Terms of Endearment Trivia

1. In the opening of the movie, why does Aurora start to climb into her daughter's crib?

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Answer: The baby is not crying and she believes the baby has died of crib death.

This scene sets the tone for the mother-daughter relationship for the whole movie. She always has to be a part of her life - even to unsettle things a bit when her opinion is not necessarily wanted. It shows how neurotic Aurora really is.

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Answer: Boston

Aurora tells Flap after she fixes a certain dish when he and Emma come to visit, 'This is how I used to make it when I lived in Boston.'

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Answer: Her mother does not go to her wedding.

Her mom is protesting her wedding because of her extreme dislike of Emma's husband to be, Flap. Though it kills Aurora to not go to her daughter's wedding. She proceeds to call her repeatedly after the wedding until she finally answers the phone. Again, this scene shows of her mother's concern for Emma, by annoying her (as she did in the crib when she was a baby).

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Answer: Rudyard

Aurora's husband's name is Rudyard. We know this because in the very first scene of the movie, Aurora keeps checking on and waking up baby Emma, and she says 'Rudyard--Rudyard it's crib death.' Then Rudyard's like, 'It's sleep. Honey, the baby's sleeping!' He dies, leaving Aurora alone to raise Emma.

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Answer: Patsy

Patsy is her friend, whom we see at the beginning before the wedding, and throughout the film. She is quite the opposite of Emma, being single with no children. Emma is able to go away for awhile and visit Patsy in New York City after learning she has cancer. This makes her appreciate her children even more, as she meets some very shallow ladies in the big city!

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Answer: John Lithgow

John Lithgow, who also plays on 'Third Rock from the Sun', plays Emma's lover, Sam Burns.

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Answer: Iowa

Upon hearing the news, Emma is not very happy. Aurora is not happy as well. She tells Emma that Flap cannot even do the simple things like fail locally! Flap, however, is happy to leave. Instead of a typical exit, he speeds away from the curb with his wife and children, showing how desperately he wants to get away from her family. Even though Emma and her mother always seem to fight, you see for this first time the mother-daughter bond that they do share.

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Answer: swim

Garrett swims in his pool often yelling loudly before jumping in and disturbing Aurora. One of the times when he does this sparks their first meeting.

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Answer: Mrs. Greenway

If you can remember, when Aurora finds out she is going to be a grandmother, she screams, "Why should I be happy about becoming a grandmother!" This helps us to understand why Tommy calls her Mrs. Greenway through the open window of the car. Although she does show a lot of love for her grandchildren throughout the film, she does not like the idea of being called Grandma.

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Answer: oysters & oyster & Oyster & Oysters

After Aurora sits down, she says, 'Well, I'm starving---no hidden meaning in that remark.' To which Garrett replies, 'Well, would you like an oyster?'

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Answer: She does not have enough to pay for her groceries.

It is fun to see the man who helps Emma out put the cashier in her place, by telling her she is very rude! This man then becomes a character that Emma "befriends" when she and Flap start having marital troubles. He is sweet and attentive, something that Flap has not been for a long time. This is an important scene, as it introduces a new important character in the movie (as played by John Lithgow).

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Answer: Rosie & Rosy

Aurora's maid, and good friend'a name is Rosy.

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Answer: "Wait over by the car honey!"

Taking place in the parking lot of the grocery store, this scene is so memorable, because she starts out saying it very sweetly because she is talking to a person she just met. Then with every turn, she says it louder and louder until she is screaming it in his face. This scene shows that she is very stressed with her life at this point, byshowing her screaming at her son over something small in front of a nearly perfect stranger. I did not appreciate this scene until many years later, after I had children of my own.

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Answer: curtsy & curtsey

After their date, Garrett takes Aurora home. She explains to him that she didn't want him to think she was like one of his other girls and he says, 'Not much chance in that unless you curtsy on my face real soon.'

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Answer: At a doctor's appointment for her daughter

She decides to get a flu shot as well as her daughter. The doctor is holding her arm while she is giving her the shot. That is when he feels the lump.

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Answer: the devil & the Devil

After Garrett says the cursty line, Aurora says, 'Garrett! What is it that makes you so insistent on shocking and insulting me? I really hate that way of talking. You must know that. Why do you do it?' Garrett replies, 'I'll tell you, Aurora, I don't know what it is about you, but you do bring out the devil in me.'

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Answer: It is time for Emma's pain shot, and they are not giving it to her.

This is probably the most memorable scene in the film, with Aurora going out to the nurses station, and frantically telling the nurses that it is 10:00 and time for her shot. When no one will move, she screams, "Give my daughter the shot you understand me - GIVE MY DAUGTHER THE SHOT!". This gives me chills every time I see it.

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Answer: English

Flap is an English professor in Iowa--then they move to Nebraska so he can be 'head of the department.'

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Answer: astronaut

He is very proud of his former career, and has his accomplishments as an astronaut all over his house. This specific occupation is important in the film, as he is to have a job that he can use to impress women. There are not many astronauts in the country, so this is the perfect career for him. Of course, this does not impress Aurora, as it does his much younger "girlfriends".

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Answer: Renoir

Aurora's valuble painting is by the impressionist painter, Auguste Renoir.

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Answer: need him

In the scene where Aurora and Emma are lying on the bed talking about Garrett, Aurora says, 'I'm a moth to flame, Emma. This affair is going to kill me.' Emma says, 'Maybe not, mom, why do you say that?' Aurora lowers her head and replies, 'Because I never thought I'd start to need him.'

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Answer: New York

Patsy takes Emma for a visit to New York.

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Answer: 'I love you, too, kid.'

Aurora: 'Garrett, do you have any reaction to my telling you that I love you?' Garrett: 'I was just inches from a clean getaway.' Aurora: 'Well you're stuck so face it.' Garrett: 'Well, I don't know what else to say except my stock answer.' Aurora: 'Which is?' Garrett: 'I love you, too, kid.'

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Answer: Melanie

Emma's third child (her only daughter) is named Melanie.

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Answer: moment

He tells her about one experience on a space mission and says, 'Indescribable--at least I couldn't think of a way to explain it except that was it, that was my moment.' Aurora nudges him and says, 'Garrett---this is my moment.'

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