Welcome to Good Mythical More. Sometimes you hear a proper name and you don’t know if it’s a European basketball player or a fantasy character. That’s true. We’re going to, we’re gonna see if we can figure it out. But first, we’re going to donate $1,000 to Action Against Hunger, to aid in their mission to end malnutrition for everyone, for good. For 45 years, they’ve been addressing malnutrition and responding to hunger hotspots across 59 countries, reaching more than 21 million people every year. You can join us in giving at actionagainsthunger.org. Thank you for being your Mythical best. So, Stevie, you’ve got the list. I have the list. We’re going to, um, show the names on the screen so that, uh, all three of us might pronounce them together. Mm-hmm. Um, and I would say you have equal opportunity here because one of you I associate more with knowing obscure NBA players than the other one I associate with knowing fantasy characters. Can you guess which? So… Yeah, what fantasy characters do you know? Yeah, I don’t really, I don’t really know fantasy characters. Oh… Well, you know, Lord of the Rings, but I know that as well. But yeah, that’s about it. I thought it was kinda a thing. Lord of The Rings. Star Wars. I wouldn’t say it’s my thing. I guess Star Wars isn’t fantasy. Uh, yeah, it is. Is it? Yeah. It’s not sci-fi? It’s, um. I guess I just don’t know you at all. Sci-fi fantasy. Sci-fi Fantasy. It’s space opera. But would you say that you’re equally as good at knowing– No. NBA players? Oh, European? Well, European NBA players, European National. Oh, I thought, yeah. From the European League players. No, no, no, European NBA. Oh. Yeah, you’ll know that. You’ll know that a lot better than me. See. Okay. So. You were half right. Mm-hmm. Um, okay. The first one is Dario Saric. “Do-rio” is another way. I have, well, I have it like spelled out how you’re supposed to pronounce. Oh, I thought you wanted us to try, Dorio! Dorio eats Doritos. Dario. I don’t have a point of reference for this. I don’t have a point of reference in either world for this. I think that would look good on the page of a novel. Dario Saric. I think this might be from The Witcher. And there’s Ari Ari in there. Like you see what I’m saying? Like you’ve got the ARI. Oh, right there in the middle. Yep. That seems like something a writer would come up with. Yep. We’re going fantasy. Oh, Denver nuggets. Denver Nuggets. Denver Nuggets. Denver Nuggets. Oh, there’s Dario. Yeah, I’m, you know, now if you zoom out on this photo, um, I don’t know what the center’s name is, but he’s bent over and, um, Dario’s hands are on his buttocks. Yep. He’s feeling it to make sure he’s ready to ready for the game. Yeah. But he doesn’t wanna make eye contact. This is warmups. This is what they do. They’re like, one of ’em will bend over and the other one will grab both cheeks and squeeze while not looking at the cheeks and, and see if they’re ready to play. Yeah. Or he’s shooting a free throw. Either one of those is a good guess. Oh, Like you’re testing a fruit is ripe. That’s, yeah. Yeah. Are you ripe for pain? You don’t get to go in until you’re ripe. Um, see now if Cassie was here. Oddly, I, I feel like she would, she would know all this. She would be better. She would be better than me. It’s so weird to me. Yeah. Well, Locke would know all of these and like I, most of my NBA knowledge is, is, is through him. Okay. The next one is also Daario. “Naha”… Naharis. “Nahair”… Naharis. What? With two a’s? That’s definitely made up. You don’t need an extra a in real life. I know. I, okay. Now if I say I know one, that kind of gives it away. Yeah. So I’m not gonna say that. Well, they padded the name, so you do know this one. But the reason they did two, two, a’s in this name is because these, the writers, they need a page count. You know, sometimes they’ll add– Letter count? If I, if I add a little, if I add a here, it increases the page count. Oh, they, they’ve written the whole novel. And then they do search and replace and add one A to Dario to get the pages the line up. Nice to, yeah, because you don’t want like the end of your book just to be one sentence. So you make some adjustments. Add a in a name. So what’s your, what are your, what’s your guess? This character is from Game of Thrones. You know this, I’m trying to remember who he is. I think this is one of the people that, um, what’s their name? Uh. Made love to. Made love to. I think this is the guy who got recast. Let’s see. Well, who is that? We’re just using a deviant art picture. The book. Oh yeah, it’s the book. It’s the book. It’s the original character. Yes. It’s a Game of Thrones character from A Song of Ice and Fire. What did he do? Uh, Matt thinks you’re right. You are, he is the one who was recast. Yes. Okay. This was the original guy, and then they got a new one. You’re, yeah, you definitely know more about you. I didn’t, um, my wife started watching Game of Thrones without me at one point, and I never caught up. And just like they, they, they had this guy and it was like this good looking muscle guy who, I don’t know about his acting, but I don’t think that was the reason. But then the guy they replaced him with looked completely different, looked like, um. Who is the controversial actor from, um… Oh, like midway through the? From season to season. And then they, and they didn’t acknowledge it? No, it was like a– No, it wasn’t. Because they can’t change the story. It wasn’t like Peter Dinklage was like, you look different Daario. Well, then what happened? Nothing. Oh. What do you mean? He did something. Something. He got canceled. Yes. Or, or he, he took another role. Right? I don’t know what happened. I’m not gonna say he got canceled. I don’t know that. Oh. He was like, I can do better than Game of Thrones. Right. But the, the first guy looked like a skinnier Arnold Schwarzenegger. And then his replacement looked like a buffer version of, uh, Shia LaBeouf. Oh, what did you say? I think it’s Shia LeBoof. I said Shia LeBuffer. Shia LeBuffer. Yeah. He was a Shia LeBuffer. Okay, what about Sand Dan Glockta. Sand Dan Glockta. How could, well, Dan isn’t even capitalized. Is that not a middle name? This is a fantasy character. There’s nobody in the NBA named sand. I know if Sand Dan was in the NBA, he’d be my favorite player. Sand Dan. Yeah, I think that I have his jersey. That would’ve made it to me. I think. Yeah. You hear about this guy, Sand Dan? So what’s he from? Do we think? Wheel of time. Wheel of time. I try. I watched half of one episode. I read half of the first book of wheel Times. Seemed, seemed a little. kidsie to me. I’ve started that Stormlight archives because of James, because he was reading the fourth book and they’re like this thick. I saw James on the set of Wonder Hole season two, taking a break, reading the book this thick, and I started talking to him about it and he was like, yeah, this is like the fourth one of these. And I was like, you know what? I need to, I need to read something that’s not so like. I read a lot of just dry nonfiction. I’m gonna, I’m gonna get into this summit. So, but the thing is, is that– Moist fiction. I gotta get through this book now. I don’t wanna end up halfway through the wheel of time again and it’s just half a wheel. Yeah, that’s a crescent of time. That half a wheel won’t roll. You know what I’m saying? But also you saw how thick the book was and you were like, that’s for me. Like I know that you were like, I’m motivated by how thick this book is and I will read it. The idea of, well the reason I got into it is once you go on book talk and you start looking at what people tell you just to– Sorry. Ow, he pulled out like three hairs. I don’t know. I thought if I did it fast, you wouldn’t notice. Um, you were talking, I didn’t wanna interrupt. If you start looking at what people are saying, what fantasy series to get into. This one just keeps coming up and I was like, you know. Mm-hmm. As I get through it, I can talk to James about it. So I’m 14% of the way through the first book. You and–, you’re trying to form a book club with James. Yeah. James may not wanna do that with you. Yeah. It’s very informal. You need to ask him. It’s very informal. Like walking to your cars if you happen to do that at the same time. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Um, it is a fantasy character. From First Law Trilogy. From the first law. From The First Law? First Law. What is that? What does he look like? What do they look like? What does she look like? Sand Dan. There we go. There he is. It’s all same. You should. Oh my goodness. Um, hey, that’s an ugly guy. Are they? May, is anybody he’s missing? Is anybody working on the Stormlight archive as a, as a show or a movie? Well, there’s a lot to unpack to answer that. Okay. All right. ’cause it’s gotta be, gotta be. You and James can talk about that later. Well, a lot of y’all are interested ’cause this is a really popular series. I don’t know. Okay. Apparently there’s a lot to unpack. Okay. All right. I got a little deep dive I gotta go into. The first law. Is this like an anime fantasy? I think a lot of the art that you’re seeing is like Clearable, uh, but Okay. You know, like, fan. Just keep that. So this is fan art? Yeah, I think so. Okay. Uh, Kristaps Porziņģis. Oh, Porziņģis. Uh, I’m gonna say basketball. No, I, I know Porziņģis. For what team? I’ve heard of Porziņģis. He was on the Knicks at one point. I don’t know if he still is. Kristaps. Now, where is he from? Oh, let’s figure that out. Porziņģis. He’s not on the Knicks right now. Porziņģis, Kristaps. Hmm. He’s very tall. Chances are he’s from Eastern Europe. Okay. Uh, Slovenia? I don’t know. Close. I mean, I say close. I don’t have a map in front of me. Latvia. Okay. Yeah. Yep. But you didn’t guess the team picture of correctly. He’s not on the Knicks anymore. No, but he’s on a very good team. [Damien]: The Celtics. Oh, the Celtics. Oh, Damien. He, he’s on the Celtics. I was gonna actually say the Celtics. I was like, he was in the playoffs, wasn’t he? He made it kind of far in the playoffs. Yeah. Um, Porziņģis now. Porziņģis. Now, with this for a second, I thought that the defender’s face was in his crotch. Or up his pant leg. Is that ball going up or down? Up. So you think that ball’s bounced off his crotch? Yeah. And going back up? Yep. Or it’s about to. He’s known for that. Have you ever seen somebody dunk it and then hang on it and then they hip thrust you dunk, and then the ball goes down and they don’t think about where the ball’s going, but there’s a chance that the ball goes down and they come down and they land on with their feet on the ball. There’s a chance that could happen. I’m sure it’s happened. I think about it every time somebody dunks, has somebody ever jumped in the NBA and landed on the ball? I’m sure somebody has. I’m sure somebody has. And I call that a ball zingus. Uh, we’ve just seen a ball Zingus, first of the year. Hold on. But that’s giving him credit for something that he may not have done. No, he, I mean he, if he did, no, no, no. He, he was, he was. His parents named him after. Oh, he is actually the, he’s named after the ballzingus. Right, Damien? Yeah. Hey has have, Damien. You’re a sports fan. Has the ballzingus ever happened? You haven’t seen it? Not yet. Not happened. Why hasn’t it happened? Next year. The commissioner’s talking about it. Dam, he wants to make it happen. He’s changing the rules to increase the cases of ball. There’s so many dunks. I mean, like what? Like what am I missing? That it doesn’t ever happen. It’s gotta happen to some point anyway. Yarael Poof. Poof. Poof? Think about Poof on the back of a jersey. Well, poof. Basketball player would be like, Poof. Like that would be a great name. I think I would know about Poof, be on Sports Center. Poof. This, this is a good character name. Yeah, I think it’s, I think this may be. Yarael’s Poof. It, it’s a smaller character. You said Yarael’s poof. As if it was possessive. No, but I could. We’re gonna go with fantasy. I would think that, yeah, I would think that you would, that Link would be able to guess. Maybe he fires arrows. I don’t, you think I can get this one? Mm. Dune. I know that you’ve seen this. Dune. No. Seen it? Uh, it’s not ringing a bell. Gimme another hint. Oh, is this from the Rings of Power? It’s one of the two things we referenced that you, uh, fandoms that you’re more familiar with. Guess this from Star Wars? This is a Star Wars thing. Yeah. But yeah. Star Wars. The Phantom Menace. Here they are. What did he do? Oh, one of those things, things. Remember that guy? Yeah, yeah, yeah. One of those things, man. Right in the jugular. That’s where I’d go. Yeah. Pick, pick your place. I mean, look, that is, so two, is it two Jugulars? You could get two. Yeah. Ugh, right there. That’s so, he’s so vulnerable. Yeah, he’s so vulnerable. Stretchy Neck. Lucian Vanserra. Could be a basketball. Sounds pretty fantasy, but I don’t know. Speaking of long necks. I, I think this is a sword, sword yielder. Speaking of long necks, I saw, you know how there’s these, the chiropractors who were adjusting animals? Yes. Well, there’s a guy that was doing some adjustments on the giraffe, and of course he was at the zoo and you have to like stand up on this thing and then the giraffe comes up to you and so you’re like on the second story of this thing. Yeah. And he’s adjusting the giraffe neck and the giraffe was like a little puppy dog just loving on him so hard. Like it’s this giant head and just like, like a cat or a dog that’s really trying to love you and like throw their heads up against you. It was a giraffe and the giraffe’s head is like this big and he is just like doing an adjustment and then it’s just like, like just loving on. So it tells me that it, it works or at least pleasure. I think the giraffe just likes to be touched. Yeah. I don’t think it’s like, oh, thank you for the medical treatment, sir. But, but, but, but, but doing, I mean, he wouldn’t keep loving up on the guy if it hurt. If it hurt. Yeah. But it just made me think, I mean, is he going, it seemed pretty subtle, but it really made me wanna hug a giraffe. From the top. Yeah. The head. Yeah. Yeah. You want to come top up. Not just a, a leg. If, if you’re going bottoms up on a giraffe, the hugs not gonna be great. You gotta watch out. We’re gonna go with, uh, fantasy. Sword. Yep. From a quart of thorns and roses. A quart of thorns and roses. I think I bought one of these books for Lily as a gift one time. It’s its own series. Are they all quarts? I think they’re all a quart of this and a quart of that or something. But look, arrows. Mm-hmm. Not a sword. He’s an arrow wielder. Uh, Neemias Queta. The only reason I’m gonna say NBA is it just feels like it’s time for one of those. Neemias Queta. I hadn’t heard of this guy. Neemias Queta. Quita! Okay. Where is he from? I think he’s from South America. I don’t think there’s anybody from South America in the NBA. I mean, and there might be. Is there? I don’t think, I don’t know. I don’t know. What was that? That’s European, uh, NBA players, remember? Oh, that’s fair. Yeah. That’s fair. Yeah. Um, I think it’s an, we’re saying NBA player. You are right. Can you guess the team? Celtics? I don’t, I saw him for a second. How could we? But I still don’t know the team ’cause it, oh, Damien, can you guess the team? No. Oh, really? Don’t know. Just say the same, same thing that you said previously. [Damien]: The Celtics. Hey. Wow. He looks happy in that picture, at least. What country is he from? Portugal. Portugal. Portugal. Portugal. Uh, okay. Ivica Zubac. Oh, NBA. This is a local hero. Zubac, Zubac. The Los Angeles Clippers. There you go. That’s my guy right there. There he is. How do you say it? Zubac. Zuuuuuu! I think that’s what people say. Yeah, but his first name, go back. It’s like Ivica. I think it’s Ivica Zubac, right? Does that sound about right, Damien? You’re the, you’re the expert, but Ivica. We just call him Zubac, where I’m from, which is Los Angeles. Zubac got the neck beard. Matas Buzelis. NBA player. I think, I’m thinking NBA player too. What team? Spurs? Mm-hmm. Suns. Mm-hmm. This is a team that was very popular in the nineties. In the nineties. Bulls. Pistons. There you go. Chicago Bulls. Oh, look at him. Isn’t he cute? Um, where’s he from? Uh, Lithuania. Lithuania. Yeah. He tried to grow a mustache once, and then people told him, eh, it’s not ready. He’ll get it. He’ll get it. Not ready yet. Give him a few more years. He’ll get it back. Want one more? One more. For all the marbles. Perrin… “Ibarra”…. Perrin Ibarra. Fantasy? Yeah. I don’t know from what, it could be Game of Thrones. Ibarra. Nah, I, I’m not heard of him or her. Perrin. Perrin. A wheel of time. Oh, that’s a wheel of time. When we get that back, you’re back. We’re back. There he is. Look at all them animals like animal holograms. He’s an animal hologram artist. Check out a new episode of Emily, Have You Seen This? on the Mythical Society now. 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