r/tipofmytongue • • Jun 21 '19

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r/tipofmytongue • • 7h ago

Solved [TOMT] [Song] [90s?] Alternate version of Smells Like Teen Spirit?

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I was in a noisy public space where music was being played over speakers. A song that sounded like Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit began to play, but from what I could hear, the lyrics were not the regular lyrics to the song. Unfortunately, it was too noisy to make out what exactly the lyrics were. I'm not sure if the song was performed by Nirvana or someone else, but the singer was definitely trying to imitate Kurt Cobain, even if it wasn't actually him. I've been googling "alternate versions of Smells Like Teen Spirit" but I haven't been able to figure out exactly what it was lol. Help appreciated!


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Open [TOMT] [MOVIE?] VHS cartoon kids show or movie with large baby villain

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Got a weird one here.

I have never been able to find anything about this VHS tape that I watched around 2008? Ever again since I watched it. All I remember was a group of small cartoon characters flying on some sort of hovercar towards a grey bricked castle floating on a giant cloud. They were in the sky with the sun setting, and the sky was very orange as a result. When inside, there was a giant baby wearing only a diaper who announced verbally that he was the "Big Bad Baby". I have never seen this content again and would love to see it once more.


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Solved [TOMT] British politician circa 2010s who had unfortunate banner background due to their head/body blocking certain letters

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I can't remember the specific word or politician but this was viral at the time. It could possibly have been a meme as I was young at the time.


r/tipofmytongue • • 6h ago

Solved [TOMT] [BOOK] [2020s?] Book where a girl dies because she can't be advertised to

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There was a book I read in 2020-21 that is very stark in my memory but I cannot remember the title of. It's sci-fi dystopia, high-school level young adult novel. The main character is a teenage boy living in a society where everyone has a chip in their head that constantly shows them things in their vision, mainly advertisements. The natural world is gradually deteriorating throughout the story, to the point where all the characters lose their hair from just how toxic the air is.

The main sticking point I remember is that the main character fell in love with a girl who had an older model of the chip, workshopped by her outcast father. She would make it a habit to go into stores, ask a bunch of questions, and leave without buying anything. There's a scene where she does this with the boy. Turns out, the chip is malfunctioning and making the girl very sick. At the end of the book, she ends up on the verge of death, and her father and the boy are begging emergency personnel over the phone to help her. The person on the other line tells them that the girl is not a reliable consumer, and thus she will not be saved. The girl dies, and the book ends shortly after.

I am dying to find this book again, especially given how important it is not even five years after I've read it. Any help is appreciated, thanks!


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Open [TOMT] 2000’s (possibly early 2010’s) cartoon featuring talking fruit.

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This is a cartoon I saw a glimpse of. I think it was a tv show (it could’ve been an advert, but I don’t think it was). The show I remembered was a 2D animation style cartoon, and the only clip I remembered was one featuring two pieces of anthropomorphic fruit (the main detail I remembered was that the tall one was a vertical slice of melon or something like melon, and she had a pair of those glasses that are on a handle [if you don’t know what I mean, I mean a pair like this]) The other fruit was somewhat smaller, but I don’t know what type of fruit they were. All I can remember is them walking off into sunset together (I think down some street, possibly to home) whilst chatting.

I know that this isn’t a lot to go off, so I don’t hold out much hope that anyone will be able to recognise this, but who knows? I saw it when I was young, so most likely the mid to late 2000’s this was on tv.


r/tipofmytongue • • 2h ago

Solved [TOMT] looking for a YA or juvenile book from the 90s or earlier. I think the author's last name begins with P, Q, R or S. The book was called " I was a sixth-grade headache" or "red haired headache" or something like that. I just remember red hair and sixth-grade.

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It was in the school library after Barbara Park's books or after Louis Sachar's books


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Open [TOMT] [TV SHOW or MOVIE] Scene where popular girls take a less popular girl dress shopping for a school dance (maybe prom?) and when she tries on a silver dress they steal her clothes and run away so she has to buy the dress.

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As explained above. Additional details i remember, her mum or another adult she knows comes along when she calls because they stole her clothes and looks at the tag and is like okay this one is too expensive we will get another for you to wear out or something.

i think the main girl had long blonde or ashy brown hair but i could be wrong. Some kind of teen show definitely though.


r/tipofmytongue • • 13h ago

Solved [TOMT] [Movie] Movie where a slacker character hacks his grades to As at the same time as teachers are showing the grades in a conference

29 Upvotes

Got no more details.


r/tipofmytongue • • 13h ago

Solved [TOMT] 2000s duet song with exs talking to each other

27 Upvotes

SOLVED----- bruises !!!
please help! the song I'm referring to has two exs in a conversational duet talking to each other about their past and their lives now... they are happy to see or talk to each other ...
genre is pop kind of broadway ish vibes
it's not little talks or need you now but similar vibes
THANK YOU!


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Open [TOMT] [SHOW] [2010s] Really bottom of the barrel kids show that was on Amazon Prime I'd say 6-8 years ago, featuring two green (?) dinosaur puppets that spoke pure gibberish

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I can't think of anything else to add that's not already in the title. All the episodes were just a couple minutes long, I think? I remember at least one of the two hand puppets was a green tyrannosaur, and they often argued about toys, food--kiddie stuff like that.

Me and my little brother were both way too old for this show and I vividly remember once my mother walked in on us watching it and exclaimed, "What in the retard is this?" I want to find this show again, desperately, because despite how retarded those dinosaurs may or may not have been, I found them cute as hell when I was 10.


r/tipofmytongue • • 4h ago

Open. [TOMT][SONG] Trying to figure out a song

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Hi everyone! My husband and I heard a cover of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” last year on the radio but we haven’t been able to find that cover since. It was being played on SiriusXM on one of the Christmas channels. We believe it was an older song (not sure what year) and we believe that each line or day was sung by different singers (men and women). What is so different about the song is when it comes to the fifth day, “Five Golden Rings” the R in rings is rolled. So it sounds like “Five Golden Rrrrrings”. We haven’t had any luck so if anyone can help us that would be great. Thank you!


r/tipofmytongue • • 4h ago

Open [TOMT][Movie or TV show?] Guy pretends to call cops as part of a scam

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I remember watching something where two guys are planning to rob someone (I think?) and part of the scam is one of the guys will say that he called the cops and that the cops are on the way, to give them time to escape. One of the guys points out that there will be an issue when no cops arrive, but they go forward with the plan anyway. I remember when they actually do the scheme, someone in the crowd says "It's OK, that guy is calling the cops." Did I dream this?


r/tipofmytongue • • 49m ago

Open [TOMT] [MOVIE/TV SHOW]

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i can not remember where this scene is from or how old it is but i feel like it may be relatively new. this is what i remember:
a man is approached at a table by someone (possibly a cop) because they were looking for his friend. the guy bought his friend a drink and said he didn’t know he was under 21. he said they were on a work trip and i believe his friend went to the bathroom or something. that’s really all i remember


r/tipofmytongue • • 3h ago

Open [TOMT] [Song] [2000's - 90's] some kinda rnb/soul sample

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I was listening to this mixtape(https://coldplushtoy.bandcamp.com/album/rico-r-mirez-wheelbite-cgk-part-2013-full-video) from coldplushtoy when I heard track 5. The sample that has singing vocals that go "tryin' to beg you" is what I'm looking for. I'm very curious on the origins of that sample in specific and I've been searching for hours but can't seem to find it. pls help ive been searching for this for so long i made an account just to find this song 😭


r/tipofmytongue • • 3h ago

Open [TOMT] [ANIMATION] [~2020 or earlier] Claymation short about an evil French fry who wants to deep fry the world

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During my childhood (so ~2020 or earlier), I watched a clay animation on YouTube, roughly 20 minutes long, in a Wallace & Gromit-like style. I've searched for hours ("evil fries claymation rat", "claymation fries rat") with no luck.

What I remember:

The villain was an evil, talking French fry who wanted to do something destructive to the entire world — I recall it wanting to deep fry the planet.

At one point the French fry piloted a plane by itself.

A mouse- or rat-like character eventually defeated it by throwing it into a commercial restaurant deep fryer.

My original post on r/HelpMeFind (still unresolved): https://www.reddit.com/r/HelpMeFind/comments/1xb2yy0/help_me_find_a_youtube_animation_i_watched_when/

Any lead helps — even just the channel or studio name.


r/tipofmytongue • • 57m ago

Open [TOMT][YouTube video][late 2000s-early 2010s]Stuffed animals go on adventures and have a party

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This was a video or series of videos on YouTube where a kid or kid(s) did an action-adventure story with their stuffed animals/plushies. It would've been posted at least prior to 2015, probably around 2009 by my estimation. I believe that one character was a panda who ran a dojo. At one point, all the characters dance together to "Tik Tok" by Kesha.


r/tipofmytongue • • 3h ago

Open [TOMT] [Stand-up] Hispanic comedian, Comedy Central Presents (2000s), bit about guessing a black guy's age

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I'm trying to find a Hispanic comedian from a Comedy Central Presents special. It was definitely in the 2000s, before 2010. The special was titled "Comedy Central Presents" plus his name.

The bit goes like this: he says black guys (he calls them "brothers") are cool, and that "black don't crack." Then he says that if you try to guess a black guy's age, you'll be way off.

He acts out the whole thing himself, playing both parts. First he asks the black guy his age, then he plays the black guy answering. When the guy answers, the black character shouts a short laugh, points at the person who guessed wrong, and does a little rhythmic dance while making a quick scat-like sound.

I've searched for lists of Hispanic comedians on Comedy Central but couldn't match him, and guessing his name hasn't worked. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!


r/tipofmytongue • • 13h ago

Open. [TOMT] PLEASE HELP!!!! For some inexplicable reason, his song haunts me once in a blue moon and drives me absolutely crazy.

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I remember back in 1988, a friend gave me a copied cassette and both sides were filled with mostly Ital Disco songs from that era. For example, one of the songs I clearly remember was Love Spy by Mike Mareen but the cassette was not labelled so I have no Idea. 

I remember a DJ talking to people in a club called The Pig & Whistle. The music was really loud and I could not make out whether the DJ had a British or American accent. 
Sometime during the early 90s, my car was broken into and my entire collection of cassettes were stolen.

This is going to be difficult to articulate but I'll try my best..... One of these songs was a sort of Instrumental Synth Trance type song (mostly synthesizer) and had a very calming but enigmatic feel to it. Not sad or overly happy yet slightly upbeat. When it haunts me it is like the melody is struggling to break the surface and it is so frustrating - I have tried to think where I was physically and mentally at the time for this song to haunt me but honestly, it is a mystery.

It has been almost 40 years and I have heard a few songs that remind me strongly of that song but not the song I'm looking for.

Below I will add a few links and I hope I am not infringing on copyrights - these links are merely songs that remind me of that melody.

  1. The first link is from a YouTuber who composed music for his own tribute to the Airwolf TV show of the 80s. In the link below, the music starts at 3 minutes and the feel of this is very similar to the song I am looking for (but not quite)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55VuB724n6Y&t=222s

  1. The next song is by Tony Ann (Pulse). While this is a bit faster, the chord progression from 11 second to 22 seconds reminds me more of that song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08E_Kzob_A

  1. Lastly, the first 10 seconds of Enya's Lothlorien, reminds me of that song's melody too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6aHtdoXPiw

That is all I have and I hope somebody in this beautiful world can end this mystery for me PLEASE!!!!!


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Open [TOMT] [Game] Recent Trailer for a game about killing giant monsters/leviathans. Kind of cartoony, fps type game. They dropped from a dropship onto a flying creatures back, breached through its eye, and fought their way through its insides looking for its heart.

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I believe it was indie game, don't think its been released. Multiple monster types planned.


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Open [TOMT] Novel where the main character often thinks to himself "you are dead, X. Dead, dead, dead".

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I vaguely recall this recurring line from a novel (not sure if standalone or part of a series) I read in middle school, in the middle to late 2000s. I don't remember whether it was a standalone or part of a series.


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Open [TOMT][Movie or tv show?] construction worker is sacrificed while building a house because they believe they need to bury someone alive in the foundation to save the house

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I can’t remember if this is a movie or a tv show but the premise is that there was a construction worker while building a house- I think the construction worker has been in prison or just been a criminal/bad guy in general. But there was this belief that a person needed to be buried alive in the foundation of the house and that their life would keep the house safe(?). I want to say either this guy/his ghost was trying to escape and either the main characters were trying to help him (bc they thought he was just a suffering spirit not realizing he needed to be in there/would kill them to get out) or they were trying to keep him in/he was just kinda a side plot.

I thought it was American horror story but couldn’t find a plot that fit that well- it may have been a lesser known horror movie too. I have no idea the time frame- the best estimate I have for when it would have come out is 1990s-2010s.


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Solved [TOMT] Anyone know this song that’s used in a lot of social media trends?

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/DceZMDouC5o/?l=1

I’ve been trying to find this song!


r/tipofmytongue • • 11h ago

Open [TOMT] North American Colourful Bird

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Hello everyone, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but this sub was quite helpful last time so I thought that I'd try again.

As the title suggests, I'm looking for a specific bird, but I can't remember the name of it. I don't remember where I discovered this bird, but I think it was mentioned in a story I was reading online. The only problem is that I don't remember what story it was. I've tried going through my search history, but I can't find it.

The bird was a North American bird and was extremely colourful. It reminded me of the lilac breasted roller. It had a shiny neck/chest that was purple. I remember it having colour all over its body. It is not a grackle, wood duck, painted bunting, or green or blue jay. Please help me find this bird.

Tldr; looking for a very colourful north american bird