Wow, I am not used to seeing Queen Wilhelmina being depicted at that age. You usually only see her as a child, a young woman, or a very old lady.

Who the hell can watch Dragon Ball Z and possibly think Goku is a good father?

Pikachu’s shiny has always been just a slightly darker version of the normal one. That is in no way surprising.

How did the thimble or the iron represent evil old men?

People have been naming their children after fictional characters for centuries. Alice only became famous after Alice on Wonderland, and Dorian was barely even a name before The Picture of Dorian Gray.

There actually are plenty of real-life examples of elected monarchies, the Papacy being the most famous nowadays. In the Holy Roman Empire, the Emperor was elected from amongst the high nobility of the Empire by a council of special Prince-Electors.

Catoblepas is actually a mythological creature from Ethiopia. It’s said to have the body of a buffalo with the head of a wild boar and scales on its back for protection. It’s always looking down because its head is too heavy to lift.

Of course BLANK has to die. It's a Telltale game, nothing you do will have any real influence whatsoever .

No taxation without representation, indeed. The British were actually planning on allowing the colonies to be represented in Parliament, even though they figured they were already technically represented as Parliament spoke for all British subjects. Regardless, any plans for representation were stopped because of some…

How did he get two master balls?

As far as I remember, you can still download fan-made things for The Sims 3, and I see no reason you wouldn't be able to do the same for The Sims 4. As for the expansions, those have always been a thing. The original game had seven.

That's a small 'tsu' or 'sokuon'. Here, it represents a sudden stop, making the 'a' be pronounced more as 'ah'.

Mark of the Ninja may be closer to the real-life ninja (although that's debatable, considering the amount of mystery surrounding them) but Naruto comes pretty close to how ninja were portrayed in fiction and legends back in the day.