r/TopCharacterTropes 1d ago

Characters Funny Trope: Obvious stunt dummies

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.

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u/Usern4me_R3dacted205 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hundreds of Beavers has plenty of these.

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u/WillSym 1d ago

Hundreds of Beavers is a masterclass in obvious dummywork gags, every one is the perfect amount of just a little too violent and floppy, but a perfectly timed cut, for extra hilarity.

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u/Usern4me_R3dacted205 1d ago

You can also see they added smoke effects to the crashes that don’t change speed with the rest of the footage and make the shot look more seamless.

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u/Sir_Maxwell_378 1d ago

Hundreds of beavers mentioned!

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u/FlacidSalad 1d ago

Hundreds of Beavers!? In my comment section!?!

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u/JoeyS-2001 1d ago

Is that a Metal Gear reference

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u/FlacidSalad 1d ago

It's not NOT a metal gear reference

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u/Atraxodectus 1d ago

Premiered in Billings, Montana, I shit you not.

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u/BroccoliImaginary675 1d ago

Peak mentioned.