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resolved Mickey Mouse cartoon dancing Western Animation
There's an old B&W Mickey Mouse cartoon where a load of characters are just dancing. One visual I particularly remember is a large pig that gets a small chair stuck to her backside.
openOld Giallo set in a hotel. Film
There was a Giallo film I saw up on You Tube years ago. It should be from the 60's or 70's. I remember it being set in a hotel, a pretty luxurious one. There were plenty of scenes set in a central stairwell over a large drop. One of the killer's victims was a black woman who he killed by tying her up in a bathtub and filling it up do she drowned. During the end the killer has a fight with one of the heros and ends up falling to their death.
resolved Teenager's Lies Coming True Film
American, mid-2000s. A crass comedy about a teenager boy who gains the power to make his lies come true. His life falls apart because of the unforeseen consequence of said lies.
One lie was that his mum and dad were a rock star and a fashion designer, which leads to them filing for divorce.
Any help is great. Thanks.
openEarly 2000's Horror Movie Film
Movie should be from around 2000-2010 probably from the extra half of the decade, I forget the exact year I saw it. It was one of those movies that showed up for free on those on-demand services at the time so I giving it a watch. From what I can remember, it involved a mad scientist-like character experimenting on humans, turning them into some sort of mutants. One scene near the end has a protagonist approach one of the mutants, who used to be a family member of his. I want to say it was his son or daughter. He pleads for them to remember him and seems to get through to it, but as he gets closer, it instead guts him.
openNo Title Film
I've got three that cross my mind from time to time, pretty sure they are all movies:
1. A movie about ants that build these pillars or towers; possibly Phase IV; I'll check that out when I get a chance.
2. A movie about an evil kid who manages to fool almost everyone, but the one person he can't fool he kills in the end by burning a building (a barn?) down on him. No, not "The Good Son"; this was definitely earlier than that, it had a "filmed in the 70s" feel.
3. A horror movie about a family in the countryside that gets infected (possibly by something in the water?). The kids manage to stay uninfected, but some visitors show up and get eaten. I specifically remember one scene where the man from a couple manages to escape to the shed, lights a match to look around, it burns down to his fingers, he lights another one and an infected woman is standing behind him.
Edited by loracarolopenTop down computer RPG Videogame
When I was way younger, this could very easily be 10 years ago by now, we had this top down 2D RPG on our old computer. Unfortunately, all I remember about it today is that there was a green snake/lizard character who I thought was the coolest thing, so I used the game editor we had to turn the entire party into clones of this one character. I never got far enough into the game to get any of the plot because I was dreadful at playing it. I know it isn't much to go on, but any help would be appreciated!
openFilm about infected people living in a non-infected society.
Have anyone see or heard this film? The film about a guy, who along with others is a infected zombie, tried to live in a normal life in a non-infected human society after been reconcile. There's also a woman and a boy she's looking after living in the same area as the protagonist, and another infected, who want the protagonist join his rebel against the people who treat them terrible. Does anyone know the name of this name?
openStrange Radio Song I Heard Music
During a road trip in 2023, I tuned in to All India Radio and came across a segment on 'Western Music'. There was a song playing that had a refrain that went something like "You don't play at night". Although I don't remember all the lyrics, I recall that the second half of the song had a pseudo-rap form and incorporated some disco(?) music.
openShow about (Mexican?) bugs living in a desert. Western Animation
I vaguely remember there was an animated show in the 90's about bugs living in the desert with a Tex-Mex feel. It is NOT Santo Bugito, because the colors used in the show were more neutral and natural and it didn't have singing in it. Does anyone else remember it?
openmale artist in movie backlot? Music
I'm trying to remember a pop/dance music video - Male singer - Could be a band, but only one artist is featured in the actual video - He's dancing and interacting with movie props and equipments in a movie backlot - E.g. artificial rain, camera cranes etc. - The actual decor seems to be mostly a western movie of some sort - Actors in costume and movie technicians are constantly moving in and out of the picture - This is NOT the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot (i.e. not Why don't you get a job)
openBook with humans using crab-like tanks/mecha to fight winged humanoids Literature
Fantasy type book set in a world where humans use crab-like tanks/mecha to fight winged humanoids
- Main character is a girl who works on tanks/mecha that have crab-like legs that are used a mobile platforms against a race of Winged Humanoids (possibly other races but they main featured ones)
- Main character is daughter of sort of government approved prostitute who soldiers are encouraged to use in order to have more more babies to replace the population losses caused by the war. Mother is obese as she has a lot of children and the government rewards her large amounts of chocolates and alike. Main character is embarrassed about this.
- Government agent approaches the main character about discovering why their tank/mecha keep getting ambushed. She discovers that the Power Crystals are giving off detectable radiation and that it can be hidden by covering it in tar.
- A rival girl talks a guy into getting rid of the main character under the auspices that main character could be government spy monitoring them. After the Main character is captured by the winged humanoids, the government agent tells them that the real spy was a man posing as a homeless Peeping Tom who was camping outside the showers of he facilities.
- The winged humanoids take the main character to tower of iron that was naturally formed from a volcanic eruption.
resolved I can't find the main anime page for Nijiiro Days Anime
I don't know what the dub name is but I saw a clip for the aforementioned anime on youtube but tvtropes doesn't appear to have a main page for it. Is this the right page to ask about this?
openSome fantasy film I saw in serbia. Film
So there's this boy and there's this goblin-liek creature. The boys parents are arguing with some guy with glasses who has some kind of business with his father. The goblin-like creature takes the boy through some kind of magical door that brings them to some worlds, there's a cave full of skeletons, a hostile jungle, and a peaceful valley or cliff (I don't remeber) the boy's parents, and the guy with glasses, follow him and the goblin through these magical doors and when they're all at the valley/cliff, the guy with glasses shoots the boy's father for some reason and runs away but the goblin-like creature heals the father and the guy with glasses ends up in the hostile jungle and whatever hostile in the jungle basically gets him. Anyone know what Im Talking about?
openSci-fi book with digital copies of ancestors Literature
Chapter book for younger audience that I looked over in a library in the 00s
- Starts of the main character, a boy, dirt biking and crashing
- His mother so upset that she takes him to a place where they have digital copies of the minds of their ancestors to talk with a grandfather or older generation male relative.
- The people who looked after the place were called something like geeks or nerds and wore rainbow suspenders. Despite the name, they where honored for their role.
- The grandfather/past relative gives him a cheery speech and winks at him. The protagonist finds a message hidden the a frame of the wink.
- The protagonist recruits a computer savvy friend to help him and makes contact with the grandfather/past relative who tells him that the guy set up the digital copies of the minds has set so it edits the responses
- They confront the guy and he says that says he did it to stop "Clan Wars" and his actions were necessary to stop the cycle of violence
- The grandfather/past relative and the guy try to get the protagonist to decide who take control of the system with grandfather/past relative arguing for free speech and the guy arguing that it would lead to war.
- He puts them in a platform game-esque arena with whoever reaching the end gets control then deciding that neither should have control and putting them into a loop by sending them back to beginning when they reach the end.
- Then it turns out that it was All Just a Dream that the protagonist was having while unconscious after the biking crash at the beginning.
- After the protagonist wakes up in hospital he talks to computer savvy friend who exists in non-dream world where they make videogames suggests they could make a level that sends the player back to the beginning when they reach the end as reference to above plot point.
openBook where books travel through a wormhole to parallel world Literature
Chapter book for younger audience that I looked over in a library in the 00s
- The book starts with some boys try to make an aircraft and launch themselves over some powerlines
- They crash and somehow separated with one being taken to hospital where they are shocked he doesn't have a special "insurance".
- Other boy makes contact with a guy who tells him the that in their universe they discovered naturally occurring wormholes and the boys passed through one in into the parallel world.
- Wormholes go in time as well, there is mention of wormhole that drops into the middle of a tickle fight with The Spice Girls which has a waiting line. (thought this a pretty dated reference, even back then)
- A scientist had found a wormhole to the beginning of the universe and found that god doesn't exist. That wormhole was mentioned as being guarded so no one else which to me like trying to cover in case religious folk objected.
- Since there was no god and therefore no afterlife the people in the parallel world had the were made into Brain in a Jars and hooked up to virtual afterlife which the aforementioned "insurance".
- This leads them to set out to rescue the injured boy from the hospital and get back through the wormhole to their universe before they take his brains out.
openSprite Animation Series on Machinima about Disney Web Original
I remember in the last years (maybe even months?) of the YT channel Machinima, there was a animated sprite series that had a linear story, but was also part commentary on Disney and their subsidiaries as a whole. I remember it for a number of scenes and story elements which I will list here:
1. Luke Skywalker and Mickey Mouse being the main protagonists, with the main antagonist for the 1st (and only) season being Pinhead from Hellraiser.
2. Several Disney-owned characters get corrupted by Pinhead into their masochistic cult, like Buzz Lightyear, Ursula, and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
3. At one point, the Avengers show up, only to be unceremoniously disintegrated by a monster's blast in the next episode.
4. At one point the Enterprise shows up and someone asks "Is Star Trek owned by Disney?" and Luke answers, "No, but it seems like a matter of time".
5. The last episode they meet a hologram of Walt Disney (whom Mickey Mouse refers to as "Dad" and hugs). Also, during Pinhead's defeat, he gives a soapbox-type speech on the downfall of the Hellraiser franchise.
As you can see, it's a strange series of sorts. Can't remember what it was called for the life of me.
openWebsite for Pokémon Fan Game Idea Web Original
Trying to remember the name of this Pokemon fansite that was for a fan game; I don't believe there was a demo or anything, it was just a hosting website for someone's fan idea for a video game with chapters of a story laid out.
The 1st sprite character I remember was a recolor of Wally from Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald. Instead of his green hair and white shirt, it was recolored to give him white hair and a blue shirt; he was also renamed Simon. In the story itself, it starts with him being kidnapped by Team Rocket.
The 2nd sprite character was a Team Rocket character with the uniform, but the character in question was a little girl with pink hair and pigtails.
Edited by TropeFanaticFanopenA search for a show that has been ongoing for over 3 years
Hi guys, I remember a show I watched as a kid and it is haunting me. I don't have a good memory of it but I remember a specific scene.
The scene involved two characters.
One of them shot ice spikes shaped like this
https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/355714070565309482/
(this is not the actual picture)
they might not be specifically ice but that's how they looked like** And the other character started to counter attack by jumping from one ice spike to another.
So multiple of "ice spikes" were heading his way and he proceeded forward by dodging and doing parkour on the spikes. He went forward while the "ice spikes" were coming at him and used them as little platforms to jump on.
the scene looked like the following scenes:
https://youtu.be/3Ce_3hk-XhM starting from 10:25 to 10:40
https://youtu.be/by2pP4DN7Gk from 4:19 to 4:30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAqMIWmJVKw from 4:50 to 5:07
I know this is a generic fight scene so i'm ready to take any ideas. The search for this show has been ongoing for 3 years
Edited by ShowWatchedAsKidKilingmeopenJ-Pop Album with Retro '80s Sound and Cover Music
A flash drive died and took my music wish list with it. What was the pop metal/arena rock album I was going to get from CD Japan that had a cover right out of the '80s with the singer posing downtown in punkish clothes? This would've been released somewhere in the 2000s or 2010s, but probably around 2007.
I know, I'm taking a long shot here.
I've tried numerous times to copy and paste the information from reddit over to here but it hasn't worked so I'll try this instead: https://imgur.com/Wld38gq