Freeze, Put Your Hands Up, and Adopt a Cheesy Smile.

The freeze frame movie ending does not seem to pop up as often as it used to, which we may openly blame on more modern films such as "Raise Your Voice." Still, fond memories have been built around freeze frame high fives, and creepy stills of possessed children, and they hold special places in our hearts. So special, in fact, that I am certain we have a habit of recreating these freeze frames in everyday life. For the past few days, I have made it my mission to find the mannerisms, facial expressions, and seemingly original pop culture references born of classic freeze frame film endings.

INFLUENTIAL FREEZE FRAMES (in no particular order)

THE FAMED FRAME	EVIDENCE OF INFLUENCE
The Breakfast Club (1985)	Whoomp There It Is (1993)
Uncle Buck (1989)	Charlie Cheese (2007)
Purple Rain (1984)	Stare Down Sally (1997)
Sleepaway Camp (1983)	Naruto (2002-2009)
Taking of Pelham 1,2,3 (1974)	Pissed Penguin (2007)

Now that I have finished my lesson on historical--and by historical I mean old, and by old I mean circa anytime before the last installation of Harry Potter--pop-culture similitude, let's go over a few movies that had much better success than "Raise Your Voice" with the simple (yet classic) zoom-in-on-the-face freeze frame.

Uncle Buck (though not great, better than "Raise your Voice")

The Taking of Pelham 1,2,3 (The Original...I <3 Walter Matthau)

Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows)