Probably Unanswerable Questions
Robberies; bets; relationships; coffee; Amsterdam; Wolf’s party; setting
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- Ringo and Honey Bunny seem experienced enough to compare robbery methods; perhaps a dozen earlier robberies are imagined.
- Big Kahuna serving burgers at 7 a.m. is questioned; 24-hour service is a possible answer but not why the men eat them then.
- Maynard’s spider-and-flies call suggests prior kidnappings; hypothetical Yelp reviews imagine customers sensing danger.
- Butch’s betting proceeds are guessed at 300,000 dollars before a split, while Marsellus’s bribe is guessed at 15,000.
- Jules living in Redondo and dating a vegetarian may reflect his spiritual or progressive side.
- A real Jack Rabbit Slim’s is desired; updating its performers to later decades becomes less appealing after imagining the results.
- Tony Rocky Horror’s fall may have resulted from something unrelated to Mia, possibly the briefcase; the truth remains between the men.
- Honey Bunny being named Yolanda prompts a joke about the name.
- The watch’s lingering odor is questioned after its years of concealment.
- Butch killing an opponent and disappearing should become a major sports-news story.
- Big Kahuna restaurants and Red Apple cigarettes could have been merchandised, but their absence helped preserve the movie’s coolness.
- Jimmie and Jules may be friends or small-time criminal associates; partner need not mean a business relationship.
- Jimmie may really have attended UC Santa Cruz, since an ironic university shirt seems less likely in 1994.
- The actress credited as both Bonnie and pedestrian may simply have doubled roles, rather than implying one character appeared at the crash.
- A Reddit theory makes Bonnie Jules’s relative and explains Jimmie’s language; the lack of explicit mention makes the theory questionable.
- Jimmie’s exceptional coffee may come from expensive beans, fresh grinding or unusually good equipment; no settled answer emerges.
- Vincent’s Amsterdam stay may have hidden him after a job for Marsellus, echoing Michael Corleone’s exile.
- Whether Maynard had already assaulted Marsellus is debated; his movement is instead interpreted as masturbating while watching Zed.
- Mia may have cheated before, with her Amsterdam trips and need for a minder offered as speculation.
- The Wolf may be attending an overnight charity casino party or a private poker game.
- Vincent intentionally killing Marvin is rejected in favor of incompetence or drug use.
- Floyd may have expected an easy fixed fight; Butch’s dismissive response to killing him is morally troubling.
- The setting is inferred as 1992 from the Thursday July 16 fight date, the Acura and period references; the Urge Overkill song date is corrected toward 1992.
- A sword is preferred to a chainsaw for quiet, reach and reliability, though its sharpness is surprising.
- Vincent driving immediately after heroin use is questioned, prompting a joking proposed demonstration.