# What properties would you say are referenced too often based on their ACTUAL popularity? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 17, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817 "2020-11-17T18:39:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/21 "2020-11-18T17:36:35Z")
Had a coworker reference Alphonse and Gaston, and I’d bet big bucks he didn’t know it was from a comic strip. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/22 "2020-11-18T18:10:47Z")
I saw the Room and also the disaster artist which is a comedy about making the Room. The Room was funny like plan nine from outer space. Disaster artist was intended to be funny and it was. I almost never see people mention them. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/23 "2020-11-18T18:23:13Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > How many people reference “Badges? We don’t need any stinkin’ badges!” without ever having seen Treasure of the Sierra Madre. I’d most of them, since it is almost always misquoted. The actual quote is “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!” ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/24 "2020-11-18T18:58:23Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > How many people reference “Badges? We don’t need any stinkin’ badges!” without ever having seen Treasure of the Sierra Madre. > > I’d most of them, since it is almost always misquoted. The actual quote is “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!” I suspect most people are actually referencing _Blazing Saddles_. Which was, of course, itself referencing _Treasure of the Sierra Madre_. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/25 "2020-11-18T19:06:47Z")
While reading this I overheard a comment on the TV in the other room. They referenced War and Peace. That probably fits here. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/26 "2020-11-18T19:44:32Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > How many people reference “Badges? We don’t need any stinkin’ badges!” without ever having seen Treasure of the Sierra Madre. A lot of people I know think Cheech and Chong originated it. Also “One of us! One of us! One of us!” – people might know it from dozens of sources – they might think the “Simpsons” or “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” or “Logan’s Run.” I wonder how many people know it’s ultimately from a 90-year-old movie. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/27 "2020-11-18T20:43:01Z")
What about the Hitler rant scene from Downfall that is repeatedly parodied with new subtitles? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/28 "2020-11-18T20:47:15Z")
I wonder if Al Pacino wins this thread by being referenced the most often from movies the majority of people have never seen? Hoo-Ah! I’m walkin here! Say hello to my lil friend! I’m outta order?! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/29 "2020-11-18T20:56:52Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I’m walkin here! That was Dustin Hoffman ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/30 "2020-11-18T21:31:02Z")
I constantly see people talking casually about Netflix shows as it everyone has watched them- but of course only Netflix subscribers and likely not every single one of them either. Only about 1 person in five gets Netflix. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/31 "2020-11-18T21:56:00Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > That was Dustin Hoffman Ah, see! I never saw the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/32 "2020-11-18T22:30:51Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_Z-tCU-sULA/maxresdefault.jpg "Midnight Cowboy (2/11) Movie CLIP - I'm Walkin' Here (1969) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z-tCU-sULA) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/33 "2020-11-18T22:46:27Z")
_“They pelted us with rocks and garbage.”_ > [@Joey\_P](#): > > yeah, he thought it was from Blade Runner. This took me a couple seconds. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/34 "2020-11-18T23:02:51Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > This took me a couple seconds. It took me even longer when he just said 'an old sci-fi movie". It must have been a good ten seconds before I said “What, wait, Oooh… Sling Blade, not Blade Runner”. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/35 "2020-11-18T23:22:13Z")
The Wilhelm Scream. Once you know it you will hear it everywhere, and with almost certainty no one even here has watched the movie **Distant Drums**. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/36 "2020-11-18T23:25:50Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > What about the Hitler rant scene from Downfall that is repeatedly parodied with new subtitles? I actually think this is the best answer so far. Most other replies have named movies that were relatively popular at the time of their release, but this scene is from a small foreign German-language film, I’d be shocked if even 0.5% of those who know the parody have seen the film. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/37 "2020-11-19T01:08:35Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I’m a 50 year-old white American male and have never seen an episode or movie of his. You lucky thing. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/38 "2020-11-19T01:21:40Z")
Speaking of Pacino, let’s not forget the “Attica, Attica, Attica” chant from _Dog Day Afternoon_. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/39 "2020-11-19T01:27:42Z")
I think this a case of people remembering the parody better than the original. Like when people say Sarah Palin said “I can see Russia from my house” when it was actually Tina Fey mocking her on Saturday Night Live. (Palin actually said “They’re our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.” which is a lot less stupid) ---
**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:** [November 19, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817/40 "2020-11-19T02:07:53Z")
When the last person who remembers “Elvira Madigan” finally passes on, will we still be using its title as a nickname for that one Mozart piano concerto? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-properties-would-you-say-are-referenced-too-often-based-on-their-actual-popularity/925817.md?page=3)