Gaming's Greatest Hoaxes [Bumbles McFumbles]

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  • @castform7
    @castform7 2 роки тому +326

    Mew under the truck is a classic and really plays into the whole thing "kids'll believe anything as long as it's said convincingly" which I find so adorable. What makes this even better is that later Pokemon evolutions are so convoluted, even I wouldn't believe that on the playground.

    • @elijahpadilla5083
      @elijahpadilla5083 2 роки тому +55

      "Take this tiny Ghost Pokémon, take 49 damage or more in one battle and live, do not heal that damage off, and run under this one archway out in the middle of bumfuck nowhere. That's how you get this cool Ghost/Ground big boy."

    • @tims4950
      @tims4950 2 роки тому +38

      How about my favorite.turn your console UPSIDE DOWN while it levels up past level 50.

    • @shirothr5384
      @shirothr5384 2 роки тому +2

      @@tims4950 You're kidding right?

    • @tims4950
      @tims4950 2 роки тому +16

      @@shirothr5384 sadly no,but the level 50 thing is just to be safe.it still has to be during a level up though.the pokemon is called inkay.

    • @peenutsbr
      @peenutsbr 2 роки тому +12

      Get some berrys or other things as topping,use a spin mecanic that is not mentioned in the game and make a cake pokemon

  • @WolfDB
    @WolfDB 2 роки тому +242

    The best part about the Sheng Long joke was that it wasn't just Gouken being playable that came from it, but various other changes to fighting games following the original Street Fighter II
    "Sheng Long has a finisher where he does a Shoryuken while his fist is on fire" became the Shinryuken, a staple of Ken's moveset, as well as the fact that Ken's Shoryuken had a fire effect
    "You get to fight him after getting to the end of the Arcade Mode without taking damage" is literally the way you unlock fighting Akuma
    Even just the article itself led to Ed Boon, the creator of Mortal Kombat, making hoaxes to get fans to play the Mortal Kombat series more and more

    • @WolfDB
      @WolfDB 2 роки тому +4

      @jzillacon Absolutely. Skarlet too

  • @charscreamAA
    @charscreamAA 2 роки тому +54

    11:40 I love the fact this is said with no context as to why if you never knew anything about the weird things that happen with the Azurill line

    • @evanolsen6925
      @evanolsen6925 2 роки тому +17

      For those who do want to know, Marill has a 75 percent chance of being female. Azumarill has a 50/50 split. This being finicky video game code, that makes it so that if a female Marill evolves she has a one in three chance to swap genders.

  • @camwoodstock
    @camwoodstock 2 роки тому +42

    "Show me where in this game you can cast a spell!" My man's never played Card-Jitsu smh my head.

  • @Superboologan1
    @Superboologan1 3 місяці тому +6

    10:19 Bumbles casually dropping his tragic anime backstory

  • @mage4242
    @mage4242 2 роки тому +38

    9:09 no glitch required! You just left a trainer until after you got Cut from the Captain, deliberately lost, which would cause you to restart at the Pokemon Center, but wouldn't trigger the S.S. Anne leaving. Then you could just come back later with Surf to find absolutely nothing under that truck THEY LIED TO ME

  • @ConnorTheUndying
    @ConnorTheUndying 2 роки тому +47

    "Speaking of the British... 'people'..."
    I choked on my drink, Bumbles.

  • @meatman2203
    @meatman2203 2 роки тому +96

    One of my favorite video games hoaxes that became reality was the rumor of Ermac in MK 1. Some fans digging in the games code found that under a line of code that said Reptile Battles was the phrase “Ermac.” Naturally being in the Stone Age that was the 90’s where computer knowledge wasn’t as wide spread as it is now, people misinterpreted it as a secret *secret* character you can fight and unlock, instead of just an abbreviation of the term “Error Macro.” Midway took the piss out of this rumor in MK 2 by having secrets in the game joking about his existence even out right saying that he doesn’t exist. But like how small jokes from the past become our present reality, they finally made him a playable character in MK 3 and has been a fan favorite ever since.

  • @thatpikminguy
    @thatpikminguy 2 роки тому +91

    An appropriate upload for this special day. Thanks Bumbles! ❤️

  • @jimboanimations4041
    @jimboanimations4041 2 роки тому +63

    Reminds me of the good ol' days of playing on Minecraft factions servers and scamming people by making fake Herobrine hauntings, then making people give me stuff for Herobrine to leave them alone.

    • @GUNUFofficial
      @GUNUFofficial Рік тому +1

      Holy shit kid you was a fucking capitalist extordinaire.

  • @kingoftropes922
    @kingoftropes922 2 роки тому +36

    It always interesting and fun to see developers actually acknowledge the hoaxes and rumors of their titles within their titles in various ways, both big and small. It's so easy to forget the people making these games are, in fact, people who likely are at least somewhat aware of the greater trends within their fan base's circles. I dunno, it's kinda nice when it happens on occasion.

  • @TheOtherLPer203
    @TheOtherLPer203 2 роки тому +58

    3:10 "Speaking of the british "'people''"
    Thank god, Bumbles doesn't view them as human either. I was worried he might support them.

  • @projectalpha22_va
    @projectalpha22_va 2 роки тому +4

    I like how the description just has 5:30 in it.
    What a number. Good timecode, honestly.

  • @macewindu5195
    @macewindu5195 2 роки тому +24

    “There’s no Pokémon purple” well actually later this year Pokémon violet is coming out

  • @myschloss
    @myschloss 2 роки тому +9

    The true April Fool's joke is that I thought that this would be another recipe, and Bumbles acknowledged that.

  • @spy.mp4773
    @spy.mp4773 2 роки тому +19

    This video not being a joke was honestly a more effective joke than an actual joke

  • @buster2654
    @buster2654 2 роки тому +1

    18:20 bro that was a GIRTHY snort my guy, excellent job

  • @redshell9205
    @redshell9205 2 роки тому +3

    3:09 so now I’m getting bullied on the internet by just watching a video, GREAT

  • @JLMetak
    @JLMetak 2 роки тому +9

    2:49 God damnit that got me hahaha

    • @charziz6693
      @charziz6693 2 роки тому +3

      Had to rewind the video to check it was false.

  • @GamingUltimatum
    @GamingUltimatum Рік тому +2

    The Pokemon section reminded me about the fact that the final evos of the gen 5 starters were leaked, someone attempted to disprove it with evidence that sorta supported those to be fake, only for them to actually be the gen 5 starters final evos.

  • @nerikori
    @nerikori 2 роки тому +4

    "No Pokemon Purple"
    Well...not yet anyway.

  • @lil_shrimp2236
    @lil_shrimp2236 2 роки тому +1

    Seriously one of the most underrated content creators I’ve come across

  • @zomboss_real5964
    @zomboss_real5964 2 роки тому +5

    I love how he speaks, I swear he could be a voice-actor one day

  • @GmNdWtchr96
    @GmNdWtchr96 2 роки тому +6

    Funny thing about the "Lego Halo" EGM prank, it ALMOST happened. A Halo Mega Bloks game had some development on it.

  • @jackehstil7945
    @jackehstil7945 2 роки тому +1

    Hey fumbles just wanted to say your doing a great job on these videos and your rising to be a favorite of mine.
    Had to wait a day to write this.

  • @GrizzlyAdams94
    @GrizzlyAdams94 2 роки тому +5

    I'm surprised you didn't mention Yakuza 7. There was an April Fool's Day joke from RGG Studio a few years ago showing the game as an RPG. The Yakuza dev team liked it so much they decided to go all in and kept it that way

  • @MagusNikki
    @MagusNikki 2 роки тому

    expected another cooking video LMAO. actually pretty happy that wasnt the case despite enjoying the cooking video. good video!

  • @thevenomspino
    @thevenomspino 2 роки тому +1

    The 17th colossus is still probably our favorite gaming rumor of all time because there was actually a sense of legitimacy to it, give how the world was so big, the fact there was evidence of other colossi in the game at one point of development, to the fact that one cut colossus is still in the game somewhat. It was just an interesting rumor, that pay off in a way with the remake, as the Sword of Dormin and the enlightenments were put into the game because people were still exploring the Forbidden Lands (and thr Sword could be considered a colossus if you think about it). And fans are still interested in the idea of more colossi given that two big fan projects are being worked on, with the goal of bringing those cut colossi back.

  • @DustD.Reaper
    @DustD.Reaper 2 роки тому +28

    Its very refreshing to see someone upload an actual video on april fools instead of making a not funny joke so thank you for making the most unwatchable day on UA-cam actually entertaining.

    • @rambl1ngr0se
      @rambl1ngr0se 2 роки тому

      Check out the video for last year, its comeuppance for that.

    • @bumblesmcfumbles
      @bumblesmcfumbles  2 роки тому +12

      Only so many times you can do the gag before it stops being funny. I got my own out last year.

    • @SuraimuWasTaken
      @SuraimuWasTaken 8 місяців тому +1

      @@bumblesmcfumbles Looking back on this 2 years later and thinking to your nod to the Balan Wonderworld joke in your Silent Hill Ascension video is poetic.

  • @pandu1018
    @pandu1018 2 роки тому +1

    10/10 video as always bumbles. Also thanks for not plugging the discord, the faster it dies the better

  • @CinnamonGhost_Crunch
    @CinnamonGhost_Crunch 2 роки тому +1

    So funny thing about the EGM Sonic in Melee hoax: After Sakurai himself stated that Sonic wasn’t in Melee but was planned EGM said that if anyone sent them video evidence of them beating 20 enemies in Cruel Smash they’d earn a free copy of Sonic Adventure 2 Battle

  • @dustin202
    @dustin202 2 роки тому +1

    Planning on watching this later to see how you pranked us for April fools

  • @tylerlarsen1842
    @tylerlarsen1842 2 роки тому +2

    Anyone here remember the Super Mario Galaxy DS hoax? Someone decided to make a fake trailer for a DS port of Mario Galaxy for a school project or whatever before Galaxy was even released, but they decided to have fun with it by posting their work online. For 2007 standards and keeping in mind that the person didn't even know what the final product would look like, it was very well made. It was the first truly high quality hoax I had ever experienced, and considering that Mario Galaxy is my favorite Mario game, it drove me nuts.

  • @TubbyTotodile
    @TubbyTotodile 2 роки тому +1

    YEAH BUDDY! What a great way to enjoy some coffee with a new Bumbles vid :D

  • @alexanderhoclippiunus7644
    @alexanderhoclippiunus7644 2 роки тому +2

    But Bumbles, there _is_ one Last Great Secret in the Shadow of the Colossus remake. _Sure_ it's not another colossus to fight, but it's still really touching that they put it in for all of the people like who searched for that final secret for _years_

  • @thepineappleyempireofsuper9612
    @thepineappleyempireofsuper9612 2 роки тому +1

    5:30 Bold of you to put sans Undertale as a hidden jumpscare and hint at it in the description. I thought you were just going to make it a link with no meaning, a hoax if you will.

  • @VioletKitsune10
    @VioletKitsune10 2 роки тому +1

    I honestly can't get over you saying that you played Poptropica. That smacked me in the face with nostalgia. Maybe a video on Poptropica could be possible 👀

  • @Gojiro7
    @Gojiro7 3 місяці тому +3

    12:22 why cant I find this video? did BMcF remove it??

    • @nathanblevins158
      @nathanblevins158 2 місяці тому +1

      Same. I wonder if he deleted it.

    • @toastwings9358
      @toastwings9358 Місяць тому

      my guess is copyright issues

    • @Gojiro7
      @Gojiro7 Місяць тому

      @@toastwings9358 having never seen that episode before it vanished I can only assume so.....but does that make it lost media now?

    • @dravenmartinez6311
      @dravenmartinez6311 25 днів тому +1

      Yes because he wanted to burn the memory of a time his life was at a very low point.

    • @Gojiro7
      @Gojiro7 24 дні тому

      @@dravenmartinez6311 havn't not seen the video, I dont know the context of that

  • @DemiIsNotHere
    @DemiIsNotHere 2 роки тому +1

    The truck theory makes more sense than the actual way of getting mew in red and blue.
    You need some specific trainers unbattled, a pokemon with teleport and glitching the game

  • @amelialonelyfart8848
    @amelialonelyfart8848 2 роки тому +2

    This video just made me realize tht I never once wondered _why_ there's a random truck in the sea. Pokemon has a weird sorta magic to it that it can just do anything wiithout explanation and I'd be totally on-board

  • @jondecker3360
    @jondecker3360 3 місяці тому

    I wonder if we might see episode 5 reappear in some way after episode 100 comes out. Maybe Boobles McFoobles roasts his worst work and sends it back to the depths it crawled from

  • @DanGamingFan2406
    @DanGamingFan2406 2 роки тому +2

    12:21 What happened to that video? I remember spotting it before, but I can't find it now.

    • @bumblesmcfumbles
      @bumblesmcfumbles  2 роки тому +4

      It's terrible and I hate everything about that moment in time

    • @DanGamingFan2406
      @DanGamingFan2406 2 роки тому +1

      @@bumblesmcfumbles Did it get a copyright strike? Is there a place I can still find it? It sounds like an interesting topic I'd want to see.

    • @DanGamingFan2406
      @DanGamingFan2406 2 роки тому +1

      Ever thought of remaking it?

    • @bumblesmcfumbles
      @bumblesmcfumbles  2 роки тому +1

      @@DanGamingFan2406 never once. It stays dead

    • @DanGamingFan2406
      @DanGamingFan2406 2 роки тому +1

      That's a shame. I know I'd love it.

  • @SynthwaveWine
    @SynthwaveWine 2 роки тому +13

    There's another boxing series that's SERIOUSLY worth a look for infractions and rule breaks: Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
    Afros, cowboys, monsters, robots, even former president Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton are playable. There's SO. MANY. FIGHTS that shouldn't even happen in the games and so many infractions to make your head spin. He's gotta look at both games at some point lol

    • @GmNdWtchr96
      @GmNdWtchr96 2 роки тому

      And Michael *Fucking* Jackson!

  • @crabulonbestgirl9130
    @crabulonbestgirl9130 2 роки тому +2

    2:49 got me

  • @PotofGlue
    @PotofGlue 2 роки тому +7

    Hold on, is this going to be a “serious” video on april fools day

  • @AlonzoTompkins
    @AlonzoTompkins 2 роки тому +2

    If I remember correctly, Sheng Long got one of those character bio cards they made for Street Fighter V. Even the Ken from Street Fighter 2010 got one.

  • @WarLycan36
    @WarLycan36 2 роки тому +1

    2:49 who else thought their Discord notification went off?

  • @BJGvideos
    @BJGvideos 2 роки тому

    "Player base of five year olds"
    Meanwhile I, 42 years old, was listening to this as I sorted my Pokémon cards

  • @Ultradragon16
    @Ultradragon16 2 роки тому

    I've never heard of the Cut part of the Mew is under the truck hoax. Learn something new every day

  • @matowekleshmitz2921
    @matowekleshmitz2921 4 місяці тому +1

    10:34 mew three is actually something that exists. It’s in one of the mangas ever made, the Pokémon manga.

  • @jodihightower2803
    @jodihightower2803 2 роки тому +1

    I understand 5:30 now lol happy april fools!

  • @richardbuechel5567
    @richardbuechel5567 2 роки тому +4

    God damn there is no cooking video...

  • @villagecommenter8262
    @villagecommenter8262 2 роки тому +1

    What I expected - Another food recipe
    What I got - Game hoaxes

  • @SuraimuWasTaken
    @SuraimuWasTaken 8 місяців тому

    To add on to the Pikablu hoax, the rumors and subsequent hoaxes of Pikablu being a water type evolution of Pikachu were only fueled by a mistranslation of dialog with a scientist in Cinnabar Island after you trade him a Raichu for an Electrode. Talking to him again after the trade, he says something along the lines of "The RAICHU you traded me evolved!" This was brought to attention not too long before the first movie came out and Maril was featured in the Pikachu's Vacation short.

  • @Charredasperity
    @Charredasperity 2 роки тому +1

    I remember CheatCodeCentral had a guide for getting Pikablue in Blue version that involved taking the game cart apart and messing with the chips to cause a buffer overflow or something.
    Of course this only resulted in a broken game cartridge, I know because I tried it.

  • @ArachCobra
    @ArachCobra 10 місяців тому

    Its funny how pranks and rumors can take on such a life of their own.

  • @SrMadru
    @SrMadru 2 роки тому

    That part about fusionfall clones hurt, a lot

  • @christiangarcia3949
    @christiangarcia3949 28 днів тому

    After watching this video two years later. Shen Long is in fact in Street Fighter Canon now. Thanks EGM.

  • @itswafflezz4219
    @itswafflezz4219 2 роки тому

    i was unironically playing wizard 101 while having this as background noise. i feel like im being called out

  • @Trenchgun1
    @Trenchgun1 2 роки тому +14

    god I love spreading misinformation on the internet

  • @jvts8916
    @jvts8916 2 роки тому +3

    How about a video on unlock methods that sound too stupid to be real? Like for the Hoenn Regi trio, hard mode in Luminous Avenger iX 2 or Artoria in Fate/Extella (which was so convoluted that had to have its first step of tampering with the system clock removed in an update)

  • @fusionfountain
    @fusionfountain 2 роки тому

    “Speaking of British ‘people’”
    That one got me good

  • @JacksonJinn
    @JacksonJinn 2 роки тому

    "You'll Never See It Coming"
    Persona 5 video next. *I SEE YOU, BUMBLES.*

  • @DankLordDemaar
    @DankLordDemaar 2 роки тому

    13:00 Jacob Geller made an amazing video focusing on this.

  • @comfyghost
    @comfyghost 2 роки тому

    i think you depicted the confirmation that there was no hidden colossus different to how i see it usually talked about, as most people seemed to have understood that it wasn't in the game, and that at a point, the search was more just because they liked the game
    for the sake of internet clarity, what i just said was all subjective, i've fucked up by expecting people to just understand that it when i've said similar things about other stuff and i don't want that to repeat

  • @2-Way_Intersection
    @2-Way_Intersection Рік тому

    shoutout to me seeing this first and finding the original way later expecting a rewatch.
    i know how to make chicken now i think so at least it wasnt a waste of time

  • @Nathan-rb3qp
    @Nathan-rb3qp 2 роки тому

    There was actually a cancelled Mega Bloks Halo game from the creators of Silent Hill Origins and Shattered Memories.

  • @francie3169
    @francie3169 2 роки тому +2

    I like how you used the batterymen on April fools considering that they’re a joke

    • @bumblesmcfumbles
      @bumblesmcfumbles  2 роки тому +1

      Oh that's so mean to Batterymen. They're no Dual Avatars come on

    • @francie3169
      @francie3169 2 роки тому

      Jokes are funny and I find batterymen to be really funny to watch others play
      The less I say about dual avatars the better so my mouth is shut

  • @bigspaghettio
    @bigspaghettio 2 роки тому +5

    I remember trying to unlock waluigi in sm64ds
    still don't get why they put that 4th door in the selection room if there wasn't a 4th plumber

  • @Your_Native_Mothman
    @Your_Native_Mothman 2 роки тому

    That Bigfoot pun was so funny

  • @roonkolos
    @roonkolos 2 роки тому

    I'm still a little mad we will never get Mushroom Kingdom Hearts mostly because that rolls off the tongue super smoothly

  • @andreworders7305
    @andreworders7305 11 місяців тому

    16:39 I’m pretty sure it actually died because Disney killed it, not because they went under

  • @kudrzyk
    @kudrzyk 2 роки тому

    Bigfoot in there was smething i learned of recently , and i was ... what ?
    On the other hand thanks to saving after each mission i had no idea that hunger mechanic existed there.

  • @choicebandmetapod1439
    @choicebandmetapod1439 2 роки тому

    Damn bro, cant believe he deadnamed marill like that 😔

  • @mak3x7
    @mak3x7 2 роки тому

    shen long was planned to be added in street fighter the movie the game. He was actually originally planned to be half dragon.

  • @300IQPrower
    @300IQPrower 2 роки тому

    8:30 i swear that's never not gonna make me laugh

  • @Pureevilcapitalistgoatman
    @Pureevilcapitalistgoatman 2 роки тому

    The ultimate April fools jokes

  • @andreworders7305
    @andreworders7305 11 місяців тому

    13:23 the top of the temple is a thing though

  • @autismandgaming4532
    @autismandgaming4532 2 роки тому +1

    14:59 what kind of kid did you say you were...
    *Make me that video now or else*

  • @poptop89
    @poptop89 2 роки тому

    what happened to episode 5, bumbles.

  • @SirLuigi
    @SirLuigi 2 роки тому +1

    oh cool he mentioned club pen- wait did he say he was a wizard101 kid? HELL YEAH
    edit: and Fusionfall? god now im dying for a childhood mmo video

  • @codename_nons1141
    @codename_nons1141 2 роки тому

    Anyone gonna question why 5:30 is in the description?

  • @NovaSenko
    @NovaSenko Рік тому

    16:43
    Fusion fall video when?

  • @danhatter6823
    @danhatter6823 Рік тому

    And not one mention of the magic muffler? That one was fun.

  • @dmann2152
    @dmann2152 2 роки тому

    What happened to the video game movies episode? It looks like it would have been interesting.

    • @jordan20967
      @jordan20967 Рік тому

      I'm pretty sure he answered it on one of the comments asking the same thing
      He said that the 5th episode was made when he was in a… not so good time in his life, which is why it's no longer up

  • @IntrigueAndWhimsy
    @IntrigueAndWhimsy 2 роки тому

    DROP EVERYTHING YOUR DOING; BUMBLES DROPPED A NEW VIDEO

  • @Robin0928
    @Robin0928 2 роки тому

    I'm sorry, but Lego Halo sounds amazing.

  • @unolupe3714
    @unolupe3714 2 роки тому

    The ending music is from no more heroes right?

  • @makoman295
    @makoman295 2 роки тому

    Well, there is something at the top of the tower in Shadow of the Colossus. Not exactly GOOD but it's something.

  • @seanelmlinger1198
    @seanelmlinger1198 11 місяців тому

    and uh, ueah, the wii being a futuristic headset was leesser than this.

  • @fireempire7342
    @fireempire7342 2 роки тому

    What 2nd town in Gen 5? I only know of a land a Furret a plenty.

  • @KZGames9967
    @KZGames9967 2 роки тому

    can you do a video on the mandela catalogs?

  • @frogfriend34
    @frogfriend34 2 роки тому +2

    I enjoy the trans Marill joke a lot.

  • @burritocat6038
    @burritocat6038 2 роки тому

    I would pay for a Lego halo game!

  • @entothechesnautknight1762
    @entothechesnautknight1762 2 роки тому

    Minor correction on club penguin; it was actually still like 10x profitable to run Club penguin, but that 10 times multiplier was on a couple thousand dollars, and Disney was not happy only making a little money. They shut it down to force players onto the new mobile version with way more abusive microtransactions to try and make bank on their existing players.
    Then the game went bust because it was a worse copy of club penguin and no one liked it.
    Just wanted to correct that, the multiple club penguin fan servers that are still up prove the popularity was still there.
    (Also, coincidentally, they are also the reason every MMO suddenly announced they were opening up official vanilla servers in 2019-2020, because Disney tried to sue them for copyright infringement by preserving the game they game they shut down and made completely unavailable... *And Lost.* Setting the precedent that gamers were now allowed to play and maintain online games that were no longer available from the developers. Meaning developers couldn't just send a threatening email to fan servers anymore, and if they wanted to keep their players on their servers and paying for their games, they would need to actually offer the game to play.
    So yea, Club penguin is the reason WoW classic became a thing. Club penguin made gamers less oppressed. The more you know.)
    Also how did you miss the joke of showing a penguin casting a spell, magic was very much a thing in club penguin, they fought to the death on top of volcanos over there. like come on.
    (And on a last note, I can't believe you slid that fake fact in with the rest, that was genius on this day.

    • @bumblesmcfumbles
      @bumblesmcfumbles  2 роки тому +1

      I had no idea there was magic I told you I played Free Realms not Club Penguin

    • @entothechesnautknight1762
      @entothechesnautknight1762 2 роки тому

      @@bumblesmcfumbles listen bud, we all watched Naruto, you should have known Ninjas we're just edgy wizards.

  • @ccmonty994
    @ccmonty994 2 роки тому

    what will we be learning to cook this year?
    Edit: what do ya know its an actual video

  • @marche800
    @marche800 2 роки тому +1

    Pokemon Purple exists

  • @crystallemming6027
    @crystallemming6027 2 роки тому

    Don't you EVER make a joke at Lemmings' expense again

  • @ultedtheclone7335
    @ultedtheclone7335 2 роки тому

    WIZARD101 BABY LETS GOOO

  • @StarkMaximum
    @StarkMaximum 2 роки тому

    Ohh, I see, you used Batterymen as the transition slides because batteries aren't real. I get it.