IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY: the name that movie/song thread

TomeWyrm

It's happened to all of us. We suddenly remember a scene from a movie or a lyric from a song and that's all. And yet we need to know the rest of it. I present this thread in honor of such forgetfulness, such amnesia. Mostly because I need to remember a movie long forgotten, but also because I know more of you have the same problem. There is something out there eating at your soul that you simply cannot shake. Some remembrance of childhood that haunts you to this day that if only you could put a title to you would be okay, that the nightmares would finally stop. I post this thread in honor of you. My fellow brave soldiers into that dark, unknown night. Here we shall, hopefully, find freedom and closure. Here is our salvation. To those begging for insight, I offer my sympathy. For those offering knowledge, I give my thanks. Here we are all equals, and here we shall find freedom!

For many of you seeking closure in a film, I offer these titles:





And now, if I may have helped any of you, I present my personal problem in the hopes that you may help me. Mine is an ancient and eldritch mystery, one that has not in well over a decade offered anything more than an epidemic of ignorance and fear. I have spoken of this movie and the psyches of inner children quaked. Memories long forgotten shook with the foundations of quarrelsome childhoods and suppressed adolescence. With this request I churn the ice cream of doom.

The movie of which I speak I witnessed some fifteen or more years ago, an animated horror of terror, loss, resolve, and eventual victory. A boy crosses a bridge haunted by some sort of thieving troll, a beast that threatens to steal from him his most precious of possessions should he not perform a profane series of preventions including bathing in vinegar, filling his bathrobe pockets full of chalk, and wearing tinfoil on his head. A second child, privy to these ancient and forbidden arts, informs our protagonist of his foolishness and guides him towards the path of victory. Yet he forgets one of these mystical bulwarks and the vile creature creeps into his abode and steals from him his beloved pet hamster. Yes friends, an innocent rodent. And so our hero brazenly ventures into the realm of this horrid troll-fiend and initiates a bargain with him, all in an attempt to save the life and freedom of his most innocent of hamsters, outwitting the monster and winning the furry one's emancipation.

What is this movie?! I ask this of you all, in the hopes that I will know the answer before I die, and with the promise that if you should have a similar question that I will exercise all my power to aid you in such ventures. Hopefully with each others' help, we shall see the end of this long, darkened path.

But seriously this movie is driving me nuts and I can't figure it out. I NEED to know what it is!

TL;DR Edit:

Movie I want to know:

-Kid crosses a bridge that is haunted by a troll that steals shit from you if you cross said bridge
-Kid gets scared by this, consults a nerdy kid that knows about troll shit and gives him advice to beat the troll
-Kid bathes in vinegar, puts tin foil on his head, etc. to keep troll away
-Kid forgets to put chalk in his pockets, and so troll comes and steals his pet hamster
-Kid has to go under the bridge and deal with the troll to win his pet hamster
-Kid somehow beats troll in battle of wits and wins his hamster back
-Kid lives happily ever after

#pipe

Reanimator

TomeWyrm

#pipe wrote: »

Reanimators

I...what...no...just...maybe?

nuka

Little Nemo scared me so bad as a kid.

I'd watch it again but I think I was watching a rental.

PkErthbnd

pipe your avatar is perfect for how quickly and succinctly you solved this man's problem.

TomeWyrm

PkErthbnd wrote: »

pipe your avatar is perfect for how quickly and succinctly you solved this man's problem.

If only Herbert West solved the problem of this damn troll! If only it were that easy!

#pipe

guy you should give us a TL;DR summary of everything you can remember from the movie. It's kind of lost in a wall of text at the moment.

might I suggest a list with bullet points, maybe an approximate year of production, country of origin?

MereHappenstance

Damn. Right when I started reading the OP, I immediately though of Little Nemo. Was gonna post it them BAM!

Little Nemo. One of my favorite childhood movies.

Arrath

Okay, I have one. It was a movie that came out in the mid to late 90's. I don't remember a whole lot about it other than it was set on a bunch of fog shrouded swamp type sets, and there was an evil guy who was harvesting some kind of energy or life force from the swamp (or the world?) and putting them into containers, that he then used to sell or keep himself alive or something. I think there was a team of 4 heroes (in bad rubber suits), one of whom had been a swordmaster but put it down after an accident and he had maimed/killed a friend or something like that. And if I remember right, it bombed horribly.

TomeWyrm

Arrath wrote: »

Okay, I have one. It was a movie that came out in the mid to late 90's. I don't remember a whole lot about it other than it was set on a bunch of fog shrouded swamp type sets, and there was an evil guy who was harvesting some kind of energy or life force from the swamp (or the world?) and putting them into containers, that he then used to sell or keep himself alive or something. I think there was a team of 4 heroes (in bad rubber suits), one of whom had been a swordmaster but put it down after an accident and he had maimed/killed a friend or something like that. And if I remember right, it bombed horribly.

These heroes weren't kangaroos per chance, were they?

mensch-o-matic

cartoon or live action?

PiptheFair

Arrath wrote: »

Okay, I have one. It was a movie that came out in the mid to late 90's. I don't remember a whole lot about it other than it was set on a bunch of fog shrouded swamp type sets, and there was an evil guy who was harvesting some kind of energy or life force from the swamp (or the world?) and putting them into containers, that he then used to sell or keep himself alive or something. I think there was a team of 4 heroes (in bad rubber suits), one of whom had been a swordmaster but put it down after an accident and he had maimed/killed a friend or something like that. And if I remember right, it bombed horribly.

back to the future

Arrath

mensch-o-matic wrote: »

cartoon or live action?

Live action I'm fairly sure.

TomeWyrm wrote: »

These heroes weren't kangaroos per chance, were they?

Damned if I can remember. Don't think they were humans, at least.

#pipe

Reanimator.

PiptheFair

hey, have you guys seen reanimator?

mensch-o-matic

Arrath wrote: »

mensch-o-matic wrote: »

cartoon or live action?

Live action I'm fairly sure.

TomeWyrm wrote: »

These heroes weren't kangaroos per chance, were they?

Damned if I can remember. Don't think they were humans, at least.

power rangers

okay okay now i am thinking of a number between 1 and 10

MereHappenstance

Arrath wrote: »

mensch-o-matic wrote: »

cartoon or live action?

Live action I'm fairly sure.

TomeWyrm wrote: »

These heroes weren't kangaroos per chance, were they?

Damned if I can remember. Don't think they were humans, at least.

Warriors of Virtue.

Tallahasseeriel

TomeWyrm wrote: »

Arrath wrote: »

Okay, I have one. It was a movie that came out in the mid to late 90's. I don't remember a whole lot about it other than it was set on a bunch of fog shrouded swamp type sets, and there was an evil guy who was harvesting some kind of energy or life force from the swamp (or the world?) and putting them into containers, that he then used to sell or keep himself alive or something. I think there was a team of 4 heroes (in bad rubber suits), one of whom had been a swordmaster but put it down after an accident and he had maimed/killed a friend or something like that. And if I remember right, it bombed horribly.

These heroes weren't kangaroos per chance, were they?

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/10665-virtue

#pipe

PiptheFair wrote: »

hey, have you guys seen reanimator?

Arrath

Hoooooooooly shit. I think thats it! You guys are good.

TomeWyrm

Arrath wrote: »

Hoooooooooly shit. I think thats it! You guys are good.

Yeah, that movie was crazy bad, and sticks with you like herpes. You'll never rid yourself of its taint.

Terrendos

What's the name of that song they play during the Lexus commercials? All I can ever pull out of the lyrics is "4... 3... 2... 1..." which is surprisingly difficult to Google for good results.

Butler For Life #1

Major Tom (Coming Home). Originally by Peter Schilling, with the Lexus cover by Shiny Toy Guns.

Charles Kinbote

now, there's this techno song I'm trying to think of

the main part goes "do do do do do do do do do do do do do" "do do do do do do do do do do do do do"

it's not Freezepop

Centipede Damascus

I have this line that I love but I can't remember what it's from

"Brunch, it's not quite breakfast, it's not quite lunch, you'll love it."

Said in a kind of effeminate voice

I want to say Simpsons, but I don't think that's actually it

Tallahasseeriel

Seinfeld?

#pipe

Terrendos wrote: »

What's the name of that song they play during the Lexus commercials? All I can ever pull out of the lyrics is "4... 3... 2... 1..." which is surprisingly difficult to Google for good results.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyFe5m2MU9Q&feature=avmsc2

I've never seen the commercial but I spent ten seconds on google. Is this the one?

Olivaw

Centipede Damascus wrote: »

I have this line that I love but I can't remember what it's from

"Brunch, it's not quite breakfast, it's not quite lunch, you'll love it."

Said in a kind of effeminate voice

I want to say Simpsons, but I don't think that's actually it

Marge: What's Brunch?
Jacques: You'd love it, It's not quite breakfast, it's not quite lunch, but
it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end. You don't get
completely what you would at breakfast, but you get a good meal!

mensch-o-matic

if cantaloupe was mentioned then it was the simpsons

Butler For Life #1

Standing there alone/the ship is waiting/all systems are go/are you sure?/Control is not convinced/but the computers have the evidence/ Just major tom/ the count goes on/ 4 3 2 1... Earth below us, drifting, falling, etc.

Olivaw

Anyone who wonders where a quote is from? Google it

Nine times out of ten you will get your answer on the first page

Hirocon

For the past few weeks I had a short section of a musical score stuck in my head, and I couldn't place it. I finally figured out that it was the music from this scene:

Disney -Rescuers Down Under

Arrath, your movie sounds a lot like I movie I've been trying to figure out for years. I think I saw it in the early 90s. Definitely live action. There was a witch (it might have been a guy) sucking life force from a river and turning the river to mud or something. He/she was thwarted by a young kid and a group of 3 to 4 things that might have looked something like the robots from Mystery Science Theater 3000. There may have been a promotional tie-in with a candy company, getting the Mystery Science Theater robots to appear on bags of candy. I don't think it was Warriors of Virtue.

Also, there is a game I played years ago, I think on the NES. It involved navigating a speedboat through a jungle and going over waterfalls. It wasn't Cobra Triangle. I think you viewed the action from an angle so you could move in four directions and also jump. The river itself always was always drawn horizontally on the screen. Again, it wasn't Cobra Triangle.

mensch-o-matic

Charles Kinbote wrote: »

now, there's this techno song I'm trying to think of

the main part goes "do do do do do do do do do do do do do" "do do do do do do do do do do do do do"

it's not Freezepop

context?

TomeWyrm

Centipede Damascus wrote: »

I have this line that I love but I can't remember what it's from

"Brunch, it's not quite breakfast, it's not quite lunch, you'll love it."

Said in a kind of effeminate voice

I want to say Simpsons, but I don't think that's actually it

Pretty sure it is the Simpsons. Episode where Homer gives Marge a bowling ball for her birthday.

Centipede Damascus

Holy crap I love the Rescuers Down Under so much

Olivaw

Okay, here's something that has been driving me crazy for what feels like years

I've got this theme song in my head, and I've searched around for the source, but I can't find it and I can't remember if it was a part of a larger show or a video game or what

All I remember is that it goes

Commander Quark
Commander Quark
dun dun DUN DUN Commander Quark
Commander Quark
dun dun DUN DUN Commander Quark

I realize that musical tone is hard to communicate through text but someone has to have heard this shit before!

Hacksaw

I spent all last night looking for the name of a song by what I thought was Nirvana. Turned out to be Alice in Chains.

tugga

Hirocon wrote: »

For the past few weeks I had a short section of a musical score stuck in my head, and I couldn't place it. I finally figured out that it was the music from this scene:

Disney -Rescuers Down Under

man in real life that kid would be fucked

bowtiedseal

I'm just glad someone else has seen the princess and the goblin

I sound like a crazy person when I try to explain the plot to people

Langly

Olivaw is that a song from ratchet and clank games? featuring commander qwark? I know he had a TV show and stuff in those games.

Olivaw

Langly wrote: »

Olivaw is that a song from ratchet and clank games? featuring commander qwark?

That's what I thought, but I searched for that at some point too but nothing came up!

I mean, I'd be glad to be wrong, but I don't think that's it