# 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:** 18
**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 25, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/341 "2025-01-25T01:07:08Z")
Dominoes. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/342 "2025-01-26T07:56:45Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Maureen!!! (This one is hard.) Rent? ---
**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 26, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/343 "2025-01-26T13:46:02Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Rent? Nope. Someone else already got it, but if you still want to play, here’s a hint: 1960s western, and occurs at beginning of movie. ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/344 "2025-01-26T14:29:14Z")
I may have thought of another one. What do people think of for… Tarot ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/345 "2025-01-26T14:45:38Z")
_Live and Let Die_, but not just one scene. ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/346 "2025-01-26T15:04:02Z")
Edelweiss Tradition Bellboy Thneed Loverly ---
**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 26, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/347 "2025-01-26T15:06:31Z")
Well _someone_ likes musicals… (It’s me. I like musicals.) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/348 "2025-01-26T15:56:23Z")
As do I. In fact, I’m going to see _Something Rotten!_ this afternoon! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/349 "2025-01-26T23:36:40Z")
> [@bleach](#): > > Edelweiss _The Sound of Music_ > [@bleach](#): > > Tradition _Fiddler on the Roof_ > [@bleach](#): > > Loverly _My Fair Lady_ don’t know about “Bellboy” and “Thneed” ---
**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 27, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/350 "2025-01-27T00:03:22Z")
Thneed is something from **The Lorax**. “You need a thneed!” ---
**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 27, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/351 "2025-01-27T00:05:06Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > “You need a thneed!” I thought that was from _Top Gun_. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/352 "2025-01-27T00:05:08Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Nest-egg! (ha ok maybe not hyphenated?) The classic Albert Brooks comedy _Lost in America_, perhaps? I’ve truly read the entire thread and don’t recall anyone asking about: > [@](#): > > M’kay? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/353 "2025-01-27T00:08:51Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The classic Albert Brooks comedy _Lost in America_, perhaps? You got it, Pontiac! > [@Sherrerd](#): > > M’kay? South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut? ---
**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 27, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/354 "2025-01-27T00:11:09Z")
I’m really slowing down in my old age. No, It’s not the thneed for thpeed. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/355 "2025-01-27T00:18:30Z")
Be sure to thzip up after you have thpeed. ---
**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 27, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/356 "2025-01-27T00:28:15Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > don’t know about “Bellboy” Grand Budapest Hotel ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/357 "2025-01-27T00:37:44Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > M’kay? Office Space ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/358 "2025-01-27T02:13:44Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > > [@mbh](#): > > > > don’t know about “Bellboy” > > Grand Budapest Hotel I was thinking maybe _Quadrophenia_ when I saw this. ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/359 "2025-01-27T02:27:52Z")
I guess I’ll have to spill the beans since nobody seems to want to answer it. It (Mincemeat) was from a movie called **The Man Who Never Was**. ---
**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 27, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/360 "2025-01-27T03:23:45Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > > [@mbh](#): > > > > don’t know about “Bellboy” > > Grand Budapest Hotel He was a “lobby boy.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112.md?page=19)