# 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:** 20
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/381 "2025-01-28T13:56:34Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Horsehead That can only be **The Godfather**. The movie leaves out some of the key back story for that scene–they had filmed it, but it was lost in the need to cut hours off of the running time. ---
**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 28, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/382 "2025-01-28T17:22:12Z")
To augment my earlier “Hieneken???”… _ear_ ---
**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 28, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/383 "2025-01-28T17:32:56Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > ear _Blue Velvet_ Mashed potatoes ---
**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 28, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/384 "2025-01-28T17:33:48Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Blue Velvet Indeed. EDIT: > [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Mashed potatoes “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”? ---
**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 28, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/385 "2025-01-28T17:38:09Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > > [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > > > Mashed potatoes > > “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”? Correct. I wondered how many people would think “Animal House” _Strawberries_ ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/386 "2025-01-28T18:51:38Z")
“Pancakes, pancakes, PANCAKES!!!” ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/387 "2025-01-28T19:00:58Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Hot Fuzz, although I think it’s in more than one scene? Makes me think of the ‘Yarp…Narrrrp?’ scene though. Correct - the question mark at the end was to evoke the hesitancy in that specific scene. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/388 "2025-01-28T20:49:17Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Strawberries _The Caine Mutiny_ ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/389 "2025-01-28T20:54:19Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > The Caine Mutiny You’re good, you _Petals_ ---
**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 28, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/390 "2025-01-28T21:41:31Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > _Petals_ _It’s a Wonderful Life_ ---
**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 28, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/391 "2025-01-28T21:45:06Z")
_twenty-two_ This one has at least two answers. ---
**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 28, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/392 "2025-01-28T22:04:23Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > It’s a Wonderful Life Wonderful life, wrong answer 😉 ---
**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 28, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/393 "2025-01-28T22:26:36Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > recidivism > > Raising Arizona Yes. > [@iamatractorboy](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > Lobotomized! > > Total Recall? And: yes. New: > [@](#): > > sow > [@](#): > > hysterical (Probably both rather easy for this crowd. If we were to do classic ‘chick flicks’ it would be harder, but then I don’t know that many to reference.) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/394 "2025-01-28T23:16:39Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > _twenty-two_ > > This one has at least two answers. One of them is _Casablanca_. ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/395 "2025-01-29T00:56:47Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > _Casablanca_. Yes! Any guesses as to the other? ---
**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 29, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/396 "2025-01-29T01:20:19Z")
“out **FIT!!!** ” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/397 "2025-01-29T14:37:36Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Yes! Any guesses as to the other? Well, to me, it recalls a Benny Hill sketch, but this thread is about movies, so I doubt if that was the one you meant. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/398 "2025-01-29T14:42:00Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > To augment my earlier “Hieneken???”… > > _ear_ Now that one all on its own would be **Reservoir Dogs** (yuck) ---
**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 29, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/399 "2025-01-29T17:00:36Z")
Good point. Probably a stretch, here: _bear-trap_ Will require the following hint - it was the most Chekovian device imaginable - yep, placed right above the ole fireplace. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/400 "2025-01-29T20:02:41Z")
Your body part word made me think of one: Leg [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112.md?page=21)