- From Boba Fett to Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo,
nerds are passionate about a lot of things,
but there's something they love above all else,
and that is correcting people.
This Um, Actually. (upbeat music)
Joining us today we have Matt Mercer.
- Ahhh!
- [Host] Becca Scott.
- 'Tis my great honor to be here.
- [Host] And Jon Gabrus.
- Mahalo, bro.
(laughing)
Try to do that as un-ironically as possible.
(laughs) - Impossible.
- He's got the aloha shirt and he's saying Mahalo,
- Full cultural appropriation from me (laughs)
(laughing)
- You saying "thank you" to everyone for some reason?
(laughing)
Aloha's a very well-known in life phrase,
and you went for Mahalo, I don't know.
(laughing)
What a great crew we have here,
all of you, previous contestants,
all of you have won at least one episode before.
- Ohh. - So this should be nice,
fun battle royale. - Easy, breazy, battle royale.
- Say fun as many times before we do it,
as possible. - It's fun, it's fun.
It's gonna be fun guys, like. - It's like, it's frackin'.
- You sound like my mom on a ride to a museum.
- Yeah, it's like a road trip.
It's like, come on, right? - Have fun already!
- They have installations! - We're gonna learn,
but it's going to be fun. (laughing)
You've all been on the show before,
so you know the rules, but for any new viewers at home,
it's very simple, this I have here,
a stack of statements, these are untrue statements
about things that you enjoy.
It's up to you to find what's wrong with them,
buzz in and correct me, all of your corrections
have to be preceded by the phrase, "Um, actually"
And you can interrupt me at any point
during the question reading.
In Philip K Dick's
"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
Rick Deckard is a Blade Runner:
a specialized bounty hunter that finds and "retires"
escaped rogue androids.
- Um actually, they're not androids,
they're that other thing,
that's in Blade Runner. (beeps)
- Uh, they are called replicants, but they are androids,
if we're gonna use a generalized definition of androids.
Yes, Matt. - Um, actually,
that was the point I was about to make.
- Oh, well I already took it from you.
- You did, you did, curse. - And you probably knew
the word replicants. - I did, but it's okay.
- They are androids, but they're called replicants,
but they're, essentially, if we're talking,
like a general definition of what an android is.
(beeps) - Is there?
- Read it again, oh get outta' here.
- That's it, I'm actually, that is the plot
of the movie Blade Runner, which is not the actual
plot of the book, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
- Uh, there I'm describing a position,
and not necessarily the plot, and it is sort of,
kind of the same thing. (laughing)
(beeps) - Um actually,
he prefers the name "Dick Deckard".
(laughter) - I was gonna say the same-
- [Host] It just sounds right,
like Dick Deckard, it's like putting
a bunch of dice in your mouth (laughter)
Dick Deckard, a really hard, uncomfortable sound
that I insist all my friends refer to me as.
(laughter) No, it is Rick Deckard.
And I will say, this is also incredibly tricky,
weird bit of trivia (beeps)
that I threw out- - Um, actually,
he doesn't retire them, he just issues the test
to determine if they are replicants.
- Well if they're not, he does retire them,
yeah he does retire them, he does put them on a farm,
where they can run around for a while,
and have a good time. - That's where they are, yay.
- No, my replicant actually went to a farm.
No points, I'm gonna lay this little bit
- [Jon] Shame us, please. - Trivia on you.
In the book, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?",
the term Blade Runner, does not ever appear.
- No, I knew it! - No, gosh!
- That is not a term that exists,
and in fact, the term Blade Runner,
was borrowed whole sale, from a completely different book.
There is a book, that is called "Blade Runner",
that makes sense with that title,
but is about a post-apocalyptic future,
where surgeons are like, stealing organs
and things like that, using their scalpels and things.
That's where the name Blade Runner comes from,
no where in the original book.
Pull, like some executive was like,
this sounds cool, we'll make that the title of the movie.
- Executive in a meeting who's like,
yeah I read the book, uh Blade Runner.
And they're like, we gotta' go with this asshole's idea now.
(laughter) - [Host] He's too high
on the ladder, some V.P. just has a stack of things
they might want to adapt next.
It was like, we're talking about Blade Runner, right?
And everyone's like, yes sir,
we're talking about Blade Runner.
(laughing)
- Blade Runner was a movie I tried five times,
like I tried to get into it when I was like 13, 16, 19,
and it took the new Blade Runner coming out,
for me to re-watch the original,
giving it my fifth try, finally enjoyed it.
(laughing)
I felt like it was my nerd homework,
I was like, no, it was like, Robert Jordan's wheel of time,
I'm like, I'm gonna get to it. - [Host] I am,
I am ashamed to say the same thing.
It was just like, 'cause everyone is like,
it's just the best, and I was like,
I don't, I'm so bored right now.
- Same, same! - I'm so, utterly bored.
- Maybe it required having a lot of copious free time,
and not a lot to do as a child, to appreciate the movie.
Which I had, so I enjoyed it thoroughly,
sitting alone in my room. - I'll say, I think, like,
I recognize that this is the minority opinion,
and that I'm wrong here, but it's like one of those things,
that's just like, I'm feeling like such,
a like, Idiot, where someone's like,
it's such an amazing movie, and I'm like,
I don't think I understand. - I have yet,
to not fall asleep. - [Host] I don't think I know
what's going on. - Like, I'm really bored.
(laughter) I don't wanna
tell anyone that, though. - People will think I'm dumb.
- Was there narration, or no narration?
'Cause that's make or break. - [Host] I've tried both.
- I've tried both, over the years.
I finally found one- - Yeah, if you tried one,
people are like, oh you know, there's two versions.
- [Jon] Yeah, you gotta watch - That was the problem!
- No, you gotta watch the director's, director's cut.
I'm like, alright, this is fucking crazy.
- This one's five hours long, you'll love it.
(laughter)
- Did you really read all of "Wheel of Time"?
That's like 20 books. - I'm like 6 books in,
but I had to take a break, because it's boring,
no character makes a decision, ever.
(laughter) They don't make a choice ever.
- I haven't started them, because I know,
even though it's like this iconic fantasy series,
and it's just like, yeah it feels like nerd homework,
it's like, I know I should read this, but I just (inhales)
would rather not. - When people tell you,
it gets really good in book seven,
and you're like- - [Host] That's a hard sell.
- [Jon] 2,800 pages I have to get through,
to enjoy this book, fuck that.
- [Host] It's not even like - Jump over the
"Storm Light Archives", or maybe even "Name of the Wind",
you know, treat yourself. - [Host] Yeah.
- Right, go crazy. - [Host] Yeah.
Okay, well, we'll move on to our next question,
which is about video games, here.
- (gasps) (zooming noise)
Hey! Listen!
The Zelda series is full of helpful fairies
who can heal you, provide you with information,
or improve your gear.
While some of these are unnamed,
others like Tingle, Navi, and Tatl
are important characters in their own right.
- Um actually, Tatl is not an important character.
- Well, you know, it's a named character,
that's a little bit subjective (beeps)
but no, that's not what we're going for here.
Matt. - Um, actually,
Tingle is not a fairy, but it's just
a creepy little dude in a weird spandex suit,
that right the ride the- - That is correct.
Tingle is not a fairy, he is a 35 year old man.
(laughter)
Which I love, 'cause I feel like we
see in Tingle, a reflection of ourselves.
- Oh yeah. - And it's just like,
yeah, I too am a man in my 30s,
who is a little too obsessed with these fairies, and.
- Weird, Tingle seems to have pins and needles
in his feet, from playing video games
for seven hours in a row. (laughter)
Tingle seems pre-diabetic. - I feel like there are
people who like hate Tingle, and they're just like,
God, this character sucks, and it's like,
I think maybe you're telling us a little bit about
how you feel about yourself. - [Becca] Ohh.
- Yeah, true. - Self-reflection,
and video games. - [Host] Yeah.
Well, that is a point for Matt.
- Yeah, I got one. - Fuck!
- Oh yeah, mm hmm, mm hmm.
- Our next question is a special guest question via video,
so we're gonna throw over to video here.
- I'm Kristian Narin, as Hordor on HBO's Game of Thrones.
My lines were pretty limited, they consisted
of only one word, "Hordor".
It wasn't until season six, the episode The Door,
that we heard me say other words.
(beeps) - Oh, oh, oh no!
No, no! - [Host] Matt, Matt, Matt,
Matt buzzed, Matt, just barely beat everyone else, yeah.
- I didn't- - Um, actually,
that occurred in season five, not season six.
- [Host] Uh, not exac- (beeps)
- Um, actually, it happened in season seven.
- Uh, no, that is also incorrect.
(beeps) - (exhales)
- Um, actually, wasn't there a flashback
before that episode, where we saw him pre-mental issues?
- Uh, that is the episode in question,
that he's talking about. (beeps)
But no. Yes, Matt. - Um, actually,
the lines were spoken by the actor who played
young Hordor, and not Kristian Nairn.
- That is correct. - [Jon] There we go!
- Bullshit! - [Host] That is some legalize
bullshit that we did. - What?
- [Host] And you caught us in it.
Uh, let's go ahead, let's see
what Kristian Nairn has to say.
- Um actually, what the character might have said
are the words, "I Kristian Nairn", I've only said "Hodor".
- I do think it's a little bit of a testament too,
I just think of it as, I think of him as Hodor,
and it's like he flashback, it's like,
aw that's just young Hodor, of course it's not
a different person, it's still Hodor.
- I didn't wanna break the suspension and disbelief
for anyone that's a die-hard fan,
that that wasn't the same person.
- [Host] Sure, yeah. - He said a lot of more-
- I'm such a die-hard fan of the books,
that I have to believe that the actor
is in young man makeup, on his knees, like Dorf on Golf.
- Oh no, it didn't happen in the book.
- Dropped the Dorf reference, respect.
- In case you were wondering, I'm in my late 30s,
welcome to drop out. (laughter)
- Well, that is another point for Matt,
for finding our dumb little loophole of a question.
- Can we start over?
- This is about Pokemon.
- Oh shit. - Oh fuck, I'm out.
I was fucking girls on Amazon. (laughter)
I was 12. (laughter)
- Oh man, you grew up fast. - Yeah.
(zooming noise)
Every Pokemon is classified as at least
one of eighteen types,
one of the rarest if which
is the "dragon" type.
Weak against ice attacks and other dragon attacks,
this type includes Dragonite, Salamence, and Charizard.
(beeps) - Um, dragons are not
susceptible to other dragon attacks.
- They are actually, yeah.
(beeps) Matt has beat you to it.
- Um, actually, Charizard is fire type Pokemon,
not a dragon type. - That is correct.
Charizard, the most dragony-looking mother fucker,
is not a dragon type Pokemon. - To be-
- [Host] Is that what you were gonna say?
- That was literally, one of the five things
I know about Pokemon. (laughter)
And I only know because when I was like,
way too old for it, Burger King did a promotion,
and I fucking went and ate two happy meals a day,
in high school, for six months,
and got every single Pokemon from there.
(laughter)
Literally offered, tried to trade with,
like, an eight-year-old kid who was at Burger King
with their mom, and she like ushered him into the car,
it was like, sir, leave us alone.
I was like, I need the squirrel!
(laughter)
This is to tell- - Do you wanna line 'em up
on the shelf later, while you fuck your-
- Yeah! - It's such a hard turn from,
I was fucking girls - [Jon] That's what I'm saying
- To like, I was eating every happy meal.
- What I appreciate is that he doesn't know,
or has a minute to not really understanding
or having interest in Pokemon as an actual game,
or a fandom, but those happy meal toys
is where you were fuckin' on the ball.
- I think I was looking for an excuse
to eat both a burger and chicken nuggets,
every single day. (laughter)