Pop Cultural Osmosis: Difference between revisions

** The line is only misquoted in regards to ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre''. It ''is'' correct in the ''Blazing Saddles'' context. So people ''are'' quoting ''Saddles'' but they may not understand where the joke comes from to begin with.

* The new ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' movie has instantly recognizable [[Power Trio|characters]], themes and objects -- even for those who have never seen a ''[[Star Trek]]'' episode in their life.

* The Valkyries rode helicopters ([[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', [[Richard Wagner]]'s "[[Ride of the Valkyries]]").

** The famous scene in ''Apocalypse Now'' where Colonel Kilgore says, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning.", is actually a lot longer than people care to remember making it a cause of [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]].

* Know what the song "Spybreak!" sounds like? How about if I tell you it's the song that plays during the lobby shootout scene in ''[[The Matrix]]''? If you already did, did you even know who the Propellerheads were before you did the research? Said movie came out two years after the song.

* Many people seem to have found out about [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThquH5t0ow "Surfin' Bird"] by The Trashmen from the Family Guy episode "I Dream of Jesus". Just take a look at [http://www.google.com/trends?q=surfin+bird this graph].

* How many people under 25 or so can hear "The Final Countdown" without thinking of ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]''?

** People from the Detroit Area have a different reaction to The Final Countdown, mostly identifying it as "The Pistons Intro Song."