Everyone gets this wrong

[Dewey_Finn]

I thought that the Grail acquired the powers only after being used to catch Jesus’ blood as he was hanging from the cross? So it was not magical during the Last Supper.

[Robot_Arm]

@Northern_Piper

"Morning, Frank.”

“Morning, Ralph.”

Aside: I once had two co-workers, one named Ralph and one named Frank. I heard this exact exchange one morning as we came into the office. They didn’t understand why I started laughing.

I hate to step on a cherished memory, but I think it was Sam Sheepdog. It’s not unknown for cartoon characters to go through some minor changes early on, before they settle in to their established forms, so maybe he was Frank at some point. The joke was lampshaded once on Newsradio.

As to The Coyote, there may be some reference to his name that we haven’t discovered yet. Was he ever shown standing by his mailbox waiting for a package from Acme? I know that sort of gag was used in other WB cartoons. What name is in the mailbox?

[Dewey_Finn]

Why do people assume the name is Wile E Coyote and not Wiley Coyote?

[SCAdian]

@Dewey_Finn

@Frodo

That was Scotty

Yes, you’re correct, but Scotty both used feet/inches and was baffled by a computer mouse.

I always wondered a) where the computer was getting the diagrams and data it was displaying on the monitor, and b) how Scotty learned how to use the mouse to get that information so quickly after having not known how to use it at all.

@muldoonthief

Probably 80% of people think that when Hooper was investigating the hole in the demolished boat, Ben Gardner’s severed head came bobbing out of it. Except it wasn’t severed, it was clearly still attached to his shoulders and torso.

What’s this in reference to?

[solost]

@Dewey_Finn

Why do people assume the name is Wile E Coyote and not Wiley Coyote?

[Dewey_Finn]

Thank you. Now I want to get similar business cards.

[solost]

@Dewey_Finn

Thank you. Now I want to get similar business cards

Here you go…

[Knowed_Out]

This thread reminded me of a horror comic I read years ago. It was an EC horror knockoff made by DC or Charleston, really low budget. Anyway, it followed the trope of “Down on his luck guy discovers some kind of life hack, uses it to gain riches, then loses it all in an ironic twist.”

I only remember it took place in Russia, and a gambler named Sergei discovered he had the uncanny ability to fill an inside straight at poker. He’d be in a game of Draw, have 4 of the cards, ask for 1 card, and manage to get the straight and win the round. The dialogue went something like this:

Sergei: Give me… one card!
Poker player 1: So, you wish to fill an inside straight do you?
Poker player 2: Sergei, if you accomplish this, you will win all the wagers!

Next panel: Sergei stands and flamboyantly fans his cards out on the tabletop.
Sergei: Behold… a STRAIGHT!
Poker player 1: He’s done it. Sergei is now the champion!

A player asking for one card isn’t always looking to fill an inside straight. He could have been dealt two pair and wanted to get a Full House. He could have been dealt 4 of a suit and wanted to get a 5th for a Flush.

How does Poker player 2 know Sergei’s straight will beat all the other hands? Somebody else could have a higher hand. It’s not like anybody is required to continue playing and adding to the pot if they think Sergei got the straight.

Plus, if Sergei always manages to fill a straight, he’s going to be suspected of cheating and not allowed to play, and possibly get his legs broken in the process.

[solost]

Ah, the “Somewhere in Time” pocket watch paradox.

[Darren_Garrison]

@Robot_Arm

I should watch the cartoons again to see if there’s any reference to “Wile E.” in the Roadrunner cartoons.

Maybe not established on-screen in the cartoons, but canon now.

LOONEY TUNES #263 | DC

[Mahaloth]

@Dewey_Finn

I thought that the Grail acquired the powers only after being used to catch Jesus’ blood as he was hanging from the cross? So it was not magical during the Last Supper

I have no idea. I don’t think the movie suggested this.

Here is the script. I guess that is the emphasis in it.

Across the desert and through the
mountain to the Canyon of the Crescent
Moon, to the Temple where the cup
that --"

           Suddenly Indy stops and looks up at Donovan with a startled 
           expression.

                                 INDY
                     "Where the cup that holds the blood 
                     of Jesus Christ resides forever."

                                 DONOVAN
                          (reverently)
                     The Holy Grail, Doctor Jones. The 
                     chalice used by Christ during the 
                     Last Supper. The cup that caught His 
                     blood at the Crucifixion and was 
                     entrusted to Joseph of Arimathaea.

           Indy rubs his chin with a dubious expression as he takes the 
           glass of champagne Donovan now offers him.

                                 INDY
                     The Arthur Legend. I've heard this 
                     bedtime story before.

                                 DONOVAN
                     Eternal life, Doctor Jones! The gift 
                     of youth to whoever drinks from the 
                     Grail.
                          (beat)
                     Oh, now that's a bedtime story I'd 
                     like to wake up to!

[Horatius]

@DocCathode

Having already witnessed proof of God’s existence and the power of a Biblical relic in the first film, why doesn’t Indy just let his father die? Indy has again seen proof. If his father dies, he will be rewarded for a virtuous life.

This is a common problem with lots of shows/movies. I’m rewatching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and in it, it’s made very clear that Christian crosses and holy water work against vampires, which kind of suggests that Christianity is correct. But then they have Willow, who is (at least early in the series) quite Jewish, and then, later, Wiccan. And no one ever seems to address this issue.

[burpo_the_wonder_mutt]

Fellahs! It should be Dew E. Finn, Super Genius.

[Q.Q.Switcheroo]

@Horatius

But then they have Willow, who is (at least early in the series) quite Jewish

I believe this was definitively addressed in The Fearless Vampire Killers.

[Dewey_Finn]

That’s pretty much what I’m planning. Except on the back, it’s going to say
Dewey Finn
Complete Doofus
Still willing to travel but no promises

[Frodo]

Frodo Baggins
Have ring will travel.

[muldoonthief]

@SCAdian

What’s this in reference to?

Jaws.

(What, everyone doesn’t immediately know who Hooper and Ben Gardner are?)

[Robot_Arm]

@Chronos

Of course, Wesley is a very tough nut to crack, and he can tell that, too, so he does the cup-swap just to be sure.

I think it’s much simpler than that. After Vizzini switches cups, they both raise their cups to drink. Watch closely; Vizzini waits for the Man in Black to start drinking first. MiB wouldn’t knowingly drink from the poisoned cup, but having sneakily switched them, that’s Vizzini’s clue that the cup he’s now holding is safe to drink from.

[fachverwirrt]

Remember, Indy never had a normal relationship with his father. Everything was filtered through Henry’s work. Indy’s whole career is motivated in part by trying to live up to his father’s expectations.

After he rescues him from the Nazis, they begin to connect on an actual human, father/son level for the first time ever.

So Indy makes the decision to save his father, who he finally realizes he actually wants to have a relationship with. It might not be the rational decision, but it’s a very human one.