At the end of Ragnarok, the ship with the surviving Asgardians is stopped by Thanos. In the beginning of Infinity War, we see that Thanos has killed a large number of Asgardians in his effort to kill half of the universe's population. However, in this scene, their ship is destroyed and we only ...

In Arthur C. Clarke's story "A Walk in the Dark", Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1950, the protagonist, Robert Armstrong, has to reach the starship Canopus before it leaves from Port Sanderson 6 miles away. He is on a remote planet on the edge of the galaxy, and there is some evidence that he ...

On the Harry Potter wikia's page for Killing Curse, the following lightning bolt shaped icon is displayed as the wand movement. This icon is stylized like the ones that appeared on the old, pre-2015 Pottermore's dueling game. However none of the four unlockable spellbooks on Pottermore had inclu...

This is the information I do remember from the manga. First in this world things like demons exist the main characters father works for the demons. Our main character is a human however he is chosen by a card I believe it be called the lovers card or something along those lines. Since he got this...

There are two famous ways to punish criminals in the Imperium: make them a servitor or consign them into a penal legion. I am aware that the people punished in either way is different. Most criminals used as servitors are criminals against the Adeptus Mechanicus whereas penal legions consists (mo...

This question over on "World Building" reminded me of a short story I read a long time ago. I would have read it in the mid 1990s or earlier. The story itself would have been much older. In the story, humans are involved in a space war. It seems things aren't going so well, so they've started ...

There was this odd 70s movie with a small hairy animal boy. The movie had scientists and laboratories in it. I can’t remember any other details. Looked like a small wookiee.

In X-Statix (2002) #16 (published January 2004), Myles says that "America has fifty-one states": Since one of Myles's main character trait is his education (as a well-read Harvard student – well, presumably Harvard dropout at this point), it's unlikely that this is meant to be the character ma...

As originally conceived Peter Parker is a tragic character with some key events happening in Amazing Fantasy 15 (death of his uncle), The Amazing Spider Man 121-122 (Gwen Stacy death). The following quote is from the Wikipedia article on issue 121-122 (my emphasis): In the comic book collect...

As a general response to the Hulk, people say that it's just general (extreme) stress that brings out the Hulk. However, over time Dr. Banner has come to control the Hulk. Eg. In "The Incredible Hulk" he claimed he "might be able to aim it", but by the end of the movie, was able to bring it out ...

I am trying to recall a short story I read in an anthology about 10 years ago. It was written from the point of view of an "ordinary man", chosen especially to be as unremarkable as possible to appeal to TV audiences. It is set in a near future, in which the TV networks run vicious gameshows with...

I have read the events of Civil War, and I have the Spider-Man comics for Ends of the Earth which I've also read through. I've recently learnt about Morlun, who appears in later comics, the last of which seems to be Last Remains. That storyline seems to tie back into One More Day, whose story sta...

If all Elvish languages are written in the Tengwar script, and in-universe, Tengwar was invented by Fëanor in Valinor, does this mean that the Sindar had no written language until they re-encountered the Noldor after they fled Valinor for Middle-earth? Alternate ideas: Fëanor invented the script...

In the scene in Rogue One where General Draven, Mon Mothma, and Cassian Andor are questioning Jyn Erso, at one point Bail Organa steps out from the shadows. The pace of the movie seems to take a pause, the music swells, and it seems as if Bail's appearance is meant to be dramatic and meaningful t...

As we know, Shrek parodies films and TV shows, most notably animated Disney movies. There are a few fairytale characters that have the same names as their Disney counterparts (the 7 Dwarfs from Snow White, Stromboli from Pinocchio, etc.) However, there are some characters based on Disney that DON...

I just finished reading the first book of Robert Jordan's scifi Wheel of time series: the Eye of the World, and my question contains a subtle spoiler (so be careful!). In the Eye of the World, the main characters travel to and inside of them, they find So I ask:

What have been so far, as of June 2021, the biggest reference and description to the population of the colonized Solar system as part of the plot of a published sci fi work? Not relevant: reference to somebody's dreams etc.

In the Milo Murphy's Law episode The Phineas and Ferb Effect, (Season 2 Episode 1), Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Phineas see each other and mention that they've met before. Doofenshmirtz: Hey, the pizza delivery kid! Phineas: Ferb, look! It's Vanessa's dad! You remember him! Ferb and Doofenshmirtz did...