What Is Big-lipped Alligator Moment?
6.1BRAINROT SCOREBig-Lipped Alligator Moment Fandom slang for an odd, off-topic scene in a film or other fiction that arrives with no buildup and has no lasting effect on the story. It is often shortened to BLAM.
Origin:Wiktionary says the term was coined in a 2009 Nostalgia Critic review of FernGully: The Last Rainforest, where the reviewer used it for a bizarre moment in the 1989 film All Dogs Go to Heaven in which an alligator breaks into a musical number in the style of Esther Williams films. It is catalogued as a trope on TV Tropes.
First Seen:2009 (Nostalgia Critic review of FernGully, per Wiktionary)
Peak Era:2010s-present
Aura Impact:+1 Aura (Using It Correctly In Context)
EXAMPLE USAGE
""The talking-lamp song in the middle of the thriller was a classic big-lipped alligator moment.""
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