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2026-07-13 16:05 UTC

If you start thinking about the McKnowhe archetype, you'll quickly find a ton of McKnowhes & McKnowshes, primarily in American movies and TV. - Indiana Jones & Marion Ravenwood - Ellen Ripley & Dwayne Hicks - McGyver - Buckaroo Banzai - Mulder & Scully Now's the part where you guys tell me your favorites. #mcknowhe #mcknowshe #storytelling #heroicarchetypes #competencemythology

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@flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange 2026-07-13 16:37

@jack@xeno.glyphpress.com An ancestor or template was Columbo: Peter Falk skated close to the trope “Moishe the Explainer” https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-29-tv-2485-story.html

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@hal_pomeranz@infosec.exchange 2026-07-13 19:12

@jack@xeno.glyphpress.com Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicholas Cage) from the “National Treasure” franchise

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@jack@xeno.glyphpress.com 2026-07-13 16:18

Temple of Doom is the Indiana Jones movie that has aged worst. But the relationship between Short Round (one of Ke Huy Quan's first big roles) & Indy is really cool. Yes, this would be child endangerment in real life, but this is an '80s adventure movie, where part of the fantasy for the younger viewers is that a kid their age is on this adventure, too. You can tell Indy truly cares about Shorty, and presumably Indy eventually gets him to a more normal life. #mcknowhe #indianajones /5

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@bss@ill.moe 2026-07-13 18:09

@jack@xeno.glyphpress.com I love all of those pulls. I have been recently rewatching all of The X-Files, and they are two nearly perfect characters. cool posts.

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@infryq@sunny.garden 2026-07-14 01:37

@jack@xeno.glyphpress.com Daniel and Sam from Stargate SG-1!

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