r/tipofmytongue • • Jun 21 '19

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r/tipofmytongue • • 59m ago

Open. [TOMT][MOVIE] The bad guy, seeing that the amulet or artifact is now in the hand of the hero (or a child?), beckons towards them and says, "Bring that... to me," or "Give that... to me." The line's been stuck in my head for WEEKS.

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I'm 90% sure the bad guy has a British accent. My mental image can't distinguish if it's an animated film or live-action. All I know for sure is that it's a bad, bad dude saying the line, and the shot I can remember is on them specifically, his eyes wild with desire for that magical artifact.

I am NOT sure about time period. It's probably something from my childhood - so late 80s or 90s - but could just as easily be, like, an MCU movie or some other comic book film from more recent film history.

Please, for the love of god, help me. I'm starting to lose sleep over this one.

If it helps at all: I keep hearing the line in Jeremy Irons' voice, although I don't think it's actually him who says it.

(EDIT: Going to bed. For reasons unknown to me, my brain is thinking that the movie-in-question MIGHT be one of the Spider-Man films. Nothing to substantiate this claim.)


r/tipofmytongue • • 5h ago

Solved [TOMT][MEME] SpongeBob with photoshopped-in real eyes and mouth. Sort of low quality looking meme.

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It is a picture of SpongeBob looking at the camera with just his top half visible I’m pretty sure. I think the background was just the Bikini- Bottom sand and blue sky. The eyes and mouth looked like it had a black and white filter over it, they had no color just very dark. The eyes iris were black and the mouth was smiling with teeth. I think the arms of SpongeBob were also edited so he just had sticks coming out of his arm sleeves, and no hands and fingers.


r/tipofmytongue • • 2h ago

Open [TOMT] 2000s Train Conductor Kids Show

7 Upvotes

(Solved!! It’s Geotrax!!)
Hi! i’m trying to find this one conductors/train show I used to watch as a kid. I know for sure it’s not Thomas the train—I know for sure it’s not Chuggington. Isn’t this other live action one that was trying to show me on google. I know it was 3-D animated. It was kind of bad animation but not terrible. I remember there was like a bunch of different people with different job occupations, and they all had like their own corresponding trains to match. I believe it was first episode. They were trying to save like the other trains from ending up like a broken track and they had to like haul the logs over and the people to put like the logs in the train tracks.

I also remembered that the trains wouldn’t talk, but they would like make noises and like wiggle I remember briefly the intro to the show it would go “All aboard!!” like really loudly and then it would “go, go, go, go!” in the background and I don’t remember the rest of the lyrics, but I can still remember like the song melody. The only thing I remember watching it on was on DVD I remember as a kid I tried to look it up on other and I couldn’t so I like a DVD kind of thing but yeah if anyone could help me or like point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it!


r/tipofmytongue • • 3h ago

Solved [TOMT] [SHOW/MOVIE?] [UNKNOWN YEAR] A Show/Movie where a girl is obsessed with an unpopular girl from an idol group

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A while back I kept seeing clips of this show (or movie) on tiktok (can't find in saves/watch history), and now I cannot find it no matter what I search!

Plot: (Mostly what the title says) There's this idol group (5/6 people?) that's really popular and all that stuff, except there's this one girl in the group that isn't as popular as the rest (The group was colour coded, she was orange). However the main character is really obsessed and loves her, she constantly goes to their concerts just to cheer for her, and is overall a big fan of her.

Scenes: At some point there was a short time where people could pay to talk to them and like, hold their hands??? with their favourite member. The main character ended up paying alot of money just to talk and hold hands with the orange girl and talk about how she's awesome and all that stuff.

Other info: I THINK it was a Gl/Yuri? Also the group and main character were all girls as well. / Also it either took place in Japan or Korea. Pretty sure it was non-english too. / It was live action.

Thanks in advance!


r/tipofmytongue • • 3h ago

Open [TOMT] A song I don’t know about?

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The Song Have A Female Singer, It Mostly Well Know, I Somewhere Released In 2010s or 2000s, And Have A Repeat Lyrics “I Will See You On The Other Siiiiiddddeeee” And It Have A Happy And Rock Tone


r/tipofmytongue • • 37m ago

Open [TOMT][POEM] Poem about a bat trapped in the house

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Hey, everyone~ I’m going crazy trying to remember a poem I loved a few years back. It was about the author finding a scared bat in their house and the author helping the bat escape out the window/catching the bat and releasing it out his window. It wasn’t a negative poem about the bat either but more emotional. It was from a pretty thin poem anthology and was published somewhat recently since I read it before 2018 in college so some time between 2014 and 2018 and the author came to talk about it with us like perhaps he’d released it around then (he also wasn’t an old man or anything). It was very touching to me for some reason and I’d love to read it again.

Thanks in advance (though I’ll thank you again) for any ideas you all might have!


r/tipofmytongue • • 6h ago

Open [TOMT][SONG][1970s] Children's record song with the lyric "did you ever eat a cookie without crumbs"

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I’m trying to find a children's song I listened to on a record when I was a kid, likely from the 1970s. I don't remember the exact title or the artist, but I distinctly remember the rhythm and lyrics of one specific part. The singer repeats the word "cookies" four times in a row, followed by a specific question. It goes: "Cookies, cookies, cookies, cookies... Did you ever eat a cookie without crumbs?"


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Open [TOMT] help me find a book from my childhood!!!

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okay so me and my mom were talking recently about things I’ve liked in the past and she brought up this old Cinderella book that I used to love. it was an interactive talking book that was like “help Cinderella get the palace ready for the ball!” I very specifically remember one of the pages being like “would you rather feed Gus a slice of vanilla cake or a piece of cheese?” and another one where you had to choose what music the ball would have. you’d have to speak the answer into a little speaker. my mom says she thinks the book was cream book with a pink spine and it had Cinderella in her ballgown on the cover. it was probably like 2015-2017 when I was reading it. my mom says it was probably made by hallmark, but we’re not sure. please help!!


r/tipofmytongue • • 3h ago

Open [TOMT] [2000s] Intro animation used by a specific horror movie production company that appeared on Cox Demand circa 2011

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The same way that Lionsgate has a lion roaring as an intro scene before the actual movie begins, or like DreamWords, Universal Studios, etc. this was specifically the opening scene for a production company that specialized in horror films. I remember finding the horror films on Cox Demand, me and my dad would watch movies on there.

The intro scene had a girl sitting on a big recliner-looking chair next the middle of a room with a static, box TV on the ground with two antennas I believe, where she was clawing into the armrests of the chair while the narrator said something along the lines of movies so scary "they'll have you gripping the edge of your seat". I do remember the intro credit being genuinely creepy. I feel like there are a few more I can't remember, like a close-up of a girl's eyeball.


r/tipofmytongue • • 14m ago

Open [TOMT][MOVIE] 90s film that had kids up to mischief and a sock in a grandpas mouth

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I don’t remember many details but I remember watching this film when I was a kid (late 80s/90s). What I do remember is it featuring kids that were getting up to mischief, I can’t remember the plot, but I think that was the gist. I also remember extended family staying over for some reason.. maybe it was a holiday?

One scene I do remember is the grandfather having to sleep in the kids bedroom on one of the bunk beds, he snored a lot and was keeping one of the kids awake, so they shoved a pair of socks in his mouth so he’d be quiet.

Not much to go on, but I hope I find it! id love to have a hit of nostalgia.


r/tipofmytongue • • 2h ago

Open [TOMT] Song where the first thing is a guy yelling “GET OUT”

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Looking for a 90’s rock-ish song that starts with almost a producer tag of a guy yelling “get out”. I think he yells it twice, and it’s in an almost kings of Leon style transcendent reverb. It’s not a stern quick yell, he drags it out for just a second.


r/tipofmytongue • • 40m ago

Open [TOMT] [SONG] Alt/indie female(?) song from late 2010s

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All I can really remember is a girl in the background saying “i cant see i cant seee” in a high pitched voice and then the beat drops. Definitely some late 2010s early 2020s alternative music


r/tipofmytongue • • 13h ago

Solved [TOMT] Old alien movie I saw on the TCM channel

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Ok so when I was younger (probably about 5), my dad used to watch the TCM (Turner Classic Movies) channel where they used to show all kinds of old, classic movies. I only vaguely remember this movie so some of the details may be a little fuzzy, bear with me. It was a live action, American movie. If I were to take a guess with the year, I'd say it's from around the 60s or 70s. If I remember correctly, the plot being about a group of people ending up on a planet with these aliens on it. The aliens looked pretty stereotypical (glowing eyes, slimy looking, having E.T's brownish colour scheme)

I remember two scenes from said movie.

The first had this woman getting angry and telling off an alien, the alien just stands there and repeats what she said in her voice but slightly distorted. He does this over and over which makes her angrier.

The other scene I remember had the main characters trying to escape the planet with the aliens chasing after them, trying to keep them from leaving. I remember one of the characters getting caught by the aliens and they have him on the ground, closing in on him (I can't remember what their intentions were, maybe trying to eat him?)

I tried searching this on google and it gave me Invasion Of The Body Snatchers which is definitely not it. If anyone can help me with this, I'd really appreciate it, thank you.


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Open [TOMT] [song] He (something) trying to (something) at the moon

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Looking for an indie song with a female vocalist, I think the overall tone is nostalgic. At one point she sings a line about someone trying to... fight? shoot at? the moon.

I remember that line is at the end of a verse, with "moon" being pretty drawn out, and afterward the song becomes much quieter.

I think it's from within the last 10 years but not sure. I thought of this song when Tectonic by Jackie Marchal came on, so very similar vibe.


r/tipofmytongue • • 4h ago

Open [TOMT] 3 different scenes, unsure if it’s the same horror movie

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I have 3 vague memories of a movie scenes from when I was a kid in the 2000s and unsure if they’re the same movie or different ones. Hopefully you guys can help.

Details - The movie(s) has to be between the 80s-2007. Also, I’m 99% sure the original language is English

First scene: a woman/man is seen walking away from a building (house/church) with a stained glass window on the second floor and they think they see someone walk by it so they hesitantly go in and up to that stained glass window.

Second scene: a woman is seen taking a bubble bath in a spacious bathroom when she hears glass break then sees a tennis-sized ball roll in front of her. I’m almost certain there’s a clear glass door in front of her where us (the viewer) is seeing her from

Third scene: a guy is in a coma and wakes up within his dream to some town filled with monsters/weird looking people and asks the monster if he’s dead, knowing he was just in a coma.


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Open [TOMT][SHOW][90s-00s] This French kid show kinda similar with teletubbies

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i dont think ive watched it or anything but I remember they got a ps1 game where we go to multiple different area/levels doing quest by interacting with people there.

TIA


r/tipofmytongue • • 5h ago

Open [TOMT] Looking for a popular meme, think it was a green text trolling a conservative dude

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Seem to remember he misgendered the conservative dude, the dude corrected him, he made a comment about him being pronoun obsessed libtard, the guy was like “I’m the furthest thing from a libtard”

I don’t know the rest, but the guy left flabbergasted.

Ring any bells?


r/tipofmytongue • • 4h ago

Open [TOMT]YouTube video of two guys in a car

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A older video, two guys in a car at night. One with a beard, skinny dirty blonde? Other clean shaven?

Stupid but funny video

Camera angles are up close and in the face. One “serious” guy who is acting like he is off out by the other guy. One “weird/goofy” guy doing an almost Gandalf accent to describe the “award”.

They are talking about “dirty boy award” or “filthiest boy award”. “weird/serious” guy is doing this while staring at the other “serious” guy who is uncomfortable. He is staring down at the steering wheel trying to not look at the other guy.

Talks about how he hadn’t showered or whatever for a year.

Corrects the other “serious” guy when says the wrong word or phrase. “Serious” guy almost breaks scene because he was about to laugh.


r/tipofmytongue • • 11h ago

Solved [TOMT][3D Animated TV Series][2005–2020] Obscure CGI, possibly non-verbal children’s show

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We’re desperately trying to identify a children’s CGI animation show that our kids watched sometime between 2017 and 2020, most likely via Kodi which is making it significantly more difficult, but could have possibly been on UK Netflix at the time, or an international children’s television channel that was available via UK FreeView / Kodi.

The show may have been produced considerably earlier than 2017 - 2020, hence the larger timeframe mentioned in the title. It was entirely 3D computer-animated, with a visual style vaguely comparable to similar shows such as Oddbods, Booba or other colourful CGI animations. Other shows that the kids watched around the same time via similar methods were Kicko & Super Speedo, Larva, Slugterra, and Bernard to name a few. Due to the majority of the shows that our kids were watching at the time having originated from European / Asian countries and being dubbed for English viewers, it significantly increases the pool of shows that it could have been.

This is where our memory starts to become hazy… the characters mostly communicated through gibberish (think Simlisj), squeaks, exaggerated noises and occasional English-sounding words.
We vaguely remember a small, what we believe to be non-human “villainous” character who acted like the boss of a small group. One of his henchmen was much larger, “stronger” types but possibly clumsy, with a rounded, pale or white body somewhat like Baymax. The larger character may have had narrow, slit-like eyes, little or no visible nose, and an often an almost expressionless face.

The only episode that we are able to remember to this day featured some sort of musical performance, talent contest or battle of the bands. The larger character was on a stage and sang a mid-tempo electronic-pop-style song with the rest of his group as backing singers chanting a drawn-out “oh-oh, oh-oh” in-between.
The lead lyrics may have been gibberish that sounded vaguely like “Oh sugar sheriff gonna shoot you down”, but we are very uncertain about those words. It could just as easily been something like “Oh super Sheriff gonna shoot you now”, or complete and utter nonsense that happened to sound like it.

The characters may have been dressed as pirates for this particular episode, although we don’t recall other episodes, we don’t believe them to have always been dressed as pirates, so likely not a pirate-themed show.

Does anyone recognise this show or remember a musical episode resembling this description?

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With the help of AI, we’ve already ruled out dozens of series, including:
Motu Patlu
BoBoiBoy
Oddbods
Chop Socky Chooks
Monster Buster Club
IMP
Hullabalooba
Booba
Pet Alien
Butt-Ugly Martians
League of Super Evil
Bottersnikes & Gumbles
PJ Masks
Donkey Kong Country
Oscar’s Oasis
Zig & Sharko
Bernard / Backkom
Tiny Planets (Bing and Bong)
Guru Aur Bhole
Casper’s Scare School
Paap-O-Meter
Grizzy & the Lemmings
Super Bheem
Andy Pirki
Tik Tak Tail
Cracké
Inspector Gadget
Jellabies
Glumpers
Hairy Scary
Usavich
Jelly Jamm
The Beet Party
Insectibles
The New Adventures of Figaro Pho
Alien Monkeys
Beat Monsters
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
Zombiedumb
Capsule Boy
Grami’s Circus Show
Spookiz
Aliens NINANO
Giligilis
Larva
Kambu in Mystery Island
Mighty Mike
Pat the Dog
Small Potatoes
Where’s Chicky?
Pat a Pat Como
Jungle Beat: Munki and Trunk
Piggy Tales
Om Nom Stories
Angus & Cheryl
Paopao in the Baobab Islands
The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends
Peet the Forest Detective
Boblins
Eddie Is a Yeti
Cuby Zoo
Harry & Bip


r/tipofmytongue • • 6h ago

Solved [TOMT] a scene with a character who’s scared of getting an MRI

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I think it’s from a TV show as opposed to a movie (not positive on that though).

The character is afraid to get into the MRI machine and whoever they’re with tries to show them that it’s not so bad so they go in themselves first and they end up getting claustrophobic themselves. Hope that makes sense lol.

It’s not the scene from Modern Family of Mitchell patting Cam’s feet.


r/tipofmytongue • • 8h ago

Open. [TOMT] Movie or show from 90s/80s - Tomorrow People esquise

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I could have sworn this was the Tomorrow People, but turns out it's not. I just remember it had a girl who was strapped down to some sort of table or gurney with mechanical arms. eventually her captor who I believe was a scientist leaves. She wiggles enough so a vase falls and unlocks her legs. Then she swings her legs up to release her arms. I think it's from the early 90s or 80s and might be a movie or TV show that was on Nickelodeon for young adults.


r/tipofmytongue • • 5h ago

Open [TOMT] [Music Video] [Late 80s-Early 90s] Guy randomly points at his neck and wiggles his adam's apple to the music.

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It was just a really funny memory I had when I was about 6 or 7 (I'm 43 now), halfway through a music video where the camera gets really close to the singer, he points his finger at his neck and makes his adam's apple dance up & down really fast and perfectly to the beat. I can't say for sure what the song sounded like. I think it was hip hop, or maybe something of a different genre that breaks into a freestyle rap beat just for that neck shot. It played on TV multiple times, but I only got to see it once due to my sister and her friends being grossed out at the adam's apple dancing and making me change the channel as soon as the video started up again so they wouldn't have to see it. Grrr I wanna see it again, I'm a simple man impressed by simple things and I just wanna see the man make his neck dance :<


r/tipofmytongue • • 5h ago

Open [TOMT] Kids' picture book, read in the 1980s, breakfast scene at the start

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Illustrated children's book I read as a kid in the 80s. Near the beginning, someone is making breakfast. Eggs are mentioned, and I think a utensil is used to chop them. Some kind of cereal may also be mentioned. The breakfast is just the opening; the story is about something else. I remember the illustrations having a bluish hue. Not Pancakes for Breakfast, Jumanji, Two Bad Ants, or The Egg Book.

Edit: I’d like to add that the central point to the introduction wasn’t exactly a family breakfast scene. The images were almost sorta dream like.


r/tipofmytongue • • 5h ago

Solved [TOMT] Direct to VHS Non-Disney Animated Cinderella Movie

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I'm looking for a particular song from an old mid to late 90's animated Cinderella (I think) movie.

The song is the three evil stepsisters singing about all of their shallow desires in a surprisingly well performed number. The first two sisters want jewelry and nice things, the third sister always wants some kind of food.

I'll include the lyrics I'm stuck on below, though they may not be exactly accurate:

Sister 1: I would like a sweet perfume!

Sister 2: I would like some pretty shoes!

Sister 3: I would like a pie, no, two!

All: It's a hunger, it's a craving, it's a madness, it's a raving! (unsure of lyrics here)

It's more, more, more, more, more, more, more!

More, more, more, more, more, more, more!

More, more, more, more, more, more, more!

The repeating "more" lines break into surprisingly complex harmonies for the overall low-budget feeling of the film.

Just the name of the film would be enough for me, and thank you in advance!