What is something unrealistic that you often see in movies that annoys the hell out of you?

“I wiped this on my armpits. That’s man musk. Breathe it in.”

“Don’t ignore me when I ask you which cologne sample is nicer.”

Chloroform was used as an anaesthetic in the old timey days, until people discovered that it’s kind of terrible for you. (It was more potent than the OG method at least — a bottle of whiskey and a bit of wood to bite down on.)

The problem with its use in movies is that chloroform does not work instantly, and would actually take several minutes to knock someone out. Also, with the villain lurking in a corner like a goober with rag in hand for minutes/hours, the chloroform would react with the oxygen in the air and lose its potency.

If you’re going for a safe, movie-endorsed knockout technique I recommend the classic “blunt force trauma to the brain method,” which is also very popular. It works in several situations:

• You don’t want to kill the henchman, but you’ve got a stealth mission to carry out.
• You’re an evil genius, and you need the pesky protagonist to be transported (by your henchmen) to your underground bunker of evil.
• A suspect isn’t talking. Maybe a little fist-induced snooze will make him more loquacious.
• A hilarious misunderstanding where you mistake your friend/love interest for an intruder.

Make sure to hit them with juuust enough force to put them out for a few minutes/hours, depending on your schedule. They’ll have a hell of a headache but will be otherwise unaffected by the lack of oxygen to their ol’ thinkbox!