Template:Did you know nominations/Left Behind (The Last of Us)

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen (talk) 17:29, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Left Behind (The Last of Us)

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Storm Reid

Bella Ramsey

• ... that the live-action adaptation of The Last of Us: Left Behind replaced a fictional arcade game with Mortal Kombat II? Source: Los Angeles Times
  • ALT1: ... that the seventh episode of The Last of Us uses a Pearl Jam song to represent the protagonist's loneliness? Source: HBO
  • ALT2: ... that Storm Reid (pictured) avoided playing The Last of Us before acting in the seventh episode of the television adaptation? Source: Vulture
  • ALT3: ... that Storm Reid (pictured) accidentally called Bella Ramsey (pictured) "Mom" in one take for the seventh episode of The Last of Us? Source: Refinery29
  • ALT4: ... that the actors played a working version of Mortal Kombat II when filming the seventh episode of The Last of Us? Source: Variety
  • Reviewed: Splatoon 3
  • Comment: Image of Reid with ALT2 or ALT3, Ramsey with ALT3 only.

Converted from a redirect by Rhain (talk). Self-nominated at 00:55, 28 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Left Behind (The Last of Us); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting: - n

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Rhain: I'll be honest. Alt0,1, and 4 are not interesting. While alts 2 and 3 could work as hooks i'm just not confident. Are there better hooks available? Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:44, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke: This article didn't lend itself to the most interesting facts, unfortunately. How about these?

• ALT5: ... that a kiss between two girls in the seventh episode of The Last of Us was censored in some regions? Source: GameSpot
• ALT6: ... that abandoned stores were used as green rooms for actors when filming the seventh episode of The Last of Us? Source: Them
• ALT7: ... that the second story of the mall in the seventh episode of The Last of Us was completely fake? Source: HBO
• ALT8: ... that the arcade in the seventh episode of The Last of Us was filled with real working machines? Source: Variety

– Rhain ☔ (he/him) 01:04, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Approve i guess though, I don't find alt8 to be interesting at all. Also will assume that the copyvio listed at earwig for IMDB was a case of WP:MIRROR as it was in the past episodes. Onegreatjoke (talk) 04:40, 8 March 2023 (UTC)