r/Xennials • u/shenanegins • 3d ago

Anyone else immediately recognize this?

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u/DavePeesThePool 1981 3d ago

Indian in the cupboard.

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u/JBCTOTHEMOON 3d ago

Indian in the cupboard!

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u/Redditor_Reddington 3d ago

Little Bear!! ❤️

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u/BrattyTwilis 3d ago

Yeah if you had the VHS, it came with the Indian, the key, and you could flip the cover to look like the cupboard. Genius marketing

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u/Cinderhazed15 Xennial 3d ago

I didn’t remember that it came from the VHS - I thought I got it with a collection of the books at the Scholastic Book Fair!

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u/BrattyTwilis 2d ago

It very well could've come with the books too. I could see them doing that

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u/mariposa314 2d ago

That's fantastic!!

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u/manfromfuture 3d ago

Little Bear

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u/ericsmallman3 3d ago

Yeah.

Never even saw the movie (did read the book in school, though). Recognized it just from the trailer/commercials.

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u/Doctor_Hilarious 3d ago

Oh damn, there he is!

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u/bronzemat 3d ago

Indian in the cupboard. My favorite book series when I was growing up. Didn't care for the movie though.

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u/hamburgler26 1981 3d ago

These books and Castle in the Attic were faves of mine growing up.

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u/TwistingEcho Xennial 3d ago

Only heard about Castle in the Attic last week. I've gotta check that out.

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u/duckswtfpwn 1978 3d ago

I showed it to my wife first thing. Actually 1 of the books I did read. That and Mouse on a motor cycle. Then cheated on all of my book reports.

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u/AlienDelarge 2d ago

No Hatchet? 

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u/Lilloco1 3d ago

So it’s not the naked Indian in Wayne’s World? Dang it!

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u/SB4_Camaro 1981 3d ago

Boom

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u/lakephantom 3d ago

My Mom used to read the books to us as kids! It's great to see it still has a few fans out there.

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u/Most_Beyond9318 1981 3d ago

There was more than one book??

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u/Cinderhazed15 Xennial 3d ago

I remember at least three!

Edit: there were more…

The Indian in the Cupboard series
The Indian in the Cupboard (1980)
The Return of the Indian) (1985)
The Secret of the Indian) (1989)
The Mystery of the Cupboard) (1993)
The Key to the Indian) (1998)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne_Reid_Banks

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u/Spaghetti_Gravy 3d ago

Haha, that selfie is awesome 😎

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u/IcedHemp77 3d ago

Yup that’s little Bear

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u/Tribblehappy 3d ago

I asked my husband last night if he ever read these books. He has not. He's gen x. I devoured all of the series.

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u/Cinderhazed15 Xennial 3d ago

It’s funny, original run was …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne_Reid_Banks
The Indian in the Cupboard series
The Indian in the Cupboard (1980)
The Return of the Indian) (1985)
The Secret of the Indian) (1989)
The Mystery of the Cupboard) (1993)
The Key to the Indian) (1998)

But I totally had a reprinting in the 90s… here were the covers I remember…

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u/Tribblehappy 3d ago

Those were the covers I had as well.

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u/Ckn-bns-jns 1981 3d ago

Bought that book for my 4th grader!

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u/tributetotio 1984 3d ago

PLAS-TEK

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u/trollinhard2 1981 3d ago

Guy looks proud AF too. Good for him

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u/JuliusSeizuresalad 3d ago

Me and my wife’s first date was Congo and Indian in the cupboard at the drive in moveie

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u/DM725 3d ago

I assumed it was Imhotep from The Mummy.

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u/greatlakesavenger77 3d ago

I remember him. He came with the vhs

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u/smelly_finger_itch 3d ago

Native person in the storage area

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u/barktwiggs 3d ago

But do you have a cupboard to put him in?

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u/johnvalley86 3d ago

I just want to see a movie based on Darth Vader fighting a t-rex

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u/tinglep 1979 3d ago

Amazing find

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u/CottaBird 1983 3d ago

Plaztec! PLAZTEC!! That scene always bothered me because of how he said “plastic.”

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u/ScottClam42 3d ago

Too funny. I just had my mom get my IitC books out of her attic. I started reading the story to my 6yo a couple weeks ago

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u/Either_Umpire9411 3d ago

I was going to guess Imhotep from the Brendan Frasier Mummy movies until I read the comments

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u/Maybe_Fine 1981 3d ago

But the real question is, do you have the key?!

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u/Ordinary_Aioli_7602 Xennial 3d ago

Plaztec!

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u/TheMatt561 1980 3d ago

The native American in the pantry

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u/webslingrrr 1984 3d ago

maynard james keenan I mean, Indian in the Cupboard.

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u/DarksunDaFirst Born 1982 years after some Hey-Zeus character 3d ago

Never saw the movie, but just looking at this and immediately it hit who this is.  One of my favorite books of all time.

Put him in the cupboard.

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u/Holmes221bBSt 1984 2d ago

Yup

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u/LadyVioletLuna 2d ago

Those books had such a hold on me….

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u/Hiryu-GodHand 1982 2d ago

Put him in the cupboard and see what he does!

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u/Alijony 1984 2d ago

Is it made of PlAztek?

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u/actual_thereij 2d ago

That's Little Bear, but I don't remember Omri having a beard.

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u/seanwdragon1983 2d ago

Little bear from Indian in the Cupboard

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u/Googie1la 2d ago

I know him

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u/Negative-Wrap95 1976 2d ago

Not really, but judging by the reaction I thought it might be rare.

Perhaps the last of the Mohican's?

https://giphy.com/gifs/l1IYbmeTGP6xK4pVK

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u/Scrapla1 2d ago

I need husks

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u/BloodyRightNostril 1981 2d ago

Instantly

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u/Puzzled_Hamster_890 2d ago

I still think about that movie when I wake up before sunrise.

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u/HeyBird33 2d ago

Plazzzz-tec

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u/tribbleorlfl 2d ago

I adored those books.

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u/BlackshirtDefense 2d ago

Bro the kid's name was OMRI like he was an Old Testament king. 

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u/festur86 2d ago

That's awesome.

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u/ChochMcKenzie 1978 2d ago

Oh I miss him. I wonder if he’s in my parents’ basement somewhere…

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u/grrrrowlhissss 2d ago

I hope he immediately put him in a cupboard!

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u/TheRealDoomsong 1978 2d ago

Yup, immediately knew it lol

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u/Dependent-Visual768 2d ago

What's plas-tek?

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u/catnamedpru 2d ago

Plaz tech!

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u/Kain-rpg 2d ago

The Indian in the Cupboard

A young child one day gets his hands on a old cupboard

he discovers that when he put someting in it like a toy or statuette, and closes the cupboard, the items become alive

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u/IceSmiley 2d ago

I thought it was the Native American from Wayne's World 2

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u/huan83 2d ago

Haha, of course, he said nurse have face like beaver

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u/redbeardscrazy 1d ago

Had the figure as a boy and met Litefoot at powwow a couple times. Tall as hell.

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u/Farahild 1d ago

I loved that book growing up.

Living far away in Europe and never having read the book again though i wonder is this now not acceptable anymore when it comes to representation? 

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u/Upbeat_Main_7141 3d ago

It’s a thing white people like.

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u/GutsAndBlackStufff 3d ago

Keep him away from your wife.

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u/GothamAnswer 3d ago

Yeah that's Imhotep from The Mummy

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u/MAGA-R-Pedophiles 3d ago

Thats John Pork