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Movie Brands quiz

disco strangler · Smiles everyone, smiles!

how about something Bond... James Bond ?

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Nope, think a bit more cult-ish. Or perhaps cult-ish that's gone mainstream because of it's cult status.

disco strangler · Smiles everyone, smiles!

Kill Bill?

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

I can't say for sure that they weren't in Kill Bill, so I'll take it.

1. Red Apple Cigarettes from Quentin Tarantino. There are plenty of directors and writers who create brands and use them across all of their movies and shows, but this one and Big Kahuna Burger, another Tarantino, are some of the most famous (read on for another one that I think ranks up there). Some people mistakenly think Fruit Brute and Kaboom! cereal are from the depths of Tarantinos imagination, but those were actual cereals. Once upon a time, Fruit Brute was part of the Frankberry-Count Chocula-Booberry family.

First seen in Pulp Fiction, Red Apple can also be spotted in the Tokyo airport when Uma Thurman walks by an giant advertisement for the brand.
A pack is tossed in the Gecko Brothers car in From Dusk Til Dawn.
Ted the Bellhop from Four Rooms smokes them.
In the Planet Terror part of Grindhouse, the BBQ owner tosses a pack to Wray.

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2. Name a character that smokes Morley Cigarettes.

Lady Strange · 80's Rock Chick

MzHartz wrote:

2. Name a character that smokes Morley Cigarettes.

The Smoking Man on The X-Files

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

You got it! I really expected Woo to answer, but it appears she's busy this morning.

2. Morley Cigarettes. Unlike Tarantinos Red Apple cigs which appear exclusively in his own movies, Morley Cigarettes are prop smokes used across the board. Here are a few places youll find them:

Beverly Hills, 90210 (the original). Remember when Brenda comes home from Paris with a newfound smoking habit? The cigarettes her parents catch her with are Morleys.
Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer was loyal to the Morley brand.
On Heroes, Claire Bennets real mom tries to light a Morley in Sandra Bennets house, til Sandra puts the kibosh on it.
The American soldiers in Platoon smoke Morleys.
Christina Riccis character in Prozac Nation is a Morley smoker.
The infamous Smoking Man from The X-Files smokes -you guessed it Morleys.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

3. Name a show or movie where Heisler Beer is consumed.

disco strangler · Smiles everyone, smiles!

i've seen it on Earl a few times... My Name's Earl.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

You've got it DS!

3. Heisler Beer is the barley-and-hops version of Morleys. Some notable appearances:

In lots of My Name is Earl episodes.
When Silas from Weeds celebrates his 18th birthday, the beverage of choice is Heisler.
Beerfest by the Broken Lizard guys features both cans and bottles of the fictitious beer.
One of my current favorites, United States of Tara, features Heisler in an episode where Marshall and Kate throw a party while their parents are out of town.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

I think this one might be easy.

4. What show or movie might a character have flown with Oceanic Airlines?

disco strangler · Smiles everyone, smiles!

Ya! TOO easy, if you're a LOST adict!

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

I think that was really guessable too.

4. Oceanic Airlines. Im a big Lost fan and had never heard of this made-up brand until then, but its been around since long before Jack and co. crashed on the Island. Its usually specifically used to depict ill-fated airlines, so the next time you spot the name at the beginning of a movie, youll know something that the person sitting next to you doesnt. Use it to make yourself sound like a film genius: Its so obvious that the plane is going to be hijacked. Could they make their foreshadowing any more obvious?

Part of the 1996 movie Executive Decision takes place on Oceanic Airlines Flight 343.
In The Bridget at Kang So Ri, an episode of JAG that aired in 2000, Korean terrorists hijack an Oceanic Air flight.
Oceanic is referenced in other ABC and/or J.J. Abrams projects the name has made appearances in Chuck, Fringe and Pushing Daisies.
Supposedly the Oceanic name goes all the way back to the 60s with a mention in an episode of Flipper called The Ditching, but I cant seem to verify this one.

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5. Name a show where you might see an ad for Gannon Car Rentals.

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

Hey Mz...how about a clue?

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Dylan wrote:

Hey Mz...how about a clue?

How about a picture?

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

Is that "Lost" as well?

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Sure is!

5. Gannon Car Rentals. Speaking of Lost, Gannon Car ads were featured in back-to-back episodes of Heroes and Lost, which led to a lot of speculation among fans that the two shows were somehow connected. This would be pretty much unprecedented, since the shows are on two different networks. Reps for both shows have denied that they the shows tie together but did say that they often chat with one another and are inspired by one another.

Gannon pamphlets can be found in at least four episodes of Heroes.
Lost fans will spot Gannon advertisements on the back of the Oceanic Airlines boarding pass folders there are also pamphlets, too, and a Gannon advertisement at a soccer game in an episode with Desmond.

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6. What type of product or service is Finder-Spyder?

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How about a hint? Finder Spyder was used in the following shows: In at least six episodes of Prison Break, including the pilot. On Dexter. Two Without a Trace episodes On Criminal Minds

Lady Strange · 80's Rock Chick

MzHartz wrote:

How about a hint? Finder Spyder was used in the following shows: In at least six episodes of Prison Break, including the pilot. On Dexter. Two Without a Trace episodes On Criminal Minds

I feel stupid, because I've seen every single Criminal Minds episode. confuse

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I remember them talking about it on both Criminal Minds and Without A Trace.

Some sort of internet search engine?

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Mema's got it!

6. Finder-Spyder is the official choice when writers need a generic search engine. Sometimes the logo looks suspiciously like Googles, and sometimes it looks nothing like it. Heres where youll spot it:

In at least six episodes of Prison Break, including the pilot.
On Dexter.
Two Without a Trace episodes Baggage, where they look up a website that was left in a journal, and Cloudy with a Chance of Gettysburg, where they look up info about Civil War re-enactments.
On Criminal Minds, when Megan Kane Finder-Spyders (doesnt have the same ring as Googles, does it?) Special Agent Aaron Hotchner in the episode Pleasure is my Business.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Okay, this should be an easy one.

7. Who invented Mooby's?

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Do I need to give a hint?

Lady Strange · 80's Rock Chick

No clue here

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Mooby's is a fast food place.

Lady Strange · 80's Rock Chick

I got nothin'

Anyone?

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

The movies aren't exactly a series, but they are all interconnected, typically by two characters. The last movie takes place almost entirely inside Mooby's, and is a part 2. The writer also directs his movies and is one of the two characters that I previously mentioned.