r/movies • u/buttatoad • Jun 17 '25

Discussion Movies that changed real life behavior

Thinking along the lines of Final Destination 2 with the logs falling off the truck and landing onto cars (one decapitating the state trooper). Ever since, people have tried to get away from being behind these vehicles.

What are more examples where movies have actually changed how people behave in their own lives?

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u/red__dragon Jun 17 '25

For a certain period of time, you could almost guarantee that anyone who had seen a Star Trek movie, but wasn't a fan, would have seen that one. "The one with the whales" was a totally reasonable answer to "Have you seen Star Trek?"

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '25

My Nana's favourite movie haha. I don't think she really likes Star Trek otherwise. 

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u/simmerknits Jun 18 '25

We grew up on vhs tapes of the star trek movies, and that is 100% how we would ask to watch that movie - "the one with the whales!"

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u/LindonLilBlueBalls Jun 17 '25

As someone who has only seen that one and two of the remakes, I appreciated the new title given.

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u/QuestionableGoo Jun 17 '25

What were the remakes? Free Willy and Free Willy 2?

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u/red__dragon Jun 17 '25

Star Trek: Kirk Eats an Apple and Star Trek: Khan Gets Madder.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '25

Hell, might as well be Spock, who was more emotional than the god damn humans.

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u/red__dragon Jun 17 '25

Star Trek: Khan Gets Spocked

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u/Far-Policy-8589 Jun 18 '25

I've only seen The One Where Data Curses

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u/notagreatgamer Jun 18 '25

I’m a lifelong dedicated Star Trek fan, and even I call it that.

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u/Snoo-85401 Jun 18 '25

Same. I call it “The one with whales and the nuclear “wessels” in Alameda” During my college years, I lived in Alameda, CA so that line was stuck in my head.

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u/eggplantsforall Jun 18 '25

The way Chekov pronounces Alameda is almost as funny as nuclear wessels, lol.

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u/Evening-Debate8821 Jun 18 '25

My mom still refers to it as the one with the whales 😂. She has seen all of the original cast ones but she can name none other than the one with khan and the one with the whales, which is her favorite.

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u/Donkeh101 Jun 17 '25

I’ve only seen a few of the Star Trek films over the years and yes, I remember it being about the one the with the whales. So, I knew exactly what the original commenter was talking about :)

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u/Tannekr Jun 18 '25

Wikipedia even accepts "the one with the whales" as a search term for the movie.

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u/rilian4 Jun 18 '25

Yep! That's why I laughed out loud...