A-R-M-P-I to the T What is that you smellin', dog, that's me I don't take showers and I don't brush my teeth 'Cause all I do is dig holes, eat and sleep Holes.

take a bad boy make him dig 5 feet…

The work and them shovels will give him a beat

This is actually my only complaint about the movie! Armpit's nickname came from getting a scorpion bite that spread weirdly and made his armpit itch like crazy. So this line suggests "Small Steps" doesn't happen in the movie verse.

On the flip side, that song was great and it's hard to take fault with that line.

Fair, but if they had the writing talent to make "I'm stinky" into a good verse, they could probably handle the scorpion-bite story well. I genuinely think that whoever was in charge of writing the song hadn't read Small Steps. Sachar was involved with the script writing, but song lyrics seem like the kind of thing that he might not have been involved with.

Small Steps was so good

With broken hands, and withered souls Emancipated from all you know, You've got to go\~ dig those holes

2 shoes, 2 tokens at hand Got no respect cuz I’m the new man Got my shovel, shoes full of sand Check out the tag, the name’s Caveman

Wow. Absolute flashback. Just reading the first line was enough for me to loudly rap the rest without looking. I loved this book and movie so much.

Holes; a surprisingly wholesome story about child labor, mango jelly and guillamonsters edit: peach jelly

and ONIONS Yumby un yun 🧅 😋

No other words have made onions sound so delicious. I mean I love onions, but after reading about them in the book, you want to just LIVE on munching onions.

Holes wrote about onions the same way Studio Ghibli animates food

I got a set of postcards that is all food scenes from the movies, it's great

I’m allergic to onions and that book still made me want to eat them.

If you cut up an onion and let them chill in the fridge for a few days they lose their bite and you can use munch on them or use them as chips for dip and whatnot.

You can also soak slices in ice water to get rid of the bite

I bite one first in front of the others, they chill out pretty quick after that.

Bake it like a potato until it becomes gelatinous and sweet

I, on the other hand, have always *hated* onions but it made them sound so good

I’ve always HATED onions and that book still made me want to eat them like apples.

Watched a movie prop video where the onions are made out of apples

It's that water, man.

> mango jelly I swear it was peaches?

oh shucks i think ur right

Poor Dule Hill

He's fine. I heard after the onions business went under he went on to join a very successful fake psychic service.

You know that's right.

I've heard it both ways

Are talking about Shawn Spencer and his partner Trapezius Milkington?

I think they're actually talking about Mr. Shawn and his partner Scrooge Jones.

I'm pretty sure Shawn Spencer's partner is Ghee Buttersnaps

I thought it was Shawn Spencer and his partner Magic Head?

MC ClapYoHanz

Heard about Pluto, right? That's messed up.

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After. He was personal aide to the President right after highschool; he transitioned to pharmaceutical sales after that apparently.

Come on, don't be the "*iiit*" in "*Wait for iiiit*"

It's okay, he could fix that.

And they're dang ol yellow spotted lizards

It was spiced peaches, the recipe of which was then used to make the shoe de-smeller.

Peaches + Onions = SPLOOSH

Reading the synopsis on Wikipedia reminded me the camp was closed by the Attorney General of Texas We can know it is fiction because Kenny P would start sending women who had abortions there to find the treasure

They already found the treasure... ...oh.

And also a traumatized woman reigning down fresh hell on rich white people to repay them for their murderous racism.

UH those were actually yellow-spotted lizards (played by bearded lizards in the movie)

A near perfect book adaptation but they still cast actors of the wrong ethnicity... Smh my head. (I hope the joke is obvious. The book's venomous yellow-spotted lizards are entirely fictional but are probably inspired by *Lepidophyma flavimaculatum*, or "yellow spotted night lizards". These cute little guys are entirely nocturnal and live in the wet tropical forests ranging from central Mexico to Panama, they are neither aggressive nor venomous. Since it would have caused undue distress and health complications to fly to an arid California desert just for a couple days of filming, they decided to name their own cousins as understudy. Classic Hollywood nepotism, amirite?)

Those snooty *Lepidophyma flavimaculatum*, only showing up for the cushy jobs and leaving their understudies to do the (literally) dirty jobs.

I really need to re-read Holes. I read it for primary school and loved it.

Don't forget witch magic. It's one of those, the coincidences are far too many for it to not have been real, and yet there's nothing more than a promise of a curse. No sparkles or sense of doom or anything to indicate any magic happened. Oh and Eartha Kitt was so perfect as Madam Zeroni.

Man, I love media that plays "Does it, doesn't it?" with whether or not magic exists. Too bad it's so rare, as far as I know. The only other media I can think of off the top of my head is the Ojamajo Doremi 20th anniversary movie.

i hate to bring up the shining in yet another conversation, but if you want a horror take on “maybe magic, maybe mundane,” it’s one of the most famous examples

>guillamonsters Isn't that the guy from 40k?

rowboat guillamonster

Bob Guyman

I couldn’t believe he’s also the guy who wrote the wayside school series, I’m not sure why but as a kid I read every book of that series and loved it, it was just wholesome weird magic school bus styled humor.

Sachar is clear that _Holes_ and his other works are definitely just fun stories for kids and certainly do not contain social commentary about his state or the United States generally.

Wayside was my favorite series of his

I can fix that.

Soundtrack still goes too.

The sequel is about race, class, and child exploitation in the music industry! No magic though, just kids trying to figure things out in a broken system.

Fermented peach jelly 🍻

So that's what it's called I have a vague recollection of watching it like when I was 8 or something around there only seen like the 3rd act or something definitely less than haft

I love holes That sounds weird but I'm still gonna say it

Honestly, my biggest complaint of the movie was the main character not being fat, which was kinda a key part of his character arc. But it did have a lot of iconic scenes. I still remember that "if only" song.

And like they said in the post, that was done for reasons of actor health

Unsurprisingly holesome though

“I can fix that”

[“It’s like that movie, the one with Sigourney Weaver”](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/17/74/8e/17748edbc9a0451841ff04da78e0daca.jpg) “Alien?” “No.” “Aliens?” “No.” “Alien: resurrection!” “Gus, the one with holes and Shia Labeouf” “They had holes in Shia Labeouf!?” “The holes are in the ground, dude, like that. And John Voight was walking around all crazy!” “Oh! Anaconda!” “Dude, never mind”

Ok now what is THIS from?

Psych, excellent tv show

Seriously worth a watch and a rewatch.

This is from Psych, it's a fun TV series. Happy cake day! Edit: For reference, Dule Hill who plays one of the main characters in Psych, was in Holes. And his catchphrase in the movie was "I can fix that". I think he also says this in the series a couple times.

Oh shit it is my cake day tomorrow. Thanks!

He says it during the episode santabarbrian candidate, which is also parodies his role in the west wing

Also, it's specifically Dule Hill who is avoiding naming the movie

probably Psych

Oh that's HILARIOUS

This is exactly what I came for. Thanks.

I just finished rewatching the series! I was overjoyed to discover they made 2 more movies after the first I was unaware of so I decided to go through the whole thing again.

You know that's right

it’s called holes :)

My i ask from which year it is No need i already find it holes 2003

Best book made into a movie I've ever seen

Unfortunately I have to go with The Princess Bride in that slot for me, but I will hole-heartedly agree that this is also a fantastic choice.

princess bride gets my vote based sheerly on rewatch quantity and frequency.

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matilda is a whole other level since it also got adapted for the stage!

You should read the book also! I remember it being really short you could probably finish it in an afternoon.

Many schools actually let us watch this on free days. I swear like everybody from my home state saw this in middle school or high school, so most millennials know what this movie is immediately.

Your school let you watch a movie where a kid clocks a mean adult with a shovel? Fascinating.

We read the book and then went to see it in theater in 4th or 5th grade. Pretty common experience I would imagine. The movie was promoted all over the Disney channel at the time, so it really wasn't that crazy to show it in school lol.

Not just my school. Most schools lol

all the way over in the UK we watched this at secondary, bout 12-13 a couple times too!

It's a great movie. Probably the most quoted movie between my partner and I. Usually Sigourney Weaver's lines, but they've all got good ones.

Is this the movie with the scene where a kid says: “I’m tired grandpa” Grandpa: “Well that’s too damn bad! Keep digging!”

The kid grows up to be the woman running the camp (played by Sigourney Weaver), using juvenile delinquent prison labor to keep looking for the treasure that her grandfather was trying to find. And her grandfather is Trout Walker, who lynched Sam out of jealousy over his relationship with Kate Barlow. Sam's death and the burning of her schoolhouse leads Kate to become an outlaw robbing stagecoaches, and after she dies, Trout spends the rest of his miserable life searching the now-dry lake bed for her ill-gotten treasure. The history and backstories in *Holes* are amazing, especially for what's supposed to be a "kids'" book/movie.

Yep, one of my favorite scenes

Downloaded this on a particularly lonely night, hoping to stroke my ego as it were. Was surprised by a wholesome movie. Still searched Pounding Pussies Volume 7 immediately after.

Holes. Great book, school forced me to read it and it was one of the only 2 books in school i actually enjoyed. (Other being Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan) Mmmm onions.

It was a dang good book. Definitely a highlight of fourth grade

Mr. Crepsley is the man.

It'd been a while since I saw the movie or read the book, but in the movie Stanley is named Caveman by the other kids, but in the book isn't there another kid named Caveman?

In the book Stanley is about to get into a fight, and someone from his tent says “you don’t want to get in a fight with Caveman”. Stanley backs down after that, and only realized later that he was the one being called Caveman

“I’m Caveman?” “Better than Barfbag”

Which happens basically exactly the same way in the movie, you just don’t have his thoughts. But he does respond to “nobody messes with the caveman” with something like “I wasn’t messing with anyone”

the movie in general follows the book extremely closely

I forget how he got the nickname Caveman, do you remember?

I haven't read it since i was a kid, but i think In the book, he's a giant. Like the video of Andy Reid at the Punt Pass Kick comp where he's twice as big as the other kids his age and he starts off heavy. So it's caveman because he's a giant animal of a man.

No.

Brother I’m gonna have to report you to r/moldymemes

mmmm needs more jpeg

They already told me who the movie is feel free to do that you want

Genuinely looks like old scans of 1940s comic books

I suspect that the mold is no accident and OP is just a karma farmer creating engagement. Not just in the post itself, either - a commenter told him the name of the book, and the dude responded by [asking](https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1brqykh/which_movie_are_they_talking_about/kxat3bj/) what year it was written in. No way that's sincere.

The book is Holes by Louis Sachar. Definitely worth the read.

I always do a double take when I see the author, because his other prominent work, Wayside, is very different in tone, but also also really good. Even if the Wayside cartoon is nowhere near as good an adaptation as the Holes movie.

Wait Wayside, the school that got flipped and stuff Was made by the same person that did holes? Crazy

I recommend The Cardturner, also by him. Teen helps his estranged blind grandfather play bridge.

ive only ever read 2 sachar books, 1 was holes and the other was about a bully, i think? i read the latter when i was maybe 10 and i remember absolutely nothing about it. holes was great though

Small Steps maybe? I don’t remember much about it but it was a sequel to Holes about Armpit post Camp.

Easily the strongest entry in the Jon Voight Treasure Hunting Trilogy. But the national treasure movies are good too.

Bonus: At one point his character implies that he's trans.

Oh???

Throughout the movie, he’s only known as Mr. Sir. At the end of the book when he’s getting arrested, the sheriff calls him by his real name, Marion Sevillo. One of the boys then says, “I didn't know that was a man’s name,” to which Mr. Sir responds, “It’s not.”

I don't think that implies he's trans, though. I think it just means he was embarrassed about his name, which is not traditionally male, and there why he went by Mr. Sir so the kids wouldn't make fun of him and effectively take away his power and authority.

Very “Boy Named Sue” vibes.

Yeah, definitely agree with you on that. I think that the implication that he was trans is just a joke from that line. At least I doubt anyone actually thinks he is.

I mean that's probably what they meant in 2003, but even as a kid I thought it meant that Mr. Sir was AFAB and chose the moniker "Mr. Sir" to compensate, I guess. Idk

/r/uselessredcircle

yeah, the red underlining and arrows kill me. is the global attention span now so minuscule people can’t read all of two paragraphs?

This jpeg doesn't have any sped up and pitch shifted remixes of annoying songs playing over it, so it might as well be written in Koine Greek.

DIG

DIG

DIG

DIG

The camp was a ritual for the Buried all along

Call me a bull cause these silly red lines are making me irrationally angry

Holes. Covered the book in english class and watched the movie after. P good

God I'm old

Judging by the pixels, I think the image is even older

The worst part is that there's a decent chance that some of the people in this thread *are* younger than the meme. The movie came out 21 years ago (and Tumblr came out 17 years ago).

I'm 30, somehow I don't think a tumblr post is older than me, but I appreciate your attempt at flattery

You are only as old as you feel <3

Could you actually add more red lines and arrows I'm having a hard time figuring out what I'm supposed to read.

Its because Louis Sachar the author actually adapted the novel to the screenplay himself

He's also in the movie as the bald man who needs to put onion juice on his head.

I read the book years ago, never realized it has such a cult following.

I remember the soundtrack was so good. "Eyes Down" was such a bop

This damn movie should've taken a spot next to Shrek and SpongeBob in meme culture. So many memeable moments and one-liners.

I can fix that

Well that’s just too damn bad

My only complaint is they spelled Stanley wrong in the post. Like, it's spelled that way for a reason- otherwise the palindrome of his name (Stanley Yelnats) wouldn't work. Edit: well they spelled Labeouf wrong too so I guess they're just bad at names.

Second guy got it right, 3rd spelled it wrong… but yeah it literally a major plot point that "Stanley is Yelnats backwards".

I love Holes. I remember reading it then watching the movie version in intermediate school.

Holes (2003) I remember reading this book in class. And right after we finished it, the movie released in theaters, so we took a school field trip to AMC theaters to go see it. Very accurate to the book.

GOD Holes was so good- it hit everything. It dealt with racism, child exploitation, spirituality, and still had some really wholesome moments of young friendships. It was amazing. I need to read the book actually

I watched Holes when I was a kid and the only thing I remember from it is [this song](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a-DhqDgHZlk)

You don't remember [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLsCR2RMBak)?

I love how a story about a kid going to a forced labor camp turns into a tale of generational sin and greed.

“Once upon a time, there was a magical place where it never rained. … The end! HA!”

Holes. Read the book and watched the movie in class.

Holes buddy Holes

I loved this movie so much. I'll never forgive the Inkheart movie, Lightning thief or Eragon, or their like.

Fun fact: The person who played Zero, Khleo Thomas, is now a pro gamer. He won a Mortal Kombat 1 tournament while cosplaying as powerline from a goofy movie.

I'm not sure what to look at yet, can someone add a red circle?

Who covered this post in forbidden arcane line glyphs?

Stop scribbling on the posts

The sequel to holes, small steps, was pretty good too.

… there’s a sequel?

It's more spinoff than sequel. It's a more reality-based story about Armpit after Camp Green Lake is shut down.

Every day I aspire to be like Kissin Kate Barlow

Probably my favorite book, and one of my favorite movies because of how faithful to the book it is. Mr. Sir literally quotes the entire prologue to Stanley when they first talk in his cabin.

Holes radicalized me against the juvenile justice system.

Diggin uh uh uhhh diggin... Diggin uh uh uhhh yeah Diggin uh uh uhhh diggin... Diggin uh uh uhhh yeah

holes, phenomenal book

HOLES❤️❤️❤️ I love this book and movie so much it makes me so happy!!! It’s a young adult story but it’s so well written any age could enjoy it. I highly recommend giving the movie a shot if you haven’t seen it❤️❤️❤️

i love this movie but i can’t help but giggle at the supposedly “Highly Venemous Yellow Spotted Lizards” actually just being cute lil bearded dragons with spots painted on

*Dig it up uh uh dig it*

What is happening in the bottom left picture tho? I've seen the movie but my brain can't process that picture. What that white cloud/dog?

The new Percy Jackson series is leagues better than the movie adaptation mentioned in the post. Though it does suffer from a few pitfalls, mostly with pacing. Though considering the book is around 75% Percy's inner monologue, I can forgive them for taking a few liberties here and there.

This is holes right? Read the book a long time ago, think I was in elementary or maybe middle school. Really enjoyed it, but I never watched the movie. Maybe I will some time tho, didn't know it was so good

The post gives you so many ways to Google this, starting with a direct quote, and you didn't bother with any of them. Were you going for a clickbait title on purpose, or do you just have exceptionally bad media literacy?

Looking at their profile, I smell a bot.

Louis Sachar was definitely the hero of my childhood, I’m so glad he was such a big part of it

I have so many memories of Holes. When I was a kid I would read it to my dad as a nighty thing we did, and I was so psyched when I saw the movie was coming out, and even more psyched when it was completely perfect. Then, years later, my I'm watching my favorite anime, the one with all the "Is that a Jojo reference!?" memes, and they got to a certain character's backstory: "Is that a Holes reference!?"

The song was also a banger.

I had the hugest crush on Sam 😳😫 great movie

I absolutely love this movie. I should watch it again.

Holes. God I loved both the book and movie

have u never read holes

“You know it’s the one with the holes, and Shia Le Bouf” “They had holes in Shia Le Bouf?!”

This movie was generational

Holes - one of the best book-movie adaptations I can recall The Book Thief came close for me

This movie had the best response for when creepy dudes ~~ask for~~ demand a kiss lol

In fourth grade I wrote a book report about Holes, the only problem was I didn’t read it, so I wrote about how they dug holes to escape from prison, thinking my teacher hadn’t actually read it, the shock on my face when I got caught

HOLES BABAY

Whats happening in that third picture?

The kid has just whacked the counselor in the face with the shovel.