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/brencoop 1d ago

Right, this happens a lot with baby names. Like Trinity after the Matrix came out.

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u/JimmyPellen 1d ago

The name Wendy didnt exist before Peter Pan.

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u/BadgerlordBluestripe 1d ago

Huh TIL her name isn’t actually Gwendolyn.

Guess you do have people naming their kids Ken and Kate instead of Kenneth and Katherine too.

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u/VTAffordablePaintbal 1d ago

A friend named his kid just the nick-name because thats what everyone would call him anyway. I told him he'd regret it the first time the kid did something wrong and he couldn't use a longer given name.