This Group Is Dedicated To Discussing The Mandela Effect, Here Are 30 Of Their Best Examples
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If your favorite show as a child was The Berenstein Bears, I’m sorry to say that they never existed. Their last name was actually Berenstain. And if you recall the Monopoly Man having a monocle or the Fruit of the Loom logo containing a cornucopia, you’re sadly mistaken. These are all classic examples of the Mandela Effect.
And if you’re interested in even more inexplicable situations where many people swear they remember something differently than how it is today, you’ve come to the right place, pandas! Below, we’ve gathered some of the most perplexing examples of collective misremembering that have been shared in the Mandela Effect Glitch In The Matrix Facebook group. Enjoy scrolling through these stories, and keep reading to find a conversation with admin of the group, Devon Kramer!
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Anyone remember this author's name being 'Steele?' I distinctly remember an 'e' at the end.
WHERE THE HECK IS SHAGGY’S ADAMS APPLE ??
I have had a thorough search (a ten seconds look on Google lol) and me and Ken Beattie remember it mostly correctly. I thought it was only in the original, or whenever he gulped. You can see what ken thought, go check his comment. It is in most seasons, except pup named scooby and get a clue. It's just whenever he gulps
To find out more about the Mandela Effect Glitch In The Matrix Facebook group, we reached out to Admin Devon Kramer, who was kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda.
Devon shared that he didn't actually found the group, but it was passed down to him by the creators. "One of the founders saw my 9vibesUniversal page on Facebook and reached out, asking if I would like to help this page grow," he explained. "She trusted me instantly and made me an admin."
I was damn near sure this is NOT where your kidneys are supposed to be... I thought much lower; that's how I remember being taught anyway
I thought they were lower than the rib cage, that's why a punch in the lower back (below the ribs) was called a kidney shot.
This may be silly, but I swear the Pillsbury Doughboy always had a little blue scarf, but apparently, it’s just white. Maybe I'm thinking of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, haha
South America moving a significant amount east (on maps) is what started me on the ME. There were maps/globes in nearly every classroom growing up. I love geography and have looked at that continent hundreds of times. It absolutely was not that far East. No chance. This one get any body else?
Edit: I am not talking about updated maps/drift. The map you find everywhere now shows SA at least 1000 miles east of what I remember. The map showing SA almost directly under NA does not exist (and apparently *never* existed. That is what qualifies this as a Mandela Effect)
I remember picture A. Picture B is evidently where SA has always been located
"At the time I took over the page, it was at 12k. I started creating materials for the page and after a month, we started picking up traffic. The page grew from 12k to 30k," Devon continued.
"Every month, it just kept growing; by August of 2023, the page was at 69,000 members. This was the time that I decided to bring on some admins and mods to help. We jumped from 69k to over 300,000 in the first 3 months," the admin shared proudly. "Starting this year, the page is now at 360k and roughly 2k a day are joining! It has truly taken off!"
Hannibal Lecter said, "Hello Clarice". Mandela effect says he only said, "Good morning".
I remember impersonating that line, with Anthony Hopkin's accent, saying, "Hello Clarice" with my friends all the time!
Okay, I really need to ask all of you this. Am I the only one who remembers Tutankhamun's headdress only had a snake in front? Not a snake and a bird. I wrote a paper many, many years ago in school about him, and I KNOW it only had a snake back then. I’m so confused.
Who remembers Michael Jackson’s song 'Smooth Criminal' going, 'You’ve been hit by, you’ve been struck by, a smooth criminal?' 'Cause apparently those aren’t the lyrics. Now, it’s 'You’ve been hit by, you’ve been hit by, a smooth criminal
Devon shared that he first became interested in the Mandela Effect after having a near death experience. "I started looking for answers to my NDE, and I stumbled across the image that CERN released of a man holding a sign that says 'Bond1' and 'Mandela' below it, and this led me to learning about the Mandela Effect."
I remember propellers not flags
This is another case of mistaken identity because there was another animated film that had rotund twins with propeller hats, but I'm pretty sure it was a short.
"I just saw the Mandela affect of Frosty the Snowman (the cartoon Christmas movie). He's no longer wearing a scarf? I remember him wearing one. How about you all?
Doesn't the little girl bundle him up for the journey including the scarf?
Where is the lower set of arms?
There weren't 3 sets of legs, why would there be 3 sets of arms?
The admin also noted that his favorite example of the Mandela Effect is the Lion and the Lamb. "I was raised in the church, I am a Leo, and the Lion of Judah was a powerful statement in my house," Devon explained. "So when I looked and saw that today it says the 'wolf will lie with the lamb,' I was completely floored! I actually collected over 100 Bibles from churches, my parents' libraries, and even friends, and every single book said the 'wolf'. It was then that I started to realize things are not as they seem."
I recently told my my mom about the Mandela effect and shared a bunch of them for her to check out herself. The stepmother's line which is now "Magic Mirror on the wall..." She remembered vividly being "Mirror, mirror on the wall...". As a kid, she ran out of the theater when her parents took her to see the movie because she was so afraid of the evil stepmom. She had recurring nightmares afterwards even. She sent me this pic a few days later. It's taken from The Family Treasury of Children's Stories, Book One.
Who remembers the kids show Lamb Chops play along? It was in the 90s (I think)
At the end of the show there is a song called
"The song that NEVER ends"
It's one of those daft songs that gets stuck in some part of your brain that pops out from time to time 🤣
I was singing it last week as my daughter and I were talking about kids shows from when I was younger. She wanted to see it, so I went to YouTube and typed "the song that never ends"
As expected it shows up, only now the lyrics are
"this is the song that DOESN'T end"!!!! It doesn't even sound right!!
? I thought it was "that never ends". I've even passed this song on to my kids that way singing it always with 'never' 🙄
We're all mad here.' I'm watching Disney's Alice in Wonderland on Disney+, and I'm shocked that the Cheshire Cat says, 'Most everyone's mad here' NOT 'We're all mad here.' I know people who have gotten tattoos that say, 'We're all mad here' as they remember it, and now it's gone!
Devon also shared some background on the Mandela Effect. "The Mandela Effect was coined in 2009 by a woman named Fiona Broome. She noticed that a large amount of people remembered Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s, but not only did he not die, he was released from prison in 1990 and died in 2013," the admin explained.
"So how could so many have believed he died in prison?" Devon asks. "This is when the term came about to explain when a large majority of people remember something the same exact way even though in our timeline it did not happen."
Ok here's one that has always bothered me. I remember Thanksgiving being the third Thursday of November, not the fourth. It was that way until my early teens. Then it switched. But you look it up, it's supposedly always been the fourth Thursday. I was born in 1964 to give you a perspective on time frame. I remember because we always got out for the whole weekend and the dates were always like 19th, 20th, or 21st through whatever
lol 😂😆🤣 Sorry, if you watch Holiday Inn. You see a calendar with the Turkey jumping around as they had changed the week of the month Thanksgiving occurs. All about the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas and making money.
Many remember the line from Scary Movie as 'I see white people,' playing off the iconic line from The Sixth Sense, 'I see dead people.' Well, it no longer exists; now the Scary Movie scene says 'I see dead people.' The Mandela effect strikes again!
I only saw a commercial and it was white people. Wouldn't be a comedy if he saw dead people.
It’s Interview with A Vampire, not Interview with THE Vampire… Am I right?
Devon pointed out a few other classic examples of the Mandela Effect as well. "Millions remember 'Mirror mirror on the wall,' yet when you look at the movie, it is 'Magic mirror on the wall'. Millions remember the Monopoly man having a monocle; there are even movies that reference this, such as Ace Ventura, yet all the board games show that he never had a monocle," he shared.
"Millions remember the famous line 'Luke, I am your father.' T-shirts were made, posters, stickers, and catchphrases, and yet when you watch the movie, he says 'No, I am your father,'" Devon continued.
I remember when it was BRAGG'S
that's because of what your parents called it "go get the bragg's apple cider vinegar" sounded better than "go get the bragg apple cider vinegar".. they add the s themselves because of how it sounds.
I've believed in Mandela effects for a while now, but I just found another one that again cemented it if I had any doubt. For context, since age might matter, I'm 34, but I owned all the Game Boy Pokémon as a child and teenager. In the game Pokémon, the rock-type character that looks like a snake made of large boulders was always called 'Onyx.' It was always Onyx like the color. I remember because of the text change with the letter 'y.' It goes below the lettering, and it was easy to remember. But now the name of the character is Onix. That was not the case in my childhood. I even used to draw the Pokémon and name them on paper
I got this effect because there was a point where I was into the show, and I found about Onix from the show faster than in the game, the show's subtitles say "Onyx".
I first became aware of and interested in the Mandela effect due to the Berenstein Bears. I read the books to my sons when they were young and I remember thinking when I read the name are these bears like Jewish bears hence the last name ending in "stein", or was it like stein in Frankenstein? Some years ago I stumbled onto this whole Mandeal effect thing. So for me it was always the Berenstein Bears, Fruit of the Loom did have a cornucopia, and Mandela did not die in prison.
But one thing that happened for me is something that no one else might not have experienced, or at least I haven't read an account about what I'm going to share. Now some of you older people might remember the early disco song "Rock Your Baby" which was by George Maccrae in 1974. It was a huge hit at the time. Now here is were it gets interesting to me. In 1986 I was at my mothers house eating lunch and I was reading the newspaper. There was an article about the death of George Maccrae and that he had died of cancer. I was very saddened upon reading this. His song Rock Your Baby was a song that I really loved and anytime I ever heard it it just made me feel good. So the years following I was always saddened to know that George was no long with us. Now before I go any further you need to know that I know quite a bit about music and 1970s music is my specialty. So I have always been the guy that when it comes to 1970s music that when there is a trivia contest etc I win. It was a few years back that all of a sudden I became aware that George Maccrae isn't dead. He didn't die ans he's alive and well and he was still singing. I was really shocked because I know damned well I had read his obituary article in the newspaper in 1986. I went years just knowing he was no longer alive and now all of a sudden he is alive. Well I'm glad he still is but I cannot explain this. If I had been in a triva contest about music I would have said he died in 1986 of cancer.
I agree with the Beren'stein' bears - because I can remember trying to figure out was it 'stine' or 'steen'.
As far as why the Mandela Effect exists, Devon says he personally believes it comes from a societal drive for a shift. "The method that the shift happens is far less important than the reason it happened," he noted. "The Mandela Effect is the first crack in our reality to realize that things are not as we think they are."
"Even the most modern physicists today, after the 2022 Nobel Prize, now agree that physicality does not define reality," the admin added. "We are changing, and this is the first step to seeing that it is possible."
Wasn't this always Room 1408 not just 1408? I read the short story and watched the movie. Always recall it being Room 1408
Maybe they're thinking of room 207? I can't remember what this was though
Houdini’s death- Google (and a good few people I’ve asked) say his cause of death was from a ruptured appendix but I’m sure it was during a trick where he could get out of the water filled box, Im sure I remember learning about it in school
You're wrong. Houdini had a visitor in his dressing room who asked if was true he could withstand a punch in the stomach with no ill effects. Houdini agreed, then, with no warning for Houdini to prepare, punched him full force, leading to ruptured appendix and death. The escape scene was from the Tony Curtis movie and not accurate.
Jif vs. Jiffy was my first experience with the Mandela effect. Wait, now it's 'Jif.'
But as confusing as the Mandela Effect might sometimes be, Devon shared with Bored Panda that he believes it's a good thing. "And in the group, we try and focus on that side of things," he noted. "We share Mandela Effects, glitches, and strange things because we want to start discussing them without the blanket of fear."
"It could be CERN, time jumps, aliens, or spiritual; no one really knows. But no matter what it is, we can agree that it isn't hurting anyone; it's only expanding one's mind to see the impossible just might be possible," the admin says.
I was showing my son some videos of the Mandela effect & the Christmas song, I’ll be home for Christmas came up as one. I’ve always heard, I’ll be home for Christmas, you can Count on me. I was baffled when I heard it doesn’t say Count, it says, You can Plan on me. Fast forward to this morning & my daughter was playing a game on her pad & that song was part of the game. For the 1st time I heard, You can Plan on me. My question is…if I had not watched the video on the Mandela effect about a week ago, would I still have heard Count? Like the Laurel & Yanni thing? Do you guys remember that? Some people would hear Laurel, while others heard Yanni. I think it was Yanni, it could hv been something similar ijust can’t recall it tho. What do you all think? Im curious about this. Clear as day the song said Plan. 🤯 I even asked my 6 year old & she said, mom, I thought the song said you can count on me. So baffled
The original Bing Crosby version says "you can count on me" and more recent covers changed the lyrics to "plan".
I'm planning my kids birthday party and a friend told me joking to not to go wild and put ipads in the party favors... we laughed because I knew he was referring to an episode from Big little lies that we have watched a few years ago. I re watched the whole 2 seasons again and now I didn't see that scene at all! I remember it was on S2 in Amabella's birthday party since Renata was trying to not to look poor after their bankrupcy...... I totally remember that Bonnie looks at the party bag and tells her husband.. oh wow there is an ipad in there. Do any of you remember that scene? It may have been cut or something but why that specific scene? I have googled it and look for it in youtube but nothing! Like it never happened!
I'm in my 40's, when I was a little girl I remember seeing a coca cola commercial with the jingle, "where ever there's a present, there's always a bow, where ever there's Santa, there's always ho ho ho, where ever there's a choir there's always a song, when ever the holidays come along, there's always coca cola, fa la la la la always coca cola" it has Santa drinking a coke out of a glass bottle. When I ask anyone if they remember this commercial and jingle they look at me crazy and say no. Please tell me that someone, anyone else remembers this. I can not find it online any where
I was researching the back story behind 'Count Dracula', maybe 25 years ago or so. I just casually mentioned it to my Mum when she asked me who 'Vlad the Impaler' was. I was shocked, because everyone I knew (including my Mum) knew that Dracula was based on Vlad the 3rd Tepes 'Dracula' of Romania. But when I tried to look up Vlad the Impaler - I couldn't find any reference to him in any of our books! So - frustrated and confused - I left it at that. It gets weirder - the next day I looked him up I found loads of references and history about him and how he was the inspiration for count Dracula etc - and when I showed my Mum, she was like "Yeah, so what?" And I was like - "But yesterday you said you had never heard of him!"
I grew up reading my grandfather's encyclopedia and other old books. I distinctly remember learning about the pyramids in Antarctica. Please tell me I'm not the only one
Please tell me I’m not the only one who remembers this as the “hungry hungry” caterpillar?
Back in 1998 I was in eight grade. I remember walking into the library and all the teachers were crying bc a space shuttle that had just launched from cape canevral exploded killing all astronauts on board. Crazy part is there is nothing in Google or anywhere. I remember this happening clear as day
No, 1986 and 2003. Saw the first on TV, unfortunately saw the second over TX.
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Most of these were just outdated facts and name changes.
Plus a large bunch of confused bunnies (“where is the third pair of arms??” on the Viruvian Man… sheesh).
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So hopefully today we have learned that memory is fallible, and different editions of books, movies, songs, maps and medical illustrations may vary.
No one mentioned the fruit of the loom logo?? That one blew my damn mind. There was never a cornucopia on the label. Never. What the f**k? Some more info: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fruit-of-the-loom-cornucopia/
So I heard of this one, and apparently some people claim the Mandela effect surrounding this is a lie, and there was a cornucopia at some point. There are some Reddit forums where people show clothes they have with the cornucopia on them, but they might also be fake
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The only thing those examples show is how faulty our memories can be and how easily our brains can be tricked. btw: Did you know there are morons out there who think that in those cases the reality has been changed by some higher powers instead of people just misremembering stuff from the past? Yep...no Conspiracy theory is too stupid for anyone not to believe
The only Mandela Effect thing that will forever bother me is the fact that the movie Shazaam, starring Sinbad as a genie, does not exist.
Some of this s**t I think We as a whole got wrong and the people responsible are going back and rewriting history and then gaslighting us into thinking we are the crazy ones. CAuse dude they taught us in school that Mandela f*****g died in the eighties, then out of nowhere one day it's "Mandela has been released from prison" and everyone I know was like woah wait he was dead, and the news was the only ones saying "Yes Mandela imprisoned has finally been released" I think we just got s**t wrong and don't want to own up to it. Just like with Pluto.
Really? You were taught in school that Mandela died in the 80s? You're not winding me up are you? If not then I apologize
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Thanks, now I have the song stuck in my head, where all it says is"Barbra Streisand"
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I could have sworn that the book/film was titled "Ole Yeller." Nope. It's "Old Yeller."
The past doesn't actually exist. It's a matter of probability, same as the future. Quantum mechanics suggests that "what happened" can actually change, after the fact. Wave function collapse does not appear to adhere to our notions of cause and effect. One wonders if we sometimes experience that without realizing it on a conscious level.
So maybe the ones we remember in error actually were that way, but enough people believed differently and it changed reality...and the Fruit of the Loom cornucopia disappeared, along with the Monopoly man's monocle, the genie movie starring Sinbad, etc.
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The weirdest one for me is the text on car mirrors. I always thought it was "objects in mirror may be closer than they appear", but it's actually "objects in mirror are closer than they appear". Other people also remember it being "may be" and it's just so strangely specific
I don't believe in the Mandela Effect but I do have a faulty memory that could be attributed to it if I did. I swear I remember a Dennis the Menace comic w/ Mr. Wilson telling Dennis that Mrs. Wilson had died. There was a faint shadow in the background indicating her presence was still around.
Most of these were just outdated facts and name changes.
Plus a large bunch of confused bunnies (“where is the third pair of arms??” on the Viruvian Man… sheesh).
Load More Replies... So hopefully today we have learned that memory is fallible, and different editions of books, movies, songs, maps and medical illustrations may vary.
No one mentioned the fruit of the loom logo?? That one blew my damn mind. There was never a cornucopia on the label. Never. What the f**k? Some more info: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fruit-of-the-loom-cornucopia/
So I heard of this one, and apparently some people claim the Mandela effect surrounding this is a lie, and there was a cornucopia at some point. There are some Reddit forums where people show clothes they have with the cornucopia on them, but they might also be fake
Load More Replies... The only thing those examples show is how faulty our memories can be and how easily our brains can be tricked. btw: Did you know there are morons out there who think that in those cases the reality has been changed by some higher powers instead of people just misremembering stuff from the past? Yep...no Conspiracy theory is too stupid for anyone not to believe
The only Mandela Effect thing that will forever bother me is the fact that the movie Shazaam, starring Sinbad as a genie, does not exist.
Some of this s**t I think We as a whole got wrong and the people responsible are going back and rewriting history and then gaslighting us into thinking we are the crazy ones. CAuse dude they taught us in school that Mandela f*****g died in the eighties, then out of nowhere one day it's "Mandela has been released from prison" and everyone I know was like woah wait he was dead, and the news was the only ones saying "Yes Mandela imprisoned has finally been released" I think we just got s**t wrong and don't want to own up to it. Just like with Pluto.
Really? You were taught in school that Mandela died in the 80s? You're not winding me up are you? If not then I apologize
Load More Replies... Thanks, now I have the song stuck in my head, where all it says is"Barbra Streisand"
Load More Replies... I could have sworn that the book/film was titled "Ole Yeller." Nope. It's "Old Yeller."
The past doesn't actually exist. It's a matter of probability, same as the future. Quantum mechanics suggests that "what happened" can actually change, after the fact. Wave function collapse does not appear to adhere to our notions of cause and effect. One wonders if we sometimes experience that without realizing it on a conscious level.
So maybe the ones we remember in error actually were that way, but enough people believed differently and it changed reality...and the Fruit of the Loom cornucopia disappeared, along with the Monopoly man's monocle, the genie movie starring Sinbad, etc.
Load More Replies... The weirdest one for me is the text on car mirrors. I always thought it was "objects in mirror may be closer than they appear", but it's actually "objects in mirror are closer than they appear". Other people also remember it being "may be" and it's just so strangely specific
I don't believe in the Mandela Effect but I do have a faulty memory that could be attributed to it if I did. I swear I remember a Dennis the Menace comic w/ Mr. Wilson telling Dennis that Mrs. Wilson had died. There was a faint shadow in the background indicating her presence was still around.
