7,868
edits
The Simpsons Movie: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
m (Dai-Guard moved page The Simpsons Movie (Animation) to The Simpsons Movie over redirect: Remove TVT Namespaces from title) |
HLIAA14YOG (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| (13 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{work}}
[[File:The_Simpsons_Movie_7041.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|
'''Russ Cargill:''' Of course I have! You ever tried going mad without power? It's boring! No one listens to you! }}
'''''The Simpsons Movie''''' is a 2007 [[The Movie|theatrical film adaptation]] of, well, ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''. The film's production was famously stuck in [[Development Hell]] for most of the series' run, with the film having been commissioned around 2001 and movie plans going back as far as the episode "Kamp Krusty" in ''1992''. The plot of the film centers on Homer essentially being an idiot (what else is new?), but this time it actually comes to bite him in the behind when he [[Big Damn Movie|becomes responsible for nearly destroying the entire town of Springfield]]. This being ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', the entire Simpson family becomes entangled in the plot of the [[Big Bad]] (power-hungry EPA agent [[Complete Monster|Russ Cargill]], who is hell bent on saving the world from pollution); he first encases the town in a dome, then decides to turn it into a second Grand Canyon with a small nuke.
It currently{{when}} holds an 89% at [[Rotten Tomatoes]], and scored enthusiastic praise from critics. The movie also did extremely well at the box office, and a sequel was even hinted at during the end credits.
{{tropelist}}▼
▲{{tropelist}}
* [[Affectionate Gesture to
* [[Amusing Injuries]]
* [[Armies Are Evil]]: Russ Cargill and the EPA.
Line 24:
* [[Book Ends]]: The family sitting in the cinema, and also Homer repairing the house's roof.
* [[Bottomless Bladder]]:
{{quote|
* [[Bowdlerization]]: The TV version of this movie that aired on [[FOX]], the cable channel FX, and the Canadian channel Global have edited the following scenes from this movie:
** Bart's naked skateboard ride through town: On FOX and Global, the sequence is shortened so we don't see Bart riding through the hedge with his genitals covered ( {{spoiler|then uncovered when he skates past the open section}}) nor do we see Bart crash into the restaurant at which Ned Flanders and his sons are eating and say "Bountiful...PENIS!" as they're praying. On FX, the sequence was shown, only the open space where {{spoiler|Bart's genitals}} are shown is covered with a [[Censor Box]] that reads, "EUROPEAN VERSION ONLY."
Line 34:
* [[Bully Hunter]]: Martin, after thinking everything is going to hell.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: During the opening of the film, [[Green Day]] play an environmental concert on a floating barge in Lake Springfield (it's also been established that this was a free show). Three-and-a-half hours into the set, they try to talk about the environment. The crowd '''''immediately''''' turns on them, pelting them with garbage and shouting derisive things about them. Even better, the lake is highly polluted (read: worse than hydrochloric acid), and eventually the barge/stage begins to break down and sink. Green Day goes down with the ship (even parodying the sinking of the Titanic, with Mike Dirnt saying, "[[It Has Been an Honor]]" and the three members of the band playing violins as they sink to their deaths.
** Homer is at his most heroic, and he also suffers from the most painful and humiliating injuries imaginable, even in his [[Epiphany (trope)|epiphany]].
* [[Call Back]]/[[Continuity Nod]]/[[Mythology Gag]]:
** Numerous cameos by supporting and lesser-known characters of the show, especially in crowd scenes.
Line 48:
*** Before that, Homer was walking into the church saying "Oh please, Marge, I'm sure these people have better things to do than sit around wasting their lives talking to some phony-baloney God." At first this might seem like a standard jab at the religious, but in the episode "HOMR", after [[It Makes Sense in Context|having a crayon removed from his brain and vastly increasing his intelligence,]] Homer, while working on a flat tax proposal, [[Achievements in Ignorance|accidentally proved God did not exist.]] Since the discovery was airtight, and put Flanders in a terrible mood, it would make sense that Homer would still remember it several years later.
** Homer and Bart riding over Springfield Gorge from "Bart The Daredevil."
** When Homer and Marge's wedding is shown on the tape the song "Close to You" begins to play, following Homer as he flees outside. "[[Whole-Episode Flashback|The Way We Was]]" used this same song when they first met in high school.
* [[The Cameo]]: [[Tom Hanks]], and boy, is it lampshaded.
* [[Captivity Harmonica]]: Hibbert plays it briefly.
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: The page-topping quote. While it seems like blatant [[Hypocritical Humor]], you have to step back to think about it: would a random person listen to the ramblings of a psychotic who is just lying on the street, or would they rather obey someone that went off the deep end of a [[Moral Event Horizon]] while still being extremely successful and highly influential?
*
**
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: By the truckload.
** The town meeting is more concerned about the scissor lift not working than the environmental problem.
Line 61:
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Russ Cargill.
* [[Cutaway Gag]]: Two.
{{quote|
''(Cut to man driving on highway, looking at G.P.S. Springfield appears larger than the other markers on the G.P.S.)''
'''Female G.P.S. Voice''': Coming up on your right... (The "Springfield" icon disappears) ''..nothing.''
''(Man stares at G.P.S., confused)'' }}
** The second:
{{quote|
''(Bart thinks about the answer as the scene cuts to Homer attaching a bug zapper to a car battery)''
'''Bart''': Dad, it's not fair to use a ''bug zapper'' to kill the fish!
'''Homer''': Now, son, if you like fish as much as I do, you want them to die with dignity!
''(Homer inserts zapper into lake, sending current along entire surface)''
''(Several different marine species, including a diver, all rise to the surface, dead)''
'''Homer''': I think I have a nibble!
''(Touches fish, is electrocuted, and bites down, proceeding to eat the fish and getting zapped viciously)'' }}
* [[Criminal Doppelganger]]: Inverted. Bart draws over a wanted poster so that it looks like a different family... who happen to be real people and get caught instead of [[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]].
* [[Crawl]]:
{{quote|
* [[Creative Closing Credits]]: A number of short sketches take place during the ending credits.
* [[Dark Reprise]]: A creepier version of "Spider Pig" plays in the background when {{spoiler|Homer is having his hallucination/nightmare.}} It's also in the credits. Sleep tight!
Line 85:
** [[Head-Tiltingly Kinky]]... or a [[Heroic BSOD]]
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: The bomb defusing robot.
* [[Drunk
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Face Palm]]: Maggie, after failing several times to point out her sinkhole escape.
* [[Fan Disservice]] (or plain 'ole [[Squick]]): Bart's naked scene ain't much {{spoiler|until he rides past a fence with a hole in it, showing a (rather lengthy) shot of ''10-year old'' Bart's penis and testicles.}}
* [[Flanderization]]: Surprisingly averted (given the recent episodes from the TV series); pretty much all the characters act closer to their early-to-mid-nineties portrayal, particularly Ned Flanders with Bart, and Marge arguably reaches emotional depth unexplored in the series. Though Homer is still a [[Jerkass]], [[Jerkass Realization|he actually realizes that his latest boneheaded plan is the worst thing he's ever done...so far]].
** Although there's a ''literal'' Flanderization that may be [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Bart draws Ned's trademark mustache and hair on a picture of Homer to show his disapproval at Homer's parenting.
* [[Flipping the Bird]]: Homer flips off the [[Angry Mob]] with both hands as he escapes down a sinkhole. Then he gets stuck and tries to use the fingers to dig himself out.
** Homer is one of the rare examples of a [[The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
* [[
* [[Forgot Flanders Could Do That]]: Ned Flanders himself had this happen, as Bart becomes annoyed with Homer's [[Jerkass]] ways, and begins viewing Flanders as a better father figure who's very caring, if still quirky.
* [[Funny Background Event]]: Homer climbing the dome.
* [[Fun
{{quote|
...
'''"IMMEDIATELY"''' }}
* [[Geographic Flexibility]]: Evergreen Terrace is at the very edge of Springfield, and Moe's Bar (which usually doesn't have that sign) is suddenly next to the church. The hill Mr. Burns' mansion is on is at a much higher altitude as well.
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: At the end of the movie, Homer continues to reshingle the roof, but Bart hands him a pair of goggles so he doesn't hammer himself in the eye [[Book Ends|like he did earlier.]] This protects his eyes, but doesn't stop him from [[Crowning Moment of Funny|nailing the shingles into his leg and falling off the roof.]]
* [[Girlfriend in Canada]]: Played with and inverted.
{{quote|
* [[Government Conspiracy]]
* [[Green Aesop]]: Played straight and inverted. Although there is a green message, the villain of the movie happens to work for the E.P.A., and is perfectly happy to kill everyone in Springfield in the name of protecting the environment. Oh, and in case you forgot this is [[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]], both sides are mocked.
** Parodied at the beginning - one [[Green Aesop]] kills [[Green Day]].
* [[Groin Attack]]: When the crowd is booing [[Green Day]] for trying to preach the environment, Moe throws a rock which passes through one of the drums and is implied to have hit the drummer in the crotch.
Line 115:
* [[Juggling Loaded Guns]]: provided the page image, Chief Wiggum can't carry enough donuts, so he stacks them on the barrel of his gun, and eats them straight off it. The gun goes off while he's between bites, blowing a hole through his hat. He says "Whoa, that was a close one!" [[Refuge in Audacity|and continues eating]].
* [[The Key Is Behind the Lock]]: Prof. Frink has invented a drill that could cut through the dome and free them all. "It's right there, out... side the dome."
* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]: The DVD Commentary notes that the ''[[Bambi (Disney film)|Bambi]]''-like forest creatures in Marge and Homer's love scene still have that distinct Simpsons overbite.
* [[Mega Corp]]: The EPA...ironically.
* [[Moment Killer]]: Lisa has a romantic moment with Colin ([[Window Love]] variant), during which Bart immediately mocks, "Lisa has a boyfriend... [[Jerkass|that she'll never see again]]." {{spoiler|*PUNCH*}}
Line 129:
** To be fair, Schwartzenegger did end up having second thoughts and was reluctant to pick an option randomly and even said he should read over the options. Not that it mattered anyways, since {{spoiler|Russ Cargill tricked him into picking at random (kind of) again}}
* [[Precision F-Strike]]:
{{quote|
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Bart skateboarding through town naked (well, Homer dared him), and [[Drowning My Sorrows|drinking whiskey]] at a motel, just to name a few - and from only one character.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: Homer and Bart saving the town by driving a motorcycle across the dome's walls.
* [[Scenery Censor]]: Subverted bigtime! We give thanks for this bountiful... '''PENIS!!!'''
* [[Scenery Gorn]]: The ruined Springfield, particularly the town square.
Line 142:
* [[Take That]]:
** Bart, wearing a bra like Mickey Mouse ears. Doubles as [[Hypocritical Humor]].
{{quote|
** Many toward the US Government and the EPA, notably when the government apparently surveillances ''everything'' and when Tom Hanks states that the US government has so little credibility that they have to borrow from him.
** There's a Take That toward oil drilling companies destroying Alaska's beauty when the family reaches the Alaskan border.
** In [[The Stinger]], a Squeaky Voiced Teen is sweeping away gum at the theatre. It's implied that he's the film's assistant manager, and this is where four years of film school lead him.
** The DVD Commentary confirms that the Grand Theft Walrus sequence was a Take That toward [[Everything's Better
* [[This Is No Time for Knitting]]: When they are in the treehouse surrounded by the angry mob, and they don't know how to get out, Maggie keeps pointing to the sandbox, but Marge assumes she wants to play in the sand and tells her "Not now!" and "We'll play later!". When Maggie finally jumps, Marge realizes that she wanted them to jump into the sinkhole beneath the sandbox so that they'll reappear on the other side of the dome, where the mob can't see them.
* [[Throw It In]]: [[Hans Zimmer]] produced a choral version of Spider-Pig for the soundtrack just for shits and giggles, but the music worked so well with the epiphany scene that the producers placed it there.
* [[Time Bomb]]: At the end.
* [[To Be Continued]]: Parodied with an [[To Be Continued Right Now|"immediately"]] around the beginning of the third act.
* [[Token Romance]]: Let's be honest--would the plot have been significantly different if Lisa hadn't been given a random new [[Love Interest]]?
* [[Took a Level
{{quote|
* [[Trailers Always Lie]]: While a [[Big Damn Movie]] in of itself, the "world" isn't really at stake, only a single town and the movie is a lot more gag-based and emotional than the trailers imply. Also, Reverend Lovejoy at no point says "here comes the money shot".
** The latter is a [[Missing Trailer Scene]], replaced by Comic Book Guy showing Marge the cell phone video.
* [[Trailer Spoof]]: Several examples.
** An early trailer pretended to be for ''[[Superman (
** A later ''Simpsons'' trailer used the ''[[Spider-Man (
** Yet another spoofed the first teaser for ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'', with Homer's face in place of the Mona Lisa.
** One trailer does it a bit differently by not being based on any particular movie:
{{quote|
'''Narrator:''' [[In a World|In a time]] when computer animation brings us [[Visual Effects of Awesome|worlds of unsurpassed beauty]], one film dares to be ugly.
''(Moe abruptly comes down in the movie's logo, knocking out the bunny.)''
'''Moe:''' ''The Simpsons Movie''... [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|in 2D!]] ''(looks down)'' Uh... The bunny's not breathing. }}
* [[Trash the Set]]: First the Simpsons' house, then all of Springfield three months later.
* [[Vagueness Is Coming]]
* [[Visual Pun]]: The wrecking ball sequence has one: after it comes back to Homer, he is swung at many things, including between a rock and a building A Hard Place.
* [[What Happened to
* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]]: It borders Kentucky, Maine, Nevada and Ohio. Also it's east of Shelbyville and south of Capital City, and not in Alaska. As usual, it still doesn't help.
** According to the credits, the film was filmed on location in Springfield, {{spoiler|______}}
Line 175:
* [[You Monster!]]: Lisa calls out Homer {{spoiler|after learning that it was he who caused the ecological disaster that got Springfield placed under a dome.}}
* [[You Would Do the Same For Me]]: Ned starts to say this about Homer, and Bart just gives him a look.
{{quote|
{{reflist}}
[[Category:The Simpsons (Animation)]]▼
[[Category:The Millennium Age of Animation]]
[[Category:Blur Studio]]
Line 184 ⟶ 183:
[[Category:The Simpsons Movie]]
[[Category:Western Animation]]
[[Category:Films Based on Western Animation]]
[[Category:Memetic Works]]
[[Category:Western Animation of the 2000s]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Simpsons Movie, The}}
[[Category:Film]]
| |||