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openDon't bo the title Live Action TV
It's about a teen I think he's from Australia or newzealand main character isnt white hes aboriginal and he's working for these bad guys and I think he's trying to find hes missing dad or find out who killed him he becomes friends with some one from he's school who is a genius and they team up the first episode he's breaking into a house to steal a necklace he climbs the building with ease and he opens a safe and finds jewly and he rides a skateboard not sure if the dad is dead and he could probably be trying to find out what happend to him the guys hes working with could be responsible he also has a older sister who is trying to keep him out-of trouble he's hair is kinda long i think it's curly in one episode I think he finds he's dad car and it's not conspiracy 365 the teen isnt white
openBritish Comedy Television Show Featuring an Awkward Romantic Arc Live Action TV
I can recall a tv show, specifically one made in the United Kingdom (or possibly any other country in the Commonwealth of nations) judging by the accent of the characters/actors, which had an episode which features a woman (roughly in her mid to late forties), her son (in his early twenties), and the friend to the prior (she was maybe slightly younger the prior woman). The circumstances, as I can remember to the best of my ability, is that the guy split with his girlfriend and the friend of his mother had also been in a relationship rut. The guy and the friend of his mother have a one-night stand and then she takes a picture of their feet in the bed and unloads it to a social media site.
The next day the mother is surprised to learn that her friend and her son had a moment of intimacy.
The show in question I believe was made in sometime either the late 2000s or in the early to mid 2010s.
openMovie where guy cuts himself free Film
A guy waking up in a hospital room, wrists zip tied by the villain, and cutting himself/ his friend free with scissors. Could be Lethal Weapon 2 or 3.
openGame about writing book to score with women Videogame
I vaguely remember this game about a man who goes to a house and sacrifices his limbs just so he can become popular with women. I also recall it had Bucket in its title.
I vaguely remember Kubz Scouts playing this game back in the day but I can't remember it.
openSaw a clip and now I'm curious Film
Saw a clip of a movie out of context, and am curious to see it now, basically a sleazy boat captain brings two well dressed women into an information broker type named sherko/shirko, who is receiving a oral sex while sprawled out on a bed from a tanned brunette woman, he gives the women info about a butterfly collector they're looking for and that's where the scene ended. It seemed like an 80s movie from the video quality, and I didn't recognise any of the actors.
openTwo Episodes from a 1990s American Comedy/Drama set in High Schoo or College Live Action TV
I vaguely remember parts of two episodes that I think belong to the same show. I think I watched it in the UK in the 1990s so it is probably a 1990s show. I think it was set in college but it could have been set in high school. I don't remember if it was a comedy or more a drama. My first thought was Saved by the Bell the College years, but I haven't been able to find an episode in the list of episodes that seems to match.
In first episode I remember that there is a girl who is in the cheer team or trying out. There is a change to the cheer routines, but the girl doesn't go to the practice so doesn't learn it, and she ends up going the wrong way in part of the routine (going left instead of right or vice versa I think). She doesn't get to be part of the team, and complains that she is better than the other girls, but learns the lesson that everyone on the team has to work together, or something like that.
The other episode (possibly a storyline in the same episode) involves one boy (I think the jock, or the popular guy) who wants a second boy (a nerd I think) to do an essay for him or otherwise let him cheat off him. The jock pressures him to do it, and I vaguely remember a scene where there is repeated whispering and/or notes on lockers, etc (perhaps a montage) along the lines of "just do the essay", or something like that. I can't remember the actual line. It continues until the nerd gets changed for sports, and someone steals his clothes leaving a tutu that he has to wear to get out of the changing room. I then remember a similar scene in reverse later on when the jock learns that it is important to do the work, and the whispering is along the lines of "just do the essay" or similar directed at the jock.
It's these particular episodes/storylines I'm looking for. I'm not sure if it's a show I watched a lot of or not.
openMonsters Vs. Ghosts (Flash game)
This was a flash puzzle game I played in my childhood that involved colorful shape monsters (reminiscent of the ones in the similar game, Monsterland
, being turned into ghosts by an evil being, and the player had to click on them to change them back without dropping them or letting them overlap.
I tried searching "Monsters Vs. Ghosts" online but I could not find it. Can anybody help me find this game so I could see or play it again? I would be very grateful if someone would. Thank you.
openA PS1 game involving exploring an island, and I believe there's a time limit. Videogame
I remember seeing this game for the PS 1 or N64 (it looked like one of those two, I think it's just the former, though) where a man and woman are on a large, wooden boat.
The protagonist (the man) has to get off the ship and navigate an island, making up the game. However, there is a time limit, and if the limit runs out or you run out of health, the scene cuts to the woman, who looks over at the island for a second before reluctantly sailing away due to it being too dangerous to stay put.
I remember seeing the game on a video about creepy bad endings in video games.
openHistorical Interview Show Live Action TV
Went through existing history show questions, but did not see this: Mid 90s-ish show or aired in US around then, could have been History Channel/A&E or similar. Contemporary adult guy in a leather jacket with dark hair (I think) interviewing historical figures in their own timelines but with his modern equipment (or at least he’s aware there is a viewing audience?). One episode may have involved interviewing King John while he’s trying to keep Richard I from returning to England? Believe interviewer may have thrown to a second reporter with Richard I or back to a tv newsroom? Thinking it was: in a family viewing time slot/not a little kids show/Canadian production/limited run. Thank you in advance and in your own timeline!
openMovie about girls Film
I don't remember any title... I remember only two scenes. One was the blonde protagonist taking her bra/top off at some beach sports and two dudes (a young white one and an older black one) reacting. We don't see her breasts. Other one was a sensual photoshoot scene with a brunette (I'm not sure but I think she was the villain?) It is from before 2011, that I'm sure
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opensome maze related color related symbols tattoos related webcomic or game Videogame
Le †humbnail I saw on †his websi†e; black, wi†h abou† 9 colored symbols divided by whi†e lines forming a †ic †ac †oe grid. I†'s a work abou† people assigned wi†h colors, symbols of †ha† color †a††ooed on †hem, and powers of †heir own. Firs† i†'s some webcomic(?) and †hen I saw some Roblox game similar †o i†. Tha† Roblox game has a mons†er played by a randomly chosen player, le rest will survive. On le websi†e, le guy assigned wi†h pink/magen†a has mind con†rol/†elekine†is/psychokinesis thing, some girl assigened wi†h green has some healing powers, maybe?
Edited by x-i-v-iopenCartoon from mid 2000s to early 2010s Western Animation
So I've been trying to find this cartoon for ages now, I remember seeing it when I was younger (I'm brazilian, so it would have to have aired here, so likely Jetix/Disney XD or Cartoon Network, maybe Nickelodeon but I don't think so)
I can only remember a specific episode. There were these kids in some kind of camp, and in this camp one of the villains was around. I remember him being very feminine (think your stereotypical gay character) who was the henchman of this woman. I remember the guy got bitten by a wolf in the episode, so naturally he became a werewolf, only the werewolf form was played for laughs, as it was feminine too.
openArcade racing game where all the cars have jet engines in them (reask) Videogame
I'm asking this again because nobody seems to have responded to the first time I asked this.
I remember at some point between 2015 and 2019 I was on holiday with my parents and we went to an arcade. There was this one game I played in it that I can't remember the name of for the life of me, but what I do remember about it is 1) one of the game's gimmicks was that you chose two tracks and the game strung them together seamlessly through a portal, 2) the two tracks I chose were a city and a volcano, and the car I chose was a Ford Focus RS. The city was also in the middle of collapsing, 3) at the start of the race it showed a mini cutscene of my car swerving through the debris from the collapsing buildings, and 4) all of the cars had a boost ability which, when activated, would cause some of the panels on the back of the car to fold inwards, Transformers-style, and then a giant jet engine-looking thing would protrude out of the back of the car. My long-term memory isn't too good so some of these details might not be perfect, but if anyone can get anything on this I would be very grateful.
openMovie with a boy, his dog and the boogeyman Film
I don't really have any childhood movies that freaked me out (idk why but ever since I was Young scary things are more fascinating/funny to me rather then actually scary) but to this day this one movie had a scene that creeped the hell out of me and I still occasionally think about. I don't remember much about the main movie but the scene I remember pretty well, its a Young boy I believe to be around about 10 or Smth pretty Young but not too Young, and his dog which I can't remember the exact dog but I pretty sure it was a golden retriever or a bearded collie. But anyway they were sitting on the couch and they started watching this boogeyman movie and the boogeyman was the most scary thing yet I remember it just being just a completely blacked out human, no eyes or facial features, I think it looked kinda greasy too, but yeah but anyway the boy falls asleep then dreams the boogeyman getting him and that scene in particular was scene that has scared me to this day. Other features about the movie that can kinda remember that might help was the footage was kinda grainy so I'm guessing 80s maybe for time (I'm 19 and watched it when I was like five, I'm pretty sure I watched it on 9go an Australian TV channel but it may have being a disc cause my mum had a tons of old dvds, but yeah I hope the info I provided helps cause I only watched this movie once I'm certain cause I haven't seen anything like it since and finding the movie means one day when I have children of my own, I can give them the same trauma I had from the movie
openA crayon superhero tryout commercial
This just came into my mind. I remember a commercial I watched on TV a really long time ago but can't what they were selling.
What I know is the commercial was a principal of a superhero school interviewing kids to potentially enroll. The candidates had very lame powers like doing karate with her pigtails and another teleporting just one inch. The last boy however pulls out an art product, maybe crayons, from his backpack and impresses the principal even though he's covered in doodles.
For the life of me, I wish to know what was the name or video of that commercial.
openTerraria Mod Boss: Giant Mechanical Worm Videogame
There's this one Terraria mod boss theme that I can remember very clearly, but I don't know where it was from. Before anyone says anything, it was not a Calamity track. It was a metal tune that lasted 9 minutes after looping to play twice, and the boss was a giant mechanical worm with a dark brown-ish body and red orbs.
What was this?
openA show that ended with the villains escaping to a snowy forest and getting killed by wolves Live Action TV
I don't remember much about the plot of the show (or maybe it was a movie?) but its genre was either action or mystery. At the end of the season of the show (or the end of the movie if it was a movie), it was revealed that two characters, a man and a woman, had been the antagonists of the work the entire time. To avoid being killed or arrested, they escaped to a house in a snowy forest somewhere, but they were found by the military (or FBI agents?). The woman was shot through a window, and the man ran out of the house and left her to die. Later, the man was shown frozen solid in another snowy area, surrounded by wolves. Just as the wolves jumped at him, there was a cut to another scene.
I watched this in 2023 or earlier, so I'm pretty sure it was made in the 20s (or the very late 10s at the latest), but I could be wrong. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? I've been trying to remember for the last month but I just can't 😭
openMovie with a scene where animals raid a child's birthday
This was a movie I saw on YTV when I was little. It was live-action. There was a scene at one point where a bunch of animals (bears, elephants, etc) came in through the trees and began wrecking some sort of party. At one point, they were crawling through one of those giant crawl tunnels, and a few scenes later it showed the animals still in the tunnel as they were making their way back into the forest. What movie was this? At first I thought it was one of the Grown Ups movies, then I thought it was Zookeeper with Kevin James, but I watched all three of them and I concluded it was neither of them. Can someone help me please? Thank you.

it was this weird animated show
ok, so it was a brother and a sister living together. they were young. the sister was older. they were always in bear costumes, boy in blue and girl in pink. they lived in a tree I think. like it was a giant, hollowed out tree that was now a house. no adults were ever present. anyways, they had a slide that went from their bedrooms to the living room. i remember that whenever they would go down the slide, either the girl would crash into the boy or the other way around.
i remember that in one episode, they were playing a chalk game, where it was basically hide and seek, but the hider had to draw arrows and clues to where they were hiding.
i remember that this was on hulu, but checking recently i couldn't find it.
I'm almost positive this was made in the 2010's. it was definitely made before 2017.
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