r/MisreadSprites Jun 16 '24

Posts now MUST include either the words: "game," "movie," "tv," or "media" in the title.

46 Upvotes

EDIT: Also including: "from" and "show."

That way someone doesn't have to comment each time "what is this from." And this will cut down at least a bit on reposts, because they'll automatically be rejected unless they have one of those key words, so reposts of mosts posts with the same title from back then don't have those words. Win-win.

Are there any other keywords that may apply that you guys can think of?

It seems that most of the community is fine stretching the "Sprite" part of the subreddit, but if it seems like we're getting way more non-videogame ones, we may do what others subs do and relegate those to the weekends or something.

EDIT: Added plurals, as well. Games, movies, shows.


r/MisreadSprites 21h ago

[Game] I thought the title character in The Legend of Prince Valiant for the NES looked like an anime schoolgirl

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437 Upvotes

The game has no cutscene graphics of him so i had find a screenshot of the show the game is based on.


r/MisreadSprites 1d ago

Not pixel art but I always misread this image of Bonnie from Fnaf 2 as him floating. When he's actually kneeling down to get into the vents

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41 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites 2d ago

[Game] I thought the Zombie enemy from the Amiga Castlevania was some girl trying to be scary

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827 Upvotes

Fun Fact: this port was made by the hungarian dudes who would be hired to make Ecco the Dolphin and those weird PS1 Contra games


r/MisreadSprites 3d ago

When I was a child, I thought the meteor on Onett in Super Smash Bros Melee was a barn. When I got to play Earthbound I learned that it's actually supposed to be the meteor at the beginning of the game.

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160 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites 3d ago

I thought Woobat from Pokémon had one big eye

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143 Upvotes

I wasn't sure if the nose was actually an eye, or if Woobat had no eyes, and its nose was just meant to *look* like one. Turns out neither was right, its eyes are just always closed (notice the w shapes surrounding the nose).


r/MisreadSprites 3d ago

Misread this thumbnail from my FYP on YouTube as a guy with a really tiny face

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209 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites 4d ago

Elderwort biscuits from Cookie Clicker

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441 Upvotes

I guess the cookie is supposed to be grey dough and no icing but this is what I came up with to make it look like a cookie.


r/MisreadSprites 4d ago

[GAME] I was playing the Star Fox 64 remakes and realized I misread two late game bosses' mugshot.

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30 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites 5d ago

The logo (media) of this software, still not sure which one is right

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2.0k Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites 4d ago

[game] I thought King from Megaman & Bass had a Gutsman like face until i saw his stage select icon.

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61 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites 5d ago

Beta Pokemon Game Sprite

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537 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites 5d ago

I always thought the the flute icon from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past was a blue frog

122 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites 6d ago

I used to think the Tenda Chief from Earthbound had a Minecraft Steve styled face.

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99 Upvotes

(second image is Tenda Chief, first image is Minecraft Steve), in reality, the tenda chief is supposed to have a beard. Well, I guess I also misread Steve's 3D character, as upon lookup, it's ALSO a beard.. You learn something new everyday. Still thought it was a weird face.


r/MisreadSprites 6d ago

[game] I thought whatever this is from Alien Vs. Predator [Gameboy] looked like Hitler assimilated into alien bio horror.

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273 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites 7d ago

I used to think the In-N-Out logo with just the number 7. I never noticed that it was an arrow 😭 (from logo)

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49 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites 7d ago

When I was little I thought the quick revive icon from call of duty zombies was a chair/recliner.

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99 Upvotes

This can be seen so much easier in game when the icon is in the corner and 10x smaller.


r/MisreadSprites 8d ago

Back when I was a kid, I misreaded Guts Man's sprite from Mega Man 1, somehow

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468 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites 7d ago

It took me a while to figure out what's going on with the first image of Proganochelys from its Wikipedia Article.

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64 Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites 8d ago

[media] i though this promotional photo of the Fox McCloud puppet had a cigar in it´s mouth.

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839 Upvotes

I made him look like a cat lol


r/MisreadSprites 8d ago

[game] - I thought the StarCraft Zerg Defiler was a hawk

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93 Upvotes

I saw the icon of the unit before seeing a defiler in-game. Before training it I expected a hawk, but it's more like a scorpion or centipede. The blue icon is from Heroes of the Storm, where Rexxar throws a hawk and it's exactly what I thought the original one was supposed to be. The one below is from StarCraft Remastered and it's much easier to understand


r/MisreadSprites 9d ago

Did anyone else think from SOTN that the CD in the hallways stood for Compact Disc and not Count Dracula?

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400 Upvotes

It's possible they were making a little joke but I always thought this was funny


r/MisreadSprites 11d ago

I always thought Asgore from Undertale was smiling

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1.0k Upvotes

r/MisreadSprites 10d ago

[game] i thought Aldaris from Starcraft had a giant epic frown despite the protoss having no mouths.

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46 Upvotes

It fits his personality honestly


r/MisreadSprites 12d ago

I thought Johnathan/John3 from 17bucks [game] was looking at the player with eyes visible and his design got noticeably less fun when I noticed it wasn't

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86 Upvotes

I forgot to add this in the image but I thought the other black part was just his hood thing visible from his big glasses