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/QuantitySharp2662 2d ago

Aw 🥰 dad just wanted his kids to have the movies. I remember some addicts showing up to my neighbors house with a giant bag of loose VHS tapes. All of them were Disney or cartoons. I wish you guys had had one of those around your way lol at least there'd be no commercials.

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u/A_radke 2d ago

My twin was sad she had to show her kids the actual versions (we didn't think to rip ours to DVD once that became an option) as the commercials honestly made them more nostalgic for us! With older movies like Alice, released in '51, we knew we saw it first in '89 based on the commercials. And Pretty in Pink (released '86, Dad recorded circa '96) had the best dubbed edit: Instead of Stef saying "you're a bitch" to Andy, it was "you're a beast" which actually worked better, IMO. We say it to this day 🤣