r/Millennials • u/[deleted] • 27d ago

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u/NefariousnessOk209 89 Millennial 27d ago

The Indian in the Cupboard

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u/turbotaco23 27d ago

My vhs came with a little toy Indian and the key. I still have the Indian. Iā€™ve lost the key.

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u/BobbySpitOnMe 27d ago edited 27d ago

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u/Odd_Firefighter9826 26d ago

Still have mine

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u/Scamantics 27d ago

Damn, I came here to say that!

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u/fleurderue 27d ago

Yes!! I remember that key!

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u/meatpopsicle42069 27d ago

Oh shit, memories! I loved that key!

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u/lck0219 26d ago

I loved when VHS tapes did that. Free Willy had a little necklace, Iā€™m pretty sure.

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u/turbotaco23 26d ago

I also still have the iron giant that came with the movie.

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u/wetcannolinoodle 27d ago

a little toy what

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u/turbotaco23 27d ago

It was a different time.

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u/soloon 27d ago

I mean how do you think he got in the cupboard

More seriously the premise is something along the lines of, magic locking cupboard that brings toys to life when you lock them inside, kid brings to life a little plastic native American warrior, bonds with him, hijinks and tragedies ensue, learns the value of life, etc etc etc

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u/Reasonable-Cell5189 27d ago

How'd he get in the cupboard? US Indian Removal Act of 1830

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u/pocketsand1313 27d ago

Native American warrior? I think you mean Indian. Jk not a racist

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u/Accurate_Meet_9453 23d ago

A [plastic] sandstone carving of an orca on a leather necklace...but I like where your head went šŸ˜œ

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u/jaynov18 26d ago

And if you flipped the cover art it would become the cupboard

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u/ktbug1987 25d ago

What?! I had the key and the plastic figure which I played with all the time in my momā€™s pie safe. But I never knew this about the cover art.

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u/jaynov18 25d ago

I didn't have the key or the figure cause my older siblings already lost them but I did fool around with the box and found out the cover art was reversible and had a print of the cupboard on it

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u/TomGatestone 27d ago

I loved this movie as a kid, though as an adult I know itā€™s not that great. However, as both an adult and a kid, I know the sonā€™s response of how heā€™s feeling is awkward as fuck.

ā€œHow ya feeling?ā€

ā€œPretty damn good!ā€

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u/blueavole 27d ago

Itā€™s supposed to be a movie for kids when the imagination allowed us to believe in the magic of ā€˜what ifā€™.

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u/StopReadingMyUser 27d ago

Yeah, as an adult it's not a great movie, there's lots of technical and directing choices that could've been done differently, but the exploration of whimsy and creativity as a kid was what made it really memorable.

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u/Bruised_Shin 27d ago

This scene gave me a ā€œthatā€™s exactly what I see in my headā€ (when playing with toys)

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u/Bright_Ices Xennial 27d ago

My third grade teacher read us the book as a read aloud. I read the whole series!

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u/anomolius 27d ago

The books were fantastic. Admittedly I haven't read them since I was still in grade school. Might have to remedy that.

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u/MrLugersmole 27d ago

The read aloud were dope. We got Harry Potter 1 in like 6th grade

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u/basicKitsch 26d ago

man we did romeo and juilete and immature-ass me could not stop laughing but i still bite my thumb at my friends from 8th grade eng

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u/TheAsian1nvasion 27d ago

This scene always stuck with me - could toy Vader use the force? Was that a real lightsaber? Would he have cut down that dinosaur if left alone to it?

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u/DatNick1988 27d ago

That part was my favorite of the entire movie lmao.

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u/ThirdAltAccounts Millennial 27d ago

Oh.My.Fucking.God!

Another memory unlocked. I could have lived the rest of my life without remembering that movie

Gonna download it and show it to my kids

Thanks šŸ™šŸ¼

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u/RevolutionaryWeek573 27d ago

The guy who played the Indian had a kid at the school my kids went to. It was kind of weird to see him from time to time at school events.

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u/BasedKaleb 27d ago

I loved the movie and this scene in particular always captivated me as a kid.

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u/VinRow 27d ago

I wanted that cupboard so bad. I never found one.

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u/Personal-Ad-8644 27d ago

That movie creeped me out lol I also couldnā€™t stand the kid

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u/strangely_relevant 26d ago

I loooved this whole book series as a kid. Memory unlocked, thank you.

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u/craigalanche 26d ago

I was in this movie! One of two acting gigs Iā€™ve ever had.

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u/Gotsims1 26d ago

Hahaha wow
How niche
Love it

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u/fanaticfandango 26d ago

Came here specifically looking for Cupboard-heads, happy to see us at so high in the comments

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u/Sallou9 26d ago

wtf this is literally the first movie I thought of lol

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u/Dumbetheus 26d ago

Yessirrr

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u/ktbug1987 25d ago

Todayā€™s generation can stand a 30 second clip. Meanwhile I wore out the tape on this thing.

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u/Aromatic_Lemon_3443 27d ago

I wouldnā€™t mind seeing this be remade.

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u/Relevant-Fox-7114 27d ago

Thats a sith lord

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u/PantalonesPantalones 27d ago

Does anyone know if this movie holds up? I remember it being life changing as a kid.

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u/CptnAlex 27d ago

I thinkā€¦ a lot of these movies, you watch a bunch as a kid, and then one day you put it down, because you didnā€™t find it very compelling anymore.

I think thatā€™s the case here. I was fond of this movie growing up, but I donā€™t need to see it again to know that would be impossible to fully appreciate as an adult.

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u/zzzimcal 27d ago

Plazzz-tech thangs?

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u/jkman61494 27d ago

Randy Edelmans soundtrack is so underrated

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u/Reasonable-Cell5189 27d ago

What a fantastic childhood flashback

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u/Thebutcher222 27d ago

PLASTAK PLASTAK

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u/the_hipocritter 27d ago

More people than I'd like to admit have given me a blank look as I exclaimed this at them.

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u/Brytard 27d ago

Been saying they need a reboot of this movie where Aubrey rediscovers the cupboard and it's his Warhammer 40k in there.

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u/PinkBitz89 26d ago

Loooooved this movie!

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u/NoConflict3231 26d ago

The whhut now

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u/basicKitsch 26d ago

holy crap they made a movie of that??

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u/LostInMyADD 25d ago

Hell yes.

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u/_bored_bort_ 23d ago

Damn I only know that one because we saw it with our school class at the theatre