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Jingle All the Way
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A 1996 Christmas-themed comedy film directed by Brian Levant and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Jake Lloyd, Rita Wilson, Phil Hartman and Robert Conrad.Workaholic mattress salesman Howard Langston (Schwarzenegger) is a constant disappointment to his son Jamie (Lloyd). After missing his son's karate belt ceremony yet again, to compensate for his own Bumbling Dad nature, Howard decides he is going to get Jamie the toy he really wants for Christmas: the Turbo Man action figure. Unfortunately, the Turbo Man action figure is the hot toy of the season and is in short supply, and Howard has waited until Christmas Eve before trying to find one. Subsequently, he finds himself competing with crazed mailman Myron Larabee (Sinbad) and massive crowds of other parents to get the same toy. What follows is a comedy of errors as both men race to get the toy.This film features the last comedic role for Ah-nold, and one of the last for Sinbad. It was based on the holiday crazes for both Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers toys. Coincidentally, it also came out the same year the Tickle Me Elmo craze started.A Direct to Video "sequel" was released in 2014, starring Larry the Cable Guy. | |
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Hero Stage Show | |
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Hero Stage Show: Howard's quest to find a Turbo Man doll for his son culminates in him accidentally being cast as Turbo Man (with a fully functional costume including jetpack) at a Christmas parade. Unfortunately, crazed postal worker Myron invades the show as Turbo Man's nemesis, Dementor, leading to a slapstick battle. | |
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I Will Show You X! | |
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I Will Show You X!: "I'm gonna deck your halls, bub!" | |
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Artistic License – Martial Arts | |
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Artistic License – Martial Arts: During the Karate session, the boys are promoted from Yellow Belt to Purple Belt, which doesn't happen in Karate gradings of any style. In Goju Ryu, Karate Orange comes after yellow. In Shotokan, Karate Green comes after Yellow (and before purple). Students do graduate from yellow to purple belt in Tae Kwon Do, but since the movie explicitly states that it's a karate promotion, it's still incorrect. | |
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All There in the Manual | |
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All There in the Manual: The novelization by David Cody Weiss fleshes out the movie and includes several deleted scenes. It also expands on the Turbo Man prologue, in which his civilian alter-ego is a news anchor named Ed McGuire and that Dementor was trying to, in his own words, eliminate the Earth’s gravity. | |
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Jingle All the Way / int_18d15922 | type |
Title Drop | |
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Title Drop: Inverted. The title comes, of course, from "Jingle Bells," which occurs twice in the movie. Went straight in Latin America version, which Dub Name Change/Completely Different Title was "El Regalo Prometido"note The Promised Gift, which is mostly the central plot of the movie. | |
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Villains Never Lie | |
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Despite using it as an opportunity to bring Liz to his side, it’s implied Ted really is upset that Howard attempted to steal the Turbo Man meant for his son. He appears to be calling him out on how much he messed up than just rubbing it in to him. | |
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Jingle All the Way / int_1b65dfad | type |
The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Yeardley Smith appears in an extended scene as a woman in a fur coat with the shopping bag that Howard thinks has the last Turbo Man sale in which he confronts and asks to buy it from who even offers to give him her phone number, however, when thinking that he has some kind of a crush on her. | |
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Jingle All the Way / int_1c445e86 | type |
Poor Communication Kills | |
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Poor Communication Kills: Both Larry and Victor assume their daughter Noel wants a Harrison Bear for Christmas based on her letter to Santa. Turns out she wanted her whole family to spend time together. They just couldn't read her messy hand writing. | |
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Real Place Background | |
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Real-Place Background: The film takes place in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, with scenes taking place at various local landmarks, such as the Mall of America and Lake Minnetonka, and Howard's flight as Turbo Man careens all over the downtown Minneapolis skyline. | |
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Jingle All the Way / int_22cf536c | type |
Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: Ted mentions early on in the film that, in a Crazy-Prepared move, he purchased the Turbo Man doll months in advance and it's currently under his tree. Howard, both out of desperation and being pissed at Ted, breaks in and tries to steal it during the third act. Howard reminisces early on how he once made a treehouse for Jamie in the backyard (although his craftsmanship was pretty lacking, but Jamie loved it nevertheless). Once he's reached the Despair Event Horizon on the third act, Howard looks out the window and sees the treehouse and decides that he has to at least try one more time to look good in his son's eyes, and so he goes to the parade, setting up the climax. When Howard tries to apologize to Jamie, he is making a drawing. Howard later sees the finished drawing at the clubhouse. Jamie's karate lessons helps him defend against Myron in the climax. | |
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Jingle All the Way / int_23c68854 | type |
Mall Santa | |
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Mall Santa: Howard meets a whole gaggle of them in a factory. One of them is Big Show. | |
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Ash Face | |
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Ash Face: The Jerkass motorcycle cop after accidentally setting off Myron's mail-bomb. | |
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Jingle All the Way / int_2764d432 | type |
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing | |
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Liz is pretty annoyed with the crap she's had to put up during the day and Howard constantly disappointing everybody... then Ted finally showcases himself as the perverted freak he really is and tries to make a definite move on her while they look for a parking spot at the parade. She hits him with a mug of eggnog (which he had given her before) and storms out of his car. | |
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Impersonating an Officer | |
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Impersonating an Officer: See Bavarian Fire Drill above. | |
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Extremely Short Timespan | |
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Extremely Short Timespan: The film's events take place in just over 24 hours, from the early evening of December 23 to the late evening of December 24. | |
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Spinning Clock Hands | |
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Spinning Clock Hands: A clock is shown rapidly advancing while Howard searches for a Turbo Man all morning. | |
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Jingle All the Way / int_2a62c863 | type |
Hello Again, Officer | |
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Hello Again, Officer: One of the best examples of this trope, ever. Getting pulled over by a cop, then accidentally running over the cop's motorcycle, spilling his coffee...then there's the bus, and a bomb, and well... | |
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The Scrappy | |
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The Scrappy: An in-universe one with Booster, Turbo Man's sidekick. It's a Running Gag that every store Howard and Myron go to is sold out of Turbo Man figures, but has a large stock of Booster figures. During the climax, Myron-dressed-as-Dementor snaps to the guy in the Booster costume "nobody likes you, Booster!" and knocks him off the parade float, and the kids surround him and start beating on him yelling about how much they hate him. | |
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Jingle All the Way / int_2c9e262 | type |
Catapult Nightmare | |
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Catapult Nightmare: Larry has one at one point where a toy clerk tries to sell him Harrison Bears dressed like Victor and him. | |
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The Bad Guy Wins | |
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The Bad Guy Wins: But in a good way. In the end, Myron ends up getting the Turbo Man action figure, but only because Jamie willingly gives it to him for his son. Jamie doesn't need the doll anymore because he already has the "real" Turbo Man at home, his father. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: Myron bluffs the cops with a fake mail-bomb, only to realize - when it goes off - that it was real after all, and that someone really was putting bombs in the mail. Despite using it as an opportunity to bring Liz to his side, it’s implied Ted really is upset that Howard attempted to steal the Turbo Man meant for his son. He appears to be calling him out on how much he messed up than just rubbing it in to him. | |
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Jingle All the Way / int_3276f255 | type |
Missed the Recital | |
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Missed the Recital: Howard tries to rush to his son's karate graduation ceremony (from Yellow to Purple belt) after work in a desperate attempt to avert Daddy Didn't Show. After he tries to bypass a traffic jam by driving on the shoulder of the highway, he's stopped by a cop, and all the delays cause him to miss the tournament - which, let's be honest, he was probably going to miss anyway. | |
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Flipping the Bird | |
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Flipping the Bird: Myron does the bras d'honneur to the parade audience when he's showered with boos arriving in the Dementor costume. | |
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Jingle All the Way / int_3ae6199a | type |
Psychopathic Manchild | |
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Psychopathic Manchild: Myron, pushed way beyond the brink trying to get that Turbo Man doll. | |
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Jingle All the Way / int_415b3315 | type |
Stylistic Suck | |
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Stylistic Suck: The Turbo Man TV show. | |
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Going Postal | |
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Going Postal: Myron is definitely implied to be the type. He even exploits it during the scene when he threatens people with a (alleged, then unknown to him real) bomb package by painting himself as even more borderline insane that he really is. | |
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Sweet and Sour Grapes | |
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Sweet and Sour Grapes: Jamie finally gets the action figure, but ultimately decides to relinquish it to Myron so he has something to give his son for Christmas; the best gift Jamie got was getting to actually live Turbo Man with Howard. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: Sweet lord, Howard. This movie could be renamed "The Worst Christmas Eve Ever". Myron gets his share of being one as well. The Motorcycle Cop also is on a count of always falling victim to Howard and Myron. Booster, the pink saber-toothed tiger accomplice of Turbo-Man, who is despised for being unnecessary to the show. | |
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The Stinger | |
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The Stinger: Howard realizes that he didn't get Liz a present. | |
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The Resenter | |
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The Resenter: Larry resents Victor for being a rich executive that could buy Noel anything she wants several times over, thus being the provider he never will be. Conversely, Victor resents Larry for working part-time, which means significantly less stress and being able to do activities with Noel at a moment's notice. | |
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Paper-Thin Disguise | |
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Paper-Thin Disguise: Howard's Turbo Man mask consists of a transparent yellow visor, yet neither his son nor his wife recognize him until he takes off the helmet. Moreover, they should easily recognize his voice, but they don't. His voice is said to be modulated to sound more like Turbo Man's real actor - although his accent is still pretty unmistakable, and the modulation is pretty minor. Earlier in the film, when the mall Santa's black market counterfeit toy operation is raided by police while Howard is there, he prevents himself from being arrested by holding up a toy police badge and claiming that he is an undercover cop. The police chief overseeing the raid buys it and lets Howard go. | |
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Broken Ace | |
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Broken Ace: He doesn't really give a crap about his kid and just uses him as bait to pick up women. | |
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Second Place Is for Winners | |
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Second Place Is for Winners: Subverted in this case. Larry enters a mechanical bull riding competition along with other fathers assuming the Harrison Bear was first prize. He wins (through cheating) only to find out that the bear was a second place prize. | |
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You Are Too Late | |
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You Are Too Late: Howard shouts this at Myron when he tells the names of Santa's reindeer to the radio station manager and Myron arrives just seconds later. | |
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Smug Snake | |
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Smug Snake: The Langstons' neighbor Ted, emphasis on "Smug". He loves getting under Howard's skin and clearly has a thing for Liz, so much so that he attempts to seduce her when the two are alone. She responds by smacking him with a canteen of eggnog. | |
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Pre-Mortem One-Liner | |
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Pre-Mortem One-Liner: "You've picked the wrong day". Despite the name of the trope, this is a non-fatal example. Nobody dies in this movie. | |
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Fake-Out Opening | |
Jingle All the Way / int_50f17484 | comment |
Fake-Out Opening: The movie begins with an extended sequence of the Turbo Man show Jamie is watching. | |
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Jingle All the Way / int_50f66629 | type |
Crazy-Prepared | |
Jingle All the Way / int_50f66629 | comment |
Ted mentions early on in the film that, in a Crazy-Prepared move, he purchased the Turbo Man doll months in advance and it's currently under his tree. Howard, both out of desperation and being pissed at Ted, breaks in and tries to steal it during the third act. | |
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Bond One-Liner | |
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Bond One-Liner: "You started it." | |
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Bookends | |
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Book Ends: The film opens and concludes with a battle between Turbo Man and the evil Dementor; at the start, it's between the actual characters in a Show Within a Show, and at the end, it's between Howard and Myron dressed as the characters. | |
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Wounded Gazelle Gambit | |
Jingle All the Way / int_567e7c4d | comment |
Wounded Gazelle Gambit: A kid pulls this on Larry to get him to take pity on him and hand over the bear. When he tries to get it back, they wind up running in front of a crowd of people who assume Larry is trying to steal it from him. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_567e7c4d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_567e7c4d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_567e7c4d | |
Jingle All the Way / int_58970413 | type |
Coincidental Broadcast | |
Jingle All the Way / int_58970413 | comment |
Coincidental Broadcast: Howard and Myron are in a diner lamenting their inability to find a Turbo Man doll when they overhear a radio show running a competition to win one. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_58970413 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_58970413 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_58970413 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_5a3b8032 | type |
The Un-Reveal | |
Jingle All the Way / int_5a3b8032 | comment |
The Unreveal: In-Universe. At the parade, after Howard as Turbo Man picks Jamie as the lucky winner of a Turbo Man action figure, when Jamie asks how he knew his name, Howard begins, "Well, Jamie, you see... I'm your fa-" only for Myron as Dementor to interrupt him by leaping down onto the float. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_5a3b8032 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_5a3b8032 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_5a3b8032 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_5a71be2d | type |
Bad Santa | |
Jingle All the Way / int_5a71be2d | comment |
The con men Santa Clauses at the warehouse, but most of all the leader, played by James Belushi. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_5a71be2d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_5a71be2d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_5a71be2d | |
Jingle All the Way / int_5b8cd10f | type |
Badge Gag | |
Jingle All the Way / int_5b8cd10f | comment |
Badge Gag: Howard goes to a warehouse to get a Turbo Man action figure for his son for Christmas, but gets into a fight with an army of Mall Santas when he realizes he was sold an imitation product. When the police arrive, Howard picks up a toy badge and impersonates an undercover cop to avoid arrest. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_5b8cd10f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_5b8cd10f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_5b8cd10f | |
Jingle All the Way / int_5ec27210 | type |
Sleeps with Everyone but You | |
Jingle All the Way / int_5ec27210 | comment |
Sleeps with Everyone but You: Myron's ex-wife, apparently. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_5ec27210 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_5ec27210 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_5ec27210 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_62fd5552 | type |
Bavarian Fire Drill | |
Jingle All the Way / int_62fd5552 | comment |
Earlier in the film, when the mall Santa's black market counterfeit toy operation is raided by police while Howard is there, he prevents himself from being arrested by holding up a toy police badge and claiming that he is an undercover cop. The police chief overseeing the raid buys it and lets Howard go. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_62fd5552 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_62fd5552 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_62fd5552 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_63d861f8 | type |
Even Evil Has Loved Ones | |
Jingle All the Way / int_63d861f8 | comment |
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Ted's sole redeeming moment was his genuine outrage at Howard for trying to steal his son's present. This implies he genuinely cares about his kid. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_63d861f8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_63d861f8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_63d861f8 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_654b8be3 | type |
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Nixon | |
Jingle All the Way / int_654b8be3 | comment |
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Nixon: The KQRS radio station holds a contest to name all eight of Santa's reindeer, and the first caller to give the correct answer will win a gift certificate for a Turbo Man action figure. While Howard Langston does know the answer and races to the radio station to say it (with Myron Larabee trying to stop him along the way), another caller answers "Randy", "Jermaine", and "Tito", which as the DJ points out, isn't even close. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_654b8be3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_654b8be3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_654b8be3 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6a643799 | type |
Expressive Mask | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6a643799 | comment |
Expressive Mask: The costume used for Turbo Man's pink saber-tooth tiger Booster has a fully animatronic head with moving jaw, blinking eyes and twitching ears. It even gets used in the parade. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6a643799 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6a643799 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_6a643799 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6b05b601 | type |
Jerkass Has a Point | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6b05b601 | comment |
Jerkass Has a Point: Ted is a closet pervert, but he has every right to be mad when he finds Howard breaking into his house and stealing his son's present. When Ted tells him off, an ashamed Howard can't really defend himself. Again, as much as Ted would often rub it in, he's able to show Howard how much he really is a failure. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6b05b601 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6b05b601 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_6b05b601 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6b35bdff | type |
Serious Business | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6b35bdff | comment |
Serious Business: Howard gets very pissed when Ted starts indulging in his cookies. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6b35bdff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6b35bdff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_6b35bdff | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6d7026fa | type |
Punny Name | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6d7026fa | comment |
Punny Name: The name of the weatherman emceeing for the Wintertainment Parade is "Gale Force". | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6d7026fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6d7026fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_6d7026fa | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6edc54d5 | type |
Here We Go Again! | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6edc54d5 | comment |
Here We Go Again!: In The Stinger after Howard gives Jamie everything he wanted, Liz asks him what he got her, and he has another Oh, Crap! look on his face over forgetting to get something again. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6edc54d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_6edc54d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_6edc54d5 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_7286e96d | type |
Idiot Ball | |
Jingle All the Way / int_7286e96d | comment |
Idiot Ball: All of Howard's problems in the movie are the result of him waiting until Christmas Eve before trying to acquire the Turbo Man doll. Even if it hadn't been the most-wanted toy of the season, that would still have been a very dumb, careless thing to do. Liz is pretty bad with this as she not only gave Howard the task of buying the doll in the first place, but then waited until the last second to confirm if he did. Knowing Howard was a workaholic even before Christmas, it's pretty baffling that Liz would've given him the responsibility and then waited just before Christmas to double check if he did what she wanted. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_7286e96d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_7286e96d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_7286e96d | |
Jingle All the Way / int_7315fd38 | type |
Covers Always Lie | |
Jingle All the Way / int_7315fd38 | comment |
Covers Always Lie: Some covers feature Howard wearing a Santa suit, which he never does in the film. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_7315fd38 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_7315fd38 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_7315fd38 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_76db0ef5 | type |
Slobs Versus Snobs | |
Jingle All the Way / int_76db0ef5 | comment |
Slobs Versus Snobs: Sorta a theme in this one. Larry is the "slob" working minimum wage part time jobs and enjoying things like ice fishing while Victor is considered the "snob", being a rich and living lavishly. Though both are nice people and just want to make their daughter happy. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_76db0ef5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_76db0ef5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_76db0ef5 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_780e2082 | type |
Slimeball | |
Jingle All the Way / int_780e2082 | comment |
Ted to the Slimeball max. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_780e2082 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_780e2082 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_780e2082 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_78270847 | type |
Curse Cut Short | |
Jingle All the Way / int_78270847 | comment |
Curse Cut Short: Unusual variation: Howard says "That son of a..." at one point, but nothing actually prevents him from completing the epithet. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_78270847 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_78270847 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_78270847 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_8183248 | type |
Never Mess with Granny | |
Jingle All the Way / int_8183248 | comment |
Never Mess with Granny: Larry learns this the hard way when he tries to ask two elderly women where they brought their Harrison bear. They assume he's trying to buy/steal it from them and promptly Groin Attack him. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_8183248 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_8183248 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_8183248 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
Jingle All the Way / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Sinbad seems to take great delight in shouting his every line. James Belushi goes to town with mocking Howard as a chicken and then shouting “dog pile!!!� when him and the other sleazy Santas jump on Howard. In-universe; Howard, trying to make amends for missing Jamie's belt ceremony, remarks how cool it looks and does a bad Bruce Lee impression. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_823c6e3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_823c6e3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_823c6e3e | |
Jingle All the Way / int_82518cf7 | type |
Motor Mouth | |
Jingle All the Way / int_82518cf7 | comment |
Motor Mouth: Myron rants A LOT. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_82518cf7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_82518cf7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_82518cf7 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_83b464fb | type |
Straight Man | |
Jingle All the Way / int_83b464fb | comment |
Straight Man: Howard | |
Jingle All the Way / int_83b464fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_83b464fb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_83b464fb | |
Jingle All the Way / int_875615dd | type |
Truth in Television | |
Jingle All the Way / int_875615dd | comment |
Truth in Television: At the same time that the film was in theaters (the 1996 Christmas season), there was a massive craze for the Tickle Me Elmo doll. There were numerous reported incidents of crazed parents in massive crowds trampling and fighting each other to buy the doll as a Christmas gift for their kids, in scenes not too different than the films' depictions of massive crowds of parents vying for Turbo Man dolls. Additionally, the film depicts a toy store clerk getting trampled as a crowd makes their way into the store after they first open; On December 14, 1996, a Canadian Wal-Mart employee was trampled and severely injured after a crowd spotted him handling a box of Tickle Me Elmo dolls. Also, the Power Rangers toys, which Turbo Man parodies. At the time the Power Rangers series began, no one had ever seen anything like it, and there was a general consensus that it would fail miserably. As a result, most of the major retailers didn't bother with much of the merchandise, which was bought up by smaller, independent retailers instead. Hence, when the show became a hit, stores were woefully understocked, leading to a huge craze during the holidays. To this day, the incident appears in marketing textbooks to illustrate issues of supply and demand. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_875615dd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_875615dd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_875615dd | |
Jingle All the Way / int_88cee6e2 | type |
Abhorrent Admirer | |
Jingle All the Way / int_88cee6e2 | comment |
Abhorrent Admirer: Ted is this to Liz. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_88cee6e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_88cee6e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_88cee6e2 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_8a299bd0 | type |
Cool Toy | |
Jingle All the Way / int_8a299bd0 | comment |
Cool Toy: The basis for the film is the full-on riots that are being triggered by parents rushing to purchase the Turbo Man doll. Inverted with the Booster doll, because he's such an example of an In-Universe Scrappy that nobody has purchased any. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_8a299bd0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_8a299bd0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_8a299bd0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_8ac90da4 | type |
Retail Riot | |
Jingle All the Way / int_8ac90da4 | comment |
Retail Riot: More than one fight breaks out over the Turbo Man dolls. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_8ac90da4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_8ac90da4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_8ac90da4 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_91672d3e | type |
Children Are Innocent | |
Jingle All the Way / int_91672d3e | comment |
Children Are Innocent: Noel doesn't want the popular toy for Christmas that so many others do; she just wants her whole family (father, mother, and stepfather) together. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_91672d3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_91672d3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_91672d3e | |
Jingle All the Way / int_9591377d | type |
Heel Realization | |
Jingle All the Way / int_9591377d | comment |
Heel Realization: Howard has one just as he is about to steal the Turbo Man doll that Ted plans to give to his son. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_9591377d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_9591377d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_9591377d | |
Jingle All the Way / int_970ccfec | type |
Big "YES!" | |
Jingle All the Way / int_970ccfec | comment |
Big "YES!": Howard, when he finally gets his hands on the Turbo Man action figure at the big parade. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_970ccfec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_970ccfec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_970ccfec | |
Jingle All the Way / int_984763bb | type |
555 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_984763bb | comment |
555: The number of the radio station. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_984763bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_984763bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_984763bb | |
Jingle All the Way / int_98576799 | type |
Throw the Dog a Bone | |
Jingle All the Way / int_98576799 | comment |
Throw the Dog a Bone: In the end, Howard finally manages to get Jamie a Turbo Man action figure after all he's been through. When they see Myron get taken away by the cops, Jamie gets compassionate and decides to give him the toy instead so Myron can give it to his son, Jamie's reasoning being that he doesn't really need a Turbo Man doll when his own Dad is Turbo Man. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_98576799 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_98576799 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_98576799 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_99ddfcec | type |
Unwitting Instigator of Doom | |
Jingle All the Way / int_99ddfcec | comment |
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Liz, who gave Howard the task of getting the Turbo Man doll and then waited until Christmas was a couple of days away to confirm whether or not he bought the doll like she asked. With the strong implication Howard's workaholic tendencies were a problem even before that Christmas, Liz should've known better than asking and only made the situation worse by waiting until the last second to check if Howard did what she wanted. It's not even mentioned if there was some specific reason why Liz couldn't have gotten the doll herself. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_99ddfcec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_99ddfcec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_99ddfcec | |
Jingle All the Way / int_99e87707 | type |
When You Coming Home, Dad? | |
Jingle All the Way / int_99e87707 | comment |
When You Coming Home, Dad?: Howard, who clearly cares for his son but can't always show it because he's working so often. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_99e87707 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_99e87707 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_99e87707 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
Jingle All the Way / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: The entire battle sequence from the Turbo Man show closely mirrors the climax of the film, right down to Turbo Man saving a little boy from falling. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_9d12bbc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_9d12bbc1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_9d12bbc1 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_9fd18130 | type |
Animals Hate Him | |
Jingle All the Way / int_9fd18130 | comment |
Animals Hate Him: Howard rubs Ted's reindeer the wrong way and it tries to bite him when they first met. What's odd is that the reindeer never seemed to sense anything slimy about Ted. Maybe Ted trained the reindeer to act negatively to Howard's scent to make him look/feel bad. He was trying to pick up Howard's wife, after all. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_9fd18130 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_9fd18130 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_9fd18130 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_a14ba678 | type |
Prized Possession Giveaway | |
Jingle All the Way / int_a14ba678 | comment |
Prized Possession Giveaway: Howard butts heads with Myron because they're both looking for a Turbo Man action figure for their respective sons, and being the year's hottest toy, the action figure has been completely sold out. When Howard is dressed up as Turbo Man (he was mistaken for the actor after he went back stage to hide from the cops) he is given a special edition figure to give away at the Christmas parade he gives it to his son, Jamie. However, Myron ties down the actor portraying the villain and chases Jamie to get the Turbo Man toy. After Howard saves Jamie's life, the latter gives Myron the figure saying that he already has "a real-life Turbo Man" (his father) at home. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_a14ba678 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_a14ba678 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_a14ba678 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_a1a1491e | type |
Homage | |
Jingle All the Way / int_a1a1491e | comment |
Homage: The gag of Myron smiling at multiple police officers pointing guns at him while he's on the ground was taken from Trading Places, another Christmas movie. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_a1a1491e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_a1a1491e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_a1a1491e | |
Jingle All the Way / int_a6c69bd | type |
MacGuffin | |
Jingle All the Way / int_a6c69bd | comment |
MacGuffin: The TurboMan action figure. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_a6c69bd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_a6c69bd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_a6c69bd | |
Jingle All the Way / int_a7382a73 | type |
Imagine Spot | |
Jingle All the Way / int_a7382a73 | comment |
Same can be said about Myron and Jamie, as they both don't like being disappointed by the parental figures in their life. Howard even has an Imagine Spot, picturing Jamie as Myron. The image of an under-ten Jake Lloyd drinking booze from the bottle is really darkly funny. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_a7382a73 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_a7382a73 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_a7382a73 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_abad35b4 | type |
Soundtrack Dissonance | |
Jingle All the Way / int_abad35b4 | comment |
Soundtrack Dissonance: Played for laughs when Howard and Myron are at the toy store in the Mall of America, and are fighting with other last-minute shoppers for the winning lottery ball. The soundtrack plays "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" during this. The extended cut can be this for those who have only seen the original theatrical cut; in the montage of Howard checking tons of stores for Turbo Man, the theatrical cut is accompanied by a fast-paced remix of "Jingle Bells" by the Brian Setzer Orchestra, while the extended cut has the more melancholy "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" instead. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_abad35b4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_abad35b4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_abad35b4 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
Jingle All the Way / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: Howard, twice. First finding out at the last moment that the Turbo Man dolls are most likely sold out, and second in the very end after managing to fulfill Jamie's Christmas wish, when he finds out that he didn't get anything for Liz. Also Ted when he finds his son Johnny watching the entire spectacle that Howard and Myron put on for the doll and seeing that Howard is dressed up as Turboman. Knowing that Liz just exposed him as a creep and that she's probably going to tell Howard. What does he do? He drags himself and Johnny out of dodge as fast as possible to avoid retaliation from Howard. The KQRS DJ has one when Howard arrives at his studio yelling that he has the answer and demanding to be let in. He quickly calls the police. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_ad1db87c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_ad1db87c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_ad1db87c | |
Jingle All the Way / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
Jingle All the Way / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Howard and the Department Store Santa (played by James Belushi). | |
Jingle All the Way / int_ae3d6438 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_ae3d6438 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_ae3d6438 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b0cd3349 | type |
Fridge Brilliance | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b0cd3349 | comment |
Maybe Ted trained the reindeer to act negatively to Howard's scent to make him look/feel bad. He was trying to pick up Howard's wife, after all. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b0cd3349 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b0cd3349 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_b0cd3349 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b31870fa | type |
Always Late | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b31870fa | comment |
Always Late: Howard is always late for his son Jamie's karate class due to spending too much time at work. Jamie starts to grow mad at Howard as a result. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b31870fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b31870fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_b31870fa | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b4a6ae4c | type |
Everyone Has Standards | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b4a6ae4c | comment |
Everyone Has Standards: A few times. Liz is initially thankful for Ted's attention to air her frustrations with Howard, but she draws the line at cheating on her husband. The moment Ted makes a move on her, she hits him in the face. Myron when he really did leave a bomb by accident, he is mortified like Howard, claiming the world is extremely sick. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b4a6ae4c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b4a6ae4c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_b4a6ae4c | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b4eff8a8 | type |
Epic Fail | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b4eff8a8 | comment |
Epic Fail: When Howard arrives at the radio station, a caller is giving the names of Santa's reindeer as members of The Jackson 5. The DJ cuts him off and says he's "not even close." | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b4eff8a8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b4eff8a8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_b4eff8a8 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b4fb00f6 | type |
Mistaken for Pedophile | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b4fb00f6 | comment |
Mistaken for Pedophile: Howard chases a little girl who has a raffle ball that bounced away from the store. When he finally catches up with her and wants to trade balls, he is repeatedly hit by numerous mothers' purses and called "pervert". | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b4fb00f6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b4fb00f6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_b4fb00f6 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b5171e10 | type |
Tragic Villain | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b5171e10 | comment |
Tragic Villain: Myron - his behavior and descent into madness is a direct result of being cuckolded by his wife, lacking a meaningful relationship with his own father, and letting down his son one too many times as Howard did. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b5171e10 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b5171e10 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_b5171e10 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: What little is seen of the Turbo Man show and the overall hatred people have of Booster seems to indicate he's a declaration of hatred against useless sidekick characters shoved into TV shows for no other reason than to appeal to kids, sell merchandise, and act as obnoxious comic relief. Given no one wants the Booster dolls available and a group of kids openly attack the Booster actor at the parade, you can see tell the writers are not fond of this mindset at all. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b53077b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b53077b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_b53077b3 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b58b4e3c | type |
Too Dumb to Live | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
Too Dumb to Live: Ted had a fire in his fireplace going during the several hours that he was at Howard's house. One of the first rules of fire safety is to never leave a fire unattended. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b58b4e3c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b58b4e3c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_b58b4e3c | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b5b4b077 | type |
The Ace | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b5b4b077 | comment |
The Ace: Ted, as far as being a father and homemaker goes. Broken Ace: He doesn't really give a crap about his kid and just uses him as bait to pick up women. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b5b4b077 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b5b4b077 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_b5b4b077 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b773ec0e | type |
DidNotThinkThisThrough | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b773ec0e | comment |
Did Not Think This Through: Victor, Noel's stepfather, buys up all the Harrison bears just to make sure Noel gets one for Christmas, not realizing that this will deprive most of the town's residence of getting one too. Larry calls him out on it when he finds out what's going on and naturally when the town finds out, it royally backfires. It's only thanks to Larry and giving everyone a bear at the end does he make up for his mistake. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b773ec0e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b773ec0e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_b773ec0e | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b8e4684a | type |
Demand Overload | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b8e4684a | comment |
Demand Overload: In-Universe. The type of toy popularity seen here is based on toys like Cabbage Patch Kids and Tickle Me Elmo becoming the hot toy in demand. Toy companies seek reactions like this. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b8e4684a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b8e4684a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_b8e4684a | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b9c3de84 | type |
Bumbling Dad | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b9c3de84 | comment |
Despite being a Bumbling Dad, Howard wants the best for his family, and especially his son, including to be converted in his superhero Turbo Man. At one point he recalls making a club house for Jamie in the backyard (although it reaches The Alleged House levels of craftsmanship, but Jamie was happy). | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b9c3de84 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_b9c3de84 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_b9c3de84 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_ba5bbda5 | type |
Mirror Character | |
Jingle All the Way / int_ba5bbda5 | comment |
Mirror Character: Howard and Myron are both very similar in their goals and motivations. The difference is that, while Howard's still got a pretty good life, Myron had a fairly difficult life and has become a cynic because of it. Same can be said about Myron and Jamie, as they both don't like being disappointed by the parental figures in their life. Howard even has an Imagine Spot, picturing Jamie as Myron. The image of an under-ten Jake Lloyd drinking booze from the bottle is really darkly funny. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_ba5bbda5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_ba5bbda5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_ba5bbda5 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_bc00493f | type |
Precision F-Strike | |
Jingle All the Way / int_bc00493f | comment |
Precision F-Strike: During the parade, if you have a good ear, you can make out one of the kids attacking Booster calling him a "fag". | |
Jingle All the Way / int_bc00493f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_bc00493f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_bc00493f | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c007c53 | type |
Cool and Unusual Punishment | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c007c53 | comment |
Cool and Unusual Punishment: An odd Real Life application. Schwarzenegger has jokingly threatened to force the legislature of California to watch the film 13 times if they couldn't come up with a budget. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c007c53 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c007c53 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_c007c53 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c2393191 | type |
Show Within a Show | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c2393191 | comment |
Show Within a Show: The sentaiesque Turbo Man. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c2393191 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c2393191 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_c2393191 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c2cedc1c | type |
Big "NO!" | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c2cedc1c | comment |
Big "NO!": The little Bad Santa shouts this when Big Show accidentally punches him during the Santa fight, sending him flying across the room. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c2cedc1c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c2cedc1c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_c2cedc1c | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c3448a6f | type |
Informed Attribute | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c3448a6f | comment |
His voice is said to be modulated to sound more like Turbo Man's real actor - although his accent is still pretty unmistakable, and the modulation is pretty minor. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c3448a6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c3448a6f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_c3448a6f | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c3ae004a | type |
Re-Cut | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c3ae004a | comment |
Re-Cut: There's an extended edition of the movie, although aside from the novelty of seeing unused footage inserted into the movie, it's the inferior version, as none of the new scenes offer anything all that worthwhile and it slows the pacing down. Plus, they moved some music tracks around. It also places The Stinger before the credits. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c3ae004a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c3ae004a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_c3ae004a | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c3c18143 | type |
Hope Spot | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c3c18143 | comment |
Hope Spot: Howard and Myron learn that a toy store has received a late shipment of Turbo Man dolls. Unfortunately, it quickly devolves into a riot. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c3c18143 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c3c18143 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_c3c18143 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c4240537 | type |
Moral Event Horizon | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c4240537 | comment |
Moral Event Horizon: Discussed In-Universe and ultimately defied. At the beginning of the film, Ted smugly tells Howard about how he bought his son a Turboman months earlier, before the surge in demand. Stressed out and empty-handed after spending the whole day driving to every toy store in town, Howard disgruntedly breaks into Ted's house to steal his. However, right as he's about to leave with the Turboman in hand, Howard decides that he can't bring himself to steal from a kid on Christmas, and turns around to put the toy back. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c4240537 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c4240537 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_c4240537 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c4db0699 | type |
Intentional Engrish for Funny | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c4db0699 | comment |
Intentional Engrish for Funny: The bootleg Turbo Man doll's "Es el tiempo del Hombre de Turbo!" translates to "This is the time of the Turbo Man!", much wordier than "It's Turbo Time!" | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c4db0699 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c4db0699 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_c4db0699 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c819533b | type |
Rage Breaking Point | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c819533b | comment |
Over this entire Turbo Man issue, Howard also finally loses it with his son, Jamie over the phone at one point when Jamie quotes something Turbo Man said, failing to realize that Jamie is well unaware of what hell he has been through that whole day with what he has been all over trying to find him. From his censuring tirade, he also ends up hitting Jamie's Rage Breaking Point because of the way we see Jamie respond right back to him before slamming the phone on him, even though Howard tries to apologize just after. All leading to Howard having much regret. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c819533b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c819533b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_c819533b | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c83751cb | type |
Description Cut | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c83751cb | comment |
Description Cut: Subverted. Liz tell Jamie that Howard won't be late; he's just working really hard. Cut to the mattress factory where Howard works, where a Christmas party is taking place... but then the camera pans to Howard, who is indeed working hard in his office. Missing his son's karate ceremony over working too hard is forgivable; missing it because he was at an office party would have been too unlikable. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c83751cb | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c83751cb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_c83751cb | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c8411f03 | type |
Disneyland Dad | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c8411f03 | comment |
Subverted with Ted: he acts like a picture-perfect example of this, but it turns out that it's his idea of being a Disneyland Dad and he's actually a covert pervert that exploits women liking this to get in their pants. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c8411f03 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c8411f03 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_c8411f03 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c868a42a | type |
Freudian Excuse | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c868a42a | comment |
Freudian Excuse: Myron has become a massive cynic and Jerkass concerning the holidays because not only did he have a pretty bad home life growing up, but his wife cheated on him and left him, taking custody of his only son with her. Because of this, he's grown desperate to give his son a good Christmas and is willing to go to insane lengths to do it. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c868a42a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c868a42a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_c868a42a | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c946460a | type |
Hummer Dinger | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c946460a | comment |
Hummer Dinger: Howard drives a GMC Suburban that doesn't see any use beyond that of a normal car. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c946460a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c946460a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_c946460a | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c9588dd8 | type |
Asians Eat Pets | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c9588dd8 | comment |
Asians Eat Pets: Referenced when the Booster stuntman, wearing a heavy suit, complains that he's "sweating like a dog in a Chinese restaurant". | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c9588dd8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c9588dd8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_c9588dd8 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c96e8bb5 | type |
Rocket Punch | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c96e8bb5 | comment |
Rocket Punch: The evil Dementor has the ability to launch his robot fist and retract it. Myron uses this to his advantage when he dresses as the villain. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c96e8bb5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_c96e8bb5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_c96e8bb5 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_cc884fdf | type |
Hyper-Destructive Bouncing Ball | |
Jingle All the Way / int_cc884fdf | comment |
Hyper-Destructive Bouncing Ball: The raffle ball scene in the mall. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_cc884fdf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_cc884fdf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_cc884fdf | |
Jingle All the Way / int_ce05e079 | type |
Heroic Rematch | |
Jingle All the Way / int_ce05e079 | comment |
Heroic Rematch: Howard and Myron battling for a Turbo Man toy meant to be a giveaway at the Christmas Parade, dressed as Turbo Man and Dementor. Howard facing off against Ted's reindeer when he breaks into Ted's house to steal the Turbo Man doll he bought for his son. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_ce05e079 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_ce05e079 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_ce05e079 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_cf511248 | type |
All Part of the Show | |
Jingle All the Way / int_cf511248 | comment |
All Part of the Show: The climactic confrontation pits Howard as Turbo Man against Myron as Turbo Man's nemesis Dementor in a mock battle during the Christmas parade. The danger turns real as Howard's son Jamie gets involved, and ends up hanging by his fingers off the top of a building. Subverted by Howard's wife Liz, who realizes her son isn't supposed to be a part of this, and the cops who arrest Myron after the fact. When Myron appears and makes a decidedly rude greeting to the audience, one of the newscasters turns to his partner and confusingly asks if that was in the script. Since Myron was bound with cheap-looking rope instead of actual handcuffs, with his hands tied in front of him rather than behind, it suggests that he isn't really being arrested; Dementor's "capture" could have been the show's intended climax. His own Paper-Thin Disguise must have kept the officers from recognizing him as the mailman bomber, or else he would have gotten far more severe treatment, (though he does end up having half a dozen very real guns pointed at him). | |
Jingle All the Way / int_cf511248 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_cf511248 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_cf511248 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d112f7ec | type |
"Oh, Crap!" Smile | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d112f7ec | comment |
"Oh, Crap!" Smile: After Myron, disguised as Dementor falls safely on a huge wrapped gift prop and triumphantly proclaims he's gotten the Turbo Man doll, he finds himself surrounded by multiple cops pointing their guns at him, to which Myron can only reply with a nervous grin. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d112f7ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d112f7ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_d112f7ec | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d12d3449 | type |
Fight Scene Failure | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d12d3449 | comment |
Fight Scene Failure. In-Universe. During the parade, Howard is overwhelmed by the Demon Team, with one of them asking if he even knows the choreography of the fight. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d12d3449 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d12d3449 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_d12d3449 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d3e9483a | type |
Non-Fatal Explosions | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d3e9483a | comment |
Non-Fatal Explosions: The bomb didn't badly hurt any of the police officers, including the one who was holding it when it blows up, who gets no more than an Ash Face, and appears at the parade a few hours later with only bandages on his hands. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d3e9483a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d3e9483a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_d3e9483a | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d47f35de | type |
First Father Wins | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d47f35de | comment |
First Father Wins: While Larry thinks he's in a losing battle with a rich provider, Victor thinks he'll always come in second to Noel's fun-loving dad. It takes until the end of the movie for them to realize that she loves both of them equally. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d47f35de | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d47f35de | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_d47f35de | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d7a92919 | type |
Indecisive Parody | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d7a92919 | comment |
Indecisive Parody: This movie can't seem to decide whether it's a heartwarming Christmas flick or a satire of holiday consumerism. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d7a92919 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_d7a92919 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_d7a92919 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_da910c25 | type |
Authentication by Newspaper | |
Jingle All the Way / int_da910c25 | comment |
Authentication by Newspaper: After the Bad Santa who overheard Howard being desperate about getting a Turbo Man doll offers him one secretly, Howard instantly calls shenanigans because he can't possibly have one (Howard turns out to be right — the dolls are illegal knockoffs). The Santa's "elf" shows Howard a Polaroid of him holding a Turbo Man doll alongside that morning's newspaper (which has a front-page article about the doll's scarcity). | |
Jingle All the Way / int_da910c25 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_da910c25 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_da910c25 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_da928271 | type |
Last-Second Joke Problem | |
Jingle All the Way / int_da928271 | comment |
Last-Second Joke Problem: Howard spends Christmas Eve trying to get his son Jamie a Turbo Man doll. In The Stinger, his wife Linda asked him what he got for her on Christmas. This causes Howard to realize that he forgot to give Linda a gift. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_da928271 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_da928271 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_da928271 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_db4b76d1 | type |
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner | |
Jingle All the Way / int_db4b76d1 | comment |
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: A few. "I'm gonna deck your halls, bub!" "Hey, Myron! I've got a special delivery for you!" "You just can't stay out of trouble, can you?" | |
Jingle All the Way / int_db4b76d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_db4b76d1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_db4b76d1 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_dcbe8a6e | type |
Chekhov's Gunman | |
Jingle All the Way / int_dcbe8a6e | comment |
Chekhov's Gunman: The KQRS DJ can be heard broadcasting in the morning just before Howard leaves to find a Turbo Man. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_dcbe8a6e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_dcbe8a6e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_dcbe8a6e | |
Jingle All the Way / int_dda99fa8 | type |
Despair Event Horizon | |
Jingle All the Way / int_dda99fa8 | comment |
Howard reminisces early on how he once made a treehouse for Jamie in the backyard (although his craftsmanship was pretty lacking, but Jamie loved it nevertheless). Once he's reached the Despair Event Horizon on the third act, Howard looks out the window and sees the treehouse and decides that he has to at least try one more time to look good in his son's eyes, and so he goes to the parade, setting up the climax. | |
Jingle All the Way / int_dda99fa8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_dda99fa8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jingle All the Way | hasFeature |
Jingle All the Way / int_dda99fa8 | |
Jingle All the Way / int_dfa40c1b | type |
Didn't See That Coming | |
Jingle All the Way / int_dfa40c1b | comment |
Didn't See That Coming: At the parade, Ted tries to put the moves on Liz. She responds by punching him and drenching him in eggnog. He then says that that didn't go at all like he expected. | |
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Television Geography | |
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Television Geography: KQRS is not located in downtown Minneapolis, but Golden Valley instead.note Though that's only a difference of a few miles. Additionally, Mickey's Diner is located in downtown St. Paul, not Minneapolis. What this basically means is that Howard pushed his broken-down van for upwards of ten miles. Averted with the call signs of the radio stations: since the Twin Cities straddle the Mississippi, some of their stations begin with a K and others with a W.note The initial letter doesn't always correspond to which side of the Mississippi either the transmitter or the studio is located in. | |
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Chair Reveal | |
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Chair Reveal: How Howard was introduced. | |
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Dub Name Change | |
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Went straight in Latin America version, which Dub Name Change/Completely Different Title was "El Regalo Prometido"note The Promised Gift, which is mostly the central plot of the movie. | |
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World of Jerkass | |
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World of Jerkass: There are few, if any, characters who are particularly nice in the movie. Summarized best by Honest Trailers: | |
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Greater Need Than Mine | |
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Greater Need Than Mine: In the end, Howard manages to get Jamie the Turboman doll through a lot of Contrived Coincidence, but upon seeing all the trouble Myron went for it despite putting him in danger, Jamie gives him the doll to give to his son. When Howard questions why, he answers "What do I need the doll for? I got the real Turbo Man at home!" None of the characters mention this, presumeably because it would undermine the message, but assuming Howard still has the coupon from the radio show, Jamie will likely still get the toy "eventually". | |
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Expy | |
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Expy: Turbo Man is a thinly disguised parody of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, of which there was a similar holiday toy craze in the early 1990s that inspired the film. The "Demon Team" of villainous henchmen even wear colour-coded outfits like the Power Rangers do. | |
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Determinator | |
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Determinator: Howard goes to great lengths to find the Turbo Man. | |
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Catchphrase | |
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Catchphrase: Several. For Turbo Man: "It's turbo time!" and "You can always count on me!" For Howard: "You're my number one customer!" when he's making calls at work. One of the things that cements (both to himself and to his wife) that her accusations of being a workaholic are true is when he accidentally says it as he's trying to calm her down. | |
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The Mall | |
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The Mall: In one scene, Howard seeks the toy at Mall of America. | |
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Accidental Truth | |
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Accidental Truth: Myron bluffs some police officers by claiming the package he's holding contains a bomb. Turns out it actually does, but he didn't know that until it went off. | |
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Exact Words | |
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Exact Words: When Howard and Myron fight over who got to the radio station first with the right quiz answer: | |
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Groin Attack | |
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Groin Attack: Jamie does this to Myron who is dressed as Turbo Man's archnemesis Dementor. | |
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Jerkass | |
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Jerkass: Ted to the Slimeball max. Myron, the crazy postman who battles Howard for a Turbo Man. The Motorcycle Cop, though not to the extent of the other guys. He's hard on Howard, but has every right to be upset at him for his constant mishaps. The two toy store employees who mock Howard and Myron over not already knowing that they're sold out of Turbo Man dolls. The con men Santa Clauses at the warehouse, but most of all the leader, played by James Belushi. | |
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Jet Pack | |
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Jet Pack: The Turbo Man costume that Howard wears at the parade comes with a jetpack — no, not a prop one, a real working jetpack. He wildly zips around the city the first time he activates it, but eventually he gets the hang of it. | |
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Vomit Discretion Shot | |
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Vomit Discretion Shot: When Howard gets caught in the banner while using Turbo Man's jetpack, he gets nauseated due to rapidly spinning in circles, though the only indication of this the viewer is shown is Howard's cheeks bulging out. | |
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How About a Smile? | |
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How About a Smile?: After the two store employees laugh derisively at Howard and Myron asking if they have any Turbo Man figures in stock, Howard grabs the two and menacingly asks, "Where's your Christmas spirit?!" The two employees flash a nervous smile, and Howard says, "That's better!" and sets them down. | |
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Easily Forgiven | |
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Easily Forgiven: Jamie shrugs off Myron putting his life at risk: "Hey, it's cool." | |
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"Well Done, Dad!" Guy: Howard is constantly afraid of disappointing his son, and tries his best to be a good father. | |
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Brick Joke | |
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Brick Joke: "Ta-ta, Turtle Man!" | |
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Innocently Insensitive | |
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Innocently Insensitive: Ted's son Johnny when he suggests Jamie's parents getting a divorce might be a good thing. | |
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Nobody Calls Me "Chicken"! | |
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Nobody Calls Me "Chicken"!: When the crooked Mall Santa prepares to fight, Howard says he's not going to hit a Santa Claus, to which the crooked Santa asks if he's chicken, and proceeds to dance around saying "Chick chick chick chick" and then flapping his arms saying "Bawk bawk bawk bawk!" Howard then snaps and assaults the Santa with his own fake beard. | |
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Pet the Dog | |
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Pet the Dog: While Ted is normally a smug jerk, he does seem genuinely enraged at Howard for trying to steal his son's present. | |
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