# 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:** 9
**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 19, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/161 "2025-01-19T18:37:27Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > Dirty Harry? Do you feel lucky, punk? ---
**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 19, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/162 "2025-01-19T18:41:36Z")
Winnings. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/163 "2025-01-19T18:56:20Z")
_Miscegenated_! …and it’s tempting to offer _Morningstar_ …but I can think of two prominent candidates. ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/164 "2025-01-19T19:08:23Z")
elderberries ---
**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 19, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/165 "2025-01-19T19:08:54Z")
O negative ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/166 "2025-01-19T19:24:08Z")
Absolutely correct! Whenever I’m a bit under the weather, I always tell my spouse that it’s probably soap-poisoning. ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/167 "2025-01-19T19:31:42Z")
> [@bleach](#): > > Unix > [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > _Wayne’s World 2_? 😉 I’m guessing: " Please! God damn it! I hate this hacker crap! " “It’s a UNIX system! I know this!” “Life finds a way.” “Clever girl” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/168 "2025-01-19T19:52:09Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > How about a single letter? > > W _Undercover Brother_? > [@Ynnad](#): > > elderberries This reminds me of _The Beverly Hillbillies_ as often as _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/169 "2025-01-19T19:57:10Z")
> [@Ynnad](#): > > elderberries Strawberries. ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/170 "2025-01-19T20:01:30Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > > [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > > > How about a single letter? > > > > W > > _Undercover Brother_? It took me a minute, but I assume that’s a reference to the end of _It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World_. No one has guessed “Cans” yet. Let me add Huggies ---
**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 19, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/171 "2025-01-19T20:06:43Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > No one has guessed “Cans” yet. The Jerk! (I thought it was too obvious to mention.) ---
**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, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/172 "2025-01-19T20:10:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Huggies Raising Arizona ---
**Author:** ![InfraBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infrablue/32/6366_2.png) [@InfraBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InfraBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/173 "2025-01-19T20:19:11Z")
_A Clockwork Orange_ ---
**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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/174 "2025-01-19T20:23:59Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > The Jerk! > > (I thought it was too obvious to mention.) I wasn’t sure if it was or not. There has to be some other movie scene with cans, right; but I can’t really think of any. Let me try another one. What do people think of for Warehouse ---
**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 19, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/175 "2025-01-19T20:38:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Let me try another one. What do people think of for > > Warehouse Reservoir Dogs? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/176 "2025-01-19T20:39:43Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > What do people think of for > > Warehouse Raiders of the Lost Ark ---
**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 19, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/177 "2025-01-19T20:47:41Z")
> [@caligulathegod](#): > > Antici…pation _The Rocky Horror Picture Show._ > [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Both Chianti and Fava _The Silence of the Lambs_ > [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Upstart. _Duck Soup._ > [@E-DUB](#): > > Overthruster. _The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension._ A lot of these are going by, unguessed. Two: > [@Sherrerd](#): > > slimed > … … … … … > Aqaba! ---
**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 19, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/178 "2025-01-19T20:50:16Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > slimed Ghostbusters? ---
**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, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/179 "2025-01-19T20:50:28Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Reservoir Dogs? > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Raiders of the Lost Ark _Raiders_ is the one I was thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/180 "2025-01-19T20:51:21Z")
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