This chapter explores how conversational film references containing linguistic stereotypes are responded to as either cringe humor or cringeworthy by American university students, and how these stereotypes are sometimes contested. Using audio recordings of everyday conversations, I show that while the most common response to stereotypical film references is affiliative laughter, there are rare instances where listeners resist or challenge linguistic film stereotypes. Resistance strategies include explicitly condemning the reference or offering counter-examples that challenge the stereotype. I argue that such reactions to film stereotypes in interaction have the potential to disrupt the recirculation of media stereotypes in everyday social life.