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ALL ANSWERS · POP CULTURE · DAILY No. 15 · SEPTEMBER 18, 2026

Size It Up Pop Culture answer: September 18

The five Pop Culture silhouettes for September 18, 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 15 ran from a bowling ball (21.8 cm) to Daitarn 3 (120 m). The widest gap was round 5, Daitarn 3 against X-34 Landspeeder, at 35×; the closest call was round 1, R2-D2 against Bowling Ball, only 5.0× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.

  1. ROUND 1

    R2-D2 Star Wars · Databank standard version vs Bowling Ball

    Bowling Ball · reference · 21.8 cm
    R2-D2 · true height · 1.09 m

    5.0× taller than the bowling ball

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

  2. ROUND 2

    Squirtle Pokémon · Standard Pokédex form vs Great White Shark

    Great White Shark · reference · 4.5 m
    Squirtle · true height · 50 cm

    9.0× shorter than the great white shark

    Squirtle measures about 0.5 m in height. Uses the official Pokédex height for the standard form, excluding alternate forms and transformations.

  3. ROUND 3

    Machamp Pokémon · Standard Pokédex form vs Togepi Pokémon · Standard Pokédex form

    Togepi · reference · 30 cm
    Machamp · true height · 1.6 m

    5.3× taller than Togepi

    Machamp measures about 1.6 m in height. Uses the official Pokédex height for the standard form, excluding alternate forms and transformations.

  4. ROUND 4

    Mewtwo Pokémon · Standard Pokédex form vs Soccer Ball

    Soccer Ball · reference · 22 cm
    Mewtwo · true height · 2 m

    9.1× taller than the soccer ball

    Mewtwo measures about 2 m in height. Uses the standard form, excluding alternate transformations.

  5. ROUND 5

    Daitarn 3 Daitarn 3 · 1978 anime · robot form vs X-34 Landspeeder Star Wars · Original trilogy vehicle

    X-34 Landspeeder · reference · 3.4 m
    Daitarn 3 · true height · 120 m

    35× taller than the X-34 Landspeeder

    Daitarn 3 measures about 120 m in height. Published standing height in robot form; Daitank and Daitfighter transformations are excluded.

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