My thanks to Jeremy for identifying Zoolander and Eight Crazy Nights as Robot Dance movies. (That's movies that use the robot breakdancing technique as shorthand for "this character is a retard," or sometimes "hey! look! it's the robot dance -- that's funny, right? laugh oh god please laugh or I'll never work in Hollywood again.")
For a brief, shining moment, both the Robot Dance and Smashmouth lists stood tall with 10 movies each -- until I discovered two more Smashmouth movies. (That's movies whose soundtracks feature the bland, overplayed pop that only Smashmouth can provide.) But still, 10 robot movies ought to be enough for us to all finally admit that the joke is over. It just...isn't...funny.
Hmm, I guess I didn't notice the Smashmouth song in The Sweetest Thing because I was busy wretching. Just thinking about that movie makes me a little ill. Actually I'm kind of surprised there wasn't robot dancing in that one.
More smashmouth:
Digimon: The Movie
Snow Day
Baseketball
Jungle Book 2
And, in what might be the only watchable movie containing a smashmouth song: Half-Baked
I am praying you found a list somewhere.
That's what I'm screaming. I've never even heard of Snow Day.
Still, a quick check on Amazon.com shows that Kurt is correct on all counts. Shocking! So the Smashmouth count shall soon be upped to 16. Sheesh. We need some more Robot movies, people.
Rules were made to be frozen, Andrew.
Hey now.
Oh, and considering it's in your wish list, why isn't Eurotrip in the robot dance list? it even hat a franco-hilarious robot dance off!
I considered that "mime" (or, at best, "street performance"), not technically the breakdancing maneuver we call "robot dancing." (Robot dancing in movies usually occurs in a dance-related setting. See, for example, "Charlie's Angels." Wait, I take that back. Do not see "Charlie's Angels.")
furdellio, isn't there a smashmouth song in george of the jungle, maybe?