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opentypicial cliche group of adventurers Western Animation
i swear the only thing i remember is this specific scene of one of the members of the team trying to pass through a metal detector but since he`s a cyborg, he can`t, and he stays half the episode trying to pass trough by leaving a comically large number of weapons, and unable to do so. The scene was in a coliseum-like arena and to enter in the ring they had to enter with no weapons at all, thaat was why the metal detector was there.
openCyberpunk work possibly named after drugged-up, near-omnipotent hackers Literature
Somewhere between one and two years ago I was browsing several of the cyberpunk tropes and media on this site, and I stumbled across a work that I can't seem to find again after looking through the possible tropes I can remember. At least, I'm pretty sure it was a singular work; it's possible I could be remembering details from different stories. I could also be misremembering the medium, though I'm fairly certain that it was a novel or other written work.
The main detail I can recall is that the story featured a group of hackers who used a combination of advanced setups (either some mixture of headsets and other peripherals or through implants/brain-computer interfaces) and a cocktail of stimulants to achieve a state of near-omnipotence or clairvoyance, used to aid in their work. I think the name of the hacker collective or the main drug they used was the title of the work, but I can't remember for sure. I also feel like this group wasn't the story's protagonists, that they were side characters or a background part of the setting, but I could be misremembering that.
I've looked through the literature sections of the pages for hacker collective, hacker cave, brain-computer interface, higher understanding through drugs, junkie prophet and mad oracle, and haven't found anything that seems like it could be what I'm thinking of. If anyone has any other tropes that might fit the description I gave, that would also be helpful.
Edit: I should clarify, I don't think it's Minority Report, as I don't remember the description mentioning actual precognitive abilities, just a group of people who had very, very fast reaction times, nor do I remember it mentioning them seeing future crimes.
Edited by The_Empty_ShadowopenInsurance Co. Holuday Commerical
I remember a commerical from the mid-to-late 2000's, I think it was for an insurance company, that had a family celebrating every holiday at once to save on money. I remember the father telling his kids to go put on their Halloween costumes while he hides the Easter eggs. Anybody know what commerical that was?
openA Japanese story/myth about shapeshifting sparrows that lure humans into an inn to kill them Literature
I'm looking for the title of a japanese story/myth about a mysterious "Sparrow's Inn," where shapeshifting birds lure humans in and kill them in their sleep, apparently to eat them.
Does anyone know the title of this story/myth?
openWeird fantasy show Film
Like I've been trying to pinpoint this for YEARS. It was a childhood show that I watched and I'm seriously considering it to be a huge reoccurring fever dream. It's not anything like anime style but it's animaTED.
Okay, plot is four main human characters on a big floating ship, and hang in there, it has a lot of details and random arcs. For example, they fight some weird Japanese emperor in a big fancy castle thing, and then there's an evil witch lady who lives in a mushroom house, one of the main characters, her mom is dying and I think died, and one episode they turn into freaking puppets. I'm so confused and AI/media finders can't pinpoint this. It's a scratchy art style like the film 'Wolfwalkers' but it's not that obviously. Plz I will literally cry if I find this show/media 🙏
resolved Country song Music
Country song from the 2000s-2010s. Has the lyrics "with a woo-hoo" or something similar? I think it features car horns in place of some lyrics.
openPegasus missing a feather
A pegasus was stuck on a mountaintop unable to fly without a key feather, and someone went on a quest to climb the mountain to return the feather.
openCertain soundtrack from Bunny Drop Music
What is the name of the music that plays in Bunny Drop to Daikichi lighting incense at his grandfather's shrine (episode 1) and searching his grandfather's house for written will or other clues about Rin (episode 3)?
These are the only scenes this tranquil yet mysterious score plays to and I can't find said track anywhere.
openMid-Late 60s caper movie with second identity Film
Ok, I’m getting nowhere with this on Google, and it doesn’t ring a bell with my quirky-movie fan mother, so I come to you. This was a movie that was almost certainly from the 60s. The star was a clean-cut, handsome 20-ish guy in the Redford/Bridges vein, and I believe he worked for his father in-law. His wife didn’t take him seriously, and he was clearly unhappy, so he created a second identity, a gruff tough guy with a limp, a cane, and I think a scar. He hooked up with a (French?) prostitute who essentially gave him lessons, accompanied by a clock on the wall that spun forward each session until he… finished, covering longer intervals over successive sessions until such time as his instructor… finished first, and who then didn’t want him to leave. He eventually used his second identity to rip off his boss/father-in-law, went home and swept his wife off her feet, and they all lived happily ever after. That’s what I’ve got from memories an TV viewing well over 30 years ago. Any suggestions?
Edited by dspitzleopen? Film
So there’s a series or film i can’t remember. It started with a woman and her two kids staying at her family’s large home due to her having bad mental health etc. She ends up dead as well as her 2 kids, presumed to be a murder suicide. Her parents call her husband who is staying back at home to make him aware so he drives to their house. There are suspicions it wasn’t a murder suicide and he thinks someone else killed them all. The family are looked into extensively and lots of corrupt things come out about the wife’s family. I think they had a family law firm or something of the sorts. I remember there was an affair at some point maybe between the woman’s father and a work collegue? I think it turned out it was the brother or something that killed the woman due to inheritance and stuff. I think it was British, fairly recent like in the last 5 years
openFred's Free Fresh Fish Literature
I remember reading this children's book a long time ago, sometime in the early 2000's or 2010's, where there were these three kids, a boy, a girl, and a tall boy whose main character trait is that "he liked to whittle a little". They went around town and did some funny things with the other townspeople.
One of the stories in this book was where they visited a guy named Fred, who worked at a fish store. Fred put up a sign with the name of the store, which was "Fred's Free Fresh Fish" and asked what the kids thought of it. The three kids laughed and laughed and blew their noses at just how ridiculous this sign was and broke down everything they found amusing about it.
The kids told him things like "You don't need to specify 'Fred's' because you're the only person who works here, so that's redundant." and then "If the fish are free, you don't need to say that because there's no price so you can remove 'Free'." and then "Fresh? Are they not rotten? All fish should be fresh so saying 'fresh' is not a brag." and then "You don't need to specify 'fish' because that's all you sell here."
In the end, Fred ended up painting over all of the words on the sign to the point where his new "sign" was now just a blank white board hanging over his door and the kids walked off, satisfied with the results, while Fred stood by and happily admired his beautiful new sign.
There was also this weird detail I noticed about this, where in every single drawing of the fish store, where you could see all the fish for sale, one of the fish in particular was drawn with its eyes open, implying that it was still alive and in every drawing, his eyes were looking in a different direction. Not sure if that helps but it's all I remember.
openPlay: Woman committed to asylum
A mother is taken to an asylum because of her supposed erratic behavior. She doesn't need to be there. One of the other patients is a woman who thinks a doll is a baby. The play takes place entirely in the asylum. The woman eventually agrees to leave at the end after talking with her doctors.
openHorror movie trailer announcer Film
For about half a decade, a lot of horror movies trailers airing on U.S. television ended with a Snake (the video game character)-esque voice-over saying "[movie name]. Rated Rrrrrrr.... (he rolled the "R" for some reason, possibly to make it sound "edgier") In theaters [whatever day it was released]." It was a rinse and repeat thing, he seemed to announce every mainstream horror B-movie trailer for years on end, and yet nobody seems to know his name or have identified him.
Does anybody have any possible leads?
Edited by DongwaChanopenVent Speedpaint Web Original
I used to have this video cached on my iPod through iTube before it got stolen and I haven't been able to locate the video since; I'm hoping it's still on the internet SOMEWHERE, or at least someone can confirm that it's been wiped out. Background song was 'Read All About It Part 3', depicted what I believe was a Warriors OC with a shadow being possessing eerie glowing eyes behind them, covering their mouth with shadows.
The whole thing was always really striking to me, and I've never been able to let it go that I can't find it anymore.
opendimension travel dc comic fanfiction Web Original
A fanfic where Batman, Superman, and Wonderwoman have to go to different worlds to find pieces of a macguffin to defeat Darkseid. One of the worlds has an evil Batman and the good batman gets mistaken for him.
openAPP WarioWare DIY Microgame Videogame
I was watching a video about censorship in Mario games
and the pinned comment mentioned a microgame in WarioWare: D.I.Y. that used to include a crossdressing man.
I have unlocked every single microgame in the game but I can never find this one. I have looked up microgames that didn’t make it in the international versions of the game but the only results I found were Ashley’s mochi-pounding mini game and 9-Volt referencing The Mysterious Murasame Castle.
To anyone who owns this game on their DS, do you recognize a mini game featuring a crossdressing man?
openVideo and Arcade Top 10 Videogame
In the 90s, there was a show called Video and Arcade Top 10. Among other things, it featured kids playing video games in competition. This is the show's first intro.
I can make out four games, but am having trouble identifying them. The first one I know is Ski or Die. The second looks like a fight from Base Wars, because the characters line up, but the background looks weird. A third game is about a guy on roller skates, and the fourth is some type of flight sim, but not Captain Skyhawk or Top Gun. They all seem to be for the NES. Can anyone help ID'ing them all?
open"Woo-hoo!"
During my 2010-2011 school year, I overheard something that someone else was watching in the computer lab. A man was saying something, then a group of people said, "Woo-hoo!" After some more things were said, one man said "Woo-hoo!" quickly.
UPDATE: I didn't see the video, but, to me, it sounded like cowboys having a discussion of some kind.
Edited by MisterToodleoo

It's an MLP fanfiction with Cosmic Horror and Hard Boiled Detective elements. The writer seems to like Dark Fantasy.