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Matinee
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Matinee is a 1993 Dramedy film directed by Joe Dante.In Key West, Florida during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, Gene and his little brother Dennis live on the military base with their mother while their father is deployed in the Navy. Amidst the growing paranoia surrounding possible imminent nuclear destruction, schlock-movie producer Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman) arrives in town to premiere his latest creature feature, MANT!, and uses his unique brand of showmanship to play off of people's fears.The film received critical acclaim when it was first released but has fallen to the sands of time and currently lives on as a Cult Classic. | |
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"Mister Sandman" Sequence | |
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"Mister Sandman" Sequence: Pretty similar to Back to the Future in this regard, but with more social commentary. | |
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And Then John Was a Zombie | |
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And Then John Was a Zombie: The Dentist at the end of MANT. | |
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Creator Cameo | |
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Creator Cameo: Charlie Haas, one of the screenwriters, plays Mr. Ellroy, a teacher at the school. | |
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Abnormal Ammo | |
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Abnormal Ammo: "Men, fire your DDT missiles." | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Darker and Edgier: "Let's put some teeth on this thing and make it even scarier!" | |
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Title Drop | |
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Title Drop "So that's how he became a—" | |
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The Glomp | |
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The Glomp: After the crowd flees the theater only to realize everything's all right, Mr. Ellroy hugs another man in relief. The man is not amused. | |
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Adam and Eve Plot | |
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Adam and Eve Plot: Sandra thinks she and Gene are in one after they're locked in the fallout shelter. | |
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Take My Hand! | |
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Take My Hand!: Dennis in the climax. | |
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Mythology Gag | |
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Mythology Gag: Roger Corman and Joe Dante regular Dick Miller were staples of the B-movie of the '50s. | |
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Holding Hands | |
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Holding Hands: A big deal between Gene and Sandra. | |
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Hurricane of Puns | |
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Hurricane of Puns: Bill makes them to deal with his transformation. | |
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Bring My Brown Pants | |
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Bring My Brown Pants: Discussed - while Mr. Spector likes the movie, he says he's confirmed about the atomic bomb at the end because for younger viewers, it could cause "seat wetness". | |
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Damsel out of Distress | |
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Damsel out of Distress: When Stan goes to rescue Sherry from her kidnapper Harvey, she is constantly struggling against him and eventually manages to knock Harvey's knife out of his hand and later break free from Harvey's grip with little help from Stan. | |
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Shining City | |
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Shining City: Key West. | |
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Catapult Nightmare | |
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Catapult Nightmare: Gene after dreaming that his father came home just as the bomb fell. | |
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Ax-Crazy | |
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Ax-Crazy: Harvey Starkweather. | |
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Eccentric Townsfolk | |
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Eccentric Townsfolk | |
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After the End | |
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Gene thinks that the theater managers trying to break in to the sealed bomb shelter are starving atomic mutants bent on killing them for food. Sandra responds: "Then we have a duty to let them in!" | |
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Spectacle | |
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Spectacle: Lawrence Woolsey's films. | |
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Actor Allusion | |
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Actor Allusion: The actors who play Herb and Bob, Dick Miller and John Sayles, are forgotten veteran B-movie actors both in-story and out (their association with Joe Dante goes back to Piranha, which Sayles co-wrote and in which Miller appeared). | |
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Art Initiates Life | |
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Art Initiates Life: During his speech comparing moviegoers to cave men, Woolsey draws an imaginary Woolly Mammoth on the side of a building. It comes to life. | |
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Unabashed B-Movie Fan | |
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Unabashed B-Movie Fan: Most of the characters, and clearly Joe Dante himself. The movie is partly about why you don't need to be abashed about being a b-movie fan. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: The ending becomes this when you realize the copters coming in forebode the inevitability of the Vietnam War being not so far away and how much of an impact it will have on the younger characters moving forward. Otherwise, it’s a pretty clear upbeat ending with Woolsey saving both his career and his relationship with Ruth thanks to the success of "MANT!"'s premiere, the Cuban Missile Crisis ending, Starkweather going back to jail, Gene being with Sandra and Stan being with Sherry. | |
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Stylistic Suck | |
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Stylistic Suck: MANT!, also Harvey's poems and The Shook Up Shopping Cart (what mercifully little we see of it). | |
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Fluffy the Terrible | |
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Fluffy the Terrible | |
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Beatnik | |
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Beatnik: Sandra (who Gene has a crush on) and her parents even more so. | |
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Nothing but Hits | |
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Nothing but Hits | |
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Honor Before Reason | |
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Honor Before Reason: Woolsey is willing to pay off Harvey for Sherry's safety when he needed the money for his bill collectors. Gene thinks that the theater managers trying to break in to the sealed bomb shelter are starving atomic mutants bent on killing them for food. Sandra responds: "Then we have a duty to let them in!" | |
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Light Feminine and Dark Feminine | |
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Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: Sherry is the light feminine, with her vivacious demeanor, Pink Is Feminine wardrobe, and all the dolls and stuffed animals in her bedroom. Sandra is the dark feminine, with her modest Beatnik dresses and intense, contemplative attitude. While both girls are ultimately sympathetic characters, Sandra, the dark feminine, is more caring and mature. | |
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The Stinger | |
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The Stinger: "Oh Bill!" | |
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Friendless Background | |
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Friendless Background: Gene. With his Dad in the Navy, they move around a lot. | |
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Touch of the Monster | |
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Touch of the Monster: The poster for MANT! | |
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Wise Beyond Their Years | |
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Wise Beyond Their Years: Sandra recognizes the futility of nuclear drills and paints a grim picture of the effects of radiation. She is also a crusader for social justice, familiar with Gandhi and the plight of Negroes in the United States. This is probably thanks to her parents, who seem just a little out of place. | |
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Trash the Set | |
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Trash the Set: The interior of the Strand Theater at the end of the film. | |
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Pint-Sized Powerhouse | |
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Pint Sized Power House: 5 foot 5 inch Herb Denning easily pins hunky delinquent Harvey Starkweather to a wall in one scene. | |
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Free-Range Children | |
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Freerange Children: Justified as this was rather common in at the time. Plus, they live in Key West. | |
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Trickster Mentor | |
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Trickster Mentor: Woolsey. He comes off as dishonest at first with his risky plans for promoting his movie, but shows great passion for showmanship and is very direct with Gene. | |
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Delinquents | |
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Delinquents: Harvey Starkweather of the big haired, leather jacket, wallet stealing variety. | |
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Author Appeal | |
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Author Appeal: Joe Dante doing a movie about a movie about monsters. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
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Meaningful Name: Harvey Starkweather was named after the spree killer Charles Starkweather, and Ruth Corday was named after classic b-movie scream queen Mara Corday. | |
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Casting Gag | |
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Casting Gag: William Schallert, Robert Cornthwaite and Kevin McCarthy, who play three of the actors starring in MANT!, each appeared in 1950s science fiction films. Joe Dante regular Dick Miller appeared in numerous B-movies during that decade. | |
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Mugging the Monster | |
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Mugging the Monster: Harvey vs. Herb and Bob, the "decency" committeemen who turn out to be tough-guy second-string actors on the run from The Hollywood Blacklist, rough up Harvey for picking Bob's pocket. | |
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Atomic Hate | |
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Atomic Hate: Most folks in the '60s seem to realize that the Cold War is Jumping Off the Slippery Slope. | |
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Naughty Nurse Outfit | |
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Naughty Nurse Outfit: Ruth wears a nurse's uniform at the premiere. | |
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Pink Means Feminine | |
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Pink Means Feminine: Girly Girl Sherry's dresses and bedroom wallpaper are bright pink, and she is also intrigued by pink ocean coral. | |
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Reality Subtext | |
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Reality Subtext: In-universe. The film-within-a-film MANT! is all about the horrors created by nuclear testing. Meanwhile, nuclear war seems imminent. | |
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Mr. Exposition | |
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Mr. Exposition: The Professor Dr. Flankonin MANT!. Also, the Dentist: Title Drop "So that's how he became a—" Lampshaded later on. | |
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Apocalypse How | |
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Apocalypse How: Howard the Theater Manager as well as Sandra, Gene and most the theater patrons think the apocalypse has already happened. | |
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B-Movie | |
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B-Movie: The film is an homage to the William Castle B-Movies with Emergo, Percepto and the like. John Goodman plays Lawrence Woolsey, an expy of Castle whose previous work was The Tingler and involved shocking people in their seats. Actors are hired to work the crowd before and during the show. | |
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Layman's Terms | |
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Layman's Terms: A Running Gag with the scientist Dr. Flankon, who constantly feels the need to explain mundane terms. | |
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Tuckerization | |
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Tuckerization: Ruth Corday is named after Mara Corday, who starred in Tarantula!, The Black Scorpion and The Giant Claw. The MANT! character General Ankrum is named after the character actor Morris Ankrum, who played military officers in such 1950s science fiction films as Invaders from Mars, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Beginning of the End and The Giant Claw. | |
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Moral Guardians | |
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Moral Guardians: Woolsey commissions actors to pose as these and picket his movies to generate publicity. | |
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The Professor | |
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The Professor: The scientist Dr. Flankon in MANT! is a classic embodiment of the trope. He's also the Only Sane Man. | |
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Standard Snippet | |
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Standard Snippet: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", which plays both after the Cuban Missile Crisis is announced, and then at the end after it's all over. | |
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The Friend Nobody Likes | |
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The Friend Nobody Likes: Andy, the other Navy kid at Gene's school. As soon as Stan and the others realize Gene is actually pretty cool, they invite him to sit with them when he and Andy are heading for their table at the same time. Andy then goes to sit with a group of girls, who promptly leave. | |
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Character Filibuster | |
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Character Filibuster: Lawrence Woolsey delivers the film's message. | |
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Think of the Children! | |
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Think of the Children!: Herb and Bob pretend to be part of the League of Decent Entertainment in order to stir up ticket sales for MANT! | |
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Red Scare | |
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Red Scare: Key West is (shudder) only 50 miles from Cuba! | |
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Nuke 'em | |
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Nuke 'em: General Ankrum want to do this to Bill. "Once you let that atomic genie out of its bottle... there's no turning back, gentlemen!" | |
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Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch | |
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Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch: In-Universe with Citizens For Decent Entertainment protesting against MANT!. It is, of course, a stunt to drum up publicity. | |
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Stupid Evil | |
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Stupid Evil: Harvey Starkweather, The Greaser, who also turns out to be a kidnapper. | |
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Hypocritical Humor | |
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Hypocritical Humor: Sherry talks about how sweet it is that Stan (supposedly) came to the movie premiere to spend time with a little boy, then immediately snaps at her own little brother for interrupting them to summon her back to the auditorium. | |
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Forced Transformation | |
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Forced Transformation: Two In-Universe examples: Bill, the title character of MANT!, is transformed into a half-man, half-ant creature. In The Shook-Up Shopping Cart, Cedric gets turned into a shopping cart. He fights crime. | |
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Dull Surprise | |
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Dull Surprise: The actors in MANT! | |
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Show Within a Show | |
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Show Within a Show: MANT! is a completely recreated '50s-style B-Movie. Excerpts of it exist online. The Shook-Up Shopping Cart. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Lawrence Woolsey is a Shout-Out to the Funhouse Horror stylings of William Castle. His personal introduction trailers which feature his cigar and silhouette are a nod to Alfred Hitchcock, who is he is mistaken for earlier. | |
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My Eyes Are Up Here | |
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My Eyes Are Up Here: When Spector gets introduced to Ruth, he kisses her hand and looks right at her chest, to which she testily says, "I'm right up here." | |
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The End of the World as We Know It | |
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The End of the World as We Know It: Extensive, oppressive and realistic for those who remember the Cold War and how close the world came to annihilation during the Cuban Missile Crisis. | |
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Unusually Uninteresting Sight | |
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Unusually Uninteresting Sight: The scientist Dr. Flankon lectures Bill about how atomic energy is turning him into an ant. | |
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Seemingly-Wholesome '50s Girl | |
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Seemingly-Wholesome '50s Girl: Sherry. Though she makes it clear early on she's eager to get racy. | |
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All Girls Want Bad Boys | |
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All Girls Want Bad Boys: Sherry | |
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The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You | |
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The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: When Harvey Starkweather goes on a rampage in his rubber suit, audience members mistake it for part of the show. The end of the film causes a riot when Woolsey switches to a reel showing an atomic bomb blowing up the screen and burning away the film stock. | |
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Standard Female Grab Area | |
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Standard Female Grab Area: Both in MANT! and during Harvey's kidnapping of Ruth and Sherry. | |
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Eucatastrophe | |
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Eucatastrophe: Woolsey's expectation that the show will do well because people are seeking a release from fear of nuclear annihilation. Woolsey gives a speech about the phenomenon, comparing moviegoers to cave men seeking to confront their fear of the unknown. | |
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Torches and Pitchforks | |
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Torches and Pitchforks: In MANT!, a mob attempts to destroy Bill. | |
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Expy | |
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Expy: Aside from Lawrence Woolsey being one to William Castle, Harvey Starkweather is one to the teenaged spree murderer Charles Starkweather, which makes sense when you think about it. Poor Bill. He is two in the Shout-Out section. | |
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Jerkass | |
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Jerkass: Andy can be smarmy. | |
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Ten Minutes in the Closet | |
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Ten Minutes in the Closet: Or, in this case, 10 Minutes In The Bomb Shelter. | |
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Tagline | |
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MANT!'s Tagline "Half Man, Half Ant, All Terror!" is a parody of the Tagline from RoboCop (1987). | |
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Mix-and-Match Critters | |
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Mix-and-Match Critters: Bill, the title character of MANT!, mutates into a half-man, half-ant creature after he and an ant are exposed to radiation while he is being x-rayed by the dentist Dr. Grabow. | |
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