# What is extremely common in TV or movies but almost never happens in real life? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311 "2021-02-06T04:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 212
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4227 "2024-10-17T12:52:34Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Well, they were supervillians. They could not only afford matching uniforms for their henchmen, but they could also afford a secret lair. Alas, no money left over for marksmanship training for the henchmen. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4228 "2024-10-17T13:01:30Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > I believe they may be considered “dawgs” like Goofy. This is to distinguish anthropomorphic dog-like people from “dogs” like Pluto. Those human-animal genetic experiments Walt Disney engaged in were horribly unethical. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4229 "2024-10-17T14:46:44Z")
Someday the deep, dark secret of the Disney parks will be revealed; those aren’t people in costumes but actual human-animal hybrids. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4230 "2024-10-17T14:55:50Z")
When they reanimate Walt’s frozen head he will be well pleased with the continued progress of his awful experiments. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4231 "2024-10-17T16:54:18Z")
> [@deneen](#): > > People asking “Is that a threat?” > I am waiting for the day I hear that irl, I cannot WAIT! And I assume you’re going to reply “No, just a fact.” ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4232 "2024-10-17T19:26:31Z")
Another noise related one: A character is apartment hunting and is checking out some really crappy apartment. Somehow all the traffic noise from the busy freeway right outside the window is completely inaudible until the character opens the blinds and reveals that the apartment is located right next to that busy freeway. Because on TV you can only hear the traffic if you can see it. I wish my blinds did that good of a job of blocking sound. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4233 "2024-10-17T19:28:46Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > It’s the corollary of walking three feet away and talking in a normal volume about something confidential _in front of the people you don’t want to hear you._. Which makes sense because you can be in crowded cafe or coffee shop (I’m looking at you “Friends”) and you can see everyone in the background carrying on conversations and yet you can’t hear a word that they’re saying. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4234 "2024-10-17T19:33:21Z")
In an evil-sounding foreign accent: “A _threat_? Oh, no,no,no! We do not ‘threaten.’ We simply … _observe_.” ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4235 "2024-10-17T20:10:58Z")
Walt was notoriously opposed to collective bargaining. One particular incident informed his conviction: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2QQxmz0XBik/maxresdefault.jpg "HuntedTv: Island of Lost Souls (1932) - Part man... Part beast... THINGS!!!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QQxmz0XBik) ---
**Author:** ![deneen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deneen/32/17713_2.png) [@deneen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deneen)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4236 "2024-10-18T11:07:57Z")
Or my backup, “No, it’s a promise.” ---
**Author:** ![deneen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deneen/32/17713_2.png) [@deneen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deneen)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4237 "2024-10-18T11:14:20Z")
I am dying- yes. also- can you tell me how you typed in italics? dumb question I know… ---
**Author:** ![deneen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deneen/32/17713_2.png) [@deneen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deneen)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4238 "2024-10-18T11:16:33Z")
Just realized how to use italics, rushed back to delete question, can’t figure out how to, ughhh ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4239 "2024-10-18T13:01:46Z")
> [@deneen](#): > > Just realized how to use italics, rushed back to delete question, can’t figure out how to, ughhh Unless you have it hidden there is an _I_ in the reply task bar. Click that and type. Or you can put your text between two asterisks like this _text._ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4240 "2024-10-18T16:32:24Z")
I just watched a clip where someone was shot in the abdomen. “He’s lucky, it went straight through.” In what way is that lucky? More organs to go through? ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4241 "2024-10-18T18:16:46Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > someone was shot in the abdomen. “He’s lucky, it went straight through.” In what way is that lucky? More organs to go through? Possibly they mean simply drilled a narrow hole (as full-metal jacket rounds sometimes do) as opposed to gouging out a huge wound channel. “Terminal ballistics” is a strange, complex and ofttimes ghastly subject. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4242 "2024-10-18T20:57:15Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Walt was notoriously opposed to collective bargaining. > **[Disney animators' strike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_animators%27_strike)** > > Herbert Sorrell > Walt Disney > The Disney animators' strike was a 1941 American film industry work stoppage where unionized employees of Walt Disney Productions picketed and disrupted film production for just under four months. _Disney’s animators had the best pay and working conditions in the industry, but were discontented_ Walt thought that that would be enough, but the head of the Union hated Disney for his refusal to unionize. Also, altho over all the pay was good, it wasnt well organized, leading artists doing identical jobs but being paid widely different amounts. > [@Loach](#): > > I just watched a clip where someone was shot in the abdomen. “He’s lucky, it went straight through.” In what way is that lucky? More organs to go through? The magic bullet thing in hollywood, where once they get the bullet out, everything is fine. 🤪 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4243 "2024-10-18T21:48:18Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > The magic bullet thing in hollywood, where once they get the bullet out, everything is fine. 🤪 🙄 As long as they treat the wound and the victim with brandy afterwards, everything will turn out well. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4244 "2024-10-18T21:51:41Z")
In Westerns you might spit some tobacco juice on it as well. Can only help. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4245 "2024-10-18T22:43:12Z")
Brandy? No, you need to use whiskey! A splash to disinfect the wound, a swig to anesthetize the patient, and a gulp to steady the doctor’s nerves! ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/4246 "2024-10-18T22:47:01Z")
All the other cowboys will make fun of you if you show up and ask for a cognac like a Frenchman. It’s always “whiskey, leave the bottle”, brand names are unnecessary. Maybe Wisconsin cowboys can get away with brandy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311.md?page=211) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311.md?page=213)