English Explanatory Dictionary

big-lipped alligator moment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A notably unusual, tangential scene in a movie or similar work of fiction, which occurs without setup and does not affect the story afterward.

Word forms

big-lipped alligator moment big-lipped alligator moments

Etymology

Coined in a 2009 Nostalgia Critic review of FernGully: The Last Rainforest, referring to a scene in the 1989 film All Dogs Go to Heaven, in which an alligator breaks into an Esther Williams-style musical number.

Synonyms

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