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* RumpRoast: When Dennis sets up the campfire during his [[PityTheKidnapper "captivity"]] by Switchblade Sam, one of the cinders accidentally falls down Sam's pants, lighting them on fire. Later in the film, when Sam becomes tired after Dennis feeds him an entire can of beans, Dennis puts a blanket over him, which catches fire due to being too close to the campfire. Both times, Sam puts out the fire by jumping in the river.
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* RumpRoast: When Dennis sets up the campfire during his [[PityTheKidnapper "captivity"]] by Switchblade Sam, one of the cinders accidentally falls down Sam's pants, lighting them on fire. Later in the film, when Sam becomes tired after Dennis feeds him an entire can of beans, Dennis puts a blanket over him, which catches fire due to being too close to the campfire. Both times, Sam puts out the fire by jumping in the river.
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* GassyGastronomy: When Switchblade Sam kidnaps Dennis and they're sitting around a campfire, Dennis manages to hog-tie him and force-feed him a giant potful of baked beans. His stomach gradually [[BalloonBelly gets larger and larger]] until he can't hold it anymore and his massive fart actually blows out the fire.
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* JerkassRealization: Mr. Wilson gives Dennis a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech when the latter tells him that his house has been robbed, causing him to miss the blooming and death of a rare flower he bred at a garden party he hosted. Dennis runs away as a result, and when Henry and Alice return from their business trips, Mr. Wilson realizes that Dennis running away was his fault and searches everywhere for him. Though he doesn't succeed in finding Dennis, who is instead found by [[BigBad Switchblade Sam]], he is very distraught and relieved when Dennis returns the next morning on his bicycle, carrying a defeated Sam in his wagon.
* KickTheDog: Mr. Wilson delivers a particularly vicious and drawn-out ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Dennis after Dennis inadvertently causes him to miss the long-awaited blooming and death of a flower he had been cultivating. [[JerkassRealization Wilson does realize that he took things way too far]] when he finds out that Dennis was trying to warn him that his house was being burglarized and that he had gone missing shortly afterwards.
* KickTheDog: Mr. Wilson delivers a particularly vicious and drawn-out ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Dennis after Dennis inadvertently causes him to miss the long-awaited blooming and death of a flower he had been cultivating. [[JerkassRealization Wilson does realize that he took things way too far]] when he finds out that Dennis was trying to warn him that his house was being burglarized and that he had gone missing shortly afterwards.
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* JerkassRealization: Mr. Wilson gives Dennis a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech when the latter tells him that his house has been robbed, causing him to miss the blooming and death of a rare flower he bred at a garden party he hosted. Dennis runs away as a result, and when Henry and Alice return from their business trips, Mr. Wilson realizes that Dennis running away was his fault and searches everywhere for him. Though he doesn't succeed in finding Dennis, who Dennis (who is instead found by [[BigBad Switchblade Sam]], Sam]]) he is very distraught and relieved when Dennis returns the next morning on his bicycle, carrying a defeated Sam in his wagon.
* KickTheDog: Mr. Wilson delivers a particularly vicious and drawn-out ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Dennis after Dennis inadvertently causes him to miss the long-awaited blooming and death of a flower he had been cultivating. [[JerkassRealization Wilson does realize that he took things way too far]] when he finds out that Dennis was trying to warn him that his house was being burglarized and thathe Dennis had gone missing shortly afterwards. afterwards.
* KiddyCoveralls: The titular character--just as troublesome as his cartoon origin--spends the beginning of his movie wearing a pair of blue overalls with no shirt. He starts wearing a shirt after Alice has to take him to Margaret's house for a play date before she heads off to work and keeps the overalls
* KickTheDog: Mr. Wilson delivers a particularly vicious and drawn-out ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Dennis after Dennis inadvertently causes him to miss the long-awaited blooming and death of a flower he had been cultivating. [[JerkassRealization Wilson does realize that he took things way too far]] when he finds out that Dennis was trying to warn him that his house was being burglarized and that
* KiddyCoveralls: The titular character--just as troublesome as his cartoon origin--spends the beginning of his movie wearing a pair of blue overalls with no shirt. He starts wearing a shirt after Alice has to take him to Margaret's house for a play date before she heads off to work and keeps the overalls
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* BrutallyHonest: '''Mr. Wilson'''.
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* BrutallyHonest: '''Mr. Wilson'''.BookSafe: A variant. Mr. Wilson has a safe that's shaped like a stack of books, which he keeps his coin collection in. When Dennis asks Mr. Wilson why his safe looks like a stack of books, Mr. Wilson tells him that it's so that a thief won't recognize it if he breaks into his house and tries to steal his coins. On the night of Mr. Wilson's garden party, [[BigBad Switchblade Sam]] finds out about Mr. Wilson's safe and robs it just as Mr. Wilson's rare flower blooms, and as Dennis was the only witness to the robbery, Mr. Wilson assumes he was CryingWolf and gives him [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech an angry speech]] that causes him to run away. Fortunately, Dennis defeats Sam and returns Mr. Wilson's gold the next morning.
* BrutalHonesty: Mr. Wilson.
* BrutalHonesty: Mr. Wilson.
* DingDongDitchDistraction: Dennis plays this trick on his babysitters, Mickey and Polly when they try to kiss each other. Eventually, Mickey gets so upset over this that [[ThumbtackOnTheChair he tapes a thumbtack over the doorbell]]. When Mr. Wilson comes over to investigate the vacuum that had earlier shot paint into his chicken dinner, he rings the doorbell, pricks his thumb on the thumbtack, and Mickey and Polly dump water and flour on him.
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* FilmAdaptationLiveAction: A 1993 live-action adaptation of [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS the American comic strip]], with ''Film/DennisTheMenaceStrikesAgain!'' (1998) and ''Film/ADennisTheMenaceChristmas'' (2007) as DirectToVideo sequels.
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* FartsOnFire: When Dennis is (unknowingly) held captive by a burglar, and he is accidentally handcuffed by Dennis, Dennis accidentally drops the release keys into a cooking pot of beans, since "Food is not wasted" Dennis force-feeds him the ''entire pot'' making him to fart near the fire causing a big flame.
* FemmeFatalons: The antagonistic boss of Dennis's mother has red fake nails and even taps them on a divider as she walks along in one scene.
* FilmAdaptationLiveAction: A 1993 live-action adaptation of [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS the American comic strip]], with ''Film/DennisTheMenaceStrikesAgain!'' (1998) and ''Film/ADennisTheMenaceChristmas'' (2007) asDirectToVideo sequels.direct-to-video sequels.
* ForebodingFleeingFlock: At the beginning of the film, after Mr. Wilson grabs his morning paper, he can hear the sounds of a bicycle bell dinging and empty cans tumbling behind, which is followed by a squirrel scurrying up a tree, flocks of birds shooting out of shrubs, and cats crashing into each other as they flee... all of which can mean one thing: Dennis is heading this way.
* FemmeFatalons: The antagonistic boss of Dennis's mother has red fake nails and even taps them on a divider as she walks along in one scene.
* FilmAdaptationLiveAction: A 1993 live-action adaptation of [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS the American comic strip]], with ''Film/DennisTheMenaceStrikesAgain!'' (1998) and ''Film/ADennisTheMenaceChristmas'' (2007) as
* ForebodingFleeingFlock: At the beginning of the film, after Mr. Wilson grabs his morning paper, he can hear the sounds of a bicycle bell dinging and empty cans tumbling behind, which is followed by a squirrel scurrying up a tree, flocks of birds shooting out of shrubs, and cats crashing into each other as they flee... all of which can mean one thing: Dennis is heading this way.
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* GroinAttack: Averted, as a canoe fell from the ceiling of Mr. Wilson's attic, barely missed his groin.
** Earlier, while investigating the Mitchells' garage, he accidentally turned on the leaf-blower Dennis used as a vacuum cleaner to clean up the paint, which caught a golfball. Then when he turns it in reverse, the ball shot out hitting Mr. Wilson's groin.
** Earlier, while investigating the Mitchells' garage, he accidentally turned on the leaf-blower Dennis used as a vacuum cleaner to clean up the paint, which caught a golfball. Then when he turns it in reverse, the ball shot out hitting Mr. Wilson's groin.
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* GroinAttack: Averted, as a canoe fell from the ceiling of Mr. Wilson's attic, barely missed his groin.
** Earlier, whileWhile investigating the Mitchells' garage, he accidentally turned on the leaf-blower Dennis used as a vacuum cleaner to clean up the paint, which caught a golfball. Then when he turns it in reverse, the ball shot out hitting Mr. Wilson's groin.
** Earlier, while
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-->'''Dennis:''' What does a hostage have to do?
-->'''Switchblade Sam:''' Nothing.
-->'''Dennis:''' Then how come you need one?
-->'''Switchblade Sam:''' In case the cops show up!
-->'''Dennis:''' Do I get to use a gun?
-->'''Switchblade Sam:''' No, you get to stand in front of me in case the cops use a gun.
-->'''Switchblade Sam:''' Nothing.
-->'''Dennis:''' Then how come you need one?
-->'''Switchblade Sam:''' In case the cops show up!
-->'''Dennis:''' Do I get to use a gun?
-->'''Switchblade Sam:''' No, you get to stand in front of me in case the cops use a gun.
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-->'''Dennis:''' What does a hostage have to do?
-->'''Switchblade Sam:''' Nothing.
-->'''Dennis:'''do?\\
'''Sam:''' Nothing.\\
'''Dennis:''' Then how come you needone?
-->'''Switchblade Sam:'''one?\\
'''Sam:''' In case the cops showup!
-->'''Dennis:'''up!\\
'''Dennis:''' Do I get to use agun?
-->'''Switchblade Sam:'''gun?\\
'''Sam:''' No, you get to stand in front of me in case the cops use agun. gun.
* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall: In a trailer for the movie, a marble shot from the title character's slingshot (first bounced off the Warner Brothers logo) breaks various objects in Mr. Wilson's house and ends up getting the guy in a pen in his shirt pocket.
-->'''Switchblade Sam:''' Nothing.
-->'''Dennis:'''
'''Sam:''' Nothing.\\
'''Dennis:''' Then how come you need
-->'''Switchblade Sam:'''
'''Sam:''' In case the cops show
-->'''Dennis:'''
'''Dennis:''' Do I get to use a
-->'''Switchblade Sam:'''
'''Sam:''' No, you get to stand in front of me in case the cops use a
* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall: In a trailer for the movie, a marble shot from the title character's slingshot (first bounced off the Warner Brothers logo) breaks various objects in Mr. Wilson's house and ends up getting the guy in a pen in his shirt pocket.
* IateWhat: Dennis tries to clean up spilled paint with a vacuum cleaner. Reversing the vacuum causes a large blob of paint to launch into the sky and plop into a meal Mr. Wilson is cooking in his backyard. Mr. Wilson casts a DeathGlare towards Dennis' house when he tastes his food and makes the connection.
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* JerkassRealization: George, following his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech after it's become apparent Dennis went missing as a consequence of it. He immediately gets in his car and goes out looking for the boy.
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* JerkassRealization: George, following his Mr. Wilson gives Dennis a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech after it's become apparent when the latter tells him that his house has been robbed, causing him to miss the blooming and death of a rare flower he bred at a garden party he hosted. Dennis went missing runs away as a consequence of it. He immediately gets result, and when Henry and Alice return from their business trips, Mr. Wilson realizes that Dennis running away was his fault and searches everywhere for him. Though he doesn't succeed in finding Dennis, who is instead found by [[BigBad Switchblade Sam]], he is very distraught and relieved when Dennis returns the next morning on his bicycle, carrying a defeated Sam in his car and goes out looking for the boy.wagon.
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* LifesWorkRuined: The flower that took 40 years to grow and flowers for a few seconds... and no one sees the whole process because of Dennis yelling at ''just'' the right moment.
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* LifesWorkRuined: The flower that took 40 Mr. Wilson spent forty years to grow and growing a plant that only flowers once for a few seconds... and no one sees seconds. So he invites the whole process because of neighborhood to the flowering, but Dennis yelling causes a distraction at ''just'' the right moment.crucial instant by screaming that Mr. Wilson's house was being robbed. Thinking Dennis was CryingWolf, Mr. Wilson then lays into Dennis with a TranquilFury-laden TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, which leaves Dennis in tears and runs away in sadness. However, [[CassandraTruth Dennis was telling the truth]], and even ends up at the robber's mercy later.[[note]]Or rather, [[PityTheKidnapper has the robber at his mercy]][[/note]]
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* {{Montage}}: "Don't Hang Up"
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* MIssingTheGoodStuff: Mr. Wilson has been growing a plant for the past four decades that only blooms for a few seconds. He invites a number of people to the event, there are 'Oohs and 'Aahs' as the flower begins to unfold... which, of course, is the moment Dennis comes out yelling "MR. WILSON!" to tell him that his house had been robbed. Everyone (including Mr. Wilson) turns to look, during which the flower blooms and dies just before they turn back.
--> '''Mr. Wilson:''' [[RageBreakingPoint Forty years down the drain...]]
%%* {{Montage}}: "Don't Hang Up"
--> '''Mr. Wilson:''' [[RageBreakingPoint Forty years down the drain...]]
%%* {{Montage}}: "Don't Hang Up"
* MouthCam: There's a shot from inside Mr. Wilson's mouth as Dennis is about to slingshot an aspirin in there while Mr. Wilson is asleep.
* PrimalScene: Alluded to when Dennis tells Mr. Wilson that his parents "wrestle" on weekends. Clearly, he's never figured it out.
* PutOnAPrisonBus: [[BigBad Switchblade Sam's]] last scene involves him being arrested and put in a police car after being defeated by Dennis the night before, with the cops telling Sam he can tell everyone in the big house that he met Dennis. Before the police car leaves, Dennis notices that Sam left his switchblade behind and gives it back to him. Sam is about to stab Dennis with it, but Dennis is saved when one cop shuts the door on Sam, causing him to drop his switchblade down the sewer. He's completely absent in the movie's sequels.
* RumpRoast: When Dennis sets up the campfire during his [[PityTheKidnapper "captivity"]] by Switchblade Sam, one of the cinders accidentally falls down Sam's pants, lighting them on fire. Later in the film, when Sam becomes tired after Dennis feeds him an entire can of beans, Dennis puts a blanket over him, which catches fire due to being too close to the campfire. Both times, Sam puts out the fire by jumping in the river.
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* ThrewMyBikeOnTheRoof: The fugitive/convict/whatever comes up to a kid and asks "Whatcha eatin', sport?" The kid replies, "Uh Appul (A apple)." Then the convict stabs the apple with his knife and pulls it out of the kid's hand. Then he proceeds to [[EnemyEatsYourLunch eat a bite in front of the crying child]].
* ThumbtackOnTheChair: A variation. [[spoiler:Instead of placing a tack in a chair, the babysitter's boyfriend places a tack on the doorbell, not knowing that it was Dennis who was ringing the doorbell. Before Dennis can ring the doorbell again, Mr. Wilson shows up, prompting Dennis to come back in through the pet door so Mr. Wilson ends up the victim of the thumbtack prank instead.]]
* ThumbtackOnTheChair: A variation. [[spoiler:Instead of placing a tack in a chair, the babysitter's boyfriend places a tack on the doorbell, not knowing that it was Dennis who was ringing the doorbell. Before Dennis can ring the doorbell again, Mr. Wilson shows up, prompting Dennis to come back in through the pet door so Mr. Wilson ends up the victim of the thumbtack prank instead.]]
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* TreehouseOfFun: Dennis, Joey, and Margaret find an abandoned treehouse in the woods and decide to restore it to its former glory as their own personal hangout. During this time, [[BigBad Switchblade Sam]] steals Margaret's baby doll, and Margaret accuses Dennis and Joey of doing so due to their objection to having a nursery in the treehouse.
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* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: [[BigBad David Bratcher]] is an insurance salesman who sells a special insurance called the Dennis Clause, where Henry and Alice have to pay for any damages caused by Dennis. When Dennis is chosen by the neighborhood to bring some Christmas cheer to Mr. Wilson, who hates Christmas, his misguided attempts result in Mr. Wilson being hospitalized, arrested, and having his house catch fire. As David had sold the Wilsons his Dennis Clause insurance, Alice and Henry end up having to pay for Dennis' damages. Mr. Wilson finds out the total is approximately $45,000.00 when Bob the Angel puts him through YetAnotherChristmasCarol, and if Mr. Wilson doesn't drop the charges, it will result in the Mitchells selling their house and Dennis becoming as bitter about Christmas as he is in the distant future. Fortunately for the Mitchells, Mr. Wilson does drop the charges.
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* CarryingACake: This film begins on Mr. Wilson's birthday. Dennis and his many pets visit Mr. Wilson, causing Mr. Wilson to roll down the stairs in Dennis' wagon. When Mrs. Wilson comes to see her husband, carrying his birthday cake, she gets spooked by Dennis' pet lizard and tosses the cake in the air, where [[PieInTheFace it lands on Mr. Wilson's face]].
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** While at Margaret's house, Margaret forces Joey to kiss her, and also tells him to close his eyes. As Joey closes his eyes, Margaret tricks Joey into kissing her baby doll's butt, much to the latter's horror.
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** While at Margaret's house, Margaret forces Joey to kiss her, her and also tells him to close his eyes. As Joey closes his eyes, Margaret tricks Joey into kissing her baby doll's butt, much to the latter's horror.
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* AmusingInjuries: One of John Hughes’ post-Home Alone trademarks. Much of what Dennis (inadvertently) puts Mr. Wilson through and later Switchblade Sam when the latter abducts Dennis near the end.
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* AmusingInjuries: One of John Hughes’ Hughes's post-Home Alone trademarks. Much of what Dennis (inadvertently) puts Mr. Wilson through and later Switchblade Sam when the latter abducts Dennis near the end.
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* CanonForeigner: Gunther Beckman and Switchblade Sam were not pre-existing characters from the comic strip or [[WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace the 1986 animated series]] and were created for the film. Same goes for the Professor and his sidekick Sylvester in the sequel ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again''.
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* CanonForeigner: Gunther Beckman and Switchblade Sam were not pre-existing characters from the comic strip or [[WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace the 1986 animated series]] and were created for the film. Same goes for the The Professor and his sidekick Sylvester in the sequel ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again''.
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** Margaret gives one to Joey when he was laughing at her for wanting to know how babies are made, which makes him stop laughing.
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** Margaret gives one to Joey when he was is laughing at her for wanting to know how babies are made, which makes him stop laughing.
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* ItTastesLikeFeet: After vacuuming paint and sawchips from his garage floor, Dennis reverses the fan and blows the contents into Mr. Wilson's barbecue. Later, when eating his steak, Wilson says "it tastes like paint... and wood".
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* ItTastesLikeFeet: After vacuuming paint and sawchips from his garage floor, Dennis reverses the fan and blows the contents into Mr. Wilson's barbecue. Later, when eating his steak, Wilson says "it "It tastes like paint... and wood".
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Mr. Wilson is guilt-stricken when he learns that Dennis ran away because of his tirade, and that he was indeed trying to warn him of a burglary (that happened to take place at the same time as the long-awaited flower bloom) and his safety might be in danger because Switchblade Sam -- a man with a lengthy criminal history -- is at large.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Mr. Wilson is guilt-stricken when he learns that Dennis ran away because of his tirade, tirade and that he was indeed trying to warn him of a burglary (that happened to take place at the same time as the long-awaited flower bloom) and his safety might be in danger because Switchblade Sam -- a man with a lengthy criminal history -- is at large.
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** Mickey, one of Dennis' babysitters, also does this while subtly taping a tack to the doorbell in order to counter-prank the ding-dong ditcher (unaware it's Dennis himself).
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** Mickey, one of Dennis' Dennis's babysitters, also does this while subtly taping a tack to the doorbell in order to counter-prank the ding-dong ditcher (unaware it's Dennis himself).
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Both Mr. Wilson and one of Dennis' friends use their address as their combination for their safe and bike, respectively. Even Switchblade Sam figured it out.
* TemptingFate: Alice Mitchell's co-worker is offered help by Dennis with using the copy machine. She snidely turns down his offer, mockingly saying he doesn't know which buttons to press. Not seconds later, Dennis proves her wrong and innocently pressed the print button, which nearly strangles her.
* TemptingFate: Alice Mitchell's co-worker is offered help by Dennis with using the copy machine. She snidely turns down his offer, mockingly saying he doesn't know which buttons to press. Not seconds later, Dennis proves her wrong and innocently pressed the print button, which nearly strangles her.
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Both Mr. Wilson and one of Dennis' Dennis's friends use their address as their combination for their safe and bike, respectively. Even Switchblade Sam figured it out.
* TemptingFate: Alice Mitchell's co-worker is offered help by Dennis with using the copy machine. She snidely turns down his offer, mockingly saying he doesn't know which buttons to press. Not seconds later, Dennis proves her wrong and innocentlypressed presses the print button, which nearly strangles her.
* TemptingFate: Alice Mitchell's co-worker is offered help by Dennis with using the copy machine. She snidely turns down his offer, mockingly saying he doesn't know which buttons to press. Not seconds later, Dennis proves her wrong and innocently
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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Switchblade Sam's attempt to take Dennis as a hostage end up with him being incapacitated by being stuffed full of an entire pot of beans and tied down when Dennis practiced tying knots on him.
* TranquilFury: Mr. Wilson brings the white-hot rage in the film's climax. Also doubles as a TitleDrop.
* TranquilFury: Mr. Wilson brings the white-hot rage in the film's climax. Also doubles as a TitleDrop.
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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Switchblade Sam's attempt to take Dennis as a hostage end ends up with him being incapacitated by being stuffed full of an entire pot of beans and tied down when Dennis practiced tying knots on him.
* TranquilFury: Mr. Wilson brings the white-hot ragein to the film's climax. Also doubles as a TitleDrop.
* TranquilFury: Mr. Wilson brings the white-hot rage
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* VillainDecay: For a great part of the movie, Switchblade Sam, the thief, is a quite sinister and creepy villain with great KnightOfCerebus qualities. Once he takes Dennis as a hostage, however, he immediately becomes a goofy ButtMonkey on the same level of [[Film/HomeAlone Harry and Marv]].
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* VillainDecay: For a great part of the movie, Switchblade Sam, the thief, is a quite sinister and creepy villain with great KnightOfCerebus qualities. Once he takes Dennis as a hostage, however, he immediately becomes a goofy ButtMonkey on the same level of as [[Film/HomeAlone Harry and Marv]].
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** Dennis and Margaret. Despite Dennis (and Joey's) dislike towards her (and vice versa), they willingly work together to build a treehouse in the woods. And Margaret cries when Dennis has disappeared.
** Dennis and Mr. Wilson to some extent as well. Despite Mr. Wilson's frequent annoyance with Dennis's shenanigans, Mr. Wilson is legitimately concerned when Dennis is missing, and is overjoyed to see him return safe and sound. Dennis, at one point, also mentions how Mr. Wilson taught him how to tie knots, so Mr. Wilson clearly does (or at one time, did) enjoy having Dennis around, more than he lets on.
* WasTooHardOnHim: Mr. Wilson eventually realizes that his tirade toward Dennis was way too harsh and that it led to him running away. Even moreso when he realizes that a wanted criminal is on the loose and Dennis might be in danger.
** Dennis and Mr. Wilson to some extent as well. Despite Mr. Wilson's frequent annoyance with Dennis's shenanigans, Mr. Wilson is legitimately concerned when Dennis is missing, and is overjoyed to see him return safe and sound. Dennis, at one point, also mentions how Mr. Wilson taught him how to tie knots, so Mr. Wilson clearly does (or at one time, did) enjoy having Dennis around, more than he lets on.
* WasTooHardOnHim: Mr. Wilson eventually realizes that his tirade toward Dennis was way too harsh and that it led to him running away. Even moreso when he realizes that a wanted criminal is on the loose and Dennis might be in danger.
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** Dennis and Margaret. Despite Dennis Dennis's (and Joey's) dislike towards her (and vice versa), they willingly work together to build a treehouse in the woods. And Margaret cries when Dennis has disappeared.
** Dennis and Mr. Wilson to some extent as well. Despite Mr. Wilson's frequent annoyance with Dennis's shenanigans, Mr. Wilson is legitimately concerned when Dennis ismissing, missing and is overjoyed to see him return safe and sound. Dennis, at one point, also mentions how Mr. Wilson taught him how to tie knots, so Mr. Wilson clearly does (or at one time, did) enjoy having Dennis around, around more than he lets on.
* WasTooHardOnHim: Mr. Wilson eventually realizes that his tirade toward Dennis was way too harsh and that it led to him running away. Evenmoreso more so when he realizes that a wanted criminal is on the loose and Dennis might be in danger.
** Dennis and Mr. Wilson to some extent as well. Despite Mr. Wilson's frequent annoyance with Dennis's shenanigans, Mr. Wilson is legitimately concerned when Dennis is
* WasTooHardOnHim: Mr. Wilson eventually realizes that his tirade toward Dennis was way too harsh and that it led to him running away. Even
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** Switchblade Sam: What a guilt-wrought Mr. Wilson fears will happen once he realizes Dennis is missing and that Switchblade Sam -- a suspect in a string of burglaries -- is at large. Not to mention Sam's initial plan to use Dennis as a HumanShield and then when he get fed up with him, tries to kill him with his knife.
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** Switchblade Sam: What a guilt-wrought Mr. Wilson fears will happen once he realizes Dennis is missing and that Switchblade Sam -- a suspect in a string of burglaries -- is at large. Not to mention Sam's initial plan to use Dennis as a HumanShield and then when he get gets fed up with him, tries to kill him with his knife.
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* ExactWords: After Dennis gets grounded for covering the entire neighborhood in cotton candy in an attempt to wash Grampa Johnson's car, Henry grounds him, saying he can only come over to the Wilsons' house if Mr. Wilson was hanging for his life by one finger, called for help, and there was no one else to save him. Sure enough, Mr. Wilson ends up hanging from the gutters by one finger and calls for help after Ruff chases Mr. Cuddles, resulting in Dennis rushing to his aid and foiling the Professor and Sylvester's latest attempt to scam Mr. Wilson.
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* ExactWords: After Dennis gets grounded for covering the entire neighborhood in cotton candy in an attempt to wash Grampa Johnson's car, Henry grounds him, saying he can only come over to the Wilsons' house if Mr. Wilson was hanging for his life by one finger, called for help, and there was no one else to save him. Sure enough, Mr. Wilson ends up hanging from the gutters by one finger and calls for help after Ruff chases Mr. Cuddles, resulting in Dennis rushing to his aid and foiling the Professor The Professor's and Sylvester's latest attempt to scam Mr. Wilson.
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* ManChild: Dennis' grandfather is like Dennis (with Mr. Wilson complaining that he does not act his age). However, he is less like this after experiencing living with Dennis for so long, as it takes a toll on him.
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* ManChild: Dennis' Dennis's grandfather is like Dennis (with Mr. Wilson complaining that he does not act his age). However, he is less like this after experiencing living with Dennis for so long, as it takes a toll on him.
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** Margaret tries to get Dennis to like her by pretending to collect bugs, by disguising other animals as bugs. Dennis and the other boys fall for it, and Gina has to tell the boys they weren't really bugs. [[spoiler:Similarly, Gina and the boys expose Margaret's ruse by dressing up a dog as a bug and asking her what kind of bug it is, which she is unable to identify.]]
** The Professor and Sylvester use a variety of disguises to trick Mr. Wilson. While Sylvester's disguises as an old man and an Indian doctor are more convincing, their disguises as building inspectors and the various types of repair men (that they, as inspectors, recommended) are not that well thought out, yet Mr. Wilson doesn't seem to see such resemblance in each pair of servicemen.
* SnakeOilSalesman: The Professor preys on Mr Wilson's insecurities about being in worse health than Dennis' Grandpa in an attempt to sell him life-extending and strength boosting "elixirs".
* ThrowTheDogABone: This film ends with Mr. Wilson being spared of something painful and/or humiliating happening to him as its final gag. Instead, it happens to Grampa Johnson. Mr. Wilson turns down going on vacation to the Grand Canyon with Dennis, which results in Grampa Johnson falling down it in his trailer when Dennis removes the rock holding it back and him having to be rescued by emergency services instead of Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson, who is safe in his house and miles away from Dennis, watches the news report of this on his television.
** The Professor and Sylvester use a variety of disguises to trick Mr. Wilson. While Sylvester's disguises as an old man and an Indian doctor are more convincing, their disguises as building inspectors and the various types of repair men (that they, as inspectors, recommended) are not that well thought out, yet Mr. Wilson doesn't seem to see such resemblance in each pair of servicemen.
* SnakeOilSalesman: The Professor preys on Mr Wilson's insecurities about being in worse health than Dennis' Grandpa in an attempt to sell him life-extending and strength boosting "elixirs".
* ThrowTheDogABone: This film ends with Mr. Wilson being spared of something painful and/or humiliating happening to him as its final gag. Instead, it happens to Grampa Johnson. Mr. Wilson turns down going on vacation to the Grand Canyon with Dennis, which results in Grampa Johnson falling down it in his trailer when Dennis removes the rock holding it back and him having to be rescued by emergency services instead of Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson, who is safe in his house and miles away from Dennis, watches the news report of this on his television.
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** Margaret tries to get Dennis to like her by pretending to collect bugs, by disguising other animals as bugs. Dennis and the other boys fall for it, and Gina has to tell the boys they weren't aren't really bugs. [[spoiler:Similarly, [[spoiler: Similarly, Gina and the boys expose Margaret's ruse by dressing up a dog as a bug and asking her what kind of bug it is, which she is unable to identify.]]
** The Professor and Sylvester use a variety of disguises to trick Mr. Wilson. While Sylvester's disguises as an old man and an Indian doctor are more convincing, their disguises as building inspectors and the various types ofrepair men repairmen (that they, as inspectors, recommended) are not that well thought out, yet Mr. Wilson doesn't seem to see such resemblance in each pair of servicemen.
* SnakeOilSalesman: The Professor preys onMr Mr. Wilson's insecurities about being in worse health than Dennis' Dennis's Grandpa in an attempt to sell him life-extending and strength boosting strength-boosting "elixirs".
* ThrowTheDogABone: This film ends with Mr. Wilson being spared of something painful and/or humiliating happening to him as its final gag. Instead, it happens to Grampa Johnson. Mr. Wilson turns down going on vacation to the Grand Canyon with Dennis, which results in Grampa Johnson falling downit in his trailer when Dennis removes the rock holding it back and him having to be rescued by emergency services instead of Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson, who is safe in his house and miles away from Dennis, watches the news report of this on his television.
** The Professor and Sylvester use a variety of disguises to trick Mr. Wilson. While Sylvester's disguises as an old man and an Indian doctor are more convincing, their disguises as building inspectors and the various types of
* SnakeOilSalesman: The Professor preys on
* ThrowTheDogABone: This film ends with Mr. Wilson being spared of something painful and/or humiliating happening to him as its final gag. Instead, it happens to Grampa Johnson. Mr. Wilson turns down going on vacation to the Grand Canyon with Dennis, which results in Grampa Johnson falling down
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* {{Bookends}}: [[spoiler:The movie starts with Dennis riding and losing control of his bike, causing him to run into Mr. Wilson, which turns out to be AllJustADream. At the end, this really happens.]]
* TheBully: Jack Bratcher, who insults Dennis and calls him a loser. In part because his {{Jerkass}} father makes him be this way. [[spoiler:After Dennis lets Jack win the bicycle race, Jack does lose his jerkass attitude and thanks Dennis.]]
* TheBully: Jack Bratcher, who insults Dennis and calls him a loser. In part because his {{Jerkass}} father makes him be this way. [[spoiler:After Dennis lets Jack win the bicycle race, Jack does lose his jerkass attitude and thanks Dennis.]]
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* {{Bookends}}: [[spoiler:The [[spoiler: The movie starts with Dennis riding and losing control of his bike, causing him to run into Mr. Wilson, which turns out to be AllJustADream. At In the end, this really happens.]]
* TheBully: Jack Bratcher, who insults Dennis and calls him aloser. In loser, in part because his {{Jerkass}} father makes him be this way. [[spoiler:After [[spoiler: After Dennis lets Jack win the bicycle race, Jack does lose his jerkass attitude and thanks Dennis.]]
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* TheGrinch: Mr. Wilson dislikes Christmas, and Dennis tries to invoke Christmas spirit in him.
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* TheGrinch: Mr. Wilson dislikes Christmas, and Dennis tries to invoke the Christmas spirit in him.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Jack's father, David Bratcher. He encourages his son to bully Dennis, is implied to have bullied Henry when they were kids, and puts in a "Dennis clause" into his insurance policy (and gloats to Henry about selling more insurance with the clause).
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* {{Jerkass}}: Jack's father, David Bratcher. He encourages his son to bully Dennis, is implied to have bullied Henry when they were kids, and puts in a "Dennis clause" into his insurance policy (and gloats to Henry about selling more insurance with the clause).
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* LetThereBeSnow: Joey's Christmas wish is for it to snow, despite the fact that it hasn't snowed in his town for 30 years. [[spoiler:He gets his wish in the end.]]
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* LetThereBeSnow: Joey's Christmas wish is for it to snow, despite the fact that it hasn't snowed in his town for 30 years. [[spoiler:He [[spoiler: He gets his wish in the end.]]
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* YourTelevisionHatesYou: Dennis' attempts to bring Christmas cheer to Mr. Wilson result in [[ButtMonkey the latter being hospitalized, arrested, and having his house set on fire]]. Because David Bratcher has sold an insurance policy with the Dennis Clause to the Wilsons, this means that Henry and Alice have to pay for all the damages inadvertently caused by Dennis. When the expense for the damages is beyond what they can pay for ([[ShockinglyExpensiveBill approx. $45,000.00]]), they try to take their mind off it by watching television. Unfortunately for them, the movies playing on TV include ''Film/ChildrenOfTheDamned'', ''Film/TheBadSeed1956'', and ''Film/RosemarysBaby''.
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* YourTelevisionHatesYou: Dennis' Dennis's attempts to bring Christmas cheer to Mr. Wilson result in [[ButtMonkey the latter being hospitalized, arrested, and having his house set on fire]]. Because David Bratcher has sold an insurance policy with the Dennis Clause to the Wilsons, this means that Henry and Alice have to pay for all the damages inadvertently caused by Dennis. When the expense for the damages is beyond what they can pay for ([[ShockinglyExpensiveBill approx. $45,000.00]]), they try to take their mind off it by watching television. Unfortunately for them, the movies playing on TV include ''Film/ChildrenOfTheDamned'', ''Film/TheBadSeed1956'', and ''Film/RosemarysBaby''.
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Adding new tropes to Dennis the Menace Strikes Again.
* CompanyCrossReferences: As this is a Warner Bros. film, plushes of [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Tweety Bird]], WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam, WesternAnimation/PorkyPig, and Taz the Tasmanian Devil from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' can be seen as prizes in the carnival.
* DeathByDeAging: Discussed; The Professor and Sylvester try to scam Mr. Wilson by selling him a root that can make people younger if they use it. Upon hearing about this, Dennis worries that if he uses too much of it, he'll become so young that he'll cease to exist.
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* ManChild: Dennis' grandfather is like Dennis (with Mr. Wilson complaining that he does not act his age). However, he is less like this after experiencing living with Dennis for show long, as it takes a toll on him.
* PaperThinDisguise: Margoret tries to get Dennis to like her by pretending to collect bugs, by disguising other animals as bugs. Dennis and the other boys fall for it, and Gina has to tell the boys they weren't really bugs. [[spoiler:Similarly, Gina and the boys expose Margoret's ruse by dressing up a dog as a bug and asking her what kind of bug it is, which she is unable to identify.]]
* PaperThinDisguise: Margoret tries to get Dennis to like her by pretending to collect bugs, by disguising other animals as bugs. Dennis and the other boys fall for it, and Gina has to tell the boys they weren't really bugs. [[spoiler:Similarly, Gina and the boys expose Margoret's ruse by dressing up a dog as a bug and asking her what kind of bug it is, which she is unable to identify.]]
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* ExactWords: After Dennis gets grounded for covering the entire neighborhood in cotton candy in an attempt to wash Grampa Johnson's car, Henry grounds him, saying he can only come over to the Wilsons' house if Mr. Wilson was hanging for his life by one finger, called for help, and there was no one else to save him. Sure enough, Mr. Wilson ends up hanging from the gutters by one finger and calls for help after Ruff chases Mr. Cuddles, resulting in Dennis rushing to his aid and foiling the Professor and Sylvester's latest attempt to scam Mr. Wilson.
* GoToYourRoom: Henry punishes Dennis for getting the entire neighborhood covered in cotton candy in an attempt to wash Grampa Johnson's car.
* ManChild: Dennis' grandfather is like Dennis (with Mr. Wilson complaining that he does not act his age). However, he is less like this after experiencing living with Dennis forshow so long, as it takes a toll on him.
*PaperThinDisguise: Margoret PainToTheAss: At the carnival, Dennis and his friends play a game where they throw darts at balloons to pop them and win a prize. Mr. Wilson gets his butt stuck in the game's backdrop, resulting in Dennis and his friends mistaking it for a balloon and throwing darts at it.
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** Margaret tries to get Dennis to like her by pretending to collect bugs, by disguising other animals as bugs. Dennis and the other boys fall for it, and Gina has to tell the boys they weren't really bugs. [[spoiler:Similarly, Gina and the boys exposeMargoret's Margaret's ruse by dressing up a dog as a bug and asking her what kind of bug it is, which she is unable to identify.]]
* GoToYourRoom: Henry punishes Dennis for getting the entire neighborhood covered in cotton candy in an attempt to wash Grampa Johnson's car.
* ManChild: Dennis' grandfather is like Dennis (with Mr. Wilson complaining that he does not act his age). However, he is less like this after experiencing living with Dennis for
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* ThrowTheDogABone: This film ends with Mr. Wilson being spared of something painful and/or humiliating happening to him as its final gag. Instead, it happens to Grampa Johnson. Mr. Wilson turns down going on vacation to the Grand Canyon with Dennis, which results in Grampa Johnson falling down it in his trailer when Dennis removes the rock holding it back and him having to be rescued by emergency services instead of Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson, who is safe in his house and miles away from Dennis, watches the news report of this on his television.
* UnfortunateItemSwap: Alice places a bottle of Cotton Candy Mix left over from the carnival near a similar-looking bottle of soap. After Dennis accidentally gets Grampa Johnson's car dirty in an attempt to take out the garbage, he tries to clean it, but accidentally takes the bottle of cotton candy mix instead of the one of soap, resulting in Granpa Johnson's car, and eventually the Professor, Sylvester, and the neighborhood getting covered in cotton candy.
* UnfortunateItemSwap: Alice places a bottle of Cotton Candy Mix left over from the carnival near a similar-looking bottle of soap. After Dennis accidentally gets Grampa Johnson's car dirty in an attempt to take out the garbage, he tries to clean it, but accidentally takes the bottle of cotton candy mix instead of the one of soap, resulting in Granpa Johnson's car, and eventually the Professor, Sylvester, and the neighborhood getting covered in cotton candy.
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* SnakeOilSalesman: The Professor, the main villain of ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!'', preys on Mr Wilson's insecurities about being in worse health than Dennis' Grandpa in an attempt to sell him life-extending and strength boosting "elixirs".
* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When the Professor is arrested at the end of ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!'', the arresting officer wonders who would be stupid enough to fall for his SnakeOilSalesman scams... while Mr Wilson, his main mark throughout the film, has a sheepish look on his face.
* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When the Professor is arrested at the end of ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!'', the arresting officer wonders who would be stupid enough to fall for his SnakeOilSalesman scams... while Mr Wilson, his main mark throughout the film, has a sheepish look on his face.
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* SnakeOilSalesman: The Professor, the main villain of ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!'', Professor preys on Mr Wilson's insecurities about being in worse health than Dennis' Grandpa in an attempt to sell him life-extending and strength boosting "elixirs".
* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When the Professor is arrested at theend of ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!'', end, the arresting officer wonders who would be stupid enough to fall for his SnakeOilSalesman scams... while Mr Wilson, his main mark throughout the film, has a sheepish look on his face.
* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When the Professor is arrested at the
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* {{Bookends}}: [[spoiler:The movie starts with Dennis riding and losing control of his bike, causing him to run into Mr. Wilson, which turns out to be AllJustADream. At the end, this really happens.]]
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* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Played with. Before the bicycle race begins, David and Jack discuss this, but it is only a race between two people. But David does specifically ask his son if he knows what second place is for, as opposed to last place.
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* SnakeOilSalesman: The Professor, the main villain of ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!'', preys on Mr Wilson's insecurities about being in worse health than Dennis' Grandpa in an attempt to sell him life-extending and strength boosting "elixirs".
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* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When the Professor is arrested at the end of ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!'', the arresting officer wonders who would be stupid enough to fall for his SnakeOilSalesman scams... while Mr Wilson, his main mark throughout the film, has a sheepish look on his face.
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* SnakeOilSalesman: The Professor, the main villain of ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!'', preys on Mr Wilson's insecurities about being in worse health than Dennis' Grandpa in an attempt to sell him life-extending and strength boosting "elixirs".
* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When the Professor is arrested at the end of ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!'', the arresting officer wonders who would be stupid enough to fall for his SnakeOilSalesman scams... while Mr Wilson, his main mark throughout the film, has a sheepish look on his face.
* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When the Professor is arrested at the end of ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!'', the arresting officer wonders who would be stupid enough to fall for his SnakeOilSalesman scams... while Mr Wilson, his main mark throughout the film, has a sheepish look on his face.
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* JerkassRealization: After all the frustration and damage that Dennis causes, Mr. Wilson chews Dennis out, intends to hold Henry and Alice accountable for the expensive damages, and even spites the kid by telling him there is no Santa Claus. Bob the Angel puts Mr. Wilson through YetAnotherChristmasCarol to show how this will ruin Dennis's life and leave him a bitter, lonely cynic. When it's over, Mr. Wilson gets to work making up for what he's done.
* LetThereBeSnow: Joey's Christmas wish is for it to snow, despite the fact that it hasn't snowed in his town for 30 years. [[spoiler:He gets his wish in the end.]]
* LetThereBeSnow: Joey's Christmas wish is for it to snow, despite the fact that it hasn't snowed in his town for 30 years. [[spoiler:He gets his wish in the end.]]
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* YourTelevisionHatesYou: Dennis' attempts to bring Christmas cheer to Mr. Wilson result in [[ButtMonkey the latter being hospitalized, arrested, and having his house set on fire]]. Because David Bratcher has sold an insurance policy with the Dennis Clause to the Wilsons, this means that Henry and Alice have to pay for all the damages inadvertently caused by Dennis. When the expense for the damages is beyond what they can pay for ([[ShockinglyExpensiveBill approx. $45,000.00]]), they try to take their mind off it by watching television. Unfortunately for them, the movies playing on TV include ''Film/ChildrenOfTheDamned'', ''Film/TheBadSeed1956'', and ''Film/RosemarysBaby''.
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* GoshDangItToHeck: "Stupid" is treated like a bad word, with people referring to it as "the S word".
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* TheBully: Jack Bratcher, who insults Dennis and calls him a loser. In part because his {{Jerkass}} father makes him be this way. [[spoiler:After Dennis lets Jack win the bicycle race, Jack does lose his jerkass attitude and thanks Dennis.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: Jack's father, David Bratcher. He encourages his son to bully Dennis, is implied to have bullied Henry when they were kids, and puts in a "Dennis clause" into his insurance policy (and gloats to Henry about selling more insurance with the clause).
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* NotSoDifferent: When Mr. Wilson was a kid, he accidentally destroyed his older neighbor's valuable collection of antique boats, similar to Dennis ruining his stamp collection.
[[spoiler:** In the bad future, it's shown that when Dennis gets old, he will be grumpy and dislike children like Mr. Wilson does.]]
[[spoiler:** In the bad future, it's shown that when Dennis gets old, he will be grumpy and dislike children like Mr. Wilson does.]]
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* NotSoDifferent: When Mr. Wilson was a kid, he accidentally destroyed his older neighbor's valuable collection of antique boats, similar to Dennis ruining his stamp collection.
[[spoiler:** In the bad future, it's shown that when Dennis gets old, he will be grumpy and dislike children like Mr. Wilson does.]]
[[spoiler:** In the bad future, it's shown that when Dennis gets old, he will be grumpy and dislike children like Mr. Wilson does.]]
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* CoolOldMan: Dennis' grandfather, who acts closer to Dennis.
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* CoolOldMan: CoolOldGuy: Dennis' grandfather, who acts closer to Dennis.
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!!Dennis the Menace Strikes Again includes examples of
* CoolOldMan: Dennis' grandfather, who acts closer to Dennis.
* DenserAndWackier: The humor is more in line with the comic strip than the previous movie.
* ManChild: Dennis' grandfather is like Dennis (with Mr. Wilson complaining that he does not act his age). However, he is less like this after experiencing living with Dennis for show long, as it takes a toll on him.
* PaperThinDisguise: Margoret tries to get Dennis to like her by pretending to collect bugs, by disguising other animals as bugs. Dennis and the other boys fall for it, and Gina has to tell the boys they weren't really bugs. [[spoiler:Similarly, Gina and the boys expose Margoret's ruse by dressing up a dog as a bug and asking her what kind of bug it is, which she is unable to identify.]]
** The Professor and Sylvester use a variety of disguises to trick Mr. Wilson. While Sylvester's disguises as an old man and an Indian doctor are more convincing, their disguises as building inspectors and the various types of repair men (that they, as inspectors, recommended) are not that well thought out, yet Mr. Wilson doesn't seem to see such resemblance in each pair of servicemen.
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!!A Dennis the Menace Christmas provides examples of
* TheGrinch: Mr. Wilson dislikes Christmas, and Dennis tries to invoke Christmas spirit in him.
* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Combined with YetAnotherChristmasCarol in the third act, with an angel showing Mr. Wilson his past, present, and future.
* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: The last act is this, with Bob the angel showing Mr. Wilson his past, present, and future.
!!Dennis the Menace Strikes Again includes examples of
* CoolOldMan: Dennis' grandfather, who acts closer to Dennis.
* DenserAndWackier: The humor is more in line with the comic strip than the previous movie.
* ManChild: Dennis' grandfather is like Dennis (with Mr. Wilson complaining that he does not act his age). However, he is less like this after experiencing living with Dennis for show long, as it takes a toll on him.
* PaperThinDisguise: Margoret tries to get Dennis to like her by pretending to collect bugs, by disguising other animals as bugs. Dennis and the other boys fall for it, and Gina has to tell the boys they weren't really bugs. [[spoiler:Similarly, Gina and the boys expose Margoret's ruse by dressing up a dog as a bug and asking her what kind of bug it is, which she is unable to identify.]]
** The Professor and Sylvester use a variety of disguises to trick Mr. Wilson. While Sylvester's disguises as an old man and an Indian doctor are more convincing, their disguises as building inspectors and the various types of repair men (that they, as inspectors, recommended) are not that well thought out, yet Mr. Wilson doesn't seem to see such resemblance in each pair of servicemen.
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!!A Dennis the Menace Christmas provides examples of
* TheGrinch: Mr. Wilson dislikes Christmas, and Dennis tries to invoke Christmas spirit in him.
* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Combined with YetAnotherChristmasCarol in the third act, with an angel showing Mr. Wilson his past, present, and future.
* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: The last act is this, with Bob the angel showing Mr. Wilson his past, present, and future.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Mr. Wilson is slimmer than his comics counterpart and has a full head of hair to boot.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Mr. Wilson is slimmer [[AdaptationalSlimness slimmer]] than his comics counterpart and has a full head of hair to boot.
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In 1993, ''ComicStrip/{{Dennis the Menace|US}}'' was made into a live-action film written and co-produced by Creator/JohnHughes, directed by Nick Castle, and released by Creator/WarnerBros. The cast includes Creator/WalterMatthau, Creator/LeaThompson, Creator/ChristopherLloyd, Creator/JoanPlowright, and Creator/MasonGamble as Dennis Mitchell.
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In 1993, ''ComicStrip/{{Dennis the Menace|US}}'' was made into a live-action film written and co-produced by Creator/JohnHughes, directed by Nick Castle, and released by Creator/WarnerBros. The cast includes Creator/WalterMatthau, Creator/LeaThompson, Creator/RobertStanton, Creator/ChristopherLloyd, Creator/JoanPlowright, and Creator/MasonGamble as Dennis Mitchell.
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* SnakeOilSalesman: The Professor, the main villain of ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!'', preys on Mr Wilson's insecurities about being in worse health than Deniis' Grandpa in an attempt to sell him life-extending and strength boosting "elixirs".
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* SnakeOilSalesman: The Professor, the main villain of ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!'', preys on Mr Wilson's insecurities about being in worse health than Deniis' Dennis' Grandpa in an attempt to sell him life-extending and strength boosting "elixirs".
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* SnakeOilSaleman: SnakeOilSalesman: The Professor, the main villain of ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!'', preys on Mr Wilson's insecurities about being in worse health than Deniis' Grandpa in an attempt to sell him life-extending and strength boosting "elixirs".
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* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When the Professor is arrested at the end of ''Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!'', the arresting officer wonders who would be stupid enough to fall for his SnakeOilSalesman scams... while Mr Wilson, his main mark throughout the film, has a sheepish look on his face.
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* KickTheDog: Mr. Wilson delivers a particularly vicious and drawn-out ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Dennis after Dennis inadvertently causes him to miss the long-awaited blooming and death of a flower he had been cultivating. [[JerkassRealization Wilson does realize that he took things way too far]] when he finds out that Dennis was trying to warn him that his house was being burglarized and that Dennis had run away from home seemingly in response to his cruel words.
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* KickTheDog: Mr. Wilson delivers a particularly vicious and drawn-out ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Dennis after Dennis inadvertently causes him to miss the long-awaited blooming and death of a flower he had been cultivating. [[JerkassRealization Wilson does realize that he took things way too far]] when he finds out that Dennis was trying to warn him that his house was being burglarized and that Dennis he had run away from home seemingly in response to his cruel words.gone missing shortly afterwards.
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* KickTheDog: Mr. Wilson delivers a particularly vicious and drawn-out ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Dennis after Dennis inadvertently causes him to miss the long-awaited blooming and death of a flower he had been cultivating. [[JerkassRealization Wilson does realize that he took things way too far]] when he finds out that Dennis was trying to warn him that his house was being burglarized and that Dennis had run away from home seemingly in response to his cruel words.
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