# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/101 "2011-12-16T21:26:16Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > [This one goes back a bit](http://totalrecall.popapostle.com/images/episodes/Total-Recall/Martian-camera-eye.jpg). _War of the Worlds_, 1950s version. As I recall, there was repetition of that “circle divided into three parts” motif in the aliens’ ships, etc., that caused (one of?) the scientists in the movie to deduce that the aliens had one eye similar to their sensor stalk. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/102 "2011-12-16T21:28:07Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Isn’t that Milton’s stapler from _Office Space_? > > I don’t have a clue on the guitar, though. The guitar’s from _Purple Rain_, ain’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Unpronounceable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de0a6/32.png) [@Unpronounceable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unpronounceable)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/103 "2011-12-16T21:29:54Z")
The Jacob’s Ladder & other various lab equipment from the various old Frankenstein movies? ---
**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, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/104 "2011-12-16T21:30:16Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Nope, nope, and nope. > > [Here it is again](http://images4.fanpop.com/image/quiz/705000/705582_1317339378158_500_243.jpg). [Groundskeeper Willie] Ach, I’m bad at this! [/GkW] ---
**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, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/105 "2011-12-16T21:30:28Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Surely there is such a site, but I have no clue to where it is and who controls it. > > **Johnny L.A.** had a link to a site that had details on all sorts of weapons and I’ll try to locate that one to post here. > > [Old West accouterments -- costuming and collecting - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558390) > Old West accouterments – costuming and collecting > 04-03-2010, 10:14 PM > Johnny L.A I see that I didn’t go quite deep enough in my search for **Johnny L.A.**'s reference site. Be amazed at all you can find at [Internet Movie Firearms Database](http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Main_Page) There may be others, but if you’re into weaponry, there’s a lot there. ---
**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, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/106 "2011-12-16T21:31:17Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > The guitar’s from _Purple Rain_, ain’t it? Bingo. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/107 "2011-12-16T21:31:23Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I wonder what ever happened to [these](http://www.writeups.org/img/inset/Martian_Ship_Quatermass_h1.jpg) props? I’d recognize them anywhere, and they’d be great for scaring the hell out of Trick-or-Treat’ers. Quatermass and the Pit, or 5 Million Years to Earth? ---
**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, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/108 "2011-12-16T21:38:30Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Given the difficulty everyone is having recognizing it, I wouldn’t consider it to be in the category of “props you instantly recognize.”😉 Granted, but the other ones were just too easy. The bracelet does figure into the plot of an Oscar-winning film, though, so it’s not exactly obscure. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/109 "2011-12-16T21:55:29Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Granted, but the other ones were just too easy. The thread is “props you instantly recognize,” though, not “guess the movie this prop is from.”😉 ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/110 "2011-12-16T21:56:08Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Here’s another: [name the movie](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JDVmK5lWrnM/Tkw_4Nh1HdI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/bQvYPyCdytU/s1600/29.png) Men In Black - “The Universe on Orion’s Belt,” right? _ETA - nm, asked & answered_ Hows about [this?](http://bookandnegative.altervista.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/v8interceptor.jpg) ETA: :smack: How did I comletely miss pages 2 & 3?!?!?! ---
**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, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/111 "2011-12-16T22:11:45Z")
Here are a few more word pictures: 1. a can of Dapper Dan pomade 2. a bag of Huggies 3. french fries with mustard 4. a dime novel called “The Duke of Death” ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/112 "2011-12-16T22:12:12Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > Quatermass and the Pit, or 5 Million Years to Earth? 5 Million Years to Earth- the Q&tP television serial was in black and white. ---
**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, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/113 "2011-12-16T22:23:45Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > The thread is “props you instantly recognize,” though, not “guess the movie this prop is from.”😉 Hey _I_ would instantly recognize it, but I am kind of a movie hound. I am very surprised that no one knows it. I figured _someone_ would get it. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/114 "2011-12-16T22:34:00Z")
Damn you , **Spoke**! I recognize that prop, but I cannot remember where it is from and I am stuck at work so i can’t look it up. Now it will bug me until I can get home! ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/115 "2011-12-16T22:35:16Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Here are a few more word pictures: > > 1. a can of Dapper Dan pomade > 2. a bag of Huggies > 3. french fries with mustard > 4. a dime novel called “The Duke of Death” 1. O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2. Raising Arizona 3. Sling Blade 4. Unforgiven ---
**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, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/116 "2011-12-16T22:39:23Z")
Another hint: [the bracelet](http://images4.fanpop.com/image/quiz/705000/705582_1317339378158_500_243.jpg) is hollow and made of glass. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/117 "2011-12-16T22:42:27Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > - > - nuclear device with “hi there” and “dear john” painted on _Farscape_ - John’s contribution to the absurd. > [@Spoke](#): > > [Here’s one](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3214/2883376983_9936ea4234.jpg) from another Best Picture winner. No Country for Old Men. ---
**Author:** ![Catfood\_Purrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Catfood\_Purrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catfood_Purrito)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/118 "2011-12-16T22:44:36Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Another hint: [the bracelet](http://images4.fanpop.com/image/quiz/705000/705582_1317339378158_500_243.jpg) is hollow and made of glass. Shakespeare in Love ---
**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, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/119 "2011-12-16T22:47:39Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > No Country for Old Men. _ding ding ding_ > [@Catfood\_Purrito](#): > > Shakespeare in Love _ding ding ding_ ---
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/120 "2011-12-16T23:12:27Z")
Some more (Now don’t cheat and read the urls…): Most people would know [this one](http://www.top10films.co.uk/img/psycho-corpse.jpg), I think. How about [this one](http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_fullxfull.279147965.jpg)? Or [this one](http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/images/12_monkeys_large_11.jpg)? Or [this](http://horizontal-lines.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55390d0e08833014e881700ef970d-320wi)? Or [this one](http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=13259617)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410.md?page=7)