of Japan. Later regions are also based on real locations, like other areas of Japan or of the U.S and Europe, but are given made-up names and many liberties on their depiction are given (like random deserts or volcanoes).
*** Most such real-world references are retained in the ''[=FireRed/LeafGreen=]'' remakes, though the ''Columbia'' becomes an unnamed spaceship in the English localization, likely [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents in response to its destruction in 2003]], about one year prior to their release. ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee'', meanwhile, cuts out all of them: the spaceship is replaced entirely with a model of an Aerodactyl, Lt. Surge's title is changed to the "Lightning Lieutenant", "the Guyana jungle" is abridged to just "the jungle", and Tiksi is replaced with "the boondocks".
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', a Team Rocket grunt in Azalea Town [[OrphanedEtymology refers to himself as a]] [[Literature/TheBible Good Samaritan]]; later games establish the the ''Pokémon'' world has its own religion and Pokémon deities.
** The games have begun to emphasize the cultural difference between their world and ours, such as making more Pokémon-related puns or changing context of fictional works (for example ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is about a man who turned into a Pokémon, not a random monster).
** The ''Pokémon'' games have since turned this trend back around again in regards to geography, explicitly mentioning real-world locations and having characters who speak real-life foreign languages. The general implication seems to be that the Pokémon world [[LikeRealityUnlessNoted is an alternate version of our world]], with various places having [[FictionalEarth different geography]] and [[CallASmeerpARabbit names]]. This is all but explicit in Generation 6, which goes out of its way to state that Kalos is the Pokéverse version of France; Generation 5 does something similar, though to a lesser degree, with Unova and New York City. In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', the protagonist's room has a globe on which Africa and Europe are plainly visible, revealing the Pokémon world to have the same continental layout as Earth.[[note]]Despite the geometric rotation of Kyushu->Hoenn and Great Britain->Galar respectively.[[/note]] In ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', sandwich ingredients and other foods have simple real-world names, like tomatoes, onions, cheese, and ham, rather than them being derived from Berries (like the Tamato Berry) or from Pokémon (like Miltank Cheese), the way they were in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' through ''Pokémon Sun and Moon''.
** In regards to non-Pokémon animals, they used to be referenced from time to time in the Gen I games (Pokédex entries and the S.S. Anne's menu) and [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries early anime]] (non-Pokémon [[NoCartoonFish fish]], worms, and a cartoon mongoose conjured up by a talking Gastly), but these have largely been phased out as more Pokémon species were introduced. Fruit is in a bit of a gray area as regular fruit (like apples) were common until Gen III introduced Berries ([[FantasticFruitsAndVegetables fruits with Pokémon-like properties and naming]]). Now both these Berries and regular fruit co-exist within the same continuities. ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu'' and the Alola games muddle this up further, with lemonade and ketchup made of berries instead of lemons and tomatoes, yet ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' features vegetables such as potatoes, and the ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' series traditionally uses regular apples for [[WizardNeedsFoodBadly food]].
* ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'': While the franchise was never set on Earth, the early years were heavily influenced by Polynesian mythology and used several names from it. Franchise/{{LEGO}} got into some legal trouble when they tried to trademark these names, and subsequently the Polynesian themes were toned down significantly, and most of the names were changed as a result. A lot of more earthly concepts and objects kept creeping their way into the story after around the '06 saga, such as characters eating with their mouth, using wheels for transport (one of the Makuta even owned a motorbike, supposedly the only one in their universe), writing on parchment instead of stone slabs and organic animals reproducing with eggs -- all of which the main characters found disgusting or just weird. The change of settings in '09 brought about references to sexual reproduction and animal droppings, and even some romantic love. These were all justified, as it was gradually revealed that the characters had been living in a constructed, artificial world all this time, and there was much more to the universe than they had thought.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Real world locations and events are mentioned in the first generation games and anime with some frequency, but fade from prominence in later installments.
** ''Videogame/PokemonRedAndBlue'':
*** A model of Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' and an {{NPC}} who discusses travels to the moon (even citing the "July 20, 1969" date) are present.
*** Lt. Surge is referred to as the "Lightning American".
*** A Silph scientist mentions being [[ReassignedToAntarctica transferred to a branch in Tiksi]] as his reason for defecting to Team Rocket.
*** Mew is said to have been discovered in the jungles of Guyana.
*** In ''[=FireRed=]'', which features translated Pokédex entries from the Japanese ''Red/Green'', Raichu and Gastly's Pokédex entries state that they can knock out an Indian elephant. While the original Pokédex was made before the Generation 2 Pokémon Donphan, it's still bizarre that this specific animal is mentioned at all. Later Pokédex entries remove references to the animal and instead mention that they can knock out foes several times their size. Raichu's entry in ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' has a MythologyGag to the older entries, as Professor Laventon comments that its shocks can knock out a Copperajah, an elephant Pokémon from [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Galar]].
*** The Kanto region is named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanto_region the actual Kanto region]] of Japan. Later regions are also based on real locations, like other areas of Japan or of the U.S and Europe, but are given made-up names and many liberties on their depiction are given (like random deserts or volcanoes).
*** Most such real-world references are retained in the ''[=FireRed/LeafGreen=]'' remakes, though the ''Columbia'' becomes an unnamed spaceship in the English localization, likely [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents in response to its destruction in 2003]], about one year prior to their release. ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee'', meanwhile, cuts out all of them: the spaceship is replaced entirely with a model of an Aerodactyl, Lt. Surge's title is changed to the "Lightning Lieutenant", "the Guyana jungle" is abridged to just "the jungle", and Tiksi is replaced with "the boondocks".
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', a Team Rocket grunt in Azalea Town [[OrphanedEtymology refers to himself as a]] [[Literature/TheBible Good Samaritan]]; later games establish the the ''Pokémon'' world has its own religion and Pokémon deities.
** The games have begun to emphasize the cultural difference between their world and ours, such as making more Pokémon-related puns or changing context of fictional works (for example ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is about a man who turned into a Pokémon, not a random monster).
** The ''Pokémon'' games have since turned this trend back around again in regards to geography, explicitly mentioning real-world locations and having characters who speak real-life foreign languages. The general implication seems to be that the Pokémon world [[LikeRealityUnlessNoted is an alternate version of our world]], with various places having [[FictionalEarth different geography]] and [[CallASmeerpARabbit names]]. This is all but explicit in Generation 6, which goes out of its way to state that Kalos is the Pokéverse version of France; Generation 5 does something similar, though to a lesser degree, with Unova and New York City. In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', the protagonist's room has a globe on which Africa and Europe are plainly visible, revealing the Pokémon world to have the same continental layout as Earth.[[note]]Despite the geometric rotation of Kyushu->Hoenn and Great Britain->Galar respectively.[[/note]] In ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', sandwich ingredients and other foods have simple real-world names, like tomatoes, onions, cheese, and ham, rather than them being derived from Berries (like the Tamato Berry) or from Pokémon (like Miltank Cheese), the way they were in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' through ''Pokémon Sun and Moon''.
** In regards to non-Pokémon animals, they used to be referenced from time to time in the Gen I games (Pokédex entries and the S.S. Anne's menu) and [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries early anime]] (non-Pokémon [[NoCartoonFish fish]], worms, and a cartoon mongoose conjured up by a talking Gastly), but these have largely been phased out as more Pokémon species were introduced. Fruit is in a bit of a gray area as regular fruit (like apples) were common until Gen III introduced Berries ([[FantasticFruitsAndVegetables fruits with Pokémon-like properties and naming]]). Now both these Berries and regular fruit co-exist within the same continuities. ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu'' and the Alola games muddle this up further, with lemonade and ketchup made of berries instead of lemons and tomatoes, yet ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' features vegetables such as potatoes, and the ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' series traditionally uses regular apples for [[WizardNeedsFoodBadly food]].
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Real world locations and events are mentioned in the first generation games and anime with some frequency, but fade from prominence in later installments.
** ''Videogame/PokemonRedAndBlue'':
*** A model of Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' and an {{NPC}} who discusses travels to the moon (even citing the "July 20, 1969" date) are present.
*** Lt. Surge
*** A Silph scientist mentions being [[ReassignedToAntarctica transferred to a branch in Tiksi]] as his reason for defecting to Team Rocket.
*** Mew is said to have been discovered in the jungles of Guyana.
*** In ''[=FireRed=]'', which features translated Pokédex entries from the Japanese ''Red/Green'', Raichu and Gastly's Pokédex entries state that they can knock out an Indian elephant. While the original Pokédex was made before the Generation 2 Pokémon Donphan, it's still bizarre that this specific animal is mentioned at all. Later Pokédex entries remove references to the animal and instead mention that they can knock out foes several times their size. Raichu's entry in ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' has a MythologyGag to the older entries, as Professor Laventon comments that its shocks can knock out a Copperajah, an elephant Pokémon from [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Galar]].
*** The Kanto region is named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanto_region the actual Kanto region]] of Japan. Later regions are also based on real locations, like other areas of Japan or of the U.S and Europe, but are given made-up names and many liberties on their depiction are given (like random deserts or volcanoes).
*** Most such real-world references are retained in the ''[=FireRed/LeafGreen=]'' remakes, though the ''Columbia'' becomes an unnamed spaceship in the English localization, likely [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents in response to its destruction in 2003]], about one year prior to their release. ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee'', meanwhile, cuts out all of them: the spaceship is replaced entirely with a model of an Aerodactyl, Lt. Surge's title is changed to the "Lightning Lieutenant", "the Guyana jungle" is abridged to just "the jungle", and Tiksi is replaced with "the boondocks".
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', a Team Rocket grunt in Azalea Town [[OrphanedEtymology refers to himself as a]] [[Literature/TheBible Good Samaritan]]; later games establish the the ''Pokémon'' world has its own religion and Pokémon deities.
** The games have begun to emphasize the cultural difference between their world and ours, such as making more Pokémon-related puns or changing context of fictional works (for example ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is about a man who turned into a Pokémon, not a random monster).
** The ''Pokémon'' games have since turned this trend back around again in regards to geography, explicitly mentioning real-world locations and having characters who speak real-life foreign languages. The general implication seems to be that the Pokémon world [[LikeRealityUnlessNoted is an alternate version of our world]], with various places having [[FictionalEarth
** In regards to non-Pokémon animals, they used to be referenced from time to time
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
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* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' started out based on RealLife history, but ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]'' made some predictions about the then-future which [[FailedFutureForecast did not come to pass]] (for one, human spaceflight hasn't advanced nearly as far as expected, but neither was there a nuclear holocaust killing over 600 million, so it's probably for the best). While the series continues to be LikeRealityUnlessNoted, further divergences from real history have unavoidably grown over the franchise's history. ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' finally came up with a canon explanation by calling back to the Temporal Cold War from ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', saying that multiple competing factions have thrown Earth's history out of whack.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** For those who have only seen the special editions, it's weird seeing English writing on things like the tractor beam instead of the Aurebesh that later replaced it. It's also a little weird hearing Han Solo say things like "I'll {{see you in hell}}" in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' without the "nine Corellian hells" backstory. Of course, you can file such things under TranslationConvention. The later Hyperspace Article "The Written Word" explains that English is the High Galactic Alphabet, meaning it exists in-canon. As for use of the Greek alphabet, that is also justified as the Tionese writing system.
** Even in the remastered versions, ''Film/ANewHope'' still contains standard numerals on screen as the Death Star nears Yavin IV. Although they don't match up with the numbers the characters are saying. (Just pretend you're imagining them.)
** The original ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977'' tie-in comic run had many of these, with mentions of "Sunday school" by Han Solo, Jaxxon talking about "[[SpaceX space carrots]]" (implying that there are places not considered to be from space -- which would be assumed to be Earth), and so on.
** ''The Ewok Adventure'' live-action TV movies has real-world horses and animals. This is explained as humans not being the only species from Earth in the ''Star Wars'' galaxy. It's even mentioned that the human family's homeworld is called "Earth".
** ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' (which didn't directly reference Christmas, unlike the non-canon ''Christmas in the Stars'' album) had many examples of [[SchizoTech 20th-century Earth technology]], ranging from eyeglasses, which are usually a rarity in the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', to what appears to be a commercially available personal computer from the late 1970s. The eponymous holiday, Life Day, is itself [[YouMeanXmas a secular equivalent to Christmas]], which later material has actually retained as canon.
** In the original ''Film/ANewHope'' novelization (written before the movie was released), Obi-Wan explains to Luke why he needs to be trained in the Force, saying "Even a duck has to learn how to swim." In this case, however, this trope is {{subverted|Trope}} when Luke, puzzled, asks "What's a duck?" ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' later establishes ducks to be native to Naboo, where Obi-Wan has been, but Luke obviously hasn't -- and for that matter, being aquatic animals, they're not something you'd see on a [[SingleBiomePlanet wholly desert planet]]. Some of them are [[CallASmeerpARabbit pretty weird-looking "ducks", though]], with four legs called [[PunnyName Quadducks]] but others look like normal ducks. The same novel also mentions a dog Luke had once owned. In this case, however, it's eventually confirmed (though no longer canon) that yes, it was a normal dog.
** A canceled novel trilogy was to explain how humans ended up in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy. Some characters who were descendants of the characters from ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' and ''Film/THX1138'' [[CanonWelding somehow travel to another galaxy and back in time to become the first humans in the galaxy]].
** Timothy Zahn's ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' has two instances of Luke drinking a hot beverage that Lando introduced to him. It's called "hot chocolate". The second instance is with "mint".
** Also, as Webcomic/{{xkcd}} once [[https://xkcd.com/890/ pointed out,]] the Millenium Falcon is the only ship in the franchise to be somehow named after a real animal which exists on real Earth, but which has never been seen as existing in-universe.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** For those who have only seen the special editions, it's weird seeing English writing on things like the tractor beam instead of the Aurebesh that later replaced it. It's also a little weird hearing Han Solo say things like "I'll {{see you in hell}}" in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' without the "nine Corellian hells" backstory. Of course, you can file such things under TranslationConvention. The later Hyperspace Article "The Written Word" explains that English is the High Galactic Alphabet, meaning it exists in-canon. As for use of the Greek alphabet, that is also justified as the Tionese writing system.
** Even in the remastered versions, ''Film/ANewHope'' still contains standard numerals on screen as the Death Star nears Yavin IV. Although they don't match up with the numbers the characters are saying. (Just pretend you're imagining them.)
** The original ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977'' tie-in comic run had many of these, with mentions of "Sunday school" by Han Solo, Jaxxon talking about "[[SpaceX space carrots]]" (implying that there are places not considered to be from space -- which would be assumed to be Earth), and so on.
** ''The Ewok Adventure'' live-action TV movies has real-world horses and animals. This is explained as humans not being the only species from Earth in the ''Star Wars'' galaxy. It's even mentioned that the human family's homeworld is called "Earth".
** ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' (which didn't directly reference Christmas, unlike the non-canon ''Christmas in the Stars'' album) had many examples of [[SchizoTech 20th-century Earth technology]], ranging from eyeglasses, which are usually a rarity in the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', to what appears to be a commercially available personal computer from the late 1970s. The eponymous holiday, Life Day, is itself [[YouMeanXmas a secular equivalent to Christmas]], which later material has actually retained as canon.
** In the original ''Film/ANewHope'' novelization (written before the movie was released), Obi-Wan explains to Luke why he needs to be trained in the Force, saying "Even a duck has to learn how to swim." In this case, however, this trope is {{subverted|Trope}} when Luke, puzzled, asks "What's a duck?" ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' later establishes ducks to be native to Naboo, where Obi-Wan has been, but Luke obviously hasn't -- and for that matter, being aquatic animals, they're not something you'd see on a [[SingleBiomePlanet wholly desert planet]]. Some of them are [[CallASmeerpARabbit pretty weird-looking "ducks", though]], with four legs called [[PunnyName Quadducks]] but others look like normal ducks. The same novel also mentions a dog Luke had once owned. In this case, however, it's eventually confirmed (though no longer canon) that yes, it was a normal dog.
** A canceled novel trilogy was to explain how humans ended up in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy. Some characters who were descendants of the characters from ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' and ''Film/THX1138'' [[CanonWelding somehow travel to another galaxy and back in time to become the first humans in the galaxy]].
** Timothy Zahn's ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' has two instances of Luke drinking a hot beverage that Lando introduced to him. It's called "hot chocolate". The second instance is with "mint".
** Also, as Webcomic/{{xkcd}} once [[https://xkcd.com/890/ pointed out,]] the Millenium Falcon is the only ship in the franchise to be somehow named after a real animal which exists on real Earth, but which has never been seen as existing in-universe.
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* An interesting case happens with ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', where it's played straight and inverted. Initially, it was generally assumed that the setting is more or less like our world, presumed to take place somewhere likely in Central Europe given the Germanic flavor. Although the setting uses a fictional calendar, the connection was supported with some vague references to our world's past. However, [[spoiler:it is later revealed that humanity is ''not'' extinct outside of the walls, and subsequently the story shifts towards the long-standing conflict between the nations of Eldia and Marley, and the latter's conquest of the world. It is revealed that the world's geography is quite different from our own, mostly resembling our Earth but vertically mirrored, the entire story prior to that taking place on an island resembling Madagascar. However, at the same time we also start seeing people of different ethnicities and cultures that strikingly resemble those from our world in the early 20th century, and one panel showing the Rumbling even features a city that highly resembles London]].
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* An interesting case happens with ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', where it's played straight and inverted. Initially, it was generally assumed that the setting is more or less like our world, presumed to take place somewhere likely in Central Europe given the Germanic flavor. Although the setting uses a fictional calendar, the connection was supported with some vague references to our world's past. However, [[spoiler:it is later revealed that humanity is ''not'' extinct outside of the walls, and subsequently the story shifts towards the long-standing conflict between the nations of Eldia and Marley, and the latter's conquest of the world. It is revealed that the world's geography is quite different from our own, mostly resembling our Earth but vertically mirrored, the entire story prior to that taking place on an island resembling Madagascar. However, at the same time we also start seeing people of different ethnicities and cultures that strikingly resemble those from our world in the early 20th century, and one panel showing the Rumbling even features a city that highly resembles London]].
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** For those who have only seen the special editions, it's weird seeing English writing on things like the tractor beam instead of the Aurebesh that later replaced it. It's also a little weird hearing Han Solo say things like "I'll {{see you in hell}}" in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' without the "nine Corellian hells" backstory. Of course, you can file such things under TranslationConvention. The later Hyperspace Article "The Written Word" explains that English is the High Galactic Alphabet, meaning it exists in-canon. As for use of the Greek alphabet, that is also justified as the Tionese writing system.
** Even in the remastered versions, ''Film/ANewHope'' still contains standard numerals on screen as the Death Star nears Yavin IV. Although they don't match up with the numbers the characters are saying. (Just pretend you're imagining them.)
** The original ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977'' tie-in comic run had many of these, with mentions of "Sunday school" by Han Solo, Jaxxon talking about "[[SpaceX space carrots]]" (implying that there are places not considered to be from space -- which would be assumed to be Earth), and so on.
** ''The Ewok Adventure'' live-action TV movies has real-world horses and animals. This is explained as humans not being the only species from Earth in the ''Star Wars'' galaxy. It's even mentioned that the human family's homeworld is called "Earth".
** ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' (which didn't directly reference Christmas, unlike the non-canon ''Christmas in the Stars'' album) had many examples of [[SchizoTech 20th-century Earth technology]], ranging from eyeglasses, which are usually a rarity in the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', to what appears to be a commercially available personal computer from the late 1970s. The eponymous holiday, Life Day, is itself [[YouMeanXmas a secular equivalent to Christmas]], which later material has actually retained as canon.
** In the original ''Film/ANewHope'' novelization (written before the movie was released), Obi-Wan explains to Luke why he needs to be trained in the Force, saying "Even a duck has to learn how to swim." In this case, however, this trope is {{subverted|Trope}} when Luke, puzzled, asks "What's a duck?" ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' later establishes ducks to be native to Naboo, where Obi-Wan has been, but Luke obviously hasn't -- and for that matter, being aquatic animals, they're not something you'd see on a [[SingleBiomePlanet wholly desert planet]]. Some of them are [[CallASmeerpARabbit pretty weird-looking "ducks", though]], with four legs called [[PunnyName Quadducks]] but others look like normal ducks. The same novel also mentions a dog Luke had once owned. In this case, however, it's eventually confirmed (though no longer canon) that yes, it was a normal dog.
** A canceled novel trilogy was to explain how humans ended up in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy. Some characters who were descendants of the characters from ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' and ''Film/THX1138'' [[CanonWelding somehow travel to another galaxy and back in time to become the first humans in the galaxy]].
** Timothy Zahn's ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' has two instances of Luke drinking a hot beverage that Lando introduced to him. It's called "hot chocolate". The second instance is with "mint".
** Also, as Webcomic/{{xkcd}} once [[https://xkcd.com/890/ pointed out,]] the Millenium Falcon is the only ship in the franchise to be somehow named after a real animal which exists on real Earth, but which has never been seen as existing in-universe.
** For those who have only seen the special editions, it's weird seeing English writing on things like the tractor beam instead of the Aurebesh that later replaced it. It's also a little weird hearing Han Solo say things like "I'll {{see you in hell}}" in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' without the "nine Corellian hells" backstory. Of course, you can file such things under TranslationConvention. The later Hyperspace Article "The Written Word" explains that English is the High Galactic Alphabet, meaning it exists in-canon. As for use of the Greek alphabet, that is also justified as the Tionese writing system.
** Even in the remastered versions, ''Film/ANewHope'' still contains standard numerals on screen as the Death Star nears Yavin IV. Although they don't match up with the numbers the characters are saying. (Just pretend you're imagining them.)
** The original ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977'' tie-in comic run had many of these, with mentions of "Sunday school" by Han Solo, Jaxxon talking about "[[SpaceX space carrots]]" (implying that there are places not considered to be from space -- which would be assumed to be Earth), and so on.
** ''The Ewok Adventure'' live-action TV movies has real-world horses and animals. This is explained as humans not being the only species from Earth in the ''Star Wars'' galaxy. It's even mentioned that the human family's homeworld is called "Earth".
** ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' (which didn't directly reference Christmas, unlike the non-canon ''Christmas in the Stars'' album) had many examples of [[SchizoTech 20th-century Earth technology]], ranging from eyeglasses, which are usually a rarity in the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', to what appears to be a commercially available personal computer from the late 1970s. The eponymous holiday, Life Day, is itself [[YouMeanXmas a secular equivalent to Christmas]], which later material has actually retained as canon.
** In the original ''Film/ANewHope'' novelization (written before the movie was released), Obi-Wan explains to Luke why he needs to be trained in the Force, saying "Even a duck has to learn how to swim." In this case, however, this trope is {{subverted|Trope}} when Luke, puzzled, asks "What's a duck?" ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' later establishes ducks to be native to Naboo, where Obi-Wan has been, but Luke obviously hasn't -- and for that matter, being aquatic animals, they're not something you'd see on a [[SingleBiomePlanet wholly desert planet]]. Some of them are [[CallASmeerpARabbit pretty weird-looking "ducks", though]], with four legs called [[PunnyName Quadducks]] but others look like normal ducks. The same novel also mentions a dog Luke had once owned. In this case, however, it's eventually confirmed (though no longer canon) that yes, it was a normal dog.
** A canceled novel trilogy was to explain how humans ended up in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy. Some characters who were descendants of the characters from ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' and ''Film/THX1138'' [[CanonWelding somehow travel to another galaxy and back in time to become the first humans in the galaxy]].
** Timothy Zahn's ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' has two instances of Luke drinking a hot beverage that Lando introduced to him. It's called "hot chocolate". The second instance is with "mint".
** Also, as Webcomic/{{xkcd}} once [[https://xkcd.com/890/ pointed out,]] the Millenium Falcon is the only ship in the franchise to be somehow named after a real animal which exists on real Earth, but which has never been seen as existing in-universe.
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* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' started out based on RealLife history, but ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]'' made some predictions about the then-future which [[FailedFutureForecast did not come to pass]] (for one, human spaceflight hasn't advanced nearly as far as expected, but neither was there a nuclear holocaust killing over 600 million, so it's probably for the best). While the series continues to be LikeRealityUnlessNoted, further divergences from real history have unavoidably grown over the franchise's history. ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' finally came up with a canon explanation by calling back to the Temporal Cold War from ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', saying that multiple competing factions have thrown Earth's history out of whack.
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** ''Videogame/PokemonRedAndBlue'':
*** A model of Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' and an {{NPC}} who discusses travels to the moon (even citing the "July 20, 1969" date) are present.
*** Lt. Surge is referred to as the "Lightning American".
*** A Silph scientist mentions being [[ReassignedToAntarctica transferred to a branch in Tiksi]] as his reason for defecting to Team Rocket.
*** Mew is said to have been discovered in the jungles of Guyana.
*** In ''[=FireRed=]'', which features translated Pokédex entries from the Japanese ''Red/Green'', Raichu and Gastly's Pokédex entries state that they can knock out an Indian elephant. While the original Pokédex was made before the Generation 2 Pokémon Donphan, it's still bizarre that this specific animal is mentioned at all. Later Pokédex entries remove references to the animal and instead mention that they can knock out foes several times their size. Raichu's entry in ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' has a MythologyGag to the older entries, as Professor Laventon comments that its shocks can knock out a Copperajah, an elephant Pokémon from [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Galar]].
*** The Kanto region is named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanto_region the actual Kanto region]] of Japan. Later regions are also based on real locations, like other areas of Japan or of the U.S and Europe, but are given made-up names and many liberties on their depiction are given (like random deserts or volcanoes).
*** Most such real-world references are retained in the ''[=FireRed/LeafGreen=]'' remakes, though the ''Columbia'' becomes an unnamed spaceship in the English localization, likely [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents in response to its destruction in 2003]], about one year prior to their release. ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee'', meanwhile, cuts out all of them: the spaceship is replaced entirely with a model of an Aerodactyl, Lt. Surge's title is changed to the "Lightning Lieutenant", "the Guyana jungle" is abridged to just "the jungle", and Tiksi is replaced with "the boondocks".
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', a Team Rocket grunt in Azalea Town [[OrphanedEtymology refers to himself as a]] [[Literature/TheBible Good Samaritan]]; later games establish the the ''Pokémon'' world has its own religion and Pokémon deities.
** The games have begun to emphasize the cultural difference between their world and ours, such as making more Pokémon-related puns or changing context of fictional works (for example ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is about a man who turned into a Pokémon, not a random monster).
** The ''Pokémon'' games have since turned this trend back around again in regards to geography, explicitly mentioning real-world locations and having characters who speak real-life foreign languages. The general implication seems to be that the Pokémon world [[LikeRealityUnlessNoted is an alternate version of our world]], with various places having [[FictionalEarth different geography]] and [[CallASmeerpARabbit names]]. This is all but explicit in Generation 6, which goes out of its way to state that Kalos is the Pokéverse version of France; Generation 5 does something similar, though to a lesser degree, with Unova and New York City. In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', the protagonist's room has a globe on which Africa and Europe are plainly visible, revealing the Pokémon world to have the same continental layout as Earth.[[note]]Despite the geometric rotation of Kyushu->Hoenn and Great Britain->Galar respectively.[[/note]] In ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', sandwich ingredients and other foods have simple real-world names, like tomatoes, onions, cheese, and ham, rather than them being derived from Berries (like the Tamato Berry) or from Pokémon (like Miltank Cheese), the way they were in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' through ''Pokémon Sun and Moon''.
** In regards to non-Pokémon animals, they used to be referenced from time to time in the Gen I games (Pokédex entries and the S.S. Anne's menu) and [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries early anime]] (non-Pokémon [[NoCartoonFish fish]], worms, and a cartoon mongoose conjured up by a talking Gastly), but these have largely been phased out as more Pokémon species were introduced. Fruit is in a bit of a gray area as regular fruit (like apples) were common until Gen III introduced Berries ([[FantasticFruitsAndVegetables fruits with Pokémon-like properties and naming]]). Now both these Berries and regular fruit co-exist within the same continuities. ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu'' and the Alola games muddle this up further, with lemonade and ketchup made of berries instead of lemons and tomatoes, yet ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' features vegetables such as potatoes, and the ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' series traditionally uses regular apples for [[WizardNeedsFoodBadly food]].
** ''Videogame/PokemonRedAndBlue'':
*** A model of Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' and an {{NPC}} who discusses travels to the moon (even citing the "July 20, 1969" date) are present.
*** Lt. Surge is referred to as the "Lightning American".
*** A Silph scientist mentions being [[ReassignedToAntarctica transferred to a branch in Tiksi]] as his reason for defecting to Team Rocket.
*** Mew is said to have been discovered in the jungles of Guyana.
*** In ''[=FireRed=]'', which features translated Pokédex entries from the Japanese ''Red/Green'', Raichu and Gastly's Pokédex entries state that they can knock out an Indian elephant. While the original Pokédex was made before the Generation 2 Pokémon Donphan, it's still bizarre that this specific animal is mentioned at all. Later Pokédex entries remove references to the animal and instead mention that they can knock out foes several times their size. Raichu's entry in ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' has a MythologyGag to the older entries, as Professor Laventon comments that its shocks can knock out a Copperajah, an elephant Pokémon from [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Galar]].
*** The Kanto region is named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanto_region the actual Kanto region]] of Japan. Later regions are also based on real locations, like other areas of Japan or of the U.S and Europe, but are given made-up names and many liberties on their depiction are given (like random deserts or volcanoes).
*** Most such real-world references are retained in the ''[=FireRed/LeafGreen=]'' remakes, though the ''Columbia'' becomes an unnamed spaceship in the English localization, likely [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents in response to its destruction in 2003]], about one year prior to their release. ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee'', meanwhile, cuts out all of them: the spaceship is replaced entirely with a model of an Aerodactyl, Lt. Surge's title is changed to the "Lightning Lieutenant", "the Guyana jungle" is abridged to just "the jungle", and Tiksi is replaced with "the boondocks".
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', a Team Rocket grunt in Azalea Town [[OrphanedEtymology refers to himself as a]] [[Literature/TheBible Good Samaritan]]; later games establish the the ''Pokémon'' world has its own religion and Pokémon deities.
** The games have begun to emphasize the cultural difference between their world and ours, such as making more Pokémon-related puns or changing context of fictional works (for example ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is about a man who turned into a Pokémon, not a random monster).
** The ''Pokémon'' games have since turned this trend back around again in regards to geography, explicitly mentioning real-world locations and having characters who speak real-life foreign languages. The general implication seems to be that the Pokémon world [[LikeRealityUnlessNoted is an alternate version of our world]], with various places having [[FictionalEarth different geography]] and [[CallASmeerpARabbit names]]. This is all but explicit in Generation 6, which goes out of its way to state that Kalos is the Pokéverse version of France; Generation 5 does something similar, though to a lesser degree, with Unova and New York City. In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', the protagonist's room has a globe on which Africa and Europe are plainly visible, revealing the Pokémon world to have the same continental layout as Earth.[[note]]Despite the geometric rotation of Kyushu->Hoenn and Great Britain->Galar respectively.[[/note]] In ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', sandwich ingredients and other foods have simple real-world names, like tomatoes, onions, cheese, and ham, rather than them being derived from Berries (like the Tamato Berry) or from Pokémon (like Miltank Cheese), the way they were in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' through ''Pokémon Sun and Moon''.
** In regards to non-Pokémon animals, they used to be referenced from time to time in the Gen I games (Pokédex entries and the S.S. Anne's menu) and [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries early anime]] (non-Pokémon [[NoCartoonFish fish]], worms, and a cartoon mongoose conjured up by a talking Gastly), but these have largely been phased out as more Pokémon species were introduced. Fruit is in a bit of a gray area as regular fruit (like apples) were common until Gen III introduced Berries ([[FantasticFruitsAndVegetables fruits with Pokémon-like properties and naming]]). Now both these Berries and regular fruit co-exist within the same continuities. ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu'' and the Alola games muddle this up further, with lemonade and ketchup made of berries instead of lemons and tomatoes, yet ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' features vegetables such as potatoes, and the ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' series traditionally uses regular apples for [[WizardNeedsFoodBadly food]].
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** Early drafts and editions of ''Literature/TheHobbit'' included references to policemen, lampposts, and China, which were eventually removed. ''The Hobbit'' still, however, includes a clock on Bilbo's mantlepiece; clockwork seems increasingly out of place as ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' progresses.[[note]]The lamppost in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' was added by Creator/CSLewis as a jab at his friend Tolkien's comment that "no fantasy should have a lamppost".[[/note]]
*** As late as the first chapter of ''The Lord of the Rings'', Gandalf's firework-dragon is compared to an express train.
** {{Subverted}} with existence of the sport of golf. Golf actually has an in-universe explanation. It was allegedly invented at the Battle of Greenfields, where Bullroarer Took killed the goblin leader Golfimbul by using a club to send his head flying off and down a rabbit hole. Whether this was a premeditated alternate explanation or AssPull is unknown, but it is explained.
*** As late as the first chapter of ''The Lord of the Rings'', Gandalf's firework-dragon is compared to an express train.
** {{Subverted}} with existence of the sport of golf. Golf actually has an in-universe explanation. It was allegedly invented at the Battle of Greenfields, where Bullroarer Took killed the goblin leader Golfimbul by using a club to send his head flying off and down a rabbit hole. Whether this was a premeditated alternate explanation or AssPull is unknown, but it is explained.
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** Early drafts and editions of ''Literature/TheHobbit'' included references to policemen, lampposts, and China, which were eventually removed. ''The Hobbit'' still, however, includes a clock on Bilbo's mantlepiece; clockwork seems increasingly out of place as ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' progresses.[[note]]The lamppost in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' was added by Creator/CSLewis as a jab at his friend Tolkien's comment that "no fantasy should have a lamppost".[[/note]]
***[[/note]] Golf, at least, is given an explanation: at the Battle of Greenfields, Bullroarer Took killed the goblin leader Golfimbul by using a club to send his head flying off and down a rabbit hole.
** As late as the first chapter of ''The Lord of the Rings'', Gandalf's firework-dragon is compared to an expresstrain.
** {{Subverted}} with existence of the sport of golf. Golf actually has an in-universe explanation. It was allegedly invented at the Battle of Greenfields, where Bullroarer Took killed the goblin leader Golfimbul by using a club to send his head flying off and down a rabbit hole. Whether this was a premeditated alternate explanation or AssPull is unknown, but it is explained.train.
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** As late as the first chapter of ''The Lord of the Rings'', Gandalf's firework-dragon is compared to an express
** {{Subverted}} with existence of the sport of golf. Golf actually has an in-universe explanation. It was allegedly invented at the Battle of Greenfields, where Bullroarer Took killed the goblin leader Golfimbul by using a club to send his head flying off and down a rabbit hole. Whether this was a premeditated alternate explanation or AssPull is unknown, but it is explained.
