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* NiceHat: Each of Dr. Otto's alternate identities wears one (likely to hide the hand on his head).
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* NiceHat: Each of Dr. Otto's alternate identities wears one (likely to hide the hand on his head).
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* WhenIWasYourAge: Lance sees many boys using guns and he tells them "when I was your age, my dad got me a [=BB=] gun."
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* WhenIWasYourAge: Lance sees many boys using guns and he tells them "when I was your age, my dad got me a [=BB=] BB gun.""
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* BigBad: Dr. Otto
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* LaughablyEvil: Dr. Otto
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* IdiotHero: Despite being trusted to solve the titular riddle and save the word, Lance is as sharp as a brick and twice as dense.
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* IdiotHero: Despite being trusted to solve the titular riddle and save the word, world, Lance is as sharp as a brick and twice as dense.
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* ChildSoldiers: The first obstacle Lance and Doris run across after their car is wrecked is a ''summer camp'' for child mercenaries.
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* OhCrap: After saving Esther from falling to her death because chickens were eating chicken feed placed on ropes, Lance points out that now they can have lunch, to which one of the (non-sentient) chickens gives a double take to the camera.
* OnlySaneMan: Lance's partner, Doris, is the only sane one, compared to Lance being oblivious to a lot of things, Dr. Otto's chaotic evil tendencies, and Esther being a dumb henchwoman/damsel in distress.
* OnlySaneMan: Lance's partner, Doris, is the only sane one, compared to Lance being oblivious to a lot of things, Dr. Otto's chaotic evil tendencies, and Esther being a dumb henchwoman/damsel in distress.
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* IdiotHero: Despite being trusted to solve the titular riddle and save the word, Lance is as sharp as a brick and twice as dense.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Dr. Otto vaporizes Monique with the Gloom Beam after Tina helps the heroes escape to show Tina what he's planning to do her.
* OhCrap: After savingEsther Tina from falling to her death because chickens were eating chicken feed placed on ropes, Lance points out that now they can have lunch, to which one of the (non-sentient) chickens gives a double take to the camera.
* OnlySaneMan: Lance's partner, Doris, is the only sane one, compared to Lance being oblivious to a lot of things, Dr. Otto's chaotic evil tendencies, andEsther Tina being a dumb henchwoman/damsel in distress.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Dr. Otto vaporizes Monique with the Gloom Beam after Tina helps the heroes escape to show Tina what he's planning to do her.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: Dr. Otto blew up his parents when he was ten years old with a bomb hidden in a Christmas present.
* TickleTorture: Tina is subjected to this at the feather duster of Willie after she helps Lance and Doris escape.
* TickleTorture: Tina is subjected to this at the feather duster of Willie after she helps Lance and Doris escape.
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Dr. Otto, as well as his robot buddy Willie, would later have a supporting role on the Saturday morning series ''Hey Vern, It's Ernest'', while Film/ErnestPWorrell himself makes a cameo.
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Dr. Otto, as well as his robot buddy Willie, would later have a supporting role on the Saturday morning series ''Hey Vern, It's Ernest'', ''Series/HeyVernItsErnest'', while Film/ErnestPWorrell himself makes a cameo.
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* RandomEventsPlot: The film feels more like an excuse for Jim Varney to show off what roles he is capable of than to really focus on a plot.
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* OhCrap: After saving a woman from falling to her death because chickens were eating chicken feed placed on ropes, Lance points out that now they can have lunch, to which one of the (non-sentient) chickens gives a double take to the camera.
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* OhCrap: After saving a woman Esther from falling to her death because chickens were eating chicken feed placed on ropes, Lance points out that now they can have lunch, to which one of the (non-sentient) chickens gives a double take to the camera.
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* RobotBuddy: Dr. Otto built Willie as a science project, and he helps him with his evil deeds.
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'''Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam''' is a 1985 science fiction comedy film starring Creator/JimVarney as Dr. Otto, an AlwaysChaoticEvil scientist who uses his gloom beam to make money worthless, requiring the answer to a riddle in order to stop it. The first bank assigns Dr. Otto's arch nemesis, Lance Sterling, to solve the riddle and defeat Dr. Otto, who manages to change himself into a variety of characters to stop Lance.
Dr. Otto, as well as his robot buddy Willie, would later have a supporting role on the Saturday morning series ''Hey Vern, It's Ernest'', while Film/ErnestPWorrell himself makes a cameo.
!!Includes examples of
* AdvertisedExtra: The movie poster and home video covers always feature Ernest P. Worrell, sometimes more prominently than any other character (even the title character), yet he's only in one scene. Home video releases add an extra scene with him.
* TheCameo: Ernest makes a cameo.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Lance does this quite a bit. When Esther admits to many bad things she has done, he just tells her everyone's made a few mistakes.
* DrivenToSuicide: At one point, Bank President Rutherford points a gun in his mouth, intending to kill himself, before an employee gives him good news.
* {{Foil}}: Dr. Otto to Lance. Both were born on the same day and have gone on to be arch enemies. Lance was born to loving parents while Dr. Otto was neglected by his parents.
* OnlySaneMan: Lance's partner, Doris, is the only sane one, compared to Lance being oblivious to a lot of things, Dr. Otto's chaotic evil tendencies, and Esther being a dumb henchwoman/damsel in distress.
* PaperThinDisguise: Dr. Otto's robot, Willie, wears such disguises while accompanying Dr. Otto as other characters, but it's obvious that it's a robot.
* WhenIWasYourAge: Lance sees many boys using guns and he tells them "when I was your age, my dad got me a [=BB=] gun."
Dr. Otto, as well as his robot buddy Willie, would later have a supporting role on the Saturday morning series ''Hey Vern, It's Ernest'', while Film/ErnestPWorrell himself makes a cameo.
!!Includes examples of
* AdvertisedExtra: The movie poster and home video covers always feature Ernest P. Worrell, sometimes more prominently than any other character (even the title character), yet he's only in one scene. Home video releases add an extra scene with him.
* TheCameo: Ernest makes a cameo.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Lance does this quite a bit. When Esther admits to many bad things she has done, he just tells her everyone's made a few mistakes.
* DrivenToSuicide: At one point, Bank President Rutherford points a gun in his mouth, intending to kill himself, before an employee gives him good news.
* {{Foil}}: Dr. Otto to Lance. Both were born on the same day and have gone on to be arch enemies. Lance was born to loving parents while Dr. Otto was neglected by his parents.
* OnlySaneMan: Lance's partner, Doris, is the only sane one, compared to Lance being oblivious to a lot of things, Dr. Otto's chaotic evil tendencies, and Esther being a dumb henchwoman/damsel in distress.
* PaperThinDisguise: Dr. Otto's robot, Willie, wears such disguises while accompanying Dr. Otto as other characters, but it's obvious that it's a robot.
* WhenIWasYourAge: Lance sees many boys using guns and he tells them "when I was your age, my dad got me a [=BB=] gun."
