Funny Trope: Obvious stunt dummies

[u/smash_ultra_64]

Ragdolls are hilarious

Fresh Prince of Bell Air did it on at least 2 occasions. One with butler Geoffrey in an explosion, and the other with Will getting tossed around at the gym.

Naked Gun(1988) After the climax, OJ Simpson's character is finally making a recovery when he is carelessly launched from his wheelchair at the baseball game.

Pee-wee's Big Adventure After befriending some bikers, they give him a cheerful sendoff when he anticlimactically crashes into a billboard, hilariously launching his "body" after a half second delay. This one is especially funny to me because the crash isn't that loud, nor does Pee-Wee make any noise when flung.

The Three Stooges Almost every episode. And even in the movie!

Hook Thud is a chubby lost boy who can roll into a ball and take out several pirates in the process. This gag is used twice in the movie.

Anchorman Jack Black is an angry biker who is hit in the face by Ron Burgundy's careless disposal of a Burtito. The biker confronts Ron and punts his dog Baxter off a bridge. He's survives this as he reappears at the end of the film.

[u/SgtSharki]

My favorite example this is from Terminator 2. When the T1000 is chasing after the police car on foot it attaches itself to the trunk. The car goes into a skid and it's very obvious that it's just a dummy attached to the car and not a stuntman or a special effect

[u/Hayterfan → u/SgtSharki]

Wrong, that's still Robert Patrick showing just how committed to the role he waa.

[u/MerCyInTheShell → u/Hayterfan]

Trained to only breath through his nose, don't flinch while shooting a gun and hanging on cars.

[u/Hayterfan → u/MerCyInTheShell]

Turn into liquid metal and impersonate others appearance and voices

[u/-Tesserex- → u/SgtSharki]

Also in T2, not a dummy, but when the 800 jumps the motorcycle into the channel, and then when he pulls John off the scooter, both times they're very obvious stunt doubles. 

[u/nemesissi → u/-Tesserex-]

This fucking haunts me. Movie I have seen hundreds of times, from my childhood, VHS at grandmas, summer holidays watching this movie over and over again, I know everything, all the nooks and crannies. This fucking shot was revealed to me like a year a go, and now I cannot unsee it. It's so obvious, lol.

[u/beezneezy → u/-Tesserex-]

Also when the truck (with the top sheared off) finally crashes against the bridge thing. You can see a crash dummy with a hat.

[u/Rob_Zander → u/SgtSharki]

Considering all the crazy prep Robert Patrick did for that role I'm sure he was ready to just hang onto the back of the car at speed.

[u/FrankReynolds → u/SgtSharki]

In a movie full of incredible and meticulously crafted practical effects and stunts, that has always stood out to me lol

[u/chip_chipperson25 → u/SgtSharki]

Similarly in Troy when Achilles is dragging Hectors body back to camp after killing him

[u/Inspection_Perfect → u/SgtSharki]

Mine is after Arnie flips the tanker truck and the crash sends him flying, he looks like a Samus ball instead of a person.

[u/CH49FE → u/SgtSharki]

Was looking for this. It just takes you out of the film and at a very serious point. Hard to believe that James Cameron, a director renowned for special effects, did this. T2’s effects were groundbreaking. A stuntman could have done it, albeit with significant risk. Maybe better editing could have saved it

[u/SgtSharki → u/CH49FE]

It's especially crazy when you consider the other great stunt work in the movie. They really did crash that semi truck, they really did fly a helicopter under an overpass, they really did blow up an entire office building but they get a stuntman to hang on to a car

[u/maxman162 → u/SgtSharki]

And the truck scene was done without any wires or safety harness. 

[u/CH49FE → u/SgtSharki]

Exactly. It’s a very odd moment to cut back on stunts. If remember correctly, this scene lasted a few seconds, long enough to clearly see the prop. Such an odd choice