20 Things You Somehow Missed In Pulp Fiction

No, Mia and Vincent didn't win the twist competition.
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[@attilac8250]

Did anyone mention that Vincent died on a toilet, just like Elvis? Mia says that in the restaurant at dinner..."An Elvis man like you should love it"

[@n.b.l.5709]

Oh shit

[@The_Real_JN]

He dies in the bathtub...

[@tracys4161]

The Elvis man quote came from a deleted scene in which Mia asks Vince if he’s an Elvis man or a Beatles man. “You can like them both,” she says, “but you have to choose which you like best.”

[@n.b.l.5709]

@@tracys4161 elvis for me f the Beatles and ill take Sinatra over the Beatles too

[@TokyoXtreme]

@@tracys4161 Mia should’ve said “better”, so maybe that’s why QT deleted the scene. Although it might be in her character to misuse a commonly mistaken grammar point.

[@JBM1428]

Recently re-watched Reservoir dogs and pulp fiction back to back, and something I noticed that I never did before is that in the opening of reservoir dogs, Steve Buscemi’s character (mr pink) talks about not tipping waiters/ waitress, and in pulp fiction he plays a waiter who seems to dislike his job, probably because of bad tips 😂 Just one of those things I never would have caught without watching those 2 movies back to back

[@ollieox9181]

I disagree. I don't get that vibe from Buscemi's waiter in PF. He's kind of playful when he says: "What about you, Peggy-Sue?" when taking their order.

[@davidbelen7199]

Woow.... good eye there detectives.

[@kennydoggins1712]

I think it's possible that it is in fact Mr pink from res dogs because they never showed him getting caught in the movie and he wasn't shot in the little shoot out at the end, so he's just hiding out as a waiter

[@pointman913]

@@kennydoggins1712 I thought this theory too, but if you listen to the end when Mr Pink leaves the warehouse you hear a car backfire several times then a cop on a radio telling him to drop the gun and get down or something like that So unless he got away from that Pink is most likely in prison But if he did get away from the cops then this theory makes much more sense but you would think Pink would have left LA

[@kennydoggins1712]

@@pointman913 I'll have to rewatch it again but I can't say that I've heard that at the end I usually use subtitles too so

[@plissken2156]

During the scene in the motel room between Butch (Bruce Willis) and Fabienne (Maria de Medeiros), Fabienne talks about: 1./ How much she would like to have a pot belly and wonders what Butch's reaction would be if she got one. 2./ How much food she plans on ordering for herself at breakfast - indicating a hearty appetite. Also when Butch returns from getting his watch riding Zed's chopper, Fabienne wants to know what happened to her Honda. Butch, anxious to leave, gets slightly frustrated with her to which her immediate response is to start crying. Therefore, she's very emotional. All this adds up to one thing - Fabienne's most likely pregnant with Butch's baby and she's trying to hint at it ever so slightly to ease Butch into the idea of being a father.

[@Jdaw78]

Good thing he went back for that watch. He can give it to little Butch later on.

[@albertbuhr1202]

Brilliant

[@plissken2156]

@@Jdaw78 The tradition of passing down the watch continues! I wonder what Butch Jr.'s hardship to keep the watch will be?

[@tritonogletree2806]

@@plissken2156 Pulp Fiction II...Nah, just kidding!

[@melko1408]

Since your name is Plisskin, Phil LaMarr voiced vamp in Metal Gear Solid 2.

[@izzymhee2430]

One thing I never see mentioned is the brilliant foreshadowing of Jules' line early on that "Marcellus Wallace doesn't like to be f*cked by anyone but Mrs. Wallace". After the pawn shop scene proves the truth of this, it's even emphasized when you hear it repeated in the background of the very next scene, right before hand-cannon boy comes out of the bathroom. Just amazing writing.

[@theradmadlad7681]

Fun fact: That part about him not liking being f*cked by anybody but his wife was improvised by Jackson. There is a script to screen video for reference.

[@robertblackmore703]

Remember the foot massage story? When Mia is asked about this she says: no one knows why Marsalis did that to Tony, and that the only thing Tony ever touched was her hand, when he shook it, at her wedding. When Vincent leaves Mia after the OD he shakes her hand and there is a close up of the handshake. It takes up the screen for a second to highlight the significance. Vincent dies the next day, perhaps in part because of the curse of Mia’s touch (Along with the bathroom).

[@davidbelen7199]

Woow... good one kinda makes sense

[@ghshady3497]

Whoaa interesting

[@minimotorsociety6834]

Now that is a hell of a theory 👌 u can't make me unbelieve it now

[@robertblackmore703]

@@minimotorsociety6834 thank you!

[@robertblackmore703]

@@ghshady3497 thanks!

[@wxwaxone]

To me the deepest Easter egg is that every storyline in the film is about a killer being compelled by circumstances to save someone's life.

[@earthsucks9555]

Wow Never thought of that Very astute of you Thanks gonna give it a rewatch

[@minimotorsociety6834]

VERY TRUE damn near in every instance of the movie, as the coldest killer as well Vince saves as many people as he kills in the film.

[@merrillolen9555]

Jesus Christ, I'm so fuckin horny right now.

[@JesseNowak]

When we see butch in the pawn shop and returning to the dungeon we see a tennesse license plate and a bunch of clocks on the walls, echoing when he said “Tennessee time” to his bookie on the phone, Knoxville is where he originally got his gold watch. As he goes down the basement stairs there’s clocks on the wall to where he was tortured with another prisoner, just as his father was, and like his father and Chris walken, Marcellus had to do uncomfortable things with their butts…(lol). by the end butch lived by honor (doesn’t throw the fight, saves the prisoner) and went through a hell like his father to finally live up to the his legacy and earn the watch.

[@shinrugal]

Another Tennessee reference is that Tarantino was born and spent a lot of his childhood in Tennessee ( I think Knoxville)

[@ronh.798]

Two of the three clocks that Butch walks by going back downstairs are at 4:20.

[@danmcn61]

Brilliant!

[@LesserMoffHootkins]

@@ronh.798 It’s always 4:20 somewhere.

[@mrquicknet]

Butch keyed the car. There is actually a deleted scene where you see Butch come out of the bar after being insulted by Vincent. Butch steps out into the parking lot and there is only 1 other car there. He sees it and looks back toward the bar. End scene. Strongly implying he was the culprit.

[@yawns3004]

They should have kept that in

[@carlodonn8983]

@@yawns3004 I seen deleted scenes but never that one???

[@unlikely_gemini4187]

I thought they got a cab there after the wolf left them at monster Joe's, think I need to rewatch it

[@stotheh]

@@unlikely_gemini4187 Vincent might have parked up at the club to meet Jules and then they went in Jules' car to collect the briefcase from the Big Kahuna Burger boys

[@adamdansiger]

Linda Kaye was also in both Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. She was the woman who shot Mr. Pink after getting carjacked. She was then shot by Marcellus after Butch ran over him in Pulp Fiction

[@adamdansiger]

I meant Mr Orange

[@sallybilzon3507]

That’s next level trivia! 🤯

[@MrPermaculture]

another often missed item of interest is that the movie starts and ends with Butch. chronologically the movie starts with Butch being given the watch by Walkin, and the movie ends with butch driving away on the chopper with Fabian. the movies central theme is the arc of Butch, and how the miracle played out to allow him and more importantly Fabian, a happy ending.

[@danmcn61]

And on top of that, Fabienne is pregnant and presumably she & Butch will have a son. The boy will grow up and have adventures and walk the Earth like Caine in Kung Fu. The boy will do something heroic and earn the right to keep the watch.

[@EmperorStarscream]

In Django Unchained the board game Candyland can be seen in the library at Calvin's plantation home

[@carlhartwell7978]

Not disagreeing, but how did the miracle impact on Butch and Fabian, maybe I'm missing something really obvious! I can only think that if Jules were still working, they might have not gotten away? But that's not at all conclusive.

[@minimotorsociety6834]

Honestly the movie starts and ends with the diner scene. But technically yes your right

[@carlhartwell7978]

@@minimotorsociety6834 C'mon, he did stipulate 'chronologically'. And just to be as pedantic... It's _you're!_ 😂

[@hamsandwichson]

Never noticed Vincent walking by in the opening scene. That's just great!

[@mikepalmer9564]

Josh missed the reason that Vincent was walking away in that shot. He had just left Sam Jackson to go to the bathroom. That’s when Hunny Bunny and Pumpkin started the robbery…

[@kamX-rz4uy]

@@mikepalmer9564 His bathroom trip was already mentioned. It's obviously why Vincent was walking so why mention it there?

[@robertwiles8106]

Marcellus was subbing for Jules as Vincent's wingman for staking out Butch's apartment, as Jules retired from the game after the diner incident, which happens prior to the Butch fight. Marcellus stepped out to buy coffee and donuts, and Vincent took a dump in his absence. It's Marcellus' machine gun sitting on the counter.

[@robtoc]

Damn! I never put two and two together on that one, I just assumed it was Vincents gun!? That makes total sense...well done!!!

[@EmperorAdewale]

No it’s not Marcellus had his gun and shot at Butch with it on the street

[@brucenator]

​​​​​@@EmperorAdewaleMarcellus was carrying a concealed handgun on the street. You can't very well go out for coffee and donuts carrying a machine gun around, so he left his machine gun behind. A good crime boss always brings more than one gun, but may leave one of his guns with his trusted employee, if necessary.

[@derrickrose4233]

Yeah i asked this question somewhere else and it made my theory the right one after the film is asked why Vincent dies and where Jules was but now i know thanks!

[@Sbtexan286]

I always wondered what reaction Marcelles had to Vince's death. The car crash, shootout, Maynard, Zed, Gimp and the rape ultimately leading to his saving grace which was Butch all happened before he even knew that Vince was killed by Butch. "There is no me and you" is what he told Butch and gave him a pass to get the hell out of LA and never come back. But he didn't know yet that Butch killed his most trusted man.

[@MattBurosh]

Good point! I wonder if he went back to Butch's apartment, found Vincent and was like, "Maaaan, I TOLD that MFer to leave LA TODAY. Not stop and get more stuff from your apartment, but LEAVE!.....Ok, deal's off, this dude is done!" 😂

[@salvadorslim3234]

I wonder 💭 this too

[@ajaxjohnson7999]

Facts!!!

[@davidbelen7199]

Woow.... I never thought about this. Good observation. Lets think about this. Now imagine if you were..... 🤔 hmm the pass stays.

[@MrWizeazz]

It’s also gotta feel bad because Marcellus was the one that left the gun on the counter that killed Vincent too, but yea I wonder if he would still give him a pass if he knew that he killed Vincent.

[@MurderMostFowl]

The projected film ( black and white segment ) behind the car is supposed to evoke a film noir feeling…I mean it is “pulp” fiction after all. The smoking, the talking back through the rear view mirror, the grift. The only thing missing from the boxer storyline is a gumshoe detective.

[@zankproductions4172]

The car should have a slow ceiling fan.

[@popeye5274]

@@zankproductions4172 😂

[@bluewail]

Esmeralda Villa Lobos -Green House Wolf and Harvey Keitel is Winston Wolf. Angela Jones (Esmeralda Villa Lobos )appears in a 30-minute short called Curdled (1991) in as a character who cleans up murder scenes , just like Winston Wolf.Esmeralda Villa Lobos is a taxi driver and Harvey Keitel was in Taxi Driver

[@horrorpowerfilms9481]

And Tarantino produced the Curdled feature film (starring Angela Jones), were the characters Gecko brothers (George Clooney and Tarantino) of From Dusk Till Dawn, made a cameo on a tv NEWS report.

[@willisix2554]

She was really pretty

[@popeye5274]

Nice! 👍

[@Redskies453]

🤯

[@alecrichards8574]

Whoa i like a lot of the comments on this video, but this one is pretty cool, good one!

[@ArcherSuh4721]

Theory: Jules' Ezeikel 25:17 quote was inaccurate because he was quoting the opening of a Sonny Chiba movie called Chiba The Bodyguard, which uses a variation of that Bible verse. I'm thinking the idea was that Jules learned that the quote was from the Bible, looked up where it was in the book but never actually read it or bothered memorizing the original version.

[@durgamugen5004]

Beat me to the comment

[@persephonekajira7269]

@@durgamugen5004 Yeah, same

[@The_Real_JN]

He read it, but made his own version

[@benquinneyiii7941]

Old Testament

[@costanzafaust]

Maybe that Bible passage IS accurate for the scripture of the Tarantino-verse, it's a pulp world.

[@Filmation77]

7:20 there's the internet theory that Steve Buschemi actually signed off on: The Buddy Holly server is actually MR PINK after the events of Resivior dogs, he gave up being a Criminal and he's the only one who survived

[@SSD_Penumbra]

The Reservoir dogs game confirms this. In a deleted scene from the movie and a canon scene from the game, Mr Pink is arrested while trying to escape with the diamonds.

[@nitegoat1369]

It’s ironic, seeing his disdain for tipping, and lack of compassion for waitresses, in Reservoir Dogs.

[@Filmation77]

@@nitegoat1369 it's actually a fitting case of Karma that he ends up as a server

[@tonycrabtree3416]

The coffee conversation during the car clean up was hilarious to me.

[@enginebae3471]

Damn it…now I have to watch pulp fiction again!?! I guess 164 times isn’t enough 😂

[@minimotorsociety6834]

That's it? 164 that's it?!? 😂 jkjk

[@philwilson4167]

I think the "when people get scared, people accidentally get shot" line is more likely referencing what happens to Vincent. He gets shot when Butch is startled by the toaster

[@Kinseliplier]

No he wasn't. Butch never got scared. Butch saw a gun and immediately knew someone was there waiting for him and then he heard the toilet flush Wich obviously meant someone was in the bathroom so he quickly grabbed the gun and when Vincent came out he was gonna shoot him either way cause he thought Vincent was there to kill him and the toaster just happened to go off at that moment.

[@philwilson4167]

@@Kinseliplier I didn't say he got scared, I said he was startled by the toaster. Kinda like a jump scare. It's definitely a more appropriate comparison than the scene where Marvin gets shot. Who was scared in that scene?

[@Kinseliplier]

@@philwilson4167 yeah but he clearly wasn't startled and startled and scared are the same thing.

[@philwilson4167]

@@Kinseliplier I mean, he clearly shoots because of the toaster popping up. There's a really long pause where he just points the gun at Vincent like he doesn't know what to do, then the toaster pops up and he almost simultaneously pulls the trigger.. You could argue the toaster made him jump, you could argue it was just a reflex action, but whatever. It's still a better comparison than the scene where Marvin gets shot.

[@Kinseliplier]

@@philwilson4167 yeah but he was gonna shoot him anyway cause he knew Vincent was Marcela's hitman and was most likely there to rob or kill him. Vincent just happened to walk out when the toast popped and Bruce Willis did not look startled and did not jump.

[@matthewp-ton3616]

I'd like to point out that my favorite easter egg in the movie is that the camera crew and Tarantino can be seen in the reflection of the rear glass door when Vincent enters Mia's house for the first time. Due to the angle of the shot, the camera crew knew they were going to be in the unavoidable reflection; their answer to this was to obscure their shapes by hiding under a black cloth, but their outlines and the camera can still be seen. If you pause that moment and look close, you can make out Tarantino standing next to the camera watching the shot on his small monitor.Easily overlooked, but it's there.

[@davidbelen7199]

Woow.... good one there Sherlock 👏 I wanna see it now and try to find them in the scene

[@minimotorsociety6834]

Same with the Amsterdam convo scene with Vince and Jules in the car, production crew and car carrier in the reflection of the business windows they were passing

[@art_seer]

Time stamp ?

[@lojo1]

Jules made it a point how careless Vincent was (with the washing hands) and how his carelessness was going to “bring this situation to a head” - well, his carelessness cost him his life.

[@vladtepes97]

no, marsellus's carelessness killed vincent.

[@lojo1]

@@vladtepes97 stop it. Vincent was careless throughout the whole movie.

[@elliotspencer5300]

It's a thing in society from way back, junkies are not to be trusted, unfair but u know don't take the chance.

[@madmattdigs9518]

Yeah, then Jerry Seinfeld comes out from the back room with a freaking hand cannon. I love that part… Jerry’s best role!

[@deanreevesii]

That was pre-transition Alexis Arquette. Particia Arquette who played Jody the dealer's wife, was her sister.

[@davidmahoney3804]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@davidmahoney3804]

​@deanreevesii stop calling him her.

[@gsv213able]

Was that really him ?

[@madmattdigs9518]

@@gsv213able no, I was totally joking about that. I don’t know who the actor is but I’ve always thought he looked a lot like Jerry Seinfeld.

[@benotto2282]

During the reviving Mia scene, no matter what happens, Trudy never drops her bong.

[@danmcn61]

Like a true drug addict. Don't disrespect the weed.

[@seanj3667]

"Path of the Righteous Man" is also on Nick Fury's tombstone.

[@acgonzales7]

it even says Ezekiel 25:17

[@rgnyc]

The black and white background outside when Butch is riding in the taxi is Tarentino's homage to classic film noir. I bet he had hoped more people would notice this.

[@kambinoxwins]

His girl liked needles/piercings and his name was Lance... brilliant.

[@danmcn61]

I just noticed that!!

[@joeygilbert3558]

Also, "the goddam phone is ringing"

[@hansgrueber8169]

@@joeygilbert3558 Also he eats cereal and smokes cigarettes at the same time....gross.

[@atrain818]

@@hansgrueber8169 he is eating the monster cereal frute brute. Similar to frankenberry & count chocula. Frute brute is the cherry version of the monsters.

[@zanethomas6865]

I also like that even though Marsellus and Mia are married, they're never shown ever talking to each other. In "The Gold Watch," Mia talks to Vincent. In "The Bonnie Situation," it looks like Mia is going to walk up behind him, give him a kiss and say something but the scene cuts to Jules on the phone.

[@kellyalves756]

Yeah, Mia behaves like a classic Kept Woman.

[@KutWrite]

@@kellyalves756 Maybe also a beard. I thought Marsellus protested too much about being BF'd by Zed. I think it bothered him more that he was observed by someone he knew who wasn't 'in the life.'

[@coolboy5245]

@@KutWrite He protested too much to being anally raped by a pawn shop owner? And not wanting to be raped by another man means that you're gay? What?!

[@IdoF47]

And Marsellus is even seen with another woman when Jules calls him for help and The Wolf is called

[@jg41709]

@@IdoF47that’s literally Mia, look at the hands lol

[@dartagnonraines]

If you missed the black and white background you just weren’t watching lol

[@Chaosga]

Regarding the black and white background. It could be a nod to film noir, where a story about a boxer escaping into the night with a beautiful dame after killing their opponent, and running from the mob, wasn’t at all uncommon. Think Maltese Falcon. Imho, I always felt it was like a film noir, especially the topic in the dialogue between Butch and Esmeralda.

[@MessOfThings]

I actually wondered if it might be footage from some other film.

[@LividImp]

@@MessOfThings It's footage used in multiple films. It was reused a lot.

[@aplus1080]

Good f'ing call!

[@flashrogue4376]

How dare this algorithm suggest I don't know every God Damn thing about this movie

[@nahuilegorreta6572]

Yes, and here we are watching it 😄

[@MurderMostFowl]

The reason Marsalis was at the stake out was because Jules “left to walk the earth like Caine”. Sadly this also means, in effect, that Vincent dies because Jules left him.

[@mgthestrange9098]

Also because fatso just had to get Donuts. Meanwhile, Vincent was on the shitter. A rubbish stakeout team all round…

[@maineman5757]

@@mgthestrange9098 what a shit team after Juiles left. Seems he was the only one with some sense. Wallace keeps getting sexually by men. I don't know what that is supposed to symbolize.

[@n.b.l.5709]

Jules was Vincent's good luck charm ?

[@The_Real_JN]

No, Vincent dies because he didn't change his way of life. Jules survived because he left being an assassin whereas Vincent didn't

[@n.b.l.5709]

@@The_Real_JN Damm, good point...

[@jenfold]

Modesty Blaise (pronounced Blaze) the book Vincent was reading, is a series of books based on a comic strip about a woman with brilliant fighting skills who runs a crime network. No wonder Vincent was interested in Mia's TV pilot where her character would do similar things.

[@flowerpower1936]

Also the plot of the 1965 Modesty Blaise movie involves Modesty infiltrating a gang of diamond thieves... Reservoir Dogs much?

[@djangostarr1145]

I love reading so thank you, I just found my new series to dig into :)

[@Leo-sd3jt]

@@flowerpower1936 That's not the plot of the Modest Blaise movie at all though.

[@flowerpower1936]

@@Leo-sd3jt "A beautiful former criminal named Modesty (Monica Vitti) decides to go straight and so begins working for the Secret Service, which sends her to infiltrate a ring of jewel thieves. But soon after she joins the gang, dangerous head crook Gabriel (Dirk Bogarde) grows suspicious of his new recruit."

[@flowerpower1936]

@@Leo-sd3jt I will say I haven't actually seen the film lol and am going off the plot summary and Wikipedia but still. At least to me Modesty seems to have somewhat inspired The Bride in Kill Bill and Mr Orange in Reservoir Dogs. Tarantino is apparently a big fan of the original comics and produced a 2004 adaptation.

[@corssecurity]

I saw Pulp Fiction in theatre several times. The first time seeing it everyone laughed at Mia's joke. The tension was so high and the audience is sort of still holding thier breath waiting for the other shoe to drop. Then the joke.

[@RyanDesmond]

Mia’s touch is cursed. The story about Tony Rocky Horror says he touched her sexually and Mia corrects the story that all he did was shake her hand. He still got thrown through a window. Vincent and her touch after the dance contest when they are back at home. Then she overdoses. When that situation is resolved, they agree to keep it a secret and they shake hands. They touch again. Vincent then gets shot in a bathroom.

[@danmcn61]

Mia is a black widow. She kills every man who lusts after her.

[@minimumriffage7520]

#3 they did not steal the trophy. The bit on the radio as Butch is walking by the window is just an advert for Jack Rabbit Slim's. If you can't look at their dance moves and then them dancing again walking up to her door, and correctly assume they won the trophy, then I can't help you.

[@rods6405]

Yep just an advert its even in the captions

[@yurdp]

Let’s not forget Tarantino’s other major contribution to the world of cinema- he was the ghostwriter for “It’s Pat” starring Julia Sweeney who also has a cameo in Pulp Fiction.

[@hamsandwichson]

It's the Ween!

[@biglex405]

whaaaaaaaaaat????

[@ArcherSuh4721]

Whoa! Was the screenplay by him or did he come in as a "script doctor" for a rewrite/overhaul like with Crimson Tide?

[@yurdp]

@@ArcherSuh4721 I cannot say either or. But probably in the same capacity as M. Night with “She’s All That.”

[@MantisRapture]

Seriously, I never knew that. Or forgot that, but still.

[@MuRpHyKn0t]

Vincent shot Marvin when Jules hit a bump. Vincent just happened to be carelessly pointing his gun at Marvin when it happened.

[@360entertainment2]

With his finger still on the trigger. Even never having touched a gun up until that point in my life I kept thinking “man that’s gonna go off!” 😆

[@kellyalves756]

Vincent was kind of a careless fuckup throughout the movie, up to and including the moment of his death. Why didn’t that dumbass take the loaded weapon into the bathroom with him? Why did he keep provoking the Wolf? Him being stupid enough to wave a gun around while bullshitting around with his friends is just character continuity.

[@kellyalves756]

Oh, also, the story is Tarantino was originally going to have Vincent shoot Marvin to shut him up after he defended Jules miracle theory, or to get rid of an unnecessary witness/ asset, and Travolta essentially said, how can I be comic relief if I’m just randomly cruel? He lobbied for the accident version, which was much more true to his fuckup of a character, and Tarantino simply rewrote the scene around it.

[@michaelbiscay9836]

The car didn't hit no mothafuckin bump.

[@gp2917]

The car didn’t hit no muthaf*cking bump!

[@TheNameisPlissken1981]

In people related, Donny Donowitz (Eli Roth) from Inglorious Basterds plays the grandfather of film producer Lee Donowitz (Saul Rubenik) in True Romance!

[@sallybilzon3507]

Here’s a missed moment. We see the diner heist kick off twice, but Honeybun’s “And if anyone of you ...” dialogue is slightly different from the first time round to the second time. It’s pretty much the same, just the word order is rotated.

[@minimotorsociety6834]

True fans noticed it but yes most missed it for sure

[@timratliff1922]

That's because the first scene is from honyebunny's perspective and the second is from jules'.

[@MrJeffcoley1]

@@timratliff1922 I like that explanation. Much more satisfying than a simple continuity error which seems inexplicable.

[@seanbriankirby7646]

Just admit just about every scene of the film is iconic.

[@danielwalker512]

AMEN!!!

[@davidbeachem2513]

The interesting part about Marcellus being the"gofer" while he's staking out Butch's apartment with Vincent is it reinforces to the audience the respect Marcellus had for Vincent. Vega is respectful towards Marcellus as well. His gallantry with Mia has nothing to do with fear of Marcellus, also he never uses the 'N' word

[@carlostejada1479]

also, when Marsellus forgives Butch after he saved him... he's not aware that Butch has just kill his friend Vincent

[@what8567]

Vince was a screw up and treated well by Marcellus for reasons unknown. Probably sent out of the country to wait out another screw up. On drugs, take wife to dinner (not a very important job, but almost gets her killed), accidentally shoots man in car, disrespects the wolf, wipes blood on clean towel, puts himself in vulnerable position while waiting at Butch’s place and gets himself killed. Butch did Marcellus a favor. Marcellus was probably glad to be rid of him. Vince was also a part of the reason why Butch didn’t throw the fight. He disrespected him while Butch was trying to be friendly. His brother was the nutcase in Reservoir Dogs. Was likely with him at Butch’s because he didn’t trust him to handle it on his own.

[@p.d.l7023]

As a criminal, Vince must be very trustworthy andvrespected, as is his brother. As we know, in Reservoir Dog's, he did prison time, so he didn't dime out his friends/employers.

[@thepenultimateninja5797]

I always understood the submachine gun that Butch uses to shoot Vincent to be Marsellus Wallace's. Marcellus went to get breakfast, leaving the MAC-10 behind. While he was out, Vincent went to the bathroom.

[@maineman5757]

Or Marsalis left after Vincent went into the bathroom so Vincent wasn't really at fault.

[@camilojimenez6749]

Thats also why Vincent doesn't think twice when someone enters the apt., he assumes its Marcellus getting back with the food.

[@MaximumCarne]

Vincent left the gun

[@davidram9511]

Vincent left the gun, marcelles has his own guns on him

[@thepenultimateninja5797]

@@MaximumCarne How do you know?

[@julesrules7297]

The red apple cigarettes also showed up in Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror in the Grindhouse double feature with Tarantino's Death Proof.

[@joshuamiller8259]

They are in Django too

[@russelllangworthy8855]

And Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

[@hansgrueber8169]

They also appear in The Ten Commandments and Gone With the Wind.

[@russelllangworthy8855]

@@hansgrueber8169 Hans?! Boobie?! You do forgot Citizen Kane and The Godfather.

[@ellagoreyshorrorstories7524]

Another fun fact: the Ezekiel speech was originally intended for Harvey Keitel's character in From Dusk Til Dawn, which QT says on the commentary for that film.

[@jameshakola3603]

Great vid! Another observation of mine.. for a story all about crime, there is a conspicuous lack of police in this film. After all, Reservoir Dogs is all about the police infiltrating a gang, and busting their heist. But in the case of Pulp Fiction, it seems Tarantino wanted to depict a criminal playground. All of the conflicts had the criminals sorting things out amongst themselves, rather than the long arm of the law reaching in.

[@Fartylipjuice]

ONLY COP WAS ZED AND LOOK HOW HE TURNED OUT 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@mccarthy5825]

I think there's a fan theory that a lot of this film happens at the same time as the heist in RD and that's why there aren't cops around even during the mayhem between Butch and Marcellus

[@JulianHBurchill]

@@Fartylipjuice Zed was a security guard.

[@behnkarrlsun]

Chronologically, Butch has the earliest and latest scenes in the movie. First as a Child, and last as he rides off into the sunset with Fabienne on Zed's chopper.

[@vladtepes97]

Z, not zed.

[@depe7063]

​@@vladtepes97 Zed is proper English pronunciation for the letter Z. However for the U.S only it's Zee. Could be another Tarantino Easter egg so to speak. Fabienne asks 'who's zed'? Butch replies 'Zed is dead baby..Zed is dead'.

[@gordonbailey1809]

pumpkin and hunnybuns lines differ in the 2 diner scenes

[@edwardcollett5415]

Different people's view on what happened.

[@The_Real_JN]

From different perspectives so it changes, in the films opening it's honey bunny's and pumpkins perspective, while at the end of the film its jules and Vincent's

[@rods6405]

Yep the dialog is different its actually a different take nothin to do with perpestive 00:04:45,817 --> 00:04:49,724 and I'll execute every motherDuckin' last one of you. 02:17:57,940 --> 02:18:02,939 Any one of you Ducking pricks move, and I'll execute every one of you motherDuckers!

[@lojo1]

The earliest theory I heard about that band aid on Marcellus was that it represented where his soul (the light in the briefcase) was pulled from….

[@art_seer]

Wow

[@DJAllOut]

There's a cut scene where Mia is filming Vincent while stating there are "2 types of people in this world" ... "Beatles people and Elvis people." Vincent is obviously an Elvis person, and it's alluded to when Mia and him pull up to Jack Rabbit Slims

[@alecrichards8574]

Also Elvis and Vincent both died on a toilet lol

[@KevinGuinness5555]

The guy in the bathroom was Vincent's responsibility since he went to the back of the apartment. Vincent fucks *everything up

[@originalsubwayjones]

Very impressive video. There’s nothing I love more than a movie with layers.

[@bertrach]

4:34 Bad from worse? The phrase you were looking for is "from bad to worse".

[@djyanno]

"You should be better hitmen than this!" Don't ask too much of them, after all, Vincent had to ask where was the heart. I don't think they are that competent.

[@danmcn61]

Vincent didn't have much of an IQ to begin with, and whatever brain cells he had were diminished because he was wacked out on drugs

[@DR4WZ]

If you listen closely, you can hear Vincent and Jules conversation in the background while pumpkin and hunnie Bunny are plotting robbing the restaurant

[@lueysixty-six7300]

Former H addict here🖐️ I have to throw a spanner in the works, in regards to the constipation bit with Vincent Vega. Smack does, indeed, make you constipated...so much so, that you won't go ALL week, so long as your H supply continues. The time when it all comes to a head, is generally when you go into withdrawals. Then....diarrhoea. You've seen Trainspotting... With that in mind, Vince's constantly going to the head, isn't actually a good representation of using H. He is clearly well supplied, and he earns an adequate cash income to feed the habit. We see this when he chooses quality over quantity, at the dealers. Many do get a "needle fixation", however, that much is 100% accurate. Much like how Pavlov's dogs got trained to salivate at the sound of a bell, we IV drug users* come to associate the imminent rush of euphoria, washing all the withdrawal pains away in its warm embrace..with the apparatus that delivers it. And a hyperdermic needle is an apparatus and a half! The narcotics themselves, of course are highly addictive...but I don't know if normies realise that the needle supercharges the addiction. The knowledge that a tiny few specks (drugs) mixed into a syringe barrel...and then mainlined, will send you riiiiiight where you wanna be at the speed light, you better believe that addicts torment themselves for hours obsessing over the thought of having a shot. Better than sex..?? Oh sh*t yeah!! No contest! You would work yourself up into such a state, a nervous wreck where just the thought of it made you feel like you were hanging out - even if you weren't! I'm soooo glad I don't have to go through that rollercoaster every time I go to get on (which would turn out to be daily). Don't miss the horrors. Don't miss the constant duress of withdrawals -RELENTLESSLY stalking you like a hungry wolf pack... * Not anymore - I'm 20+ years clean off the needle.

[@dad9159]

I got most of those watching the film except the stealing of the trophy and that Butch is the one that keyed Vincent's car. Of course he did it because Vincent called him a Palooka at the bar and when Butch left, Vincent's car was the only new vehicle in the lot since he arrived. Great tidbit!

[@johnnydamon1612]

Because Butch keying the car isn’t actually in the movie or something you could pick up through context clues or anything.

[@joeygilbert3558]

"You don't (mess) with another man's vehicle." Butch proceeded to wreck Fabian's Honda and them steal Zed's chopper.

[@katskillz]

haha., that little detail cracks me up. shows Butch to be such an adolescent minded stooge at least up to that point.

[@joebro391]

I don't know about #3. I just went back and listened to the scene of Butch headed back to his apartment and the radio in the window of the one house/apartment seems to just be a commercial for Jack Rabbit Slims, not so much a news report for the allegedly stolen trophy

[@rickdesper]

I thought Steve Buscemi's participation was fairly obvious. Even if he was hiding under the Buddy Holly glasses, that voice is distinctive.

[@iraklismoschonas5214]

Perhaps the black and white background during the cab ride is a homage to films noir, or even a homage to Raging Bull, which was shot in black and white, given that both Butch and Jake LaMotta were boxers.

[@mayank3656]

wtf

[@trisha7976]

Satan took Marcellus's soul from the back of his neck. It's what's shining in the briefcase. 😂

[@theunsuspectingvictim4360]

I like the idea that the suitcase holds marsellus’ soul, which was previously extracted at some pas time from the back of his neck. Explains the bandaid and the glowing suitcase

[@danmcn61]

I still think that the suitcase contained gold of some kind. Every time someone opens it, a yellow light is emitted and a look of awe comes over the observer. That's exactly the look that I would have if shown a briefcase full of gold. Maybe Brett was a rich kid who stole gold bars from his father? He probably owed money to Marcellus, and instead of cash he offered up the gold instead. When he double crossed Marcellus, Brett effectively signed his own death warrant. QT was a brilliant director in that he allowed every viewer to think for themselves and decide what was inside the briefcase. I say it was gold because I like gold.

[@jackmeehoff1524]

@@danmcn61 you have NO IMAGINATION gold would be lame AF

[@johndigges136]

A suitcase full of gold wouldn’t make any sense anyway… it’d be too heavy to carry casually.

[@tomking7080]

@@johndigges136 and gold would not glow like that. His soul is a better explanation because he has that bandaid on the back of his neck and the lock code is 666

[@danmcn61]

@@johndigges136 You're not listening. Read it again. QT doesn't say what is in the briefcase, he allows each audience member to decide for themselves. For me, gold would make me look on in admiration. For others, Marcellus' soul is inside the briefcase. It could be filled with cotton candy or Skittles. What's important is that whatever the briefcase contains is important to that person. That's all.

[@ddfann]

Marcellus staking out Butch's apartment was so obvious I'm amazed anyone could possibly miss it.

[@danmcn61]

And the scene where Butch sees Marcellus walking with coffee & doughnuts is similar to the scene in "Psycho" where Janet Leigh sees the businessman that she stole money from.

[@azynkron]

It's just shit channels like this that get all their content from Wikipedia or other sites that claims things "are chocking" or "things you probably missed".

[@AgentMoray]

It'spronounced Blaze as in Modesty Blaise.

[@BerinKinsman]

THANK YOU

[@antonleimbach648]

Link Wray’s “Rumble” is the song playing at Jackrabbit Slims during the moment of silence scene. One of my favorite parts of the movie. It oozes cool but you can’t put your finger on why.

[@sgt.thundercok4704]

It's actually Link Wray's 'Ace of Spades' which has those same chords in it but a more moving drum beat.

[@MikeFromOz]

@@sgt.thundercok4704 Yeah, she goes to the bathroom to the tune of "Rumble", but comes back out and sits down to "Ace of Spades"

[@mrsticker2]

@@MikeFromOz I never understood why "Rumble" wasn't on the sound track.

[@zanethomas6865]

In a deleted scene of Reservoir Dogs, it's revealed Mr. White is actually Lawrence Dimmick. There's a scene with Mr. Orange/Freddy talking with another cop played by Nina Seimaszko and Holdaway, the cop played by Randy Brooks, where they're talking about Mr. White while eating burgers and fries.

[@art_seer]

Wow

[@swaninabox1488]

Both QT and Danny Devito were executive producers of the film "Killing Zoe" which starred Eric Stoltz as a safecracker/bank robber, Vincents dealer in PF. That movie is also directed by Roger Avary who also did PF. Killing Zoe also has a myriad of links and bits of trivia too. and a section involving herion use that is sureal.

[@shinrugal]

Marvin was supposed to have told them about the last guy but was too scared at the time because he wasn’t told what was going to happen.

[@ellagoreyshorrorstories7524]

Agreed, plus every time Flock Of Seagulls tried to say anything, Jules screamed at him to shut up...and then shot him. No wonder Marvin wanted to avoid the same fate!

[@MaquiladoraIII]

This is probably massively obvious, but I've always loved the connection that takes place outside the Tarantino universe, namely the use of "Flowers on the Wall" featured in two different Bruce Willis films: this one and _Die Hard with a Vengeance._

[@TheSaltySeaman]

Bruce got it from the set of Pulp Fiction and worked it into Die Hard, he did them back to back. And of course Sam Jackson's in both too.

[@jamespledger1154]

The Ezikiel verse is lifted from a Sonny Chiba movie, I think it was called The Bodyguard

[@DJJezzebella]

I believe the reason that she said that Elvis man should love it is because in the directors cut she asks him if he's an Elvis man or a Beatles and he says that he's an Elvis man while she's video taping him for some reason.

[@leonard4054]

When “The Wolf” (Harvey Keitel) is called it’s approximately 8:00-8:30 AM. He is in a tux and there appears to be a gathering of people who are dressed up as well. Why? What event was going on at his home at this hour? This scene always perplexed me

[@Dave_D1ce]

They are playing baccarat.

[@ollieox9181]

I always wondered that too - what the hell was he doing in a tux at that time of the morning?

[@craigjomaia]

More than likely it wasn't an event happening at that time of day. It was an event STILL happening from the night before. Anyone that has gambled in Vegas knows how quickly the hours pass and how easy it is to lose track of time. They were probably still playing baccarat.

[@danmcn61]

@@Dave_D1ce I have noticed that the people playing baccarat in Las Vegas were all very well dressed. Plebes like me have to stand back and watch.

[@googleuser1079]

They party at all hours.

[@whycomment2895]

Have to Um, Actually your #1 here; they do not establish that it is 4 or 5 in the apartment. When Vincent asks how many are in the apartment, Jules answers 3 to 4, but he isn't sure if this is "counting our guy". Should have cleared the rooms, but 3 people was not an unreasonable expectation when they walked in the apartment.

[@beaumorris5289]

Another great list. Thank you.

[@bluekirby566]

Super odd take on Vincent shooting Marvin. Seemed like a total accident to me

[@danmcn61]

With every QT movie, I start out by assuming there are no accidents and there are no coincidences. Everything happens for a reason.

[@bluekirby566]

@@danmcn61Right, it led to them going to that guys house, getting washed up and then lead to the diner scene. All cause of that gun shot. It can still be written in as an accident and mean something But to suggest he was scared in the moment and shot him that way is absurd. I’m open for any other interpretations

[@katskillz]

Vincent clearly was emoting an uneasiness and fear when talking to Jules over breakfast. He acted indignant, but really it was a cover for fear of the unknown that Jules seemed so clued in on. It's very believable that this fear was already welling up in Vincent during the conversation in the car, but he hid it by acting overly incredulous. But his lack of body control betrayed how shooken up he already was getting.

[@MurderMostFowl]

Nothing is accidental with Tarantino… The Bible verse is purposefully kind of right and kind of wrong, to illustrate that Jules is a real person, not a cartoon villain. It gives depth to his character. He claims, very convincingly that he believes in some thing as a guiding force in his life, but Never actually re-checked the Bible to see what it really said.

[@AnyoneCanSee]

The black and white in the cab was very obvious in the cinema. I thought it was just Tarrontino reminding the audience that they are watching a modern take on an old Pulp Fiction novel. So you got the feeling you were watching an old detective movie. So it was Tarantino being meta.

[@tracyworobe8699]

The sword Butch grabs that saves Marcellus Wallace at the end was a Hitori Honzo made sword ala Kill Bill 1

[@jamesshaw4272]

hattori hanzo

[@tracyworobe8699]

@@jamesshaw4272 thank you for the correction

[@jamesshaw4272]

@@tracyworobe8699 its a nasty habit i need to get rid of lol

[@bradfry5403]

Crazy Craig Koons from a wanted poster in Django Unchained, was the great-great-grandfather of Captain Koons (Christopher Walken) in Pulp fiction.

[@matthewlagrange3000]

Red Apples also appear in "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion" on a billboard they drive by

[@djkenry]

Tarantino used to date Mira Sorvino at the time of that movie.

[@jcbehnke]

I appreciate your enthusiasm in putting this video together. I’ve seen PF twenty times at least. The only thing you pointed out that had never occurred to me was that maybe Butch keyed Vincent’s car. So not the list I was hoping for when I clicked on it. But appreciate the effort.

[@hermes_logios]

I specifically remember Esmeralda’s bare foot, from the 90’s.

[@jesss.5864]

Correction: Jules told vincent there could be anywhere between 3-5 people in the apartment. So when they saw 3, they thought they had gotten their answer.

[@ShaunHensley]

Another name for needle is ‘lance’

[@bradfry5403]

A very honourable mention, Steve Buscemi was a FDNY firefighter before turning to acting, after 9.11 he returned as a volunteer to help with the search for survivors and retrieve bodies.

[@matticus6821]

Neat!! I never knew as a Canadian that “plaster” is the same as a “band -aid” of all the things to take away from this video never would have guessed that that’s funny 😆

[@ellagoreyshorrorstories7524]

Band Aid is a brand, while "'plaster" or bandage is the item. Like Kleenex is a brand, but facial tissue is the product!

[@rods6405]

Band aid downunder no matter what the brand (never plaster). Just like Esky which was a brand for a drink & food cooler

[@matticus6821]

Haha well shoot I get (band aid) is a company’s name!! Now my question is… what do Australians call a (band aid) or (plaster)? Just curious

[@rods6405]

@@matticus6821 Band Aid never plaster Plaster (cast) is what you use to get put on the arm or leg when you break it.

[@djcruiselover3827]

You talked about Ezekiel 2517 and didn’t reference the fact that he actually took that quote from a different movie?

[@TrevorCopter]

Sonny Chiba’s Street Fighter, if I remember correctly

[@shinrugal]

And the fact that the whole thing is from the Bible just edited together ( not just Ezekiel 25:17 but rather Ezekiel 25:17-23 or something like that)

[@eclat4641]

You are right ! I seen the movie a million times yet i have missed a few of these !

[@chrisbutler1668]

The reason the cab driver wasn't wearing shoes, aside from Tarantino's fetish, is because she was well dressed and wearing a lot of makeup, so one can assume she likely wore high heels. And women in heels more often than not remove their heels when driving to avoid their foot slipping off the accelerator/brake. I thought this was pretty obvious to a 10 year old me watching it for the first time, but apparently not to the folks at WhatCulture.

[@hansgrueber8169]

Plus people drive with their shoes off all of the time, especially ones you can kick off easily.

[@charleshamamjian3756]

There is an Easter egg connection between this movie and die hard with a vengeance. When butch runs over Marcellus, he is listening to the old folk song smoking cigarettes and watching captain kangaroo. Bruce Willis uses this line in die hard with a vengeance when coming back to work

[@jb888888888]

1966 might be a long time ago to you but it's hardly an "old folk song."

[@hansgrueber8169]

@@jb888888888 and the Statler brothers are hardly a folk group.

[@MikeJackson-zx2ki]

Also, Remember. John McClane is told to take his shoes And curl his toes in the carpet to relax. He does that in Die Hard and that is the reason he is running around barefoot through the movie.

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

Vincent's bathroom book is not "Modesty Blasé". It's "Modesty Blaise"; the surname is pronounced "blaze".

[@stretchmfe4913]

Also, Tim Roth was in Reservoir Dogs. Mr. Orange. And his name is Pumpkin in Pulp Fiction

[@edreed9189]

What ages Pulp is the complaining about a 5 dollar shake

[@MrJayateabug]

It really should have had Bourbon in it, or something.

[@nnaheim.]

Cringe comment

[@onlydaprecum]

Binging with Babish did a episode on this. Adjusting for inflation, it was somthing like a $9 milkshake, which kinda makes sense if there wasnt bourbon in it

[@thesuncollective1475]

I'd watch this even if I had not missed them, any excuse..!

[@torontoclarinetist]

Jules and Vincent also got their guns miraculously reloaded after they executed Brett.

[@johndixon9094]

Any professional who uses a gun reloads it when the action is done. It certainly happened offscreen.

[@danmcn61]

They probably carried an extra clip. Easy to have on hand whenever needed. Any shooter knows that an unloaded gun is useless.

[@torontoclarinetist]

@@danmcn61 Normally I'd agree but the way the shots are cut makes it seem like they didn't have time to reload at all.

[@torontoclarinetist]

@@johndixon9094 Normally I'd agree but the way the shots are cut makes it seem like they didn't have time to reload at all.

[@elmaton65]

Very informative video..... 10 years ago.

[@salvadorslim3234]

Great list. Great comments

[@kendricjonrs8581]

5:57 Absolutely Big Kahuna Burger WAS NOT Featured In 'Once Upon A Time in Hollywood' (pay attention to details) Taco Bell was featured.

[@maximusthecannabist5170]

Quintin mentions conrad and Jenny those are actually his real uncle and aunt related to his step father kurt I was raised for a bit by his brother cliff who I considered a father they are amazing story tellers all of them.

[@MrPermaculture]

that i didnt know and is awesome. i have the blueray but no deleted scenes on mine.

[@raystinger6261]

12:57 - Nah, not at all. The recurring theme for John Travolta's character in this movie is that he's an idiot. The first clue of that is the start of the movie. Vincent just got back from Paris. He could be talking about the places he's seen, the cuisine, the locals' habits... Instead he talks about his visit to McDonald's. From then on, in EVERY scene he appears, Vincent finds a way to do something stupid. 1. He credits a murder to a "foot massage", something that Mia later says is ridiculous. 2. He doesn't check the whole apartment to see if there was someone hiding. 3. He offends his drug dealer's wife in front of him. 4. He taunts Butch for absolutely no reason at all. 5. He almost turned the robbery Jules was trying to difuse into a bloodbath. 6. He leaves Mia behind with his coat, but forgets he's got his drugs on the coat. 7. He went to Butch's house to kill him, and he not only daydreams in the toilet, but leaves his gun OUTSIDE the toilet for Butch to find. 8. He tries to question Wolf's authority, when the Wolf is there simply to help him from one of his own screw ups. 9. He doesn't understand that his and Jules' survival was indeed a miracle. And unlike Jules, he stayed a criminal, which soon later lead to his death (see 7). Given his extensive list of screw ups, is it that hard to imagine that the idiot hasn't taken his finger off the trigger since leaving the apartment? It was an accident. It would be hard to believe IF the movie didn't provide plenty of evidence for the goon's idiocy! The accident was set up from the very first scene.