# Movie scenes recalled by a single word **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 18, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112 "2025-01-18T17:51:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/221 "2025-01-20T05:02:38Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > _ **stren** _uously **A Few Good Men** Rucksack ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/222 "2025-01-20T07:23:29Z")
Twice correct! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/223 "2025-01-20T07:23:55Z")
Correct! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/224 "2025-01-20T08:32:40Z")
Bothans ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/225 "2025-01-20T10:35:50Z")
Manure ---
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/226 "2025-01-20T10:53:01Z")
Nubian ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/227 "2025-01-20T12:40:19Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Pabst Blue Ribbon! (ok…that’s three words but it’s one thing) That makes me think of a scene from the 1980 movie _Midnight Madness_ but I am not sure if THAT is what you going for. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/228 "2025-01-20T12:48:02Z")
Hint (for what I was thinking about): It is from a David Lynch (RIP) movie. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/229 "2025-01-20T12:55:07Z")
anarcho-syndicalist ---
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/230 "2025-01-20T12:56:27Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > That makes me think of a scene from the 1980 movie _Midnight Madness_ but I am not sure if THAT is what you going for. First thing I thought of too. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/231 "2025-01-20T13:04:09Z")
hovercraft ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/232 "2025-01-20T13:11:37Z")
Knockers ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/233 "2025-01-20T14:15:17Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > Empire State Building > > If not, _ **Sleepless In Seattle** _ > > Maybe, _ **An Affair To Remember** _ My first thought was _King Kong_. How about: encyclopydia swordfish cellophant ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/234 "2025-01-20T14:24:17Z")
W (more for Discourse) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/235 "2025-01-20T14:26:37Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > swordfish I mean, that’s literally [the title of a film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swordfish_(film)). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/236 "2025-01-20T14:59:12Z")
**“Wilson!!!”** ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/237 "2025-01-20T15:10:12Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > cellophant _The Wizard of Oz_ ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/238 "2025-01-20T15:32:01Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Manure Back to the Future ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/239 "2025-01-20T15:33:03Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Multiple scenes, _Beeman’s?_ The Right Stuff ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/240 "2025-01-20T15:33:07Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@Bayaker](#): > > > > swordfish > > I mean, that’s literally [the title of a film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swordfish_(film)). Yeah, I almost said ‘Shaft’ but it’s not only a name but the name of the film, and doesn’t recall any one specific scene. So I decided to shut my mouth. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112.md?page=13)