![]() Mia orders the “Durwood Kirby burger, bloody, and the $5 shake.” Buddy asks, “How do you want that shake? Martin & Lewis or Amos & Andy?” To which she replies, “Martin & Lewis” – a vanilla milkshake. Vincent, in the mood for steak, orders “The Douglas Sirk steak” cooked “bloody as hell,” and a Vanilla Coke. Later into the film Vincent and Mia go out to dinner at Jack Rabbit Slim’s, 1950s-themed restaurant that Vincent describes as “a wax museum with a pulse.” While seated in a Chrysler convertible car booth, a server (played by Steve Buscemi!) dressed as Buddy Holly, takes their orders. ![]() The Big Kahuna Burger sequence is not the only burger moment in the film, however. Jules, who has never had a burger from Big Kahuna Burger, asks Brett if he can try his, and after taking a bite exclaims, “Mmm! This is a tasty burger.” Jules then goes on to say that he usually can’t get burgers because his girlfriend is a vegetarian, which pretty much makes him a vegetarian however, he does love the taste of a good burger. The camera follows Jules and Vincent as they park and walk into a building before entering an apartment, where the occupants are all enjoying a fast food breakfast from Big Kahuna Burger, a Hawaiian burger joint. Having just returned from Europe, Vincent explains to Jules that you can buy a beer at movie theaters there, as well as at McDonald’s in Paris, and that a quarter pounder with cheese in Paris is called a “Royale with Cheese,” and a Big Mac is called “Le Big Mac.” Vincent also adds that they put mayonnaise on French fries in Holland instead of ketchup. The film’s second scene opens on Jules and Vincent in the car on their way to a job. The scene plays out again at the end of the film, this time opening on Vincent and Jules having their breakfast – pancakes and bacon for Vincent and a muffin for Jules. ![]() Between the diner setting and the robbery discussion, this opening scene is a rather poetic nod to Tarantino’s first and previous film, Reservoir Dogs. Before whipping out their guns and barking orders, the pair discuss, over a final cup of coffee, the brilliant idea of robbing a restaurant, as opposed to a bar, bank, jewelry store, etc. Director Quentin Tarantino bookends his film with this scene, which to start, opens on a couple (Pumpkin & Honey Bunny), who have just finished their breakfast and are about to rob the establishment. Not only is it the same diner, it’s the same scene. Pulp Fiction (1994) begins and ends in a diner.
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