# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/121 "2025-01-19T02:40:35Z")
Star Wars. ---
**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, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/122 "2025-01-19T02:43:19Z")
I can’t even think of another movie that uses the word. ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/123 "2025-01-19T02:51:44Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > On second thought, I’m going to withdraw “dude.” I think it’ll recall the movie as a whole rather than an individual scene. **Jesus!** would be a good term for an iconic scene in that movie. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/124 "2025-01-19T02:53:49Z")
Cheesemakers. ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/125 "2025-01-19T02:55:19Z")
Rudy! ---
**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, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/126 "2025-01-19T02:56:23Z")
I thought of a few more. Shirley Cans Rawhide One that doesn’t work is “rope bridge”. I can think of two great movie scenes with rope bridges. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/127 "2025-01-19T06:50:43Z")
Although it’s a quote, you only need the first word (particularly this week) “_Juuuust_…” ---
**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, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/128 "2025-01-19T06:59:35Z")
> [@Wallaby](#): > > “_Juuuust_…” “… you wait, Henry Higgins, just you wait.” ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/129 "2025-01-19T11:46:45Z")
Both Chianti and Fava ---
**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 19, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/130 "2025-01-19T11:48:35Z")
Luke… (surprised it hasn’t been mentioned yet) ---
**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 19, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/131 "2025-01-19T12:18:20Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > Canapes (pronounced can-a-peas) Godfather II ---
**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 19, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/132 "2025-01-19T12:18:51Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Cheesemakers. Life of Brian ---
**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 19, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/133 "2025-01-19T12:19:31Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Frankly Gone With The Wind ---
**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 19, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/134 "2025-01-19T12:19:43Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Woodchipper. Fargo ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/135 "2025-01-19T12:25:35Z")
Ni ! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/136 "2025-01-19T12:53:03Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Mention “cropdusting” to a movie fan, and I’ll wager that they all think of _North by Northwest_ I’d think _Independence Day_, myself. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/137 "2025-01-19T13:00:29Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Cheesemakers. Life of Brian, of course. And there must a whole thread-worth of Monty Python movie words we can quote: Ni ! Aaaaaaaaaargh. (Castle of) Bananas , pointed stick ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/138 "2025-01-19T13:34:51Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Ni ! So iconic that we all read it in the same voice. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/139 "2025-01-19T13:40:34Z")
Infamy! (One of my favourite movies, with Sid James wearing hand-me-downs from Richard Burton.) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/140 "2025-01-19T14:05:05Z")
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