Street Fighter 2's V-for-victory win icon looked to me like a little angry guy1wk ⋅ AndrewPlaysPiano ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I was playing Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga on a emulator for the first time, just realized Tolstar is holding a calculator, not a money stack.2yr ⋅ TalkingCow99 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Centaurs from the first two fallout games. It took me a while to realize that those were not guts...2yr ⋅ Little-Essay ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Did anyone else wonder why the Master Sword was staring at you with a single orange cat eye?4yr ⋅ appleappleappleman ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
[Kirby and the amazing mirror] I was surprised when I found out the truth about the Mirra enemy because I'm fricking stupid and apparently can't see a simple face.3yr ⋅ 309846 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
When I first played emerald and evolved my Marshtomp, I though Swamperts back sprite looked like a fat guy slumped over2yr ⋅ Wogopi ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Up to this point, I thought the Truffle from Terraria had a hole in his head. Upon further inspection I think it's actually an eye4yr ⋅ EpicSpooder ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Playing on a tiny TV in the 90's certainly didn't help. It wasn't until I was watching someone stream it on my 56 inch TV a few days ago that I found out my eyes were wrong all those years.3yr ⋅ BorisStingy ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Lakitu's eyes make me think he's always in a state of worry or something. like he doesn't want to kill Mario.2yr ⋅ yosh711 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I don't know why, but I always see ET (Atari, not the movie) as having a giant mouth.3yr ⋅ WentMadSendHelp ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons/Ages: Power Bracelet or Croissant?4yr ⋅ AlfredBird ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
From Rockboard, she is supposed to be wearing a Russian hat, but it looks like she has mandibles coming out of her head.3yr ⋅ appdirect ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
As a kid I always used to think the 'Old Man' sprite looked like a giant baby with a pacifier5yr ⋅ DanielBrent ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
DKC2: Mini Necky wasn’t wearing a bandana. His brains were showing3yr ⋅ erichunter ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I'm not exactly sure what its supposed to be, but did anyone else see Blue's gym in Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal as a blue Lego board with green Lego bricks on it?3yr ⋅ L285 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I can't see this deltarune character holding its hat as anything except a happy humpty dumpty wearing a green smock2yr ⋅ VSPinkie ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
To this day I never knew what the angry villager particles are supposed to be.4yr ⋅ dasbodmeister ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
It took me a while to realize that <3 is meant to be a heart and not a face3yr ⋅ Some-Crappy-Edits ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I used to have a really low quality TV, and somehow I saw Dry Bones as vultures.3yr ⋅ TalkingCow99 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
In Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door, I finally realized that Flurrie is putting her hand in front of Mario to hold him down while she blows. I always thought he was blowing into her thumb really hard.4yr ⋅ skelegator ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I know it's called Wrinkly's Save *CAVE* and it even flashes from the TV light, I still always see it as a rock.3yr ⋅ 1337haXXor ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
[x-post r/Zelda] Redditor thinks Moldorm in A Link Between Worlds looks like a line of burgers1yr ⋅ ZhouLe ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I alway believed that the HAL logo was some kind of a mole with huge teeth .3yr ⋅ Jetaofgak ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I can’t stop seeing this goofy eagle/flamingo at the top of my screen1yr ⋅ Gargomon251 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
user TheSeansei mentioned this r/place image of a turkish man looks like a bearded Donald Duck2yr ⋅ Borge_Luis_Jorges ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Believe it or not, these bars are perfectly perpendicular (Super Mario Advance)3yr ⋅ FearTear ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Anyone else though the bananas in DK64 had eyes staring into their souls?2yr ⋅ angelete4945105 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I’m 35 and I ALWAYS thought Spiny had an eye on the side, and his tongue stuck out in the front.2yr ⋅ ComplexDOOM7 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
my dad came into the room while i was playing and said that it looked like there were two guys shooting each other2yr ⋅ SuperNici ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I thought Geno from Super Mario RPG had a big orange nose with a bump on it3yr ⋅ ExorNova ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Literally thought lancer was flipping the player off on my first playthrough4yr ⋅ someperson3603 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I know this one has been online for at least 10 years, but I decided to do an HD remake of the infamous Goldeneye 007 boxart face. Alternate version in comments.5yr ⋅ Corporal_Quesadilla ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Eyes and nostrils, or eyebrows and eyes? Either way, the Bean Seller is a nice fellow.3yr ⋅ FearTear ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I've been impaling myself in Adventure (Atari 2600) all these years!4yr ⋅ Seekerman ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I know it’s a stretch but I think it keeps with the spirit of this sub, mods.4yr ⋅ MadPilotMurdock ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
[Spelunky 2] Can't help but see the sacred golden bowlcut idol.3yr ⋅ TheOrangeSpud ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Today I learned that the hearts for riding mobs is actually tiny saddles3yr ⋅ mferrarii ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I'm not sure if this have ever been discussed, but Charmeleon in the Pokemon Red/Blue games always confused me4yr ⋅ Boltzcutter0 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
2 Elephant type maverick they really lost creativity in this one! Is what I used to think about vile back then.3yr ⋅ angelete4945105 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
In Ocarina of Time, the collar of the happy mask salesman’s shirt is so perfectly aligned with his chiseled chin, that I mistook it for a weird goatee thing when I was younger.1yr ⋅ Big-District-2682 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Now with Diablo 2: Resurrected, I can finally see that the quest icon to kill Blood Raven is indeed a red Raven, and not a lobster for some reason.1yr ⋅ Flibbernodgets ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
The acting in that game was SO GOOD, Dracula can have 2 expressions at the same time.3yr ⋅ angelete4945105 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I haven't even played Zak McKracken. I just saw it in a Youtube video.5yr ⋅ oshaboy ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Spent years thinking the blacksmith from dead cells had a big ol' afro.3yr ⋅ diceblue ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
[Undertale] Up until very recently that's how I interpreted Asgore's battle sprite.2yr ⋅ scantier ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Mr. Darks cape from Rayman combined with his binoculars when still give the appearance of a whole separate face3yr ⋅ KingR2G ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I always thought Merlon from Super Paper Mario had a spherical pacifier or snout - nope, it's just a broach on his robes4yr ⋅ skelegator ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
As a kid I thought Pac-Man had a big orange shoulderpad and a stubby lil yellow arm4yr ⋅ skelegator ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I used to think this Pokemon NPC had angel wings before I realized they were pigtails4yr ⋅ ComfyCatgirl ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I always thought that was a frown but wait, isn't Ganon a pig? Maybe it's the top of his snout...4yr ⋅ ekolis ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
The Warden (from the upcoming Minecraft update) has a visible heart that looks like 2 tiny people (souls? fairies/pixies?) screaming. Could be intentional (like the faces in soulsand)?3yr ⋅ BojanDoge ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Mack (now Claymorton) from Super Mario RPG had a red dude riding the sword all along5mo ⋅ BurkeyOh ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
When I played Minecraft for the first time years ago,I thought the cow's eyes were closed,with white outlines (the textures seemed a bit darker to me back then)4yr ⋅ BojanDoge ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Because of the shadow and the low quality of my tv, I always wondered why Diddy had an awfully long face4yr ⋅ FearTear ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
It takes me a long while to realised Buck's emblem is two roaring beaver instead of Bullet Bills.5yr ⋅ Dangerwrap ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I didn't understand why this enemy looked so friendly until I realized4yr ⋅ SilverLima ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Due to popular demand, here is a better version of that A Link to the Past image. Hope now it's clear to everybody :)3yr ⋅ TalkingCow99 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
for a long time, i always thought kernel-pult had no visible eyes and were under his eyebrows and that he had nostrils for whatever reason. i figured he had eyebrows like that because he's described as the oldest in his family so he had old wise man eyebrows4yr ⋅ LittleMissRileyx ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Never understood that Mecha Sonic from Sonic & Knuckles is a cyclops. I thought he had a chest laser crystal or something! Thanks twitter.3yr ⋅ skelegator ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I still look at the mushrooms from Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels and think that they are smiling.5yr ⋅ VECTORKNICKERS ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
[Zelda II] The Futabasha guide artwork for the Fokkeru enemy (which was not created by Nintendo) IS complete misinterpretation of the sprite. Rather than appearing as a bird, it gives it a bizarre alien-like appearance.2yr ⋅ scantier ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
[Undertale] i always thought this flowey sprite looked like he was wearing sunglasses3yr ⋅ YoshiFan999 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
This guy asks you what you see in your reflection. I always saw his reflection as this creature1yr ⋅ Zanreo ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
i thought the minecraft totem of undying was a busty villager t posing4yr ⋅ Benowako ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I always wondered who the hell these two old men were supposed to be in the dungeons5yr ⋅ deafwhippin ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I thought the dead mario sprite in donkey kong was like this for a while3yr ⋅ jacksonpjf ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
When I Play Pokemon Gold , Silver & Crystal I Always See Nurse Joy's Sprite Looking Like She Has A Samurai Helmet On Her Head!!3yr ⋅ xoyamec69 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
As a kid I used to see the demon statue as a big face, with the demon’s chest as the eyes and his abs as his nose with a pirate hat on top. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.4yr ⋅ Kenjiquest ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I always thought Venom's stage select icon looked like an anime character with Cloud-like hair. I tried to outline it to help you see it.4yr ⋅ Waloogy ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
i thought musharna was a floating head with smoke for a body and wearing a purple jesters hat3yr ⋅ Potential_Sail_8624 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Almost my whole life, I thought this graphic of Olimar in Pikmin 1 was him with a tired/annoying face, but the white is just a reflection.2yr ⋅ MidmorningPB ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I don't know why I ever thought this, but for some reason I always thought that the Herb items in pokemon were feathers. They are suppose to be leafs.3yr ⋅ Goatee_McGee ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
It took me a while to see this card as not being an old man with a long beard, but the Silent herself, from the back. That's her hair.3yr ⋅ Vrigoth ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I was making HD Pacman fruits and I googled what they were, just in case and what I found out was: What I thought was jello, was a bell.3yr ⋅ 309846 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
You would not believe how long I thought Skuntank had a second head coming out of its ass4yr ⋅ the-better-physical ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I thought all this time that this guy had a moustache and just now I realized a open-mouthed frown was more likely5yr ⋅ HyruleanBelmont ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Always thought it was a girl petting a lion with a pig's head. Only now do I see that it is just a painting of a pig.4yr ⋅ TheMineEmerald ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
In Chrono Trigger, the symbol on this door was the Mammon Machine... but I always thought it was a bearded man with horns3mo ⋅ Lil_Melon87 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
sprite from a doom mod (Shadow of the Wool Ball) i legit don't know what the red pixels on his teeth are. i gave examples of what they could be, please give thoughts3yr ⋅ Dial_B_for_Braixen ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I can't believe it took me so long to realize that Noelle doesn't have tiny angel wings in her portrait.2yr ⋅ Gargomon251 ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Recently i found out that Eggman's horrible black eyes from the Sonic Spinball Genesis boxart were miscolored glasses4yr ⋅ guigoso ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Not exactly a sprite but Moldorm is totally a cheeseburger with lettuce and a sesame seed bun.4yr ⋅ AgentSkidMarks ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Always thought Cheryl from Pokemon Platinum was a guy (I never made it to the post game, so all I saw of her was her back sprite and overworld sprite)4yr ⋅ the-better-physical ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
OK RIGHT, I just found this out. Apparently those are meant to be _wings_, and NOT the totem of undying T-posing. Who would’ve knew...4yr ⋅ Daddypigscheese ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Commander Keen: The Perilous Pit on the map looks like a beehive or a mud hut.5yr ⋅ T-SquaredProductions ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Even with his giant mug right in front of me, I still always see his shield as long, flowing dark locks of hair instead! (Theseus, from Hades)3yr ⋅ MarshmallowMark ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
In Honor of Collection of SaGa, I give you the Pureland Water Entity. In my defense, the translation threw me off. The original Japanese calls it the Water Jar from Another Dimension, not any sort of entity.3yr ⋅ DanSensei ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Growing up I always thought that the animal featured in this warp room was a Worm with a Proboscis. Its a scorpion.3yr ⋅ Goatee_McGee ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Here’s something I never noticed and thought of until today. Apparently, Dr. Wright from the Nintendo-developed SimCity games has a Hitler mustache.2yr ⋅ ChatotAbby ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I recently started playing Monster Hunter: Generations and i can't read the bone sprite as anything other than this5yr ⋅ so_crispy ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Slash Beast has a disfigured face (still don't know what this is meant to be)2yr ⋅ finalbossofinterweb ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
When I was little and playing The Sims 3 on my DS, my aunt interpreted this moodlet's image as a sad Thomas the Train. (Sprite here is an enlarged sprite PC version, DS version reuses the sprites for the moodlets)4yr ⋅ ChatotAbby ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Don't know if this counts. When I first played Phantasmagoria (I was 13), I saw only two spooky ghosts on the cover. Years later I noticed the woman in the middle.3yr ⋅ moahmrn ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
This is gen 1 pidgey sprite with his back for you, i always thought he was sad and crying (that white line being a tear), I still can’t quite see what the artists where going for, but as a child I always thought that I made something wrong and he was super sad at me for taking him from the wild.4yr ⋅ chidarengan ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I think this was a pretty common one but the soldiers in Link to the Past always looked like armored penguins to me.4yr ⋅ AgentSkidMarks ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Thunder Force II on Sega Genesis. I had no idea who was looking up at the sky wishing me Good Luck, but then my dad corrected me: it’s a thumbs up.5yr ⋅ TheyveKilledFritz ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
I thought the side view of Papyrus just showed one eye with an eye wrinkle or something, but it's actually both his eyes in view4yr ⋅ Some-Crappy-Edits ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
Not exactly a Sprite per se, but I thought the recent Sega 60th Anniversary logo said GO SEGA for a couple of weeks before I realized it was meant to be 60 SEGA. The 6 is clearly different than the G in SEGA.3yr ⋅ Chowdaire ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
This misunderstanding made Bowser look like he'd lost his mind in Super Mario World6yr ⋅ TyrannoFan ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
My tiny CRT television made me think Spark Mandrill had giant blue eyes with little white glints on them for the longest time5yr ⋅ skelegator ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
just saw this now. does gardevoir have spikes coming off the sides of its face or just pointy tufts of fur?4yr ⋅ Ark-addicted-punk ⋅ r/MisreadSprites
