Pulp Fiction: What’s in the Case? Theories on the cult film

Pulp Fiction is one of the cult films of the 1990s. Almost more cult is the question of what is in the suitcase. There is no exact answer, but many theories.

Pulp Fiction: What’s in the suitcase stays locked up tight

The crime thriller “Pulp Fiction” has made history – in many ways. Among other things, director Quentin Tarantino created one of the greatest film mysteries and still hasn’t really solved it.

• The scene is familiar: When Vincent Vega (John Travolta) finally has the case he is looking for in his hands, he sets the number code of the briefcase: 666 – the number of the devil. Coincidence? Probably not.

• The briefcase opens, Vincent’s face lights up in an orange glow. His companion Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) asks, “We happy?”. No answer. “Vincent! We happy?” Vincent snaps out of his thoughts and finally replies, “Yeah, we happy. “

• Vincent closes the case again, the orange glow goes out. What made Vincent so “happy” is not explained.

• Since then, fans have been wondering what was in the suitcase. The matter-of-fact answer: we don’t know. Even the actors didn’t know.

Profane explanation for orange light and wild fan theories

Not knowing has contributed to wild theories being developed. One that keeps coming up is that there is a soul in the case.

• One clue is that in the suitcase scene Vincent and Jules are not killed despite being shot several times. Jules calls this “divine intervention” afterwards.

• The soul found in the case in the process is said to be from Vincent and Julien’s boss Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). That’s not so far-fetched. After all, the first shot of Wallace only shows the back of his head, which is also covered by a large plaster. And supposedly the Bible says that the devil pulls a man’s soul out of the back of his head.

• However, this theory is never confirmed. According to the portal Galaxus, Samuel L. Jackson revealed in an interview in Playbol 4/1995 that John Travolta had asked director Quentin Tarantino on set what exactly was in the case. Quentin’s response, “Whatever you want it to be. “

• But: We have an answer in the end anyway. There must have been a light bulb in the suitcase that provided the shimmering orange light. Soul and devil, my ass.