Somehow a Starbucks coffee cup appeared on 'Game of Thrones'

Uh oh.
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Johnny Lieu
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UPDATE: May 6, 2019, 5:38 p.m. EDT HBO commented on the Starbucks cup! And great news: we're LEANING IN.

Original post follows:

From the Battle of Winterfell, we saw a true hero emerge in Arya Stark.

In Game of Thrones' fourth episode of Season 8, "The Last of the Starks," we saw the inadvertent birth of the internet's new hero: a Starbucks coffee cup.

The disposable cup can be seen in front of the table in front of a forlorn Daenerys Targaryen, at about 14:44 in the episode.

For a show that is so meticulous in detail, the oversight (or product placement, if you put your tinfoil hats on) is pretty hilarious. You bet the internet noticed.

And yes, there are already memes.

We guess as it's the final season, you can let slip some things here and there. Maybe not a coffee cup, but who are we to judge?

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