# Yoyos in the wild **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [February 16, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216 "2025-02-16T04:22:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Yospeedracer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yospeedracer/32/164176_2.png) [@Yospeedracer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yospeedracer)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/81 "2026-07-30T05:16:57Z")
This is strange. In the 1986 Oliver Stone movie Platoon at 33 minutes and 53 seconds into the movie the character “bunny” played by Kevin Dillon clearly throws a yoyo down that he was holding in his right hand. When I googled for information about this scene google said that there is no such scene in the movie and that the character never threw a yoyo at any point in the movie. From google; “There is no record or evidence of Kevin Dillon’s character, Bunny, throwing a yo-yo at that specific timestamp—or at any other point—in Oliver Stone’s 1986 film \*\*\*[Platoon” P.S. The time stamp I have is while viewing the streaming service from Amazon Prime Video ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/82 "2026-07-30T13:19:25Z")
Ohhhh. Intrigue…. Mystery… I’m hooked!! ---
**Author:** ![Yospeedracer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yospeedracer/32/164176_2.png) [@Yospeedracer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yospeedracer)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/83 "2026-07-30T15:04:52Z")
I know, me too. It’s completely out of character, according to google however during the alcohol and drug fueled gathering scene in the barracks, bunny is holding a yoyo in his hand and chews a piece of aluminum off a beer can and hands it to the lieutenant, and then he throws down the yoyo as the camera pans away. I figured someone would’ve known by now what kind of yoyo it was but then I read what google said about it and I’m intrigued. ---
**Author:** ![CannibalCricket](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cannibalcricket/32/665098_2.png) [@CannibalCricket](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CannibalCricket)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/84 "2026-07-30T15:41:40Z")
Sounds like we have a yoyo mandela effect. Wonder if they are doing haarp experiments again. ---
**Author:** ![SpaceCat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/spacecat/32/688368_2.png) [@SpaceCat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SpaceCat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/85 "2026-07-30T20:49:59Z")
Doesn’t sound like the work of my folks back on Planet Cat. The only thing about Earth they are aware of is the Disco music… That stuff is like a galactic herpes. ---
**Author:** ![KorinaMcCarty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/korinamccarty/32/674591_2.png) [@KorinaMcCarty](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/KorinaMcCarty)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/86 "2026-07-30T21:51:50Z")
Approximately 5:02 in [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/8/e/48e9562fb53791d7a99596d14fcdac3e814a7174.jpeg "platoon scene") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wecduki-29w) ---
**Author:** ![Yospeedracer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yospeedracer/32/164176_2.png) [@Yospeedracer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yospeedracer)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/87 "2026-07-30T21:59:45Z")
That’s the scene I am referring to and he clearly throws a yoyo down and the scene cuts away before it returns to his hand. Google says it never happened. It kinda looks like a midnight special to me. ---
**Author:** ![KorinaMcCarty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/korinamccarty/32/674591_2.png) [@KorinaMcCarty](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/KorinaMcCarty)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/88 "2026-07-30T22:10:27Z")
I’ll have to take another look, or maybe watch on the tv tonight. Cool catch ---
**Author:** ![Yospeedracer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yospeedracer/32/164176_2.png) [@Yospeedracer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yospeedracer)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/89 "2026-07-30T22:14:01Z")
I’ve seen it before years ago and never thought twice about it until I watched it again a few nights ago. My surprise is googles answer though. ---
**Author:** ![SlowThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slowthrow/32/307451_2.png) [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/90 "2026-07-30T22:14:34Z")
AI lies confidently when it cannot confirm. There is even sound production for the spinning YoYo and catch. ---
**Author:** ![Yospeedracer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yospeedracer/32/164176_2.png) [@Yospeedracer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yospeedracer)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/91 "2026-07-30T22:15:24Z")
Agreed. Just like us. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicChessGuy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/atomicchessguy/32/606394_2.png) [@AtomicChessGuy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AtomicChessGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/92 "2026-07-31T01:41:04Z")
![IMG_7862](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/e/d/bed9e11a749372fe554e53c1095fa50af95f6125.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![zxin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zxin/32/649326_2.png) [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 3:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/93 "2026-07-31T03:13:20Z")
What’s its diameter? ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/94 "2026-07-31T03:15:22Z")
I’ve definitely made smaller yo-yos than that :joy: ---
**Author:** ![AtomicChessGuy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/atomicchessguy/32/606394_2.png) [@AtomicChessGuy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AtomicChessGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/95 "2026-07-31T03:55:13Z")
It was like an inch or something. 🤣 I don’t exactly remember it was a while back ---
**Author:** ![SlowThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slowthrow/32/307451_2.png) [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/96 "2026-07-31T04:12:58Z")
You didn’t buy it?! For shame… ###### (yes I will make it his dumb joke about every junk YoYo in this thread, I am not sorry) ---
**Author:** ![zxin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zxin/32/649326_2.png) [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/97 "2026-07-31T04:20:38Z")
I think I have a yoyo that’s smaller than that… ---
**Author:** ![SpaceCat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/spacecat/32/688368_2.png) [@SpaceCat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SpaceCat)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/98 "2026-07-31T15:54:57Z")
And if you come to my small town in KY, we have the world’s best hot dog and coldest beer too. ---
**Author:** ![YoyoGeezer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyogeezer/32/755_2.png) [@YoyoGeezer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoyoGeezer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/99 "2026-07-31T18:26:41Z")
I watched it twice. I never saw an actual yo-yo being thrown down; did you? I agree the motion looks very much like a breakaway, but I did not see the yo-yo. ---
**Author:** ![Yospeedracer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yospeedracer/32/164176_2.png) [@Yospeedracer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yospeedracer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216/100 "2026-07-31T19:05:51Z")
You can see it in the fold of his hand when he is holding the beer with his fingers. I see a forward throw. Not a breakaway. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyos-in-the-wild/419216.md?page=6)