Did it ever occur to you that the Dude was dreaming about wearing Karl Hungus’ outfit?
Posted by DesperateMechanic305@reddit | lebowski | View on Reddit | 182 comments
Well…did it, man?
PlatoDiedLonely@reddit
You're a good man, and thorough.
randomthoughts7685@reddit
I didn’t realize that! But, it’s true. 🤣
gothamtg@reddit
Yeah. Instantly.
Successful_Cress6639@reddit
Of course. He was dreaming that he was in a porno called gutterballs, hence the title card and opening credits in the dream sequence.
A better question is how did maude end up in a Viking costume? Is that like the dudes thing? Nearly everything else in the sequence is inspired by previous things the dude has seen or heard recently.
2wheelsThx@reddit
When The Dude visits Maude's loft and meets Knox Harrington, the video artist (heeheeeheeeheee), as Maude enters she dumps a bunch of random metal parts on table, which may have inspired The Dude to imagine her in Viking armor. He also sees the scissors there in a painting on the wall, which are later used by the nihilists to torment him in another dream (stupor) sequence.
TurankaCasual@reddit
Let not forget Dude, she did come flying in at him screaming when he first saw her, much like a Valkyrie
2wheelsThx@reddit
What's a Valkyrie, Walter?
worker_bee_drone@reddit
Donnie, shut the fu ... They posted the schedule?
sourdieselfuel@reddit
When do we play?
digglerjdirk@reddit
I told that fucking Kraut I don’t roll on Saturdays
sourdieselfuel@reddit
JasonYaya@reddit
Noble fucking adversary.
kinkyslc1@reddit
The the fuck up, u/2wheelsThx !
palabear@reddit
What are you, a fucking Norse historian now?
smelody-poop@reddit
That’s a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
uxixu@reddit
The one with the cleft asshole?
kinkyslc1@reddit
Vagina.
Muted_Freedom7392@reddit
Beaver?
WyoSkiJay@reddit
Dick, Rod, Johnson.
StarlitePD@reddit
Johnson?
WyoSkiJay@reddit
What do you need that for dude?
fluhatinrapper09@reddit
I was talking about my rug.
TroughPisser@reddit
This makes me uncomfortable.
kinkyslc1@reddit
Oh, yeah?
RedPhule@reddit
Maude comes across as a Valkyrie. And, even her "Viking" outfit is still bowling themed..
TheCommonLawWolf@reddit
My guess is it's a callback to his landlord's interpretive dance performance he'd just seen. Don't think its confirmed anywhere but I always assumed when his landlord called it "his cycle" that it was some sort of adaptation/interpretation of Wagner's Ring Cycle opera which usually features Valkyrie costumes like Maude's. Though the music playing during the performance isn't from the opera, so might be wrong.
fluhatinrapper09@reddit
I never went to college.
Successful_Cress6639@reddit
The music at Marty's thing is pictures at an exhibition by Mussorgsky.
Agree that the flying vaginal art could have put him in the mind of vakaryies. And that it's wagners ring cycle and the dude is imagining her ad Brunhilde.
GristleMcThornbody1@reddit
That's fucking interesting, man. That's fucking interesting.
TroughPisser@reddit
People forget that the brain is the biggest erogenous zone.
Successful_Cress6639@reddit
Yeah all the farm gals say that until they meet karl hungus
Ozzie889@reddit
This is the dude’s world. It’s what he wants. When he met Maud she struck him as cold but seductive. He wants her to fall for him, dominant as she is. Of course it needs to revolve around bowling since this is his main focus for living.
Successful_Cress6639@reddit
Sounds like that could be a natural, zesty enterprise
katieblubird@reddit
Sometimes … there’s a movie …
palabear@reddit
The beaver picture?
katieblubird@reddit
greenscoobie86@reddit
That creep can roll man…
Kckz79@reddit
Yes. That had occured to me dude.
CowPrestigious8447@reddit
Were you listening to the Dude's story?
GuyFawkes99@reddit
That HAD occured to us, dude.
Ozzie889@reddit
Yeah. The whole dream sequences explore the dude’s fantasies & worries
TonyWilliams03@reddit
Plus the occasional acid flashback
edmechem@reddit
Assless chaps back
SGFCardenales@reddit
Flacid ashback
No-Gas-1684@reddit
A real reactionary
Snootcheroo@reddit
Darkness warshed over the Dude?
Illustrious_You_6210@reddit
Darker'n a black steer's tookus on a moonless prairie night.
ChefGaykwon@reddit
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah.
xDraco777x@reddit
Kilg0reTrout78@reddit
That’s why they send me, I am expert.
Cracknoreos@reddit
Log Jammin
Backtothelab13@reddit
I'm here to fix the cable.
vancouver-duder@reddit
also, Dude, "I'm here to fix the cable" is not the preferred nomenclature. "I just dropped in to see what condition the cable was in", please
TrainwreckTrials@reddit
Yea 🎵🎶 yea oh yea 🎵🎼
Successful_Cress6639@reddit
Not gonna lie to you that song was way trippier than I thot Kenny Rogers could go
AlGeee@reddit
Yes. That was in the 1960s…before Country Music was invented.
A-A-RonaldMcDonald@reddit
Fuckin amateurs
2JarSlave@reddit
You can imagine what happens next.
What-a-Crock@reddit
Jeffrey. Love me.
Full-Association-175@reddit
Cortis?
ConnieLingus34@reddit
That’s my robe
NinjaCustodian@reddit
Coitus?
Dweebil@reddit
Vagina.
KoA07@reddit
I am the walrus
ConnieLingus34@reddit
Donny, please
WangDoodleTrifecta@reddit
Let me guess he fixes the cable.
ShortRoundFlatHalf@reddit
That's why they called me I am an expert
IneedaWIPE@reddit
I thought he was fixing the cow bell?!?
Z_e_e_e_G@reddit
I am expert, man
vancouver-duder@reddit
also, Dude, "I'm here to fix the cable" is not the preferred nomenclature. "I just dropped in to see what condition the cable was in", please
Jose_Canseco_Jr@reddit
Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey
10_socks@reddit
Hello, meine dispatcher says there is something wrong with deine cable
BostonRich@reddit
No dude, that had not occurred to us.
Perfect_Somewhere_61@reddit
Oh dude. I didn’t catch that. I guess I wasn’t paying attention to the dude’s story.
Her_name--is_Mallory@reddit
This had NOT occurred to us, Dude.
Karl_00_Hungus@reddit
Everyone wants to be expert
Some_Carrot_1827@reddit
That had not occurred to us dude.
Ecstatic_Lab9010@reddit
Is this how acid flashbacks work?
rabbi420@reddit
Did it ever occur to you to not point out super obvious things in a sub dedicated to the movie? Well… did it, man?
vibrance9460@reddit
No, that had not occurred to me Dude.
tarareidstarotreadin@reddit
That is why they call me, I am expert
CauliflowerOwn3519@reddit
That had not occurred to us dude
2wheelsThx@reddit
You saw the movie, we saw the movie. We know what happened, yes? Yes?
sorotomotor@reddit
You're just looking for an upvote like every other . . . are you employed, u/2wheelsThx?
2wheelsThx@reddit
Employed?
CromulentInternet@reddit
I didn't blame anyone for the loss of my upvote; some Redditor on Reddit took them from me, but I went out and posted anyway.
sorotomotor@reddit
I didn't blame anyone for the loss of my upvote; some Redditor on Reddit took them from me, but I went out and posted anyway.
I cannot improve your karma, sir. Only you can.
KoA07@reddit
Ah fuck it
Rynobonestarr1@reddit
Tattoo it on your forehead!
palabear@reddit
I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a detail is finally noticed in this fair city, I have to congratulate the person?
hexagon-yurt@reddit
Come on man, all the Dude wanted was a little karma.
KgMonstah@reddit
Mind if I do an upvote?
TroughPisser@reddit
Come on, man, OP isn’t trying to scam anybody here..
romulusnr@reddit
/r/moviedetails that had not occured to us dude
Victor3000@reddit
That did not occur to us, Dude
Rynobonestarr1@reddit
Tattoo it on your forehead!
Grock23@reddit
Bunch of fucking amateurs.
BatmanNoPrep@reddit
romulusnr@reddit
He is expert
ThomasMcSavage@reddit
This has not occurred to us, Dude
setardo@reddit
That's why they sent him he is expert
sharks@reddit
Knox Harrington, the video artist?
No-Transition-8375@reddit
A friend of Maudie’s
KoA07@reddit
Dimmi, Sandro. Sì? Sì? Sì? Che ridicolo!
KoA07@reddit
Dimmi, Sandro. Sì? Sì? Sì? Che ridicolo!
DiscHashDisc@reddit
You're not dealing with morons here.
no_vale_verga817@reddit
Jackie Treehorn wants to see the cable repairman Lebowski.
Successful_Cress6639@reddit
He treats objects like women!
SixtyNoine69@reddit
Were you listening to the Dudes story?
R_Similacrumb@reddit
That had occurred to us, dude.
Blueberry_Mancakes@reddit
Were you listening to The Dude's story?
peregrinefalcon12@reddit
If you will it, dude, it is no dream
mostlymuppet@reddit
Were you listening to The Dude's story, Donny?
roshanritter@reddit
You don’t go out looking for a job dressed like that? On a weekday?
Affectionate-Ring104@reddit
Is today a... What day is this?
No-Gas-1684@reddit
Tomorrow's already the tenth
KarteHeisstMap@reddit
Far out
har3krishna@reddit
Hey I know that guy, he’s a nihilist!
forged21@reddit
It increases the chances of conception
no_vale_verga817@reddit
What did you think this was all about, fixing the cable?
forged21@reddit
Jesus
NoGenuineUse@reddit
That did occur to us, Dude.
Indentured_Servant_C@reddit
So he likes fixing people's cable...
Personal_Strike_1055@reddit
No, dude, this had not occurred to us.
smashadam4@reddit
Far out, man!
hornwalker@reddit
You’re not dealing with morons here
Tommy84@reddit
There you go bud, you got it!
indorock@reddit
Yes Dude, that had occurred to us.
Aggressive_Horror748@reddit
He fixes the cable.
Dry_Description6498@reddit
Helga, bring me my tools.
FoggyDog78@reddit
Blatantly obvious for any dude that was paying attention. Is this a shitpost, man?
j0llyj0nny@reddit
That had not occured to us, dude.
YoureALebowski@reddit
The god damned plane has crashed into the mountain!
lilBalzac@reddit
The dream was ludicrous…
No-Transition-8375@reddit
He balls the gutters?
kinkyslc1@reddit
Don't be fatuous, u/No-Transition-8375
worker_bee_drone@reddit
How ya gonna get em back on the lanes once they‘ve seen Karl Hungus?
No-Gas-1684@reddit
Saturday? Well they have to reschedule
no_vale_verga817@reddit
They already noticed it
No-Gas-1684@reddit
Saturday?! They have to reschedule!
SnooComics7744@reddit
That had not occurred to us Dude
palabear@reddit
[ Removed by Reddit ]
jack0roses@reddit
While performing Marty's cycle.
PabstBlueBourbon@reddit
From the beaver picture?
smithguitars@reddit
It’s also the dance cycle from his landlord.
Responsible-View-804@reddit
I didn’t realize that was not obvious (respectfully)
He enjoys sex.
Unusual-Caramel8442@reddit
You mean, coitus?
therealtwomartinis@reddit
I was talking about my rug
No-Gas-1684@reddit
Fucking A!
THER00STER73@reddit
Yeah, yeah, ooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh yeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
HealthyBullfrog@reddit
Far out.
rboller@reddit
From the beaver picture?
theeleventhhourboy@reddit
New shit has come to light.
ProfessionalMuffin84@reddit
You don’t go out dressing like that do you? On a weekday?
Silly-Drawer1227@reddit
I never noticed that.
kcpistol@reddit
He was just interested in finally fixing that TV
datsyukianleeks@reddit
It had not occurred to us dude.
MuzzleOfBees1215@reddit
New information has come to light, man.
duh_nom_yar@reddit
You're like a child...
hempels_sofa@reddit
Coitus?
Coattail-Rider@reddit
At least he looks employed… Sir
No-Gas-1684@reddit
On a weekday!
WhatIsTheAmplitude@reddit
I could not have imagined where it went from there.
No-Gas-1684@reddit
The story is ludicrous
MornGreycastle@reddit
He fixes the cable?
seanymacmacmac@reddit
Dont be fatuous.
AffectionateBelt9217@reddit
It can be a natural, zesty enterprise to do so.
Awkward_Archer2726@reddit
Were you listening to the Dude's story?
Bullshit_Conduit@reddit
The story is ludicrous.
JoeInOR@reddit
You said der ist something wrong mit deiner Kabel?
ConnieLingus34@reddit
Helga fetch mien tools
safetycommittee@reddit
Yeah! Yeah! Ohhhh yeah!
full_bl33d@reddit
The story is ludicrous
CriticalSuit1336@reddit
That did occur to us. He was dreaming about being ze expert.
Uber-Huber@reddit
That’s fucking interesting
polygonalopportunist@reddit
Yeah thats why they call me, i am expert
youropinionisrubbish@reddit
Obviously, you're not a cable repair technician.
ChiefDeckard@reddit
Don’t be fatuous
D-Train0000@reddit
He is zee expert
MaxKevinComedy@reddit
Darkness warshed over the dude. Darker than a black steer's tookus on a moonless prairie night.
Wintermute2013@reddit
No dude, this did not occur to us.
lilBalzac@reddit
New shit has come to light…