Questions tagged [episode-identification]
For use when you know the TV series an episode with a particular plot belongs to, but need to find the title or number of the exact episode. Also for use in situations in which you know the movie series, book series, or comic that a plot belongs to, but cannot remember the title or issue number.
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Gotham episode where the term 'black market' was taken literally
In this particular episode, there was a 'Black Market' where types of contraband were sorted in different aisles with signs marking where each type of illegal item was, in a similar manner to a real-...
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An episode from Avengers Assemble TV series in which Iron Man saves a grand piano from a falling chandelier
This was an episode from Avengers Assemble (TV series). Although I cannot remember which season exactly, my guess is it happened after season 2 (most likely in season 3).
I think Captain America and ...
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Scifi TV show about an AI from a spaceship, contacting different teenagers?
I am searching for a 90s TV show. It is about a spaceship with an AI that contacts different teenagers each episode.
In one of them, the alien AI sends a message to a teenager asking
What is the FBI?
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Tom Corbett, Space Cadet TV episode about a moon tunnel
Trying to identify an episode of Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950-1955) in which Tom, Roger, Astro, and Dr. Dale walk through a subterranean tunnel under a moon.
In a September 1952 issue of Popular ...
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Yogi Bear episode where he's cursed with hunger, and Boo Boo falls off a bridge?
I distinctly remember watching a rerun of an original cartoon episode matching this description.
Yogi Bear is cursed with insatiable hunger leaving Boo-boo. Boo Boo, eyes blinded by tears falls off a ...
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Star Trek episode involving an old person who was supposed to be buried alive/dying on a moon or asteroid because he reached a certain age
This must be the easiest question for Trekkies … but I just can’t find it with a Google search.
They find a moon or asteroid with dead people on it, but one just arrived through a portal or a ...
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Silver Surfer issue where the Surfer was captured by an enormous spaceship and held prisoner
There was an issue of Silver Surfer that was a very good satire on reality TV. The Surfer visited / was captured by an enormous spaceship and held prisoner. The only way he could buy back his freedom ...
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What is the context for this panel of Superman tossing a cross at super-speed?
I accidentally stumbled on this while browsing trivia about Superman.
Some people seemed to suggest this would be silver age Superman, but so far I was not able to find any context for it yet.
Which ...
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Star Trek: TNG episode where Mr. Data struggles to master a piece of music
I'm looking for the Star Trek: TNG episode (or rather the scene) where Mr. Data practices playing a musical instrument, possibly the violin. He complains about being unable to get the performance ...
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Atomic superhero cartoon pilot from early 1990s
This has been driving me crazy all day, yet I am embarrassed to ask it.
I am trying to remember the name of a kids’ animated cartoon I watched obsessively, produced around 1992+-2 years, for the US ...
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Which episode of "Space: Above and Beyond" has the famous regulators quote?
Very similar to my previous question.
I recall that one of the episodes of "Space: Above and Beyond" (1995–1996) includes quote similar to this one:
-- The Regulator...
-- Yes?
-- Who ...
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Which episode of "Space: Above and Beyond" starts with a broken heart quote?
Very similar to my second question.
I recall that one of the middle episodes of "Space: Above and Beyond" (1995–1996) starts with the quote similar to this one:
It is year 21XX. We can cure ...
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Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode—drugged kids feed lizard people babies
This was a while ago: In an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? two siblings are sent to a fancy private school where music is banned and the students are fed some mystery gruel at lunch, which ...
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What episode of The Fairly OddParents did Cosmo say "three rights make a left"?
The IMDB quotes page for The Fairly OddParents has the following quote:
Wanda : Two wrongs don't make a right.
Cosmo : But three rights make a left, and now it's time for the show!
I believe the ...
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Help identifying the various series in the Toonami 'Advanced Robotics' commercial
This classic Toonami commercial for 'Advanced Robotics' contains a mashup of a few different robot/mecha-centric franchises but I don't recognize them all.
Toonami Advanced Robotics
Can I get some ...
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TV show, late 70s early 80s, two investigators searching for "unknowns"
I recall a US series from the late 1970s (possibly early 80s) that involved two protagonists (brothers?) who investigate science mysteries/paranormal. I only saw one episode and never saw the end, so ...
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Identification: Star Trek Voyager - real civilization treated like Age of Empires (i.e. a real-time strategy game)
I'm pretty sure there was a Voyager episode where Tom Paris (and another officer) were playing a real-time strategy game (like Age of Empires) but then they found out they are controlling actual ...
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Did either Captain Scarlet or Thunderbirds air an episode on UK TV that used real actors between 1998 and 2005?
I have some contradicting memories:
Between 1998 and 2005, I was informed that a Thunderbirds episode of some sort would be airing. It would be an older episode, but with real actors this time.
I ...
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Red eyed monster with gaze that turns you into a wooden doll?
Back in the early to mid 90s, my mom was channel surfing and stopped on something where some people were investigating missing kids and these wooden dolls were showing up.
One kid decided to go out at ...
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Episode from 90s X-Men cartoon where all the X-Men are defeated by a single individual
While scrolling the X-Men section in the Disney+ catalog, I started to remember a scene from the 90s X-Men cartoon. As far as I remember, this was a multipart episode which ended like this:
Before ...
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What's the show & episode where an inmate escapes jail via astral projection?
I'm rather confident the show in question was something like Tales from the Crypt or Tales from the Darkside, and aired in the late 80s or early 90s.
In the episode, a young and soon-to-be-released ...
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Episode from "The Fairly OddParents" where Timmy replaced his German teacher with a lumberjack
I am looking for an episode from The Fairly OddParents where Timmy replaced his German teacher with a lumberjack.
I can only remember that it was a lumberjack, who said something like "Enough ...
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Episode where the Hulk uproots a tree stump
In this episode Banner's job for the episode involves removing a massive tree stump; following his first hulk-out the first thing he does is tear the stump, roots and all, out of the ground.
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From which episode of TOS was this gif of Spock pulling clothes out of a dresser drawer taken?
Which episode of TOS was this gif of Spock pulling clothes out of a dresser drawer taken from? I saw it on a Facebook comment and it's driving me crazy that I don't remember ever seeing this scene.
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Episode of Wonder Woman (1975) with some crystals as a core part of the plot?
Around 1990, they were broadcasting Wonder Woman (1975) in my country, and I believe it was in this series where there was an episode revolving around some crystals. Perhaps they were alien crystals? ...
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Cartoon episode aired in the eighties featuring underwater dry land and a suspended water ceiling sustained by volcanoes
I remember watching a certain US cartoon episode in the middle eighties in Brazil as a kid. Possibly a Godzilla, Sealab 2020, Johnny Quest or similar Hanna-Barbera cartoon featuring ocean waters. As ...
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Movie or episode of a TV series about a virtual prison that’s only revealed at the end
I have vague memory about a movie or episode where someone was trapped in a fantasy driven nightmare like hellscape scenario similar to the movie The Cell and has to fight someone there or help ...
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What episode is this from on Batman?
Anyone know what episode on the 1960s Batman TV show this is from?
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In what continuity does Joker want his "g** d*** electric car"?
I came across this video clip where Scarecrow and Joker have captured Batman and are going to interrogate him and Scarecrow takes his mask off:
[Joker] WHAT!!?
[Scarecrow] Bloody hell, it's ...
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Which episode(s) of the Jackie Chan adventures featured a female sumo wrestler?
I'm sure I saw a female sumo wrestler in one or more of the episodes. Toru bumps into her during a sumo wrestling convention?
All my attempts at googling have failed, and just bring up Toru himself.
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Spock notes that even the highest forms of intelligence need to "play"
This should be easy for Trekkies and shouldn't be hard for me but I can't remember enough to even construct a search.
At the end of this Star Trek TOS episode Spock notes something to the effect that ...
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Background science officer possibly played by Brent Spiner?
I remember an episode where there is a science division officer in the background in Ten Forward who seems to be played by Brent Spiner out of makeup - I thought it was The Game, but I can't find that ...
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Episode of "The Familiar of Zero" where Saito feeds Tabitha's dragon again
I've forgotten which episode of The Familiar of Zero Saito feeds Tabitha's dragon again in. Because it's been a long since I last watched it, and I don't remember the scene.
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In which SG1 Season and Episode did Teal'c say 'Medical Operation'?
I am looking for the episode where Teal'c says something like:
'medical operation'
and O'Neill says:
'It's surgical...'
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Dr Smith meets an alien
I have a faint memory of a Lost In Space episode where Dr Smith is getting things he wants from an alien device.
He gets (I think) a drink of wine and then he asks for a beautiful girl but this ...
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I can't find an Ezra Bridger opening vid scene from Star Wars: Rebels
I vividly recall a scene from Star Wars: Rebels that I can't find any more. Was it removed?
It is a holovid of Ezra Bridger saying something along the lines if "I'm Ezra Bridger..."
It was a ...
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TV episode, possibly "Twilight Zone" about a man who becomes a card dealer by putting on special shoes
Looking for a TV episode, I'm thinking Twilight Zone.
A man tries on dress shoes he's not supposed to. Every time he puts them on he becomes a card dealer and he falls in love with the night life. His ...
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1970s live action Spider-Man TV series fancy dress/costume party episode
Did this happen or am I suffering from the Mandela Effect?
I remember watching a live action episode of The Amazing Spider-Man in the late 1970s and Peter Parker was getting ready to go to a fancy ...
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Which issue of which Spider-Man series had Spidey fighting a villain in a white costume with black spots?
I remember reading an issue of a Spider-Man series that had Spidey fighting a villain in a white costume with black spots. The spots were actually a kind of portal, which meant that the villain couldn'...
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Which episode of Floogals is this scene from?
Which episode of Floogals is this from?
It appears in the start sequence and has been used by the official Floogals facebook and Twitter feeds
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Power Rangers episode where a male Ranger adopts a kung fu stance after defeating a monster
I recall seeing an episode of one of the various Power Rangers shows. I couldn't tell you which specific series the episode was from, except that I'm pretty sure it wasn't from the original series, as ...
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Which episode of TMNT has a comic book writer with a crystal pen?
I'm trying to remember an old episode where there's an author who straps a crystal to his pen and what he draws becomes real. He draws another dimension, the turtles end up there and there's some sort ...
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When did Dr. Carolyn Trainer start calling herself Lady Octopus?
Dr. Carolyn Trainer, Dr. Octavius' prodigy, first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #405.
But I can't find a reference for the issue where she takes on her own name — Lady Octopus. I've checked her ...
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Animated show where Ghost Rider put Penance Stare on Galactus
I remember watching this animated marvel show episode show but don't know the name:
Plot: Galactus attacking search and hell lot of marvel characters comes and fight with Galactus. Fantastic four, ...
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Show where an episode ends with a man levitating, imprisoned in a top secret facility?
I watched the show in the 90s possibly early 00s, and it didn't seem like it could have been made any earlier than the late 80s.
The show was part of an episodic mystery show like Outer Limits or ...
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When did Aayla Secura almost fall to the Dark Side?
I don't remember the exact comic, but I read one a while back where Aayla was going on a solo mission. Yoda warned her to be careful, referencing some event where she almost fell to the Dark Side.
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In what Atlantis episode was a wraith stunner pistol shot and destroyed?
In an episode of Stargate Atlantis, I recall a battle where a wraith stunner pistol was shot and destroyed/disabled. I seem to recall it was Sheppard who was using it at the time, but I could be ...
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Batman and Joker comic where they are compared to tarot cards and Batman gets stuck under a statue
In which comic issue does Batman try to stop the Joker from robbing some kind of artifact at a museum or auction house ? Throughout the entire comic, both the Joker and Batman are compared to certain ...
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MIB episode- begins in a movie theater
In the teaser to this particular episode of MIB the series, K and J track an alien criminal to a crowded cinema; when J asks how they're to identify their suspect, K points out the one moviegoer ...
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What Star Trek episode is the "Kirk and Bones" nodding gif from?
What episode is the "Kirk and Bones nodding" gif from?
My guess is Season 1 from the apparent age and hair style of Shatner (Captain Kirk), but I couldn't find the scene in a cursory search ...
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