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ALL ANSWERS · POP CULTURE · DAILY No. 3 · SEPTEMBER 6, 2026

Size It Up Pop Culture answer: September 6

The five Pop Culture silhouettes for September 6, with the true sizes. If you have not played yet, this page is a spoiler — play these five first, then come back to argue with the numbers.

Day 3 ran from a basketball (24 cm) to a blue whale (27 m). The widest gap was round 4, R2-D2 against Tennis Court, at 22×; the closest call was round 5, Woody against Basketball, only 1.7× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.

  1. ROUND 1

    Gengar Pokémon · Standard Pokédex form vs Blue Whale (Average Adult)

    Blue Whale · reference · 27 m
    Gengar · true height · 1.5 m

    18× shorter than the blue whale

    Gengar measures about 1.5 m in height. Uses the standard form, excluding alternate transformations.

  2. ROUND 2

    C-3PO Star Wars · Databank standard version vs Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog · Modern game character

    Sonic the Hedgehog · reference · 1 m
    C-3PO · true height · 1.77 m

    1.8× taller than Sonic the Hedgehog

    C-3PO measures about 1.77 m in height. Standing height of the specified character version.

  3. ROUND 3

    Buzz Lightyear Toy Story · Toy character · approximate height vs African Elephant (Bull)

    African Elephant · reference · 3.2 m
    Buzz Lightyear · true height · 30 cm

    11× shorter than the African elephant

    Buzz Lightyear measures about 0.3 m in height. Approximate fictional toy height, not the height of a full-size astronaut or a particular retail toy.

  4. ROUND 4

    R2-D2 Star Wars · Databank standard version vs Tennis Court

    Tennis Court · reference · 23.77 m
    R2-D2 · true height · 1.09 m

    22× shorter than the tennis court

    R2-D2 measures about 1.09 m in height. Official Databank height replaces the 0.96 m source value.

  5. ROUND 5

    Woody Toy Story · Toy character · approximate height vs Basketball

    Basketball · reference · 24 cm
    Woody · true height · 40 cm

    1.7× taller than the basketball

    Woody measures about 0.4 m in height. Approximate fictional toy height, not the height of a full-size astronaut or a particular retail toy.

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