# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ruby\_Slippers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@Ruby\_Slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby_Slippers)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/41 "2013-02-12T11:01:42Z")
_The Great White Pope_ Starring James Earl Jones He could beat any white man. He just couldn’t beat all of them. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/42 "2013-02-12T14:19:09Z")
The Papal Trap – After a schism in the Church, the two Popes accidentally meet at a retreat and switch places. Wacky hijinks ensue. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/43 "2013-02-12T14:44:50Z")
Jim Varney’s lovably dumb Ernest gets on the wrong plane and ends up in Rome. Blundering into a guided tour of the Vatican, he puts on a stray miter and walks to a window just as the Conclave elects a new Pontiff. It’s…_Never Get Pope on Your Shoes!_ ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/44 "2013-02-12T14:53:03Z")
_FrankenPope_ A new Pope is constructed from the body parts of previous Popes. The monster goes on a rampage and throws Monica Bellucci into the Mediterranean Sea. It ends up trapped in the Sistine Chapel, which is set afire by a mob of angry villagers. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/45 "2013-02-12T17:14:06Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Cecil Adams is: > The Straight Pope! > > (sorry, somebody had to do it :D) And He won’t even need to **learn** to be infallible! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/46 "2013-02-12T17:18:13Z")
In Tarantino’s _Pope Fiction,_ a reactionary new Pope decides to revive the Inquisition. His motto for heretics: . . . well, you can fill it in. ---
**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 12, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/47 "2013-02-12T23:45:46Z")
Karen Dotrice attempts to save her acting career by resurrecting her role of Elizabeth Winthrop in a movie about a group of southern-European gnomes who need someone with the skills and experience to drive… The Pope-Mobile. ---
**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 13, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/48 "2013-02-13T00:09:33Z")
The story of a young man’s increasing obsession with the Holy See: _Diary of a Pope Fiend_ ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/49 "2013-02-13T00:13:59Z")
A new Pope falls in love and leaves his office for love; _The Pope Elopes_. ---
**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 15, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/50 "2013-02-15T15:20:42Z")
Benedict moves to New York to open a restaurant and becomes the Pope of Greenwich Village. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976/51 "2013-02-16T17:17:37Z")
Damn. I was hoping for a link to a parody youtube clip. Alas… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-iv-a-new-pope/649976.md?page=2)