1 Berenstein Bears is actually Berenstain Bears. After Nelson Mandela’s death, the “Berenstain Bears” debacle is one of the most popular Mandela Effects. Numerous people distinctly remember the children’s book spelled “Berenstein,” with an e. However, the series has always been named the “Berenstain Bears.”. This is called "The Mandela Effect," and many people experience it. The Mandela Effect got its name from the death of Nelson Mandela. A handful of people remember Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s, when in reality he actually passed away in 2013. There are many other occurrences of this phenomenon. 2 days ago · In reality, Mandela was still alive and didn’t pass away until 2013. There have been many examples of the Mandela Effect, including that of Mr. Monopoly, the mascot of the popular board game A Mandela Effect from the movie "Dracula Untold". Not exactly new as the movie came out years ago but, a scene I remember was the Master Vampire telling Vlad that if he drank blood before the three day period was up, that Vlad had to return to the cave and take the Master Vampire's place forever. Here are thirteen more examples. 1. Pikachu’s Tale. Many people remember the famous Pokemon to have a black stripe on the end of it’s tail. But apparently the stripe never existed. 2. Life is like a box of chocolates. This wasn’t actually the famous line originally said in “Forrest Gump.”. It's called the "Mandela Effect" because of the false memory of so many people who believed Nelson Mandela died in prison in the 1980s. In reality, he died in 2013. In reality, he died in 2013. The Mandela Effect is a slang term for the phenomenon in which a large group of people shares false memories of past events, referred to as confabulation in psychiatry.[13] Some have speculated that the memories are caused by parallel universes or alternate realities spilling into our own, while others explain the phenomenon as a failure of collective memory. The term was coined by Fiona The Mandela Effect is a real phenomenon, described as when a group of people adamantly believe an incident or experience occurred that never did. The term was created by Fiona Broome, in 2009 after she discovered she was one of many people who wrongly remembered Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s while the South African civil rights qXvd3.