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Letting the villains almost win is a much better way of fighting them than stopping them as early as you can.
 
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FF7: Crisis Core:
Naming super-soldier research projects after the people who are being used to gestate the people IN said projects, or who are the malevolent aliens being used in the projects, is a VERY BAD IDEA.

Also, Swords > Guns and tanks.

Borderlands 2
Injecting yourself with needles filled with red liquid that you found in a pile of alien dog shit, is totally good for your health!

Pokemon
Capturing animals and forcing them to fight for your amusement is the moral thing to do!

Naruto
Anyone can be your friend, if you punch them in the face hard enough!

Cabin in the Woods
Being genre savvy causes the end of the world. Be dumb and follow along instead or else.

FNAF
Don't work night shift.

Crono Trigger
Mountains are nice.
 

lacktheknack

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<spoiler=Big Pharma>Pharmaceuticals are FUN!

<spoiler=Myst>Books are dangerous, we should burn them all.

<spoiler=Punch Club>Working out is useless, you lose enormous amounts of muscle daily.
 

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aegix drakan said:
Cabin in the Woods
Being genre savvy causes the end of the world. Be dumb and follow along instead or else.
I don't think that even counts as misinterpreting.
"Make at least one utterly formulaic movie per year or the audience will destroy the world yank your funding."
 

Tohuvabohu

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Liquids are bad for you.

This would all simply go away if you turn your game console off right now.

An in-depth guide to jungle cuisine and human anatomy.

No matter how insurmountable the odds may seem. You can defeat hundreds of guns, gunboats, and military helicopters, with finger-guns.

Mexicans don't get too upset when you kidnap them. Wait, the game takes place in Mexico right? Some of these people sound like they speak mexican but no habla jibber jabber so idk.

Apparently you should avoid fiddles.

You can take anything home as long as you can attach a balloon to it.
 

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The lives of incredibly realistic dream people that are practically real aren't worth saving
 

Saltyk

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Final Fantasy 8
Scars are cool. Get a sword and cut your face.

Kingdom Hearts
Cutting out people's hearts creates monsters.

Tomb Raider
A woman can only be as successful as she is sexy.

Tales of Zestria
People you see carrying on conversations with no one are the messiah.

Dragon Ball Z
If you can't beat a guy, throw your son at him. He'll be fine.

aegix drakan said:
Naruto
Anyone can be your friend, if you punch them in the face hard enough!
That's the unwritten rule of Shonen anime in general. Incredibly powerful alien is going to kill all humanity and sell your planet? Punch him in the face until he settles down with a childhood friend and repeatedly screws the whole world over for his ego. But, does a few good things, too...
 

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If you're really really good at something, no matter what it is, then you'll get into a prestigious university.
 

reg42

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Kill everything that is not wearing the appropriate jumpsuit
Literally everything is a criminal
No, this is MY planet!
All the universe needs is a shepard
 

Strazdas

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Speed Cameras ruin your life

Interupting Russian caravan never ends well

Incest is the way to victory

Revolutions are good for your army's target practice

Most extremist nationalist organization is your friend.

Being sarcastic makes you attractive

Female-only assasin guilds dont work

Potatoes are smarter than balls

Dictators always try to please every citizen
 

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Actual misinterpretations I made:

A Horse with No Name: Long periods without human contact lead to the degradation of language skills.
Billy Jean: Micheal Jackson denying accusations of pedophilia.
Man in the Box: Things that we enjoy in the present will lead to the degradation of our bodies and death in the future.
Crime and Punishment: Morality is subjective, evil is a man-made concept and someone can be morally ambiguous.

Funny misinterpretation:

Call of Duty: Foreigners are suspicious and should be slaughtered in war, even if causing a war requires absurd and nonsensical methods.
David Cage's work: Incest is a fine substitute for gameplay, consistency and coherence.
God of War: Parlor tricks like Quick Time Events and button mashing are fine substitutes for gameplay, consistency and coherence.
Twilight: Mormons are so tight-assed because they are necrophiles.
Lord of the Rings: Always let the incorruptible master race take the most important job and let the inferior specimens die defending it.
Terminator, Matrix, I Have No Mouth but I Must Scream, etc: External power switches are impossible to create, so we should go back to the Bronze Age!
Big Eyes: Having good taste and refinement will lead to psychotic breakdowns.
Friends: Anyone who is rich and White should just sit around enjoying his privilege rather than contributing to the world.
Hatred: Serial killers have tough lives and are sympathetic.
Sam and Max: Everything outside of big American cities is weird and cheesy, so never travel.
New X-Files episode 2: Trying to fix horrible diseases will get us killed by evil mutants.
X-Men: Anyone who shows genetic deviation from the norm should be isolated to prevent violent rebellion. Hitler had the right idea about what to do with these evil creatures.
Spiderman: Taking responsibility for your power will probably get everyone killed, and then you will become whiny and amoral.
Superman: Only allow immigrants who have unique abilities to enter the country.
 

FalloutJack

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Final Fantasy 1 - Welcome to Corneria!

Final Fantasy 4 - Earth totally has a secret underworld, you guys.

Final Fantasy 5 - Elements are bad, trees are bad, but misreading 'Dawn Warriors' as 'Damn Warriors' is cool.

Final Fantasy 6 - Clowns are evil.

Final Fantasy 7 - The planet is actually bad at its essential job of preserving life balance throughout the world and cannot handle one intruder. Also, genetics is fun!

Final Fantasy 8 - There is no logic or sense to apply to this game, so frankly there's equally no way to properly lampoon it. Let's just go with "Fuck all logic" for the time being.

Final Fantasy 9 - The people of Terra were/are Super Saiyans.

Final Fantasy X - Everybody is completely blind to the obvious evil going on, ergo Spira is doomed.

Gundam francise, Mazinger franchise, Zone of the Enders franchise - Mecha are really easy to pilot! (Macross/Robotech calls bullshit, though.)

Fallout 1 - Dogmeat died for our sins. Also, genetics is fun!

Fallout 2 - The Enclave unwittingly doomed the entire wasteland by destroying their intelligent Deathclaws because they didn't follow orders, never realizing that they still could have pacified all Deathclaws everywhere.

Fallout 3 - Because war never changes, being a dick in the wasteland is the only way to get by because actually trying to do something to fix what's broken around here will have everyone turn on you.

Fallout: New Vegas - Don't fuck with the mail. (That MIGHT be a correct interpretation, actually...)

Fallout 4 - Wow, the Enclave must've had nearly ALL the fusion power of the wasteland to keep those powersuits running all the time!

Persona 1 - Butterflies bring tidings of disaster and psychic power.

Persona 2 - See? I told you! Also, Hitler. Just because.

Persona 2 - You ever get that deja vu feeling?

Persona 3 - The man with the biggest nose in the county and no friends is the best person to listen to about Social Links.

Persona 4 - The MC and the villain are one in the same because Jonny Yong Bosh voiced them both.

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne - The Devil made me do it.