# TV show "Scorpion" and its erroneous logo **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2015, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scorpion-and-its-erroneous-logo/713326 "2015-02-22T07:06:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaltkalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@kaltkalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaltkalt)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scorpion-and-its-erroneous-logo/713326/1 "2015-02-22T07:06:18Z")
I just saw this tv show called Scorpion (“/scorpion”) and I just had to say one thing about it. The show’s logo is wrong. It shows a scorpion drawn in the style of a blueprint with 6 legs and 2 pincers. Scorpions are arachnids and, like spiders, they have 8 legs (plus 2 pincers), not 6. See [Scorpion - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion) Okay thanks… that’s all I have to say about it. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scorpion-and-its-erroneous-logo/713326/2 "2015-02-22T13:30:44Z")
I was embarrassingly old when I learned that the pinchers are pedipalps, not modified legs. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scorpion-and-its-erroneous-logo/713326/3 "2015-02-22T18:07:54Z")
I have just learned that the pinchers are pedipalps and not modified legs. Can’t say I’m too embarrassed by it though – scorpions aren’t much of a thing here in northern Illinois. I’ll settle for saying “That’s kinda neat”. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scorpion-and-its-erroneous-logo/713326/4 "2015-02-22T18:18:33Z")
the show being stupid starts right with the logo then. ---
**Author:** ![newme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e0b2c6/32.png) [@newme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newme)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scorpion-and-its-erroneous-logo/713326/5 "2015-02-22T19:15:15Z")
[I count eight legs in the logo.](http://www.cbs.com/assets/images/content/shows/scorpion/quiz_hdr.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scorpion-and-its-erroneous-logo/713326/6 "2015-02-22T19:25:37Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > the show being stupid starts right with the logo then. Or is it just OPs who cannot count? As **newme** notes, the images of the logo found via google show eight legs and two pincers. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scorpion-and-its-erroneous-logo/713326/7 "2015-02-22T19:52:56Z")
He thinks differently than “normals,” you guys. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scorpion-and-its-erroneous-logo/713326/8 "2015-02-22T20:57:57Z")
Bats! Those giant bugs… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scorpion-and-its-erroneous-logo/713326/9 "2015-02-22T21:59:51Z")
To be fair to the OP, there was an earlier logo than the one **newme** linked that was more [blueprint/tech diagram style](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/Scorpion_intertitle.png) that seems to have an ambiguous number of legs, since the only images I can Google-Image for it have the title overlaid. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scorpion-and-its-erroneous-logo/713326/10 "2015-02-22T22:08:22Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > To be fair to the OP, there was an earlier logo than the one **newme** linked that was more [blueprint/tech diagram style](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/Scorpion_intertitle.png) that seems to have an ambiguous number of legs, since the only images I can Google-Image for it have the title overlaid. That’s the one I saw on the Wikipedia article (which is usually up to date since the fans make the articles), and [the full 1080p version](https://crossoverus.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/scorpion.png) still looks like it only has 6 legs to me. If it’s really an “old” logo already, I’d guess they were trying to cover up for having made that mistake.