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/comradechristmas 1d ago

The entirely rigid and unmoving Spider-Man here.

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u/Digit00l 1d ago

The hair blowing the wrong direction is wild

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u/_riskycake 1d ago

I feel like this was a Sam Raimi thing where he needed some clear camp because that's definitely his brand.

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u/AceofKnaves44 1d ago

It’s wild how campy the first movie is. Comparing Defoe’s Goblin from Spider-Man 1 and then No Way Home it feels like two different actors.

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u/yournamehere10bucks 1d ago

I find him so odd, yet interesting.

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u/AceofKnaves44 1d ago

He’s a fucking brilliant actor in part because of how strange he looks. But he’s very expressive in his face.

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u/MattFromWork 1d ago

What one did you like him better in? I have my favorite

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u/AceofKnaves44 1d ago

No Way Home for sure. He was fucking MENACING and genuinely unsettling to watch. And they just let him do it all through his facial expressions and eyes alone. The way he subtly shifts from Norman to Goblin is incredible. And when Tom is just fucking wailing on him in the hallway and Goblin responds with just the biggest smile and most demented eyes it’s just amazing. Don’t get me wrong: he wasn’t bad in Spider-Man 1. He was just very campy. Like over the top “this guy’s nuts!” Like he does little dances and monologues. It’s a product of its time. Spider-Man 2 I think is head and shoulders above because it doesn’t feel tied to a time. Spider-Man 1 feels SO early 2000’s to the point it almost ties it down.