# Shark Tale

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-tale/290100>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 15, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-tale/290100 "2005-02-15T00:22:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-tale/290100/21 "2005-02-16T14:43:41Z")

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I think Im right in saying the definitive appearance of this device was in one of the _Indiana Jones_ movies (but please correct me if that isn’t the case); the hero _just_ manages to squeeze through a door that is closing, then reaches back to retrieve his hat, but I’ve seen it referenced in a couple of subsequent movies and I suspect there are many more that I haven’t seen or noticed, so, let’s see if we can list them all; for starters:

_Chicken Run_ - as Rocky and Ginger escape from the pie machine (Ginger’s hat)  
_Shrek 2_ - as the ensemble escape from the potion room (Puss’ hat)

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-tale/290100/22 "2005-02-16T14:46:09Z")

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Oops! that was meant to be a new thread; sorry, just ignore it.

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