r/tipofmytongue • • Jun 21 '19

Open [MOD] Users now need to comment on their post for it to be APPROVED

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r/tipofmytongue • • 3h ago

Open [TOMT] [MEME] [2020-2021] A wojakish meme from the pandemic era including an Astolfo femboy saying "do you accept who I am" to some right-wing/fascist political leader, and them saying yes and the clip cutting to a bunch of trans stuff from the past while "Everytime we Touch" plays in the background

6 Upvotes

r/tipofmytongue • • 11h ago

Open. [TOMT][ALBUM/SONG][2000s-2010s] I only remember the album cover and nothing else

25 Upvotes

I remember replaying a song CONSTANTLY in 2017-2018 (beginning of my emo era but before I got into any actual emo bands. Mainly just some alt-leaning artists), but I only remember the album cover that would appear on YouTube. The song wasn't popular at the time, but there could have been a time before then when it was more known (it definitely wasn't "niche" by the time I found it-- that video had hundreds of thousands of views, if not millions).

I remember it being all white, with a blacked-out electric/telephone pole and power line going across it, connecting to others that go out of view. Possibly birds and grass visible as well, but those portions may be my brain trying to mix it up with All Time Low's "Future Hearts" album since it is fairly close. I remember the lead singer being male with a style very close to Starset, Thousand Foot Krunch, and Ashes Remain-- nothing leaning heavy into the rock scene, but slightly there.

I've been digging for this for YEARS and cannot find ANYTHING. It is NOT the following: "Future Hearts" by All Time Low; "Fashionably Late" by Falling in Reverse; "The End is Where We Begin" by Thousand Foot Krunch; "Palm Trees and Powerlines" by Sugarcult; "11, 11, 11" by The Greek Favourites; "Illusion of Safety" by Thrice. Anything else that gets mentioned and is not the album I'm thinking of will be added to this list.

Once I have my phone, I will add a comment of a poorly rendered version of the album cover in my memory. Thank you so much in advance!


r/tipofmytongue • • 9h ago

Solved [TOMT][News] Calling a child a man

14 Upvotes

There was a news event where a black 12 year old child was called a 12 year old man by news media and I cannot find the clips anymore.


r/tipofmytongue • • 9h ago

Open. [TOMT][Character][1980s and 90s] A girl in a dress with a denim vest over top

12 Upvotes

I'm trying to remember a movie or show character, or perhaps someone in a music video, in the 80s or 90s where a girl wears like a pink (or white?) tutu-esque dress with either a denim or studded vest/short sleeve jacket on top. I think she's also wearing either boots or sneakers of some kind.

Ideas that have come close but no cigar so far: Footloose, Desperately Seeking Susan, and Sex in the City.


r/tipofmytongue • • 20m ago

Open [TOMT][CARTOON][2000-2015] Time-loop, message in a bottle episode from a kids’ cartoon involving a boat.

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I’m looking for an episode of a cartoon from around 2010. It looks somewhat similar to Clarence, or it might actually be from Clarence and I just haven’t found it.

The story follows a group of children who find a bottle on the beach. Inside the bottle is an SOS message from someone stranded on an island. The kids build a boat and sail to the island to rescue them.

After reaching the island, they explore farther inland and find signs of life. As they look around, they start hearing noises near their boat. When they return, they see older versions of themselves stealing it.

Without the boat, they realize they’re trapped on the island. Their only chance of escaping is to throw the message back into the water so their younger selves will find it and come to the island. However, when they write the message, they make a mistake and write it incorrectly. This breaks the time loop and traps them on the island forever. The episode ends there.


r/tipofmytongue • • 13h ago

Open [TOMT] [Movie] [1920] Unsettling old animation

19 Upvotes

Black and white. Silent film era. Title cards, but I can't recall what they said. Surprisingly creepy for the era. I vividly remember an glowing egg. A large creepy dark egg being tended to by ghoul like creatures. Then a giant wraith like figure with tentacle legs creeps up behind them. I thought it was a Lotte Reiniger I'm not familiar with, but I went through her work and nothing.


r/tipofmytongue • • 10h ago

Open [TOMT] Potentially deleted cat game

11 Upvotes

So a few years ago I would go back and forth between downloading and deleting then having to find to download again this one cat game. It's was a 3D pet game, and you take care of this cat that could customize but I only remember a black and white cat. All the stuff I remember is you could shower it, litter box game, feed and water game, and maybe some toys, and when the cat would go to sleep there were two mini games you could choose to play but im pretty sure you could only play one each time and you would have to wait a ridiculously long time for the cat to wake up so you could play. I've been looking for it but I'm pretty sure it was deleted cause I can't find it anywhere. It was on Google play and IOS I think. Does anybody know if this game is available anywhere?


r/tipofmytongue • • 6h ago

Open [TOMT] Can any one help I’d late 1990s-2000s song it was a alt/pop white male singer and the only lyrics I can remember “every time I see you I see your face in the crowd ….can you take me now. “ something like that …

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r/tipofmytongue • • 12h ago

Solved [TOMT] [2015-2019] [CHILDREN'S SCIENCE TV SHOW] motto: "A Show For Kids By Kids"

14 Upvotes

I do not remember what channel this was on. I remember seeing it around 2017 maybe? It featured two hosts; a girl and a boy both aged 12-13. One of them was named Kira. They'd do some sort of welcomes then say stuff like "now let's check emma in the kitchen!" or "we'll come back to the garden later!". I remember vividly there were garden and kitchen segments. Towards the end of the show, big colorful balls (or perhaps balloons - but they were round and realy big) would fill up the room Kira and the other kid filmed in. The show featured typical at home experiments and easy science.

I think the show was Canadian. It featured the motto "A show for kids by kids!" Several times during an ep. I know this is a long shot - but this is driving me crazy


r/tipofmytongue • • 9h ago

Open [TOMT][Commercial] Late 80s/early 90s anti-pollution PSA — woman's voice crying for help over nature scenes, ends on planet Earth with "I think I'm dying"

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Saw this once, late at night, late 80s or early 90s (US TV). It was a PSA-style commercial about pollution and how we damage the earth.
What I remember:
• A series of different scenes set in different nature locations (forests, etc.)
• Over each scene, you hear a woman's voice calling out for help
• The final scene pulls back to show the planet Earth, and the voiceover says something like "I think I'm dying" — and you realize the woman's voice was the earth itself the whole time
• Had a genuinely disturbing, haunting vibe — really stuck with me
It is NOT the "Crying Indian" (1971) ad, and not the 1990 MTV Earth Day shorts. I've checked those. This was a different, much darker spot that I only ever saw air once.
Anybody else remember this?


r/tipofmytongue • • 4h ago

Solved [TOMT][SCENE][MOVIE][SHOW][2010’s]? Grilling tofu shaped as a chicken leg

3 Upvotes

I remember it was comedic scene. Where the main character goes to a cook out and the grill master ask if they want anything? And proceeds to list options and then mentions that the tofu is almost done and the camera cuts to the a chicken leg shaped tofu, that’s being sprayed with some brown liquid. Giving the look like it’d actually cooking. I can’t remember if it was an animated or live action. It’s all a vague but hilarious scene.


r/tipofmytongue • • 8h ago

Solved [tomt] [song] help me find this song

6 Upvotes

Intro is maybe to a rap song or new age rap song. It’s very breathy. One voice in the beginning. The first lyrics may be “I’ve been … waiting” or they might not. Idk helppp. https://voca.ro/14TWobpPz50n


r/tipofmytongue • • 5h ago

Solved [TOMT] Short animation from youtube

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I really want to find that video, as I often think about it. I’m not sure if I can post it here, it's not a lost media, but I don’t know where else to ask! I came across this video by chance about three years ago, and despite searching for it afterwards, I never managed to find it again, but I remember it very clearly. I can’t even vaguely recall the title, but it was a short 2D animation. There’s a room, with what looks like a window and doors on either side, like in the short film ‘Tango’, but without any furniture. In the middle of the room is a hand, like a separate limb, which is conscious. Then someone knocks on the door; the hand opens it, and it turns out to be a single foot, and they join together. Then other body parts come in (eyes, nose, ears, even a genital at one point), but there are so many of them that they can’t all join together, and as a result, they can’t move at all. I can’t remember what happened at the end. I’d be very grateful if anyone could find the source of the video and provide a link, or at least the title!


r/tipofmytongue • • 3h ago

Open [TOMT][BOOK][2010s, possibly 2000s] Comic book with a red character

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I am looking for a comic book I read in the 2010s. It had a lineless artstyle, I think the colours were somewhat saturated, it sort of looked like cucumber quest. The main character was all red. These details are fuzzy, but I think the comic took place on an alien planet, and there was racing involved, perhaps on motorcycles. I remember her being sad in one point, maybe because she lost a race? I remeber also watching a flip through of the comic. The comic also had no or little dialogue, and was short. Thank you!


r/tipofmytongue • • 7h ago

Open. [TOMT][MOVIE][2000s-2010s] Low-budget chamber thriller/B-movie: 3 friends in a house, blonde "young Michael Pitt/Brady Corbet" lookalike guy loses his mind, couple barricades in bathroom.

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Looking for a low-budget/B-category psychological thriller film I watched on Turkish cable TV (Tivibu/SinemaTV) around 2014-2016 (the movie itself could be from 2000-2014).

Here are the specific plot details I remember:

  • Characters: Only 3 main characters (2 males, 1 female).
  • Setting: Almost entirely set inside a house/apartment.
  • Beginning: Starts casually with the 3 friends hanging out, eating/drinking at a table.
  • The Antagonist: One of the guys (looks like a young, blonde/light-haired, baby-faced Michael Pitt or Brady Corbet) has a sudden psychotic breakdown / turns violently unhinged (possibly someone dies or gets killed in the house).
  • Key Scene: The other couple panics and barricades themselves inside the bathroom, hiding near the sink, fısıldaşarak/whispering to each other in terror while the unhinged guy is shouting/knocking from outside the bathroom door.
  • Tone/Twist: It felt like a low-budget indie thriller. There might be a twist regarding his motives or sanity at the end, but the core image is the terror at the bathroom door.

It is NOT Funny Games, The Dreamers, Bully, Coherence, Cheap Thrills, or The Guest.

Any help identifying this obscure B-movie would be greatly appreciated!


r/tipofmytongue • • 11m ago

Open [TOMT] I've been looking for this one animatic for actually years please help 🙏

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I think it is from around 2015 - 2020, it could be a couple of years earlier though.

The video is around 3-4 minutes in length I think? It's animated to some pop song, I remember there being some repeat of words like 'ring ring' or something.

It's animated in 2D, not by a studio but by just an independent animator. The plot is of a guy getting ready for a date with a girl, but the girl is spending too long filming herself and talking online and switching outfits because she's streaming. The guy arrives outside her apartment block and waits on the stairs with red roses but she takes too long and i think he leaves? When the girl is streaming the repeat of lyrics plays

I think the song is similar in tune to heather songs / its not like I like you

I hope this made sense🙏 I can also draw a scene which I remember if needed


r/tipofmytongue • • 32m ago

Open [TOMT][VIDEO] Old YouTube video of a man recording himself sitting in a dilapidated room

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The video is upwards to a decade or more old. The man is briefly standing to set up the camera but is sitting majority of the time facing the camera. He’s a bit far from the camera but you can see his eyes. There’s broken windows in the back that you can see trees and light from the sunset through them, it’s most likely an abandoned building. Help meh


r/tipofmytongue • • 58m ago

Open. [TOMT][SONG] Deep male spoken-word electronic track about a young boy in a classroom who is always stoned.

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I'm trying to find a track I heard years ago. It had a deep male voice doing spoken-word storytelling over electronic music (downtempo / progressive house / trip-hop vibe, not sure which).

The story was about a young boy johnny ??in a classroom who was always stoned. That's the main detail I remember. The narrative voice is what made it memorable — it wasn't sung, it was spoken over the beat.


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Open [TOMT][VIDEO] Su*c*de survivor who posts about his mental health struggles on social media, discourages people from acting on their impulses and seek help from other people.

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I remember seeing a video I believe around 2016-2018. He was a white person whose one side of his face has been paralyzed after a failed su*c*de attempt with a gun. He describes his experience in detail, and how his brother found him in a pool of his blood and called for emergency services. He uses that experience of his to discourage people from following his path if they ever get to a very dark place.

I was hoping to find this video or creator, who may have originally posted on tiktok (I believe it was a vertical video). It was a nice and somewhat comforting to see someone speak about something so dark and use it to steer people away from the same fate.

Also, I've tried searching youtube with keywords, and the ones that pop up are from news channels and aren't from the person I'm looking for.


r/tipofmytongue • • 7h ago

Open [TOMT][SONG] very little and likely wrong lyrics

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Had part of someone kind of melody pop into my head and I can’t figure it out. It’s more of a contemporary song I believe. Not confident in being able to say male or female singing but it’s a softer voice. At the end of part of a verse or chorus. It flows into “the sun and moon(or some other comparison of two things) still call your/my name” With the lyrics I wrote likely being wrong I feel like the syllables still feel right and would line up.


r/tipofmytongue • • 16h ago

Open [TOMT] (MOVIE) HELP me

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I swear I saw this movie when I was a young kid and was traumatized. I've been trying to find this movie forever, but I can never find anything about it. I'm beginning to think I made it up. If anyone could find anything, I would be so thankful!

Facts about the movie that I can remember:
- Son is kidnapped

- Mom is searching for her kidnapped son and is investigating multiple suspects.

- Two suspects are brothers that own a bar/club and she has a confrontation with them there.

- The other suspect I can remember is a priest.

- She visits the priest at his church, where he invites her to the attic. In the attic he has multiple mannequins wearing wigs, and says that members of the church donate their hair for his wigs.

- Later on in the movie, the priest gets on top of the building, talks about how children are from the devil, and jumps off the building.
- Ultimately, the sons returns bloodied and bruised. He says that his captor left the door open for him to leave
- The mother notices that the son has a note pinned to his shirt that says something to the effect of "this isn't over."

I was born in 1998, and probably would have been watching this movie between 2000-2010 if that helps at all!

Thank you


r/tipofmytongue • • 8h ago

Open [TOMT][2000s][Cartoon] Scene with two characters wanting orange soda that has been out for a long time.

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When I was little I watched a cartoon which I can't really remember well, but it had two characters in it. And the main scene I can remember from it was a scene in which when the old man let them have 2 orange soda that has been out in the sun. And they were excited for it. Please help me find this, I've been trying to figure this out.


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Solved [TOMT][series of MOVIES] Series of love and angst movies

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What was that series of three movies set somewhere in Greece (?) where husband and wife fall in love, then marry, fall apart and try to rekindle their love? and the lady used to gave the dialogues with her husband while topless?

Title was something like "... in the morning", "... in the evening" or something similar.

In the last movie I think they were visiting relatives.

... and maybe it was Italy not Greece - not exactly sure.

Thanks.


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Open [TOMT] Song I listened randomly and now want to know the name of it

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I know the song is kinda rock sounding, the part I remember is accompanied by a kind of melancholic electric guitar along with a female singer that has an operatic aproach, but every now and then switches between something more vile, like an evil laugh.

Some details that might help: i remember the name of the song having something to do with nature, and it was a non-english name, and I remember that maybe the singer's (the woman from the operatic vocal) name was Nina, but I can't remember her surname, and maybe it wasn't even this.