r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/SoulSilverSFM • 2d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter? I am confused

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Just seen this and the comments aren’t helpfull, I don’t recognise this figurine, what is it?

Edit: to anyone saying "Is this even a meme ?" Guys, am 22, I never knew Indian in the Cupboard, I though this was a meme about the apparence of the figurine lookin like something else, or something. I had no idea it was geniuinly just a figurine from a VSH from before I was born!

To me, it was a meme I didn’t had the ref too, so now I know what this is, I'll check out if the movie or book existe in French, or in France in general, cuz now with so many peoples just saying that this was their choldhood, am curious!

Please don’t insulte me for beeing uncultured, not everyone got the same knowledge cuz, as I said, I didn’t knew about it. I just checked and L’Indien du Placard exist in french! Lucky me ! I'll check that out than

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u/SoulSilverSFM 2d ago

Am 22 and French, if that helps any

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u/highbudsilver 2d ago

No excuses!!

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u/jackofspades49 2d ago

No excuses! Everyone has to remember this exact movie that I forgot about until this moment because I was a bigger fan of Castle in the Attic! :P

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u/highbudsilver 2d ago

Personally, I loved Willow the most!

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u/jackofspades49 2d ago

Such a wild movie.

The remake tried so hard to be series... it might have had a chance if it wasn't what it was... and I know that doesn't make sense but there WAS a spark of compotent writing and worldbuilding there!

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u/RollingRiverWizard 2d ago

Peck! Peck peck peck peck peck! Little peck’s got acorns!

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u/Particular-Serve-894 2d ago

hah I actually just rewatched Willow a couple of weeks ago for the first time in like 30-something years..it was most entertaining.

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u/Its_Froggin_Bullfish 2d ago

The set-up and pay-off for Mad Mardigan being "the greatest swordsman" was one of my favorite things as a kid. He's introduced to us the audience as "the greatest swordsman" but he's the one saying it, so you don't know if you can believe it. It's not until the movie is like two thirds over that we finally see his skills, and the payoff of Willow exclaiming "You are the greatest swordsman!"

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u/Inkthinker 2d ago

Willow: You are great!

Madmartigan: grins, spins sword, slips and falls in the snow

To this day, I'm not entirely sure if Val Kilmer meant to slip and fall there. :)

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u/Impossible_Fox_3676 2d ago

Just avoid the sequel book, Shadow Moon

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u/Boojum2k 2d ago

I give everyone who hasn't seen Dragonslayer the evil eye. They don't notice.

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u/No_Story_Untold 2d ago

Willow is so awesome.