Animated Films In Other Words
2006:
Jubilant tootsies
Happy Feet
Can't say I know for sure, but I'll bet this airy chocolate dish tastes better than the same-named hair product
mousse
This beloved character introduced the song "Rainbow Connection" in a 1979 film
Kermit
Dignity" comes from the same Latin word as this synonym for delicate
The Goliath birdeater, a South American type of this spider, makes a hissing sound when threatened
a tarantula
2012:
Destroy that thing, Mr. Nader
Wreck-It Ralph
Wines classed as this "fruity" color are made from white grapes with the skins left on
orange wines
Done in his characteristic drip style, "Greyed Rainbow" was among his last great purely abstract paintings
Pollock
It's what the "M" stands for in HMO
The leaves of a small shrub called the Egyptian privet produce this orange-brown dye used to color hair
henna
2003:
Locating the captain of the Nautilus
Finding Nemo
South Africa's Indian community love bunny chow, a hallowed half loaf of bread filled with this spiced sauce dish
curry
There's no actual rainbow variety of this vegetable; it's just a mix of colored varieties
Swiss chard
In 1857's Dred Scott v. Sanford before the U.S. Supreme Court, Dred Scott was this litigant
the plaintiff
The name of this water bird comes from the Latin Corvus marinus, which means "sea raven"
a cormorant
1999:
The ferrous leviathan
The Iron Giant
Traditionally served on a board, this mix of cold cuts & cheeses is French for "pork-butcher's shop"
Charcuterie
Great Odin's raven! This name of the rainbow bridge that leads to Asgard gives me the chills
the Bifrost
Handcuffs & zip ties, for example
restraints
Hard to find in its natural habitat, the Ituri Rainforest, this smaller giraffe relative was unknown to Western science until 1900
the okapi
1989:
Every canine shows up in Elysium
All Dogs Go to Heaven
A popular full-bodied style of red wine has 2 names: Syrah, when it's from France, & when it's from Australia, this
Shiraz
His "Gravity's Rainbow" was considered for a Pulitzer Prize but then deemed "unreadable", "turgid" & "obscene"
Pynchon
Aka corposant, it's a visible electrical discharge on a ship's mast or a plane's wing during a storm
Saint Elmo's Fire
The Indian pipe plant is mycoheterotrophic, meaning it gets most of its food directly from this type of organism
a fungus