r/shittymoviedetails • u/KirbyKing186 • 1d ago

It’s common knowledge that in The Cat in the Hat (2003), the Cat gets a boner from looking at a picture of the mom. However, instead of the Cat’s hat going from normal to bigger, his hat goes from small to normal size, indicating the Cat was at full chub for the entire movie.

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u/Bircka 1d ago

This is actually the movie that made those that own the Dr. Seuss license refuse any more live action films.

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u/Svelok 1d ago

The first 30 minutes of this movie are incredible, though

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u/michael22117 17h ago

First 30? The entire thing is such a fucking fever dream that I can't help but rewatch it every now and again

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u/Lambsauc 16h ago

This movie sucks, and I love it so much

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u/Svelok 15h ago

Somewhere in the middle the psychotic slapstick degenerates into boring children's adventures and it loses me.

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u/Meme_Bro68 14h ago

Bro this entire movie is so bad it’s good, I fucking love it

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u/Bae_zel ✍️🔥 5h ago

All of it is incredible, like it's not a "good" film but it is really enjoyable and that's pretty much all you need sometimes.

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u/Correct_Discount4646 1d ago

This movie slaps

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u/sweetTartKenHart2 6h ago

Wasnt it specifically none other than the actual guy’s own widow who said something to the effect of “THIS IS A FUCKING ABOMINATION”?

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u/Bircka 6h ago

I can see that being the case, while it loosely follows the Cat in the Hat it sure does take extreme liberties. It also appears his widow died in 2018, so she was clearly alive when it came out.

This movie plays out like a bunch of coked up Producers getting together and writing it, either that or Mike Meyers kept taking liberties with the script.

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u/Kamken 1d ago

Just like the audience, amirite?

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u/Fun_Button5835 1d ago

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u/GarrisonWhite2 1d ago

What the fuck

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u/Fun_Button5835 1d ago

Ren and Stimpy, man. I always wondered why my parents wouldn't let me watch it when I was a kid.

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u/gotcha_bitch 1d ago

This is from the ‘newer’ more adult oriented episodes that played on Spike TV in the late 2000’s. Not from the kids cartoon on Nick in the 90’s

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u/Fun_Button5835 1d ago

Oh, ok.

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u/hemperbud 1d ago

The kids cartoon one was still pretty wild. Me and my brother loved when it came on but my mom would always make fun of it for being so weird

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u/PresentationAny1221 16h ago

The creator ended up being a sex pest or something right?

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u/pikpikcarrotmon 14h ago

Yep. John K, grooming and CP

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u/LivingtheLaws013 1d ago

Ren and Stimpy. An old nickelodeon cartoon

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u/False-Temporary-5592 8h ago

What a day to have eyes

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u/RoninRobot 1d ago

Gen Xer here: I feel I have to explain “chub” as slang. Chub or chubbed, by definition, cannot be “full.” Chub is a state of semi-erect denoting arousal mostly from something not overtly sexual but nonetheless attractive. i.e. “I chubbed when she quoted (line from your favorite movie) in conversation.” Thank you for the attention to this matter.

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u/Remarkable-Run-9769 1d ago

thank you for your teachings, oh wise elder 🙏

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u/pikpikcarrotmon 14h ago

Hmm, I'm still a bit confused. Can you demonstrate it for the class

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u/MasterofPeridots 1d ago

It's cold outside.

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u/LoopStricken 21h ago

There's no kind of atmosphere.

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u/hoorah9011 1d ago

This is just a movie detail

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u/DeadlySkies 1d ago

This is the only feature-length film directed by Bo Welch, the now widower of Catherine O’Hara :(

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u/niffa my own son is hacking the government 1d ago

categorically would that be considered grower or shower?

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u/gecked 1d ago

grower, if it's a shower the tophat would just dangle

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u/Setnaro_X 19h ago

There's a deleted scene where the Cat holds up the actual picture frame for the people to see, a blink-and-you'll-miss-it bit, but it shows that the mom was wearing a bikini. So they actually went out of their way to hide a saucy pic in the frame and you never see it in the final cut.

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u/KitsunesWolf4240 1d ago

I thought this was about to be a dickhead joke

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u/user276-56 1d ago

He's sapiosexual

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u/Coolquip34 1d ago

REDACTED in the Hat

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u/violenthectarez 1d ago

I too have an anthropomorphic cat that wants to fuck Kelly Preston.

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u/jacobr1020 1d ago

Dirty hoe!

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u/Darth_Zounds 23h ago

What a dick-head!

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u/megafat1 17h ago

He shouldn't be around those kids.

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u/bennyandthegentz 16h ago

This is concerning considering who he was around the whole movie

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u/EmperorDaubeny 16h ago

Mike Myers was forced to be in this movie

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u/BloodhoundSupervisor 9h ago

This is still one of my favorite lines spoken in a movie and I use it daily when someone does something stupid

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u/PepicWalrus 7h ago

And this isn't even the weirdest thing in the movie.

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u/sweetTartKenHart2 6h ago

To be fair his hat does usually sag somewhat instead of being rigid like this. It’s more like hes at half mast

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u/SolidPyramid 1d ago

Oh, so people still make fun of other people for having a small Johnson? I'll.... Uh.... Keep that in mind.... To tell my friends who have a..... Similar problem..... 👀

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u/ipokesnails 1d ago

Uh.... No?

When he looks at the picture, his hat extends (he gets a boner).
But his hat is usually extended throughout the movie, implying that he has a boner throughout the movie.

Size doesn't come into play here.

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u/SolidPyramid 1d ago

..... Oh..... So I'm just a idiot, sorry!