Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Film / DumbAndDumber

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Wrong-O. It's an old pop song called "Mockingbird" from the 60's. Got covered by Carly Simon in the 70's.


* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: When the duo is driving with Mental they start singing a weird rendition of "Hush Little Baby". Mental gets so annoyed he's about to just murder them then and there, when they suddenly see a family of hitchhikers by the side of the road and pick them up, at which point they all start singing. After they get to the restaurant in the next scene, the family is never seen again, although they could have just been dropped off at some point between scenes.

to:

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: When the duo is driving with Mental they start singing a weird particularly annoying rendition of "Hush Little Baby". Mental the old pop song "Mockingbird", right in each of Mental's ears. He gets so annoyed that he's about to just murder them then and there, when they suddenly see a family of Mexican hitchhikers by the side of the road and pick them up, at which point they all start singing.resume the song (with the family singing along in Spanish). After they get to the restaurant in the next scene, the family is never seen again, although they could have just been dropped off at some point between scenes.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* OnlyTheLeadsGetADownerEnding: While Mary is reunited with her kidnapped husband, both Lloyd and Harry end up having to walk back home, worse off financially than they were at the beginning. Then when given a chance to ride back home, their stupidity prevents them from taking up the offer.

to:

* OnlyTheLeadsGetADownerEnding: While Mary is reunited with her kidnapped husband, both Lloyd and Harry end up having to walk back home, worse off financially than they were at the beginning. Then when given a chance to ride back home, home by a bus full of Hawaiian Tropic models, their stupidity prevents them from taking up the offer.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* OnlyTheLeadGetsADownerEnding: While Mary is reunited with her kidnapped husband, both Lloyd and Harry end up having to walk back home, worse off financially than they were at the beginning. Then when given a chance to ride back home, their stupidity prevents them from taking up the offer.

to:

* OnlyTheLeadGetsADownerEnding: OnlyTheLeadsGetADownerEnding: While Mary is reunited with her kidnapped husband, both Lloyd and Harry end up having to walk back home, worse off financially than they were at the beginning. Then when given a chance to ride back home, their stupidity prevents them from taking up the offer.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* OnlyTheLeadGetsADownerEnding: While Mary is reunited with her kidnapped husband, both Lloyd and Harry end up having to walk back home, worse off financially than they were at the beginning. Then when given a chance to ride back home, their stupidity prevents them from taking up the offer.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* AccidentalMurder: Lloyd and Harry try to help Mental with his ulcer problem after pranking him with hot peppers. Instead of giving Mental his medication, they inadvertently give him the rat poison he was intending to kill them with.

Added: 570

Changed: 2

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* DumbBlonde: Harry.

to:

* %%* DumbBlonde: Harry.


Added DiffLines:

* IntimateLotionApplication: {{Subverted|Trope}} and PlayedForLaughs. At the end of the movie, Harry and Lloyd comically stumble into a boy's fantasy scenario: a bus filled with supermodels going to a bikini competition who flirtatiously tell the pair they need to hire two guys to be in charge of rubbing oil into all of them, clearly offering the job to them. At first, it seems like they are giddy at the ludicrous opportunity, but then they [[BaitAndSwitch simply give the women instructions on how to get to the nearest town where they'll be able to hire the men]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* UngratefulBastard: Despite their part in taking down Nicholas and saving Mary's husband's life, Harry and Lloyd are given zero on-screen thanks by the Swanson's and are last shown making their way back to Rhode Island... on foot.

Added: 678

Changed: 369

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* DyingDeclarationOfHate: The duo accidentally poisons a hitman chasing them, and he dies screaming "You... son of a bitch!" And Harry gets sad for being at the receiving end.

to:

* DyingDeclarationOfHate: The duo accidentally poisons poison Mental when his ulcer flares up as a hitman chasing them, result of them putting a bunch of atomic peppers on his burger and then mistakenly giving him rat poison instead of his medication, and he dies after screaming "You... "You son of a a... bitch!" And at Harry who gets sad for being at the receiving end.end.
-->'''Harry''': ''[the duo are headed down the road after fleeing the diner]'' I can't believe it...
-->'''Lloyd:''' Life's a fragile thing, Har; one minute, you're chewin' on a burger, the next, you're dead meat.
-->'''Harry:''' But he blamed ''me''... you heard him, those were his last words.



* IAteWhat: The scene where a cop pulls Lloyd and Harry over. He asks for them to give him their "beer", which is actually Lloyd's urine. He drinks it, much to his displeasure after doing so.

to:

* IAteWhat: IAteWhat:
**
The scene where a cop pulls Lloyd and Harry over. He asks for them to give him their "beer", which is actually Lloyd's urine. He drinks it, much to his displeasure after doing so.so.
** Mental after Harry and Lloyd force a bunch of pills into him when his ulcer flares up... and then sees Harry holding the black pill container containing the rat poison he was intending to use on them.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

-->'''Lloyd''': I'm only human, Harry! Anybody can make a mistake. Come on, stop being a baby! So we backtracked a tad!
-->'''Harry''': A tad! A tad, Lloyd! You drove almost a sixth of the way across the country in the wrong direction! Now we don't have enough money to get to Aspen, we don't have enough money to get home, we don't have enough money to eat, we don't have enough money to sleep!
-->'''Lloyd''': Well, it's not gonna do us any good to sit here whining about it. We're in a hole! We're just gonna have to dig ourselves out.
-->'''Harry''': Okay, all right, you're right, you're absolutely right, Lloyd.
-->'''Lloyd''': Where ya goin'?
-->'''Harry''': Home! I'm walking home!
-->'''Lloyd''': Oh, well, pardon me, Mr. PERFECT! I guess I forgot that you never, ever make a mistake!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** Lauren Holly whose shapely bare bottom is briefly exposed during Lloyd's power fantasy dream.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* DisproportionateRetribution: Lloyd believes Harry has "taken" Mary from him, so he spikes his tea with a laxative.

to:

* DisproportionateRetribution: Lloyd believes Harry has "taken" Mary from him, so he spikes his Harry's tea with a an excessive amount of laxative.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* BlackComedyPetDeath: The two hitmen break into Harry and Lloyd's house, and decide to send a message by killing their pet parakeet. But when Harry sees his dead bird, he thinks its head fell off on its own, spontaneously. Then Lloyd makes a little extra money by selling the dead bird to a blind kid.

to:

* BlackComedyPetDeath: The two hitmen break into Harry and Lloyd's house, and decide to send a message by killing their pet parakeet. But when Harry sees his dead bird, he thinks its head fell off on its own, spontaneously.spontaneously (Lloyd: "Well, he was pretty old."). Then Lloyd makes a little extra money by selling the dead bird to a blind kid.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* MayItNeverHappenAgain: When young prince Einon receives a grave wound during a peasant uprising, a dragon agrees to donate a piece of his heart to magically heal Einon. Sadly, when Einon ascends the throne, he becomes more tyrannical than his father. And because he has a piece of dragon heart in him, Einon becomes almost deathless and nearly invincible. Only a HeroicSacrifice by the dragon that donated the heart piece can put Einon to rest forever.

to:

* MayItNeverHappenAgain: When young prince Einon receives a grave wound during a peasant uprising, a dragon agrees to donate a piece of his heart to magically heal Einon. Sadly, when Einon ascends At the throne, he becomes more tyrannical than his father. And because he has a piece end of dragon heart in him, Einon becomes almost deathless the prequel ''When Harry Met Lloyd'', Lloyd and Harry promise each other not to let another woman jeopardize their friendship again after their relationship nearly invincible. Only a HeroicSacrifice by comes to blows over Jessica. Subverted, as the dragon previous movie had shown that donated [[AesopAmnesia the heart piece can put Einon to rest forever.same thing would happen again years later]] when [[GreenEyedMonster Lloyd became envious of Harry's relationship with Mary]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* MayItNeverHappenAgain: When young prince Einon receives a grave wound during a peasant uprising, a dragon agrees to donate a piece of his heart to magically heal Einon. Sadly, when Einon ascends the throne, he becomes more tyrannical than his father. And because he has a piece of dragon heart in him, Einon becomes almost deathless and nearly invincible. Only a HeroicSacrifice by the dragon that donated the heart piece can put Einon to rest forever.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Justified since Harry's likely never had any formal training with a firearm nor how to aim properly while handling one.

to:

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: [[spoiler:Harry, FakingTheDead, suddenly springs to life firing at Nicholas who was about to shoot Lloyd]]. Justified since Harry's he's likely never had any formal training with a firearm nor how to even aim properly while handling one.properly.

Added: 64

Changed: 119

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: "Harry! You're alive! And you're a horrible shot!"

to:

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: "Harry! Justified since Harry's likely never had any formal training with a firearm nor how to aim properly while handling one.
-->'''Lloyd:''' Harry!
You're alive! And you're a horrible shot!"shot!

Top