Submitted by Workerhard62 t3_11adtbv in Futurology
Catspaw129 t1_j9rwjez wrote
Have you ever seen The Matrix?
We become "coppertops".
Workerhard62 OP t1_j9rxwwh wrote
Can't recall that term. May have to watch them again. 😅
ttkciar t1_j9s18np wrote
They only use the term once in the movie, in passing.
Mostly it's GenXers who heard the term over and over again in 1980s Duracell commercials.
Workerhard62 OP t1_j9s3xsw wrote
Remember which movie?
Catspaw129 t1_j9s6bmr wrote
Here ya go:
Workerhard62 OP t1_j9s7kux wrote
The first one. Thanks.
Catspaw129 t1_j9s5vjx wrote
1st one. IIRC, it is Switch who uses the term.
ttkciar t1_j9s68m4 wrote
"The Matrix", like Catspaw129 said.
Early in the movie, when the gang was getting ready to yank Neo out of the matrix, Switch calls him "coppertop". What that meant wasn't explained until later, when Morpheus held up a Duracell battery, but he didn't make the connection explicit. The script depended on the audience knowing that Duracells were colloquially known as "coppertops".
Edited: I thought it was Cypher who called him "coppertop", but Catspaw129 is right, it was Switch.
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