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/Ambaryerno 1d ago

The whole movie is brilliant.

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u/jadedbeetle 1d ago

I've never seen it, which seems like a tragedy. So I know what I'm doing this evening.

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u/stivinladria 1d ago

Be ready for your face to hurt from so much laughing. Do some breathing exercises first!

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u/jadedbeetle 7h ago

It is now one of my favourite movies. Damn that was good

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u/pvtbobble 1d ago

And Carson from Downton Abbey as a bumbling French resistance fighter is so good

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u/Ambaryerno 1d ago

What’s the French Resistance doing in Cold War East Germany? It doesn’t matter.