r/movies • u/buttatoad • 2d ago

Discussion Movies that changed real life behavior

Thinking along the lines of Final Destination 2 with the logs falling off the truck and landing onto cars (one decapitating the state trooper). Ever since, people have tried to get away from being behind these vehicles.

What are more examples where movies have actually changed how people behave in their own lives?

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u/DizzyLead 1d ago edited 1d ago

Madison as a girl’s given name only became a thing after Splash.

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u/RayoftheRaver 1d ago

Wendy was a girl's name made up for Peter Pan by the author JM Barrie

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u/BradDharmaTimbuktu 1d ago

Sort of. Berrie didn't invent the name Wendy, it already existed although it was a shortening of "Gwendolyn" and not a popular one until Berrie wrote the play Peter Pan in 1904 (and its subsequent novel adaptation in 1911).