It can range from a casual item for comic effect, such as in an episode titled The Seance of the 1950s TV sitcom I Love Lucy, where Lucy dabbles in numerology, to a central element of the storyline, such as the movie π, in which the protagonist meets a numerologist searching for hidden numerical patterns in the Torah.

Dr. Richard David Kimble is a fictional character and the protagonist of the 1960s television series The Fugitive and the 1993 movie of the same name.

In the 2004 movie Catwoman, the feline protagonist orders “ White Russian, no ice, no vodka … hold the Kahlua ”, i. e. just milk or cream.

The protagonist meets a movie director, and it becomes clear that the people of Earth have planned to exploit the Martians for financial gain.

In the 2001 movie A Knight's Tale, the protagonist William Thatcher ( played by Heath Ledger ) poses as a noble and competes in his first jousting tournament at Rouen.

In the movie Harsh Times the protagonist, played by actor Christian Bale, is caught trying to " beat " a polygraph test during a pre-employment screening for a federal law enforcement job.

* The lobster-shack visited by the protagonist in the movie Mystic Pizza is Ford's Lobsters in Noank.

Additionally, Coney Island is the home territory of the protagonist gang The Warriors ( film ) in the movie with the same title.

To this end, it lures several Pokémon trainers, among them movie protagonist Ash Ketchum, to its island in order to clone their Pokémon.

The band is also referenced in the movie Pineapple Express when protagonist Dale Denton ( Seth Rogen ) says to his girlfriend Angie ( Amber Heard ) " You are gonna go to college next year.

* In the movie < big > π </ big >, the protagonist Max Cohen cures his headaches by performing a trepanation on his right temple.

This concept was somewhat misrepresented in the movie Legally Blonde, where the protagonist Elle argues before a jury.

In the Japanese horror movie Marebito ( 2004 ), the protagonist Masuoka refers to a girl he found chained up underground as his " little Kaspar Hauser ".

In 2008, Plum Pictures announced plans for a Hollywood version of the novel, the movie to be written by playwright and screenwriter Tristine Skyler and Julia Stiles to star as the novel's protagonist, with Rose McGowan as Doreen.

The characterisation of Chandrasekhar in the movie is essayed by Indian Movie veteran Mohanlal is also inspired from Hercule Poirot, the protagonist of the novel.

* In the movie Kung Fu Panda, Po, the protagonist, straps multiple rockets to a chair in an attempt to attend the Dragon Warrior ceremony.

A man with Anterograde memory loss named Jimmy G. is the subject of one chapter, sharing the name of a character in Memento, a movie where the main protagonist has the same defect.

is a fictional character and the protagonist of the movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.

The 1987 science fiction cult movie Cherry 2000 also portrayed a gynoid character which was described by the male protagonist as his " perfect partner ".

As Raymond Chandler's protagonist Philip Marlowe — immortalized by actor Humphrey Bogart in the movie adaptation ( 1946 ) of the novel The Big Sleep ( 1939 )— admits to his client, General Sternwood, he finds it rather tiresome, as an individualist, to fit into the extensive set of rules and regulations for police detectives:

* In the 1999 movie 10 Things I Hate About You, it is referenced that main male protagonist, Patrick Verona, spent a year in San Quentin.

The protagonist of the movie is Nik, who lives in the capital of Albania, Tirana, along with his mother and father.

"... Spiegel a decidedly flawed protagonist, as well as the wit, sophistication, and Old World charm that make him a titanic figure the likes of which the movie industry will not see again.

According to The Anime Encyclopedia by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy: " The character is a cartoon version of Hitoshi Taira, the lazy protagonist of the 1962 live-action movie Japan's Irresponsible Age who was played by comedian Hitoshi Ueki.

: This movie tells the story of a school girl Allison who entered the house upon the pressure of her friends Vanessa and Miyuki.

* Scientist Allison Reed has no direct work with the alienators, but is mentioned a few times, no retaining a relationship with Ira like in the movie.

The movie was directed by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino with each of them directing one " room " of the film.

The movie co-starred Hollywood actors Jim Davis, Allison Hayes and John Hart along with Canadian actors Austin Willis and Tony Brown.

Allison famously appeared in a 1939 movie set at Highbury, The Arsenal Stadium Mystery, where he had a speaking part as himself.

Such items recall the California journalist who reported an accident involving a movie star: `` The area in which Miss N -- was injured is spectacularly scenic ''.

In American romance, almost nothing rates higher than what the movie men have called `` meeting cute '' -- that is, boy-meets-girl seems more adorable if it doesn't take place in an atmosphere of correct and acute boredom.

Physically, a movie is possible because a series of images is projected one at a time at such a speed that the eye `` remembers '' the one that has gone before even as it registers the one now appearing.

This French film, set in Italy, is a summertime splurge in shock and terror all shot in lovely sunny scenery -- so breath-taking that at times you almost forget the horrors the movie is dealing with.

The 1939 film Beau Geste is the only movie that features as many as four Academy Award winners for Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Susan Hayward, Broderick Crawford ) prior to any of the actors receiving the Best Actor Award.

The title of the 2003 movie 21 Grams is a reference to MacDougall's findings.

The movie, which is influenced by Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector, centers around two Mexicans who are mistaken for government inspectors from Mexico City by the corrupt mayor of a small town.

* In the science fiction movie series The Matrix, the last human city, known as Zion, is a hyperstructure.

In this movie a young female music student hired by Beethoven to copy out his Ninth Symphony is staying at a monastery.

The movie is also credited as one of the events that inspired the formation of the " second era " Ku Klux Klan at Stone Mountain, Georgia in the same year.

Also, in recent interviews, Judge claims that he is interested in producing a live-action movie.

" However, he also added, " Another movie ... the problem is it takes a year and half, two years, two and a half years — maybe — to do that right.

The movie was nominated for three Academy Awards, and is ranked No. 6 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years ... 100 Laughs list.

Living on Mars, Deckard is acting as a consultant to a movie crew filming the story of his Blade Runner days.

* Sebastian was stated as being dead in the movie, yet he is alive in The Edge of Human.

The film's depiction of the Battle of Stirling Bridge is often considered one of the best movie battles in cinema history.

* The symbol for " movie theater " is composed of the symbols for " house " and " film "; " film " in turn is composed of " camera " and the arrow.

* In the movie Wag the Dog, the fictitious unit 303 Special Forces has a song created titled " The Men of the 303 " that is played to a deliberately similar but original tune written by Huey Lewis for the film.

In a storyline that begins prior to the timeline of the movie, Jade Fox is denied entry to the Wudang monastery because she is a woman.

This factor is a natural outcome of Hollywood script development which wishes to highlight one or two major characters which can be played by major stars, and thus a good way of marketing the movie is established but that rings false upon examination.