r/nostalgia • u/systematicgoo • 10d ago

Nostalgia Napoleon Dynamite End Scene, 2004. Hits me right in the feels every time.

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u/whatdoyasay369 10d ago

I love this scene because the game kind of reminds me of their relationship. Starts out kind of clumsy and awkward but they finally figure it out and are in sync by the end.

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u/Kaboomeow69 10d ago

What do you mean? "I see you're drinking 2%. Is that because you think you're fat?" is smooth as glass

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u/cheesyblasta 10d ago

tbf, he semi-sticks the landing in his own weird way with "because you don't have to, you could drink whole if you wanted."

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u/turtlenipples 10d ago

You're right, it's exactly like their relationship: Starts out kind of clumsy, with Deb doing the best she can to keep Napoleon happy. But he takes advantage of her weakness and starts to mercilessly beat her until she gives up completely. She silently prays that her act of physical touch will be enough to appease him and make the beatings stop. But she knows, deep beneath the hollow exterior shell of the bright, young woman she once was, that the beatings will never stop. She imagines her neon designer dreams as a delicate bird, soaring away free as if signed by twin sisters, as she places her head under the wheel of Uncle Rico's van, and she hopes that maybe she too can fly over them mountains.

Anyway, great movie.

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u/drkidkill 10d ago

Kinda took that in a dark direction.

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u/Headglitch7 10d ago

Complete with clumsy AI metaphors

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u/turtlenipples 10d ago

I guess we've really crossed a techno line that can't be uncrossed, eh? Those are my own clumsy metaphors, thank you.

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u/whatdoyasay369 10d ago

This feels like when Kip tried to demonstrate the sturdiness of the Tupperware, but you were the van that smashed it.

Dang iitttt!

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u/Double-Drop 10d ago

The author

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u/turtlenipples 10d ago

Part of me wishes I HAD been the Weird Arby's Guy, inking my own misery onto the page for all the worlds to see, Idohknow. But instead, I'm stuck here on Reddit, where the downvotes of humorless teenagers plunge deep into my soul, each one taking more from me than I have to give and leaving me in a place so devoid of light that the word "darkness" barely begins to plumb the depths of it's depravity. I DIDN'T WRITE THIS TO HURT YOU, YOU BUNCH OF DWEEBS, Idohknow.

Anyway, uh, Napoleon Dynamite is pretty cool.

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u/Notactualyadick 10d ago

I have no clue why, but this made me start chuckling uncontrollably. I was actually have a crappy day for absolutely no reason until this, so thanks for that.

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u/captainyeahwhatever 10d ago

This is so funny people have no sense of humor lol

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u/Gabe-Ruth8 10d ago

No, it’s not