History Film / FourRooms

* ImpossibleMissionCollapse: The whole segment "The Man From Hollywood" is this: ten or so minutes of Tarantino-style SeinfeldianConversation as the Hollywood execs (and girl) convince Ted to help them with the bet (''especially'' because they are all rip-roaring drunk and don't want to chop off more than was betted upon accidentally), followed by the bet lasting exactly one second as the lighter fails to work on its first flick and Ted immediately (and too quickly for someone to tell him to stop) performs his role as the "hatchet man".

* ImpossibleMissionOverride: The whole segment "The Man From Hollywood" is this: ten or so minutes of Tarantino-style SeinfeldianConversation as the Hollywood execs (and girl) convince Ted to help them with the bet (''especially'' because they are all rip-roaring drunk and don't want to chop off more than was betted upon accidentally), followed by the bet lasting exactly one second as the lighter fails to work on its first flick and Ted immediately (and too quickly for someone to tell him to stop) performs his role as the "hatchet man".

* {{Oner}}: A several minute long shot opens "The Man From Hollywood", immediately followed by an even longer one.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Ted plans to pull this after "The Misbehavers".

* NoodleImplements: The guests in "The Man from Hollywood" order a block of wood, a doughnut, a ball of twine, three nails, a club sandwich, a bucket of ice, and an extremely sharp hatchet. "As sharp as the devil himself."

After a brief phone call to his boss to be let off for the night, Ted ends up making one last stop. Chester Rush is a famous director (played by QuentinTarantino) holding a private party with some of his buddies from the business. After seeing an old episode of ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'' where a man [[{{Yubitsume}} bets his little finger]] he can start a lighter ten times in a row, they decide to replicate it. They want to pay Ted $1,000 to be the hatchet man.

Written and directed by QuentinTarantino.

Written and directed by RobertRodriguez.

* {{Oner}}: A several minute long shot opens "The Man From Hollywood".

After a brief phone call to his boss to be let off for the night, Ted ends up making one last stop. Chester Rush is a famous director (played by QuentinTarantino) holding a private party with some of his buddies from the business. After seeing an old episode of ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'' where a man [[{{Yubitsume}} bets his little finger]] he can start a lighter ten times in a row, they decide to replicate it. They pay Ted $1,000 to be the hatchet man.

* HeyItsThatGuy: KathyGriffin has one scene as Betty, the woman who was supposed to be assisting Ted, while Marisa Tomei plays her crack-smoking friend.

* TheCameo: BruceWillis refused money (and credit) for his role in "The Man From Hollywood" as a thank you to Tarantino for casting him in ''PulpFiction''.

* FootFocus: In "The Missing Ingredient", Eva (Ione Skye) is barefoot through the whole segment, while in "The Misbehavers", Sarah (Lana [=McKissack=]) is forced to take off her shoes and socks to prove to her brother that her feet are not stinky-her cute, young bare soles are shown lovingly in a close-up. (Something else is stinky, though...)
** It's interesting that "The Man From Hollywood" ''doesn't'' invoke this, considering how infamous [[QuentinTarantino Quentin Tarantino's]] foot fetish is.

* AnachronicOrder: The Wrong Man occurs during the TimeSkip in The Misbehavers.

* ClusterFBomb: Especially in The Man From Hollywood. But hey, it ''is'' directed by Tarantino.

* EnfantTerrible: The two kids in The Misbehavers.

* TheCameo: BruceWillis refused money (and creditation) for his role in "The Man From Hollywood" as a Thank You to Tarantino for casting him in ''PulpFiction''.

* {{Understatement}}: At the end of The Misbehavers, the father asks if his children misbehaved as all hell breaks loose in the room.

* HowUnscientific: Evoked by The Missing Ingredient, which includes what is definitely magic in an otherwise realistic film.

* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: The Wrong Man has a whole lot of penis nicknames.

* NoodleImplements: The guests in The Man from Hollywood order a block of wood, a doughnut, a ball of twine, three nails, a club sandwich, a bucket of ice, and an extremely sharp hatchet. "As sharp as the devil himself."
* {{Oner}}: A several minute long shot opens The Man From Hollywood.
* {{Sex As Rite-Of-Passage}}: One of the rare female examples in The Missing Ingredient.

A coven of witches gather for a ceremony to resurrect their petrified goddess. Four of them brought their ingredients, but the fifth failed to bring hers; semen. When Ted shows up, he happens to be the closest male available.

* FootFocus: Shown in The Missing Ingredient and The Misbehavers-Eva (Ione Skye) is barefoot through the whole segment, while in The Misbehavers, Sarah (Lana [=McKissack=]) is forced to take off her shoes and socks to prove to her brother that her feet are not stinky-her cute, young bare soles are shown lovingly in a close-up. (Something else is stinky, though...)

* FootFocus: Shown in The Missing Ingredient and The Misbehavers-Eva (Ione Skye) is barefoot through the whole segment, while in The Misbehavers, Sarah (Lana McKissack) is forced to take off her shoes and socks to prove to her brother that her feet are not stinky-her cute, young bare soles are shown lovingly in a close-up. (Something else is stinky, though...)

''FourRooms'' is a 1995 BlackComedy RoundRobin {{Anthology}} film consisting of four segments. Ted is a young ([[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} and rather loopy]]) bellhop working at a once famous Los Angeles hotel that has fallen from grace and become a haven for criminals and creeps. On New Years Eve, he ends up with an interesting set of clientèle as the only employee on staff. HilarityEnsues.

After a brief phone call to his boss to be let off for the night, Ted ends up making one last stop. Chester Rush is a famous director (played by QuentinTarantino) holding a private party with some of his buddies from the business. After seeing an old episode of ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'' where a man [[{{Yubitsume}} bets his little finger]] he can start a lighter ten times in a row, they decide to replicate it. Ted is asked to be the hatchet man.

* NightmareFuel: Unknowingly sleeping inches above a decaying corpse.

* {{NightmareFuel}}: Unknowingly sleeping inches above a decaying corpse.

* ShoutOut: The aforementioned episode of ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'', which in turn was an adaptation of a RoaldDahl story.

* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: The party on the fifth floor appears to be like one of these.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: When investigating a smell coming from Room 309, the little girl removes the mattress to discover the "putrid rotting corpse of a dead whore." Ted then does his best [[TheExorcist Regan Macneil]] impression.

After a brief phone call to his boss to be let off for the night, Ted ends up making one last stop. Chester Rush is a famous director (played by QuentinTarantino) holding a private party with some of his buddies from the business. After seeing an old episode of ''AlfredHitchcockPresents'' where a man [[{{Yubitsume}} bets his little finger]] he can start a lighter ten times in a row, they decide to replicate it. Ted is asked to be the hatchet man.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Kathy Griffin has one scene as Betty, the woman who was supposed to be assisting Ted, while Marisa Tomei plays her crack-smoking friend.

* ShoutOut: The aforementioned episode of ''AlfredHitchcockPresents'', which in turn was an adaptation of a RoaldDahl story.