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Jack Frost (1998)
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Jack Frost is a 1998 family film directed by Troy Miller, starring Michael Keaton. Jack Frost (Keaton) is a workaholic rock singer. He is on the road most of the time, so he can't spend a lot of time with his wife Gabby (Kelly Preston) and son Charlie (Joseph Cross). He also constantly breaks/forgets the promises which he made to them. One evening, Jack decides to abandon his gig. He borrows his best friend (and the band's keyboardist) Mac MacArthur (Mark Addy)'s car to go home and spend the holidays with his family. Unfortunately, a bad storm begins, and due to the faulty windshield wiper, Jack crashes his car and is killed instantly.One year later, the spirit of Jack finds himself reincarnated in a snowman's body. This is in order to allow father-son bonding that had never quite happened in Jack's human life.Under no circumstances is it to be confused with an identically-titled Horror Comedy film that came out the preceding year. | |
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Heroic RRoD | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_1440584e | comment |
Heroic RRoD: Played for Laughs. When Jack discovers he's become a snowman, he tries to fool himself into believing he's past all fives stages of grief, when really, he's only transitioning from Denial to Anger. | |
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Spiky Hair | |
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Spiky Hair: Rory Buck, The Bully, has spiky blond hair to show how hard he is. | |
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Papa Wolf | |
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Papa Wolf: Armed with snowballs. And he knows how to use them. | |
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Lampshade Hanging | |
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Lampshade Hanging: Jack himself questions why he came back as a snowman of all things, thinking that if it's because his name is Jack Frost then it's not very clever. | |
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Actor Allusion | |
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Actor Allusion: Charlie has a poster of Superman with Batman's head. Michael Keaton had of course played Batman in two movies. | |
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Man, I Feel Like a Woman | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_3a9bbb12 | comment |
Man, I Feel Like a Woman: One scene had the titular snowman receive two snowballs to the chest during a snowball fight. He gropes himself for a second before throwing them away. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_40cc0c7e | type |
Bittersweet Ending | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_40cc0c7e | comment |
Bittersweet Ending: Jack ultimately has to pass on, but manages to reconcile with Charlie and officially say goodbye to him and Gabby. A Time Skip shows afterwards that the two are now in a much better place after getting closure from his death: Gabby is slowly but surely moving on with Mac, and Charlie has started living again, rejoining his hockey team and reconnecting with his friend group, which now includes his former bully/rival Rory (whom he befriended after Rory helped get Jack to the mountains). | |
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Nothing but Hits | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_43b785f9 | comment |
Nothing but Hits: A Running Gag throughout the movie is a radio station that plays nothing but top 40 and Classic Rock hits from only the 1970s and 1990s. This causes a minor case of Anachronism Stew as Billy Idol's "Hot in the City", a song from 1982, is heard on the station at one point. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_4ac43524 | type |
Reincarnated as a Non-Humanoid | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_4ac43524 | comment |
Reincarnated as a Non-Humanoid: Jack comes back in snowman form after his soul is placed in the one his son built a year after his death. | |
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Getting Crap Past the Radar | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_4b86a724 | comment |
Getting Crap Past the Radar: An early in the film after Jack returns home from the road, he and Gabby converse in their bedroom where she repeatedly rubs and kisses him while scantily clad wearing only a long tank top. That’s all that happens but the scene’s overall sensual nature feel out of place in a children’s film. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_4dc35c7 | type |
Snowlems | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_4dc35c7 | comment |
Snowlems: Take a guess. Type II. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_4efe80e1 | type |
Lazy Bum | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_4efe80e1 | comment |
Lazy Bum: Mac MacArthur, Jack and Gabby’s best friend and the keyboardist of Jack’s band. He often visits the Frost household even after Jack's death, but spends most of his time sleeping on the couch. However Mac's laziness could very likely be mostly out of his own grief for Jack and possible guilt since it was his own car that Jack was killed in. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_52fc4d4b | type |
Daddy Didn't Show | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_52fc4d4b | comment |
Daddy Didn't Show: Twice. Jack has to miss a hockey game, but promises to make it up with a trip to the mountains for Christmas. But then Jack is called in to record songs that mean he won't be home for Christmas. He leaves early and tries to get home, but dies in the car crash. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_58030b25 | type |
Visual Innuendo | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_58030b25 | comment |
Visual Innuendo: And when making a snowman, Jack pretends he misunderstood about where to attach the carrot. This one later comes back to bite him when he becomes the snowman, looks down to find out in his own horror that he has no genitals. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_5d753b19 | type |
The Smurfette Principle | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_5d753b19 | comment |
The Smurfette Principle: Natalie is the only girl on the hockey team. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_605cf3f | type |
Something Only They Would Say | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_605cf3f | comment |
Something Only They Would Say: Jack manages to convince Charlie it's really him as a snowman by calling him "Charlie boy" (which is what Jack used to call him by). Gabby, however, doesn't believe Charlie when she tells her the snowman is her husband. That is until Jack calls her on the phone, nonchalantly asking her to come to the cabin in the mountains, and Gabby recognizes her husband's voice and obliges. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_617f0563 | type |
Heel–Face Turn | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_617f0563 | comment |
Heel–Face Turn: Rory Buck is revealed to be a Jerk with a Heart of Gold and ultimately helps Charlie get Jack to the mountains. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_698068be | type |
"Balls" Gag | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_698068be | comment |
"Balls" Gag: In the cold mountains, Jack says, "My balls are freezing!" | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_6d7026fa | type |
Punny Name | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_6d7026fa | comment |
Punny Name: Jack's last name is literally Frost. | |
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Masquerade | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_6ef09297 | comment |
Masquerade: After scaring Sid, Jack pretends to be a normal snowman around everyone except Charlie. He eventually drops the act and talks to Rory. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_83445b04 | type |
Pun | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_83445b04 | comment |
Pun: "Snow dad is better than no dad." | |
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Back from the Dead | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_8967e17f | comment |
Back from the Dead: With a large side of Redemption Quest. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_9d1cc720 | type |
Barbie Doll Anatomy | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_9d1cc720 | comment |
Barbie Doll Anatomy: When Jack comes back as a snowman, he's momentarily dismayed upon discovering that his new body isn't anatomically correct. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Jack. Even more in his snowman form. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_b032e4ed | type |
Ms. Fanservice | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_b032e4ed | comment |
Ms. Fanservice: Gabby Frost is quite beautiful. What do you expect from a character played by the gorgeous Kelly Preston? | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_c64656d1 | type |
Mirror Reveal | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_c64656d1 | comment |
Mirror Reveal: Jack only finds out that he's become a snowman when he sees his reflection in the window after Charlie runs away from him in terror and closes a window shade. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_c868a42a | type |
Freudian Excuse | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_c868a42a | comment |
Freudian Excuse: The bully Rory claims that he never knew his father. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_cf92fea8 | type |
Cassandra Truth | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_cf92fea8 | comment |
Cassandra Truth: Charlie tries to explain to his mom several times that the snowman is really Jack, but she and Mac think he's gone nuts. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_db99b292 | type |
Mondegreen Gag | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_db99b292 | comment |
Mondegreen Gag: Invoked twice by Jack when he is human. Jack pretends to mishear "But, Dad" as "butt Dad". Jack pretends to mishear "nose" as "hose" when attaching the carrot to the snowman. | |
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They Would Cut You Up | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_dcd29760 | comment |
They Would Cut You Up: Charlie shouts at his dad about following him around, stating if a living snowman gets spotted they'd chop up Jack into ice cube trays for study. | |
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| Jack Frost (1998) / int_e784bb8c | type |
Accidental Truth | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_e784bb8c | comment |
Accidental Truth: The harmonica really was magical, much to both Charlie and Jack's surprise. | |
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But Now I Must Go | |
| Jack Frost (1998) / int_f0fe7e80 | comment |
But Now I Must Go: Jack is restored to his human form just once so he can say goodbye to his wife and son, before passing on. | |
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Everytown, America | |
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Everytown, America: The film is set in the fictional town of Medford, Colorado. | |
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