/r/tipofmytongue
For finding the un-googleable things that are on the tip of your tongue... That word... The name of that song... That movie...
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/r/tipofmytongue
Hey all, a friend has set me a task to find this for them but coming up blank!
Rock style music video where the guitarist is playing upside down with his guitar in a white room. It pans out of the glass wall and then the guitarist puts the guitar down and it pans back out to the guitar, looks kind of like 30 seconds to mars.
That's all I have sadly...
apologies for bad description I haven't slept in a bit bit just rememberd this
main plot is a pandemic or something that has killed nearly all people and I think the protagonist thinks he is the only survivor
while scavenging for supplies, protagonist finds a still alive robot in disrepair, he works on repairing the robot while trying to figure out the cause of the pandemic with the help of the robot (of which didn't originally have legs and im pretty sure main character built the robot legs, but carried it around on his back while it had none)
end of movie is where main character is very close to finding out the cause of the pandemic due to help of robot and was led by robot to a white tent looking thing
cant remember much about it at all or this part but, main character discovers it was the robots that were killing everyone or whatever and then dies or almost dies from either gas in the tent thing or from the robot companion
but then a van drives up and some people wearing white hazmat suits come out and pick up protagonist that is very close to being dead and putting him in the back of the van/truck before driving off, ending the movie
once again I can barely remember anything about this and I think the 2-4 people in the van shot robot companion but im unsure
A character in a movie - I think it's night time in winter with snow, the main character (male) picks up a cigarette off the ground and starts smoking at and says something like, "so, I'm a bum" , I for years thought this was Bruce Willis in die hard but haven't been able to find the scene. Any help?
I thought it was in the desert scene in T2 but having skimmed through the scene I don't see it, so is it from another sequel?
I remember being around <10 years old and seeing an asian tv show that I've been looking for. I saw the show on tv early 2000's but the show might have been older. What I can remember from the show, details might be wrong, it has been 20 years and I was very young:
- (*)The main character loses his arm, gets replaced it by a doctor. The new arm is super strong, which is seen when the main character punches something. (?)The doctor has a daughter.
- (*)Antagonist has a phantom of the opera like half mask (covers left or right side of the face). Mask has some chinese characters on it. (?)They have a burn/scar under the mask
- (*)Main characters are at some point looking for a super powerful sword. Sword might have been black and (?)with a weird wavy fantasy style that looked kind of like tribal tattoos look. (*)At some point they look for the sword in a cave with multiple copies of the same sword driven to the ground, but they have to find the correct one. (*)While looking for the sword they fight somebody and during the fight they use the swords as platforms and jump in between different swords
- (*)fight scenes use wire work when characters jump around.
(*) I definetly remeber this
(?) I remember very vaguely being there
Hi I have been wanting to post this for a while now and I am just posting this now.
I remember this happening around 2012 to 2015 and I was watching King Of The Hill late at night with all the lights off in pitch dark.
I remember what the episode of Kill Of The Hill was about it was a episode where Bobby sneaks outside his house to smoke a cigarettes late at night but that's not thing I am looking for what I am looking for is this bumper that played after the episode.
This bumper was this dark green silhouette of a cartoony looking guy playing the drums going down more of a light neon green spiral while this drum looped played in the background and that bumper lasted about 5 or 10 seconds but after the bumper I have no memory of what happened I probably went to bed after that.
Like years later after that happened I remembered that bumper and I wanted to look for it but when I did I found nothing or anything similar to it.
I will say one more thing, I only think that it was on Adult Swim because what else would King Of The Hill be on but if it was on a local station this would be in the Ventura County region of California.
Now years after I first tried searching for it on my own I came to reddit to see if anyone had or has think they have seen the same bumper I am talking about or I have the thing that I am looking for so if anyone has anything information or think they have any information on this unidentified bumper please reply to this post.
I'm searching for the name of a Christmas song by a female singer.
Her voice is really sweet.
One of the lyrics sounds something like "Christmas is my favorite song or Christmas is my mistletoe"
One of the verses slows down and it ends with "You...You..." or "Euuu...Euuu."
It is famous enough to be played in a supermarket but I couldn't shazam it as my hands were really full.
Thank you so much in advance.
Hello! I’m struggling to remember/find an old movie I saw when I was 7-8 around the early 2000’s. All I can remember is there was this one scene with a man injured limping/approaching a friend as he was calling for help because of a large whitish slimy slug thing around/constricting his stomach with his hand extended out to them. I wanna say it was a sci-fi horror film, maybe just one or the other. Thanks so much in advance for helping me out!
Edit: for further details, it was live action, the actor with the slug thing on him had short light colored hair maybe? The setting was in some sort of like a lab. The friend the man with the slug thing was holding a gun with I believe? The slug didn’t have a face, was just like some sort of large white mass around the guy’s abdomen. And the tone wasn’t really comedic, more grim and serious.
(I’ll keep adding more details the more I remember)
Is there anyone who is a long time user of sound cloud that can help me find this song?
I originally found the song on tiktok because of a random video I was told the song and I had it in my Playlist but for some reason I couldn't find if and was devastated.
The song is a remix of Private Eyes by Hall and Oats. However, it doesn't use the whole song just the snippets "Twist it around baby that ain't enough" and of course the chorus. It's at a higher pitch as well. But it has a glitch in the beginning at a lower pitch and a killer ending with a jazz sample. And the image used while the song was playing was a lady with stars on her eyes as makeup.
I've been searching soundcloud for forever to find it but I have no luck. So if it sounds familiar any leads can help.
Hello everyone! There was this site that I remember stumbling upon a few years ago (2017-2018 ish?) that was an anonymous dating/hookup site that didn't allow users to upload photos.
The interesting part is that, instead, users created their profiles using a set of preset vector illustrations that described each of their physical features separately (i.e hair texture, body type, breast size and shape, etc).
I never really used it and don't plan on doing so, but thought it was so curious that it lingered on my mind for a while. Does anyone have any clue what this site could be called?
Thank you in advance!
I remember it was part of the "Now That's What i Call Music" compilations. The lyrics go something like "come now come and take me over till im going under should you spend my ee eee eee" In the music video, there are two 'mascots'/'puppets'/'animal costume wearers' -- i don't remember what the costumes were -- sharing an oxygen tank, it runs out and one of the mascots is left outside the hospital while the other goes to die? The singer was a guy and he was white. Thank you in advance
Hi guys,
I am searching the episode of the Sitcom "Unhappily Ever After" with the quote "Your mother is a parking ticket".
I can only remember very vaguely, but I think Floppy says this in the basement when someone in a bill costume (???) appears in the background.
What is that iphone or mobile game rather where the character is a black little creature with a sprout on its head you'll pull them all whenever their ready.
I remember playing this around 2010's during college days. I'm not really sure if its like a musical based game but the game is like whack a mole, but instead of whacking the creature, it will spawn to randomly to all the holes, and its sprouts on its head will grow and that is the time you'll actually pull the creature.
I wish I had more to go off of but I just remember the lyric “I would do the same for you” from the song. I believe it’s a male singer and I remember it wasn’t a very energetic song. It might have even been kind of sad-sounding.
Edit: it’s not the Ricky Van Shelton song. That was the main thing that came up in my searches And I’m really not sure about era. I would guess early to late 2000’s but I could be wrong about that.
Had this random scene stuck in my head, and I just cannot think what it is. I think it was live action? But possibly could be animated 😂 I remember them filming the kid answering questions by puppets, and sometimes the kid would say something deep and personal, which would make the puppeteer just stop in their tracks and get the puppet to deadpan stare into the camera. They are talking about Christmas. What is this???
Okay, so, I remember I came across this article years ago (2016~2018), it was written by a guy who escaped a serial killer. The details I remember were that he met this guy at the beach (it was most likely in the US) in either the 70s or 80s, and the guy invited him to his motel/hotel room. I can't recall if they had sex or if they just talked, but they had some sort of deep and meaningful conversation. Nothing scary happened at all, he left the room, and went with his business, but the conversation they had stuck with him. Later, when the serial killer is caught, he makes the connection that he was that guy (idk if it was the picture on the news, or just the modus operandi, like he was an older guy who invited younger guys over). Anyways, I can't remember any names, nor the website it was published in. Does anyone know where can I find it?
Don't really know what else to add really:It was a really fun racing game that I remember too;).
Ps:The bridges u could cross over a river/lake,along with the stables that had holes in the walls which u could drive through were specifically on the grassland map I remember that for SURE!
Edit2:Oh yes I should also mention:U could've played singleplayer,multiplayer and timed(if u wanted to practice the maps a bit). So it really had every mode out there at the time lol!
It had nothing to do with Banjo Kazooie or breaking out of jail,running from the cops,Need for Speed and all the other games that popped up when I searched up ps1 racing games:It was PURELY just a racing game and that's it.
It also had a menu where u could choose what u wanted to drive(aka what vehicle),and what map u wanted to drive on,but that's it:No upgrading,or customizing,or anything. Just a pick-ur-vehicle-and-drive kind of game.
Also no maps like the ones that look like they drive Formula 1 in them:Just regular maps with no signs of civilization aside from the bridges,stables and such,but nothing like Colin McRae Rally and stuff like that.
I've looked at the ones that popped up(all of them as a matter of fact),and its NONE of them for sure.
I also remember it having a SPLIT-SCREEN function:When playing multiplayer each player had a piece of the screen dedicated to their vehicle. ALSO:Only 2 people could've played at once,because I remember my cousins arguing about who goes next,so I know for a FACT that the multiplayer aspect of it only supported 2 people,with every player being given half of the screen to look at their vehicle. I know this 100% POSITIVE!
There were also no powerups u could pick up in the game,nor vehicle healthbars or anything:ONLY PURE RACING!
Also no complicated(for lack of a better word)user interfaces:There was only a speed bar showing how fast u were driving(it looked like the ones in actual cars,so the rotations of the engine and the actual speed at which the vehicle was going):It wasn't cluttered up like some other games were that I saw on Youtube(using this video for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5VVFMdrxY8 ).
Having trouble finding a link to one of those commercials from the early to mid 90 which featured a new age mixed CD. I seem to remember mystical sounding music with unicorns, crystals, and the like. The commercials had one of those blue screen backgrounds with a 1800 number to call.
I remember seeing it multiple times when i was a kid (around 2009-2012) although I don't know if it was on TV or on DVD. I was able to understand what they were saying so it was Dubbed in Polish or at least had a VoiceOver(?). The vibe of it always seemed a bit weird to me, I can't even describe the feeling. It was a cartoon (edited because i forgot to mention that), I think it was pretty colorful.
The Plot:
It was about a group of friends finding a Caveman that has been frozen for thousands of years. They dress him up and become friends. The Caveman was really agile and could climb very well but he "spoke" by just making sounds with his mouth. One of the jokes was that someone was talking to him but he couldn't understand anything so he just mumbled back as usual and obviously the other person was weirded out. I think the group of friends also make a joke that the Caveman looks like another friend in the group, at the time I assumed it was alluring to the fact that the Caveman might be his ancestor.
At one point it turns out that (i think) some kind of organization is looking for him. This organization also has the Caveman's girlfriend so he goes to save her. He fights them and at some point it turns out a Mammoth has also been unfrozen so he uses it during the fight. I think it ends with him reuniting with her but I don't remember it that clearly.
I tried looking on the internet but the Caveman genre is huge and already has lots of animated movies. I searched in English and in polish but found nothing. Any clue would be appreciated!
I heard this band a few months ago and I really liked them but I can’t remember the name or any albums. I’m pretty sure the band was two girls who sang in russian (maybe?) and english. The style was kind if dance music I guess, and I know they were somewhat well known because I had heard one of their songs before. But I am completely lost and would appreciate help finding them again.
It was a short 30 second or so commercial that played sad music and showed moments that looked ok and turned them sad.
For example it showed an elderly lade holding her husband's hand for her to then move her hand and show that it was a photo of her husband's hand hinting that he had died.
It showed a forest and then the photo moved to show it was all just stumps.
It showed a little boy with both his feet sitting on the ground and then it showed he actually was missing a foot.
I believe it showed a couple more scenes like that. All a few seconds each.
I believe it was around 15 years ago. Or at least I believe that was when I saw it on youtube.
Please help! My google-fu is failing me!
I am trying to find a song. Here's what I can remember:
Please help! My best friend had a baby and I'm reminded of this song and want to hear it again!
IIRC correctly, the game has graphics similar to Gothic 2, though the game was first-person. It might have been made by a single person, and they might have been Norwegian.My memory of this game is watching a max 20 min video or interview with the creator 1-4 years ago, so those details might be fictions of my imagination.
I'm certain the game was mostly or fully set in the wilds, with forests and mountains, and I think it had huge zones rather than being a single, large open world. The player wielded a sword, possibly a bow at some points, and there were large effigies/totems/? that could be found in the world. I think there were large spiders enemies at some point and I think there was a volva (old witch) merchant or quest giver.
Thanks for any and all help in finding this the source of this elusive memory.
I’ve been searching for years. I’m almost positive now that this was just some animated video my grandparents probably got at a yard sale or something where it never really made it to the mainstream. But I’m going to try one more time. I used to watch this TERRIFYING VHS with animated bible stories as a kid. One was the story of Jesus casting the demons into pigs, and the pigs jumping off a cliff. Another was when Jesus was on the mountain and Satan tried to tempt him to eat. The animation was very stilted and weird. 2D and instead of people moving around it was more so like a bunch of still shots with the voices recorded over it. (Does that make sense?)
Also. This may or may not be from the same VHS but I kind of doubt it. I also remember puppets and they were like an old man puppet wearing overalls and I think they were on a farm? There were animal puppets. I specifically remember a cow.
If anyone can do this I’ll be forever in your debt. At this point though I’m almost sure it’s impossible.
I have this image of an old prison and the doors to the cells open and the inmates walk out holding large round chamber pots.
Years ago in a public library in South Africa, I read a book.
I was very young still (10-14, around 2007-2011) so please excuse if some details are incorrect, but key sentences and happenings I can remember:
There was a biker or trucker that the main character would visit and he had a triple bacon cheeseburger every morning for breakfast, something along those lines, a breakfast that would clog arteries
The main characters best friend referred to himself as a Sunday model I think. Their yard was full of car parts, I think his mom was a mechanic.
Main character fell in love with a girl he first saw surfing, her name was Dot. The phrase X marks the Dot pops up somewhere in the book.
There was a factory that polluted their river and they welded the waste pipe shut somewhere towards the end of the book.
Please help me remember this, I have been trying to find it for years again
Around 2011-2013, there was a browser game aimed for maybe pre-teen/tween age. I feel like the name is similar to secret16, sweet16, I don’t know, something along those lines. The premise is you can play as a male or female character with some preset appearance options. You start at the age twelve and you can level up your age with missions and by playing mini-games. I believe at 15 you had to pay for a membership but you could level up your ages before 15 for free. 2-D game. I don’t remember how you move around but I think it may have been point and click. It was sort of whimsical in style. There were tons of mini games to choose from but the one I remember most was Bloons. I played religiously and then stopped abruptly, and then when I went to play again it was totally different. You had to download the game, it was 3D, more of an open-world concept, move around with keypad, and it performed awfully, at least on my cruddy laptop I had at the time. Anyone remember the name of this or remember playing this?
I remember the screen saver pretty well but I really cant find anything about it. It was on my fathers laptop, a Sony Vaio, but i dont know wich exact model.
The screen saver itself was a 3d Face or maybe mask that did random things like smoking, eating popcorn or pull out a assault rifle and shoot around randomly. Also it had sunglasses and no body. Sometimes it had hands (no amrs) to pull out that stuff from behind itself. The backround was pretty weird/unrecognizable since it was just mostly black with a bit of some grey and white. But in my opinion, it was a part of some sort of room.
Sadly thats all the details I still know about it.