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where in the movie do they play this song ?


Papa Oom Mow Mow.

I must have seen this movie million times and never caught it and yet when I read the soundtrack list, it's in there. Where the heck is it and how does it fit within the movie? What does a song like that have to do with the nature of the movie?

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It's in one of the very first scenes where Elliot's house is shown. Right after Elliot runs out to get the pizza, he walks back up the driveway and you can hear it playing faintly from inside the kitchen. Then it cuts to Mary doing the dishes and sort of dancing to the tune of it while the boys still play Dungeons and Dragons at the table. Greg is also on the phone requesting the song in the first scene. He says "Papa Oom Mow Mow" twice into the phone. They were requesting it for Mary.

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