# Episode IV, A New Pope **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976 "2013-02-11T15:08:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/21 "2013-02-11T17:47:31Z")
Vatican II: Ecclesiastic Bugaloo ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/22 "2013-02-11T17:49:25Z")
Scandal rocks the Church when it turns out the new Pope rigged the election. _The Encyclical Thief!_ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/23 "2013-02-11T17:49:42Z")
_Na na na na Na na na na Na na na na Na na na na VATiCAAAAAN!_ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/24 "2013-02-11T17:52:36Z")
_I, Popebot_ Star: Robby Tagline: He really IS infallible! Note: There has been no end of stories and novels about robot saints and popes. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/25 "2013-02-11T18:45:34Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Wow, when I saw “Pope Ted” the first thing I thought of was Father Ted Crilly. Along with Cardinals Dougal McGuire and Jack Hackett (“Feck! Arse! Girls! That would be an ecumenical matter!”) > > I’d pay to see that. 😃 Can we get the dudes from Australia who do penis origami to be cardinals too? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/26 "2013-02-11T19:47:06Z")
Father Ted: Dougal Becomes Pope In a made-for-TV reunion movie, Father Dougal McGuire accidentally becomes pope during the new selection ceremony. Father Ted gets swept up in the affair and tries to train Dougal on how to be pope. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/27 "2013-02-11T20:04:19Z")
_The Young and The Sinless, Catholic Hospital, Bold and Beatified_ That’s right. Pope Operas ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/28 "2013-02-11T20:12:15Z")
The Pontiff goes to a small town to sort out his life and finds true love in the heartwarming chick flick _Pope Floats._ Not to be confused with a similarly titled movie where an enraged mob throws him into the Tiber over his covering up of the pedophilia scandal. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/29 "2013-02-11T20:20:31Z")
“I have had it with these motherfuckin’ Popes on this motherfuckin’ plane!” ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/30 "2013-02-11T20:21:17Z")
_Pope Club_ The _first_ rule of Pope Club is… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/31 "2013-02-11T20:39:14Z")
The College of Cardinals faces down a vicious lynch mob in _Pope on a Rope._ ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/32 "2013-02-11T20:42:03Z")
Cecil Adams is: The Straight Pope! (sorry, somebody had to do it :D) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/33 "2013-02-11T22:09:38Z")
Mel Gibson reprises his role as a Pope for a dystopian future in The Pope Warrior: “We need another hero!” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/34 "2013-02-11T22:23:52Z")
> [@sohvan](#): > > Monty Python and the Holy Pope > “Copts: We’re already got one.” Alexandria actually has two: [Theodore II](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Theodore_II_of_Alexandria) leader of the [Eastern Orthodox Church of Alexandria](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria) [Theodoros II](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Theodoros_II_of_Alexandria) leader of the [Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria) Both of their titles include “Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of all Africa”. The two churches split in AD 451, even before the Roman Catholic/Eastern Orthodox split. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/35 "2013-02-11T22:27:44Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Mel Gibson reprises his role as a Pope for a dystopian future in The Pope Warrior: “We need another hero!” I would love to see the Post Apocalyptic version of the Popemovile. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/36 "2013-02-11T23:43:34Z")
Disney’s The Black Holiness. The first African Pope is elected, leading to fears that he’s really a secret Muslim. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/37 "2013-02-11T23:59:33Z")
Kevin Costner stars as Elliot Ness, a federal agent who assembles a team of Popes from across history to battle Al Capone’s booze-running gangsters in: _The Infallibles._ ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/38 "2013-02-12T00:29:29Z")
_P.O.P.E.S._ is filmed on location in the Vatican. All suspects are presumed to be sinners until determined to be in a state of grace under Canon Law. “Young boys, young boys… Watcha gonna do? watcha gonna do when comes on you…?” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/39 "2013-02-12T01:50:29Z")
In all seriousness, I was once in a play called _The Day they Kidnapped the Pope_. I was the kidnapper. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/40 "2013-02-12T03:50:57Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I would love to see the Post Apocalyptic version of the Popemovile. Oh, Come On! It’s [not hard to find!](http://www.madmaxmovies.com/mad-max-2-the-road-warrior/cars-and-vehicles/ford-landau/mad-max-2-landau-front.jpg) Google Image Search! Hello! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976.md?page=3)