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* ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'': The climax of the movie, as Marty is doing a final check on the [=DeLorean=] to make sure everything's working properly, features this classic line of dialogue:
--> '''Marty:''' Time circuits on, Flux Capacitor... fluxing.
--> '''Marty:''' Time circuits on, Flux Capacitor... fluxing.
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* "Film/SafetyNotGuaranteed": Darius describing her weapon of choice, the morning star, to Kenneth at the grocery store.
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* "Film/SafetyNotGuaranteed": ''Film/SafetyNotGuaranteed'': Darius describing describes her weapon of choice, the morning star, flail, to Kenneth at the grocery store.store as "those thingies with the spiky ball at the end of the chain things".
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* In ''Film/AreYouBeingServed'', Miss Brahms calls the bug in her tent a "wiggly-wiggly thing".
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** 29 years later, most fans of the film still refer to them as "Things".
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** 29 41 years later, most fans of the film still refer to them as "Things".
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---> '''Brianna''': Can you make it sound more like '''ME''' this time?, I'm so sick and tired of having to explain why I sound so smart on paper and so''[[TheDitz ... not smart... not on paper]]''
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-->'''Bruce Banner:''' ...[[DeadpanSnarker thanks.]]
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---> '''Jay''': "Have you ever flashy-thinged me?"
---> '''Kay''': "No."
---> '''Jay''': "I ain't playing with you, Kay! Have you ever flashy-thinged me?!"
---> '''Kay''': [[BlatantLies "No."]]
---> '''Kay''': "No."
---> '''Jay''': "I ain't playing with you, Kay! Have you ever flashy-thinged me?!"
---> '''Kay''': [[BlatantLies "No."]]
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---> '''Jay''': "Have Have you ever flashy-thinged me?"
me?
---> '''Kay''':"No."
No.
---> '''Jay''':"I I ain't playing with you, Kay! Have you ever flashy-thinged me?!"
me?!
---> '''Kay''': [[BlatantLies"No."]]No.]]
---> '''Kay''':
---> '''Jay''':
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-->'''Hunter:''' Say again, Roland, a what?
-->'''Tembo:''' The one with the big red horn. Pompadour. Elvis!
-->'''Tembo:''' The one with the big red horn. Pompadour. Elvis!
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-->'''Coach Klein''': Bobby, can you do that for me every game?
-->'''Bobby Boucher''': Coach, not only will I do it for you, I... I... I... yes, yes, I'll do it for you.
-->'''Bobby Boucher''': Coach, not only will I do it for you, I... I... I... yes, yes, I'll do it for you.
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** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': Thanks for Creator/JossWhedon having directed the film, of course. In the film, [[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]] describes [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]] as "enormous green rage monster".
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** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': Thanks for Creator/JossWhedon having directed the film, of course. In the film, [[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]] describes [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008 The Hulk]] as "enormous green rage monster".
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-->'''Scott:''' "Can you do a thingy... on that rail?"
-->'''Lucas Lee:''' "It's called a grind, bro."
-->'''Scott:''' "Well, can you do a grindy thingy now?"
-->'''Lucas Lee:''' "It's called a grind, bro."
-->'''Scott:''' "Well, can you do a grindy thingy now?"
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-->'''Scott:''' "Can Can you do a thingy... on that rail?"
rail?
-->'''Lucas Lee:'''"It's It's called a grind, bro."
bro.
-->'''Scott:'''"Well, Well, can you do a grindy thingy now?"now?
-->'''Lucas Lee:'''
-->'''Scott:'''
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-->'''2nd Evil Ex:''' "It's called a grind, bro."
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* ''Film/Shazam2019'': As Shazam and Sivana face off, hovering some distance apart above a Philadelphia city street, Sivana launches into a [[EvilGloating supervillain rant]]... which Shazam can't hear because they're too far apart and there's too much background noise:
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* ''Film/Shazam2019'': As Shazam and Sivana face off, hovering some distance apart above a Philadelphia city street, Sivana launches into a [[EvilGloating supervillain rant]]... which Shazam can't hear because they're too far apart and there's too much background noise:
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* ''Film/Shazam2019'': As Shazam and Sivana face off, hovering some distance apart above a Philadelphia city street, Sivana launches into a [[EvilGloating supervillain rant]]... which Shazam can't hear because they're too far apart and there's too much background noise:
-->'''Shazam:''' Are you making some, like, big, evil-guy speech right now or somethin'?
-->'''Shazam:''' Are you making some, like, big, evil-guy speech right now or somethin'?
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* From the ''Series/McHalesNavy'' movie:
-->'''Vladikov''': "What do you think of my stealth boat, David?"
-->'''David''': "Very stealthy, sir."
* From ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':
-->'''Vladikov''': "What do you think of my stealth boat, David?"
-->'''David''': "Very stealthy, sir."
* From ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':
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* From the ''Series/McHalesNavy'' ''Film/McHalesNavy'' movie:
-->'''Vladikov''':"What What do you think of my stealth boat, David?"
David?
-->'''David''':"Very Very stealthy, sir."
sir.
* From''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'':
-->'''Vladikov''':
-->'''David''':
* From
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* In ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'':
--> '''Detective Pikachu''': That's a twist! That's very twisty.
--> '''Detective Pikachu''': That's a twist! That's very twisty.
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* In ''Film/LoveCrazy'', Susan describes Ward Willoughby as a champion "bow-and-arrower". (The word is ''archer'').
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* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': Thanks for Creator/JossWhedon having directed the film, of course. In the film, [[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]] describes [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]] as "enormous green rage monster".
-->'''Bruce Banner:''' ...[[DeadpanSnarker thanks.]]
** In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', Ultron's big speech about people creating the things they fear most gets a trademark Whedon mood-breaking moment when he forgets the word "children", instead calling them "smaller people" until he recalls the right word.
* ''Film/ForrestGump'''s general VerbalTic. This leads to a nice HistoricalInJoke when he ends up being a shareholder in "some sort of fruit company" (Apple Computers).
* Valentine from ''Film/MirrorMask'': "I will slip unnoticeable through the darkness like a dark, unnoticeable slippy thing." Notice that he doesn't hesitate at any point in the sentence. That's what he meant to say.
--> "We will do what rich people do! We will bathe in... fish! Eat our weight in... chocolate buttons! Learn to play the concertina!"
* ''Film/MenInBlack'' also had this little exchange.
-->'''Jay''': Hey, Kay. When do I get one of those... ''[[LaserGuidedAmnesia flashy-thingy-memory-messer-uppers]]''?
-->'''Kay''': When you grow up.
** or:
---> '''Jay''': "Have you ever flashy-thinged me?"
---> '''Kay''': "No."
---> '''Jay''': "I ain't playing with you, Kay! Have you ever flashy-thinged me?!"
---> '''Kay''': [[BlatantLies "No."]]
* ''Film/ACinderellaStory'' has this as Brianna makes Sam write her papers for her.
---> '''Brianna''': Can you make it sound more like '''ME''' this time?, I'm so sick and tired of having to explain why I sound so smart on paper and so''[[TheDitz ... not smart... not on paper]]''
* In ''Film/BadBoysII'', Det. Marcus Burnett is [[ItMakesSenseInContext accidentally high on ecstasy]] when he and his partner go to ask their captain for a warrant. He is so out of it that his partner tries to send him on a fool's errand--call another detective and tell him... something...
--> '''Mike Lowrey''': Tell Vargas... tell him... that thing we said to tell him...
* The titular character of ''Film/{{Juno}}'' has a most idiosyncratic syntax. "Prom is for weenises."
* The Derek Film/{{Zoolander}} Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good. [[note]]And Want To Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too.[[/note]]
* In ''Film/{{Help}}'', George Harrison realizes that the curling stone he just threw is actually a bomb, and exclaims, "Hey, it's a thingy! A fiendish thingy!"
* ''Film/JurassicPark''
--> '''Nedry:''' First I'm going to get this thing and then I'm going to hook it up to that thing over there...
* ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'': Roland Tembo has quite a bit of trouble with the pronunciation of the dinosaurs' names.
-->(chasing dinosaurs on the game trail)
-->'''Tembo:''' You're coming up on a...
-->(flips through his dinosaur guide)
-->'''Tembo:''' A Pachy... a pachy... oh, hell. Uh, the fathead with the bald spot. Friar Tuck!
** And later it seems like his team is having fun with his explanations:
-->'''Hunter:''' Say again, Roland, a what?
-->'''Tembo:''' The one with the big red horn. Pompadour. Elvis!
* ''Film/ThePrincessBride'': Vizzini gives this gem of a line when trying to outrun the man in black.
-->'''Vizzini:''' Move the thing! And... that other thing! Move it!
* "Film/SafetyNotGuaranteed": Darius describing her weapon of choice, the morning star, to Kenneth at the grocery store.
* ''Film/GalaxyQuest'': Red... thingy... moving toward the green... thingy. I think we're the green thingy.
* The Commander in ''Film/SkyHigh2005'': "Whatever you're teaching them, keep teaching them... it."
* At the climax of an "insult contest" against Peter Pan in ''Film/{{Hook}}'', Rufio is reduced to spluttering [[LameComeback "You... man! You... stupid... stupid... man!"]]
* ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'': Ricky Gervais' character (the curator) has this as his main defining characteristic.
-->"Do you think I'm here just to be a... a... (trails off into nothing)"
** The protagonist is guilty of this too, at one point referring to dummies in a diorama as "weird, faceless puppet people."
* In ''Film/AceVentura: When Nature Calls'':
-->'''Ace''': I will be as a fly on the wall. A grain of salt in the ocean. I shall slip amongst them like a transparent... ''thing''.
* Characters in ''Film/BurnAfterReading'' do this constantly, especially Linda and Chad as they attempt to act like real spies. Some of the best moments are sentences of Chad's that he loses control of ("Looks can be... deceptive"), sometimes resorting to his go-to word ("I thought you might be worried... about the security... of your shit.")
* From the ''Series/McHalesNavy'' movie:
-->'''Vladikov''': "What do you think of my stealth boat, David?"
-->'''David''': "Very stealthy, sir."
* From ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':
-->'''Pippin:''' You need people of intelligence on this sort of mission... quest... thing.
-->'''Merry:''' Well, that rules you out, Pip.
* In ''Film/ShesTheMan'', when Olivia's mere presence renders Duke practically speechless:
-->'''Viola as Sebastian:''' What about the thing that we talked about that you were gonna do later?
-->'''Duke:''' What thing? I'm... I'm thingless.
* This is a RunningGag with the mayor in the sixth ''Film/PoliceAcademy'' movie. The first example.
-->'''Mayor:''' These folks are making us look like a bunch of... Oh, the ones who are very funny, kings have them... Send in my... Fool! They're making us look like a bunch of fools!
** And he does something similar to this several times over the course of the movie.
* In Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/{{Alice in Wonderland|2010}}'', the Mad Hatter says to Alice, "You used to be much more... ''muchier''. You've lost your muchness." Which is a reference to the book, where the Dormouse asks if Alice has ever seen a drawing of a muchness.
* ''Film/BoogieNights''. "Gimme one of those sprinkly Christmas things".
* In ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', the Wizard stumbles over the word "philanthropists", eventually calling them "good-deed doers".
* A character in ''Film/{{Hackers}}'' tells another that the MacGuffin has been put "in that place where I put that thing that time". Subverted because it was intentionally done by an intelligent character to sound vague. He was in jail at the time accused of federal hacking breaches, telling his friend where the evidence is over the phone.
* In ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington'', when Diz asks Saunders where a particular drink is, she says, "It's in the thing... behind the thing."
* In ''Film/SpiderMan1'', when the "Human Spider" finds out he'll be in an impromptu cage match with "Bonesaw [=McGraw=]" (alerted by said cage lowering around the ring, the crowd chanting "CAGE!" repeatedly, and the guards complying with the announcer's request to "PLEEEASE LOCK THE CAGE DOOOOOOOOOOOOORS AT THIS TIIIIIIIME..."
-->'''Spidey:''' Hey! Unlock the thing! Take the chain off!!!
* ''Film/TheThing1982'': Unable to come up with a better term for them, the characters refer to the alien species as "Things". The subtitles capitalize this as the proper name for the creatures.
** 29 years later, most fans of the film still refer to them as "Things".
* The ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' movies. Both "Alien" and "Xenomorph" are terms applied to the species, but it seems that no one in-universe has come up with a proper name for them over the course of a few hundred years since their discovery.
** In ''Film/AlienResurrection'', Call actually refers to the Aliens as "Aliens", over the PA system, talking to the Aliens as if this were their real species name.
** According to Ash : "According to [[SapientShip Mother]], he's a primitive form of encephlepod..."
* In ''Film/{{Predator 2}}'', the alien species is referred to by Creator/GaryBusey's character as "Predators".
* ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' has a couple of these, mostly by Pilgrim.
-->'''Scott:''' "Can you do a thingy... on that rail?"
-->'''2nd Evil Ex:''' "It's called a grind, bro."
-->'''Scott:''' "Well, can you do a grindy thingy now?"
* The remake of ''Film/TheLongestYard'' gives us this gem:
--> "He's so fast, he makes fast people look . . . not as fast."
** Pretty much every Creator/AdamSandler character does that. From ''Film/TheWaterboy'':
-->'''Coach Klein''': Bobby, can you do that for me every game?
-->'''Bobby Boucher''': Coach, not only will I do it for you, I... I... I... yes, yes, I'll do it for you.
* Lampshaded in ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''
--> '''Kirk''': Bones, there's a... thing... out there.
--> '''[=McCoy:=]''' Why is any object we don't understand always called "a thing"?
* In ''Film/{{Hancock}}'':
--> '''Bank robber:''' ''(holds up a deadman switch detonator)'' You know what this is?\\
'''Hancock:''' I'm guessing it's some sort of detonator-type deal.
* ''Film/MonstersCrashThePajamaParty.'' As part of the CreditsGag. In the opening credits, which are spoken rather than shown with Big G the Gorilla demonstrating the various actions, the camera is referred to as the "picture-taking machine."
* Patchi from the ''Film/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' film calls the ''Chirostenotes'' "skinny-necked pecky things".
* David (King Edward VIII) calls ruling the British Empire "king-ing" in ''Film/TheKingsSpeech''. No wonder he ends up having to abdicate.
** According to ''The Windsors: A Royal Family'', a PBS documentary from the 1990s, this may actually be a case of TruthInTelevision. The term is used by a historian who is directly quoting the former King.
* April in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', when she complains about doing "froth" journalism. Oddly enough, there are actually proper terms for what April is describing: puff pieces or fluff pieces.
* ''Film/GroundhogDay'': The National Weather Service is calling for a big blizzard thing.
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** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': Thanks for Creator/JossWhedon having directed the film, of course. In the film, [[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]] describes [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]] as "enormous green rage monster".
-->'''Bruce Banner:''' ...[[DeadpanSnarker thanks.]]
** In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', Ultron's big speech about people creating the things they fear most gets a trademark Whedon mood-breaking moment when he forgets the word "children", instead calling them "smaller people" until he recalls the right word.
* ''Film/ForrestGump'''s general VerbalTic. This leads to a nice HistoricalInJoke when he ends up being a shareholder in "some sort of fruit company" (Apple Computers).
* Valentine from ''Film/MirrorMask'': "I will slip unnoticeable through the darkness like a dark, unnoticeable slippy thing." Notice that he doesn't hesitate at any point in the sentence. That's what he meant to say.
--> "We will do what rich people do! We will bathe in... fish! Eat our weight in... chocolate buttons! Learn to play the concertina!"
* ''Film/MenInBlack'' also had this little exchange.
-->'''Jay''': Hey, Kay. When do I get one of those... ''[[LaserGuidedAmnesia flashy-thingy-memory-messer-uppers]]''?
-->'''Kay''': When you grow up.
** or:
---> '''Jay''': "Have you ever flashy-thinged me?"
---> '''Kay''': "No."
---> '''Jay''': "I ain't playing with you, Kay! Have you ever flashy-thinged me?!"
---> '''Kay''': [[BlatantLies "No."]]
* ''Film/ACinderellaStory'' has this as Brianna makes Sam write her papers for her.
---> '''Brianna''': Can you make it sound more like '''ME''' this time?, I'm so sick and tired of having to explain why I sound so smart on paper and so''[[TheDitz ... not smart... not on paper]]''
* In ''Film/BadBoysII'', Det. Marcus Burnett is [[ItMakesSenseInContext accidentally high on ecstasy]] when he and his partner go to ask their captain for a warrant. He is so out of it that his partner tries to send him on a fool's errand--call another detective and tell him... something...
--> '''Mike Lowrey''': Tell Vargas... tell him... that thing we said to tell him...
* The titular character of ''Film/{{Juno}}'' has a most idiosyncratic syntax. "Prom is for weenises."
* The Derek Film/{{Zoolander}} Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good. [[note]]And Want To Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too.[[/note]]
* In ''Film/{{Help}}'', George Harrison realizes that the curling stone he just threw is actually a bomb, and exclaims, "Hey, it's a thingy! A fiendish thingy!"
* ''Film/JurassicPark''
--> '''Nedry:''' First I'm going to get this thing and then I'm going to hook it up to that thing over there...
* ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'': Roland Tembo has quite a bit of trouble with the pronunciation of the dinosaurs' names.
-->(chasing dinosaurs on the game trail)
-->'''Tembo:''' You're coming up on a...
-->(flips through his dinosaur guide)
-->'''Tembo:''' A Pachy... a pachy... oh, hell. Uh, the fathead with the bald spot. Friar Tuck!
** And later it seems like his team is having fun with his explanations:
-->'''Hunter:''' Say again, Roland, a what?
-->'''Tembo:''' The one with the big red horn. Pompadour. Elvis!
* ''Film/ThePrincessBride'': Vizzini gives this gem of a line when trying to outrun the man in black.
-->'''Vizzini:''' Move the thing! And... that other thing! Move it!
* "Film/SafetyNotGuaranteed": Darius describing her weapon of choice, the morning star, to Kenneth at the grocery store.
* ''Film/GalaxyQuest'': Red... thingy... moving toward the green... thingy. I think we're the green thingy.
* The Commander in ''Film/SkyHigh2005'': "Whatever you're teaching them, keep teaching them... it."
* At the climax of an "insult contest" against Peter Pan in ''Film/{{Hook}}'', Rufio is reduced to spluttering [[LameComeback "You... man! You... stupid... stupid... man!"]]
* ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'': Ricky Gervais' character (the curator) has this as his main defining characteristic.
-->"Do you think I'm here just to be a... a... (trails off into nothing)"
** The protagonist is guilty of this too, at one point referring to dummies in a diorama as "weird, faceless puppet people."
* In ''Film/AceVentura: When Nature Calls'':
-->'''Ace''': I will be as a fly on the wall. A grain of salt in the ocean. I shall slip amongst them like a transparent... ''thing''.
* Characters in ''Film/BurnAfterReading'' do this constantly, especially Linda and Chad as they attempt to act like real spies. Some of the best moments are sentences of Chad's that he loses control of ("Looks can be... deceptive"), sometimes resorting to his go-to word ("I thought you might be worried... about the security... of your shit.")
* From the ''Series/McHalesNavy'' movie:
-->'''Vladikov''': "What do you think of my stealth boat, David?"
-->'''David''': "Very stealthy, sir."
* From ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':
-->'''Pippin:''' You need people of intelligence on this sort of mission... quest... thing.
-->'''Merry:''' Well, that rules you out, Pip.
* In ''Film/ShesTheMan'', when Olivia's mere presence renders Duke practically speechless:
-->'''Viola as Sebastian:''' What about the thing that we talked about that you were gonna do later?
-->'''Duke:''' What thing? I'm... I'm thingless.
* This is a RunningGag with the mayor in the sixth ''Film/PoliceAcademy'' movie. The first example.
-->'''Mayor:''' These folks are making us look like a bunch of... Oh, the ones who are very funny, kings have them... Send in my... Fool! They're making us look like a bunch of fools!
** And he does something similar to this several times over the course of the movie.
* In Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/{{Alice in Wonderland|2010}}'', the Mad Hatter says to Alice, "You used to be much more... ''muchier''. You've lost your muchness." Which is a reference to the book, where the Dormouse asks if Alice has ever seen a drawing of a muchness.
* ''Film/BoogieNights''. "Gimme one of those sprinkly Christmas things".
* In ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', the Wizard stumbles over the word "philanthropists", eventually calling them "good-deed doers".
* A character in ''Film/{{Hackers}}'' tells another that the MacGuffin has been put "in that place where I put that thing that time". Subverted because it was intentionally done by an intelligent character to sound vague. He was in jail at the time accused of federal hacking breaches, telling his friend where the evidence is over the phone.
* In ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington'', when Diz asks Saunders where a particular drink is, she says, "It's in the thing... behind the thing."
* In ''Film/SpiderMan1'', when the "Human Spider" finds out he'll be in an impromptu cage match with "Bonesaw [=McGraw=]" (alerted by said cage lowering around the ring, the crowd chanting "CAGE!" repeatedly, and the guards complying with the announcer's request to "PLEEEASE LOCK THE CAGE DOOOOOOOOOOOOORS AT THIS TIIIIIIIME..."
-->'''Spidey:''' Hey! Unlock the thing! Take the chain off!!!
* ''Film/TheThing1982'': Unable to come up with a better term for them, the characters refer to the alien species as "Things". The subtitles capitalize this as the proper name for the creatures.
** 29 years later, most fans of the film still refer to them as "Things".
* The ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' movies. Both "Alien" and "Xenomorph" are terms applied to the species, but it seems that no one in-universe has come up with a proper name for them over the course of a few hundred years since their discovery.
** In ''Film/AlienResurrection'', Call actually refers to the Aliens as "Aliens", over the PA system, talking to the Aliens as if this were their real species name.
** According to Ash : "According to [[SapientShip Mother]], he's a primitive form of encephlepod..."
* In ''Film/{{Predator 2}}'', the alien species is referred to by Creator/GaryBusey's character as "Predators".
* ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' has a couple of these, mostly by Pilgrim.
-->'''Scott:''' "Can you do a thingy... on that rail?"
-->'''2nd Evil Ex:''' "It's called a grind, bro."
-->'''Scott:''' "Well, can you do a grindy thingy now?"
* The remake of ''Film/TheLongestYard'' gives us this gem:
--> "He's so fast, he makes fast people look . . . not as fast."
** Pretty much every Creator/AdamSandler character does that. From ''Film/TheWaterboy'':
-->'''Coach Klein''': Bobby, can you do that for me every game?
-->'''Bobby Boucher''': Coach, not only will I do it for you, I... I... I... yes, yes, I'll do it for you.
* Lampshaded in ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''
--> '''Kirk''': Bones, there's a... thing... out there.
--> '''[=McCoy:=]''' Why is any object we don't understand always called "a thing"?
* In ''Film/{{Hancock}}'':
--> '''Bank robber:''' ''(holds up a deadman switch detonator)'' You know what this is?\\
'''Hancock:''' I'm guessing it's some sort of detonator-type deal.
* ''Film/MonstersCrashThePajamaParty.'' As part of the CreditsGag. In the opening credits, which are spoken rather than shown with Big G the Gorilla demonstrating the various actions, the camera is referred to as the "picture-taking machine."
* Patchi from the ''Film/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' film calls the ''Chirostenotes'' "skinny-necked pecky things".
* David (King Edward VIII) calls ruling the British Empire "king-ing" in ''Film/TheKingsSpeech''. No wonder he ends up having to abdicate.
** According to ''The Windsors: A Royal Family'', a PBS documentary from the 1990s, this may actually be a case of TruthInTelevision. The term is used by a historian who is directly quoting the former King.
* April in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', when she complains about doing "froth" journalism. Oddly enough, there are actually proper terms for what April is describing: puff pieces or fluff pieces.
* ''Film/GroundhogDay'': The National Weather Service is calling for a big blizzard thing.
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