A couple of years in the past, a fan concept made its approach across the web that I completely love: The Goonies and Again To The Future befell on the identical day, October 26, 1985. There was loads of proof offered that made a really compelling case for the idea, and albeit, it appeared like an open-and-shut case. Right this moment, I discovered that all the pieces I knew was improper, and the occasions of the 2 quotable motion pictures, whereas shut on the calendar, didn’t occur on the identical day. Let’s get into it.
The Fan Principle Completely Works… At First
The best a part of the idea is figuring out precisely what day Marty meets Doc on the Twin Pines Mall and goes again in time to 1955. The date is proven on the time machine, and it’s very visibly “OCT 26 1985.” We all know that the true October 26, 1985, was a Saturday. These two issues are established details. It’s the second half that makes issues tough.
Right here’s how the web got here to its conclusion that the Goonies even have their journey on Saturday, October twenty sixth. It begins with understanding that it’s a Saturday, which is established by a couple of totally different strains within the film, largely by Mouth (Corey Feldman), who mentions that it is the weekend and that it’s Saturday. Okay cool, we all know that Oct. twenty sixth was a Saturday, good begin.
The opposite piece of proof is a newspaper article proven on digital camera concerning the Fratelli’s jail break. The newspaper is dated October twenty fourth, 1985. So, the idea goes, the newspaper got here out on Thursday, October twenty fourth, and we’re now watching the forged of Goonies play out their seek for One-Eyed Willie’s gold on the next Saturday. Wonderful! The proof is correct there! Marty McFly went again in time on the identical day the Goonies discovered pirate treasure and saved their neighborhood from grasping builders! Or did they?
Time To Rain On The Parade Like a Chilly Fall Day In Oregon
Due to the diligent killjoys over at Snopes, we’ve now discovered that two occasions missed one another by two days. Regardless that The Goonies occurs on the Saturday, of their universe, that Saturday was on October twenty fourth, not the twenty sixth (it’s not the one factor that doesn’t make sense within the film). The newspaper article recounts the jailbreak, which you’ll keep in mind befell earlier that morning, and Chunk (Jeff Cohen) witnessed the automobile chase. So there’s one strike towards the idea.
The second and third strikes, in line with Snopes, come from the unique script and the novelization of the film that was launched across the similar time the film was, in the summertime of ‘85. In each, the date is explicitly said because the twenty fourth. Moreover, the novel, which was primarily based on the unique script, features a element concerning the eviction discover, which apparently learn that the next day, October twenty fifth, can be the day all residents of the Goon Docks must go away.
So there it’s. Proof, as produced by the great of us over at Snopes, that The Goonies and Again to the Future didn’t occur on the identical day. This little tidbit of unintended film magic was such a enjoyable piece of trivia, that I’m bummed it seems to not be true. It’s additionally disturbing that The Goonies is ready in an alternate universe with a special calendar than the remainder of us, however that’s one other story. Hopefully, one much less heartbreaking.