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The Gum Commercial That Never Fades, Explained:happens to the best of them

They set out to get back before morning, and catch themselves walking away from Headquarters. Mind workers toss faded memories into the dump, and one jingle is the exception. "This one will never fade" is the line, while the real tug is what gets forgotten and what they send up anyway.

あらすじ

Someone says they will be back to Headquarters before morning. The turns pile up, and someone asks if they are walking away from Headquarters. Mind workers throw faded memories into the dump: leftover piano lessons, extra presidents, and doll names. Nothing comes back from the dump. The exception is the TripleDent gum commercial, which they sometimes send up for no reason.

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注目の表現

walking away fromtake much more of thisget rid of the restperfectly good

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このシーンの表現

happens to the best of them

even the finest ones get this

Right after the shock of fading, happens to the best of them makes the loss sound routine rather than tragic.

Dust happens to the best of them.

このシーンの他の表現

  • walking away from

    moving farther from the goal

  • take much more of this

    at the limit of what you can stand

  • get rid of the rest

    discard everything not chosen

  • perfectly good

    still fine, nothing wrong

  • for no reason

    with no cause worth naming

このシーンのメモ一覧

42 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · A2not working

failing, not succeeding

This is not working. Are we getting close?
発音not working

Slide the t onward instead of stopping before working.

This is not working. Are we getting close?
表現 · B1know where someone is going

whether the route is actually known

Are you sure you know where we're going?
文法 · B1where we're going

object clause: The where-clause is the object of know, so the doubt is the route.

Are you sure you know where we're going?
発音where we're going

Shrink we're and let the question rise at the end.

Are you sure you know where we're going?
表現 · B1walk away from something

moving farther from the goal

Someone says they are walking away from Headquarters, and the plan to get back turns into doubt.

Because we seem to be walking away from Headquarters.
文法 · B1If you touch them, they stay sad

if-clause: If makes sadness the result of touching, not a fact already true.

Don't touch. Remember? If you touch them, they stay sad.
表現 · B1can't take much more of something

at the limit of what you can stand

Stuck with a no-touch rule and a long detour, someone uses take much more of this as a breaking point.

I can't take much more of this.
表現 · A2forget all of something

let all of that go

- Excuse me, hi. - Just forget all of that. Please. Forget it!
表現 · B1get rid of the rest

discard everything not chosen

Over faded piano lessons, someone keeps two tunes, and get rid of the rest sounds like clearing stock.

You know what? Save Chopsticks and Heart and Soul, get rid of the rest.
スラング · B1the fat one

the chubby one, jokingly — A backstage joke; cruel if they can hear it.

Yeah, just keep Washington, Lincoln and the fat one.
表現 · A2throw something away

do not discard those

- Forget them! - Hey! You can't throw those away!
表現 · B1perfectly good + noun

still fine, nothing wrong

As the memories are tossed, perfectly good is a protest meant to stop the throw, not a quality score.

Those are perfectly good memories.
表現 · A2not care about something

no longer interested in it

When Riley doesn't care about a memory, it fades.
文法 · B1When Riley doesn't care about a memory

when-clause: When ties fading to the moment she stops caring.

When Riley doesn't care about a memory, it fades.
表現 · B2happen to the best of them

even the finest ones get this

Right after the shock of fading, happens to the best of them makes the loss sound routine rather than tragic.

- Fades? - Happens to the best of them.
表現 · B1will never fade

this one will not disappear fade here means forgotten, not only paler

Yeah, except for this bad boy. This one will never fade.
発音never fade

Lean on never and let fade pass without a second push.

Yeah, except for this bad boy. This one will never fade.
スラング · B2bad boy

an impressive specimen — Casual awe about a thing; skip it formally.

Yeah, except for this bad boy. This one will never fade.
表現 · A2make someone smile

cause a smile

- TripleDent gum - Will make you smile The song from the gum commercial?
表現 · B1for no reason

with no cause worth naming

Someone admits the gum song is sent up for no reason, so it sticks with no purpose behind it.

You know, sometimes we send that one up to Headquarters for no reason.
表現 · B1play in someone's head

sounding inside her mind not a real player; the thought loops

It just plays in Riley's head over and over again.
表現 · A2over and over again

repeating without a break

The jingle is already in her head, and over and over again says it restarts itself.

It just plays in Riley's head over and over again.
発音over and over

Keep and tiny so each over stays easy to hear.

It just plays in Riley's head over and over again.
表現 · B1a million times

an exaggerated countless number not a real count; it means endlessly

Like a million times!
表現 · B1real catchy

so memorable it sticks

TripleDent gum Yeah, I know. We all know the song. Okay. Yeah, real catchy. Okay.
表現 · A2this again

not this one another time

TripleDent gum What the... This again?
スラング · B1What the

a swear cut off mid-word — A friend's blurt when startled; not for elders.

TripleDent gum What the... This again?

「The Gum Commercial That Never Fades」を読み解く

What's really going on

The group is trying to reach Headquarters before morning, but the directions collapse into lefts and rights, until someone says "Because we seem to be walking away from Headquarters." What follows is a cleanup. Mind workers drop phone numbers, most of four years of piano, all but three presidents, and every doll name. "They're in the dump. Nothing comes back from the dump" is stated as the job: if Riley doesn't care, a memory fades. "Happens to the best of them" lands lightly, a shrug, after the plea to stop throwing memories away. The exception is the TripleDent gum commercial. They send that one up "for no reason," and it plays in Riley's head "over and over again." Forgetting is described as the job, and the memory that will never fade is the gum jingle.

Theme

MemoryFaded piano lessons, presidents, and doll names go into the dump, while the gum commercial is the memory that will never fade.
AbsurdityThey send the gum jingle up for no reason, and it plays in Riley's head over and over again.

発音のポイント

  • not working — Slide the t onward instead of stopping before working.
  • where we're going — Shrink we're and let the question rise at the end.
  • never fade — Lean on never and let fade pass without a second push.
  • over and over — Keep and tiny so each over stays easy to hear.
Are you sure you know where we're going?

The question after too many turns: the way back to Headquarters no longer looks certain.

Don't touch. Remember? If you touch them, they stay sad.

A reminder that touching the memories leaves them sad.

They're in the dump. Nothing comes back from the dump.

Once memories are in the dump, the line says nothing comes back.

When Riley doesn't care about a memory, it fades.

A memory fades when Riley does not care about it.

It just plays in Riley's head over and over again.

The gum commercial does not stop; it keeps playing in Riley's head without letting go.

このシーンについての質問

Why do they seem to be walking away from Headquarters?

They say they will be back before morning. Directions turn into "just another right" and "a left and then another." Someone asks, "Are you sure you know where we're going?" because "we seem to be walking away from Headquarters."

Why are faded memories thrown into the dump?

Piano lessons look "pretty faded," so the workers save two pieces and "get rid of the rest." When someone says not to throw them away, the answer is "They're in the dump. Nothing comes back from the dump." They explain, "When Riley doesn't care about a memory, it fades."

Why answer "Fades?" with "Happens to the best of them"?

In ordinary speech it means this happens to anyone, so there is no need to blame yourself. In this scene it is the light reply to "Fades?", a shrug, while someone is still saying the memories are perfectly good and should not be thrown away.

Why send the gum commercial up to Headquarters?

They hold it up as the exception: "This one will never fade." They say they sometimes "send that one up to Headquarters for no reason." for no reason attaches to that sending. A separate line says it "plays in Riley's head over and over again."

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