# Game: spot the obscure movie/book/etc.. references in doper's nicks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544 "2004-12-01T19:00:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/261 "2004-12-27T21:04:51Z")
> [@bubastis](#): > > Oh, and Peter Morris? The dwarf in the Jack Rabbit Slims Diner in Pulp Fiction is paging a Phillip Morris, any relation? 😛 Philip Morris is a tobacco company. A lot of people have made this connection. But no, no relation AFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/262 "2004-12-27T21:11:16Z")
> [@Algul Siento](#): > > Anyone recognize mine? I do! 😉 Thats the name of the Prison/town the Breakers were held in the Dark Tower. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/263 "2004-12-27T21:47:00Z")
Two possible sources for **revtim** ’s name. I think it’s probably from Reverend Tim Flotsky in _Soap._ It could also be Reverend Timothy Lovejoy from The Simpsons. I don’t think so, because he’s usually called ‘Reverend Lovejoy’ but the former was called ‘Reverend Tim.’ ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/264 "2004-12-27T22:10:41Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > **a-ha** is an actual member of the band a-ha. I thought that **a-ha** was in a group called the Americans or Young Americans or somesuch. I think his music precedes the popgroup by that name by some years. **Jadis** is a witch in the Chronicles of Narnia (she’s scared of **Aslan** ). I learned this recently as I’ve been reading the series to my kids. Her location is even listed as Charn, her home city or world (I forget which). ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/265 "2004-12-27T22:20:04Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Not at all, but it might be a little adVanced for some here. From some research (and your hint) I take it that yours is a character reference from Jack Vance’s _Lyonesse_ trilogy: > [@](#): > > …Shimrod’s resultant search for his magical properties becomes a major subplot of Lyonesse. On his journeys, he travels incognito as the mountebank Dr. Fidelius, “Healer of Sore Knees.” Shimrod adopts this disguise because his only clue to the identity of the thieves is that one of them suffers from such an affliction. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/266 "2005-01-09T16:32:19Z")
I bump in the name of thoroughness. **Mycroft H.** is a reference to Sherlock Holmes’ older brother, reputedly smarter than he was. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/267 "2005-01-09T20:30:50Z")
I know it’s weird, but I swear I did not take my name from a Sir Ben Kingsley character. I had no idea a movie called “Spooky House” existed (or was going to exist because it premiered after I registered) when I came here. The cite is in my sig. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544.md?page=13)