List of fictional aircraft Puns

Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) - Spencer Shay(?) (iCarly) - Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim) - Marceline The Vampire Queen (Adventure Time) - Rich Hardbeck (skins) - Token (South Park) - Ferb (Phineas and Ferb) - Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) - Ursula Blake (Doctor Who) - Paul McCartney post 1966 - Murdoc Niccals (Gorillaz) - Lily Aldrin (How I Met Your Mother) - Sheen (Jimmy Newtron)

EDIT: Since it apparently wasn't clear from the title for some people Yes this IS an opinion post, and No it's not on realism, it's on aesthetics, I'm well aware this is not a common opinion in this community

The more I look at some of the fictional aircraft designs in this series, the more I notice what are extremely questionable design decisions on what should supposedly be ultra high performance aircraft.

Common elements of these types being gratuitous variable geometry or strange engine configurations. Some examples of the former are the "swiss army knife" wings on the X-02S, and the XFA-27's sweep wings, and the triple engine config of the Fenrir. The ASF-X Shinden has both, as it has a stacked engine config (only ever used on the english electric lightning and subsequently discarded) with vertical thrust vectoring nozzles, and V tails which can pivot for seemingly no reason.

Obviously these choices are made for aesthetics with little thought to practicality (AC isn't about realism so much as cool factor), but I feel they instead actually detract from the looks of the aircraft. I feel the X-02S would look better with a telescoping variable geometry config instead of the weird one it has now. And the aforementioned shinden would look significantly sleeker if it's third top intake was removed, it's stack config was changed to a single engine with a 360 degree thrust vectoring nozzle, and it's V-tail locked in an outward position.

Just thought i'd share this, interested in hearing everyone's thoughts on the matter. The wyvern is still one of my aesthetically favorite fictional AC planes, alongside the nosferatsu and raven.

All Druids = Animorphs. That series is just the obvious option here. 40+ books of some kids fighting all sorts of weird aliens and dealing with all sorts of advanced technology, and the only superpower they have is the ability to turn into animals. If we ever need some good inspiration for good and creative ways to use wild-shape, we just bust out one of these.

All Wizards = The Magicians (the TV show, on Syfy). This one is surprisingly useful. All the main characters are Magicians, and they really do work a lot like DnD wizards. Magic is a craft for them. Sometimes they'll spend entire episodes trying to track down the exact material components they need to cast a particular spell, or trying to solve a specific, pressing concrete problem (e.g. robbing a bank) with just the few spells they can scrounge up in time. And the show even handles Wizard power-scaling pretty well - even when its the final season and they're working on truly insane plans (like moving the moon), its always made clear that magic is hard. They always need time, prep and materials to do anything big, and they almost never, ever resort to violence. Because they're wizards. At the end of the day, they all know that their health pool is tiny and they have no healers or tanks. The absolute last thing any of them want to do is get hit, and they act accordingly.

As you can tell my friends and I had a pretty great time thinking all this up, but this is pretty much where our inspiration (or at least our ability to reach a consensus) ran out.

The next best thing we could come up with Pirates of the Caribbean potentially being a good example of an All-Rogue Party (we know there are technically better options, but a lot of those take place in modern settings that don't feel like DnD), but then we couldn't decide whether "Harry Potter" or the "X-men" were better examples of an All-Sorcerer Party.

On one hand the characters in Harry Potter are literally magical, and live in a magical world, and use magic all the time - but their system straddles the line between Wizardry and Sorcery. And on the other hand the X-men aren't meant to be magical at all, but as far as I'm concerned that's a minor complaint - they're still basically just sorcerers (their home base is even a magic island now!).

And none of us could think of a good fictional example of an All-Cleric Party, or even an All-Bard party (which is weird, because at first thought you would think a show/movie about a bunch of bards would

ENTP - Saul Goodman (Better Call Saul/ Breaking Bad)

ENTJ - Azula (ATLA)

INTP - Donnie Darko (Donnie Darko)

INTJ - Walter White (Breaking Bad)

ENFP - Phoebe Buffay (Friends)

ENFJ - Neil Perry (Dead Poets Society) and Uncle Iroh (ATLA)

INFJ - Kim Namjoon

INFP - Bill Haverchuck (Freaks & Geeks)

ESFP - No. 456/ Gi-Hun (Squid Game)

ESTP - Flynn Rider (Tangled)

ISFP - David Bowie

ISTP - Clint Eastwood

ISFJ - Bob Ross

ISTJ - Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)

ESFJ - Molly Weasley (Harry Potter)

ESTJ - Monica Geller (Friends)

I already know about Firewill's stuff, and I'm not interested in Star Wars or blatantly scifi stuff.

Those of you who have played Ace Combat or Project Wingman will know what I'm on about. I'd like some cool looking fictional aircraft mods to supplement the 2035 roster of planes for my next ArmA 3 op.

Any suggestions?

What is your favorite fictional plane found in the Ace Combat universe of Strangereal?

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Characters or people I'd place either on very top or bottom tier respectively, with the ranking system I use. Yes, I know it's weird that I'm comparing fictional characters to real-life people. But this time, I limited it to just content creators if that makes it at least somewhat less weird lol. Also, it is ordered from left to right and then top to bottom from most to least preferred for both. I do also have more placements on the nice list than the naughty list

Nice List 2021

Characters or People Featured (from most to least good)

• Mario
• Luigi
• Yoshi
• Geometry Dash Icon (just to represent my love for the game in general)
• Shawn (TD)
• Marty McFly (BTTF)
• Doc Brown (BTTF)
• Kevin McCallister (HA)
• Harold (TD)
• Kitty (TD)
• Andy Dufrense (TSR)
• Brick (TD)
• penguinz0
• Mr. Beast
• Henry Stickman
• Bugs Bunny
• Ryan Higa
• Alejandro (TD)
• Butters Stoch (SP)
• Evil Monkey (FG)
• Bethany Hamilton (Soul Surfer)
• Jude Lizowski (6teen)
• Dude Perfect
• Lindsay (TD)
• Ellie Rose (Henry Stickman)

Naughty List 2021

Characters or People Featured (from least to most bad)

• Brian Griffin (FG)
• Eric Cartman (SP)
• Robbie Garcia (6teen)
• Banzai Bill (SML)
• Peter Griffin (FG)
• Jake Paul
• Randy Marsh (SP)
• EDP445
• Amy (TD)
• Manny Heffley (DWK Book Version)
• ImJayStation
• Onision
• Mrs. Doofenshmirtz
• Mr. Doofenshmirtz
• Daisy Buchanan (TGG)
• Chris McLean (TD)
• Roger Smith (AD)
• Peluchin (Pollution) Entertainment
• Ssoyoung
• PLAYMATETESSI
• SMG Series Urchins (Sea and Land), Porcupuffers, and Bee Eaters

My perfect airplane:

-Dead simple. Think piper cub, so even a marine could understand it.

-should be made of rubber so nobody can break it

-must be rock solid and stable. Like a 182.

-must also be quick and maneuverable, think extra 300.

-i should be able to fly it out of my hangar, like a maule

-should burn between 4-6gph.

-must haul my large family around WITHOUT STOPPING FOR GAS

-its gotta be fast Like a Mooney or a Comanche

-finest Italian leather and REAL WOOD interior

-needs to be cheap.

If it can't do this, what's the point?

I remember this as one of the last truly funny, original bits on the show. I remember Librarian Booker and Legs Akimbo, but the rest of the names escape me.

This bugs me tremendously.

1. USS Brooklyn
2. USS Baltimore
3. USS Cleveland
4. USS New Orleans
5. USS Pensacola
6. USS Portland
7. USS Northampton
8. USS Helena
9. USS Raleigh
10. USS Trenton
11. USS Detroit
12. USS Wyoming
13. KMS Admiral Hipper
14. KMS Prinz Eugen
15. KMS Admiral Graf Spee
16. Kirov
17. Voroshilov
18. Maxim Gorky
19. HMS Kent
20. HMS Southampton
21. HMNZS Leander
22. HMS York
23. HMS Enterprise
24. IJN Mogami
25. IJN Tone
26. IJN Suzuya
27. IJN Agano
28. IJN Aoba
29. IJN Sendai
30. IJN Furutaka
31. IJN Mikuma
32. IJN Kuma
33. IJN Kako

It would start out with a certain number of contestants. Everyone is given the name of a fictional* item, and they all have to design something based on that name and list its functions. A panel of judges would score the contestants on creativity, functionality, how closely it matches the name of the item, etc. The person with the lowest score is eliminated each round until there's only one person left, and that person is the winner.

*By fictional, I mean the item doesn't exist, and there's no concept design for the item, not that the item appears in fiction.

Main baddy would be It/ Pennywise.

Team consists of Darth Maul (Survives), X-23 (Survives), Sandman (Survives), Frank Drebin (First to be killed off), Poison Ivy (Survives), Inigo Montoya (Sacrifice), Anton Churigh (Ends up being Traitor, killed by Walter), Gromit (Survives), Dr. King Schultz (Killed by Churigh), Walter Sobchak (Goes out in blaze of glory)

So what I find ~interesting~ is that folklore/evermore are the albums that Taylor really shows off her storytelling talents by shifting the focus from herself to either fictional stories or notable people in her life. However, this is hardly the first time she's done this. Sure, folklore is the first album where this is the MAIN THEME, but there are plenty other examples across her discography that do this exact same thing. AND THEY'RE JUST AS AMAZING.

Anyways, I decided to make a list of these songs. Some of them there is doubt on the actual meaning/subjects, so I will verify which ones have been confirmed and which still have speculations around.

1. Tied Together With A Smile (Debut) --> CONFIRMED, about a friend of Taylor's
2. Mary's Song (Debut) --> CONFIRMED, about Taylor's neighbors
3. Speak Now (Speak Now) --> CONFIRMED, sprung from a conversation with her friend about interrupting an exes wedding. Still kind of based in reality since Taylor claimed to have a dream about this situation, but I decided it was fictional enough since it never happened.
4. Stay Stay Stay (Red) --> CONFIRMED, the hidden message is "daydreaming of real love" and is more of a fantasy rather than something that happened in her real life
5. Starlight (Red) --> CONFIRMED, about Bobby and Ethel Kennedy
6. You Are In Love (1989) --> CONFIRMED, about Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff
7. It's Nice To Have A Friend (Lover) --> UNCONFIRMED, Taylor hasn't said much about the song and there's been speculation whether it's about just friendship or something more. Due to its romantic undertones and the difference between the song's storyline and her and Joe's storyline, it's safe to assume the song may be fictional.
8. the 1 (folklore) --> UNCONFIRMED, Taylor has said that there are some references to how she's doing in life, but the main concept of the song has not yet been determined. Theories range from her and Calvin Harris, Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber, or something completely fictional
9. cardigan (folklore) --> CONFIRMED, betty's POV of the teenage love triangle. HOWEVER, there is some speculation of the origin of the song and whether some of lyrics represent parts of Taylor's life
10. the last great American dynasty (folklore) --> CONFIRMED, about Rebekah Harkness, the late owner of one of Taylor's houses, Holiday House in Rhode Island
11. exile (folklore) --> UNCONFIRMED, there aren't really a lot of theories surrounding this song--it seems to

Source for the former claim:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stark_incident

Please try to explain it in not too technical terms, as I am dumb.

And if there isn't any, how could I make up good sounding ones? I'm just having trouble finding specific roots for their clades and whatnot.

So on my post about AC3 the other day, one point that came up against AC3 was that all the aircraft from AC3 are fictional. Some of them are obviously heavily based on real aircraft, but they aren't actually real themselves.

I also read another post a while back, about the possibility of Osea being the bad guy in a future game. People in the comments said it was unlikely, because Lockheed Martin doesn't allow the Raptor to be flown by bad guys. Some people in the thread suggested that Ace Combat might be held back by real aircraft.

So it made me wonder, how essential do you think real aircraft are to Ace Combat? Do you think that they are integral to the series, and fictional aircraft are best suited for being special endgame content? Do you think that they actually hold AC back, and it would be better to see fictional planes become the standard? Something in between?

EDIT: For clarification, fictional planes wouldn't necessarily mean superplanes. Obviously you couldn't have players unlocking the Falken in mission 2. I mean more along the lines of AC3, where it's starter planes are weak compared to later aircraft, just fictional.

EDIT2: I can't find a source for the Lockheed Martin thing, so I'm making this edit in case I'm wrong. If anyone can find a specific source where it's said, feel free to post it. Leaving it with a strikethrough otherwise.

At least in the classic rock world, there is an abundance of music celebrating being a teenage boy from the perspective of older men looking back on their youth. It was schlocky sentimental music for an imagined past that may as well have been Narnia to Millennial teens. Though my memories may be inaccurate at this point, the contemporary music about being in school (or the teenage experience in general) also missed the mark: either it was too emo (negatively sentimental, as it were) or was specific to a subculture where I wasn't a member.

However, the one album that has stuck with me since then is The Ultimate Party Collection, Vol. 1 by Sick Animation. One of the older boys in the marching band loved to drive our section to and from lunch breaks blasting Mammaries and Cammarys in his Dodge minivan. Once I discovered the full album, I was hooked. It is joyfully bizarre, irreverent, and obscene—the exact combination of emotions that characterized my best memories from high school. Much of the lyrical content can be generated by taking x-rated tropes of teen comedy movies and then applying them in the most galaxy-brained manner to Saved by the Bell. Of course, I wouldn't have admitted to this being my favorite album while still a high schooler, but this is probably the album that has risen the most in my favorites over time. It grew from being cringy music I listened to ironically because it was funny to music I genuinely enjoy because it's hilarious.

I'm trying to pick my current favorite song, but there are too many contenders. May as well make a list of what I consider my modern best-of from this album of 58 tracks.

• When I Lay You Down
• Back to School
• Halloween Costume Contest
• I Like Puttin' My Dick In Stuff
• The closing ballad, I Know You Wanna Fuck This

Just listing those titles there reminded me of how perfectly this album captured the mind of the horny 15-year-old listener. It's not music to play in polite company, but it still manages to make me smil