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Swiss Army Man

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Swiss Army Man is a 2016 surreal comedy-drama film starring Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe. It was written and directed by the filmmaking duo of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Schienert (colloquially known as DANIELS).Stranded on an island and bored out of his mind, Hank (Dano) prepares to hang himself until he sees the body of a young man (Radcliffe) wash up on the shore. Not only is the man not quite as dead as he seems, but he appears to have unusual abilities, such as jet-propelling farts, an erection that can be used as a compass and many, many others. Hank names the corpse Manny, and with his help, Hank may have found not only his key to survival, but also his first true friend.
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Artistic License – Biology
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Artistic License – Biology: A likely intentional example, but despite being a corpse, Manny does not decompose at all over the course of what looks like several days (he would likely be bloated from being in water as well). This leads credence to the magic side of the Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane.
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Title Drop
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Title Drop: Subverted - the title is never said, but Manny is twice referred to as a "Multi-purpose Tool Guy."
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Black Comedy
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Black Comedy: The plot involves a corpse who constantly farts and whose erections can be used as a compass.
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Beard of Sorrow
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Beard of Sorrow: Hank has grown one at the start of the story, but he manages to shave it off later on (using Manny, of course).
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You Need to Get Laid
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You Need to Get Laid: Hank is a sexually frustrated man who can't express himself out of fear of judgement. He has feelings for a woman called Sarah but never gathered the courage to talk to her, so he instead resorted to stalking her.
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Blatant Lies
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Blatant Lies: When Manny starts having reasonable doubts about Hank's explanations, and describes his sense of isolation, Hank says that Manny is probably the first person to ever feel this way.
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Robinsonade
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Robinsonade: Hank starts off stranded on a small desert island before Manny's corpse washes up and he is able to use him jet ski to escape the island, however even after that they still have to trek through miles of wilderness to reach civilisation.
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What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?
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What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: One of the many questions asked by Manny.
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Loving a Shadow
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Loving a Shadow: It turns out that Sarah has a husband and daughter at home, in direct contradiction to Hank's vision of her as another lonely person riding the bus.
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Author Appeal
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Author Appeal: Inverted. According to Paul Dano, Dan Kwan hates fart jokes, a cappella and the song "Cotton Eye Joe." The movie was a personal challenge to see if he and his partner Daniel Schienert could make a movie they loved out of all of the things Kwan disliked.
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The Power of Love
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The Power of Love: Love causes Manny's erection to point Hank toward civilization.
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The Reveal
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The Reveal: Hank never knew Sarah either and was just a stalker. Although this is clear to the audience long before the Internal Reveal. It also seems that the beach he washed up on at the start was always within easy walking distance of Sarah's house, although it's also entirely possible that the apparent geography/timing of the last scene is not meant to be taken literally.
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I Am a Monster
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I Am a Monster: Manny dies again when he sees how frightened Sarah and her daughter are by him.
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Driven to Suicide
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Driven to Suicide: Hank starts off the movie trying to hang himself until he sees Manny's body washed up on the shore. The police at the end of the movie theorize Manny was a bridge jumper.
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Farts on Fire
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Farts on Fire: Hank utilizes Manny to do this in order to start a campfire late into the movie.
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Bungled Suicide
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Bungled Suicide: Hank's in the middle of trying to hang himself while on a deserted island at the start of the film, but the rope winds up breaking.
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Psychic Link
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Psychic Link: Manny has one with Hank, and when Manny starts having negative thoughts, they hurt Hank.
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Shower Scene
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Shower Scene: Hank showering in the water Manny vomits up.
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Manny loses his trust in Hank because Hank lied to him about Sarah. And also he hides his farts from Manny.
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Gainax Ending
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Gainax Ending: Everyone who followed Hank to the beach sees Manny jet out to sea. Sarah says "what the fuck" to herself. And then the movie just stops.
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Stalker with a Crush
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Stalker with a Crush: Hank is this toward Sarah, as he keeps pictures of her on his phone without her knowing until the end of the movie.
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Our Zombies Are Different
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Our Zombies Are Different: Really different.
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Bears Are Bad News
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Bears Are Bad News: Hank gets attacked by one after falling from a tree.
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The Big Damn Kiss
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The Big Damn Kiss: Manny and Hank's first kiss ticks every box in this tropes description.
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What Is This Feeling?
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What Is This Feeling?: Manny needs emotions explained to him, like joy and fear.
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Leitmotif
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Leitmotif: The tune Hank hums as he's about to hang himself at the beginning makes up most of the score.
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Award-Bait Song
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Award-Bait Song: "A Better Way."
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Chekhov's Skill
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Chekhov's Skill: Removing Manny's cork to once again save the two from drowning.
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Raging Stiffie
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Raging Stiffie: Manny's are used as a compass.
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Toilet Humour
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Toilet Humour: Manny's and Hank's farting has major plot significance.
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Obfuscating Insanity
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Obfuscating Insanity: The film is a black comedy laced with toilet humour but has multiple layers worthy of analysis and symbolism.
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Was It All a Lie?
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Was It All a Lie?: Manny questions every aspect of his friendship with Hank when he learns that everything he knew about Sarah wasn't real. And that Hank doesn't fart when Manny is around.
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Psychoactive Powers
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Psychoactive Powers: Manny's powers grow as his bond with Hank does, but when he learns their relationship is based on a lie and that Sarah has a husband, he loses his abilities at a crucial moment.
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Good-Times Montage
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Good-Times Montage: Hank discovering all of Manny's Swiss Army Man skills, set to the song "Montage" with lyrics that describe the things happening in the montage.
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Happily Married
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Happily Married: Hank's longing for Sarah was pointless in the end, as it turns out she has a husband and a daughter.
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Boom, Headshot!
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Boom, Headshot!: Manny can spit kernels with deadly force, blasting the head off of a squirrel.
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Ass Shove
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Ass Shove: When Hank can't stand Manny's farting anymore, he employs a cork.
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Cringe Comedy
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Cringe Comedy: Manny promises to think of Hank's mom when he masturbates as a way to reassure Hank over his insecurities - see That Came Out Wrong.
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Shout-Out
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Shout-Out: Hank and Manny hum the theme music to Jurassic Park. Hank later does a shadow puppet show of the movie for Manny, along with other films like ET The Extraterrestrial.
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Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
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Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Is Manny really coming back to life? Or are all his interactions with Hank just Hank's lonely and famished delusions? In the end, multiple people witness Manny farting away into the ocean at jet ski speeds.
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Resurrected for a Job
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Resurrected for a Job: Hank believes Manny is slowly being resurrected to save his life.
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That Came Out Wrong
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That Came Out Wrong: Hank relates to Manny how his mother was the first person to tell him that masturbation was okay when he was a kid, and that when she died, he had a difficult time doing it because it would remind him of her and he'd be too sad. To Manny, this means he can't masturbate because every time he does, he thinks of his mother.
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Happily Failed Suicide
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Happily Failed Suicide: The movie starts off with Hank trying to hang himself after getting stranded - thankfully, the rope gives way when he spots Manny.
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Lyrical Dissonance
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Lyrical Dissonance: The film contains possibly the world's most haunting rendition of "Cotton Eye Joe".
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The Power of Friendship
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The Power of Friendship: The stronger Hank's bond with Manny is, the more Swiss Army Man abilities Manny has. This finally gives Manny the power to move again.
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Comically Missing the Point
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Comically Missing the Point: Frequently happens as Hank tries to explain life and the workings of society to Manny.
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Innocently Insensitive
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Innocently Insensitive: One of the first things Manny learns about is trash, and he innocently calls Hank trash because Hank is also in the middle of nowhere and nobody has any use for him.
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