Wordplays/textual symbolism in popular culture

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Movies


Mission Impossible (series)

Name/word/term Meaning Object
Ethan Hunt Reference to famous Black Ops Commander and CIA spook, E Howard Hunt. Character name

Videogames

Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night (1997)

Name/word/term Meaning Object
Alucard ‘Dracula’ spelled backwards. Character name

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest (1995)

Name/word/term Meaning Object
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest A pun on ‘conquest’. In proper English it would read: ‘Diddy’s Conquest’. Title

Shadow Of The Colossus (2005)

Name/word/term Meaning Object
Dormin Nimrod‘ spelled backwards. Character name

Noitu Love (series)

Name/word/term Meaning Object
Noitu Love ‘Evolution’ spelled backwards. The subtitle of the second in the series, ‘Noitu Love 2: Devolution’, even hints to this hidden meaning. Title

Tekken (series)

Name/word/term Meaning Object
Marshall Law A play on the term ‘Martial law‘. Character name

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