# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/241 "2025-01-20T15:37:12Z")
If you guessed Eve offered Adam a blood red freezie pop of O- blood you’d be correct. ---
**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, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/242 "2025-01-20T15:54:48Z")
> [@solost](#): > > > [@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. Swordfish has nothing to do with a movie title (that I had never heard of). It evokes a classic scene from a well-known movie. Or so I thought 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/243 "2025-01-20T16:00:11Z")
Nihilists Pedro Maureen!!! (This one is hard.) ---
**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, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/244 "2025-01-20T16:05:44Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > Swordfish has nothing to do with a movie title (that I had never heard of). > It evokes a classic scene from a well-known movie. Or so I thought 🙂 Ah, it took a fair bit of googling, since the John Travolta / Halle Berry ‘Swordfish’ movie totally eclipses it, but I think I got it. Spoiler-blurred since I think googling is cheating: [Is the password ‘Swordfish’?](https://the-rearview-mirror.com/2020/10/01/cinemas-greatest-scenes-i-think-i-got-it-is-it-swordfish-groucho-and-chico-marxs-password-scene/) BTW, on re-reading my post that you quoted, I realized it could be interpreted as being insulting or critical of you, as in “I almost made the same mistake as Bayaker, but I decided to keep my mouth shut”. But I was really just making a jokey reference to the _Shaft_ theme song: _They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother_ _(Shut your mouth)_ ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/245 "2025-01-20T16:08:38Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > > [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > > > Multiple scenes, _Beeman’s?_ > > The Right Stuff Yes. _The_ _Right_ _Stuff_. ---
**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, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/246 "2025-01-20T16:11:02Z")
Spoiler. (super weird movie…David Lynch after all…can’t recommend it, hard to watch, but you won’t forget it) [https://youtu.be/snhiofL2Rh4](https://youtu.be/snhiofL2Rh4) ---
**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, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/247 "2025-01-20T16:15:14Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Maureen!!! (This one is hard.) _Once Upon a Time in the West_ ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/248 "2025-01-20T16:23:11Z")
Yep. Good job. (And what a horrific scene for a western.) ---
**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, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/249 "2025-01-20T16:52:19Z")
> [@solost](#): > > BTW, on re-reading my post that you quoted, I realized it could be interpreted as being insulting or critical of you, as in “I almost made the same mistake as Bayaker, but I decided to keep my mouth shut”. No offense taken. > [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Knockers Young Frankenstein > [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > anarcho-syndicalist Monty Python and the Holy Grail ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/250 "2025-01-20T16:59:24Z")
Morons. ---
**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, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/251 "2025-01-20T17:00:07Z")
Blazing Saddles! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/252 "2025-01-20T17:01:12Z")
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/253 "2025-01-20T18:11:18Z")
Potser. Could technically be two movies but the second was just borrowing from the first. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/254 "2025-01-20T18:11:54Z")
Spiderhead, ---
**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, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/255 "2025-01-20T18:19:37Z")
“Gazerbeam.” ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/256 "2025-01-20T18:23:20Z")
Thank you crow, tractorboy, and marcelle! ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/257 "2025-01-20T20:13:50Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > “Gazerbeam.” The Incredibles ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/258 "2025-01-20T20:14:22Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > **“Wilson!!!”** Castaway ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/259 "2025-01-20T20:15:50Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > …_poor_ly Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/260 "2025-01-20T20:16:47Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > > No one has guessed “Cans” yet. > > The Jerk! > > (I thought it was too obvious to mention.) Made me think of _Speed_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112.md?page=14)