# 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:** 5
**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 18, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/81 "2025-01-18T22:53:59Z")
Maybe “dingus” was used in The Hudsucker Proxy, too, though my memory is only of “you know, for kids.” ---
**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 18, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/82 "2025-01-18T23:08:05Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Trench. _Paths of Glory_? > [@Jaycat.again](#): > > Dingus. _The Hudsucker Proxy_? (I see this has been answered.) Some of the others have me stumped. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/83 "2025-01-18T23:09:57Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > _Paths of Glory_? [Trench](https://youtu.be/6H0vFP_jXN4?t=188). ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/84 "2025-01-18T23:12:47Z")
Redrum ---
**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 18, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/85 "2025-01-18T23:19:16Z")
I was thinking of [Trench.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZmgeJ5dY8k) It could have also been [Trench.](https://youtu.be/YfI59AMQSzA?si=vitQP3RGQMrvd3DL&t=75) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/86 "2025-01-18T23:22:44Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’d also like to find examples like “cropduster”; things or ideas that are iconic to just one movie scene. Horse’s head. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/87 "2025-01-18T23:25:51Z")
See, I thought of [Trench](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0096754/). ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/88 "2025-01-19T00:06:02Z")
Yeah, I guess I should have written “Trench run”, but the OP asked for a single word. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/89 "2025-01-19T00:20:26Z")
Squeal ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/90 "2025-01-19T00:21:27Z")
Reacharound ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/91 "2025-01-19T00:21:38Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > Squeal Deliverance? ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/92 "2025-01-19T00:22:51Z")
Yes–you got it. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/93 "2025-01-19T00:23:14Z")
Correct ---
**Author:** ![cieskokid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cieskokid/32/5374_2.png) [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/94 "2025-01-19T00:35:50Z")
Camelot! ---
**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 19, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/95 "2025-01-19T00:51:22Z")
Overthruster. ---
**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 19, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/96 "2025-01-19T00:54:35Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Yeah, I guess I should have written “Trench run”, but the OP asked for a single word. I did, but I don’t mind if people bend the rules a bit. It’s interesting how there are some movie scenes that are so iconic that people recognize them so easily. The exceptions are just as interesting to me; words that bring different memories to different posters, or ideas that don’t quite reduce to just one word. > [@cieskokid](#): > > Camelot! I’m pretty sure I know what you’re going for, but you are aware that there’s a movie called _Camelot_, right? ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/97 "2025-01-19T00:56:31Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > > What do people think of for > > > > “Broom.” > > Wizard of Oz? Or Wicked. Or Fantasia also works. ---
**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 19, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/98 "2025-01-19T00:57:44Z")
close-up surely Shabbos ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/99 "2025-01-19T01:02:02Z")
Fluids. ---
**Author:** ![cieskokid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cieskokid/32/5374_2.png) [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/100 "2025-01-19T01:03:17Z")
Yes, musical w/Richard Harris. BUT that one doesn’t have an exclamation point! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112.md?page=6)