On April 7, 2024, a Saturday Night Live sketch starred host Kristen Wiig as a woman with a strange fear of board games. Specifically, she’s terrified of “getting Jumanjied” — being sucked into a board game. But her friend, played by Andrew Dismukes, takes issue with her premise. In Jumanji, only one guy gets sucked into Jumanji. The plot actually follows Jumanji coming out of Jumanji.
Another person at the party is confused because she thought that Jumanji was about a bunch of people getting sucked into a video game. But as is helpfully explained to her, that’s the new Jumanji, not the original. She may be vindicated, however, as the next chapter in this rebooted series will finally have Jumanji come out of Jumanji.
