oh god, i remember the first time I played KQ6 I spent SO long trying to figure out how to get into chessboardland cuz i was SO sure you were supposed to... I kept trying to climb through the hole in the wall, or over the wall, and then when the "Drink Me" bottle showed up I was sure that it made you shrink so that you could get by the guards unnoticed.
One of those "you told me i cant, so that means i must have to" moments i s'pose...