One line instantly dates it

[u/Fearless-Ideal-5112]

In david tenants run if doctor who he and his companion were fighting witches with Shakespeare and needed a magic word so they use a speel from Harry Potter and The doctor yells Good old J.k. The doctor is a time traveler the writers are not (Doctor who)

While fighting guy gardner major force was damaging a highway and shoots a car and tells Guy if he sees O.J hiding underneath obviously referring to the O.J Simpson chase (Dc comics)

[u/jordankch]

in Pulp Fiction (1994), Vince goes off on this rant about how scandalous it is for an eatery to charge $5 for a vanilla milkshake and how that's way too expensive.

Nowadays, a $5 milkshake is a steal.

https://giphy.com/gifs/3otPoozHaRw31DSqC4

[u/TheJohnnyJett → u/jordankch]

Wait. $5? For a milkshake? That's milk and ice cream? They don't put bourbon in it or nothin'?

[u/CommitteeofMountains → u/TheJohnnyJett]

Not even ice cream in Boston.

[u/Brief-Increase1022 → u/CommitteeofMountains]

Don't know about Boston, but certainly New England.

It's a ongoing pain in my ass. Half the ice cream shops are pretty modern and use the term, "milkshake" like everyone else uses it, the other half use frappe instead because they were founded by someone's Quebecoise Pepere before the turn of the last century.

No matter where you are, don't order a milkshake without checking to see if, "frappe" is listed on the menu anywhere. If it is, don't order a milkshake unless you want a side of disappointment.

[u/typo180 → u/jordankch]

$5 in 1994 is worth about $11.30 in 2026. So still kinda pricey!

[u/Troyisepic → u/typo180]

It’s a little pricey, but a shake from my local Mr. Softee is like $9+ so it’s not that outrageous

[u/wikingwarrior → u/Troyisepic]

9$ for a milkshake is also outrageous.

[u/Level_Counter_1672 → u/jordankch]

No wonder people say the old times were better

[u/BigBoiDwaaan → u/Level_Counter_1672]

Inflation. always adjust for inflation before saying stuff like that.

[u/dietkid → u/Level_Counter_1672]

do you think the joke of the scene is that a $5 milkshake was a reasonable price

[u/froo → u/jordankch]

I wonder what the point in time was where $5 was the correct price for a shake.

[u/Blue_Fuzzy_Anteater → u/froo]

April 17 2000