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{{quote|'''German Detective''': "You're playing God!" |
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* [[And I Must Scream]]: Since she lacks a body, let alone sensory organs, Anne can't see, hear, feel, or sense anything ''at all'' [[Mindlink Mates|aside from Hfuhruhurr's voice]]<ref>Except when Dolores tries to cook her in an oven and she feels tremendous heat. Which makes it even '''worse'''</ref>. It's no small miracle she remained sane! [[Fridge Horror|Now consider all the brains Necessiter keeps in jars...]] |
* [[And I Must Scream]]: Since she lacks a body, let alone sensory organs, Anne can't see, hear, feel, or sense anything ''at all'' [[Mindlink Mates|aside from Hfuhruhurr's voice]]<ref>Except when Dolores tries to cook her in an oven and she feels tremendous heat. Which makes it even '''worse'''</ref>. It's no small miracle she remained sane! [[Fridge Horror|Now consider all the brains Necessiter keeps in jars...]] |
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* [[Bigger on the Inside]]: Dr. Necessiter's apartment. |
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* [[Black Widow]]: Dolores. |
* [[Black Widow]]: Dolores. |
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* [[Brain In |
* [[Brain In a Jar]]: Lots of them. |
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* [[The Cameo]]: {{spoiler|Merv Griffin as himself}}, who turns out to be the Elevator Killer. |
* [[The Cameo]]: {{spoiler|Merv Griffin as himself}}, who turns out to be the Elevator Killer. |
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* [[Cargo Ship]]: [[In-Universe|A good and long part of the movie]] involves Hfuhruhurr trying to be romantic with Anne's [[Brain In |
* [[Cargo Ship]]: [[In-Universe|A good and long part of the movie]] involves Hfuhruhurr trying to be romantic with Anne's [[Brain In a Jar]], including taking her rowing and putting wax lips on the glass. It all stays PG, though. |
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* [[Came Back Wrong]]: Necessiter's previous attempts to resurrect a brain-in-a-jar in a new living body. He probably shouldn't have tried to transplant a brilliant doctor into a gorilla... |
* [[Came Back Wrong]]: Necessiter's previous attempts to resurrect a brain-in-a-jar in a new living body. He probably shouldn't have tried to transplant a brilliant doctor into a gorilla... |
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Dr. Hfuhruhurr. |
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Dr. Hfuhruhurr. |
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* [[Companion Cube]]: Hfuhruhurr carries around a little Barbie doll representing his first, deceased wife, and [[Surrogate Soliloquy|often speaks to it]] [[Talking to |
* [[Companion Cube]]: Hfuhruhurr carries around a little Barbie doll representing his first, deceased wife, and [[Surrogate Soliloquy|often speaks to it]] [[Talking to the Dead|as though it were really her]]. Anne's jar could also qualify. |
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* [[Convenient Coma]]: After {{spoiler|Hfuhruhurr nearly dies in the transplant procedure, he spends enough time in coma for Anne to get back on her feet in Dolores' body}}. |
* [[Convenient Coma]]: After {{spoiler|Hfuhruhurr nearly dies in the transplant procedure, he spends enough time in coma for Anne to get back on her feet in Dolores' body}}. |
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* [[Cute but Cacophonic]]: A prostitute that Hfuhruhurr {{spoiler|tried to kill so Anne could have her body}}. |
* [[Cute but Cacophonic]]: A prostitute that Hfuhruhurr {{spoiler|tried to kill so Anne could have her body}}. |
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* [[Evilutionary Biologist]]: Necessiter, though his experiments are solely [[For Science!]]! instead of any actual evil, and he's completely unaware that (at least some of) his brains [[And I Must Scream|are still fully conscious]]. |
* [[Evilutionary Biologist]]: Necessiter, though his experiments are solely [[For Science!]]! instead of any actual evil, and he's completely unaware that (at least some of) his brains [[And I Must Scream|are still fully conscious]]. |
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* [[Femme Fatale]]: Dolores to the point of (intentional) parody. |
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Dolores to the point of (intentional) parody. |
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* [[Fun with Foreign Languages]] |
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* [[Fun with Subtitles]] |
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* [[Gold Digger]]: Dolores, with a vengeance. |
* [[Gold Digger]]: Dolores, with a vengeance. |
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* [[A God Am I]]: Hfuhruhurr gets a wee bit unhinged when {{spoiler|in the midst of Anne's transplant procedure, trying to stop the police from interfering. When accused of playing God, he replies, "''Somebody'' has to!"}} |
* [[A God Am I]]: Hfuhruhurr gets a wee bit unhinged when {{spoiler|in the midst of Anne's transplant procedure, trying to stop the police from interfering. When accused of playing God, he replies, "''Somebody'' has to!"}} |
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* [[Serial Killer]]: The Elevator Killer, who injects window cleaner into his victims. |
* [[Serial Killer]]: The Elevator Killer, who injects window cleaner into his victims. |
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* [[Sorry, Ociffer...]]: Dr Hfuhruhurr is stopped by a traffic cop while attending a conference in Austria; when asked if he has been drinking, he replies "No, I dron't dink... don't drink". |
* [[Sorry, Ociffer...]]: Dr Hfuhruhurr is stopped by a traffic cop while attending a conference in Austria; when asked if he has been drinking, he replies "No, I dron't dink... don't drink". |
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* [[Switch to English]]: Dr. Hfuhruhurr gets pulled over by a German-speaking policeman. When he replies to the policeman in English, the policeman says, "Oh, you speak English! Good!" and directs his partner to [[Fun |
* [[Switch to English]]: Dr. Hfuhruhurr gets pulled over by a German-speaking policeman. When he replies to the policeman in English, the policeman says, "Oh, you speak English! Good!" and directs his partner to [[Fun with Subtitles|turn off the subtitles.]] |
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* [[Talking to the Dead]]: Hfuhruhurr asks the soul of his departed former wife for a little sign, even the smallest sign, that she disapproves his marriage to Dolores. After the entire house shakes and spectral voices wail "NOOOOOO!" and short out the lights for a minute or two, he decides that not getting ''even a '''little''' sign'' from her means she's OK with it. |
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** [[Comically Missing the Point|Later, he's slightly upset that she didn't give him any warning.]] |
** [[Comically Missing the Point|Later, he's slightly upset that she didn't give him any warning.]] |
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* [[The Unpronounceable]]: "Hfuhruhurr." Various characters take unsuccessful stabs at it, though the doctor claims it's pronounced exactly as it's spelled. He pronounces it "Hoff-hhhhaaarrrrrr." Anne Uumellmahaye is another example, though her name is pronounced more or less how it's spelled: "Uuuuhhhh-mell-muh-hay." The fact that they can both pronounce each other's names perfectly on the first attempt is a sign that they're soulmates. |
* [[The Unpronounceable]]: "Hfuhruhurr." Various characters take unsuccessful stabs at it, though the doctor claims it's pronounced exactly as it's spelled. He pronounces it "Hoff-hhhhaaarrrrrr." Anne Uumellmahaye is another example, though her name is pronounced more or less how it's spelled: "Uuuuhhhh-mell-muh-hay." The fact that they can both pronounce each other's names perfectly on the first attempt is a sign that they're soulmates. |
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Latest revision as of 16:36, 21 September 2017
German Detective: "You're playing God!" |
A 1983 comedy film starring Steve Martin as Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr (it's pronounced exactly how it's spelled), a brilliant but arrogant neurosurgeon newly married to a monstrous gold-digging Black Widow (Kathleen Turner), who belatedly meets and falls in love with his soulmate, Anne Uumellmahaye (Sissy Spacek) whose one tiny defect is that she's a disembodied brain in a jar. Hfuhruhurr naturally attempts to find a body into which to transplant her. Hilarity Ensues. (No, really!)
Like all of Martin's early movie work, it's pretty much gag-a-minute, with two particular highlights being Hfuhruhurr facing the world's strictest drunk-driving test, and the identity of The Elevator Killer.
- And I Must Scream: Since she lacks a body, let alone sensory organs, Anne can't see, hear, feel, or sense anything at all aside from Hfuhruhurr's voice[1]. It's no small miracle she remained sane! Now consider all the brains Necessiter keeps in jars...
- Bigger on the Inside: Dr. Necessiter's apartment.
- Black Widow: Dolores.
- Brain In a Jar: Lots of them.
- The Cameo: Merv Griffin as himself, who turns out to be the Elevator Killer.
- Cargo Ship: A good and long part of the movie involves Hfuhruhurr trying to be romantic with Anne's Brain In a Jar, including taking her rowing and putting wax lips on the glass. It all stays PG, though.
- Came Back Wrong: Necessiter's previous attempts to resurrect a brain-in-a-jar in a new living body. He probably shouldn't have tried to transplant a brilliant doctor into a gorilla...
- Cloudcuckoolander: Dr. Hfuhruhurr.
- Companion Cube: Hfuhruhurr carries around a little Barbie doll representing his first, deceased wife, and often speaks to it as though it were really her. Anne's jar could also qualify.
- Convenient Coma: After Hfuhruhurr nearly dies in the transplant procedure, he spends enough time in coma for Anne to get back on her feet in Dolores' body.
- Cute but Cacophonic: A prostitute that Hfuhruhurr tried to kill so Anne could have her body.
- Dead Man Writing
- Evilutionary Biologist: Necessiter, though his experiments are solely For Science!! instead of any actual evil, and he's completely unaware that (at least some of) his brains are still fully conscious.
- Femme Fatale: Dolores to the point of (intentional) parody.
- Fun with Foreign Languages
- Fun with Subtitles
- Gold Digger: Dolores, with a vengeance.
- A God Am I: Hfuhruhurr gets a wee bit unhinged when in the midst of Anne's transplant procedure, trying to stop the police from interfering. When accused of playing God, he replies, "Somebody has to!"
- Groin Attack: Hfuhruhurr does this to Dolores while they scuffle. He nails her right in the balls.
- Heel Realization: Hfuhruhurr very nearly kills an innocent woman to use her body. He realizes he can't do it in the nick of time.
- Homage: Donovan's Brain. It's Dr. Hfuhruhurr's favorite film, too.
- Insufferable Genius
- Love Makes You Evil: Or at least willing to kill.
- Little Professor Dialog
- Mad Scientist: ...several. Necessiter is only the most obvious one.
- Mindlink Mates: Hfuhruhurr and Anne, natch. Why they share this Psychic Link is never explained.
- The Mourning After: Hfuhruhurr for his first wife.
- Ms. Fanservice: Dolores, again, it's parodied. She's so hot, in a deleted scene she makes a bellhop instantly go through puberty.
- N-Word Privileges: Parodied when Dolores growls at Hfuhruhurr, "I'll get you for this, you nigger kike wop!"
- Non-Fatal Explosions: Combined with Soft Water.
- Ramming Always Works: The Viennese police ask Necessiter's neighbor for a battering ram to break into the doctor's apartment, and get one. Through a series of errors, they ram all the way across and fly out the building into a pool.
- Right Through the Wall: Necessiter's awesome apartment has "stone walls" made of paper. His butler even punches through one to demonstrate. He does not get along well with his neighbors.
- Selective Obliviousness: Hfuhruhurr never sees, or unwittingly chooses not to see, that Dolores is cheating on him with nearly every male she comes across.
- Serial Killer: The Elevator Killer, who injects window cleaner into his victims.
- Sorry, Ociffer...: Dr Hfuhruhurr is stopped by a traffic cop while attending a conference in Austria; when asked if he has been drinking, he replies "No, I dron't dink... don't drink".
- Switch to English: Dr. Hfuhruhurr gets pulled over by a German-speaking policeman. When he replies to the policeman in English, the policeman says, "Oh, you speak English! Good!" and directs his partner to turn off the subtitles.
- Talking to the Dead: Hfuhruhurr asks the soul of his departed former wife for a little sign, even the smallest sign, that she disapproves his marriage to Dolores. After the entire house shakes and spectral voices wail "NOOOOOO!" and short out the lights for a minute or two, he decides that not getting even a little sign from her means she's OK with it.
- The Unpronounceable: "Hfuhruhurr." Various characters take unsuccessful stabs at it, though the doctor claims it's pronounced exactly as it's spelled. He pronounces it "Hoff-hhhhaaarrrrrr." Anne Uumellmahaye is another example, though her name is pronounced more or less how it's spelled: "Uuuuhhhh-mell-muh-hay." The fact that they can both pronounce each other's names perfectly on the first attempt is a sign that they're soulmates.
- ↑ Except when Dolores tries to cook her in an oven and she feels tremendous heat. Which makes it even worse