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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM KISS KISS, BANG BANG (2005) IN A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY, A NEW YORK THIEF IS SENT TO HOLLYWOOD TO SHADOW A PRIVATE EYE FOR A MOVIE ROLE, WHERE THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN THE MIDST OF A MURDER MYSTERY. H WHY IT WORKS: 4th wall breaking narration and zany action from Robert Downey Jr., pre Iron Man, at his absolute Downey Junior-ist.

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Stephen King

Stephen King Movies Original vs. Remake 1989 PET SEMATARY The campy-but-classic original was remade as a mix between effective studio shlock and failed elevated horror. 2019 GRACKED.COM — Source

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Mickey Mouse

Walt Disney himself helped to design a Mickey Mouse gas mask Though few remain, you can find several on display in various museums in the United States. CRACKED.COM — Source: 24 Startlingly Dark Secrets About The Disney Company

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Schitt’s Creek

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS CRACKED.COM SCHITT'S CREER Shout-outs to executive producer David West Read. Throughout the show, there are dialogue and background signs that give a shout-out to Read. He also makes an appearance during a scene where Alexis kisses Ted. — Source: 16 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In 'Schitt's Creek'

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Cubone

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS CUBONE'S FIRST INTRODUCTION WAS EVEN SADDER. CRACKED.COM Cubone has one of the more depressing backstories, often depicted wailing and alone, with the skull of its dead mother worn like a mask. This was more apparent with its original name Orphon, basically leaving nothing to the imagination. — Source: Go Nintendo

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Grey Griffin

GREY GRIFFIN VOICED ONE OF THE GREATEST ANIMATED VILLAINS OF ALL TIME. Griffin's voice could puncture the hull of an empire-class Fire Nation battlesh

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Aladdin

Characters made for their actors Aladdin Robin Williams as The Genie Williams was the only choice for the Genie, and the creators even made a cinematic based on his stand-up routines to prove it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Michael Scott

character introductions The office Michael scott After Jim doesn't get the library sale, Michael cockily mugs to the camera like watch the master at work. Не gets the sale, but mistakes a woman for a man. A great intro to the character and the awkward tone the show would become known for. CRACKED — NBCUniversal
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Batman

Right-Hand Foils Justice League Batman to Superman Powers to no powers. Light and dark. Hope and skepticism. There's a reason why they're called the World's Finest Team, and it's because whatever Superman lacks, Batman is there to back him up. Plus, Supes curbs his naïvete thanks to Bats' influence, and Bats lightens up in return. CRACKED.COM

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True Lies

CRACKED.COM James Cameron and his movies Не got real Harrier jets for True Lies. The planes were rented from the U.S. military at a rate of $2,410 per hour. — Mental Floss

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F for Fake

Meta Movies F for Fake The movie was born out of a pile-up of fakery. While working on a movie about a forger, Orson Welles found out that the forger's biographer was a forger himself, having written a fake biography of Howard Hughes (who had inspired Welles' own Citizen Kane). CRACKED.COM — Source: Wikipedia

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Animation Tropes

Animated movies have been using dead, dying, or missing parents for character development since at least 1938. Ding FROZEN FINDING NEMO RATATOUILLE THE GOOD DINOSAUR LION KING Aladdin Disney MERMAID Disney TARZAN 111 Bambi Cinderella SnowWhite - Disney Beauty Beast It's time to leave this idea behind. CRACKED.COM — 21 Hate-Worthy Plot Devices

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Ellie Kemper

COMEDY NERD One of Ellie Kemper's favorite books is Working, by Studs Terkel. She says his books are invaluable time capsules of how Americans in previous generations spoke and thought about themselves. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tinder

In 2015, only 54 percent of users on Tinder were single. to 5earch < Back 11:05 76% X tinder Tinder Tinder 0O inc.> Users who were married, in a relat

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Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando would spend hours and hours watching ants walk up and down his sink. CRACKED COM

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Wonder Woman

? WONDORWOMAN We witnessed Diana Prince's childhood, teenagehood and adulthood in the film. But after World War I, she just stops aging for no reason.

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Sylvester Stallone

CRACKEDCON Sylvester Stallone had a metal plate fitted after falling and injuring his back while filming Expendables 3. He also remarked: o.so if I'm

23

Tigger

A lawyer dressed up as Tigger in court to prove a point. In 2004, a Walt Disney World guest accused a performer of groping her and her daughter. The guy's attorney said that the Tigger costume was too unwieldy for that, and put it on himself to prove it. The courtroom shenanigans worked, and the performer was acquitted. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ty Burrell

TY BURRELL IS BEST KNOWN AS AMERICA'S LOVABLY GOOFY DAD, PHIL DUNPHY... WHICH IS SURPRISING BECAUSE НЕ USED TO LOOK LIKE THE KIND OF GUY THAT WOULD BULLY PHIL DUNPHY. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrity Photos That Are Completely Unrecognizable

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Batman & Robin

The Gotham City set was full-scale BATMAN & ROBIN CGI wasn't used to create a full cityscape scene, which was later covered in ice. There were even actual size ice-blasted mannequins. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Batman Behind-The-Scenes Facts (From The Movies and Shows)

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Dogma

by DOGMA Jason Mewes took the role seriously due to Alan Rickman. Mewes didn't want to anger an actor of Rickman's caliber by being his usual slackish self, so he went out of his way to learn his lines. CRACKED.COM — Source: Audacy

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Shrek

Shrek is very likely Jewish. William Steig, the author who created Shrek, was the child of Jewish immigrants, the name Shrek is a version of the Yiddish word for terror, and in the book, Shrek has a Jewish mother, and many of the story's subplots have parallels in Jewish scripture.OM — Dopey Execs Almost Nixed Princess Fiona And 3 Other Shrek Nuggets

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Supernatural

Jared Padalecki tried to make Ruth Connell break character in Supernatural. While she was doing a scene and he was off-camera, he kept bringing stuff like a giant phallic object and a bottle of lube in front of her. To her credit, she never stopped acting. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Friends vs. Seinfeld

CRACKED VS LIVING SITUATIONS FRIENDS SEINFELD tift CRACKED.COM The cast lived Kramer was on together, 3 strike and roommates in without 2 a job for small the apartments, vast majority of the series, but while their lived alone and careers had ups never struggled and downs. financially. WINNER: FRIENDS

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RoboCop

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS ROBOCOP SEES community THE FUTURE In the season 2 episode, Aerodynamics of Gender, Annie, Shirley, and Britta teach Abed how to basically be a mean girl. He sees himself as a RoboCop, scanning women to detect their mean level before taking them out, verbally. Hidden in the scans are summaries of future episode plots. For instance, with Shirley CURRENT SYNOPSIS: there's a hint to the Pillows BRITTA, SHIRLEY, AND ANNIE MAKE and Blankets ABED INTO ONE episode, as well THE GIRLS. WHICH as with the Christmas BACKFIRES; the one JEFF AND TROY DISCOVER A claymation. — Video

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Thor

THOR AND LOKI IDIN CRACKED COM. The mythical battle between the Norse -brothers was brought to musical life with a recorder duet. Also: Tap-dancing tr

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Charlie Hunnam

Charlie Hunnam was discovered in a shoe store. When he was 11, the Sons of Anarchy star was doing Christmas Eve shopping in his hometown, drunk. He sa

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Triple Take

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Donald Trump

In 1996, Donald Trump crashed a charity event for the Association to Benefit Children and didn't donate a dime. ASSOCIATION TO BENTFIT CH R' A ARC Tru

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Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman, who is English, lost his accent and had to hire a voice coach. He'd been living in California so long that his English accent started to disappear, and he wanted it back, so he got a voice coach and re-learned it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Buzz Lightyear

GO TO THIRD BASE AND BEYOND, WITH THIS BUZZ LIGHTYEAR FUNTIME TUMBLeR! Comment de OF NO BPA ING 400 - - The version that's currently available for sale has the straw on the other side, but reviewers confirm that with a firm twist, you can enjoy Buzz as pictured. CRACKED.COM http://www amazon.com/Zak-Designs-Lightyear-Funtime-Tumbler/dp/B004B5B26G — Source

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Mark Harmon

Mark Harmon CRACKED.COM The NCIS star and silver fox was once a young gun starting QB for UCLA's football team. Не went 17-5 in two years, including a career-defining upset win over national champs Nebraska. — Source: 14 Startlingly Athletic Hollywood Actors

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Donald Duck

Donald by WALT Disney DUCKS ATOM SOLAB Dumbest censorship Donald and the bomb In a 1947 comic, Donald Duck tries to build an atom bomb. It wasn't the WMD that made censors flip out - it was the fact that Donald sold a hair tonic after his attempts caused everyone in town to go bald. I'VE GOT A WAY PICKED PROF. DUCK'S ATOMIC OUT TO MAKE MONEY- AND LOTS OF IT! HAIR-GROWER CLANG *WILL GROW HAIR ON ANYTHING M CLANG $1 00 A BOTTLE CRACKED.COM But معقد Donald but many - . MALE DENTY COACE et - — More: The 5 Most Ridiculous Attempts to Censor Popular Cartoons

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The Magicians

Queer Fantasy series The Magicians Queer, talking animals, queer talking animals... The Magicians has it all. CRACKED.COM

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The Grinch

The NBC musical production of Dr Seuss' The Grinch was inspired by Joker. Matthew Morrison, the Grinch actor, said he took a lot from Joaquin Phoenix's performance in Joker, especially Joker's walk down the steps. CRACKED.COM — Vulture

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Bill Murray

BILL MURRAY vs. CHEVY CHASE BELUSHI'S DRESSING ROOM CRACKED.COM Chase was back as host two seasons after ditching SNL. Murray told Chase everyone hated him, Chase made fun of Murray's complexion, and punches started flying right before air. Belushi got in the middle and took most of the blows before Chevy escaped to deliver the monologue. — Source: 14 Celeb Actual, No-Kidding, Gloves-Off Fistfights

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Tim Burton’s Gremlins

Gremlins TimBurton almost directed Gremlins. Yes, the young director (at the time) was considered to take on Chris Columbus's script. CRACKED.COM — Source: IndieWire

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Friends

Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman says she would have changed so much. There are probably a hundred things I would have done differently, she said when asked what she'd do differently looking back. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Elf

23 Son Of A Nutcracker Facts About The Christmas Classic Elf - A lot of the songs were added only after the director found out Zooey Deschanel could s — Sources: Film School Rejects, EW

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Frank Sinatra

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia to Sprinkle Into Your Brain Like Fish Food for Your Intrusive Thoughts — Source: IBTimes

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