Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Keanu

 Keanu
type
TVTItem
 Keanu
label
Keanu
 Keanu
page
Keanu
 Keanu
comment
Keanu is a 2016 film starring Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, about two men (Rell, played by Peele, and Clarence, played by Key) looking to reclaim their incredibly cute cat from some gangsters who stole him. To do so, they pose as drug dealers, trying to earn the favor of the gang's leader Cheddar (Method Man). Along the way, they run afoul of a drug cartel and two silent psychopaths, all while trying to keep their activities from interfering with their normal lives. Tiffany Haddish also stars.The film was originally screened at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, where it received generally positive reviews, and opened to general audiences on April 29, 2016.
 Keanu
fetched
2024-03-16T03:01:16Z
 Keanu
parsed
2024-03-16T03:01:16Z
 Keanu
processingComment
Dropped link to Halloween: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Keanu
processingComment
Dropped link to TheBoondockSaints: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Keanu
processingComment
Dropped link to Yandere: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Keanu
isPartOf
DBTropes
 Keanu / int_120d0e3f
type
Adam Westing
 Keanu / int_120d0e3f
comment
Adam Westing: Anna Faris as a drug-crazy, Cloudcuckoolander version of herself, before it is revealed that she and her friends were helping the cops in their operation.
 Keanu / int_120d0e3f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_120d0e3f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_120d0e3f
 Keanu / int_15da4941
type
Badass Adorable
 Keanu / int_15da4941
comment
Badass Adorable: Keanu becomes one at the end when he's able to karate chop Luis Guzman, despite being much, much smaller than him.
 Keanu / int_15da4941
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_15da4941
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_15da4941
 Keanu / int_1777688d
type
Genre Savvy
 Keanu / int_1777688d
comment
Genre Savvy: Rell and Clarence are well-aware of the tropes associated with hardcore gangsters and action movies, and a lot of the movie's comedy comes from either a) their difficulty in conforming to those stereotypes (Clarence being a George Michael-loving father of three and Rell being a somewhat nerdy homebody), b) their horror at the heightened situations those tropes get them into (with both of them being the polar opposite of The Stoic, freaking out at witnessing or having to inflict violence), or c) their surprise at actually being able to go along with it, and well.
 Keanu / int_1777688d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_1777688d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_1777688d
 Keanu / int_18dd6739
type
Dressing as the Enemy
 Keanu / int_18dd6739
comment
Dressing as the Enemy: Rell and Clarence pretend to be drug dealers so they can get Keanu back. Initially, they don't fit in very well, but they learn to adapt.
 Keanu / int_18dd6739
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_18dd6739
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_18dd6739
 Keanu / int_19ebddab
type
Guilty Pleasures
 Keanu / int_19ebddab
comment
Guilty Pleasures/Real Men Wear Pink: Clarence is a huge fan of George Michael, which Rell uses as proof of how lame he is. When Clarence puts on his music while waiting for Rell and Hi-C to do the drug deal, George Michael comes on, and he manages to convince the gangsters with him that George Michael is actually cool (and black), to the point where Stitches actually gets a George Michael tattoo later.
 Keanu / int_19ebddab
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_19ebddab
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_19ebddab
 Keanu / int_1b65dfad
type
The Cameo
 Keanu / int_1b65dfad
comment
The Cameo: Anna Faris shows up as the client that Rell has to sell drugs to in order to get Cheddar's respect. She's apparently killed by Hi-C, although it all turns out to have been a part of Hi-C's sting operation. Keanu Reeves himself also shows up, voicing the titular cat named after him, during Clarence's Mushroom Samba.
 Keanu / int_1b65dfad
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_1b65dfad
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_1b65dfad
 Keanu / int_1d3bc993
type
Mistaken for Special Guest
 Keanu / int_1d3bc993
comment
Mistaken for Special Guest: When Rell and Clarence pose as drug dealers to try and get Keanu back, Cheddar mistakes them for the Allentown boys. They roll with it, but there are a lot of hoops they have to jump through to maintain their cover.
 Keanu / int_1d3bc993
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_1d3bc993
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_1d3bc993
 Keanu / int_1f0f3d6f
type
Cute Kitten
 Keanu / int_1f0f3d6f
comment
Cute Kitten: Let's all face facts - that is one sweet and adorable kitten.
 Keanu / int_1f0f3d6f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_1f0f3d6f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_1f0f3d6f
 Keanu / int_225d8ff9
type
Ambiguously Human
 Keanu / int_225d8ff9
comment
Ambiguously Human: While Smoke and Oil Dresden look human enough, they're also extremely ugly, never say a word, and can pull off finely-tuned parkour maneuvers. And after being shot multiple times each, they awaken and walk away from a comatose state that (depending on the film's timeline) may have lasted anywhere from hours to weeks, and during which they had no access to food, water, or medicine.
 Keanu / int_225d8ff9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_225d8ff9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_225d8ff9
 Keanu / int_2cd22076
type
Fantastic Drug
 Keanu / int_2cd22076
comment
Fantastic Drug: Holy Shit is described as a combination of PCP, MDMA, and DMT.
 Keanu / int_2cd22076
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_2cd22076
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_2cd22076
 Keanu / int_33f6c897
type
Stoners Are Funny
 Keanu / int_33f6c897
comment
Stoners Are Funny: Hulka pretty much alternates between this and being a Damsel in Distress throughout the movie.
 Keanu / int_33f6c897
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_33f6c897
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_33f6c897
 Keanu / int_38958f33
type
Black and Nerdy
 Keanu / int_38958f33
comment
Black and Nerdy: Rell are Clarence are both timid, awkward and uncool. Rell seems to be an artist and a film geek, while Clarence is a straight-laced corporate type with preppy fashion sense and a love for George Michael. They compete about whose bullies were tougher.
 Keanu / int_38958f33
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_38958f33
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_38958f33
 Keanu / int_3c0a4666
type
Noodle Incident
 Keanu / int_3c0a4666
comment
Noodle Incident: We never learn exactly how Spencer was "inappropriate" with Clarence's wife.
 Keanu / int_3c0a4666
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_3c0a4666
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_3c0a4666
 Keanu / int_3ed23024
type
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
 Keanu / int_3ed23024
comment
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Whatever their ultimate intentions, Rell and Clarence did commit a bunch of crimes getting Keanu back, and unlike Hi-C, they weren't officially working undercover to legitimize their actions, so they have to go to prison. On the plus side, though, they wound up only having to do six months (which, considering they killed at least three people, is not too shabby. Although most of those can be credited as self defence), and avoided some of the worst possible consequences thanks to the respect they got for killing the Dresden brothers, and their friendship with what remains of the Blips.
 Keanu / int_3ed23024
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_3ed23024
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_3ed23024
 Keanu / int_40cc0c7e
type
Bittersweet Ending
 Keanu / int_40cc0c7e
comment
Bittersweet Ending: The movie ending is presented as mostly sweet, Rell and Clarence's actions were illegal (Rell himself treats his arrest as a "fair enough"), and so they had to spend six months in prison. Clarence's relationship with his wife is much improved, though, and Rell is now going out with Hi-C, who's watching Keanu for him. What's not portrayed in the film however, is that Rell and Clarence's careers are almost certainly ruined due to the stigma of being criminals and having served prison time.
 Keanu / int_40cc0c7e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_40cc0c7e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_40cc0c7e
 Keanu / int_44606d14
type
Becoming the Mask
 Keanu / int_44606d14
comment
Becoming the Mask: Initially, Rell and Clarence are just posing as hardcore gangsters to get their cat. Over time, though, they learn to be as tough as they act. Mostly. In the end, when they wind up in prison, they're actually pretty well-respected because they managed to kill the Allentown boys, who had been terrorizing the city for some time. Or did they.
 Keanu / int_44606d14
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_44606d14
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_44606d14
 Keanu / int_45398e01
type
Psycho Knife Nut
 Keanu / int_45398e01
comment
Psycho Knife Nut: While the Allentown Boys clearly have no issue using guns, particularly in a situation where their opponents have them on-hand, it's clear that their preferred weapon is anything bladed - when their opponent doesn't have a weapon, they're quick to go for the knives.
 Keanu / int_45398e01
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_45398e01
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_45398e01
 Keanu / int_454fd2d
type
Bang, Bang, BANG
 Keanu / int_454fd2d
comment
Bang, Bang, BANG: Downplayed in the finale - while Rell flinches in pain and rubs his ear multiple times when a gun goes off right next to his ear during the chase scene in the end, he doesn't seem to suffer anything beyond a momentary pain a few seconds after the gun goes off and temporary deafness when Bacon tries yelling orders.
 Keanu / int_454fd2d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_454fd2d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_454fd2d
 Keanu / int_4782e60f
type
Jerk with a Heart of Jerk
 Keanu / int_4782e60f
comment
Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Hulka, Rell's next-door neighbor/weed dealer. He makes a show of seeming sympathetic, but he's really just trying to move drugs and doesn't care about Rell's problems at all. He just wants to avoid the Blips coming down on his head. And once Rell goes on his way to try and get Keanu back, he tries to steal Rell's television, hoping he won't notice after the Blips already trashed his place.
 Keanu / int_4782e60f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_4782e60f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_4782e60f
 Keanu / int_47fea76b
type
Butt-Monkey
 Keanu / int_47fea76b
comment
Butt-Monkey: Hulka, to a humorous extent. First he gets interrogated by a couple of homebodies, whom he correctly pegged as nerds, only to have his vintage records damaged when he dumped on a desperate man's loss. He then gets hogtied and stuffed in a trunk of the Allentown Brothers' car when they catch him looting Rell's home and stealing his 6' flatscreen as they were looking for clues about Keanu. Then he is found by Cheddar and his gang who ordered the fake Allentowns Rell and Clarence to off him to prove their credibility. When they refused, he had his crew put him in the back of their car instead; With A BIG HUNGRY PYTHON in the backseat leaving him there the entire night screaming. Finally at the end the police who arrive on scene open the trunk to find Hulka half eaten by said extra passenger, begging the cops to kill it due to the pain he's in. All in all, the poor drug dealer cannot catch a break yet given his Jerkass tendencies he kinda deserves it.
 Keanu / int_47fea76b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_47fea76b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_47fea76b
 Keanu / int_48081842
type
The Stinger
 Keanu / int_48081842
comment
The Stinger: A quick one, where the Allentown Brothers are revealed to still be alive.
 Keanu / int_48081842
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_48081842
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_48081842
 Keanu / int_51640e80
type
Bond One-Liner
 Keanu / int_51640e80
comment
Bond One-Liner: "I don't drive... He does." Points to Clarence just moments before he hits Bacon with a stolen car.
 Keanu / int_51640e80
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_51640e80
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_51640e80
 Keanu / int_52ae74d
type
Undercover Cop Reveal
 Keanu / int_52ae74d
comment
Undercover Cop Reveal: Hi-C turns out to be a cop who was trying to nail Cheddar and his gang, the Blips.
 Keanu / int_52ae74d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_52ae74d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_52ae74d
 Keanu / int_550754dc
type
Improbable Infant Survival
 Keanu / int_550754dc
comment
Improbable Infant Survival: Keanu gets into some pretty difficult situations, but he never even gets a scratch on him. Somewhat justified in that all of the humans love him and are protective of him, but he manages to avoid all stray fire and accidents on top of all that despite the dangers around him.
 Keanu / int_550754dc
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_550754dc
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_550754dc
 Keanu / int_5521ed05
type
No Animals Were Harmed
 Keanu / int_5521ed05
comment
No Animals Were Harmed: Thankfully.
 Keanu / int_5521ed05
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_5521ed05
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_5521ed05
 Keanu / int_5ac47fa6
type
Erudite Stoner
 Keanu / int_5ac47fa6
comment
Erudite Stoner: Hulka is surprisingly eloquent at times, but that doesn't mean he's smart enough to know not to compete with the Blips on their own turf.
 Keanu / int_5ac47fa6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_5ac47fa6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_5ac47fa6
 Keanu / int_646407bd
type
We Named the Monkey "Jack"
 Keanu / int_646407bd
comment
We Named the Monkey "Jack": The kitten, of course, who is named after Keanu Reeves.
 Keanu / int_646407bd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_646407bd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_646407bd
 Keanu / int_649f5bec
type
Creepy Souvenir
 Keanu / int_649f5bec
comment
Creepy Souvenir: Oil Dresden of the Allentown Brothers collects severed fingers (momentarily mistaken for penises). It's as disgusting as it sounds. Also doubles as a brick joke due to Rell's comments at Anna Faris' party.
 Keanu / int_649f5bec
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_649f5bec
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_649f5bec
 Keanu / int_660d1f3e
type
Amusement Park of Doom
 Keanu / int_660d1f3e
comment
Amusement Park of Doom: The confrontation with the Allentown Brothers occurs in a warehouse containing old Rock-afire Explosion animatronics from Showbiz Pizza Place (now Chuck E. Cheese's).
 Keanu / int_660d1f3e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_660d1f3e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_660d1f3e
 Keanu / int_68cf9795
type
Ironic Nickname
 Keanu / int_68cf9795
comment
Ironic Nickname: Discussed with regards to Cheddar. As Rell points out, the less threatening a gangster's nickname, the more dangerous they probably are. And, in Cheddar's case, he's not wrong.
 Keanu / int_68cf9795
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_68cf9795
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_68cf9795
 Keanu / int_6db06839
type
The Stoner
 Keanu / int_6db06839
comment
The Stoner: Hulka, Rell's weed dealer and next-door neighbor. It was actually his house that the Blips wanted to break into, but they got the wrong address, which is how they found Keanu and started the whole plot.
 Keanu / int_6db06839
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_6db06839
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_6db06839
 Keanu / int_6e469807
type
OlderThanHeLooks
 Keanu / int_6e469807
comment
Older Than He Looks: Keanu is described as having a rare disease which will make him look like a kitten forever.
 Keanu / int_6e469807
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_6e469807
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_6e469807
 Keanu / int_74b85afd
type
If You're So Evil, Eat This Kitten!
 Keanu / int_74b85afd
comment
If You're So Evil, Eat This Kitten!: Okay, so no one wants to hurt the kitten (thankfully), but Cheddar does pull a relatively minor version of this when he asks Rell and Clarence to do a drug deal to prove they're who they say they are. Of course, they go along with it. And later on, when they try to pin their attempt to walk off with Keanu on Hulka, Cheddar asks them to kill Hulka. That time, though, they refuse.
 Keanu / int_74b85afd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_74b85afd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_74b85afd
 Keanu / int_8263ed2a
type
The Whitest Black Guy
 Keanu / int_8263ed2a
comment
The Whitest Black Guy: Clarence. He’s got a white collar job, a nice house in the suburbs, and his favorite musician is George Michael. Rell claims his normal speaking voice sounds like Richard Pryor doing an impression of a white guy.
 Keanu / int_8263ed2a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_8263ed2a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_8263ed2a
 Keanu / int_8ec0abf
type
The Voiceless
 Keanu / int_8ec0abf
comment
The Voiceless: The two silent killers that perpetrated the slaughter in the beginning of the film, known in the film as "the Allentown boys," but called Oil and Smoke Dresden in the script and credits (played by Key and Peele in heavy makeup), who show up looking for Keanu (who they took a liking to).
 Keanu / int_8ec0abf
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_8ec0abf
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_8ec0abf
 Keanu / int_90d2c6d6
type
Blood-Stained Glass Windows
 Keanu / int_90d2c6d6
comment
Bloodstained Glass Windows: The Allentown Brothers have a big shootout in a church that has been converted into a drug lab, which is played up for all its slow-mo cool.
 Keanu / int_90d2c6d6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_90d2c6d6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_90d2c6d6
 Keanu / int_90e31482
type
Laser-Guided Karma
 Keanu / int_90e31482
comment
Laser-Guided Karma: What happens when Hulka tries to steal Rell's television? The Allentown Brothers come by, looking for Keanu, and they tie him up and lock him in their trunk, which leads to him being locked in another trunk, this time with a giant anaconda.
 Keanu / int_90e31482
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_90e31482
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_90e31482
 Keanu / int_99ddfcec
type
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
 Keanu / int_99ddfcec
comment
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Invoked. To put it politely, the kitten is a jinx. First being the pet of a drug cartel owner, changing hands to psychotic super criminals after they kill the original owner, only to find its way to Rell, then winding up in yet another criminal outfit, but also being sought after by the original owner's cousin. Everybody is willing to go to extremes to possess Keanu, and most of them are violent criminals to begin with, leading to a very chaotic custody dispute.
 Keanu / int_99ddfcec
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_99ddfcec
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_99ddfcec
 Keanu / int_9d12bbc1
type
Foreshadowing
 Keanu / int_9d12bbc1
comment
Foreshadowing: Hi-C is very cold in pointing out that she's never seen Clarence and Rell before, and doubts they're actually in the drug trade. Given that she's probably had to learn all the players, big and small, of the local operation as part of her police cover, she knows full well that the two are faking it. She's also quite insistent on getting Rell to (falsely) admit to helping her kill Anna Faris and her friends after the drug deal. This probably helps when she testifies on his behalf to get a reduced sentence.
 Keanu / int_9d12bbc1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_9d12bbc1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_9d12bbc1
 Keanu / int_9d17b859
type
Made of Iron
 Keanu / int_9d17b859
comment
Made of Iron: When Clarence gets shocked by the Allentown Brothers while holding a gun, he unloads six shots into them. They fall, but they get back up, upon which Rell also unloads six shots into them. And they still get up in The Stinger. There's also the drug lord, Bacon. During the climax, he gets his face scratched up by Keanu, thrown through the windshield of a crashing car, gets hit by another car, and finally gunned down by the Blips.
 Keanu / int_9d17b859
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_9d17b859
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_9d17b859
 Keanu / int_abad35b4
type
Soundtrack Dissonance
 Keanu / int_abad35b4
comment
Soundtrack Dissonance: The climactic showdown is scored with the Running Gag that is mentions of George Michael.
 Keanu / int_abad35b4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_abad35b4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_abad35b4
 Keanu / int_acecb17d
type
Chekhov's Skill
 Keanu / int_acecb17d
comment
Chekhov's Skill: Clarence's actual job is as a corporate team-builder, and he uses some of his techniques to teach members of the Blips how to handle themselves in their positions. In the climactic shootout, they use what he taught to win in a showdown where they were both outnumbered and heavily outgunned. They all survive, in fact. Early on, Rell is shown teaching Keanu to scratch at a photograph of his ex-girlfriend, who seriously hurt him. While tied to a chair after he and Clarence are kidnapped by the Allentown Boys, Rell gets Keanu to slash and bite at the ropes on his hands to fray them enough to break free, by whispering the key phrase he used to train Keanu to destroy the photograph. This same phrase later causes Keanu to leap at the face of a gang leader that has Rell at gunpoint.
 Keanu / int_acecb17d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_acecb17d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_acecb17d
 Keanu / int_ad1db87c
type
Oh, Crap!
 Keanu / int_ad1db87c
comment
Oh, Crap!: "Holy Shit" in the film gets its name from the reaction of anyone who takes a hit of it. Sure enough, when Clarence accidentally takes a hit of it (thinking that there was weed in the pipe), both he and Rell say "Holy shit!" with alarmed faces.
 Keanu / int_ad1db87c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_ad1db87c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_ad1db87c
 Keanu / int_b61f1b2b
type
Touché
 Keanu / int_b61f1b2b
comment
Touché: Hulka thought he was getting a leg up from being stuck in the Allentown Brothers trunk when Cheddar ordered him locked in his trunk. He quickly changed his tune upon seeing the big hungry python in the back seat.
 Keanu / int_b61f1b2b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_b61f1b2b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_b61f1b2b
 Keanu / int_c194d0f9
type
Cuteness Overload
 Keanu / int_c194d0f9
comment
Cuteness Overload: Rell's funk over his girlfriend breaking up with him is cured instantly the moment he finds Keanu. Pretty much everyone else has the same reaction to the kitten as well. It actually creates most of the movie's conflict, as four different parties (aside from the original owner) want Keanu for themselves.
 Keanu / int_c194d0f9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_c194d0f9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_c194d0f9
 Keanu / int_c2cedc1c
type
Big "NO!"
 Keanu / int_c2cedc1c
comment
Big "NO!": Rell after his cousin shows him Keanu's disheveled pet collar. Bonus points for drama as he runs out into a deluge. In a deleted scene, he screams and curses at God for a good minute and a half.
 Keanu / int_c2cedc1c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_c2cedc1c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_c2cedc1c
 Keanu / int_c2d978fe
type
Car Fu
 Keanu / int_c2d978fe
comment
Car Fu: During the climax, Clarence hits drug lord Bacon with a car. He still gets up.
 Keanu / int_c2d978fe
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_c2d978fe
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_c2d978fe
 Keanu / int_c75df49a
type
Shout-Out
 Keanu / int_c75df49a
comment
Double Shout-Out to their own sketch show, when the main characters go see a "Liam Neesons" movie called Substitute Teacher.
 Keanu / int_c75df49a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_c75df49a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_c75df49a
 Keanu / int_d64c3cd4
type
Living MacGuffin
 Keanu / int_d64c3cd4
comment
Living MacGuffin: Keanu is effectively one, although there's no particular reason except he's just that adorable.
 Keanu / int_d64c3cd4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_d64c3cd4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_d64c3cd4
 Keanu / int_dae5c997
type
Action Girl
 Keanu / int_dae5c997
comment
Action Girl: Hi-C is Cheddar's second in command in his gang and an undercover cop.
 Keanu / int_dae5c997
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_dae5c997
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_dae5c997
 Keanu / int_db2f3581
type
All Girls Want Bad Boys
 Keanu / int_db2f3581
comment
All Girls Want Bad Boys: At the beginning of the film, there's some clear tension in Clarence's marriage as his wife goes off with his daughter and another (married) man for a weekend retreat. As it turns out, what Clarence's wife wanted was some excitement in their relationship, and the more he attempts to cover up his activities, the more "excited" she gets. By the end of the film, when Rell and Clarence are being cornered by the police at Clarence's house, his wife interrupts the arrest in progress to go upstairs to the bedroom and have sex with him.
 Keanu / int_db2f3581
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_db2f3581
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_db2f3581
 Keanu / int_db38d6ca
type
Torture Technician
 Keanu / int_db38d6ca
comment
Torture Technician: When The Allentown Brothers finally catch up to Clarence and Rell, they unveil a spread of surgical equipment that they clearly intend to use to slowly cut up the cousins with.
 Keanu / int_db38d6ca
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_db38d6ca
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_db38d6ca
 Keanu / int_dc579c91
type
Contrived Coincidence
 Keanu / int_dc579c91
comment
Contrived Coincidence: For as big as Los Angeles County is, the final chase and fight ends up bringing the film’s climax literally to Clarence’s front lawn, right as Hannah and Spencer return from their trip.
 Keanu / int_dc579c91
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_dc579c91
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_dc579c91
 Keanu / int_dd45df38
type
Unfortunate Names
 Keanu / int_dd45df38
comment
Unfortunate Names: The Blips make their base above a strip club called Hot Party Vixens. They abbreviate the name on their marquee, "HPV" (i.e., human papilloma virus), and Clarence points out how unfortunate the name is.
 Keanu / int_dd45df38
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_dd45df38
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_dd45df38
 Keanu / int_e0443d9a
type
Criminal Doppelgänger
 Keanu / int_e0443d9a
comment
Criminal Doppelgänger: While the Allentown boys don't appear to resemble Rell and Clarence at all at first glance, they are, in fact, played by (a heavily made-up) Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key, and Rell and Clarence are mistaken for them, making them this trope in effect.
 Keanu / int_e0443d9a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_e0443d9a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_e0443d9a
 Keanu / int_e16cd24e
type
Know When to Fold 'Em
 Keanu / int_e16cd24e
comment
Know When to Fold 'Em: In the finale, when Hi-C performs an Undercover Cop Reveal, even though the rest of the Blips have the advantage of manpower and firepower, they surrender, figuring that they're as good as done. Cheddar doesn't and gets gunned down, and given how fast the cops arrived, the ones who surrender were correct in their assumption.
 Keanu / int_e16cd24e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_e16cd24e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_e16cd24e
 Keanu / int_e3b0cd87
type
Morality Pet
 Keanu / int_e3b0cd87
comment
Morality Pet: Inverted. Several parties in this film do horrible things to each other, specifically because they want Keanu back.
 Keanu / int_e3b0cd87
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_e3b0cd87
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_e3b0cd87
 Keanu / int_f7a458c3
type
Dartboard of Hate
 Keanu / int_f7a458c3
comment
Dartboard of Hate: Invoked on a scratching post.
 Keanu / int_f7a458c3
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_f7a458c3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_f7a458c3
 Keanu / int_f7d4f121
type
Mushroom Samba
 Keanu / int_f7d4f121
comment
Mushroom Samba: Clarence takes a hit from a pipe thinking it's just plain weed. Instead it turns out to be the "holy shit" from the earlier drug deal, and this ensues.
 Keanu / int_f7d4f121
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_f7d4f121
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_f7d4f121
 Keanu / int_fd1f1a63
type
Ridiculously Cute Critter
 Keanu / int_fd1f1a63
comment
Ridiculously Cute Critter: There's a reason everyone seems to be fighting over this cat. In fact, it's revealed in the finale that Keanu has a genetic condition that ensures he'll be a cute kitten his whole life.
 Keanu / int_fd1f1a63
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_fd1f1a63
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_fd1f1a63
 Keanu / int_fe0330fb
type
Brick Joke
 Keanu / int_fe0330fb
comment
Brick Joke: Trunk mentions that he has a knock-out left hook. In the climax he can be seen knocking someone out with a left hook. While impersonating the Allentown Brothers at Anna Faris' truth or dare game, Rell claims to have cut the dicks off of two guys. Later it turns out that Oil Dresden really does keep a collection of severed penises. Subverted: they're actually fingers. Clarence does a flip off a wall to prove he and Rell are the Allentown Brothers. When prompted to also demonstrate, Rell says that he and Clarence alternate days, and will be flipping tomorrow. And then does so in the climax.
 Keanu / int_fe0330fb
featureApplicability
-0.3
 Keanu / int_fe0330fb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_fe0330fb
 Keanu / int_ff7f34c5
type
Pet the Dog
 Keanu / int_ff7f34c5
comment
Pet the Dog: Everyone thinks that Keanu is just the most adorable kitten ever. Cheddar is a hardcore gangster who has a large boa constrictor for a pet... but he still loves the kitten. The Allentown Brothers are a pair of silent psychopaths, and even they make sure to nuzzle with the kitten when given the chance.
 Keanu / int_ff7f34c5
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_ff7f34c5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_ff7f34c5
 Keanu / int_name
type
ItemName
 Keanu / int_name
comment
 Keanu / int_name
featureApplicability
1.0
 Keanu / int_name
featureConfidence
1.0
 Keanu
hasFeature
Keanu / int_name
 Keanu / int_name
itemName
Keanu

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 Keanu
hasFeature
African-American Media / int_ba2a7714
 Keanu
hasFeature
Awesome, Dear Boy / int_ba2a7714
 Keanu
hasFeature
Blood-Stained Glass Windows / int_ba2a7714
 Keanu
hasFeature
Cute Kitten / int_ba2a7714
 Keanu
hasFeature
Feline Fiction / int_ba2a7714
 Keanu
hasFeature
Films of 2015–2019 / int_ba2a7714
 Keanu
hasFeature
Ridiculously Cute Critter / int_ba2a7714
 Keanu
hasFeature
The Foreign Subtitle / int_ba2a7714