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ALL ANSWERS · POP CULTURE · DAILY No. 5 · SEPTEMBER 8, 2026

Size It Up Pop Culture answer: September 8

The five Pop Culture silhouettes for September 8, 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 5 ran from Pikachu (40 cm) to a football goal (7.32 m). The widest gap was round 4, Woody against African Elephant, at 8.0×; the closest call was round 5, Dialga against Groudon, only 1.5× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.

  1. ROUND 1

    Pikachu Pokémon · Standard Pokédex form vs Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog · Modern game character

    Sonic the Hedgehog · reference · 1 m
    Pikachu · true height · 40 cm

    2.5× shorter than Sonic the Hedgehog

    Pikachu measures about 0.4 m in height. Uses the standard form, excluding alternate transformations.

  2. ROUND 2

    Bulbasaur Pokémon · Standard Pokédex form vs R2-D2 Star Wars · Databank standard version

    R2-D2 · reference · 1.09 m
    Bulbasaur · true height · 70 cm

    1.6× shorter than R2-D2

    Bulbasaur measures about 0.7 m in height. Uses the standard form, excluding alternate transformations.

  3. ROUND 3

    Gengar Pokémon · Standard Pokédex form vs Football Goal (Soccer)

    Football Goal · reference · 7.32 m
    Gengar · true height · 1.5 m

    4.9× shorter than the football goal

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

  4. ROUND 4

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

    African Elephant · reference · 3.2 m
    Woody · true height · 40 cm

    8.0× shorter than the African elephant

    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.

  5. ROUND 5

    Dialga Pokémon · Standard Pokédex form vs Groudon Pokémon · Standard Pokédex form

    Groudon · reference · 3.5 m
    Dialga · true height · 5.4 m

    1.5× taller than Groudon

    Dialga measures about 5.4 m in height. Uses the standard form, excluding alternate transformations.

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