About

Nicolas Cage Wants Cake is a series of video remixes made by using a dialogue scene between Nicolas Cage and Téa Leoni in the 2000 drama film Family Man. The remix fad began in June 2010 as a short animation by Newgrounds member Harry Partridge (Happy Harry), whose previous works consisted of other notable animations, such as 50 Llamas Day, Saturday Morning Watchmen, and Chuck's New Tux.

Origin

The dialogue came from "The Family Man", a 2000 film starring Nicolas Cage (Jack) and Téa Leoni (Kate). In the scene, Cage's character comes home to find the piece of cake he'd saved missing from the fridge, only to realize his wife is already eating it.

Transcript

JACK I want that cake! …reaches up…grabs her shirt…pulls her down playfully on top of him… KATE (laughing) You want the cake!? JACK (out of breath) I want it…

Original Instance

The video took off only a week after being uploaded to Youtube and New Grounds in June 2010. As of December 2010, the clip has over 300,000 views on Youtube and over 200,000 views on New Grounds, with a 4.4/5 rating. It has been also featured on both Daniel Tosh's (of Tosh.0) and Smosh's blogs. Despite the video's growing popularity, Partridge has promised that he "will never make anything this retarded ever again."

Derivatives

Techno Remix

Adventure Quest

Synced with Original Clip

YTP Version

Half-Life 2

Avatar; The Last Airbender

Sparta Remix