I’ll close out the day with a little game courtesy of this image from Greg Guillemin. It’s a big print of a whole host of pop culture icons rendered in minimalist form, and your objective is to name them all without cheating. And since I can’t locate an answer key, I don’t think you can cheat.
Some are obvious, others I don’t think you’ll ever get. See what your record is though, and post it below.
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Boy, do I feel nerdy after going through that list and recognizing at least 50%.
whoa i know way 2 many of these pop icons
I saw something like this yesterday but not nearly this extensize. Here goes:
Jules & Vincent
The Addams Family?
Travis Bickle
?
The Village People
Mario & Luigi
?
Roy Orbison?
Ozzy
Joker, Batman, & Two-Face
The Simpsons
Sonic
TMNT
Che
Mulder & Scully
?
Betty Boop
Sockman
Fantastic Four
Terminator
Dracula?
Frankensteins Monster
The Mummy
?
The Beatles
Teen Titans – Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy?, ?, Raven, Deathstroke)
?
?
Tintin & Snowy
?
Chaplin – the Little Tramp
Spiderman
no clue
Buster Keaton
Link
?
Star Wars Ep. I
Tron
?
?
Star Wars Ep. IV
Magnum PI?
Asterix & Obelisk
LOTR – The Fellowship
Pirates II, I believe
The motherfuckin A-Team
Bonnie & Clyde?
Kick-Ass & Big Daddy?
?
Ghostface
no clue
Angry Birds
?
Hello Kitty
Jason
Watchmen
Toy Story
Zorro
Battlestar Galactica?
ZZ Top!
Nick Fury & The Falcon?
Shrek & Donkey
The Blues Bros.
The Flash
Pac-Man
Superman
Snake Plissken
?
Ghost Rider
Easy Rider
?
?
?
Ronald McDonald?
?
South Park
Hellboy & Abe
The Invisible Man
Laurel & Hardy
The damn bunny from Donnie Darko
?
Calvin & Hobbes
JJ Jameson
Marilyn Monroe
The Wizard of Oz
Megaman
Hannibal Lecter
MIB
The lone Ranger & Kato
Hellraiser or Michael Myers?
Freddy
?
The Scooby Gang
Shaft
The Mars Attacks Aliens
The Addams Family
The Three Stooges
Daredevil
?
Avatar
Jack Skellington
KISS
Pokemon
?
Judge Dredd
?
?
Wonder Woman
a single Smurf
Ghost World
?
Alex Delarge
Ripley & Alien
?
Metropolis (Fritz Lang)?
Fear & Loathing – Hunter & Gonzo
?
Waldo
Monsters Inc.
?
X-Men
The Dude & Walter
Gremlins
not sure
Mickey Mouse
Futurama
?
?
Hall & Oates?
Ziggy Stardust
?
V
Robocop
The Avengers
?
Tweety & Sylvester
Spinal Tap
Ezio from Assassin’s Creed?
Booster Gold?
?
?
?
Iron Fist & Power Man
Avatar the Last Airbender
?
Riggs & Murtagh
The Jungle Book
?
Teletubbies
Braveheart
?
In response to Bert’s list. I recognized a few more, and there were a handful I disagreed with. But overall, pretty much the same ones I saw.
1st Row … The black and white was The Marx Brothers
3rd Row… Janis Joplin and Spongebob Square Pants at the end of the row
4th Row.. after Tin-Tin, is that Spock?… After Link – The Matrix (Trinity, Neo Morpheus) and the end of that row is Wall-E
6th Row .. end of the row after Angry Birds is Looney Tunes
8th Row .. The group in the middle of the row is The Gorillaz
9th Row .. The rabbit is one of the rabbits from the Rayman games
12th Row … That’s Harry Potter, not Ghost World… After Fear and Loathing, is that Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest? And the end of that row is Despicable Me
13th Row.. after Futurama is that Ghandi?
14th Row, at the very end is Naruto, followed by the Incredibles
15th Row, I believe that’s Ice Age, not The Jungle Book
Not to repeat Bert’s work, here’s a few fill-ins for his responses:
The Addams Family? = Marx brothers, Groucho, Harpo, etc.
After Tintin and Snowy, that ? = Spock.
After Link, the MIB, I think.
After Kick Ass and Big Daddy, ? = True Grit.
After Angry Birds, the ? = Bugs Bunny, Marvin the Martian, Elmer Fudd, and Yosemite Sam.
1st Pair after Easy Rider = Marty McFly and Doc Brown?
JJ Jameson is probably Nick Fury, due to the eyepatch.
And that’s where I’ll stop cause I got stuff to do…
The last group on the first line is Disney/Pixar’s Up. I got bored after that.
I got them all.
1st Row
1. Pulp Fiction (Vincent, Jules)
2. Marx Bros. (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, either Gummo or Zeppo)
3. Taxi Driver (Travis)
4. ??
5. Village People
6. Mario Bros. (Mario, Luigi)
7. ??
8. Roy Orbison (thanks Bert)
9. Ozzy
2nd Row
10. Joker, Batman, 2 Face
11. The Simpsons
12. Sonic the Hedgehog
13. TMNT
14. Che Guevara
15. X-Files (Mulder, Scully)
16. ??
17. Betty Boop
18. Sackboy?
3rd Row
19. Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic, Human Torch, Thing, Invisible Woman)
20. Terminator
21. Dracula
22. Frankenstein’s Monster
23. Mummy
24. Ico?
25. The Beatles (thanks Bert)
26. Teen Titans (Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Sunfire, Raven, Deathstroke)
27. ?? something tells me I should know it though
28. ??
4th Row
29. Tin Tin and Snowy
30. Spock
31. Charlie Chaplin
32. Spiderman
33. Starsky and Hutch
34. Buster Keaton (thanks Bert)
35. Link
36. The Matrix (Trinity, Neo, Morpheus)
37. Star Wars (Emperor, ??, Jango Fett, Clone Trooper)
38. Tron
39. ??
40. ??
5th Row
41. Star Wars (Darth Vader, Obi-Wan, Yoda, R2D2, C3PO)
42. Magnum PI
43. Asterix & Obelisk (thanks Bert)
44. LOTR (The Fellowship)
45. Pirates of the Caribean (Jack, Elizabeth, Will, Barbossa?)
6th Row
46. The A-Team (Hannibal, Murdock, Face, BA)
47. The Avengers (John Steed, Emma Peel)
48. Kick-Ass and Hit Girl
49. True Grit (Rooster, Mattie, LaBoeuf)
50. Ghostface
51. ??
52. Angry Birds
53. Loony Tunes (Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Sam)
54. Hello Kitty
7th Row
55. Jason Vorhees
56. The Watchmen
57. Toy Story (Woody, Buzz, PotatoHead, Hamm, alien)
58. Zorro
59. The Day the Earth Stood Still (?, Gor)???
60. ZZ Top
61. Demolition Man (John Spartan, Simon Phoenix)
8th Row
62. Shrek and Donkey
63. Blues Bros.
64. Flash
65. Pacman
66. Superman
67. Snake Plisken (thank Bert)
68. Reboot??
69. Ghost Rider
70. Easy Rider
71. ??
72. Marty and Doc
73. ??
74. Ronald McDonald
9th Row
75. Gene Kelly??
76. South Park
77. Hellboy and Abe (thanks Bert)
78. The Invisible Man
79. Laurel and Hardy
80. Rabbid
81. ?? feel like I should know this one
82. Calvin and Hobbes
83. Nick Fury
84. Marilyn Monroe
85. Wizard of Oz (Dorothy, Tinman, Lion, Scarecrow)
86. Megaman
10th Row
87. Hannibal Lecter
88. Men in Black (K, J)
89. Green Hornet and Kato
90. Marv from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
91. Freddy Krueger
92. Rambo
93. Scooby Doo gang (Velma, Fred, Daphne,Scooby, Shaggy)
94. Shaft
95. Martian Leader from Mars Attacks
96. Addams Family
11th Row
97. ??
98. DareDevil
99. Blade
100. Avatar
101. Jack Skellington
102. Kiss
103. Pokemon (Pikachu, Ash)
104. Joe Pendleton from Heaven Can Wait??
105. Judge Dread
106. ??
107. ??
108. Wonder Woman
12th Row
109. Smurf
110. Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger
111. ??
112. Clockwork Orange (Alex)
113. Ripley and Alien
114. Doctor Octopus??
115. Metropolis
116. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
117. ??
118. Waldo
119. Sully and Mike from Monsters Inc.
120. ??
13th Row
121. Xmen
122. Big Lebowski
123. Gizmo
124. ??
125. Mickey Mouse
126. Futurama (Fry, Bender, Leela, Professor, Zoidberg)
127. Colonel Sanders
128. Ponch and John from CHIPS
129. ??
130. ??
14th Row
131. ??
132. V
133. Robocop
134. The Avengers (Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk)
135. ??
136. Tweetie and Slyvester
137. Spinal Tap (thanks Bert)
138. Assassins Creed (Altair or Ezio) or Space Ghost?
139. Naruto
140. The Incredibles
15th Row
141. ??
142. ??
143. Iron Fist and Power Man
144. Avatar the Last Airbender
145. The Phantom
146. Riggs and Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon
147. Ice Age
148. ??
149. TeleTubbies
150. Braveheart
151. ??
Just about all of em.
After Link is the Matrix…
And it’s the Green Hornet with Kato
The rest are pretty much named already.
to complete the list from mark
7. Up
28. sponge bob
40. Wall E
51. Dory and Merlin
97. the good the bad and the ugly ???
106. puka
120. Despicable me
130. ziggy stardust
135. the mask
59. Daft Punk
97. The Good, the bad, and the ugly (like michelle said)
113. Green Lantern (maybe)
Where’s the 3 stooges!
Awww shux!
I want to know why Indiana Jones isn’t in there somewhere?
Good work, other people. Still a few unidentified though:
1st row, 7th head.
2nd row, 17-19.
3rd row, 9th head – I should recognize that but can’t think of it.
4th row, 19th head.
6th row, 13 & 14.
8th row, 17th head. Beetlejuice maybe? and the 20th.
9th row, 12th head.
10th row, 8th head. Could be Rambo but the red looks like a visor.
11th row, 17 & 18, 19 & 20.
12th row, 5th head & 9th head. If 9 was Doc Ock he would’ve been grouped with Spiderman.
13th row, 9th head. This looks SO familiar…I want to say Johnny Depp! Also 19 & 20.
14th row, 1st head, 8th head
15th row, 1&2, 3, 14 & 15, 21. The last one and 14 & 15 also look super familiar.
2nd last, 3rd row from the bottom is Rush Hour (130)
The first row eighth head I believe is Kojak with the lollipop in his mouth.
And is that Ozzy or Alice Cooper?
1st row 7th head is Kojak.
4th row 19th head is Casper the Friendly Ghost.
6th row, 13th and 14th in is Merlin and Dory…fish from Finding Nemo.
8th row 20th head is the Shadow
10th row 8th head is definitely Rambo
11th row 17/18 are Pucca and Garu
12th row 5th head is Silver Surfer, 9th is Green Lantern
13th row 9th is Michael Jackson, 19/20 are Tucker and Chan from Rush Hour movies. 1st head in the 9th row is Harold Lloyd and old silent film star, the black and grey hues hint at it.
14th row !st head is Luke Skywalker (not grouped with other Star Wars characters), 8th head is from the movie The Mask with Jim Carey.
15th row, 1/2 are Jack and Ace of Funky Cops, 14/15 are Mandrake and Lothar from the comic Mandrake the Magician.
Some mistakes I noticed.
Last head on the first row is Alice Cooper not Ozzy.
Row 8, head 8 is not Snake Plissken, its Albator, an obscure Anime character. Feel free to google it.
1st head in row 9 is Harold Lloyd and old silent film star. The grey and black hues hint at it.
Row 11, head 15…not Joe Pendleton, its Simon Templar, otherwise known as The Saint.
And just to clarify because it was labelled as two different ones. Row 13, head 16 is indeed Ghandi.
14th row 11-13 is not Spinal Tap, but clearly Charlie’s Angels.
And 13th row nr 9 is Michael Jackson.
Here are a few I found:
27 — Janis Joplin
73 — Could it be Death?
75 — Harold Lloyd OR Buster Keaton
97 — Wyatt & Virgil Earp & Doc Holiday
40 — Mork & MIndy? (Mork sleeps in an egg!)
all missing answers:
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/2742/characterspopculture.jpg
Working from Mark’s list…
4. Mr. Clean
39. Casper the Friendly Ghost
40. Wall-E (wall-e, eve)
68. Gorillaz
71. Mr. Bill
124. Michael Jackson
130. David Bowie
137. Charlie’s Angels
Wow, the moment I recognized the ninja turtles, I thought it best not to look at the rest of the icons.
Naruto is on this chart but DBZ isn’t? That’s just pathetic.
1. Pulp Fiction, 2. Marx Brothers, 3. Taxi Driver (Are u talking to me?), 4. Kojak, 5. Village People, 6. Mario & Luigui, 7. Up- Pelicula de Pixar, 8. Bob Dylan o Roy Orbison, 9. The Crow o Alice Cooper, 10. Wason, Batman, Dos Caras, 11. Los Simpson, 12. Sonic, 13. Tortugas Ninjas, 14. Che Guevara, 15. Los Expedientes X – Mulder y Scully, 16. Cobra Aventuras Espaciales, 17. Betty Bop, 18. Sack Boy, 19. Los 4 Fantasticos, 20. Terminator, 21. Drakula, 22. Frankestein, 23. La Momia, 24. Jamiroquai, 25. Los Beatles, 26. Teen Titans, 27. John Lennon o Janis Joplin, 28. Bob Esponja, 29. Tin Tin, 30. Mr. Spock, 31. Charles Chaplin, 32. N/A, 33. Spider Man, 34. Serie Starki & Hutch. 35. Fred Astaire o Buster Keaton, 36. Link de Zelda Video Juego, 37. The Matrix, 38. Star Wars Villans – Guerra de los Clones, 39. Tron, 40. Gasparin – Casper, 41. Wall-e, 42. Star Wars (Vader, Yedi, Yoda, R2, C3Pio), 43. Freddie Mercury o Magnum, 44. Asterix y Obelix , 44. Sr. de los Anillos – The Lord of the Ring, 45. Piratas del Caribe/ Caribbean Pirates, 46. A Team – El Equipo A (Serie c/Mr.T) , 47. Los Vengadores – The Avengers, 48. Kick Ass and Hit Girl – Heroes, 49. Temple de Acero (True Grit c/Jeff Bridges) , 50. Scary Movie, 51.Buscando a Nemo, 52. Angry Birds. 53. Loony Toones (Bugs, Lucas, Elmer, Sam), 54. Hello Kitty, 55. Viernes 13- Jason, 56. Vigilantes – Watchmen, 57. Toy Story, 58. El Zorro, 59. Daft Punk, 60. ZZ Top, 61. Demolition Man, 62. Shreck y el Burro, 63. Los Hermanos Caradura, Blues Brothers o Super Troopers, 64. Flash, 65. Pac Man, 66. SuperMan, 67. Snake Plissken (Escape de NY/LA por Kurt Russel) 68. Gorillaz, 69. Ghost Ryder, 70. Easy Ryder, 71.Mr. Bill, 72. Regreso al Futuro, 73. El Aro – Samara (The Ring), 74. Ronald McDonald, 75. Harold Lloyd – El Hombre mosca, 76. SouthPark, 77. Hell Boy, 78. Hombre Invisible Original, 79. Gordo y el Flaco, 80. RayMan – Raving Rappids Video Game, 81. Patapon – Juego de PSP, 82. Calvin y Hobbes, 83. Nick Fury, 84. Marilyn Monroe, 85. El Mago de Oz, 86. MegaMan, 87. Hannibal Lecter (Silencio de los Inocentes), 88. Men in Black, 89. Avispon Verde y Kato, 90. Marvin el Androide, 91. Freddie Krueger , 92.Rambo, 93.Scoobie Doo, 94. Jimmy Hendrix, 95. Ataque de Marte, 96. Los Locos Adams, 97. Pitufos, 98. Dare Devil, 99. Blade (Wesley Snipes), 100. Avatar, 101. Jack Skellington, 102. Kiss, 103. Pokemon, 104. El Santo – The Saint, 105. Juez Dredd o Capitan Halcón, 106. Pucca y Naru, 107. Terence Hill y Bob Spencer, 108. Mujer Maravilla, 97 (2). El Bueno, el Malo y el Feo (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), 98(2). Harry Potter, 99(2). Silver Surfer, 100 (2). Alex de Large –Naranja Mécanica, 101(2). Alien, 102(2). Linterna Verde, 103(2). Metropolis, 104(2). Where the Buffalo Roam (Bill Murray) 105(2). Rocky I (When he trains with his black winter hat) o Eminem, 106(2). Wally, 107(2). Monsters, Inc. 108(2). Despicable Me, 109. X-Men, 110. El Gran Lebowski, 111. Gizmo de Gremlins, 112. Michael Jackson, 113.Mickey Mouse, 114. Futurama, 115. Ghandi, 114. Chips (Poncharello y el Rubio), 117. Rush Hour, 118. David Bowie como Ziggy Stardust, 119. Steve Irwin (Animals show) o Kill Billy, 120. Vendetta (V), 121.Robocop, 122. Los Vengadores Originales – Original Avengers, 123. La Mascara, 124. Piolin y Silvestre, 125. Los Angeles de Charly o Spinal Tap, 126. Ezio Auditore (Credo de Asesinos – Video Juego), 127. Naruto, 128. Los Indestructibles, 129. Funky Cops, 130. Capitan Maravilla, 131. Power Man y Iron Fist – Heroes for Hire, 132. Ang – The Last Airbender, 133. Phantom, 134. Arma Mortal/ Lethal Weapon, 135. Ice Age, 136. Mandrake y Lothar o La vuelta al mundo en 80 dias, 137. Teletubies, 138. William Wallace, 139. Very Likely/ Muy probable : Gregory Guillemin (El Autor).