Forrest Gump: Difference between revisions

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His friend with no legs he called Lt. Dan

His girlfriend Jenny was kind of a slut

He went to the White House; showed [[Lyndon Johnson|LBJ]] his butt"''|[[Filk Song|"Gump"]], [["Weird Al" Yankovic|Weird Al Yankovic]] (to the tune of The Presidents of the United States of America's "Lump")}}

He went to the White House; showed [[Lyndon B. Johnson|LBJ]] his butt"''|[[Filk Song|"Gump"]], [["Weird Al" Yankovic|Weird Al Yankovic]] (to the tune of The Presidents of the United States of America's "Lump")}}

{{quote|[[Hello]]. [[The Name Is Bond, James Bond|My name is Forrest. Forrest Gump.]]}}

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* [[Accidental Athlete]]: Forrest ends up as a running back on Bear Bryant's University of Alabama team when a couple of bullies chase him and he ends up running through the school field when the team was practicing. It helps when you consider exactly who he was seen by. For those of you unaware, Paul "Bear" Bryant is universally considered to be one of the greatest American football coaches of all time.

* [[Achievements in Ignorance]]: Forrest is so dense that he routinely attempts things other people wouldn't even consider, and so single-minded that he puts his maximum effort into everything he does. As a result, he meets spectacular success while the skeptics are left scratching their heads.

* [[As Himself]]: Both Presidents [[John F Kennedy|Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon Johnson|Johnson]] play themselves posthumously and interact with Forrest through the use of archive footage.

* [[As Himself]]: Both Presidents [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson]] play themselves posthumously and interact with Forrest through the use of archive footage.

** The same technology was also used with [[Richard Nixon]], Alabama Governor George Wallace, and [[John Lennon]]. A more straight version of this trope occurs in the Lennon scene, where Dick Cavett plays himself, made to look younger through make-up.

* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: As noted in the [[Foreshadowing]] entry, Jenny tells Forrest that her dream is to "be up on a stage with just my guitar and my voice..." She gets that dream, all right. Since she neglected to say whether she'd be wearing clothes in that goal, she also ends up doing it in her birthday suit.

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* [[Playing Gertrude]]: Sally Field, who plays Mrs. Gump, is just ten years older than Tom Hanks. And on top of that, they previously played love interests in the film ''Punch Line''.

* [[Popular History]]

* [[Potty Emergency]]: Happens to Forrest, simply saying "I gotta pee!" as he meets [[John F Kennedy|President Kennedy]]. Drinking a dozen Dr. Peppers will do that to you.

* [[Potty Emergency]]: Happens to Forrest, simply saying "I gotta pee!" as he meets [[John F. Kennedy|President Kennedy]]. Drinking a dozen Dr. Peppers will do that to you.

* [[Puppy Love/Sandbox|Puppy Love]]: Jenny and Forrest as children.

* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: Lt. Dan in the storm scene.