# Props from movies you instantly recognize **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410 "2011-12-16T14:27:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/21 "2011-12-16T15:57:33Z")
The [puzzle box](http://momgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/hellraiser-puzzle-box.jpg) from Hellraiser. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/22 "2011-12-16T16:05:20Z")
The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/23 "2011-12-16T16:19:40Z")
Bo Derek ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/24 "2011-12-16T16:24:10Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Bo Derek 🙂 Can an animatronic robot be a prop? A Christmas Story lamp. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/25 "2011-12-16T16:29:06Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I think the ultimate answer would be the BatMobile. There are several of them, one of the more recent ones is on display at Hollywood Casino in Tunica. It is incredibly small and cramped inside. Think I’d rather have the one from the TV series if I was gonna go for a ride. Other cars to consider: The Delorean from _Back to the Future_. The deathmobile or whatever they called it from the end of\* Animal House\*. Herbie the Love Bug The black Trans Am from _Smokey and the Bandit_ If TV counts, we could add: The truck from _The Beverley Hillbillies_. The Munsters’ car from their show. The General Lee from\* The Dukes of Hazard\*. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/26 "2011-12-16T16:31:28Z")
The golden idol from the beginning of _Raiders of the Lost Ark_; also the map room medallion and the Ark itself. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/27 "2011-12-16T16:34:53Z")
[Bowie Knife (The Iron Mistress)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85A6bwz3Vic) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/28 "2011-12-16T16:37:57Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > The golden idol from the beginning of _Raiders of the Lost Ark_; also the map room medallion and the Ark itself. Idol already mentioned in post #3 ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/29 "2011-12-16T16:44:59Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I think the ultimate answer would be the BatMobile. Or Zebra 1 - Starskey & Hutch ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/30 "2011-12-16T16:45:48Z")
Another iconic TV car is Jim Rockford’s gold Trans Am. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/31 "2011-12-16T16:49:27Z")
I think for it to be an “iconic prop” it has to be something we would instantly recognize, even out of context, and instantly say “Oh that’s the X from Movie Y!” Example: most people would recognize [this](http://wicked-stuff.com.au/cms/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/FREDDY_KRUEGER_G_4d8dedcc86bab.jpg) instantly and tell you what movie it is from. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/32 "2011-12-16T16:53:55Z")
Dorothy’s ruby slippers. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/33 "2011-12-16T16:54:13Z")
We had at least one game based on this concept including > **[Guess the movie from the props](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=509849)** > > This could be a Cafe Society thread if it didn’t have the guessing game as its main feature. It could be a Game Room thread if it weren’t for all the movie references. It may not even matter. ============================== The idea is to list... Guess the movie from the props from 03-10-2009, 05:14 PM thru Post #100 on 03-27-2009, 10:48 PM And perhaps others. Makes for a fun mental game to play while driving a good distance. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/34 "2011-12-16T16:58:31Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > Another iconic TV car is Jim Rockford’s gold Trans Am. [Firebird, yes](http://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rck2.jpg), all of them. [Trans Am, no](http://www.moviepicturecars.com/movie_cars/Muscle_cars/Heeters%20Gold%20SETA.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![rainy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/35 "2011-12-16T17:35:30Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Other cars to consider: > > The black Trans Am from _Smokey and the Bandit_ I was thinking if you saw them out of context, like Spoke said. If you were in a movie prop museum, yes you’d probably recognize it and Rockford’s car. But if you walked out of a store and saw it in the parking lot…not so much. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/36 "2011-12-16T17:36:46Z")
A lot of the examples above are actually weapons. A lightsaber is a weapon (an SF weapon, but a weapon nonetheless). We might also want to exclude vehicles, as lots of movies have memorable custom vehicles. What about the apparatus from Contact? It’s a highly creative object (built on Earth from an extraterrestrial design) and isn’t a weapon. One could make a possible claim that it is a vehicle of some sort, but it isn’t terribly clear if it actually teleports you elsewhere (and back) or if it does what it does by linking with your brain, which never actually physically goes anywhere. Is the One Ring (to rule them all…) a weapon? ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/37 "2011-12-16T17:38:39Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Rosebud. Maybe one of the Eyes of HAL (2001…), or his CPU? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/38 "2011-12-16T17:42:57Z")
Here’s one: [name the movie](http://www.sinepil.org/imaj/Redingot/bladerunner-origami-unicorn.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/39 "2011-12-16T17:46:28Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Here’s one: [name the movie](http://www.sinepil.org/imaj/Redingot/bladerunner-origami-unicorn.jpg). Blade Runner? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/40 "2011-12-16T17:48:00Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Blade Runner? You cheated! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410.md?page=3)