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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, but its a fictitional pin with Steve Zissou as the theme.
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Wasn't able to capture screen, but saw a couple of pins in Paul Blart during arcade scene where he is playing Guitar Hero.
New Nissan Titan commercial. Someone needs to identify for me.
Added over 7 years ago: Thank you for the overwhelming replies to my question, and after all of the input this machine is obviously Bally Flip Flop. I do appreciate everyone's expertise, but there is no need for anyone else to reply 
4 weeks later
Quoted from barakandl:saw pinball in s2e25 of Golden Girls (don't judge!)
Funfest and some Gottlieb game i am not familiar of. Looks like system 80, so no wonder its turned off =P.
Uhm, you watch Golden Girls?
Quoted from barakandl:Running out of stuff to watch while I assemble boards and nvram modules =D. Plus Rose is hot <3
Gotta hand it to you for owning it. I would have probably said something like, "Saw this on TV when I was visiting my grandma" 
2 weeks later
Quoted from Darcy:To quote a previous post.
Sorry, didn't notice it was posted before, thanks.
4 weeks later
Quoted from Colsond3:Black Knight 2000...but the backglass is changed. Somebody posted about it earlier in the thread. That game has been used in a few things.
Good memory. I posted and pin was identified as a rebranded Black Knight.
Quoted from girloveswaffles:It's already been mentioned twice in the last 15 posts.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-in-movies-or-tv-shows-name-a-game-you-have-seen-in-the-background/page/19#post-4117786
Yes, but I added the visual. 
Quoted from Colsond3:Mike feels much cooler now.
You should see his actual game play during the commercial - he's pretty into it.
Quoted from girloveswaffles:I added a link to the commercial AND to an additional video.
Well +2 for you for doing so, so I guess that puts you ahead of me on this one. 
9 months later
Quoted from pinwiztom:The producers even gave the Data East Pin and Universal an end credit
Now there's a real pinball nerd (I mean that 100% as a complement)! He was so excited about seeing a pin in the movie that he paid detailed attention to all the credits just to see if it was referenced.
4 months later
Wild Things during the credits, someone will have to ID for me.
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Added over 4 years ago: Olympics (1975)
Quoted from girloveswaffles:Chicago Coin "Olympics" (1975)
https://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=1711&picno=35289
Nailed it! Thanks.
Quoted from MacroMegas:Pam Grier’s sons are playing Harlem Globetrotters when she finds them skipping school in Mars Attacks!
Too bad they weren’t playing Attack from Mars - that irony would have been quite the Easter Egg for us pinheads.
2 weeks later
Quoted from dmacy:Impractical Jokers: they crush Sal’s custom machine (they have it painted/powder coated) as a custom one by a monster truck. Wonder if he really is into pinball.
Does a virtual pin count?
1 month later
Quoted from TopMoose:Stellar Wars?
By the looks of it, I believe you are correct. Much of the playfield is redone, but big widebody where layout appears to be exact same (not to mention the theme is there). Just saw that it is a Steve Ritchie game from 1979 - Geez, how long has that dude been around pinball?
Entire episode was around PinBall with Mike being a wizard in a past life, as was Larabee. Larabee wanted a game, but Mike didn't want to give it to him (didn't want to relive the burden of being the greatest and everyone always wanting a game to see if they could beat him). They end up playing, but I'll not spoil things. Funny in that Mike even mentions "EM" and other pinball terms when recalling The Captain & Tennille pin (had to spell MUSKRAT LOVE to earn a free game). Makes you wonder if Tim Allen is really into pinball (or who knows, some writer may have come up with the idea).
Quoted from girloveswaffles:Easy. Stellar Wars.
Easy for someone who loves waffles, maybe.
2 months later
Quoted from Captainhook:Saw this in the movie "Deadpool". Anyone know what this is?[quoted image]
Here is a pic of the apron and lower playfield from when I posted a year ago - nobody every identified.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-in-movies-or-tv-shows-name-a-game-you-have-seen-in-the-background/page/18#post-4036173
1 month later
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:The movie sucked and the game isn’t much to talk about either!
Who the hell are they?? Local band?? I’m usually not a critic of local music and the little guy, but that music video is about 20 years late to the era it’s trying to replicate and comes off as cheesy as hell.
I don't know, but I liked them better in the '80's when they were called the The Go-Go's.
1 month later
Quoted from bernieberg:You catch a quick out of focus glimpse of an Attack From Mars near the beginning of the new movie Ad Astra
Here is the best frame of it. I'm guessing a AFMr LE with the black legs & apparent mirror blades. Occurs at about the 4:00 mark into the movie, and lasts only a couple of seconds as the camera pans by.
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Original Attack from Mars (restored)
Quoted from Reality_Studio:Yup that's mine, they rented it from me for use in the movie.
That’s really cool. How did all of that go down? What is the going rate for something like that - enough to cover a lunch or two? Did you get to be on set to ensure it was handled correctly?
Quoted from Reality_Studio:It's an original '90s Attack from Mars but it was rough, so I had my local restorer dude completely make the game over with new playfield, plastics, ramps, color DMD, the works. It's basically in immaculate condition. Later on he was contacted by a local movie company about wanting to rent a pinball machine so he suggested my Attack from Mars which they jumped on pretty quickly. I don't know if I'm allowed to reveal the amount to rent it, but it was four figures. I was not allowed on set, but they did leave a check for the full amount of the machine in case they damaged it. They only had it for a few days and it was returned without any damage. It was kind of amusing when they came by to pick it up, they showed up with a monstrous brand new truck and the crew of five just to move one little pinball machine lol.
That's awesome, thanks for sharing.
Quoted from MacroMegas:Pam Grier’s sons are playing Harlem Globetrotters when she finds them skipping school in Mars Attacks!
Quoted from mcfly:Why do they always put generic sounds over the real table? I think it was stranger things they I saw recently that did this with Twilight Zone or it could have been a different show but yeh wtf is up with that?
In braking bad they made Getaway sound like an old EM. I don’t know if it is because of the pinball stereotype or some kind of licensing issue.
Quoted from Rdoyle1978:It's not really either - when you're making a TV show, you need the most effective sound effect for the tiny amount of time you have to tell the story. So when someone's playing pinball, they add the EM sounds because most people know what that sound is, and it conveys "the character is playing pinball!" in the split second it's onscreen. If they added the actual Getaway sounds for example, most people would have no idea what they were listening to, and it would just sound like noise. I suppose that's partly the "pinball stereotype" but there's a bit more thought involved, even if it doesn't make sense to us
What I meant by "pinball stereotype" is basically what you are saying. In other words, it is the typical familiar sound that most viewers would easily and quickly identify as coming from a pinball machine. I know that movies & TV do this for all sorts of areas where any specialist/professional would probably cringe when they see/hear it.
3 months later
Saw this today on Andy Griffith show. Season 2, Episode 6 from 1962. What is it?
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Added over 4 years ago: United Tropics
Quoted from girloveswaffles:United Tropics.
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https://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?any=tropics&search=Search+Database&searchtype=quick#2665
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Sweet, great job!
Quoted from kciaccio:The new movie Ad Astra has Attack from Mars Pinball machine..
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I’m having a flashback from 3 months ago: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-in-movies-or-tv-shows-name-a-game-you-have-seen-in-the-background/page/34#post-5222925
Quoted from kciaccio:Lol...And their picture is better than mine!
Actually the game ended up being owned by a Pinsider. It is an original AFM that was recently restored with custom black trim. He could not disclose much, but he rented the game to the studio for a few days.
4 weeks later
Quoted from bob_e:Last night durring a, Young Sheldon, there was a Dukes of Hazard on the TV Sheldon was watching.
Pinball in a TV show that’s in a TV show - awesome! BTW, How many times did you replay that scene before you realized there was a pin in the shot too?
Quoted from dirkdiggler:Wife is watching Better Call Saul and kept saying there's a pin. Finally got up to snap pic of hs2[quoted image]
Search is your friend: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-in-movies-or-tv-shows-name-a-game-you-have-seen-in-the-background/page/25#post-4594709
4 weeks later
Quoted from Stal8080:In the Adam Sandler movie blended there is a DE Star Wars
Just saw it tonight.
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Added over 4 years ago: Photos is from the movie Blended starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.
Quoted from Daditude:Uncut gems?
Huh? Is that a show? Was referring to “Blended” with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.
Quoted from Daditude:What movie is it? "Uncut Gems" -Adam Sandler?
Okay, you must have missed “Blended” in the quote I referenced. Hadn’t heard of Uncut Gems, have to look that one up.
2 weeks later
1982 "They Call Me Bruce", but need help with identification.
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Added over 4 years ago: Supersonic
Quoted from DropTarget:supersonic
Ahh, very cool. I just looked it up and seems the pin was loosely based on the Concord supersonic commercial jet.
"When you see Arec Barrwin, you will see the true ugriness of human nature." . . . "You are worthless Arec Barrwin."
Personally, I kind of share the sentiment. 
Quoted from Rolls-Royce:Patrick Swayze’s "Roadhouse"(1989)
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Quoted from Rolls-Royce:... probably next time I’ll check 3 years of pics before I post something
I just used the search tool. I see pins in shows on a regular basis, but I always search first before I post. I think if someone mentioned it but doesn't post a photo then it's fair game.
Quoted from PinMonk:I think Key Posts are the best way to at least break out a listing of the titles covered. I started indexing them just now and will work back through the whole thread this week so we end up with a listing of every movie/tv show in the thread in one easy place.
Next step would be having the OP take that kep post index, sort it by alpha, and post the updated list to the OP on a regular basis so there's an alphabetical list.
This sounds like a royal pain to me. Not sure if OP (or anyone) would want to keep up with it. Just not a simple way to track such a thing in the forums as far as I can tell. I just request that people keyword search for the show/movie to see if anyone else has already posted before they do.
Quoted from Fremulon:I saw this one also. It's a Getaway. For some reason they took out the sound of the real machine and made it sound like an old EM.
Search is your friend (see page 24 of this thread): https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-in-movies-or-tv-shows-name-a-game-you-have-seen-in-the-background/page/25#post-4594709
Quoted from PinMonk:...text only isn't super great for a thread like this.
Agreed. Need a photo or it never happened.
Quoted from PinMonk:FYI, if there's no picture, these won't be included in the index.
BTW, I am impressed. Your Index idea is great.
Quoted from ImNotNorm:Forged in Fire (S06E06)
I don't really watch this show...but caught it during my lunch break tonight at work. Looks like they salvaged some metal from an EM to make their swords. Not sure how it all ended since my break was 15 minutes.
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I enjoyed it when it was posted a year ago 
BTW, this brings up the question that if a video is posted instead of a photo (as was the case here), does that count? I vote is that it should, and the OP should index the post.
Quoted from PinMonk:There are a bunch of procedural questions that will have to be addressed moving forward so it's consistent. In general, I have been valuing screenshots over video, because screenshots are stored locally on pinside, and video is external on youtube. If you go back through the thread, there are quite a few videos that no longer work at all - the youtube video is deleted or blocked, whereas ALL the screenshots are here and still work.
So, based on what I've seen working through this thread, video is nice but unreliable long-term (until/unless pinside starts allowing uploaded video, which I don't think is happening), so I say screenshots are king for pinside posterity.
It's your project so I will defer to you as ultimate decision maker since I don't plan on investing any of my time into it. 
If video doesn't count I would encourage those of you who have exclusively posted videos with your sightings to grab a screenshot or two and update your posts. Then again, you could just wait until the next guy comes along a year or two later with a "new find" and does it for you.
BTW, If we have a post with an image but we don't see it in the index, should we alert you or are you still working on it?
Quoted from PinMonk:I'm almost 80% done. I'll clean up any issues once I have everything in and can see all the duplicates, etc. The current sorted list is on page 39 of this thread. There are a lot of duplicates.
I asked because it looks like you skipped over my "Blended" post with a nice big screen grab even though you picked up others that were right before and after it.
Quoted from ImNotNorm:That's how I missed the Forged in Fire video. Not in the key post and not word searchable.
BTW, I was just giving you a hard time, all in good fun.
Besides, I remember your icon from your contributions in the Bay Watch "imamaculate" days - I could never criticize you on that basis alone!
Quoted from PinMonk:I have 32 of the 40 pages of posts indexed. Forged in Fire is indexed now also. Click Topic Index and then click "show all" at the bottom of the short summary and it will show the 400+ indexed posts so far.
Did you get that machine gun barrage of all those French films/shows nobody else has ever heard of several pages back? Technically, I'm sure they qualify but I prefer games in movies and TV shows that most people are familiar with.
Quoted from Jackontherocks:The Rundown, in the bar scene when the Rock orders a beer there is one older pin my guess from 60's or 70's game in back before big shot out happens
Here is visual proof for The Rundown (2003 starring The Rock). These are the best shots, and definitely going to need help with ID.
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Quoted from LeChuck:Gottlieb Masquerade (1966) - from the pingeek.com list of games in movies
Ah, you reveal your source. I didn’t know that even existed.
3 weeks later
Quoted from RWH:Better Call Saul
Season 4 episode 7
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Might want to check this post from over a year ago (also it is listed in the index): https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-in-movies-or-tv-shows-name-a-game-you-have-seen-in-the-background/page/25#postbox
1 week later
Quoted from girloveswaffles:The other game is a Hyperball.
Thanks, post updated.
Quoted from bob_e:They put a new backglass on the game and repainted the cabinet. to avoid copyright infringement.
I looks like it was a Williams game judging by the coindoor.
Cool. Also, the playfield is not real (I saw some pics of this pin on an auction site).
2 weeks later
Quoted from xsvtoys:Ha! Watching it now, just took that same picture!
Funny how I stop down every time I see a pin on TV. I pause the DVR, hit this forum and search to see if it's been posted before, snap a pic and post if it has not, then on with the show.
2 weeks later
Quoted from ReadyPO:Zapped, 1982 with Scott Baio. Pin is a 1973 Bally Delta Queen
You had me at "...with Scott Baio."
2 weeks later
Quoted from dirkdiggler:The Politician on Netflix . . . not sure what newer stern between acdc and rbion.
That's a Star Wars (Pro).
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Quoted from Bonk:Looks like it could be a Gottlieb Spring Break
I think you've got it.
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The buildings on the front of the cabinet remind me a little of the AFM backglass buildings.
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Quoted from Daditude:Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Viper Night Drivin' and Hyperball[quoted image]
Nice try, but beat you to it (although your pics are better): https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-in-movies-or-tv-shows-name-a-game-you-have-seen-in-the-background/page/43#post-5662156
Date Night | Hit and Run pitch & bat.
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Also, I don't think that is a Tornado foosball table (the best, IMO), but definitely the style I grew up on with a single goalie and elevated corners (they also had glass playfields). I hate the newer tables with flat goalies and 3 men on the back bar, but since I'm only a fraction of the player I was in my youth, it probably doesn't really matter. Oh, and not sure how they keep score on that one - why would the remove the counters?
Added over 3 years ago:Sorry for this one, but somehow I overlooked it when checking the index. My apologies to 
ImNotNorm who originally posted it 6 months ago.
Quoted from PinMonk:Date Night's already in the index.
Dang, I missed it somehow, and thanks for bringing it to my attention. I hate it when people post ones that are already indexed, and now I'm guilty of it. I promised I looked beforehand (always the first thing I do before I post here), and quite frankly was a little surprised when I didn't see it. I amended my original post noting that it had already been reported.
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Quoted from koen12344:In the trailer for the upcoming movie "Nobody" (around 2:00)
Saul Goodman meets John Wick. Oh man, I'm in!
Quoted from TopMoose:This one is really bothering me.
The cabinet looks like a late 70's/early 80s style and the playfield has Williams-style triangle arrow inserts, but I cannot find any such games with werewolf side art or even a monster theme from that era. It looks like there are four targets in the center playfield that spell "WOLF," but if this is a re-theme, I can't find a game that looks like that. It looks like the inlanes and outlanes also spell WOLF.
Could it be a rare Zaccharia, Segasa or other European manufacturer that I'm overlooking?
Yeah, I probably spent an hour trying to track it down and couldn't. Going to be funny if someone pops in here and knows what it is right away.
Quoted from Bonk:Looks like a re-themed Stellar Wars.
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I'd say you nailed it. The white/red stripe at bottom is the same, all of the inserts align, and the center target bank is in the same exact position.
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Quoted from girloveswaffles:It looks to be the 2021 Sorento, so it must be recent.
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...Oops. Sorry. Just saw the title on the video.
Time to join my "idiot" club.
1 week later
Quoted from boscokid:Don't think this one has been mentioned. "On the Right Track" 1981 comedy with Gary Coleman, Bill Russell, Maureen Stapleton, Norman Fell and super hot Lisa Eilbacher working on a Bally Freedom (probably better known as Jenny Summers, Axel Foley's friend in Beverly Hills Cop)
Looks like a Freedom, a Space Invaders and another scene from outside the arcade looks like a Flash
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Wa'choo talkin' 'bout, Willis?!
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Quoted from Bonk:Could it be a Joker Poker?
I think you nailed it.
1 month later
Quoted from northerndude:I watched last night like I mentioned. ITS EXACTLY Saul Goodman meets John Wick!! LOL, I said that to my wife. Hilarious.
The movie doesn't try too hard. Its exactly as advertised, had a blast watching.
For those wondering, the movie is "Nobody" starring Bob Odenkirk (Saul Goodman), and it features a pin in it. I plan on watching it this weekend.
Quoted from northerndude:I watched last night like I mentioned. ITS EXACTLY Saul Goodman meets John Wick!! LOL, I said that to my wife. Hilarious.
The movie doesn't try too hard. Its exactly as advertised, had a blast watching.
Watched it last night, and enjoyed it. Not to give things away, but basic story is a guy has a hidden past and when he's pushed he returns to his old life and goes scorched earth (similar to John Wick, but completely different context). If you like "good guys" taking out bad guys and having fun doing so, this movie is for you.
Also, has some actors I enjoyed seeing: Christopher Lloyd plays the main character's dad, and Michael Ironside (unrecognizable from his Top Gun, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers appearances) is the main character's father-in-law.
Finally, after watching I know where to store all of my gold bars - in my pin's coin box.
The commercial - wow. Just, wow. Nothing I enjoy more than being spoken to like a first grader (yeah, that's effective). If the state is the one who has to teach proper social interaction and does so in a way to suggest that we have the right to never be offended by any other person, then something is wrong with society.
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Quoted from dirkdiggler:Spoiler alert! Lol. The wife and I are watching the MTV bio and kisstory is next
Make sure you get parts 1 & 2 (part 2 is tonight).
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“Live and Let Die” (1973) with James Bond inside the Fillet of Soul establishment in Harlem. Going to need help identifying the two pins.
BTW, just before the pins are shown, I love the lines when James orders a drink:
Bond: "No ice."
Waiter: "That cost extra."
Patrons: laughing
Left one has been identified as Dixieland: https://pinside.com/pinball/machine/dixieland
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One on the right has been identified as a Super Star: https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2446
Quoted from CrazyLevi:30 rock
Am I blind, where's the pinball machine? The guy's hat?
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Yes. The guy’s hat. It says pinball.
Hey close enough. Sue me!!
Just wanted to make sure you weren’t trying to sneak a foosball table into the thread.
Quoted from Classics_Master:Looks like the other game is “Super Star” by Williams 1972, from the colors on the cabinet by the coin door and what can be seen of the backglass, has to be that game
You nailed it, thanks!
1 week later
Quoted from Bonk:Looks like The Six Million Dollar Man
That's it, thanks.
1 week later
Quoted from northerndude:S2E8 newest Ted Lasso (btw, pretty much the best the show running these days)
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Dude, where's the spoiler alert - I haven't seen that episode yet. 
2 weeks later
Quoted from PinPickle:Hmmmm I wonder what poster that is. I have searched PJ pinball posters and I have never seen that one come up.
That is an original painting but PJ has never used it for an official poster. The artist was trying to sell it, but value was only about $6K when authenticated. If it had been used for a poster it would have been worth significantly more.
Quoted from bob_e:most I can do is $20.00
But if you change your mind come back and the offer still stands.
1 week later
Quoted from fatbeerdrinker:Anyone watch the Season 2 final of Ted Lasso?
Appears that a WOZ got played.
1 week later
Quoted from dirkdiggler:It's a Bears translite. I mentioned it a couple years back.
I searched & didn't find anything, sorry about that. Also, looked like a green tint on my photo which is why I went with Eagles, but Bears makes sense - thanks.
Quoted from SketchyMcDuff:As a noob I have no idea what is in the background of this laptop commercial I saw last night. Eagle eyed Pinsiders…. Go!
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As a noob, I would kindly refer you to the topic index and search feature before posting a spotted pin. While not foolproof, it will limit multiple posts of the same spotting.
Here is this same spotting as yours previously posted: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-in-movies-or-tv-shows-name-a-game-you-have-seen-in-the-background/page/64#post-6557618
3 weeks later
Quoted from paynemic:Spotted in a commercial tonight in a dancing with the stars episode from a few weeks ago
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See post #3209
1 month later
Quoted from Daditude:Brokeback mountain
I wish I knew how to quit this thread.
2 weeks later
Quoted from Quicksilver1:There was a re-themed (Revenge of the Wolf) Williams Stellar Wars in the new Bob Odenkirk flick, Nobody.
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Enjoyed this one when it was posted over a year ago: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-in-movies-or-tv-shows-name-a-game-you-have-seen-in-the-background/page/51#post-6016714
Not to be a horse's rear, but I encourage everyone to please utilize both the search function and the key post function to verify you are posting a new find and not something that has already been presented. The one exception I make is if the original post does not contain photos and you are able to add them.
Keypost link: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-in-movies-or-tv-shows-name-a-game-you-have-seen-in-the-background?kp=1&kp_sort=keypost_summary#index
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Quoted from Quicksilver1:Ugh, my bad. I actually tried searching before posting, but obviously not well enough. It's all good, i guess i just didn't see it and removed my post. Sorry for the multiple mention.
Happens to many of us (I've done it too, and you can only imagine the self-beratement I received after that).
This is one of my favorite threads (as I'm sure it is for many), so I just want everyone to do their best to prevent double posts. There are some other forums I follow where redundancy has almost got me to the point where I don't enjoy them anymore, so would hate to see it occur here.
Quoted from chris_p:Natural Born Killers
Whirlwind. Around 4:05 into opening scene:
You know you can post a YouTube video link at the point in the video you are referring to, right?
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Made life so much easier posting video references when I discovered it too.
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Quoted from jonesjb:They have Medieval Madness in Silent Hill (check out the 1:50 mark):
Or for those not wanting to have to scroll through the video, here is the time link:
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Quoted from mooch:From the “Emerson, Lake & Palmer - World Tour 1973” documentary.
Screen shot of Keith Emerson at a piano in the barn building rec room of his Stonehill house in East Sussex, England.
What pin is in there? I can’t identify it.
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here is video link for reference:
Quoted from Tripredacus:I found one potential match for the backglass but the cabinet doesn't match.
Hayburners II
https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1143
Sorry, but that doesn't look anything like the backglass.
Quoted from DanQverymuch:I tried CSIing a screen grab, and now I can can see a little more clearly that it's a lady dancing with or embracing a man. She has a floofy pinkish dress on, and is looking up into his eyes with her left arm raised and her hand on his shoulder.
It seems like I've seen this pose before, but I'm drawing a blank.
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Funny, all I saw was the number 4.
Quoted from Foxxstone_80:oops, my bad! I didn't look through all 75 pages before I posted, next time! I was thinking that it might be star gazer but I couldn't get a clearer image, thanks!
You don't have to look through all 75 pages. 
Just use the topic index at the top of any page. Without the index it would just be mayhem - like you.
Quoted from PinMonk:At the top of any page in this thread, click on "Topic Index" then click on "keypost summary" and it makes a sorted list alphabetized with every pin that has a picture that's been posted. Very easy to scan that before posting.
EDIT: Beaten.
By 6 minutes - come on dude!
Quoted from PinMonk:The only thing missing was after clicking "TOPIC INDEX" to click on "KEYPOST SUMMARY" to sort the list alphabetically. If they've never used any topic index, it won't be sorted alphabetically by default unless they do that the first time.
Just giving you a hard time - good info you pointed out.
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Quoted from girloveswaffles:However, you can easily miss a movie or TV title because it listed under T (for "The...").
And it's not consistent. Even in the picture of the list you posted, "The Fugitive is listed as "Fugitive", but there's a lot of titles listed under "The"
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So if I go to look up "The Enforcer" (which I have listed) Where do I look? Under THE Enforcer, or Enforcer?
Anything that starts with The should be listed more like this: (Enforcer, The) , or else half the list would end up under "The".
Are you trolling me?
Open all key post, CTRL-F on keyboard (Windows PC), type partial character string you are searching for, click through results to see if what you are looking for is there or not.
Quoted from girloveswaffles:No, I'm not "Trolling" you.
I'm posting an actual problem with the key post list.
How do you think I found out this was a problem? I did what you suggested and it doesn't work if a lot of titles are listed as "The..."
Sorry, I just assumed most everyone knows how to do keyword search from the browser. Not sure what platform you are on, but like I stated if you expand the entire listing the do a search via your browser by keyword (CTRL-F in Windows) then you can quickly find any appearance of that term regardless of any definite articles (e.g. search for "Beatles" instead of "The Beatles"). I would assume MAC has something similar, but I know it is more complicated on a phone.
Bottom line is if you give it some effort, don't find it, post your photo, and then someone shows it was already posted, then it's no big deal if it happens occasionally. I've been guilty of this at least once when I thought I checked as best I could beforehand. I think that most of us who follow this thread just want people to make some effort to check for dups before posting. Just don't take it personally if someone is able to reference a previous posting.
1 week later
Quoted from TeamUp:https://fb.watch/eNCYJL7xlI/
Eminem's new greatest hits album cover is his own pinball translite rendition. His album release video trailer is pretty sick featuring classic games.
I attached the link for the video if anyone cares.
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Surprised he wasn't in a kneeling position.
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Quoted from SLAMT1LT:Bond seems to be popular at the moment, so the first person to spot a pinball machine in a Bond movie wins a free balloon...apart from this one...(Live and Let Die)
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I thought it was great too which is why I posted it over a year ago: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-in-movies-or-tv-shows-name-a-game-you-have-seen-in-the-background/page/61#post-6435983
As a reminder, please help reduce redundant posts by first searching the topic index.
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Quoted from Mathazar:Used Cars (1980, Kurt Russell). Very underrated low budget comedy. Bowling alley bar scene about 50 minutes in, looks like Space Invaders on the left, Gottlieb Count-Down in the middle, and a pin on the right I can't make out yet.[quoted image]
Thumbs up on that movie. Haven't seen it in years, but remember thinking it was funny.
4 months later
Quoted from Nyraiderfan:From last man standing season 7 episode 21. Looks like a generic tittle as it does not look familiar to me.
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Already in the topic index: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-in-movies-or-tv-shows-name-a-game-you-have-seen-in-the-background/page/39#post-5582716
2 months later
Goodfellas - Different scene than previously posted - where Joe Pesci shoots the kid in the leg for not bringing him his drink. Then in the next scene Pesci kills him for insulting him. Wasn't sure at first, but from later scenes it is a Captain Fantastic (which was mentioned only in name in original post, but no screenshots were provided).
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My Cousin Vinny - Bally Amigo (thanks to pinwiztom for the ID) l Scene where Pesci’s character goes to collect the $200 that Marisa Tomei’s character was stiffed at the pool hall, then asks guy in the background how he hurt his neck.
Just want to reiterate again how much I hate this thread. I literally can no longer watch a movie without thinking the entire time that I need to be looking out for pinball machines. Then, when the movie is over and I didn't see one, I think to myself that I need to watch the movie again because I probably missed it.
1 week later
Quoted from pinwiztom:Posted already 4 months ago
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Midway Play Ball
Darn it, I missed it. Thanks for the alert
3 weeks later
Quoted from bob_e:Murder in the first
S1 E10 Blunt the edge
Pin is in the back of a garage.
I don't know which game it is, thinking Gottlieb in the 60s.
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It looks familiar, but can't seem to recall. At first I was thinking Diamond Jack / King of Diamonds, but it's a different diamond paint scheme.
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3 weeks later
Quoted from Bonk:I’m thinking it’s a Data East Hook
That's it! I should have known, as I just had a friend recently restore one.
1 month later
Quoted from Jesterfunhouse:Not sure I have the patience to read through the entire list of machines/Movies...So I will just state I was watching Shutter Island last night and an EM pinball shows up briefly about 3/4 of the way into the movie where the orderlies were hanging out. It was too quick to identify. I am sure someone can identify it if it hasn't been listed yet.
1. Use Topic Index/Key Posts at the top of every page
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2. Use Search at the top of every page
pasted_image (resized).pngQuoted from o-din:I was channel surfing last night and flipped by Price is Right and they had a machine in one of the showcases. It went by so fast that I couldn't tell what it was but seemed to have score reels but not the James Bond style. Did any body catch that?
There have been multiple Price is Right episodes posted (see Topic Index / Key Posts). Did you look at info on TV to see which episode it was?
Quoted from pinball2020:For those people what want to memorialized forever in this thread (or until the website goes away ), please feel free to do what I was doing in-between chores while I was on vacation this week:
1. Go through the 11 years or so of posts and look for posts with no pictures but movie/tv sightings where people saw pinball machines.
2. Check the Topic index (key posts) to see if somebody else already found the movie/tv/pinball combination elsewhere.
3. If not, go ahead and if you have the movie or can get it in Netflix, etc, watch it (if you can stomach it ) and snapshot the machine.
4. Make your post including your snapshot. It would be nice to include the original poster's info who posted it without an image as well.
5. Get added as a Topic index (key post) to impress your friends, spouses, children and pets.
6. After they say "That's nice", "Get a life and take out the garbage", ignore you or ask for you food, play some pinball.
Happy Holidays Everybody!
pinball2020
Perfect advice. Many of the earlier posts don't actually have screenshots, and I too have done what you describe - create a new post with screenshots, but reference/credit the original poster.
It also drives my family crazy when we are watching something, and I pause the TV so I can run to grab my iPad to check the thread. If it's something new and I take a photo of the TV then let the eye rolling commence. For some reason, I'm the only one in my household that "gets it".
1 month later
Quoted from LeonSpinkx:Egg on my face for not scrolling through 2,879 images.
I have no idea what show that is (you should post the reference with your images), but did you take a few seconds to see if is it was already listed in the alphabetically sorted Topic Index of key posts at the top of every page of this thread? If you type the name of the show in the thread’s search field does it return a result? Also, did you scroll through the last day or two posts in case something new has not yet been indexed?
We’re happy that everyone is participating, but at least taking a minute or less to perform the three steps above to validate your sighting is new is appreciated by everyone who is active here.
Quoted from matt_adams:Not sure if this has been posted before but an 80's Lee Cooper advert featuring pinballs and their latest innovation, pockets
Oh my, that's all kinds of wrong. 
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Quoted from briyau15:Guardians in the recent S16 E7 episode
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image (resized).jpgQuoted from Thegamerskunk:In the 2014 movie Blended, one of the female protagonists' sons has a Data East Star Wars pinball machine in their room
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Already in key posts:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-in-movies-or-tv-shows-name-a-game-you-have-seen-in-the-background/page/37#post-5530191
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