27 Pop Culture References All Kids Should Know
Like that The Office did not invent "that's what she said."
Just because your child was born in a world where Jaden Smith is The Karate Kid doesn't mean you're doomed to raise a total philistine.
Columbia Pictures / Via The Karate Kid, 1984
There is only one Daniel-san. It's your job to teach them.
It's up to you to make sure they appreciate your references.
Paramount / Via Mean Girls, 2004
Rise up, Parents. Take the gospel of pop culture in your sleep-deprived hands. Don't let the truffle shuffle go the way of "I coulda been a contender."
Warner Bros / Via The Goonies, 1985
Teach your children the references of your youth.
1. What to say when the struggle gets too real.
20th Century Fox / Via The Sandlot, 1993
2. How to properly respond when given a present.
New Line Cinema / Via se7en, 1995
3. To know a good thing when they see it.
Columbia Pictures / Via When Harry Met Sally, 1989
4. That being a pretentious douche-canoe never pays off.
Miramax / Via Good Will Hunting, 1997
5. The correct way to spell "Felisha."
New Line Cinema / Via Friday, 1995
(see?)
6. And the true origins of "that's what she said".
Paramount / Via Wayne's World, 1992
7. Drugs are bad.
NBC / Via Saved By The Bell
8. Everyone is someone's hero.
Universal / Via The Nutty Professor, 1996
9. Some times there are no words.
Paramount / Via Clueless, 1995
10. But there are many ways to say I love you.
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride
11. There's a proper way to express enthusiasm.
Universal Pictures / Via Bring It On, 2000
Spirit fingers, natch.
12. To sound busy and important.
Warner Bros / Via Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead, 1991
13. To ask the hard questions.
Paramount / Via Zoolander, 2001
14. And give the hard answers.
Warner Bros / Via Risky Business, 1983
15. Put them in their place.
Warner Bros / Via Empire Records, 1995
16. But show them how to assert their authority.
Vestron Pictures / Via Dirty Dancing, 1987
17. All of their authority.
Warner Bros / Via Caddyshack, 1980
18. To break all of the rules...
Columbia Pictures / Via A League Of Their Own, 1992
19. And even to stand up to you...
Paramount / Via Varsity Blues, 1999
20. They can always kick things up a notch.
Spinal Tap, 1984
21. Roll with the punches.
Warner Bros / Via Ace Ventura, 1994
22. Keep their priorities in order.
Paramount / Via The Godfather, 1972
23. Claim what's theirs.
United Artists / Via Midnight Cowboy, 1969
24. Think outside the box.
Universal Pictures / Via Back To The Future Part II, 1989
25. Celebrate the little things.
Columbia / Via Troop Beverly Hills, 1989
26. Be confident.
Columbia / Via Ghostbusters, 1984
27. And above all else believe in themselves.
Anderson Digital / Via He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, 1983