History NeverLiveItDown / LiveActionFilms

* ''Film/{{Superbad}}'': [=McLovin=], to the point that nobody even remembers the character's real name (Fogell) or that of his actor (Christopher Mintz-Plasse).

** Also, Bowie's rather tight pants that draw the eye no matter how much you try to resist.

** Adolf Hitler is seen as a LargeHam dictator [[HairTriggerTemper who gets angry whenever he hears the slightest of bad news]] despite spending most of the film's runtime as a quiet, almost disturbingly affably person (which gives his outbursts a lot more impact).

* ''Film/StandByMe'' : Creator/WilWheaton said in an interview on the DVD extras that the line "Suck my fat one, you cheap dimestore hood" is one he'll never live down.
* If you ever see a Creator/JohnWayne impression, odds are it'll feature his ending every sentence with "Pilgrim." This is based entirely on his using it a few times to mock James Stewart's pacifism in ''Film/TheManWhoShotLibertyValance''.

* The only reason why ''Film/{{Manhattan}}'' ever entered into the public consciousness as the first letterboxed home video release is because director Woody Allen made such a stink about insisting the cinematography of the great Gordon Willis be preserved across all media; with the sole exceptions of CED releases of ''Film/{{Amarcord}}'' and ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', older letterboxed home video releases of other films were barely even noticed at all until the home video community really sprung to life in UsefulNotes/TheNewTens and dug up letterboxed tapes of ''Don't Give Up the Ship'', ''Auditions'', ''Hooper'', and ''S.O.S. Titanic'', all released on videocassette between 1978 (the year before ''Manhattan''[='=]s ''theatrical'' release) and 1981. And Allen wasn't even the first to successfully push for exclusively letterboxed presentations of his film, either--Creator/StanleyKubrick did it first, with ''Film/BarryLyndon''.

* ''Film/AmericanPie'': Jim will be forever known as the guy who fucked an apple pie. In ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'', Jason Biggs laments his decision to do that scene.

* The only reason why ''Film/{{Manhattan}}'' ever entered into the public consciousness as the first letterboxed home video release is because director Woody Allen made such a stink about insisting the cinematography of the great Gordon Willis be preserved across all media; with the sole exceptions of CED releases of ''Film/{{Amarcord}}'' and ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', older letterboxed home video releases of other films were barely even noticed at all until the home video community really sprung to life in UsefulNotes/TheNewTens and dug up letterboxed tapes of ''Don't Give Up the Ship'', ''Auditions'', ''Hooper'', and ''S.O.S. Titanic'', all released on videocassette between 1978 (the year before ''Manhattan''[='=]s ''theatrical'' release) and 1981.

* Creator/JimCarrey has put in some well-developed, nuanced performances (''Film/ManOnTheMoon'', ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'', ''Film/TheTrumanShow''), but to many folks he's still the guy who [[Film/AceVentura bends over and talks out of his rear end]].

* On the commentary to ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' Creator/KevinBacon states that whenever he attends a social function where there will be dancing, he has to slip the DJ a $20 to ensure no one breaks out the Music/KennyLoggins and expects him to dance.

** Carol Danvers is pretty much the most-reviled character in the MCU, in no small part because of her {{Jerkass}} personality while working for the Kree and being the personification of the GodModeSue; even after her HeelFaceTurn - saving the Skrull race - and rescuing Iron Man, as well as nearly defeating [[OmnicidalManiac Thanos]], doesn't really change her status as TheWesley in both film and print. Not helping is the fact she is played by the [[TheUnfairSex divisively toxic Brie Larson]] and her film, at the time of release, attempted to bill itself as the first to feature a "strong female character" despite [[OlderThanTheyThink many examples before and since]][[note]]and around the film's release, another female-led film, ''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' was receiving some undeserved negative press to keep it from stealing ''[[Film/CaptainMarvel Captain Marvel's]]'' thunder[[/note]].

* * ''Film/Downfall2004'': Due to being the source of the WebVideo/HitlerRants videos, many viewers' perception of Hitler and his cronies are often simplified based on the infamous rant scene along with a few other scenes. To name a few:

* Film/BatmanAndRobin: There's the infamous "Bat-nipples" on Batman and Robin's costumes. Sort of a DoubleStandard when you consider all of the flattering outfits female superheroes tend to wear without comment.

* Thanks to the WebVideo/HitlerRants parodies, a number of ''Film/{{Downfall}}'' characters are best known for something inconsequential they did.
** Krebs is obsessed with pointing at maps.
** Jodl objects to everything.
** Burgdorf is TheAlcoholic

* ''Hypothermia'' combines splatter flick elements with the character study found in atmospheric horror. It contained a less than convincing man-in-suit monster too - which was onscreen perhaps ''three minutes.'' A comparitively large number of reviews say positive things to say about the character-driven portion which the first ''forty minutes of the movie,'' have little to no negative things to mention beyond the ''barely-seen'' unconvincing suit - the ratings accompanying these reviews would at first glance give the impression the reviewer hated the entire movie!

* The only reason why ''Film/{{Manhattan}}'' ever entered into the public consciousness as the first letterboxed home video release is because director Woody Allen made such a stink about insisting the cinematography of the great Gordon Willis be preserved across all media; with the sole exceptions of CED releases of ''Film/{{Amarcord}}'' and ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', older letterboxed home video releases of other films were barely even noticed at all until the home video community really sprung to life in UsefulNotes/TheNewTens and dug up letterboxed tapes of ''Don't Give Up the Ship'', ''Auditions'', ''Hooper'', and ''S.O.S. Titanic'', all released on videocassette between 1978 (the year before this ''Manhattan''[='=]s ''theatrical'' release) and 1981.

* The original Film/TheLittleRascals shorts will never live down having several stars who died untimely deaths [[PopCultureUrbanLegends supposedly brought upon by a curse.]] If one were to really analyze their fates, [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/our-gang-death-curse/ 76% of the stars that appeared in at least fifteen shorts lived the average lifespan at the time]]. Since there were dozens of stars appearing in over a hundred shorts, it was inevitable that some (especially considering they grew up in the 1920's) would die like this. Also, creator Hal Roach himself lived to be 100.

* The biggest example concerns the horror genre - whether direct-to-video or low budget in general, no matter how many are respected by the fandom, there is a stigma that these things are bad, even though most big-budget horror movies are - and have been for a long time - riding the coattails of low-budget independent films like ''Film/SawI'' and ''Film/ParanormalActivity'', and despite Hollywood films that are respected by the fandom, such as ''Film/{{Sinister}}'', often having much lower budgets than their usual horror films.

* Poor DVNR... if you get the average layperson's opinion on it, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's only good for [[Film/{{Predator}} turning movies into wax museums]] or [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation killing necessary details in classic animation]].

* ''Film/AmericanPie'': Jim will be forever known as the guy who fucked an apple pie. In ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'', Jason Biggs laments that his career is haunted by that one scene.

* Indirectly in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'''s depiction of Jason Biggs, eternally remembered as "[[Film/AmericanPie the pie fucker]]".
-->"I'm '''haunted''' by it!"

* Poor DVNR... if you get the average layperson's opinion on it, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's only good for [[Film/{{Predator}} turning movies into wax musea]] or [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation killing necessary details in classic animation]].

* ''NeverLiveItDown/DCExtendedUniverse''

* Creator/JohnnyDepp in general is now typically only known for his more off-the-wall performances (i.e. Edward Scissorhands, Willy Wonka, Jack Sparrow, Barnabas Collins, and [[TheMadHatter Tarrant Hightopp]]). Hardly anyone seems to remember that he played a UsefulNotes/VietnamWar soldier alongside Creator/CharlieSheen in ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' or his early television career on ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet''.

* Creator/JoelSchumacher is seen by many as the director that killed the 90s Batman franchise with ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''. A prolific director with interesting films under his belt, yet for the fan(boy)dom he's branded as the director of ''Batman & Robin''[[note]]it's worth noting that the only reason ''Batman & Robin'', and for that matter, ''Film/BatmanForever'' turned out the way they did was because of ExecutiveMeddling after MoralGuardians complained about the dark tone of the first two Creator/TimBurton films; had Schumacher gotten his way, he would've made an adaptation of ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'', with a script that the comic's author, Creator/FrankMiller, penned[[/note]].
** There's also the infamous "Bat-nipples" on Batman and Robin's costumes. Sort of a DoubleStandard when you consider all of the flattering outfits female superheroes tend to wear without comment.
* Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox was ultimately killed as an independently-operating major studio by stigma attracted by at least a couple of high-profile bad decisions regarding its Marvel properties, especially under former studio chairman Tom Rothman (who is currently the head of Creator/SonyPictures' film division):
** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': 20th Century Fox will never ever live down sewing Deadpool's mouth shut, ESPECIALLY considering the Merc himself has taken every possible opportunity, and then some, to mock the studio for it.
** Thanks to ''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fant4stic]]'', Fox will go down in history as the studio that survived the most high-profile blockbuster bombs of the '60s only to be done in by a superhero movie, and also for beating out [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]] in the category of "biggest fall for a great Hollywood studio". Tom Rothman, in turn, is going to be remembered for a long time afterwards as "the son of a bitch that killed one of the biggest names among Hollywood studios over [[ExecutiveMeddling creative differences regarding its superhero universe]]", having clashed with the directors of numerous ''X-Men'' films to the detriment of said films and ultimately greenlit this film over any ''Deadpool'' installments (he wasn't known as a fan of the Merc with the Mouth, [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine to put it lightly]], and Deadpool's films, though ultimately not enough to save the studio, managed to outclass anything in Fox's Marvel universe with Rothman's name on it) on his way out.
** ''Film/XMenDarkPhoenix'' is more or less Fox's final nail in the coffin for its Marvel universes, in that it's financially bombing '''''[[EpicFail harder than Fant4stic did]]''''', and more egregiously ending a mostly beloved film series with a rather boring, plotless, shallow adaptation of one of the most well-known comic arcs in Marvel's history - ''[[HistoryRepeats one that they already tried doing before]]'' with ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', which people are now considering superior than the purported AuthorsSavingThrow version that is this one. Fox was also even planning to adapt the Dark Phoenix story into a trilogy, [[ForegoneConclusion something that immediately fails given that Marvel is getting the film rights for the X-Men and Fantastic Four anyway]]; showing that Fox not only failed ''harder'' trying to fix a previous stumble in their series, but also clearly DidntThinkThisThrough when it comes to wrapping up said series properly. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and it doesn't even have Hugh Jackman.]]

* One wonders if Creator/ChylerLeigh has a rule about doing interviews; that they never bring up ''Film/KickboxingAcademy''. If you're a regular visitor of {{Website/Cracked}}.com, [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-mediocre-movies-made-awesome-by-real-events/ you know why]]...
* The ''Film/GangsterSquad'' trailer showed a scene of the antagonists shooting people through a movie theater screen. This trailer was shown right before James Holmes started his shooting rampage in Aurora, Colorado. Despite the scene allegedly being removed, the film still [[BoxOfficeBomb failed at the box office]].

* At the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, Creator/LarsVonTrier made some ''incredibly'' bad, awkward and possibly even offensive jokes about being a Nazi and understanding Hitler. The controversy overshadowed [[Film/{{Melancholia}} the movie of his that was played at the festival]], and he payed for it months afterward, until he resolved to never make another public statement or interview.
** Cannes seems to have forgiven Von Trier, as ''Film/TheHouseThatJackBuilt'' premiered at the 2018 festival.
* Creator/MichaelBay is ''never'' going to live down trying to make the Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles aliens, even though this wasn't even what was going to happen (he was going to have the ooze that gave the Turtles their abilities be of alien origin, like the original comic and pretty much every other adaptation other than the 80's cartoon and the 90's films.) This can be blamed on Bay stating that the turtles would be "[[AmbiguousSyntax from an alien race]]" and not clarifying on what he meant.
* The rumors that Creator/{{Sony}} was pursuing an ''Series/AgentCarter''-style film about a young Aunt May was met with widespread derision and mockery, and used as an example of how poorly-conceived and creatively bankrupt the ''[[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Amazing Spider-Man]]'' franchise supposedly was. Even after Sony publically stated it was a "silly rumor" and not true, the sheer absurdity of the idea is still the subject of jokes and troll comments.
** Similarly, [[Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation Sony's animation-branch]] can make as many great movies as they like, but people will never, ''ever'' let them forget the terrible soulless cash-grab that is ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie''.

* ''Film/DragonballEvolution'' earned the reputation by Dragon Ball fans and generally, the anime and manga fandom as a terrible Hollywood [[AdaptationDecay live-action adaption]] of a [[Franchise/DragonBall very popular anime franchise]]. Because of this, the fandom would remain skeptical of Hollywood's attempts to adapt manga and anime into the big screen. The reception of ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' and ''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' might have changed this view but it is still not enough to change the fandom's perception.

** In spite of its massive success, the franchise has developed quite a reputation for having underdeveloped, uninspired villains that mostly just exist to drive the plot and often have powers identical to the heroes to boot. In actuality, only "Phase two" was overtly bad at this, with ''Film/IronMan3'' 's handling of The Mandarin and ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' 's Dark Elves being particularly infamous low points. Ultron, Phase two's most major villain, definitely had his fans and positive aspects, such as Creator/JamesSpader's voice acting, but generally just not didn't live up to (admittedly high) expectations. In Phase 1, Loki, Iron Monger, and Red Skull were all liked [[labelnote:note]] Though Iron Monger mostly just gets a pass for being the very first MCU villain, while Red Skull's [[CardCarryingVillain flat villainy]] is actually an integral part of his character in the source material. Not like you can do much for a Nazi with a literal Red Skull for a face.[[/labelnote]] while Ivan Vanko and the Abombination were less like. In Phase 3, a number of villains have managed to garner praise, [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Ego,]] [[Film/ThorRagnarok Hela,]] [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming Vulture,]] [[Film/BlackPanther2018 Killmonger,]] and [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Thanos]] in particular.

** The franchise has garnered a reputation for [[GirlShowGhetto lackluster representation of women]]. In spite of the critical and financial success of each entry, the franchise did not have solo film with a female lead until 2019's ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' (which is itself [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement controversial]]). Despite being a founding member of the ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', fan-favorite ComicBook/BlackWidow was relegated to a supporting role in films with male leads and she didn't have [[Film/BlackWidow2020 her own solo movie until 2020]], nearly a decade after her debut in ''Film/IronMan2''. Some have criticized the later ''Avengers'' movies for downplaying Widow and ultimately [[spoiler: killing her off without having a proper funeral (in contrast to the one Tony Stark got) in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'']]. Things behind the cameras weren't any better. Marvel Studios fired Creator/PattyJenkins from ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' over creative difference, thereby squandering the opportunity to release the first female-directed blockbuster movie. Even the merchandise discriminates against women with Black Widow getting replaced with Ultron drones and Hawkeye in the toylines for ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' while Gamora was absent from the ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' merch. The issue became so pervasive that even Creator/MarkRuffalo, who played the Hulk since the first ''Avengers'' movie, openly called for more female representation. Granted, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has worked to increase representation with Feige bumping the heroine Wasp to share top billing in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', and much of the underrepresentation was due to ExecutiveMeddling courtesy of Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter. Nonetheless, the stigma of the franchise's alleged sexism isn't helped when the rival Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse (a newer and more divisive superhero franchise) managed to beat the MCU to releasing the first acclaimed superheroine movie and first female-directed tentpole movie with ''Film/WonderWoman2017'', which incidentally happens to be directed by Patty Jenkins.

** Disney executive Alan Horn is considered one of the most respected film executives for green-lighting billion dollar grossing movies like ''[[Film/HarryPotter Harry Potter films]]'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' at Warner Bros. But the average moviegoer is most likely to remember Horn for his catastrophic firing of Creator/JamesGunn from the ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' films. Right before the third ''Guardians'' movie was about to start filming in 2018, Horn fired Gunn for old offensive Tweets that were unearthed by alt-right trolls, unintentionally empowering said trolls in the process. Despite the outrage from audiences and Gunn's previously apologies, Disney was forced to stick by their decision as they were finalizing a multi-billion dollar buyout of Fox. After completing the acquisition and failing to find a replacement director, Horn rehired Gunn but the damage was already done. Not only was Marvel Studios forced to scrap many of its post-''Film/AvengersEndgame'' cosmic storylines that Gunn was supposed to oversee, but Gunn also decided to direct a ''Suicide Squad'' sequel for the rival DCEU in the interim, meaning that ''Guardians'' 3 will be delayed by ''two'' years. Even worse, Horn had been happily retired until Disney brought him back in just to go through all this. It certainly made Horn more cautious the next time someone in the Disney fold was accused of sexual misconduct, less than a year later, as Disney has yet to comment on that situation.

* ''Film/HolmesAndWatson'', among its other spectacles of awfulness, is best known as the film that was so bad, Creator/{{Netflix}} wouldn't touch it. Keep in mind that Netflix as a distributor is notorious for its lax standards of quality.

* When ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|2020}}'' was announced, the redesign given to Sonic for the film proved to be the one thing that united the infamously BrokenBase of the Sonic franchise in one belief: it was ''the worst''. Thankfully, the studio listened to the criticism and would WinBackTheCrowd with a new design for Sonic that was much more faithful to the games, but the fandom, and other commenters online, will always poke fun at the "sleep paralysis demon" that Paramount pushed to use in the film.
* No matter what its merits, videophiles will best remember ''Film/TheFifthElement'' as the film that marked a disappointing launch for Blu-ray in the format war with HD-DVD. Needless to say, a new master was quickly produced and released several months later.

** Disney executive Alan Horn is considered one of the most respected film executives for green-lighting ''[[Film/HarryPotter Harry Potter films]]'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' when he was at Warner Bros. But the average moviegoer is most likely to remember Horn for his catastrophic firing of Creator/JamesGunn from the ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' films. Right before the third ''Guardians'' movie was about to start filming, Horn fired Gunn for old offensive Tweets that were unearthed by alt-right trolls, unintentionally empowering said trolls in the process. Despite the outrage from audiences and Gunn's previously apologies, Disney was forced to stick by their decision as they were finalizing a multi-billion dollar buyout of Fox. After completing the acquisition and failing to find a replacement director, Horn rehired Gunn but the damage was already done. Not only was Marvel Studios forced to scrap many of its post-''Film/AvengersEndgame'' cosmic storylines that Gunn was supposed to oversee, but Gunn also decided to direct a ''Suicide Squad'' sequel for the rival DCEU in the interim, meaning that ''Guardians'' 3 will be delayed by ''two'' years. Even worse, Horn had been happily retired until Disney brought him back in just to go through all this. It certainly made Horn more cautious the next time someone in the Disney fold was accused of sexual misconduct, less than a year later, as Disney has yet to comment on that situation.

%% "in-universe" examples are covered by the trope Once Done, Never Forgotten

** In spite of its massive success, the franchise has developed quite a reputation for having underdeveloped, uninspired villains that mostly just exist to drive the plot and often have powers identical to the heroes to boot. In actuality, only "Phase two" was overtly bad at this, with ''Film/IronMan3'' 's handling of The Mandarin and ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' 's Dark Elves being particularly infamous low points. Ultron, Phase two's most major villain, definitely had his fans and positive aspects, such as Creator/JamesSpader's voice acting, but generally just not didn't live up to (admittedly high) expectations. In Phase 1, Loki, Iron Monger, and Red Skull were all liked [[labelnote:note]] Though Iron Monger mostly just gets a pass for being the very first MCU villain, while Red Skull's [[CardCarryingVillain flat villainy]] is actually an integral part of his character in the source material. Not like you can do much for a Nazi with a literal Red Skull for a face.[[/labelnote]] while Ivan Vanko and the Abombination were less like. In Phase 3, a number of villains have managed to garner praise, [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Thanos]], [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming Vulture,]] [[Film/BlackPanther2018 Killmonger,]] and [[Film/ThorRagnarok Hela]] in particular.

* ''Film/AmericanPie'':
** Jim will be forever known as the guy who prematurely ejaculated in front of a smoking hot exchange student on webcam. The incident is mentioned in almost every single film in the series (even the made-for-TV ones), and in ''Reunion'', he discovers that it has even gone viral on Website/YouTube.
** He also fucked an apple pie. In ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'', Jason Biggs laments that his career is haunted by that one scene.

** Jack Sparrow makes the suggestion ''once'' in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl first film]] that Will Turner may be a eunuch due to the fact he hasn't got a girlfriend (again Jack's speculation). Will is thus repeatedly referred to as a eunuch (mostly by Jack himself).
** While it could be argued that "sea turtles" became more of an in-movie meme, the fact that it was Jack who seemed to have begun it seems to indicate its mention by other characters is more or less just their way to poke at Jack.

* ''Film/MeanGirls'': InUniverse - "Made out with a hotdog?! Oh my god, that was one time!"

* In-universe example in ''Film/{{Superbad}}'':
-->'''Seth''': Hey Greg, why don't you go piss your pants?\\
'''Greg the Soccer Player''': That was like 8 years ago, asshole!\\
'''Seth''': People don't forget!
** And then there's [=McLovin=], to the point that nobody even remembers the character's real name (Fogell) or that of his actor (Christopher Mintz-Plasse).

** ''Film/ClerksII'' both plays it straight ''and'' subverts it with Dante and Randall's former classmate Lance "Pickle Fucker" Dowds, who had earned the nickname in an incident of high school hazing. After Randall recounts the incident where Lance earned the nickname, Lance replies that nobody but the aimless Randall Graves would remember the incident at all. Cue Jay walking in and saying "Hurry up Pickle Fucker, I wanna get my cow tipper on!" As Jay is leaving, he yells off-screen, "Hey, Silent Bob, some pickle fucker just gave us free eats!" after Lance does so, revealing that Jay occasionally just randomly calls people "pickle fucker".
* The {{parody}} {{disaster movie}} ''The Big Bus'' contains the immortal line "Jeeze! You eat one foot and they call you a cannibal!"
* Invoked in Creator/DavidCronenberg's ''Film/TheBrood'' when Robert Silverman's character intends to sue the psychiatric clinic (run by Creator/OliverReed) that he believes to be responsible for his lymph cancer. He knows he's going to lose the case, but he also knows that in a few years, people won't even remember the verdict.
--> All they'll remember is the slogan: "Psychoplasmics Gives You Cancer." Catchy, huh?
* In ''Film/ForYourConsideration'', Victor Allen Miller (Creator/HarryShearer) is a dramatic actor who has been a veteran of stage for 40 years, yet all most people seem to remember of him is being a hot dog pitchman on TV when he was younger.

* ''Film/TheOtherGuys'': Terry Hoitz (Creator/MarkWahlberg) became a pariah within the NYPD and the city as a whole when he shot a man in a Yankee Stadium corridor during the World Series, not knowing it was [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Derek Jeter]]. Although he's been on desk duty ever since then, his coworkers STILL don't let him forget.

* ''Film/JoeDirt'': After being abducted by [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs "Buffalo Bob"]], everyone asks Joe if he was harmed in certain ways, even though nothing terrible really happened.

* The premise of the Creator/{{HBO}} TV film ''Film/ClearHistory'' is that main character Nathan Flomm never managed to live down being the guy who cashed in his share of a car company just days before its insanely popular electric car model went public, thus managing to lose out on over a billion dollars and becoming a laughingstock overnight.

* An InUniverse example happens in ''Film/TheLongHotSummer'': the Quick family just can't seem to shake its reputation as a family of barn burners, and it gets the protagonist run out of town before the opening credits even get the chance to start.

** InUniverse: At the end of ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', a deliveryman ([[CreatorCameo played by]] Creator/StanLee) announces that he has a package for Tony "Stank". Tony's best friend Jim Rhodes quickly makes it clear that he's ''never'' going to let this one go.

* InUniverse in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' when Professor [=McGonnagal=] chooses Ron Weasley to help demonstrate the waltz.
--> '''Harry''': You're never going to let him forget this, are you?\\
'''[[SingleMindedTwins Fred and George Weasley]]''': (They look to each other, look back to Harry and shake their heads) [[CheshireCatGrin Never]].

* ''{{Film/Evolution}}'' features the Kane Madness. Ira Kane actually managed to develop a functioning anthrax vaccine, but the laundry list of side effects (including, but not limited to debilitating stomach cramps, severe diarrhea, memory loss, partial facial paralysis, temporary blindness, drooling, bleeding gums, erectile dysfunction and uncontrollable flatulence) ensured that he was unemployable as a biomedical researcher and left him teaching high school biology for the rest of his life.
* ''Film/GrossePointeBlank'': Martin Blank had nothing to do with the death of little Boudreaux. Little Boudreaux was a retriever, and just following his instincts and trying to fetch a stick, which happened to be one of the sticks of dynamite the "three junk bond fuckos" were using to flush out game birds, while Martin was attaching a bomb to their car. However, the incident was enough to brand Martin as "the guy who blew up a dog" for his entire career.

* Creator/TommyWiseau will probably never be able to live down the fact he made something like ''Film/TheRoom'', [[MemeticMutation one of the most quotable]] [[SoBadItsGood So Horrible It's Epic]] films from the TurnOfTheMillennium.

** Jim will be forever known as the guy who prematurely ejaculated in front of a smoking hot exchange student on webcam. The incident is mentioned in almost every single film in the series (even the made-for-TV ones), and in ''Reunion'', he discovers that it has even gone viral on [=YouTube=].

* Creator/JoelSchumacher is seen by many as the director that killed the 90s Batman franchise with ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''. A prolific director with interesting films under his belt, yet for the fan(boy)dom he's branded as the director of Batman & Robin[[note]]it's worth noting that the only reason ''Batman & Robin'', and for that matter, ''Film/BatmanForever'' turned out the way they did was because of ExecutiveMeddling after MoralGuardians complained about the dark tone of the first two Creator/TimBurton films; had Schumacher gotten his way, he would've made an adaptation of ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'', with a script that the comic's author, Creator/FrankMiller, penned[[/note]].

* Creator/JimCarrey has put in some well-developed, nuanced performances (Man in the Moon, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Truman Show), but to many folks he's still the guy who [[Film/AceVentura bends over and talks out of his rear end]].

* The premise of the HBO TV film ''Film/ClearHistory'' is that main character Nathan Flomm never managed to live down being the guy who cashed in his share of a car company just days before its insanely popular electric car model went public, thus managing to lose out on over a billion dollars and becoming a laughingstock overnight.
* The rumors that Sony was pursuing an ''Series/AgentCarter''-style film about a young Aunt May was met with widespread derision and mockery, and used as an example of how poorly-conceived and creatively bankrupt the ''[[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Amazing Spider-Man]]'' franchise supposedly was. Even after Sony publically stated it was a "silly rumor" and not true, the sheer absurdity of the idea is still the subject of jokes and troll comments.

* Creator/WilliamAtherton has had a quite respectable career spanning several decades, but it'll always come back to being called "dickless" in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}''. On the film's commentary, Ivan Reitman recounts the time a quite angry Atherton talked to him about a tour bus that pulled up beside him so everyone could shout "Yo, dickless!"

* If you ever see a John Wayne impression, odds are it'll feature his ending every sentence with "Pilgrim." This is based entirely on his using it a few times to mock James Stewart's pacifism in ''Film/TheManWhoShotLibertyValance''.

## A Creator/BruceLee classic; and
## The one time in his entire career as an action superstar where Creator/ChuckNorris ''loses''.
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''
** In spite of its massive success, the franchise has developed quite a reputation for having underdeveloped, uninspired villains that mostly just exist to drive the plot and often have powers identical to the heroes to boot. In actuality, only "Phase two" was overtly bad at this, with ''Film/IronMan3'' 's handling of The Mandarin and ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' 's Dark Elves being particularly infamous low points. Ultron, Phase two's most major villain, definitely had his fans and positive aspects, such as James Spader's voice acting, but generally just not didn't live up to (admittedly high) expectations. In Phase 1, Loki, Iron Monger, and Red Skull were all liked [[labelnote:note]] Though Iron Monger mostly just gets a pass for being the very first MCU villain, while Red Skull's [[CardCarryingVillain flat villainy]] is actually an integral part of his character in the source material. Not like you can do much for a Nazi with a literal Red Skull for a face.[[/labelnote]] while Ivan Vanko and the Abombination were less like. In Phase 3, a number of villains have managed to garner praise, [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Thanos]], [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming Vulture,]] [[Film/BlackPanther2018 Killmonger,]] and [[Film/ThorRagnarok Hela]] in particular.

* ''Film/HolmesAndWatson'', among its other spectacles of awfulness, is best known as the film that was so bad, Netflix wouldn't touch it. Keep in mind that Netflix as a distributor is notorious for its lax standards of quality.

* Tommy Wiseau will probably never be able to live down the fact he made something like ''Film/TheRoom'', [[MemeticMutation one of the most quotable]] [[SoBadItsGood So Horrible It's Epic]] films from the TurnOfTheMillennium.