Why Nic Cage?

Why is Nic Cage a synonym for 国宝? And why didn’t anybody bother explaining it in the mnemoics? :persevere:

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There is a film series called “national treasure”. Nicolas Cage(Nic Cage) plays the main character of said film series, I believe.

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Its a terrible joke, feel free to ignore it.

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But that’s what makes it good

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A terrible pun for a terrible actor. Perfection incarnate! <3

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How could I ignore any of the information the mighty Crabigator gives me?

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Hey! I use it as a valid response! :stuck_out_tongue:

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「どうしてこのそうじきは国宝なんですか?」「ニコラス・ケイジがつかったことがあるからだよ。」
“Why is this vacuum cleaner a national treasure?” “Because Nic Cage used it before.”

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That example sentence is pretty unbelievable. Since when has Nicolas Cage ever needed an appliance to help him suck?

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It’s just like “the answer” being a synonym for 四十二. Pop culture reference.

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The 42 one is, as far as I can tell, quite widely known (Maybe I only talk to people who read the books, or whatever), but I hadn’t even heard about that movie before :sweat_smile:

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Wow. What an incredible world to live in. I wish I could travel to a planet without National Treasure :sweat_smile:

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Oh He’ll make a man out of you alright…

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Talk about a whole new world!

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WaniKani premonition to a Japanese marriage that lasted the extent of a Guru 1 to Guru 2?

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