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I remember seeing a bit of this on the television a few years back but I'm not sure if it was originally a movie or some sort of mini-series. It was black and white. There was an abusive father figure, a teen-aged son, and I think one younger daughter, although there may have been two. The daughter either had telekinetic powers or was being blamed for the work of some sort of spirit.
With either semi-controlled powers or spirits the wall was getting defaced and scribbled. The father got pissed about it and started to take off his belt, threatening a severe beating for the girl. The girl was crying and afraid, and the son was angered at the treatment of his sister. He ended up grabbing a shotgun off the floor, jamming it in the dad's face and shouting "Enough!". The father backed down apparently. Soon the scene cut to the teen aged son sitting on his bed with his back to the wall, listening to a cassette player if I recall correctly. An evil demonic sounding voice was apparently heard from it. Angrily asking the son "Why didn't you kill the pig?!".
openNo Title Live Action TV
I once saw an episode of what I'm pretty sure was Power Rangers but I can't identify the season so it could be something else. They talked about animal spirits that the characters were connected to or something. All I remember is that the guy with the red shirt on was a tiger/lion and the chick he rescued was a dolphin (not literally). If you can tell me which season of PR it is or even if it was different show it would be much appreciated.
openNo Title Western Animation
An old show I watched occasionally back in the early 00's, it was a science fiction cartoon, with space, spaceships, aliens and all the things you would expect. Three main characters that I remember are: The human male lead, the alien female support (tentacles for arms; wore black suit; either blue or green in colour) and an old human male, with a trucker cap and a prosthetic hand that can morph into tools. One particular episode I recall is where they get stuck on a deserted planet only to discover there are huge black worms living there that they have to repair the ship in order to escape from. This is one that's been niggling at me for ages now, any help will be much appreciated.
Edited by 86.24.60.199openNo Title
My English isn't to good so... you know... I don't remember it was anime or other kind of animation. It was about three people: a hero, that had something to do with fire and was probably blind (at least at the beginning), a cook and (not sure)some kid. They was traveling by balloon to pyramids. Every pyramid had a guardian. In one episode there wasn't a pyramid, and guardian created one. That's all I remember.
openNo Title Literature
Ok, this is a book, not sure if series or single novel. It is set after the end, and starts in an underground military base, with people who believe they are the last survivors. Then they get gassed, so the main characters escape, and they meet a barbarian guy outside, apparently he was descended from tourists who were in some New Mexico caves or something.
Bunch of stuff happens that I don't recall.
Eventually the reveal is that a civilization of intelligent dinosaurs came form the past to escape their destruction.
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I'm looking for a Bugs Bunny short. I don't remember much of the plot except the fact that Bugs was messing around with a lion at a zoo/circus, and hijinks ensued.
What I really remember was the ending. Just as the lion is going to eat him, the phone rings and it's his wife. Essentially he just says "Okay, dear, I'll be home" and excuses himself, to which Bugs remarks something along the lines of "What a maroon! I wear the pants in my family!" Right at that moment a female bunny with a sign pointing to her saying "Mrs. Bunny" chomps down on a carrot and just glares at him. He goes "Yipe!" and crawls down in the hole.
She looks at the camera and says "Eeeh, who wears the pants in this family?" then pulls up her skirt to reveal a huge pair of oversized jeans.
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I remember, being about five (2003) watching a movie about a man who had these robots. They were shaped sort of like little flying saucers, flat and a glossy gold color. At one point they were sitting on top of a dresser with a mirror, I think, and one of them got water spilled on it, fell off and started shaking around and throwing sparks. The man got really upset and tried to fix it, but couldn't.
It looked like it was from the 80s or 90s, though.
openNo Title Literature
A young adult historical fiction book I remember reading in grade school. the basic plot is about a kid from the present *
openNo Title Western Animation
Not a show, but an animated short from the 90s (at least that's when I saw it). It looked like a European production, but I'm not sure of the country. It was in a ballroom-type setting, and there was a rather attractive woman and a series of living musical instruments. Said instruments would follow her around the room and play "Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me" to win her attention. I tried entering the song's title followed by "animation" in Google, You Tube, Dailymotion, etc. with no luck. Another thing: The reason I remember it is because YTV here in Canada would stick it in between shows as filler, along with promos and the like.
So if you can, help a troper out. You know, just to make sure I'm not imagining this.
openNo Title Western Animation
An animated series most likely in the 80's. Both the good guys and the bad guys have pilots that are recruited from various points of history. The good guys have 1 fat grumpy pilot from WW 1 and a female helicopter pilot. This is all I remember.
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For some reason I have a feeling this was something by Stephen King (either a short story of his or just a detail of a longer novel), but looking up plot summaries on wikipedia has done me no good so far: A man is working in an office building, and he notices that every time he goes to the men's room, there's always someone occupying one particular stall, and judging by their shoes, it's apparently always the same person. He starts to suspect there's a dead body in there, but I have no memory of what The Reveal actually was, if there was one.
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This guy somehow ended up many decades into the future, I think it was some sort of accident that brought him there. He meets this woman who teaches him about the society he's ended up in. Nudity is no longer taboo, free love is the norm, there's no such thing as marriage anymore, if you say you're married, you are, polygamy is not frowned upon. It's got some Zee Rust elements, like moving sidewalks, and it was very Mary Sue Topia-ish.
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I saw this on Canadian TV in the mid/late 90s, but it was from another country. Guessing Australia, possibly New Zealand or UK. It was about a group of kids/teens who worked at a company that developed computer games or video games. The technology was semi-futuristic, in that what they were designing was more advanced than games actually available at the time. That's about all I got.
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When I was about 13, I got really into anime and there was a website where I would download various video clips from various shows. Most of the time they were openings, endings, or songs that would have been in other episodes. In order to look for a certain title, you would have to click on the letter that the show would start with. (So, for an example, if you were looking for Dragon Ball, you would click on the D section.)
I never watched the show so I have no idea what it's about, except that I found it in the C section. I distinctly remember the description saying it was from one of the first episode, or one of the first episodes. But it was about a rock star? She was blonde and her name was something like Reika. In the beginning of the clip she was talking with someone behind stage telling them she was nervous, and they essentially said that she would do fine. When she gets on stage she knocks 'em dead, of course. The stage effects were kind of done in a more CGI style- I seem to remember a pink background with yellow smoke. I wish I could remember the song because I know it was catchy, and that's all I can tell you.
Also, if anyone remembers the site too, I may try to go back to it for the lulz. The layout was green and white, and since this was about 2002 all the files were in Real Player. They took forever to download, (often about 3-4 hours) and half the time they wouldn't even work.
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I once saw the ending to a film, involving Robin Williams sitting at a table near a train station with someone else, and giving a short monologue going somewhat like this: "There are strong people, and weak people. Me, I'm a man with no future. [goes on to list his financial and social problems] But I'm strong!"
Then he stands up, goes into the crowd on the platform, and the camera shows his hand pulling a bomb out of his pocket or something like that. Then, I think, the movie ended.
I couldn't find this by googling, or going through Williams' filmography. Anyone who might know?
openNo Title Live Action TV
I am looking for a TV show. the only parts of it i remeber was two teens from the real world travling into a CG, vidoe game like world. they soon meet up with a third person and do, well stuff. The they entired the world in an area next to some kind of plumbing
There's a book and a video game I'm having trouble recalling-
The book was fictional story aimed at juveniles and had to be published before 2002. The plot was centered around a male kid in elementary school who got stuck with a well known crappy teacher and later on he gets an even worse substitute teacher. I remember distinctively them getting sent into Hershey outdoor park swamp thing instead of the amusement park but that's about it.
The video game was a game created in the 90s, it was an educational game and the setting was a giant tree. I remember clicking on different parts and doing mini games to learn about different concepts but that's about all I can recall.