I understood that reference
I understood that reference
What is the reference Captain America understood?
The following conversation happens in the movie:
Nick Fury: I don’t know about that, but it is powered by the cube. And I’d like to know how Loki used it to turn two of the sharpest men I know into his personal flying monkeys.
Thor: Monkeys? I do not understand.
Steve Rogers: I do!
(Quotes taken from imdb)
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«Personal flying monkeys» is a reference to The Wicked Witch of the West’s army in The Wizard of Oz.
As a movie from 1939 (and a book published in 1900), it is a reference that Captain Rogers would have likely seen before he was frozen in 1943.
Flying monkeys is a reference to the Wicked Witch of the West’s minions in The Wizard of Oz (1939). The joke is that the reference is so dated that Cap gets it, unlike cultural references to things he missed while frozen.
Captain America was frozen in ice from around 1943 to around 2012. so he doesn’t know thousands of cultural references like «Here’s Johnny», Bueller, redpill, etc.
An ongoing joke in the Avengers movie is how those cultural references go right over Cap’s head. He knows they are cultural references, but he doesn’t know what they mean.
This running joke’s denouement is when Cap actually gets one: the Flying Monkeys reference by Nick Fury about Erik Selvig and Hawkeye.
He gets it because it is from the motion picture The Wizard Of Oz, wherein the evil character the Wicked Witch of the West has an army of minions which are literally flying monkeys, which act as relatively mindless (being monkeys) drones.
The Wizard of Oz was released in 1939 and was immensely popular (which is why ‘Cap knows it) and has remained timeless, being often re-released both in theaters and in home media (which is why the rest of the Avengers know it). Decently cultured cities have movie theaters that specialize in classic films and indies, and you can bet somewhere in the world one of them is playing it this weekend. It is that big.
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«I Understood That Reference» is an expression typically used in online forums and comments as an affirmative acknowledgement of a pop culture reference or technical jargon said by another. The quote was originally said by Captain America in the 2012 Marvel superhero action film The Avengers.
Origin
In the film The Avengers, the quote appears in a scene wherein S.H.I.E.L.D operative Nick Fury (portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson) rhetorically asks his team how the villain Loki was able to mind control two of his agents as if they were the winged monkeys from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. While most other superheroes are unable to process the dated pop culture reference, Captain America (portrayed by Chris Evans), whose canonical setting overlaps with the time period when the film was originally releases, smugly responds by saying that he «understood that reference».
Nick Fury: «I’d like to know how Loki was able to use [the Tesseract] to turn two of the sharpest men I know into his personal flying monkeys.»
Captain America: «I understood that reference.»
The earliest known fan art tribute to the quote was submitted by Redditor GeneralBacon in a /r/funny post [11] titled «that awesome moment when» on May 22nd, 2014. The post received more than 1,000 points in aggregate prior to its archival.
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On May 23rd, Redditor GeneralBacon’s post was highlighted on We Know Memes. [5] In the months following the home media release of The Avengers in September 2012, Captain America’s response continued to gained online traction among the fans as a memorable scene exemplifying the comedic nature of the film. On December 18th, 2012, Imgur user Jpdahn posted the first animated GIF instance [1] of the quote, garnering over 10 million views in just over two years.
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40:35 – end – Everything, everywhere all at once, Jurassic World: Dominion, Lightyear
Ludicrous!
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Nollaig Shona Duit
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Remakes On A Plane
It is time for something the lads have not done in a long long time – and that is talk exclusively about their thoughts on some brand new movies! Ross talks Dune! Rob talks Last night in soho! Ross talks Ghostbusters: Afterlife! Rob talks Toast of London (ok that one’s a cheat!)
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Robert Cop
The lads have made it through Halloween relatively unscathed – now the next season comes barrelling towards us in the form of CHRISTMAS. But before all that, the lads banter about squid games, the much vaunted uncharted movie trailer and the big movie toy quiz. The bootleg toy section is guaranteed laughs!
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Choice Pickings!
It’s Halloween and the lads have come prepared! A Halloween movie quiz and a choose your own adventure story! Will Rob survive the dread that lurks in the lane way of mystery?! All this plus thoughts on bond:no time to die, the green knight and more!
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Get Up Them Stairs!
The movies are back and the trailers and discussions are back with them! Rob has seen Shang Chi and he wants to talk about it for a bit! In a new discussion piece Ross talks about one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s biggest missed opportunities in the Black Widow story – then on to some discussions about the incoming Dune, Matrix and Spiderman No way home!
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Bag Of Worms
The lads are back and the cinema is back and the craic is back! The lads discuss what it was like going back to the cinema after over a year and some of the movies and experiences that they have had! Thoughts on Free Guy, Suicide Squad, Dumb and dumber and more! Also another fun game as Ross gets Rob to guess the story of Free Guy using stories from other movies!
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The lads have their most meandering episode potentially ever! There’s a DC lost in translation google translate quiz which goes off the rails almost instantly and delves into DC’s movies and history. The lads also discuss the MCU as Loki and Black Widow dominate headlines and STEPHEN DORFF weighs in on the MCU – along with chatting about the current heatwave in Ireland!
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Trailure Failure
The lads determine once and for all a question that has plagued the podcast since its inception – is Rob a replicant?! Along with this, it’s time for a good old fashioned big movie topic discussion as Rob and Ross tackle movies that had excellent trailers and then turned out to be massive disappointments! Plus – hot button comments from the good people of twitter to the lads are briefly discussed!
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The Beast!
It’s time for the lads to dip a toe once more into the world of video games as they discuss a slew of new videogames – some look great and then some look like Guardians of the galaxy! Ross also celebrates Sonic the hedgehog’s birthday and Rob reminisces about Beast Wars in the face of the new transformers movie – Rise of the beasts! Plus Rick and morty returns!
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The Potentials
The lads have a bloody good laugh with the big MCU lost in translation quiz! They also talk some fun photos of Uncharted and Thor: Love and Thunder – plus the greatest video Ross has ever seen – The best moments of Cheazel T. Weasel!
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Write That Down
The lads talk about what they do best – the joy of the cinema! With potential reopening of the cinema world on the horizon the lads talk about some upcoming movie trailers that may be coming your way. Then, in a new segment called Lost in Translation, Rob has to decipher the famous movie quotes after they have been Google translated back and forth! All this plus Ross serves up more tin whistle movie tunes in another round of Tonally Nondescript!
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We’ve made it past the milestone 50th episode so now we can breath a sigh of relief and get back to our regularly scheduled random chats!
The lads discuss two of their favourite comedies of all time in Community and Arrested Development – they then quiz each other on what characters they would be!
All this plus some brief Oscar laughs, charting the uncharted movie and the MCU sizzle reel!
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Can you believe it! Open the champagne and the beer – it’s a celebration! We have only gone and made 50 episodes of this humble podcast! Thanks to everyone who has listened, engaged, interacted and laughed along the way with us!
The lads answer some of your questions about the pod, and then play a whole host of movie related games in I understood that reference greatest skits! There is the b-movie Birdemic, there is Ace Venutra v The Mask v The Cable Guy in a Carrey-off, there’s whistling of movie themes and so much more!
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The only thing to say here is that the lads review the Zack Snyder Justice League!
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I Understood That Reference! Rob and Ross
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It has been a hot minute but the lads are back and they are on form with some absolutely fantastic releases such as top gun:maverick, everything, everywhere all at once, Jurassic world: Dominion and lightyear!
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0:00 – 3:50 – Intro and all sorts of chat!
3:50 – 40:35 –Top Gun: Maverick
40:35 – end – Everything, everywhere all at once, Jurassic World: Dominion, Lightyear
It’s Dr Strange and the multiverse of madness and the guys talk about it. That is all!
Come for the strange, stay for the banter, craic and puns! It’s I Understood That Reference – Episode 67: Rollercoaster of ludicrousness!
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Life and social activities are back in full swing as are the movies as the lads get in on Sonic 2, Morbius and Moon Knight! Are any of these good? Find out here! Rob also introduces a new segment and Ross finds out what kind of Sonic characters the lads are! There’s magic tricks gone wrong and shout out to barbers!
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The Batman is here! Has it continued the somewhat notorious good but bad but good but bad streak of batman films? Let’s find out! Plus the lads talk about their favourite moments in the Uncharted series – they narrowed it down to 2 but this was DIFFICULT!
Come for the gushing, stay for the banter, craic and puns! It’s I Understood That Reference – Episode 65: Wayneing interest!
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0:00 – 8:55 – Intro and all sorts of chat!
8:55 – 33:12 – The batman
33:12– 58:35 – Memories of Uncharted!
58:35 – end – Closing laughs and banter
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0:00 – End – It’s all uncharted all the time!
Its 2022 and the lads are back!! Spiderman! Uncharted! The eternals again! These are all discussed somewhat along with the usual streams of consciousness that Ross and Rob call a podcast! What does 2022 hold for Rob? Lets find out by taking a quiz based on 90s movies! What have the lads been up to? Find this out too!
Come for the new year, stay for the banter, craic and puns! It’s I Understood That Reference – Episode 63: Beige on Beige!
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