Eighties Excess: The Game
Think you’re a pop culture wiz? This illustration is brimming with 350 references. How many can you spot?
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How many references can you track down?
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April O’Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
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Kaneda on motorcycle (Akira)
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Pablo Escobar
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The Far Side
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VHS
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Golden Girls
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Batman
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Wally/Waldo
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John McClane (Die Hard)
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Vicki (Small Wonder)
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Princess Diana meets AIDS patient
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Morrissey
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Queen (band)
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Maverick and Goose (Top Gun)
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Pinhead
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Berlin Wall
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New Coke can
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Grace Jones
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Dynasty Catfight
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Jason chasing victim
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Jen and Kira (Dark Crystal)
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Cheetara (Thundercats)
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Muammar Gaddafi
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Nancy Reagan
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Denver the Last Dinosaur
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Alf
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Choose Life T-shirt
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Alvin and the Chipmunks
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Beverly Mantle (Dead Ringers)
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Misfits
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Bill & Ted
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Pac-Man
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Tipper Gore and Susan Baker (Parents Music Resource Center)
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Elvira
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Ronald Reagan photograph
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Totoro
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Tiananmen square man vs tank
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John Lennon assassinated by Mark David Chapman
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Optimus Prime (Transformers)
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Richard Pryor on fire
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Soviet–Afghan War
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Mookie (Do the Right Thing)
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“Crack is Wack” graffiti
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Derek Smalls (This Is Spinal Tap)
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Robocop
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Ronald Reagan
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Ellen Ripley and Newt (Aliens)
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Michael Jackson
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Teen Wolf
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N.W.A.
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The Elephant Man
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Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)
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Grady Twins (The Shining)
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Bebop and Rocksteady (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
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The US supplying Afghan Mujahideen with missiles
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Lloyd Dobler (Say Anything…)
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Steve Jobs
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“Just say no” sign
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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Martin Riggs (Lethal Weapon)
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“Thriller’ dancers
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John Gotti orders a hit on Paul Castellano
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The Fly
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Ariel (The Little Mermaid)
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Wild Style graffiti
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Saudi Aramco established
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Radio Gaga sign
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Darth Vader
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Black man being arrested
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Crocodile Dundee
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The California Raisins
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Gameboy
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Ronny Cammareri (Moonstruck)
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Ferris Bueller
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Run DMC
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Keith Haring
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He-Man
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Bill Cosby
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Donald Trump
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Slimer (Ghostbusters)
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Simon (game)
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Dirty Dancing
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Saddam Hussain
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DeLorean time machine
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Ozzy Osbourne
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Chunk (The Goonies)
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Threads
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Cadet Moses Hightower (Police Academy)
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Mannequin
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Assassination of Indira Gandhi
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Dee Snider (Twisted Sister)
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Paul Oakenfold (DJ)
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Tony Montana (Scarface)
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Postman Pat
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Jareth (Labyrinth)
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Andre the Giant
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Gordon Gekko
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Robert Smith (The Cure)
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Ash (Evil Dead)
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George Michael
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Mario
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My Little Pony
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Falkor (The Neverending Story)
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Cadet Carey Mahoney (Police Academy)
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James Hetfield (Metallica)
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Donald Rumsfeld
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Linda Barrett (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
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Billy Joel
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Bill Gates
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Bob Ross
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The Iron Sheik
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Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield)
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Hulk Hogan
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Jem
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Magnum P.I.
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Mötley Crüe (band)
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Emmett “Doc” Brown (Back to the Future)
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Rick James
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John “Pogo the Clown” Wayne Gacy arrested
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Mr. T
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Rambo
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Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
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Thunder (Big Trouble in Little China)
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Inspector Gadget
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Roger Rabbit
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David Bowie
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Rick Astley
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Mola Ram (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)
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Mommie Dearest
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“Live Wire” neon sign
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Ren McCormack (Footloose)
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The Last Unicorn
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Arnold Jackson (Diff’rent Strokes)
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Indiana Jones
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Biff Tannen (Back to the Future)
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Diego Maradona
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Rocky Dennis (Mask)
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Christa McAuliffe (Astronaut)
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The Blues Brothers
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Elton John
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The Twits (Roald Dahl)
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Ewok (Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi)
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Ultimate Warrior
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Larry King
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Billy Idol
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Joker
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Margaret Thatcher election poster
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Stephen Hawking
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Jumbo (Killer Klowns from Outer Space)
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Joe Camel
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Ms .45
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Ghostbusters
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Frank Zappa
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Gumby
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Tik-Tok (Return to Oz)
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Randy “Macho Man” Savage
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
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Videodrome
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“Parental Advisory Explicit Content” sign
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Marty McFly (Back to the Future)
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Fozzie Bear (Muppet Babies)
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Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors)
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Jeff Spicoli (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
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Barbara Maitland (Beetlejuice)
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Mohawk (Gremlins)
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Cyndi Lauper
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Cobra Commander (G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero)
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Johnny 5 (Short Circuit)
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Jack Torrance (The Shining)
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An Officer and a Gentleman
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Babar the Elephant
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Trivial Pursuit
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Breakdancing
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The Abyss
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Street Fighter (Arcade video game)
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Eddie Murphy
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Count Duckula
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Spot the Dog
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Pink Floyd – The Wall
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Siouxsie Sioux
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Richard “Night Stalker” Ramirez
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Aunty Entity (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)
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Fireman Sam
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Imelda Marcos
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CNN
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Oliver North
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Menendez murders
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McGruff the Crime Dog
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Buttercup (The Princess Bride)
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Microsoft Windows 2.0
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The Karate Kid
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Poltergeist
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Chucky (Child’s Play)
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The Oprah Winfrey Show
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Luigi
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Rocky vs Drago
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Tootsie
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Whitney Houston
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Diana Ross
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Dr Manhattan (Watchmen)
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Piano from “Big”
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Mr. Roarke (Fantasy Island)
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Mork & Mindy
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The Terminator
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Danny Torrance (The Shining)
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Tetsuo (Akira)
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Rubik’s Cube
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Benazir Bhutto
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Frank Booth (Blue Velvet)
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Patrick Nagel painting
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Jane Fonda
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David (Lost Boys)
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Pris (Blade Runner)
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Lt. Frank Drebin (Naked Gun)
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Maus
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Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
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Alexandra Owens (Flashdance)
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Chester Cheetah
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“I Want My MTV” poster
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Macintosh computer
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Bobby Peru (Wild at Heart)
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Boy George (Culture Club)
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Littlefoot (The Land Before Time)
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Bio Booster Armor Guyver
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Connor MacLeod (Highlander)
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Alex Forrest (Fatal Attraction)
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Andrew Dice Clay
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Snake Plissken (Escape from New York)
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They Live
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Breakfast Club
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Harry and the Hendersons
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David Hasselhoff
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John McEnroe
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Frank Sidebottom
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Joel Goodsen (Risky Business)
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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Eddie (Iron Maiden)
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Cher
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Iron Mike Tyson
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Oil Pumpjack
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Weekend at Bernie’s
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Angelyne
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Global Warming
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Sonny Crockett (Miami Vice)
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Stormtrooper
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“Unlimited Power” by Tony Robbins (book)
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Scrooge McDuck (DuckTales)
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Debbie Harry (Blondie)
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Don King
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Max Headroom
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Snarf (Thundercats)
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Kate Bush
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Second Summer of Love
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Contras
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Cammy (Street Fighter)
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Flavor Flav (Public Enemy)
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“Frankie Say Relax” poster
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Lydia Deetz (Beetlejuice)
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Iran–Contra affair
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Mac Tonight
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Kevin Flynn (Tron)
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Prince
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Andy Kaufman
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Cabbage Patch Kids
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Fonzie jumps the shark (Happy Days)
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Stephen King
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Peggy Bundy (Married… with Children)
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Iran hostage crisis
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Freddy Kreuger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
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Chewbacca
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Crying Doves
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Cigarette butts
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Beetlejuice
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Anti-tank Missiles
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The Thing
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Punch-Out!! (Arcade video game)
-
Howard the Duck
-
“Laser Disc” poster
-
“Satanic Verses” – Salman Rushdie (book)
-
The King of Comedy
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Bruce Springsteen
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Han Solo in Carbonite
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Rachael (Blade Runner)
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Roses
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Madonna
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Van Halen jacket
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Garbage Pail Kids
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Briefcase full of cocaine
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Sally (When Harry Met Sally…)
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Quicksilver (SilverHawks)
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Geraldo Rivera interviews Charles Manson
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Khan (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
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Princess Leia
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Harry (When Harry Met Sally…)
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Thomas the Tank Engine
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Jackie Chan
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Norm Peterson (Cheers)
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Outrun (Arcade video game)
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Cujo
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Ricardo Tubbs (Miami Vice)
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Calvin & Hobbes
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Axel Foley (Beverly Hills Cop)
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David Byrne (Talking Heads)
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Garfield
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Man in bear costume (The Shining)
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Photograph of Space Shuttle “Challenger”
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Akira (Manga)
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Teddy Ruxpin
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Tattoo (Fantasy Island)
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Orko (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe)
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Adam Maitland (Beetlejuice)
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Birthday cake
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Corrected homework
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Credit card machine
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Love-a-Lot Bear (Care Bears)
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“Material Girl” sign
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Pee-wee Herman
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Gene Shalit
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National Geographic with Afghan girl on cover
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Mac and Me
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Predator
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Cuban cigars box from Bud Fox
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Dragon Ball (Manga)
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“Simulacra and Simulation” – Jean Baudrillard (book)
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Shopping bag
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Frosties
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The Smurfs
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Jenga
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Crossword
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Origami Unicorn (Blade Runner)
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“This is your brain on drugs” egg in frying pan
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Mad Max
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E.T. and Elliott
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White Ferrari Testarossa
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Krang (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
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Tuxedo T-shirt
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Link (The Legend of Zelda)
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Kilos of cocaine
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Jogging man
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Roger Murtaugh (Lethal Weapon)
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Chemical weapons
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AIDS sign
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Ryu (Street Fighter)
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Tess McGill (Working Girl)
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First cell phone (Motorola DynaTAC 8000X)
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Saxophone
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April O’Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
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Kaneda on motorcycle (Akira)
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Pablo Escobar
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The Far Side
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VHS
-
Golden Girls
-
Batman
-
Wally/Waldo
-
John McClane (Die Hard)
-
Vicki (Small Wonder)
-
Princess Diana meets AIDS patient
-
Morrissey
-
Queen (band)
-
Maverick and Goose (Top Gun)
-
Pinhead
-
Berlin Wall
-
New Coke can
-
Grace Jones
-
Dynasty Catfight
-
Jason chasing victim
-
Jen and Kira (Dark Crystal)
-
Cheetara (Thundercats)
-
Muammar Gaddafi
-
Nancy Reagan
-
Denver the Last Dinosaur
-
Alf
-
Choose Life T-shirt
-
Alvin and the Chipmunks
-
Beverly Mantle (Dead Ringers)
-
Misfits
-
Bill & Ted
-
Pac-Man
-
Tipper Gore and Susan Baker (Parents Music Resource Center)
-
Elvira
-
Ronald Reagan photograph
-
Totoro
-
Tiananmen square man vs tank
-
John Lennon assassinated by Mark David Chapman
-
Optimus Prime (Transformers)
-
Richard Pryor on fire
-
Soviet–Afghan War
-
Mookie (Do the Right Thing)
-
“Crack is Wack” graffiti
-
Derek Smalls (This Is Spinal Tap)
-
Robocop
-
Ronald Reagan
-
Ellen Ripley and Newt (Aliens)
-
Michael Jackson
-
Teen Wolf
-
N.W.A.
-
The Elephant Man
-
Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)
-
Grady Twins (The Shining)
-
Bebop and Rocksteady (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
-
The US supplying Afghan Mujahideen with missiles
-
Lloyd Dobler (Say Anything…)
-
Jean-Michel Basquiat
-
Steve Jobs
-
“Just say no” sign
-
Mikhail Gorbachev
-
Martin Riggs (Lethal Weapon)
-
“Thriller’ dancers
-
John Gotti orders a hit on Paul Castellano
-
The Fly
-
Ariel (The Little Mermaid)
-
Wild Style graffiti
-
Saudi Aramco established
-
Radio Gaga sign
-
Darth Vader
-
Black man being arrested
-
Crocodile Dundee
-
The California Raisins
-
Gameboy
-
Ronny Cammareri (Moonstruck)
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Ferris Bueller
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Run DMC
-
Keith Haring
-
He-Man
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Bill Cosby
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Donald Trump
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Slimer (Ghostbusters)
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Simon (game)
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Dirty Dancing
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Saddam Hussain
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DeLorean time machine
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Ozzy Osbourne
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Chunk (The Goonies)
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Threads
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Cadet Moses Hightower (Police Academy)
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Mannequin
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Assassination of Indira Gandhi
-
Dee Snider (Twisted Sister)
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Paul Oakenfold (DJ)
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Tony Montana (Scarface)
-
Postman Pat
-
Jareth (Labyrinth)
-
Andre the Giant
-
Gordon Gekko
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Robert Smith (The Cure)
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Ash (Evil Dead)
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George Michael
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Mario
-
My Little Pony
-
Falkor (The Neverending Story)
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Cadet Carey Mahoney (Police Academy)
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James Hetfield (Metallica)
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Donald Rumsfeld
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Linda Barrett (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
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Billy Joel
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Bill Gates
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Bob Ross
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The Iron Sheik
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Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield)
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Hulk Hogan
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Jem
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Magnum P.I.
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Mötley Crüe (band)
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Emmett “Doc” Brown (Back to the Future)
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Rick James
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John “Pogo the Clown” Wayne Gacy arrested
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Mr. T
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Rambo
-
Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
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Thunder (Big Trouble in Little China)
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Inspector Gadget
-
Roger Rabbit
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David Bowie
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Rick Astley
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Mola Ram (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)
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Mommie Dearest
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“Live Wire” neon sign
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Ren McCormack (Footloose)
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The Last Unicorn
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Arnold Jackson (Diff’rent Strokes)
-
Indiana Jones
-
Biff Tannen (Back to the Future)
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Diego Maradona
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Rocky Dennis (Mask)
-
Christa McAuliffe (Astronaut)
-
The Blues Brothers
-
Elton John
-
The Twits (Roald Dahl)
-
Ewok (Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi)
-
Ultimate Warrior
-
Larry King
-
Billy Idol
-
Joker
-
Margaret Thatcher election poster
-
Stephen Hawking
-
Jumbo (Killer Klowns from Outer Space)
-
Joe Camel
-
Ms .45
-
Ghostbusters
-
Frank Zappa
-
Gumby
-
Tik-Tok (Return to Oz)
-
Randy “Macho Man” Savage
-
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
-
Videodrome
-
“Parental Advisory Explicit Content” sign
-
Marty McFly (Back to the Future)
-
Fozzie Bear (Muppet Babies)
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Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors)
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Jeff Spicoli (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
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Barbara Maitland (Beetlejuice)
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Mohawk (Gremlins)
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Cyndi Lauper
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Cobra Commander (G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero)
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Johnny 5 (Short Circuit)
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Jack Torrance (The Shining)
-
An Officer and a Gentleman
-
Babar the Elephant
-
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Trivial Pursuit
-
Breakdancing
-
The Abyss
-
Street Fighter (Arcade video game)
-
Eddie Murphy
-
Count Duckula
-
Spot the Dog
-
Pink Floyd – The Wall
-
Siouxsie Sioux
-
Richard “Night Stalker” Ramirez
-
Aunty Entity (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)
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Fireman Sam
-
Imelda Marcos
-
CNN
-
Oliver North
-
Menendez murders
-
McGruff the Crime Dog
-
Buttercup (The Princess Bride)
-
Microsoft Windows 2.0
-
The Karate Kid
-
Poltergeist
-
Chucky (Child’s Play)
-
The Oprah Winfrey Show
-
Star Trek: The Next Generation
-
Luigi
-
Rocky vs Drago
-
Tootsie
-
Whitney Houston
-
Diana Ross
-
Dr Manhattan (Watchmen)
-
Piano from “Big”
-
Mr. Roarke (Fantasy Island)
-
Mork & Mindy
-
The Terminator
-
Danny Torrance (The Shining)
-
Tetsuo (Akira)
-
Rubik’s Cube
-
Benazir Bhutto
-
Frank Booth (Blue Velvet)
-
Patrick Nagel painting
-
Jane Fonda
-
David (Lost Boys)
-
Pris (Blade Runner)
-
Lt. Frank Drebin (Naked Gun)
-
Maus
-
Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
-
Alexandra Owens (Flashdance)
-
Chester Cheetah
-
“I Want My MTV” poster
-
Macintosh computer
-
Bobby Peru (Wild at Heart)
-
Boy George (Culture Club)
-
Littlefoot (The Land Before Time)
-
Bio Booster Armor Guyver
-
Connor MacLeod (Highlander)
-
Alex Forrest (Fatal Attraction)
-
Andrew Dice Clay
-
Snake Plissken (Escape from New York)
-
They Live
-
Breakfast Club
-
Harry and the Hendersons
-
David Hasselhoff
-
John McEnroe
-
Frank Sidebottom
-
Joel Goodsen (Risky Business)
-
Ayatollah Khomeini
-
Eddie (Iron Maiden)
-
Cher
-
Iron Mike Tyson
-
Oil Pumpjack
-
Weekend at Bernie’s
-
Angelyne
-
Global Warming
-
Sonny Crockett (Miami Vice)
-
Stormtrooper
-
“Unlimited Power” by Tony Robbins (book)
-
Scrooge McDuck (DuckTales)
-
Debbie Harry (Blondie)
-
Don King
-
Max Headroom
-
Snarf (Thundercats)
-
Kate Bush
-
Second Summer of Love
-
Contras
-
Cammy (Street Fighter)
-
Flavor Flav (Public Enemy)
-
“Frankie Say Relax” poster
-
Lydia Deetz (Beetlejuice)
-
Iran–Contra affair
-
Mac Tonight
-
Kevin Flynn (Tron)
-
Prince
-
Andy Kaufman
-
Cabbage Patch Kids
-
Fonzie jumps the shark (Happy Days)
-
Stephen King
-
Peggy Bundy (Married… with Children)
-
Iran hostage crisis
-
Freddy Kreuger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
-
Chewbacca
-
Crying Doves
-
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
-
Cigarette butts
-
Beetlejuice
-
Anti-tank Missiles
-
The Thing
-
Punch-Out!! (Arcade video game)
-
Howard the Duck
-
“Laser Disc” poster
-
“Satanic Verses” – Salman Rushdie (book)
-
The King of Comedy
-
Bruce Springsteen
-
Han Solo in Carbonite
-
Rachael (Blade Runner)
-
Roses
-
Madonna
-
Van Halen jacket
-
Garbage Pail Kids
-
Briefcase full of cocaine
-
Sally (When Harry Met Sally…)
-
Quicksilver (SilverHawks)
-
Geraldo Rivera interviews Charles Manson
-
Khan (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
-
Princess Leia
-
Harry (When Harry Met Sally…)
-
Thomas the Tank Engine
-
Jackie Chan
-
Norm Peterson (Cheers)
-
Outrun (Arcade video game)
-
Cujo
-
Ricardo Tubbs (Miami Vice)
-
Calvin & Hobbes
-
Axel Foley (Beverly Hills Cop)
-
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
-
Garfield
-
Man in bear costume (The Shining)
-
Photograph of Space Shuttle “Challenger”
-
Akira (Manga)
-
Teddy Ruxpin
-
Tattoo (Fantasy Island)
-
Orko (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe)
-
Adam Maitland (Beetlejuice)
-
Birthday cake
-
Corrected homework
-
Credit card machine
-
Love-a-Lot Bear (Care Bears)
-
“Material Girl” sign
-
Pee-wee Herman
-
Gene Shalit
-
National Geographic with Afghan girl on cover
-
Mac and Me
-
Predator
-
Cuban cigars box from Bud Fox
-
Dragon Ball (Manga)
-
“Simulacra and Simulation” – Jean Baudrillard (book)
-
Shopping bag
-
Frosties
-
The Smurfs
-
Jenga
-
Crossword
-
Origami Unicorn (Blade Runner)
-
“This is your brain on drugs” egg in frying pan
-
Mad Max
-
E.T. and Elliott
-
White Ferrari Testarossa
-
Krang (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
-
Tuxedo T-shirt
-
Link (The Legend of Zelda)
-
Kilos of cocaine
-
Jogging man
-
Roger Murtaugh (Lethal Weapon)
-
Chemical weapons
-
AIDS sign
-
Ryu (Street Fighter)
-
Tess McGill (Working Girl)
-
First cell phone (Motorola DynaTAC 8000X)
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Saxophone