1984: "Who you gonna call?"
What is Ghostbusters?
Liesl von Trapp is "going on" this age in The Sound of Music.
What is seventeen?
This 3-letter word can refer to a state of intoxication, making a person incandescent
What is lit?
Kitty Oppenheimer's one-time involvement in this political party helped bring an end to her husband's career in government.
What is the Communist Party?
Ken's occupation on Barbie packaging lists his job as "beach," instead of this job which is widely believed that he does.
What is a lifeguard?
1993: "An adventure sixty-five million years in the making."
What is Jurassic Park?
Spanish bingo callers refer to this number as la niña bonita, due to it being the age of a Latina girl celebrating her quinceañera.
What is fifteen?
Could you be any more this 5-letter word that means mainstream, like pumpkin spice lattes
What is basic?
Oppenheimer said in an October 1945 meeting with this man that he felt he had blood on his hands, after which he called Oppenheimer a crybaby.
Who is Harry Truman?
Barbie was originally intended to star in this film as the love interest of a Tom Hanks character, until Mattel refused to let her appear in the film.
What is Toy Story?
2001: "We scare because we care."
What is Monsters, Inc.?
The Norse god Odin has this many sons, the number carrying religious and mythological symbolism representing perfection or entirety.
What is twelve?
It's not just for brides! A man getting married can turn into this portmanteau monster
What is a groomzilla?
Oppenheimer is most famous for remarking "now I am become death, destroyer of worlds," but this Hindu deity is the one he is quoting from.
Who is Vishnu?
In 2003, Mattel re-released Midge, a friend of Barbie, who had to be quickly pulled off the shelves due to controversy over her being this.
What is pregnant?
2016: "An unforgettable journey she probably won't remember."
What is Finding Dory?
The major interstate highway that runs east-west from Scroggins Draw, Texas, to Florence, South Carolina: I-this.
What is twenty?
Also the title of a song by DJ Mustard, Ty Dolla $ign & Ashanti, these 2 words may sound rude but just mean "I understand"
What is say less?
Both J. Robert and his brother Frank's careers were ended due to their past left-wing ties in the second wave of this, also referred to as McCarthyism.
What is the Red Scare?
When Aqua released "Barbie Girl" in 1997, Mattel filed suit alleging defamation, but a judge dismissed the case in 2002, writing that "the parties are advised" to do this, slang for relax or go easy.
What is chill?
1986: "Up there with the best of the best."
What is Top Gun?
In baseball, this number is typically reserved for the biggest slugger on the team, with examples including Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire.
What is twenty-five?
Somewhat akin to down-low is this other "low" which can precede "goated when X is the vibe"
What is low-key?
Oppenheimer chose this, the name of the first nuclear test, partially after a John Donne sonnet titled "batter my heart, three-person'd God."
What is Trinity?
In the 2023 movie, Kate McKinnon offers Margot Robbie a pink Stiletto to represent the blue pill, and one of these open-toed shoes that The New York Times associated with "hippies and latter-day granola crunchers" as a stand-in for the red pill.
What are Birkenstocks?