WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Peacemaker, now streaming on HBO Max.
The third episode of HBO Max's Peacemaker, "Better Goff Dead," inspired a horrifying Google search trend surrounding a "little-known" Star Wars fact shared by John Cena's title anti-hero.
In Episode 3, Christopher Smith/Peacemaker and Adrian Chase/Vigilante (Freddie Stroma) are captured by Judomaster (Nhut Le) and the butterflies. Chris taunts Judomaster with insults regarding his small stature, saying, "I wanna take you home, play with you with my G.I. Joes. Just don't f--- Chewbacca. Here's a little-known fact, Wookies have teeth on their asshole. That's canon." While this is not, in fact, canon, the line of dialogue led fans of the show to Google "do wookies have teeth on their buttholes" so much that it became a top search trend, as seen in a screenshot shared by series creator James Gunn.
"Just [Peacemaker] influencing the cultural conversation with his usual grace," Gunn said.
Gunn has previously stated that DC and HBO Max gave him plenty of freedom while creating Peacemaker, allowing for Cena's Christopher Smith to not only make outlandish claims about Wookies but about other heroes in the DC Extended Universe, like Superman and Aquaman.
"There was one thing that maybe I pushed a little too far in the original scripts of Peacemaker, which I pulled back on this much. But other than that, they kind of let me go hog wild. I think they had a lot of questions. Now Bat-Mite is in the DCEU. I think it's hilarious. Who knows! But that's the way it is," Gunn said. "There was, every once in a while, some questions about that type of stuff, but for the most part, these guys have been fantastic partners, but especially HBO Max was."
One of the more notable claims made by Peacemaker in the series is the antihero calling Batman "a p---y!" in Episode 4, "The Choad Less Travelled."Â In a recent interview, Gunn explained that this line of dialogue is the only insult DC Films took issue with.
"I was very surprised, because they were not too fond of Peacemaker calling Batman a p---y. I'm like, 'But he talks about all these other terrible things about all these other superheroes that are much worse than calling Batman a p---y," Gunn said. "I don't know. You'd have to ask them. I don't know why him calling Batman a p---y is potentially more offensive than him saying Superman [has a poop fetish]. I don't understand why one was brought up and one wasn't."
New episodes of Peacemaker drop every Thursday on HBO Max.
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