How Well Do You Know Tiger King From We Bought a Zoo?
ByRebecca Alter,
a staff writer who covers comedy and pop culture
ScarJoe Exotic
Photo: Netflix/20th Century Fox
An outsider with a flair for the extreme and zero veterinary or zoological qualifications purchases a rural zoo, lives on the property, and uses the caged tigers to work through his own problems. The zoo staff is a ragtag bunch of weirdos who aren’t fairly compensated. We’re not talking about Tiger King. Well, we are talking about Tiger King, but we’re also describing the 2011 Cameron Crowe movie We Bought a Zoo. One man’s feel-good movie about a family being brought together via a ramshackle private zoo is another’s animal rights nightmare. All it needs is the right indie-folk soundtrack. So do you know your ScarJo from your Joe Exotic?
Who Said It: Tiger King or We Bought a Zoo?
We give you a quote. You tell us what it's from.
Yes, we’re starting things off with Carole Baskin’s iconic cat-phrase.
No, that’s Carole Baskin’s iconic cat-phrase.
We couldn’t fool you. That’s not Carole from Big Cat Rescue. That’s Matt Damon before he buys a zoo.
You may think that’s Carole Baskin talking, but no. That’s Matt Damon before he buys a zoo.
Nailed it. That’s Thomas Haden Church.
No, that isn’t Joe Exotic. That’s Thomas Haden Church, man.
Yep, this sounds like literally any Cameron Crowe character, but of course it’s Joe Exotic.
Nope, this sounds like literally any Cameron Crowe character, but of course it’s Joe Exotic.
You got it, that’s Matt Damon.
Could this be any number of real-life big cat collectors? Sure. Is it? Course not. It’s Matt Damon.
Yep, that’s the description of Matt Damon’s character in We Bought a Zoo.
It even uses the word “exotic,†but this isn’t an interview subject talking about Joe. It’s a child actor talking about Matt Damon in We Bought a Zoo.
Yes, that’s GW Zoo staffer Saff explaining why he returned to work after a tiger mauled his arm.
No, it may sound like an inspirational quote from We Bought a Zoo, but it’s actually GW Zoo staffer Saff explaining why he went back to work after a tiger mauled his arm.
Yup, that’s not Joe Exotic talking about pay-to-play and cub photo ops. It’s Matt Damon describing the zoo he wants to buy.
Nope, that’s not Joe Exotic talking about pay-to-play and cub photo ops. It’s Matt Damon describing the zoo he wants to buy.
Yep, that’s Joe Exotic, who laughs in the face of danger.
That’s not the widower played by Matt Damon. That’s Joe Exotic, who laughs in the face of danger.
Yeah, this is ScarJo introducing a 13-year-old Elle Fanning. Who works at the zoo. The zoo that Matt Damon bought.
Such a blatant human rights abuse would have to be Doc Antle describing his business operations, right? Wrong. It’s actually ScarJo introducing a 13-year-old Elle Fanning. Who works at the zoo. The zoo that Matt Damon bought.
Yup. Sounds like a Jeff Lowe burn. Is another ScarJo classic. Maybe she should play him in the miniseries?
Nope. Sounds like a Jeff Lowe burn. Is another ScarJo classic. Maybe she should play him in the miniseries?
Good ear! That’s poet laureate Joe Exotic.
Nuh-uh, that’s poet laureate Joe Exotic.
You’re good at this. That zinger was 100% ScarJo.
Gotcha! ScarJo again!
Good job, cats and kittens. That’s Carole Baskin.
Better luck next time, cats and kittens. That’s Carole Baskin.
Correct. “Boom, there goes your carotid†were words spoken by ScarJo.
Wrong. That’s not the Tiger King. It’s the Tiger Queen, Scarlett Johansson.
Yep, that’s the Scottish groundskeeper who hates the central villain of We Bought a Zoo: the dreaded USDA inspector.
$1,900 is petty enough motivation to order a hit in Tiger King land, but this is pure unadulterated WBAZ.Â
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