Pulp Fiction (1994)

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In the store as #514, Pulp Fiction (1994).

The Rewatchables' awards

From ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey (2024-07-29):

Double feature

  1. pick Black Sabbath: Chris's pick pairs it with Pulp Fiction as another anthology of linked stories.
    “Chris mentioned Black Sabbath.”
    Chris Ryan · 2:37:13
  2. pick Saturday Night Fever: Offered as a double feature for the Travolta star turn.
    “Saturday Night Fever.”
    unknown · 2:37:18
  3. pick Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Pairs the start of Tarantino's career with the film 25 years later in LA.
    “I liked once upon a time because it's like beginning of Tarantino's career and then how many years later?”
    unknown · 2:37:33
  4. pick Inglourious Basterds: Chosen for its short-story structure that locks together like Pulp Fiction.
    “I have bastards because I feel like structurally it's it's got some the short story aspect of his very, it locks in together.”
    unknown · 2:37:26

Most rewatchable scene

  1. floated End of the opening scene into the robbery and the opening credits
    “Well, I wanted to shout out at the top, the end of the opening scene, the beginning of the robbery into the opening credits.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:03:46
  2. pick Vincent and Jules heading to Marvin's (Amsterdam talk, foot massage)
    “All right, the 1st truly rewatchable scene, Vincent and Jules heading to Marvin's.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:05:25
  3. pick Vincent and Jules in Marvin's apartment (Brett, Big Kahuna Burger, the Ezekiel speech)
    “Well, legendary scene, and that leads right through scene number three, Vincent and Jules and Marvin's apartment.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:10:47
  4. pick Marcellus lectures Butch
    “Next scene, Marcellus Lectures Butch, I just had to put it in because it's an unbelievable.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:16:33
  5. pick Vincent goes to buy heroin from Lance
    “Vincent goes to buy heroin.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:19:48
  6. pick The diner date at Jack Rabbit Slim's
    “The diner date.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:24:39
  7. pick Back from the date: Mia's overdose and the adrenaline shot at Lance's
    “Dance sequence, they come back with the trophy, which is our next rewatchable scene.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:31:13
  8. pick The watch story, Walken's monologue
    “Scene 8, the watch story walking.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:36:59
  9. pick Butch goes back to his apartment for the watch and kills Vincent
    “We're going right to Butch going back to get his wallet.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:39:14
  10. pick The pawn shop basement: the gimp, Butch's escape, the samurai sword
    “This is when the fucking the ceiling comes off this movie once and for all.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:41:26
  11. pick Vincent shoots Marvin in the car, then Jimmy's house and the Wolf
    “Vincent shoots Marvin right to Jimmy's house.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:54:01
  12. pick Breakfast with Jules and Vincent at the diner
    “Scene 12 is breakfast with Jules and Vincent.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:56:52
  13. pick The Bonnie situation chapter
    “Bonnie situation is my favorite chapter.”
    unknown · 0:57:22
  14. pick Reviving Mia
    “Reviving Mia is the most rewatchable scene.”
    unknown · 0:57:26
  15. pick Tim Roth sitting down across from Sam Jackson in the final diner scene
    “The stretch where as soon as Tim Roth sits down across from Sam Jackson, I think is the most is the thing I probably am like returning to the most because it's the deepest moment in the movie.”
    unknown · 0:57:33
  16. pick From Vincent shooting Marvin through the Wolf going to the diner
    “My favorite stretch of the movie is when, uh, when he shoots Marvin in the face all the way to the, to the wolf going to the diner.”
    unknown · 0:58:22
  17. pick Jack Rabbit Slim's through Mia's revival
    “Jack Rabbit slims through Mia's revival.”
    Craig Horlbeck · 0:58:42

My Sharona and the Gimp Award · Best inadvertent reconsideration by a director

  1. winner Quentin Tarantino: He planned My Sharona for the pawn shop scene, the licensing people chose Reality Bites, and he is now glad he went with Comanche.
    “It goes to, uh, Quentin Tarantino, who was going to use my Sharona for the Sodomisane from the Kings. Really? Or from the neck.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:49:24

Unanswerable questions · Probably unanswerable questions about the movie, gimp and pawn shop first, more after the awards

  1. pick What did the gimp do all day?
    “Question number one, what did the GIP do all day?”
    unknown · 0:50:30
  2. pick Who was the gimp and did he die?: Hosts speculate about the gimp's backstory (a hitchhiker, per Tarantino) and fate.
    “I thought he died.”
    unknown · 0:52:22
  3. pick What happened to Russell?
    “What happened to Russell?”
    unknown · 0:53:06
  4. pick What is in the briefcase?: Gold bars, light bulbs, Marcellus's soul, a giant diamond, or a deliberate nothing; no answer.
    “Was it just, could it have just been a giant gold bar or a bunch of gold bars?”
    unknown · 2:19:58
  5. pick Does Jules ever give the briefcase back?
    “The last one that my last favorite question about this is does Jules give ever give the case back?”
    unknown · 2:22:23
  6. pick How many robberies had Ringo and Honey Bunny done before the diner?
    “How many robberies had Ringo and Honey Bunny committed before the diner?”
    unknown · 2:25:07
  7. pick Why did Vincent go to Amsterdam for three years?: Theory: he did a job for Marcellus and was sent away until the heat died down.
    “Why did Vincent Vega go to Amsterdam?”
    unknown · 2:32:30
  8. pick Has Mia cheated on Marcellus before?
    “Has Mia cheated on Marcellus before?”
    unknown · 2:34:05
  9. pick What was the Wolf doing at a party at 8 in the morning?
    “What kind of party was the wolf attending at 8 in the morning?”
    unknown · 2:34:38
  10. pick When is the movie set?: Bill dates it to 1992 because Butch's fight is Thursday, July 16th, and the others agree.
    “No, that's just what it said on my Apple calendar.”
    Bill Simmons · 2:35:53
  11. pick Would Butch beating a boxer to death be the biggest sports story of the week?
    “Wouldn't Butch beating another boxer to death and then disappearing become the biggest sports story of the week?”
    unknown · 2:29:27

Most 1994 Thing · What is the most 1994 thing about the movie

  1. pick Restaurants with enough money in the register to be worth robbing
    “Restaurants having enough money in the register to be worth robbing.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:59:49
  2. pick A dollar 40 for a pack of red apples
    “A dollar 40 for a pack of red apples?”
    Bill Simmons · 0:59:57
  3. pick A $5 milkshake seeming like a lot
    “A $5 milkshake, seeming like a lot.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:00:20
  4. pick Zippo lighters everywhere
    “I think the preponderance of Zippo lighters in this movie is, I remember being 12 and like kids in middle school, like bringing Zippo lighters and being like, how cool is this, man?”
    unknown · 1:01:06
  5. pick Smoking in restaurants
    “Uh, 94 uh, smoking in restaurants, obviously.”
    unknown · 1:01:39
  6. pick Bruce Willis's white tee, jeans and suede jacket
    “Bruce's outfit when he goes back for the watch is quintessentially, like 1994, like the white t-shirt jeans and a suede jacket.”
    unknown · 1:01:57

Best Line Delivery · Single best line delivery

  1. pick "Give me the watch" (Walken): Floated by Craig's cue; the line is Walken's watch monologue.
    “Give me to watch.”
    unknown · 1:02:19
  2. pick "Zed's dead, baby" (Bruce Willis)
    “Zed's dead baby.”
    unknown · 1:03:20
  3. pick "Let's not start sucking each other's dicks quite yet" (the Wolf)
    “Well, let's not start sucking each other's dicks quite yet as my personal number one.”
    unknown · 1:03:28
  4. pick "No, man, I'm pretty fucking far from okay" (Jules)
    “Just the way he says that.”
    unknown · 1:03:39

What Aged the Best · What about the movie has aged best

  1. pick The movie poster
    “An all-time great movie poster, which we discussed in part one, done by artist James Vertes Soto, who also did Ocean's 11 and a bunch of other great ones.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:04:06
  2. pick The nostalgia for the movie's lifestyle
    “I actually have, um, nostalgia, what's the best is the nostalgia I have for the lifestyle of this movie, but beyond heroin.”
    unknown · 1:04:59
  3. pick Willis and Travolta staring each other down
    “I like Willis and Travolta staring each other down.”
    unknown · 1:06:47
  4. pick Samuel L. Jackson's performance
    “Uh, so just the fact that Sam Jackson's performance actually transcends the memeification slash commodification of that part and every line is like a joke or it's gone on to become like a saying or it's gone on to pop culture resonance. Yeah.”
    unknown · 1:07:35
  5. pick Time-shifting storytelling
    “Um, time shifting storytelling?”
    unknown · 1:08:25
  6. pick Tarantino's shared universe
    “Quentin's version of Shared Universe, too, is incredible.”
    unknown · 1:08:54
  7. pick Quentin Tarantino himself
    “Tarantino gets what's age the best too, because even they said that in that Ebert Cisco thing I mentioned earlier where they're like, is this too much too soon?”
    unknown · 1:09:47

Great Shot, Gordo Award · Best, most cinematic shot

  1. nominee Looking up from the trunk at Vincent and Jules
    “I'll give you the shot looking up from the trunk of Vincent Jules.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:10:21
  2. nominee Lance selling heroin through the mirror
    “Lance through the mayor selling heroin.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:10:25
  3. nominee The jaw shot of Mia getting stoned
    “The jaw shot for Mia getting stoned.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:10:28
  4. nominee Marcellus with the donuts
    “Marcellus with the donuts.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:10:31
  5. nominee Butch's one-take walk through North Hollywood back to his apartment
    “The onener of Bruce Willis walking through North Hollywood to get back to his apartment, the deep focus shot of Butch coming in as Marcellus is getting raped and the Maynard's face.”
    unknown · 1:10:36
  6. nominee Fabienne standing in the TV screen
    “And the shot of Fabian standing in the TV screen.”
    unknown · 1:10:48
  7. nominee Mia walking into the bathroom, then her head coming up in the mirror
    “I like, this is a less iconic one, but the image of Mia walking away from Vincent into the bathroom at Jack Rabbit Slims.”
    unknown · 1:11:00
  8. nominee Butch in the foreground as a wounded Marcellus walks down the alley with a gun
    “Um, and then, did you say, maybe I didn't hear a Butch leaning against the wall in the foreground as like a wounded Marcellus, isn't walking down the alleyway with a gun right before they go into a pawn shop?”
    unknown · 1:11:10
  9. nominee Mia dancing behind the beam in her house
    “There's one thing before that, which is he goes to the bathroom and she puts on the urge over cover and she dances, and that's like, to me, that's definitely a great shot.”
    unknown · 0:32:07
  10. nominee Maynard's face as Butch goes back down
    “When he goes back down, Maynard's face is just perfect, that that shot is unreal.”
    unknown · 0:46:38

Best Needle Drop · Best music moment

  1. nominee Misirlou into Jungle Boogie
    “You don't like Miserloo into Jungle Boogie?”
    unknown · 1:11:56
  2. winner Never Can Tell
    “My pick is never can tell for the dance sequence, the Chuck Berry song.”
    unknown · 1:12:03
  3. nominee Flowers on the Wall: Honorable mention.
    “I also will just honorable mention for, uh, flowers on the wall, the song that Butch sings in the car after he picks up the watch.”
    unknown · 1:12:07
  4. nominee If Love Is a Red Dress: Honorable mention.
    “My honorable mention is if love is a red dress, this Maria McKee song, which is being whistled as they collapse into the pawn shop, but it's a really good song.”
    unknown · 1:12:17

Big Kahuna Burger Award · Best use of food or drink

  1. winner Big Kahuna Burger: Wins in part because the award is named after it; the melting cheese is also cited.
    “So obviously big Goonaburger. Might have to win.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:12:35
  2. nominee The $5 milkshake: Compared to Sam Jackson in the best supporting actor category.
    “I gotta say, though, can I make the case for $5 milkshake?”
    unknown · 1:12:37
  3. nominee Jimmy's coffee
    “And can I make the case for Jimmy's coffee?”
    unknown · 1:12:41
  4. nominee Brett's Sprite
    “Yeah. Um, I, I think the big cohuna burger has to win because it's the awards named after it.”
    unknown · 1:13:37

Vincent Chase Award · Are we sure this guy is good at his job

  1. nominee Vincent Vega: Heroin, nearly kills Mia, shoots Marvin, leaves his gun on the counter to go to the bathroom.
    “Can I make the case for Vincent Vega?”
    unknown · 1:14:21
  2. nominee The Wolf: Reckless driving, and his big idea is to clean the car and take it to a junkyard.
    “The wolf?”
    unknown · 1:16:01
  3. nominee Marcellus Wallace: A world-class crime lord who walks across the street to get his own donuts.
    “Marcellus Wallace.”
    unknown · 1:16:50
  4. nominee Brett
    “And also, Brett.”
    unknown · 1:17:48
  5. winner Zed: You had one job: capture and rape them; he took his eye off the ball.
    “I think the winner's Zed.”
    unknown · 1:18:17

Harry Dunn Award · Best bathroom moment

  1. nominee Mia snorts cocaine while Vincent is in the bathroom
    “Vincent in the bathroom is Mia snorts cocaine.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:19:17
  2. nominee Butch and Fabienne in the shower
    “Butch in the shower with Fabian.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:19:40
  3. nominee Vincent taking a dump at the diner reading Modesty Blaise
    “Vincent flushing the toilet and and bringing in his own murder or Vincent taking a dump at the diner and reading Modesty Blaze.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:19:43
  4. pick Jules and Vincent washing their hands
    “My favorite is the Jules and Vincent washing their hands.”
    unknown · 1:19:57
  5. pick Vincent shot dead coming out of the bathroom
    “But there's something very, very clever about making John Travolta cool again in one of the coolest movie parts of the 1990s and then having him get shot and killed in a bathroom, you know, like the sort of like embarrassment of that is really clever.”
    unknown · 1:20:03

Butch's Girlfriend Award · The weak link of the film

  1. winner Twelve straight minutes of Butch's girlfriend (Fabienne): Hosts argue it is the actor, not the writing; Bill says the scene is undeniably the weakest part.
    “The winner is 12 straight minutes of Butch's girlfriend.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:20:35

What Aged the Worst · What about the movie has aged worst

  1. pick Harvey Weinstein
    “Harvey Weinstein.”
    unknown · 1:25:28
  2. pick The N-word stuff: Said to land differently in 2024; hosts discuss the different uses.
    “The N-word stuff.”
    unknown · 1:25:37
  3. pick The slow-mo when Butch breaks out of the chair
    “The slow-mo when Butch breaks out of the chair.”
    unknown · 1:27:18
  4. pick Laziness about forensics and DNA
    “Um, I think that they're pretty lazy about forensics and DNA in this movie, with the exception of Butch trying to, like, wipe a Uzi down with the tissue, still use the murder weapon there.”
    unknown · 1:27:35
  5. pick Diners in Los Angeles, a dying breed
    “Sadly, with age of the worst, is diners in Los Angeles?”
    unknown · 1:28:00
  6. pick The dummy of Marvin in the trunk
    “The dummy of Marvin and the trunk at the end is age the worst.”
    unknown · 1:29:07
  7. pick Smoking a cigarette while drinking a milkshake
    “Smoking a cigarette while drinking a milkshake.”
    unknown · 1:29:52
  8. pick Pop culture references nobody under 40 would get
    “The pop culture references.”
    unknown · 1:30:16
  9. pick Quentin Tarantino's acting: Hosts split; one enjoys it, one says one stretch with Jules doesn't work.
    “Tarantino's acting.”
    unknown · 1:31:06

Ruffalo Hannah Reubenneck Partridge Overacting Award · Best overacting

  1. winner Quentin Tarantino as Jimmy: Bill plays a clip and names Tarantino's Jimmy as his winner.
    “I have a winner but do you guys have any other ones?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:33:33
  2. nominee Amanda Plummer as Yolanda / Honey Bunny
    “I have Amanda Plummer in the best way. Yeah, but she's awesome, but she's fucking, she's incredible.”
    unknown · 1:33:35
  3. nominee The diner manager: Robert Ruth, per the roster discussion.
    “I have the diner manager.”
    unknown · 1:34:02

Hottest Take · The hottest take on the movie

  1. pick Butch is a piece of shit for letting his corner guys get tortured by Marcellus: He only redeems himself by saving Marcellus.
    “Butch is a piece of shit for letting his corner guys get tortured by Marcellus.”
    unknown · 1:34:40
  2. pick Vincent Vega has the craziest 72 hours in movie history
    “So this is a this is a twist on what you described about whether or not Vincent is good at what he does.”
    unknown · 1:34:54
  3. pick Trade eight of the twelve Butch's girlfriend minutes for a real Wilson versus Coolidge fight
    “I hate to tell Tarantino what to do, who's incredible creative achievement, but if you dump 8 of the 12 minutes with Butch's girlfriend,”
    Bill Simmons · 1:36:04

Casting What Ifs · Who else was or could have been cast

  1. pick Eddie Murphy as Jules: On Tarantino's initial list.
    “Eddie Murphy was on the initial list too, which I thought was a really fun idea.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:37:31
  2. pick Michael Madsen as Vincent Vega
    “Madson as Vincent.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:38:04
  3. pick Daniel Day-Lewis as Vincent Vega: Weinstein pushed for him; Sean would still not replace Travolta.
    “But I'm trying to imagine what Daniel Day-Louis would have done to get into the mind state of an assassin heroin addict.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:38:41
  4. pick Matt Dillon as Butch Coolidge: Lost it when Bruce Willis said he wanted the part.
    “Um, Matt Dillon is Butch.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:39:16
  5. pick Virginia Madsen as Mia Wallace: Miramax wanted Meg Ryan or Holly Hunter; Tarantino fought for Uma.
    “Initially he had Virginia Madson as Mia, which is another great call.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:40:34
  6. pick Max Julien as Marcellus Wallace: Sid Haig was the other name floated.
    “Yeah, and it wasn't even positive, but he definitely wanted Max Julian.”
    unknown · 1:41:00
  7. pick John Cusack / Gary Oldman as Lance: Eric Stoltz was the backup to the backup.
    “So, Lance, he wanted John Cusack initially, or maybe Gary Oldman, who he'd already done, uh, True, yeah.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:42:22
  8. pick Irene Jacob / Julie Delpy as Fabienne: Hosts say Delpy would bring an intelligence the character lacks.
    “Irene Jacob was the initial choice for Fabian, and then it became the lady it became.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:43:02
  9. pick Courtney Love: A claim Bill says he half believes.
    “Courtney Love, at some point, claimed Kurt Cobain turned down the part of Lance, and Love would have played the heavily pierced girlfriend played by Rosen Arquette.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:43:48
  10. pick Juliette Binoche as Fabienne: One of three recast nominees for Butch's girlfriend, with Salma Hayek and Jennifer Beals.
    “Juliette Benoche.”
    unknown · 1:23:13
  11. winner Tom Cruise: Hosts argue Cruise as Butch or Vincent; Hanks as Vincent or Maynard is rejected.
    “Cruise wins.”
    unknown · 2:10:08

Clint Howard Award · The actor the director loves

  1. nominee Samuel L. Jackson
    “Would you go Uma or would you go see him?”
    unknown · 1:44:14
  2. pick Tim Roth
    “I think Tim Roth, too.”
    unknown · 1:44:19
  3. pick Christoph Waltz
    “Tim Roth, Samuel Jackson, and Christoph Walter, the 3 guys where I'm like Tarantino dialogue.”
    unknown · 1:44:25

Best That Guy · Best that guy

  1. nominee Peter Greene as Zed
    “Is he Peter Green or is he Zed? He might be Peter Green. As a as a 90s.”
    unknown · 1:44:55
  2. nominee Paul Calderon as Paul
    “I think Paul Calderon is beyond that guy, right?”
    unknown · 1:45:05
  3. nominee Julia Sweeney as Raquel
    “Is Julius Sweeney, Julius Sweeney?”
    unknown · 1:45:15
  4. nominee Burr Steers as Roger
    “Is Bur Steers? Steers, Burst Steers.”
    unknown · 1:45:18
  5. winner Bronagh Gallagher as Trudy
    “I think the winner is the, uh, is, is uh, Jody's friend, Trudy.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:45:36

Jody's Friend Trudy Award · Most impactful performance by someone who did absolutely nothing

  1. winner Bronagh Gallagher as Trudy: A new award Bill added; conditional, not given out every time.
    “The Jody's friend Trudy word.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:45:42

Dion Waiters Award · Small role, big impact, the bench scorer

  1. nominee Harvey Keitel as The Wolf
    “The nominees are. The wolf?”
    unknown · 1:46:51
  2. winner Christopher Walken as Captain Koons
    “I'm going to go with walking because I think it's actually adheres to the constitution of this of this award.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:48:24
  3. nominee Rosanna Arquette as Jody
    “Rosanne Arquette's in.”
    unknown · 1:47:05
  4. nominee Eric Stoltz as Lance
    “Stoltz is in, Lance.”
    unknown · 1:47:08
  5. winner Christopher Walken
    “100% walking.”
    Craig Horlbeck · 1:48:51

Announcer for the Director's Commentary · Which announcer would you want for the commentary

  1. pick Doris Burke: Calls the pawn shop scene as a sideline reporter.
    “Um, I had Doris Burke.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:49:57
  2. pick Jim Ross: Calling the gimp being let out of the trunk.
    “I had Jim Ross, the wrestling announcer.”
    unknown · 1:50:55

Apex Mountain · Where a person, performance or thing sits on the mountain

  1. pick Samuel L. Jackson: Agreed yes; cements him as a leading man.
    “Sam Jackson?”
    unknown · 1:58:46
  2. pick Quentin Tarantino
    “Tarantino, I say yes.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:59:04
  3. pick John Travolta: Apex is Saturday Night Fever, not this.
    “I think it's Saturday Night Fever.”
    unknown · 2:00:54
  4. pick Uma Thurman: Apex is Kill Bill.
    “Probably kill Bill, right?”
    unknown · 2:02:05
  5. pick Ving Rhames: Yes.
    “It's definitely Ving.”
    unknown · 2:02:43
  6. pick Harvey Keitel: Says no; Bad Lieutenant and Taxi Driver.
    “Keitel?”
    unknown · 2:04:06
  7. pick Jimmy's coffee, and coffee in general
    “This is probably Apex Mountain.”
    unknown · 2:04:47
  8. pick Christopher Walken monologues
    “I say yes for walking monologues.”
    unknown · 2:03:47
  9. pick Conversations about pigs
    “I can't remember a better one.”
    unknown · 2:07:04
  10. pick Mexican standoffs: Still True Romance / Reservoir Dogs.
    “Reservoir dogs.”
    unknown · 2:03:14

Best racehorse name · Best names for a racehorse, rock band or fantasy team

  1. pick Zed's Dead
    “Zed's dead, I think, is the name of multiple bands.”
    Bill Simmons · 2:10:37
  2. pick Tony Rocky Horror
    “I also had Tony Rocky horror.”
    Bill Simmons · 2:10:42
  3. pick Holiest of Holies
    “I like holiest the most.”
    unknown · 2:11:00
  4. pick Bad Motherfucker
    “Bad motherfucker is a hardcore band from Philadelphia.”
    unknown · 2:10:55

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a film they love

  1. pick Butch's opponent is announced at 210 pounds, yet Bruce Willis is 5'9
    “Butch's opponent, Wilson, has his weight announced his £210?”
    unknown · 2:11:46
  2. pick The bullet holes already in the wall before the shots
    “I mean, the 2 worst ones in this are the bullet holes that you can see behind Tribolta and St. Jackson before they actually get shot at, which you don't notice until you've seen the movie 30 times.”
    unknown · 2:13:19
  3. pick Marcellus is loose after Butch cuts him free and does not fight back
    “So if he was able to just stand up like that, why didn't he fight back against a rapist?”
    unknown · 2:14:14
  4. pick The guy in the bathroom misses every shot
    “How did the guy in the bathroom miss every fucking shot?”
    unknown · 2:14:24
  5. pick Honey Bunny's two different line readings
    “Honey Bunny does 2 different line readings?”
    unknown · 2:14:43
  6. pick The diner robbery runs ten minutes with no customers or cops
    “They're in that diner during the robbery for like 10 minutes.”
    unknown · 2:15:46
  7. pick Mia draws a rectangle, not a square
    “One of my nitpicks is that she actually draws a rectangle and not a square.”
    unknown · 1:02:55

Sequel, Prequel, Prestige TV · The sequel, prequel or TV show they would make

  1. pick Vincent in Europe / Vincent Vega goes to Amsterdam
    “Vincent in Europe.”
    unknown · 2:16:23
  2. pick Jules walking the earth
    “Jules walking the R.”
    unknown · 2:16:31
  3. pick Tony Rocky Horror coaches football at Long Beach Poly and crosses over with Den of Thieves
    “Antoine, uh, Rockamura, Tony Rocky Horror, going forward, gets a job as defensive coordinator at Long Beach Polly, and winds up coaching Merriman from Den of Thieves.”
    unknown · 2:16:57

Oscar Picks · Who should have won or been nominated

  1. pick Quentin Tarantino: Best director; worried he'll die without winning one.
    “I'm going to say director.”
    unknown · 2:19:10
  2. pick Samuel L. Jackson: Best supporting actor; both Tarantino and Jackson should have won.
    “Both of them should have won, period.”
    unknown · 2:19:28

Best Senior Yearbook Quote · Best senior yearbook quote

  1. winner Ezekiel 25:17
    “If my answers frighten you, then you should cease to asking scary questions.”
    Bill Simmons · 2:19:36
  2. nominee "I'm trying to be the Shepherd"
    “I'm trying to be the Shepherd would be a good one.”
    unknown · 2:19:44

What Happened the Next Day · What happened the day after the movie ends

  1. pick Marcellus gets divorced and goes into therapy; Mia goes to rehab
    “I have Marcellus gets divorced and goes into therapy.”
    unknown · 2:37:47
  2. pick Butch leaves Fabienne at a gas station in West Texas
    “I have Butch leaves Fabian in a gas station in West Texas on the way to Knoxville.”
    unknown · 2:38:06
  3. pick Ringo dumps Honey Bunny and becomes an acting teacher
    “And then, and then Ringo dumps Honey Bunny and becomes an acting teacher in North Hollywood.”
    unknown · 2:38:01

Memorabilia · A prop they would own

  1. nominee The Mia painting
    “I'll give you the Mia painting?”
    Bill Simmons · 2:38:49
  2. nominee The samurai sword
    “The Samurai Sword.”
    Bill Simmons · 2:39:03
  3. nominee The twist contest trophy
    “The twist content trophy, contest trophy.”
    Bill Simmons · 2:38:56
  4. nominee Lance's robe
    “Lance's robe.”
    unknown · 2:39:19
  5. winner Butch's watch: Most valuable at auction.
    “I think the watch is the best thing to have.”
    unknown · 2:39:40
  6. pick The briefcase
    “Watch your briefcase.”
    Craig Horlbeck · 2:40:05

Best Life Lesson · The best life lesson in the movie

  1. pick Respect for one's elders shows character: Bill's pick, framed as a Teen Wolf Coach Finstock line.
    “Respect for one's elders shows character.”
    Bill Simmons · 2:40:23
  2. pick Don't snort heroin
    “I wrote don't snort heroin.”
    unknown · 2:40:26
  3. pick Just because you're a character doesn't mean you have character: Recalled as a Keitel line from The Color of Money.
    “What was the thing Keitel said about just because you're a character doesn't mean you have character?”
    unknown · 2:40:36

Who Won the Movie · Who won the movie

  1. winner Quentin Tarantino
    “Quentin.”
    unknown · 2:40:47
  2. nominee Samuel L. Jackson: Runner-up.
    “Sam Jackson didn't win the movie, but it's definitely Tarantino.”
    unknown · 2:40:51

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What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Deliverance: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Deliverance ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). The pawn shop sequence is inspired by Deliverance and transplants a Tennessee 1974 pawn shop to Hollywood.
    “It's not just that he's inspired by deliverance.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:44 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Joe Dante: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Joe Dante ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Monster Joe's truck and tow is named after Joe Dante, whom Tarantino interviewed in the 80s.
    “Apparently named after Joe Dante, director of Gremlins”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:06:41 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Kiss Me Deadly: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Kiss Me Deadly ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). The briefcase is an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase, a metaphor for danger.
    “It's interesting because it is such an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:23:29 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Lee Majors: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Lee Majors ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). The setup of Vincent taking the boss's wife out echoes a Hollywood story about Lee Majors asking someone to take Farrah Fawcett out while he was away.
    “Because Lee Majors is going out of town.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:09:49 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Reservoir Dogs: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Pulp's opening two-song credits echo the radio dial concept from Reservoir Dogs.
    “Well, the radio, the concept of the radio had been in Reservoir Dogs, but I think switching the songs in the middle, because you hear him change the dial.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)

Shaft: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Shaft ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Bad motherfucker wallet reference to the Shaft theme.
    “It was a reference to the theme song of Shaft.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:55:45 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Captain Marvel: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). Samuel L. Jackson driving around mid-90s Los Angeles evokes Jules Winfield, a clever but surface 90s nod.
    “a Samuel L. Jackson character in the mid 90s driving around in a car in Los Angeles, a la Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:18:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Misery: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. programming (programming): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction.
    “The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:32 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction imitators: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Pulp Fiction imitators (the host's read). The Royale-in-Paris, Amsterdam conversation is the most parodied and copied stretch of screenwriting of the last 30 years.
    “Yeah. I would argue this is the most ripped off four and a half minutes of screenwriting in the past 30 years.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:06:07 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Samuel L. Jackson: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Samuel L. Jackson (the host's read). Nick Fury's diner scene is described as a try at a Tarantino diner, with Jules-style rhythm.
    “I'm trying to do some like fucking Tarantino diner scene.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:05:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Station Eleven: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Station Eleven (the host's read). Time-shifting storytelling that Pulp put front and center is still used in current TV.
    “Yeah, it's like still showing up in like station 11.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:39 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Connected to

Reservoir Dogs: 7 lines lineage ×4 craft ×1 programming ×1 contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Pulp Fiction → Reservoir Dogs. Pulp Fiction, not Reservoir Dogs, made Tarantino important to Brian.
    “what made him so important to me, is pulp fiction”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:20:44 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

Inglourious Basterds: 3 lines craft ×1 programming ×1 verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Inglourious Basterds → Pulp Fiction. One host puts Basterds first and Pulp Fiction second among Tarantino's films, behind both Reservoir Dogs.
    “I feel like Bastards is number one, pretty clearly, and Pulp Pickers is number 2 pretty clearly.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:19:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Deliverance: 2 lines lineage ×1 contrast ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Deliverance. The pawn shop sequence is inspired by Deliverance and transplants a Tennessee 1974 pawn shop to Hollywood.
    “It's not just that he's inspired by deliverance.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:44 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Forrest Gump: 2 lines contrast ×1 verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Pulp Fiction → Forrest Gump. Pulp Fiction should have won over Forrest Gump.
    “Pulp Fiction over Forrest Gump.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:41:09 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

John Travolta: 2 lines career ×1 what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): John Travolta → Pulp Fiction. If Travolta had starred in The Player, the Pulp Fiction comeback might have gone differently, and Bill is glad it did not happen.
    “It's a really interesting Travolta sliding doors.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:13:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Michael Madsen: 2 lines career ×2

  1. career (career): Michael Madsen → Pulp Fiction. Madsen not being in Pulp Fiction is explained by the Vega-brothers plan.
    “the plan, long term, was to do the Vega Brothers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:53:19 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: 2 lines lineage ×1 theme ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:32 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Quentin Tarantino: 2 lines career ×1 verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Quentin Tarantino → Pulp Fiction. Quentin won the movie; Jackson is the runner-up.
    “Sam Jackson didn't win the movie, but it's definitely Tarantino.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:40:51 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Samuel L. Jackson: 2 lines verdict ×1 lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Samuel L. Jackson → Pulp Fiction. Nick Fury's diner scene is described as a try at a Tarantino diner, with Jules-style rhythm.
    “I'm trying to do some like fucking Tarantino diner scene.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:05:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Black Eyed Peas: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (music): Pulp Fiction → Black Eyed Peas. The opening Dick Dale song is a big sample in a Black Eyed Peas hit, so the speaker hears that instead.
    “And also that 1st song, unfortunately, is a massive sample in a super popular Black Eyed Peas song called Pumpet.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:54 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Black Sabbath: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Pulp Fiction → Black Sabbath. Best double features: Black Sabbath (anthology), Saturday Night Fever, Inglourious Basterds, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “So you get an anthology movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:37:16 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Bruce Willis: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (star power): Bruce Willis → Pulp Fiction. Willis's star stamp as Butch is a big reason Pulp Fiction became Pulp Fiction.
    “a big reason pulp fiction became pulp fiction is because a big movie star Bruce Willis put his stamp on it to play Butch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:07:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Captain Marvel: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Captain Marvel → Pulp Fiction. Samuel L. Jackson driving around mid-90s Los Angeles evokes Jules Winfield, a clever but surface 90s nod.
    “a Samuel L. Jackson character in the mid 90s driving around in a car in Los Angeles, a la Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:18:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Christopher Walken: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Christopher Walken → Pulp Fiction. Walken in Pulp Fiction and True Romance is on the best-short-performance list.
    “Christopher Walken with the combo, pulp, and true romance.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:07:22 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Chuck Berry: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → Chuck Berry. A host picks Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell" over the dance sequence as the film's best needle drop.
    “My pick is never can tell for the dance sequence, the Chuck Berry song.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:12:03 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them)

Daniel Day-Lewis: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Pulp Fiction → Daniel Day-Lewis. Weinstein pushed Daniel Day-Lewis for Vincent; the speakers would not trade Travolta but would love one DDL hitman movie.
    “Having him play like just one normal hitman having a weird day would be awesome.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:39:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Den of Thieves: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Pulp Fiction → Den of Thieves. Joke prequel/sequel idea: Tony Rocky Horror coaching Merriman from Den of Thieves, merging Pulp with Heat.
    “Now you have me trying to figure out how to merge pulp fiction and heat.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:17:37 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Die Hard 2: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (joke re-edit): Die Hard 2 → Pulp Fiction. Riffing on a re-edit channel, they joke Pulp Fiction could be cut down to Bruce going to get his watch.
    “It'll just be Bruce going to get his watch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:48 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)

Diner: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Pulp Fiction → Diner. Diners in Pulp (and Hawthorne Grill) vs the 1982 film Diner, argued as the diner Apex Mountain.
    “What about the movie Diner?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:01:29 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Pulp Fiction → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. E.T. is the other standalone candidate but young people may not have seen it.
    “ET was the only one that I was like, well, ET's kind of surprised it ever did.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:46:11 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (soundtrack comparison): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Pulp Fiction. Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, Boogie Nights have better soundtracks, but none use music the way Ferris does.
    “you can make the argument that like pulp fiction and um, Goodfellas and boogie nights and days all have like better soundtracks”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:02 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Friday the 13th: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Friday the 13th → Pulp Fiction. Doing Bogart and Hepburn impressions in 1980 is like doing Pulp Fiction imitations four years later; the cultural reference had not yet expired.
    “I mean it's Jules and Forrest Scott.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:50:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Jackie Brown: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Jackie Brown. The white Honda Civic Butch drives is the same car Jackie Brown drives.
    “The 1980 Honda Civic, the white car butch drove when he knocked Marcellus down. Same car, Jackie Brown drove.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:57:02 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Joe Dante: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Joe Dante. Monster Joe's truck and tow is named after Joe Dante, whom Tarantino interviewed in the 80s.
    “Apparently named after Joe Dante, director of Gremlins”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:06:41 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Kiss Me Deadly: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Kiss Me Deadly. The briefcase is an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase, a metaphor for danger.
    “It's interesting because it is such an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:23:29 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Kiss of Death: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career timing): Kiss of Death → Pulp Fiction. Samuel L. Jackson's Kiss of Death was his next movie after Pulp Fiction.
    “And Sam Jackson right after Pup Fiction.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:42:08 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Lee Majors: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Lee Majors. The setup of Vincent taking the boss's wife out echoes a Hollywood story about Lee Majors asking someone to take Farrah Fawcett out while he was away.
    “Because Lee Majors is going out of town.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:09:49 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Look Who's Talking Now: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career pivot): Look Who's Talking Now → Pulp Fiction. Now came out a year before Pulp Fiction; it is the sort of film you make before saying fine to a weird guy's script.
    “Look who's talking now is the kind of movie that you make where you're like, fine, I'll be the heroin addict in that weird guy's fucking script, I guess.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 0:27:40 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Maria McKee: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → Maria McKee. A host gives an honorable mention to the Maria McKee song whistled as the characters collapse into the pawn shop.
    “My honorable mention is if love is a red dress, this Maria McKee song, which is being whistled as they collapse into the pawn shop, but it's a really good song.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:12:17 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them)

Misery: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Misery → Pulp Fiction. Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction.
    “The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Modesty Blaise: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Modesty Blaise → Pulp Fiction. Modesty Blaise pulp novel Vincent reads; the 1966 film with Monica Vitti is Apex Mountain for it.
    “Because I think the movie Modesty Blaze, the adaptation of the comic strips starring Monica VT is Apex Mountain for that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:04:00 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Molly's Game: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Molly's Game. The Wolf's morning party is guessed to be an all-night poker game like Molly's Game.
    “I feel like it's a Molly's game type situation.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:34:53 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Natural Born Killers: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Pulp Fiction → Natural Born Killers. Tarantino used Natural Born Killers money to buy the Chevelle Malibu.
    “Tarantino used part of his natural born killer's money to buy the cherry red Malibu”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:52:40 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Ocean's Eleven: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → Ocean's Eleven. The Pulp Fiction poster artist, James Verdesoto, also did the Ocean's Eleven poster.
    “An all-time great movie poster, which we discussed in part one, done by artist James Vertes Soto, who also did Ocean's 11 and a bunch of other great ones.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:04:06 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them)

Ocean's Twelve: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Ocean's Twelve. Amsterdam's greatest film appearance is debated between Ocean's Twelve and Vincent's description here.
    “This came up on Ocean's 12, whether this is Amsterdam's greatest movie appearance”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:00:25 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Paul Thomas Anderson: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Pulp Fiction → Paul Thomas Anderson. PTA scouted Jimmy and Bonnie's Studio City house for the production.
    “PTA was like, I have inside line on a place for you guys in studio, so you can shoot.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:55:02 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Psycho: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Psycho. Killing Travolta halfway through is compared to Janet Leigh dying in Psycho.
    “there are a lot of moments in this movie that remind me of Psycho”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:40:31 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction imitators: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction imitators. The Royale-in-Paris, Amsterdam conversation is the most parodied and copied stretch of screenwriting of the last 30 years.
    “Yeah. I would argue this is the most ripped off four and a half minutes of screenwriting in the past 30 years.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:06:07 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Raiders of the Lost Ark: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Ark of the Covenant is called the greatest McGuffin.
    “The Ark of the Covenant is like the greatest McGuffin.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:00:45 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Reality Bites: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Reality Bites → Pulp Fiction. Tarantino wanted My Sharona for Pulp Fiction but Reality Bites got the rights first.
    “Quentin Tarantino, was supposed to use my Sharona.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan · 0:59:17 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Rocky: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Rocky. Tommy Morrison led cards and was cast in Rocky V, used to argue Butch could have been a decent boxer.
    “Tommy Morrison led multiple cards and got cast in Rocky 5.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:12:52 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Rosanna Arquette: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career rescue): Rosanna Arquette → Pulp Fiction. Tarantino cast her as Trudy (the face piercings) because she was underused.
    “So funny that Tarantino...”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:34:06 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Sally Menke: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Sally Menke → Pulp Fiction. Menke's editing and transitions are described as on another level.
    “so Sally Menke cut this, and the cuts, especially like transitions”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:11:27 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Shaft: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Shaft. Bad motherfucker wallet reference to the Shaft theme.
    “It was a reference to the theme song of Shaft.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:55:45 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Sherlock, Jr.: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (coincidence gag): Sherlock, Jr. → Pulp Fiction. The wrong-man-walks-by coincidence in the pawn shop is compared to Ving Rhames walking by in Pulp Fiction.
    “much like Ving Reims and Pulp Fiction, just happens to walk by at that moment.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:16:38 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Station Eleven: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Station Eleven. Time-shifting storytelling that Pulp put front and center is still used in current TV.
    “Yeah, it's like still showing up in like station 11.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:39 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Steve Buscemi: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Steve Buscemi → Pulp Fiction. They should have staged Travolta and Buscemi in a diner as a Pulp Fiction echo, since Buscemi was the waiter there.
    “Do you think they should have made more of Travolta and Bushemi in a diner as an echo of Pulp Fiction when Bushemi's Travolta's waiter?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:57:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Brady Bunch: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → The Brady Bunch. Pop-culture references as a crutch for character building: a killer who talks about the Brady Bunch.
    “pop cultural references as like a crutch for character building”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:42 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

The Ice Storm: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): The Ice Storm → Pulp Fiction. Next episodes will cover two famous movies; Ryan and Simmons tease Pulp Fiction.
    “I've been watching a lot of pulp fiction lately.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:27:53 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Rebels: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → The Rebels. Tarantino picked the surf band the Rebels' "Comanche" for the pawn shop scene instead of "My Sharona".
    “so he picked Comanche by the surf band.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:14 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them)

The Royal Tenenbaums: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (influence-collage): The Royal Tenenbaums → Pulp Fiction. Both are 'emptying the cupboard' of their makers' influences and obsessions, introducing a whole cinematic world through soundtrack, look and talk.
    “it's like pulp fiction or Grand Royal magazine, where it's just like the emptying of the cupboard of influences and obsessions.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 0:07:20 · Andy Greenwald (0.60 sure it was them)

The Shawshank Redemption: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Pulp Fiction → The Shawshank Redemption. Gump and Shawshank are among the most seen movies of the past three decades and both are originals.
    “Force Gump and Shawshank are like 2 of the most seen movies of the last 3 decades.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:45:47 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

The Wolf of Wall Street: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → The Wolf of Wall Street. As Scorsese's party sequence is hell to him, the basement is a powerful Black man's idea of hell, and the movie keeps a surreal feeling.
    “To me, this is almost like, not just Bruce Willis, but like a black man, like a powerful black man's idea of hell is being locked in a basement and raped by hillbillies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:43:30 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

There Will Be Blood: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → There Will Be Blood. Milkshakes as a cinematic beverage: Pulp or There Will Be Blood.
    “Is it this or there will be blood?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:02:10 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Titanic: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Pulp Fiction → Titanic. Most culturally defining standalone movie with no sequel: Titanic or Pulp.
    “I think it's Titanic or this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:45:25 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Tom Cruise: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Pulp Fiction. Cruise as Vincent or Butch; Hanks as Vincent or Maynard; argued both ways.
    “It's absolutely 1002% cruise.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:07:51 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Tom Hanks: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Tom Hanks → Pulp Fiction. Hanks suggested as Vincent; rejected as having no darkness.
    “There's no darkness to Hanks.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:09:59 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

True Romance: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → True Romance. Alabama, Keitel's partner in Reservoir Dogs, shows up a year later in True Romance.
    “she shows up one year later in true romance”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:30 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Ving Rhames: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (typecasting): Ving Rhames → Pulp Fiction. Rhames as a burly imposing hacker is a smart subversion of his Marcellus Wallace persona.
    “Ving Reims, who is this burly imposing Marcellus Wallace figure being the hacker.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:41:30 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Walt Disney Company: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Pulp Fiction → Walt Disney Company. Disney wanted to build Jack Rabbit Slim's in a park and was refused.
    “No, Disney wanted to do Jack Rabbit Slims in one of the parks and they were like, no.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:25:33 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

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What was said about it, by kind

career (7)

  1. career (career pivot): Look Who's Talking Now → Pulp Fiction. Now came out a year before Pulp Fiction; it is the sort of film you make before saying fine to a weird guy's script.
    “Look who's talking now is the kind of movie that you make where you're like, fine, I'll be the heroin addict in that weird guy's fucking script, I guess.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 0:27:40 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): John Travolta → Pulp Fiction. Pulp Fiction in 1994 began a heater of three to four major movies a year through 2000.
    “He's on a heater from Pulp Fiction 94 through 2000.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:22:51 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Michael Madsen → Pulp Fiction. Madsen passed up Pulp Fiction, which was the turning point of his career.
    “Like he passed up pulp fiction, like he probably has the most juice right around there.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:15:03 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. career (career rescue): Rosanna Arquette → Pulp Fiction. Tarantino cast her as Trudy (the face piercings) because she was underused.
    “So funny that Tarantino...”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:34:06 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Quentin Tarantino → Pulp Fiction. Tarantino was in Amsterdam when he wrote the film, so Vincent's Amsterdam talk is his own life.
    “Quentin was literally in Amsterdam when he was writing it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:06:31 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  6. career (career timing): Kiss of Death → Pulp Fiction. Samuel L. Jackson's Kiss of Death was his next movie after Pulp Fiction.
    “And Sam Jackson right after Pup Fiction.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:42:08 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): Michael Madsen → Pulp Fiction. Madsen not being in Pulp Fiction is explained by the Vega-brothers plan.
    “the plan, long term, was to do the Vega Brothers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:53:19 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (5)

  1. contrast (contrast): Friday the 13th → Pulp Fiction. Doing Bogart and Hepburn impressions in 1980 is like doing Pulp Fiction imitations four years later; the cultural reference had not yet expired.
    “I mean it's Jules and Forrest Scott.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:50:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Pulp Fiction → Forrest Gump. Fabienne is joked to be dumber than Forrest Gump, from the same year.
    “Sounds good. Forrest Gumper Fabian, who was dumber?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:22:20 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Pulp Fiction → Diner. Diners in Pulp (and Hawthorne Grill) vs the 1982 film Diner, argued as the diner Apex Mountain.
    “What about the movie Diner?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:01:29 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (contrast): Pulp Fiction → Deliverance. Deliverance is still the benchmark for horrifying male sodomy scenes in movies.
    “I think deliverance still has it, yeah.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:07:15 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  5. contrast (contrast): Pulp Fiction → Reservoir Dogs. Pulp Fiction, not Reservoir Dogs, made Tarantino important to Brian.
    “what made him so important to me, is pulp fiction”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:20:44 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

craft (12)

  1. craft (music): Pulp Fiction → Black Eyed Peas. The opening Dick Dale song is a big sample in a Black Eyed Peas hit, so the speaker hears that instead.
    “And also that 1st song, unfortunately, is a massive sample in a super popular Black Eyed Peas song called Pumpet.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:54 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction. The needle and the pawn shop both withhold graphic violence; Tarantino is strategic about what he shows.
    “he's actually very strategic about what he shows and doesn't show.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:47:01 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → The Rebels. Tarantino picked the surf band the Rebels' "Comanche" for the pawn shop scene instead of "My Sharona".
    “so he picked Comanche by the surf band.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:14 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → Ocean's Eleven. The Pulp Fiction poster artist, James Verdesoto, also did the Ocean's Eleven poster.
    “An all-time great movie poster, which we discussed in part one, done by artist James Vertes Soto, who also did Ocean's 11 and a bunch of other great ones.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:04:06 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → The Brady Bunch. Pop-culture references as a crutch for character building: a killer who talks about the Brady Bunch.
    “pop cultural references as like a crutch for character building”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:42 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  6. craft (craft): Sally Menke → Pulp Fiction. Menke's editing and transitions are described as on another level.
    “so Sally Menke cut this, and the cuts, especially like transitions”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:11:27 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  7. craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → Chuck Berry. A host picks Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell" over the dance sequence as the film's best needle drop.
    “My pick is never can tell for the dance sequence, the Chuck Berry song.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:12:03 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → Maria McKee. A host gives an honorable mention to the Maria McKee song whistled as the characters collapse into the pawn shop.
    “My honorable mention is if love is a red dress, this Maria McKee song, which is being whistled as they collapse into the pawn shop, but it's a really good song.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:12:17 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them)
  9. craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → Reservoir Dogs. Tarantino's tone is 50 percent naturalism and 50 percent movieness; rear-projection driving shots are an homage to old movies.
    “it's an homage to force movies with rear projection.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:30:34 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  10. craft (craft): Pulp Fiction → Inglourious Basterds. Tarantino's three-count device recurs, e.g., Fassbender in Inglourious Basterds.
    “There's another 3 count that I really enjoy from, you know, Fastbender and Inglorious Bastards.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:02:53 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  11. craft (joke re-edit): Die Hard 2 → Pulp Fiction. Riffing on a re-edit channel, they joke Pulp Fiction could be cut down to Bruce going to get his watch.
    “It'll just be Bruce going to get his watch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:48 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
  12. craft (soundtrack comparison): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Pulp Fiction. Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, Boogie Nights have better soundtracks, but none use music the way Ferris does.
    “you can make the argument that like pulp fiction and um, Goodfellas and boogie nights and days all have like better soundtracks”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:02 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): Pulp Fiction → Walt Disney Company. Disney wanted to build Jack Rabbit Slim's in a park and was refused.
    “No, Disney wanted to do Jack Rabbit Slims in one of the parks and they were like, no.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:25:33 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Pulp Fiction → Natural Born Killers. Tarantino used Natural Born Killers money to buy the Chevelle Malibu.
    “Tarantino used part of his natural born killer's money to buy the cherry red Malibu”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:52:40 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

lineage (19)

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Reservoir Dogs. Pulp's opening two-song credits echo the radio dial concept from Reservoir Dogs.
    “Well, the radio, the concept of the radio had been in Reservoir Dogs, but I think switching the songs in the middle, because you hear him change the dial.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction imitators. The Royale-in-Paris, Amsterdam conversation is the most parodied and copied stretch of screenwriting of the last 30 years.
    “Yeah. I would argue this is the most ripped off four and a half minutes of screenwriting in the past 30 years.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:06:07 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Lee Majors. The setup of Vincent taking the boss's wife out echoes a Hollywood story about Lee Majors asking someone to take Farrah Fawcett out while he was away.
    “Because Lee Majors is going out of town.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:09:49 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:32 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Psycho. Killing Travolta halfway through is compared to Janet Leigh dying in Psycho.
    “there are a lot of moments in this movie that remind me of Psycho”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:40:31 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  6. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Deliverance. The pawn shop sequence is inspired by Deliverance and transplants a Tennessee 1974 pawn shop to Hollywood.
    “It's not just that he's inspired by deliverance.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:44 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  7. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Station Eleven. Time-shifting storytelling that Pulp put front and center is still used in current TV.
    “Yeah, it's like still showing up in like station 11.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:39 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  8. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Reservoir Dogs. Bonnie, Alabama and Red Apple cigarettes recur across Tarantino's first films, a shared universe.
    “Quentin's version of Shared Universe, too, is incredible.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:54 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  9. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → True Romance. Alabama, Keitel's partner in Reservoir Dogs, shows up a year later in True Romance.
    “she shows up one year later in true romance”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:30 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  10. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Shaft. Bad motherfucker wallet reference to the Shaft theme.
    “It was a reference to the theme song of Shaft.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:55:45 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  11. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Jackie Brown. The white Honda Civic Butch drives is the same car Jackie Brown drives.
    “The 1980 Honda Civic, the white car butch drove when he knocked Marcellus down. Same car, Jackie Brown drove.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:57:02 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  12. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Reservoir Dogs. Mexican standoffs Apex Mountain: True Romance and Reservoir Dogs still beat Pulp's.
    “Mexican standoffs, probably still true romance.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:03:10 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  13. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Joe Dante. Monster Joe's truck and tow is named after Joe Dante, whom Tarantino interviewed in the 80s.
    “Apparently named after Joe Dante, director of Gremlins”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:06:41 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  14. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Rocky. Tommy Morrison led cards and was cast in Rocky V, used to argue Butch could have been a decent boxer.
    “Tommy Morrison led multiple cards and got cast in Rocky 5.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:12:52 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  15. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Kiss Me Deadly. The briefcase is an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase, a metaphor for danger.
    “It's interesting because it is such an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:23:29 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  16. lineage (influence-collage): The Royal Tenenbaums → Pulp Fiction. Both are 'emptying the cupboard' of their makers' influences and obsessions, introducing a whole cinematic world through soundtrack, look and talk.
    “it's like pulp fiction or Grand Royal magazine, where it's just like the emptying of the cupboard of influences and obsessions.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 0:07:20 · Andy Greenwald (0.60 sure it was them)
  17. lineage (lineage): Reservoir Dogs → Pulp Fiction. Vic Vega and Vincent Vega are brothers; Tarantino wanted a prequel before Madsen and Travolta aged out.
    “Vic Vega and Vincent Vega from Pulp Fictions were brothers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:12:00 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  18. lineage (lineage): Captain Marvel → Pulp Fiction. Samuel L. Jackson driving around mid-90s Los Angeles evokes Jules Winfield, a clever but surface 90s nod.
    “a Samuel L. Jackson character in the mid 90s driving around in a car in Los Angeles, a la Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:18:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  19. lineage (lineage): Samuel L. Jackson → Pulp Fiction. Nick Fury's diner scene is described as a try at a Tarantino diner, with Jules-style rhythm.
    “I'm trying to do some like fucking Tarantino diner scene.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:05:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (people): Christopher Walken → Pulp Fiction. Walken in Pulp Fiction and True Romance is on the best-short-performance list.
    “Christopher Walken with the combo, pulp, and true romance.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:07:22 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Pulp Fiction → Paul Thomas Anderson. PTA scouted Jimmy and Bonnie's Studio City house for the production.
    “PTA was like, I have inside line on a place for you guys in studio, so you can shoot.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:55:02 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  3. people (typecasting): Ving Rhames → Pulp Fiction. Rhames as a burly imposing hacker is a smart subversion of his Marcellus Wallace persona.
    “Ving Reims, who is this burly imposing Marcellus Wallace figure being the hacker.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:41:30 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (5)

  1. programming (programming): Pulp Fiction → Black Sabbath. Best double features: Black Sabbath (anthology), Saturday Night Fever, Inglourious Basterds, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “So you get an anthology movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:37:16 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Pulp Fiction → Inglourious Basterds. Inglourious Basterds paired for its short-story structure; Once Upon a Time for bookending Tarantino's career.
    “I have bastards because I feel like structurally it's it's got some the short story aspect of his very, it locks in together.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:37:26 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): Misery → Pulp Fiction. Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction.
    “The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  4. programming (programming): The Ice Storm → Pulp Fiction. Next episodes will cover two famous movies; Ryan and Simmons tease Pulp Fiction.
    “I've been watching a lot of pulp fiction lately.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:27:53 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. programming (programming): Reservoir Dogs → Pulp Fiction. Reservoir Dogs found much of its audience after Pulp Fiction, via rentals.
    “After Pulp Fiction and then circled back and rented Reservoir Dogs.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:03:58 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (10)

  1. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Motifs echo across Tarantino's movies.
    “It's so awesome to see the motifs echo across his movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:38 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction. Mirrors and reflections recur as a motif of how characters see themselves.
    “Reflections in how we see ourselves as a big thing in the movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:13 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction. The movie has a stoned, dreamlike quality that makes viewers question whether the dancing happened.
    “I think there's like a reading of the movie that it's incredibly surreal and you've got a bunch of high people”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:07 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  4. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction. Many elements only work here, a kind of happy accident.
    “Like there's so many things in this movie that just are kind of little miracles.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:56 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  5. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → The Wolf of Wall Street. As Scorsese's party sequence is hell to him, the basement is a powerful Black man's idea of hell, and the movie keeps a surreal feeling.
    “To me, this is almost like, not just Bruce Willis, but like a black man, like a powerful black man's idea of hell is being locked in a basement and raped by hillbillies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:43:30 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  6. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Ocean's Twelve. Amsterdam's greatest film appearance is debated between Ocean's Twelve and Vincent's description here.
    “This came up on Ocean's 12, whether this is Amsterdam's greatest movie appearance”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:00:25 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  7. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Ark of the Covenant is called the greatest McGuffin.
    “The Ark of the Covenant is like the greatest McGuffin.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:00:45 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  8. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → There Will Be Blood. Milkshakes as a cinematic beverage: Pulp or There Will Be Blood.
    “Is it this or there will be blood?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:02:10 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  9. theme (theme): Modesty Blaise → Pulp Fiction. Modesty Blaise pulp novel Vincent reads; the 1966 film with Monica Vitti is Apex Mountain for it.
    “Because I think the movie Modesty Blaze, the adaptation of the comic strips starring Monica VT is Apex Mountain for that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:04:00 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  10. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Molly's Game. The Wolf's morning party is guessed to be an all-night poker game like Molly's Game.
    “I feel like it's a Molly's game type situation.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:34:53 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (coincidence gag): Sherlock, Jr. → Pulp Fiction. The wrong-man-walks-by coincidence in the pawn shop is compared to Ving Rhames walking by in Pulp Fiction.
    “much like Ving Reims and Pulp Fiction, just happens to walk by at that moment.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:16:38 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (star power): Bruce Willis → Pulp Fiction. Willis's star stamp as Butch is a big reason Pulp Fiction became Pulp Fiction.
    “a big reason pulp fiction became pulp fiction is because a big movie star Bruce Willis put his stamp on it to play Butch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:07:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

verdict (7)

  1. verdict (verdict): Samuel L. Jackson → Pulp Fiction. Everyone agrees Jackson and Tarantino should both have won Oscars.
    “Both of them should have won, period.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:19:28 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Quentin Tarantino → Pulp Fiction. Quentin won the movie; Jackson is the runner-up.
    “Sam Jackson didn't win the movie, but it's definitely Tarantino.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:40:51 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Pulp Fiction → Titanic. Most culturally defining standalone movie with no sequel: Titanic or Pulp.
    “I think it's Titanic or this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:45:25 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (verdict): Pulp Fiction → The Shawshank Redemption. Gump and Shawshank are among the most seen movies of the past three decades and both are originals.
    “Force Gump and Shawshank are like 2 of the most seen movies of the last 3 decades.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:45:47 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  5. verdict (verdict): Pulp Fiction → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. E.T. is the other standalone candidate but young people may not have seen it.
    “ET was the only one that I was like, well, ET's kind of surprised it ever did.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:46:11 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  6. verdict (verdict): Inglourious Basterds → Pulp Fiction. One host puts Basterds first and Pulp Fiction second among Tarantino's films, behind both Reservoir Dogs.
    “I feel like Bastards is number one, pretty clearly, and Pulp Pickers is number 2 pretty clearly.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:19:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  7. verdict (verdict): Pulp Fiction → Forrest Gump. Pulp Fiction should have won over Forrest Gump.
    “Pulp Fiction over Forrest Gump.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:41:09 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

what-if (7)

  1. what-if (what-if): Steve Buscemi → Pulp Fiction. They should have staged Travolta and Buscemi in a diner as a Pulp Fiction echo, since Buscemi was the waiter there.
    “Do you think they should have made more of Travolta and Bushemi in a diner as an echo of Pulp Fiction when Bushemi's Travolta's waiter?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:57:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Pulp Fiction → Daniel Day-Lewis. Weinstein pushed Daniel Day-Lewis for Vincent; the speakers would not trade Travolta but would love one DDL hitman movie.
    “Having him play like just one normal hitman having a weird day would be awesome.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:39:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Pulp Fiction. Cruise as Vincent or Butch; Hanks as Vincent or Maynard; argued both ways.
    “It's absolutely 1002% cruise.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:07:51 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Tom Hanks → Pulp Fiction. Hanks suggested as Vincent; rejected as having no darkness.
    “There's no darkness to Hanks.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:09:59 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  5. what-if (what-if): Pulp Fiction → Den of Thieves. Joke prequel/sequel idea: Tony Rocky Horror coaching Merriman from Den of Thieves, merging Pulp with Heat.
    “Now you have me trying to figure out how to merge pulp fiction and heat.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:17:37 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  6. what-if (what-if): John Travolta → Pulp Fiction. If Travolta had starred in The Player, the Pulp Fiction comeback might have gone differently, and Bill is glad it did not happen.
    “It's a really interesting Travolta sliding doors.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:13:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. what-if (what-if): Reality Bites → Pulp Fiction. Tarantino wanted My Sharona for Pulp Fiction but Reality Bites got the rights first.
    “Quentin Tarantino, was supposed to use my Sharona.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan · 0:59:17 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Pulp Fiction: Ryan complains about a continuity hole: Travolta never hears Willis come in.
    “How does John Travolta not realize he's in the kitchen?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:29:00 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Pulp Fiction: Brian saw it opening night in 1994 and promised himself he would become a filmmaker.
    “that's probably when I made the promise to myself that I would find a way to become a filmmaker.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:19:49 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.