your favorite tv/movie gifs + their origin story

[henrygandorf 29,225]

i've wanted to start this thread for a while, so here we go.

post one of your favorite, often-used gifs from a tv show or movie, and explain where it comes from and what is happening to cause the gif. for example:

this gif is of wee-bey from the wire. s1e12 - "cleaning up". he has this realization/reaction when stringer tells him that the girl that got shot in the back-alley drug deal setup was actually an undercover cop (kima). before then he thought it was just "one of orlando's ho's".

go.

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ibid

[Vegas64 713]

Parks & Rec: 

[UTPhil2006 3,930]

Big Brother 

[Da Fino 2,820]

 

 

Mobile leprechaun story

[Michael Knight 13,217]

[Parliament 14,593]

The 90’s movie “Dazed and Confused.”  Set in 1975.  HS Freshman refuses to smoke drugs and an addict senior thinks he’s a square.

 

Edited November 15 by Parliament

[4th&Five 41,985]

‘76

Edited November 15 by 4th&Five

[WBT 20,966]

5 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

post one of your favorite, often-used gifs from a tv show or movie, and explain where it comes from and what is happening to cause the gif. for example:

 

[Upgrayedd 5,879]

Use this with my boys and nephews all the time.  Bull Durham.

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SNL game show skit.   Jessica Dallas-Chastain - Ron Howard’s daughter and occasional director of Mandalorian episodes.  
 

Tombstone, Johnny Ringo’s comments about the death of an Earp.  appropriate for when somebody says or does something that crosses a line but is still funny.  Usually death-related.

 

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Survivor TV show.  Not sure of the context because I don’t watch such shows, but I think @Deej and I came to the conclusion that it was the perfect gif for Shaggy and now Surly, with the women representing polite society and the guy representing Shaggy/Surly when something awful happens that we find funny but we know society doesn’t.

[Deej 77,806]

Best gif ever.

[Sbbruin 22,142]

What's the origin of this one?  One of my faves

[mdmost 43,951]

Heathers. A fairly fitting response to some of the questions asked on this site. 

Edited November 15 by mdmost

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27 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

What's the origin of this one?  One of my faves

 

 

[Knoxtnhorn 6,290]

50 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

 

Survivor TV show.  Not sure of the context because I don’t watch such shows, but I think @Deej and I came to the conclusion that it was the perfect gif for Shaggy and now Surly, with the women representing polite society and the guy representing Shaggy/Surly when something awful happens that we find funny but we know society doesn’t.

These three were split off from their original "tribe"/allies.  The girls are reacting to the fact that one of their friends/allies had been voted off in the previous tribal council.  The dude, is obviously happy about this outcome.  I'm pretty sure that's the context.

[MissingInAction 25,554]

When a post hits too close to home and I'm ashamed of that.

Or for, I'm out.

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One of the Amazing Races.  Pretty self-explanatory.

[Knoxtnhorn 6,290]

I've texted this to my son at least 30 times in the last two years during our high school and/or Cowboy games.  I actually don't recall the context.  Halp!

[WBT 20,966]

31 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

 

 

I watched the video and I feel like I still have questions.

[4th&Five 41,985]

8 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

I've texted this to my son at least 30 times in the last two years during our high school and/or Cowboy games.  I actually don't recall the context.  Halp!

From Curb when Larry is in The Producers and forgets his lines. 

[kingkoopa6 8,674]

Headed to the commercial break after UTSA scores to make it 7-21. 
 

The wtf was that 50+ scamper td

 

 

[Knoxtnhorn 6,290]

Just now, 4th&Five said:

From Curb when Larry is in The Producers and forgets his lines. 

Wow.  I always thought it was a Seinfeld scene.  Thanks.

[futureman 22,691]

was always curious about the origin of this one

[TwiceHorn 32,072]

36 minutes ago, futureman said:

was always curious about the origin of this one

Apparently a scene from the Tipper Gore era movie "Youth Suicide Fantasy."

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55 minutes ago, WBT said:

I watched the video and I feel like I still have questions.

Like why wasn't he one of the Multiverse Spidey's that showed up in Spider-Man: No Way Home alongside Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield? 

[TwiceHorn 32,072]

1 hour ago, mdmost said:

Heathers. A fairly fitting response to some of the questions asked on this site. 

Prompted by her Dad rhetorically asking "I don't know why I smoke these things."

[Surly Bevo 25,718]

This was on TV

 

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[Surly Bevo 25,718]

As for a show or movie

[Bevo&Pevo 5,517]

I like these two, but I have no idea of the origin. 

 

[Firemans4Horn 18,528]

The office (old people that won’t stop talking on a Longhorn message board)

 

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4 minutes ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

I like these two, but I have no idea of the origin. 

 

The sound he makes is actually funny.

 

4 minutes ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

Probably from some kid's show where the mom and dad are trying to get a night out on the town without the kids in tow and they finally pull it off.

 

[Derka 6,403]

i like using celebration gifs from shows.

ted lasso:

 

the office:

 

 

 

 

 

[Derka 6,403]

this is from breaking bad, in the scene where walter white first introduces his new, chemically pure crystal meth to local dealer and psychopath tuco salamanca.

[Derka 6,403]

9 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

i've wanted to start this thread for a while, so here we go.

 

 

[TrashMaster G 18,073]

One of my all-time faves.  From the tv show Castle. His daughter just told him she wasn't going to do something he didn't want her to do and was replacing it with something worse. Don't remember the specifics, but that's the gist.

[Derka 6,403]

this is from the parks and rec episode where andy found a positive pregnancy test and the person who is pregnant has just walked into the room.

[Derka 6,403]

ron swanson dresses like tiger woods (and is in a great mood) the day after he has sex.

[henrygandorf 29,225]

me coming back to this thread after letting it cook all day. 

community, “remedial chaos theory”, s3e4.

 

[henrygandorf 29,225]

4 hours ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

I like these two, but I have no idea of the origin. 

 

the aziz one is from a kanye music video i think. 

[Bevo&Pevo 5,517]

^^^ Well now, how in the hell did I miss that?  I'll have to tighten up my Kanye game.

[Welch 640]

 

Anyone know the origin of this one?

[Viper 12,219]

That's from the movie Troy. Brian Cox is playing Agamemnon, leader of the Greeks. I think he's laughing at the Trojan champion, but it's been awhile since I've seen the movie.

 

The thread would probably be easier if everyone just posted the knowyourmeme entry: https://knowyourmeme.com/

[Underdog 29,162]

Needs no explanation… 

 

[Buzzrock 15,136]

38 minutes ago, Welch said:

 

Anyone know the origin of this one?

That’s from Troy. 

I’ve never seen an episode of Parks and Rec in my life but I love this gif. 
 

[Buzzrock 15,136]

16 minutes ago, Viper said:

That's from the movie Troy. Brian Cox is playing Agamemnon, leader of the Greeks. I think he's laughing at the Trojan champion, but it's been awhile since I've seen the movie.

 

The thread would probably be easier if everyone just posted the knowyourmeme entry: https://knowyourmeme.com/

@2:10

 

[dcbc 14,644]

I've used this a few times.  I find it to be an appropriate reaction to lots of things ranging from the totally heinous to the slightly off-putting.

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[Deej 77,806]

[Dutchrudder 11,240]

47 minutes ago, Deej said:

That's from the end of a brilliant Curb Your Enthusiasm episode called Palestinian Chicken from Season 8, Ep 3. There's a Persian chicken place that Larry and Jeff absolutely love, but the problem is that it's very pro-Palestine and anti-Israel. He gets a some credit for fighting with Super Dave in the parking lot over wearing his yamaka to it and wins over the crowd of anti-semites in the store. 

Larry ends up sleeping with a beautiful Persian lady he met there, despite his heritage. However, a conflict develops between a Jewish Deli next door and the chicken restaurant. The protesters are lined up with his jewish friends on one side pleading with him to join them, and his persian slam piece offering a 3way with her sister on the other. So the episode ends with him weighing the options and ultimately cuts to credits before he decides, which leaves the viewer wondering what option he chose. I think most everyone I know would have gone with the chicken place. Truly a remarkable 30 minutes of comedy excellence, and Larry's personal favorite episode of Curb.