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The Lone Ranger

THE LONE RANGER BE CRACKED.COM Beloved Indigenous actor, Jay Silverheels popularized Tonto in TV's The Lone Ranger from 1949-1957. So they got it right in the 40s, but the 2013 Disney movie cast Johnny Depp (who claimed to be part Cherokee) as Tonto, in what Native Americans everywhere saw as brazen whitewashing.

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Get Smart

CRACKED SORRY ABOUT THAT This expression of regret was popularized by the 1960's show Get Smart. It's one of many of the show's popular catch phrases, like Missed it by that much, and The old (so-and-so) trick. 86 — Stack Exchange / Love Letters To Old Hollywood

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Donnie Darko

GRACKED DONNIE DARKO Directed by Richard Kelly, the movie was filmed in a seriously short amount of time - just over four weeks. Coincidentally, that matches the 28-day countdown in the movie, but that's all it is --a coincidence. — No Film School

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Sir Terry Pratchett

LIFE AND LEGACY OF SIR TERRY PRATCHETT PRATCHETT WROTE SOURCERY FOR THE FANS. A Discworld novel ,Terry Pratchett The first two Discworld books featured the fan-favorite character, Rincewind, and Pratchett soon realized that people wanted more of him. So he wrote Sourcery. I didn't particularly enjoy writing Sourcery, but it stayed on the best-seller list for three months. And then I said, 'Sod the fans, I'll do what I like. CRACKED.COM — Source

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E.T.

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Matthew Broderick

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Lost in Translation

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Hero Tropes

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The Beatles

In 1968, the Beatles signed a petition to get Mick Jagger in A Clockwork Orange. They sent it to Terry Southern, who was writing the movie adaptation's script, demanding to have Jagger in the lead role. Alas, it was clearly unsuccessful. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Silicon Valley

There was a Rick Roll hidden in Silicon Valley. CRACKED.COM In Silicon Valley, Gilfoyle hacks a smart fridge and this code is displayed. In the code is the URL for the music video of Rick Ast- ley's Never Gonna Give you up on YouTube. — Source

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Mt. Everest

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Movie Tropes

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Silent Hill

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George Clooney

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Stranger in a Strange Land

ROBERT HEINLEIN'S 1961 NOVEL STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND PREDICTED 3-D COMPUTERS IN EVERY HOME. IT ALSO CAME UP WITH A MUCH MORE SPECIFIC PREDICTION: SCREENSAVERS. A stereovision tank disguised as an aquarium; he switched it on, guppies and tetras gave way to the face of the well-known winchell. Fish in an aquarium would become one of the most popular screensavers out there. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Predator 2

CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS ALIEN AND PREDATOR An alien skull hanging on a Predator ship wall in Predator 2 led to a long-awaited crossover. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Game of Thrones

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The Oscars

Oscar winners can't legally sell their awards. Since the Academy doesn't want their statuettes in the marketplace, there's a rule that if you want to sell your Oscar, you have to first offer to sell it back to the Academy itself, for just $10. Sounds like a weird rule, but a judge upheld it as legal in 2015. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sir Anthony Hopkins

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Darth Vader

Embarrassing moments in dignified franchises Revenge of the Sith Darth Vader's Nooo! The visuals of Anakin Skywalker becoming Darth Vader are so cool, but Vader's anticlimactic NOOOOO! when he hears that he killed Padme has been endlessly parodied and memed. CRACKED — Lucasfilm
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Animal House

CRACKED.COM COLLEGE ANIMAL HOUSE THE STORY WAS ORIGINALLY ABOUT CHARLES MANSON. The first draft of the screenplay focused on the cult leader, the sex, and the murders involved. It was immediately rejected. — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

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Lupita Nyong’o

Children's books written by celebrities LUPITA NYONG'O Sulwe FL New Net Trans Instruction VASHTI HARRISON Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o The award-winning actor tells the tale of a shooting star that helps a little girl love herself and see herself as beautiful, teaching children to see their outer and inner beauty regardless of skin color. CRACKED.COM — Andrea Raffin/Shutterstock,
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Iggy Pop

DEEP SPACE NINE / THE MAGNIFICENT FERENGI IGGY POP KIDNAPPED QUARK'S MOM. The rock star played a Vorta named Yelgrun who is holding Ishka captive, while Quark, Rom, and Nog team up to rescue their Moogie. CRACKED.COM — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

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Randy Rhoads

Randy Rhoads died when his tour bus driver crashed a plane he stole. The legendary guitarist and bus driver buzzed the tour bus during their joyride, in hopes of wak- ing up the band, and clipped the wing of the plane and crashed. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Aircraft One

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Beauty and the Beast

The original 'Beauty and the Beast' was meant to help girls accept arranged marriages. CRACKED.COM It was written in 1740 to encourage girls into forced marriages, for an alliance that required ef- facing their own desires and submitting to the will of a monster. — Source: 20 Facts That Are Like A Road Trip To Knowledge Town

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Excalibur

Fantasy movies Excalibur The movie's celebrity actors were unknown back then. Director John Boorman wanted moviegoers to pay attention to the story, not the stars, so he hired mostly unknown theater performers. Today this would be the cast for a major blockbuster, including Helen Mirren, Patrick Stewart, Liam Neeson, and Gabriel Byrne. CRACKED.COM — Source: IMDb

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Heidi Moneymaker

SCARLETT JOHANNSON'S BLACK WIDOW STUNT DOUBLE... HEIDI MONEYMAKER. NOTABLE MOVIES: All the movies in which Black Widow appears,Sucker Punch,The Hunger Games movies, the John Wick movies. MOST MEMORABLE STUNT TO DATE: The reshoots for Black Widow. I...talked to Scarlett and I said, 'Hey, are you doing more of these Black Widow movies?' She goes, 'I don't know.' I said, 'Just wondering, am I about to go out there and do my last stunt as Black Widow?' She goes, 'Maybe?' It wasn't even a big stunt. I was jumping 16 or 17 feet off the platform and rolling and crashing, but — Source: And Now, A Tribute To 16 Gnarly Stunt Doubles

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Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig just happened to hit a sandbank on the beach in Casino Royale. In the script, Bond would float off - Craig tried to do that, but hit a sandbank, so he got up and walked out of the water. Which gave us his iconic shot in blue shorts. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Play Out Differently

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The Chain Chomp

SUPER MARIO The Chain Chomp monsters in Mario games + are based on a dog. When Shigeru Miyamoto was a child, his neighbor had a chained dog who constantly barked. + CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Games We Grew Up On (With Weird Backstories)

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Samurai Jack

Samurai Jack takes place in a post- apocalyptic world that was once home to The Powerpuff Girls. TALKING DOG Says... 100 TALKING DoG* Sayle 7003 1% letter des CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan (Non-Batty )Theories

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Star Wars

Darth Vader STAR WARS CRACKED.COM Vader is the Dutch word for father and Darth comes from the word dark, so Darth Vader basically means Dark Father. Honestly, pretty cool. Especially when most Star Wars characters get stuck with a name like Poopoo Dungo. — BuzzFeed

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Taylor Lautner

TAYLOR LAUTNER TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON CRACKED.COM Look, he's a werewolf. And when werewolves transform, shirts rip open so there's your motivation. Still, I don't want to become known as just a body. If I had to choose, I would never take my shirt off again in a movie, but I guess that's not very realistic. — MTV

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Saturday Night Live

COMEDY DEL NERD CRACKED.COM Best SNL Celebrity Jeopardy Categories A PETIT DEJEUNER Sean Connery's generous mispronunciations are a recurring bit in the series, but the reading of A Petit Dejeuner as Ape Tit was the pinnacle.

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Kiefer Sutherland

In 2010, Kiefer Sutherland got taken in by a ponzi scheme (with Mexican cattle). He lost about $900,000, and he got into the scheme because his financial team thought the scammer's earlier returns looked pretty good. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vulture

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Battlestar Galactica

And They Have A Plan was wishful thinking. AND THEY HAVE A PLAN The show was supposed to be a mini series; of course the Cylons didn't have a plan t — Source: ScreenRant

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Kingsman: The Secret Service

Kingsman: The Secret Service was a surprise hit, praised for its clever humor and thrilling action. IT ALSO ENDS WITH AN AWKWARD ANAL SEX JOKE.

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Django Unchained

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Harry Potter

Harly Potter AND. THE QUESTION: CHAMBER rSECRETS Why didn't Harry's Horcrux get destroyed? THE ANSWER: Because Harry didn't die. We learn later on in

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Back to the Future

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Hermione Granger

Throughout Harry Potter's adventures, HERMIONE GRANGER is one of his two faithful sidekicks. She's intelligent, faithful, logical, and compassionate.

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