Editing Granfalloon (section)

==Examples==
The most commonly purported granfalloons are associations and societies based on a shared but ultimately fabricated premise. Examples from ''Cat's Cradle'' include: "the [[Communist Party USA|Communist Party]], the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]], the [[General Electric|General Electric Company]]—and any [[nation]], anytime, anywhere."  A more general and oft-cited quote defines a granfalloon as "a proud and meaningless association of human beings."<ref>Author's own introduction to Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons, 1974</ref> Other examples of ''granfalloons'' cited in the novel include [[Hoosier]]s, which included the fictional narrator (and Vonnegut himself); and Cornellians (those who attended [[Cornell University]])—which also included the fictional narrator and Vonnegut himself.

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If you wish to examine a granfalloon, just remove the skin of a toy balloon. — Bokonon
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<blockquote><poem>
"My God," she said, "are you a Hoosier?"
I admitted I was.
"I'm a Hoosier, too," she crowed. "Nobody has to be ashamed of being a Hoosier."''
"I'm not," I said. "I never knew anybody who was."
– Kurt Vonnegut, ''Cat's Cradle''
</poem></blockquote>

<blockquote><poem>
"His gaze lit on Newt again. "You go to college?"
"Cornell," said Newt.
"Cornell!" cried Crosby gladly. "My God, I went to Cornell."
"So did he." Newt nodded at me.
"Three Cornellians – all in the same plane!" said Crosby, and we had another granfalloon festival on our hands.
– Kurt Vonnegut, ''Cat's Cradle''
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They had found a can of white paint, and on the front doors of the cab Frank had painted white stars, and on the roof he had painted the letters of a granfalloon: U.S.A.
– Kurt Vonnegut, ''Cat's Cradle''
</poem></blockquote>In the English translations of the several entries of the popular video game series ''[[Castlevania]]'', the name Granfalloon has been used as an alternate name to represent the Judeo-Christian demon Legion. Particularly noted in ''[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]]'' as a mass of living corpses whom the protagonist [[Alucard (Castlevania)|Alucard]], son of [[Dracula (Castlevania)|Dracula]], fights against as one of the game's many bosses. Series director [[Koji Igarashi]] (a.k.a. Iga) is a noted fan of [[Kurt Vonnegut]] and selected this alternate name for Legion, as he believed the Vonnegut concept to be a perfect representation for that boss.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}