Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 10 (click to see context) from:
Long a considered a cult classic by kaiju fans and especially in its home country. The film would gain notoriety again in 2017 when it was featured in the first episode of Website/{{Netflix}}'s revival of the popular movie-riffing series ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. For tropes in that episode, [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S11E01Reptilicus see here]].
to:
Long a considered a cult classic by kaiju fans and especially in its home country. The film would gain notoriety again in 2017 when it was featured in the first episode of Website/{{Netflix}}'s revival of the popular movie-riffing series ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000.'' For tropes in that episode, [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S11E01Reptilicus see here]].
Changed line(s) 26 (click to see context) from:
* HarmlessFreezing: Despite being frozen to -20 C, Reptilicus is able to come back to life after thawing out.
to:
* HarmlessFreezing: Despite being frozen to -20 -20º C, Reptilicus is able to come back to life after thawing out.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ConvectionSchmonvection: The opposite of the usual version of the trope. Leaving the door to a walk-in freezer set to twenty below freezing ajar overnight does not noticeably cool the room next to it, but does allow the contents of the freezer to completely thaw in a matter of hours. For that matter, storing Reptilicus' tail in there should have frozen it solid, but a scientist is able to scrape off some tissue samples to examine with a scalpel rather than needing a hammer and chisel.
Added DiffLines:
* HarmlessFreezing: Despite being frozen to -20 C, Reptilicus is able to come back to life after thawing out.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* GodzillaThreshold: Averted. The Danish army refuses to break out its' more powerful ordinance while Reptilicus is in urban areas: First to avoid civilian casualties, and later out of fear that blowing Reptilicus up will cause pieces of it to scatter and eventually form more monsters.
Added DiffLines:
* HollywoodTactics: The army is stymied when Reptilicus learns to stay out of range of their flamethrowers. Apparently the Danish Army has never heard of napalm or incendiaries.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 10 (click to see context) from:
Long a considered a cult classic by kaiju fans and especially in its home country. The film would gain notoriety again in 2017 when it was featured in the first episode of Website/{{Netflix}}'s revival of the popular movie-riffing series ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
to:
Long a considered a cult classic by kaiju fans and especially in its home country. The film would gain notoriety again in 2017 when it was featured in the first episode of Website/{{Netflix}}'s revival of the popular movie-riffing series ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. For tropes in that episode, [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S11E01Reptilicus see here]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 30 (click to see context) from:
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Svend is originally just the copper prospector that found the monster. For some reason he then spends the entire movie hanging around the lab for weeks on end, despite explicitly saying that he has no relevant training. He then gets to be the guy who remembers poison is a thing at the end.
to:
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: TheMainCharactersDoEverything:
** Svend is originally just the copper prospector that found the monster. For some reason he then spends the entire movie hanging around the lab for weeks on end, despite explicitly saying that he has no relevant training. He then gets to be the guy who remembers poison is a thing at theend.end.
** And the American General is the one who delivers the death-blow with the rocket launcher. In real life, if a General is firing a rocket launcher at the enemy, something has gone very, very wrong.
** Svend is originally just the copper prospector that found the monster. For some reason he then spends the entire movie hanging around the lab for weeks on end, despite explicitly saying that he has no relevant training. He then gets to be the guy who remembers poison is a thing at the
** And the American General is the one who delivers the death-blow with the rocket launcher. In real life, if a General is firing a rocket launcher at the enemy, something has gone very, very wrong.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 34 (click to see context) from:
* RedHerriing: In fairly rapid succession, the film introduces Dirch Passer's dull-witted janitor/night watchman character, calls attention to the fact that the freezer the tissue specimen is in runs on electric power, and shows us that there's an electric eel in an open fish tank outside the lab that Passer's character has a fascination with. It seems to imply that Passer's character will do something dumb, probably involving the eel, that will cause a power loss and allow the sample to thaw. Shortly after, the movie gives us a late-night thunderstorm, providing another possible source for a power outage. In fact, it's Dr. Dalby leaving the freezer door open in a bout of fatigue-induced carelessness that sets the events of the plot in motion. (Although a second electrical storm later in the film does provide an opportunity for Reptilicus to escape the lab.)
to:
* RedHerriing: RedHerring: In fairly rapid succession, the film introduces Dirch Passer's dull-witted janitor/night watchman character, calls attention to the fact that the freezer the tissue specimen is in runs on electric power, and shows us that there's an electric eel in an open fish tank outside the lab that Passer's character has a fascination with. It seems to imply that Passer's character will do something dumb, probably involving the eel, that will cause a power loss and allow the sample to thaw. Shortly after, the movie gives us a late-night thunderstorm, providing another possible source for a power outage. In fact, it's Dr. Dalby leaving the freezer door open in a bout of fatigue-induced carelessness that sets the events of the plot in motion. (Although a second electrical storm later in the film does provide an opportunity for Reptilicus to escape the lab.)
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 14 (click to see context) from:
* AesopAmnesia: When General Grayson is trying to blow up a submerged Reptilicus with depth charges, Dr. Miller implores him to stop, reminding him that every piece blown off the monster could, given time, regenerate into another full creature. Not that much later, Professor Martens has to remind him of the same detail when Grayson (who is admittedly getting rather desperate at that point) plans to blow Reptilicus up with a bombing run.
to:
* AesopAmnesia: When General Grayson is trying to blow up a submerged Reptilicus with depth charges, Dr.Ms. Miller implores him to stop, reminding him that every piece blown off the monster could, given time, regenerate into another full creature. Not that much later, Professor Martens has to remind him of the same detail when Grayson (who is admittedly getting rather desperate at that point) plans to blow Reptilicus up with a bombing run.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AesopAmnesia: When General Grayson is trying to blow up a submerged Reptilicus with depth charges, Dr. Miller implores him to stop, reminding him that every piece blown off the monster could, given time, regenerate into another full creature. Not that much later, Professor Martens has to remind him of the same detail when Grayson (who is admittedly getting rather desperate at that point) plans to blow Reptilicus up with a bombing run.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 33 (click to see context) from:
* RedHerriing: In fairly rapid succession, the film introduces Dirch Passer's dull-witted janitor/night watchman character, calls attention to the fact that the freezer the tissue specimen is in runs on electric power, and shows us that there's an electric eel in an open fish tank outside the lab that Passer's character has a fascination with. It seems to imply that Passer's character will do something dumb, probably involving the eel, that will cause a power loss and allow the sample to thaw. In fact, it's Dr. Dalby leaving the freezer door open in a bout of fatigue-induced carelessness that sets the events of the plot in motion.
to:
* RedHerriing: In fairly rapid succession, the film introduces Dirch Passer's dull-witted janitor/night watchman character, calls attention to the fact that the freezer the tissue specimen is in runs on electric power, and shows us that there's an electric eel in an open fish tank outside the lab that Passer's character has a fascination with. It seems to imply that Passer's character will do something dumb, probably involving the eel, that will cause a power loss and allow the sample to thaw. Shortly after, the movie gives us a late-night thunderstorm, providing another possible source for a power outage. In fact, it's Dr. Dalby leaving the freezer door open in a bout of fatigue-induced carelessness that sets the events of the plot in motion. (Although a second electrical storm later in the film does provide an opportunity for Reptilicus to escape the lab.)
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* RedHerriing: In fairly rapid succession, the film introduces Dirch Passer's dull-witted janitor/night watchman character, calls attention to the fact that the freezer the tissue specimen is in runs on electric power, and shows us that there's an electric eel in an open fish tank outside the lab that Passer's character has a fascination with. It seems to imply that Passer's character will do something dumb, probably involving the eel, that will cause a power loss and allow the sample to thaw. In fact, it's Dr. Dalby leaving the freezer door open in a bout of fatigue-induced carelessness that sets the events of the plot in motion.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 21 (click to see context) from:
* FromASingleCell: The whole of Reptilicus regenerates from its tail.
to:
* FromASingleCell: The whole of Reptilicus regenerates from its tail. This is also the reason why the scientists claim that the Army can't just blow Reptilicus up - if they fail to police up all of the pieces, in a few months they'll just have several more of them running around. [[spoiler:And TheStinger implies that this does in fact happen...]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "We'll have to shoot it point blank, from very close range!" Ah, yeah, that's what "point blank" means, dude.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 15 (click to see context) from:
* AdaptationalBadass: The U.S. version portrayed Reptilicus as being able to spit globs of bright green acid, a power which was absent in the Danish version.
to:
* AdaptationalBadass: The U.S. version portrayed Reptilicus as being able to spit globs of bright green acid, a power which was absent in the Danish version. On the other hand...
* AdaptationalWimp: Reptilicus can't fly anymore in the U.S. version.
* AdaptationalWimp: Reptilicus can't fly anymore in the U.S. version.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 2,3 (click to see context) from:
[[caption-width-right:271: The Danish theatrical toster]]
to:
[[caption-width-right:271: The Danish theatrical toster]]
poster]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 4,5 (click to see context) from:
'''''Reptilicus''''' is a 1961 UsefulNotes/{{Danish}} {{Kaiju}} movie, in the vein of ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''. It is notable for being the first and only Danish Kaiju film. A Danish-American co-production, an English-speaking version was filmed simultaneously with the Danish one, which led to the frequent misunderstanding that the two versions are the same except for language, but in practice there are quite a few differences between the two versions, as the two projects each had their own separate director attached and a couple of differences in cast. Notably, the American version also went through a somewhat heavier post-production and editing process than its Danish counterpart, [[ExecutiveMeddling due to demands from studio executives]], resulting in it first getting released in 1962.
to:
'''''Reptilicus''''' is a 1961 UsefulNotes/{{Danish}} [[UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}} Danish]] {{Kaiju}} movie, in the vein of ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''. It is notable for being the first and only Danish Kaiju film. A Danish-American co-production, an English-speaking version was filmed simultaneously with the Danish one, which led to the frequent misunderstanding that the two versions are the same except for language, but in practice there are quite a few differences between the two versions, as the two projects each had their own separate director attached and a couple of differences in cast. Notably, the American version also went through a somewhat heavier post-production and editing process than its Danish counterpart, [[ExecutiveMeddling due to demands from studio executives]], resulting in it first getting released in 1962.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) from:
'''''Reptilicus''''' is a 1961 Danish {{Kaiju}} movie, in the vein of ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''. It is notable for being the first and only Danish Kaiju film. A Danish-American co-production, an English-speaking version was filmed simultaneously with the Danish one, which led to the frequent misunderstanding that the two versions are the same except for language, but in practice there are quite a few differences between the two versions, as the two projects each had their own separate director attached and a couple of differences in cast. Notably, the American version also went through a somewhat heavier post-production and editing process than its Danish counterpart, [[ExecutiveMeddling due to demands from studio executives]], resulting in it first getting released in 1962.
to:
[[quoteright:271:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reptilicus_danish.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:271: The Danish theatrical toster]]
'''''Reptilicus''''' is a 1961Danish UsefulNotes/{{Danish}} {{Kaiju}} movie, in the vein of ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''. It is notable for being the first and only Danish Kaiju film. A Danish-American co-production, an English-speaking version was filmed simultaneously with the Danish one, which led to the frequent misunderstanding that the two versions are the same except for language, but in practice there are quite a few differences between the two versions, as the two projects each had their own separate director attached and a couple of differences in cast. Notably, the American version also went through a somewhat heavier post-production and editing process than its Danish counterpart, [[ExecutiveMeddling due to demands from studio executives]], resulting in it first getting released in 1962.
[[caption-width-right:271: The Danish theatrical toster]]
'''''Reptilicus''''' is a 1961
Changed line(s) 5,7 (click to see context) from:
Had a short lived adaptation from Creator/CharltonComics, but because they bought the film rights from the American distributor and not the Danish creators, they had to drop the title after issue 2. The story continued, however as ''Reptisaurus''.
Long a considered a cult classic by kaiju fans and especially in its home country, the film would gain notoriety again in 2017 when it was featured in the first episode of Website/{{Netflix}}'s revival of the popular movie-riffing series ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
Long a considered a cult classic by kaiju fans and especially in its home country, the film would gain notoriety again in 2017 when it was featured in the first episode of Website/{{Netflix}}'s revival of the popular movie-riffing series ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
to:
Had a short lived short-lived adaptation from Creator/CharltonComics, but because they bought the film rights from the American distributor and not the Danish creators, they had to drop the title after issue 2. The story continued, however as ''Reptisaurus''.
Long a considered a cult classic by kaiju fans and especially in its homecountry, the country. The film would gain notoriety again in 2017 when it was featured in the first episode of Website/{{Netflix}}'s revival of the popular movie-riffing series ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
Long a considered a cult classic by kaiju fans and especially in its home
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Svend is originally just the copper prospector that found the monster. For some reason he then spends the entire movie hanging around the lab for weeks on end, despite explicitly saying that he has no relevant training.
to:
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Svend is originally just the copper prospector that found the monster. For some reason he then spends the entire movie hanging around the lab for weeks on end, despite explicitly saying that he has no relevant training. He then gets to be the guy who remembers poison is a thing at the end.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Svend is originally just the copper prospector that originally found the monster. For some reason he then spends the entire movie hanging around the lab for weeks on end, despite explicitly saying that he has no relevant training.
to:
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Svend is originally just the copper prospector that originally found the monster. For some reason he then spends the entire movie hanging around the lab for weeks on end, despite explicitly saying that he has no relevant training.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Svend is originally just the copper prospector that originally found the monster. For some reason he then spends the entire movie hanging around the lab for weeks on end, despite explicitly saying that he has no relevant training.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* TheEndOrIsIt: Yay! The army [[spoiler: made Reptilicus swallow a poison missile]], and now it's dead! Denmark can now go back to normal life! [[spoiler: Except that the piece of Reptilicus severed by a depth charge is now twitching...]]
* JustAStupidAccent: In the U.S. version, the Danish characters speaks English with a supposedly Danish accent, though to anyone familiar with the typical Danish-English accent, the attempts by the dub actors [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent sounds more broadly German than Danish]].
Changed line(s) 27,28 (click to see context) from:
* TechnicolorScience: That's a rather interesting laboratory in the Akvarium.
* TheEndOrIsIt: Yay! The army [[spoiler: made Reptilicus swallow a poison missile]], and now it's dead! Denmark can now go back to normal life! [[spoiler: Except that the piece of Reptilicus severed by a depth charge is now twitching...]]
* TheEndOrIsIt: Yay! The army [[spoiler: made Reptilicus swallow a poison missile]], and now it's dead! Denmark can now go back to normal life! [[spoiler: Except that the piece of Reptilicus severed by a depth charge is now twitching...]]
to:
* TechnicolorScience: That's a rather interesting laboratory in the Akvarium.
* TheEndOrIsIt: Yay! The army [[spoiler: made Reptilicus swallow a poison missile]], and now it's dead! Denmark can now go back to normal life! [[spoiler: Except that the piece of Reptilicus severed by a depth charge is now twitching...]]Akvarium
* TheEndOrIsIt: Yay! The army [[spoiler: made Reptilicus swallow a poison missile]], and now it's dead! Denmark can now go back to normal life! [[spoiler: Except that the piece of Reptilicus severed by a depth charge is now twitching...]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Captain Brandt]] driving his jeep towards Reptilicus to get its attention again after being distracted by a siren.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ChickMagnet: Svend enters the aquarium and leaves not five minutes later in ALadyOnEachArm situation with Dr. Martens's daughters.
Added DiffLines:
* ItsAllMyFault: Svend feels responsible for all of the lives taken by Reptilicus because of his initial discovery of the monster.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 21 (click to see context) from:
* PsychoElectricEel: Played for laughs when dim-witted Mikkelsen decides to stick his hand in the tank and comically overacts as he gets shocked by the eel.
to:
* PsychoElectricEel: Played for laughs when dim-witted Mikkelsen decides to stick his hand in the a tank with a electric eel and comically overacts as he gets shocked by the said eel.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 14 (click to see context) from:
* DubNameChange: Dirch Passer's comedic relief Janitor character is named Mikkelsen in the Danish version and Peterson in the U.S. version.
to:
* DubNameChange: Dirch Passer's comedic relief Janitor janitor character is named Mikkelsen in the Danish version and Peterson in the U.S. version.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
The date of the MST 3 K revival was about 90 years off.
Changed line(s) 7 (click to see context) from:
Long a considered a cult classic by kaiju fans and especially in its home country, the film would gain notoriety again in 2107 when it was featured in the first episode of Website/{{Netflix}}'s revival of the popular movie-riffing series ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
to:
Long a considered a cult classic by kaiju fans and especially in its home country, the film would gain notoriety again in 2107 2017 when it was featured in the first episode of Website/{{Netflix}}'s revival of the popular movie-riffing series ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 16 (click to see context) from:
* HealingFactor. Ridiculous amounts of it.
to:
* HealingFactor. Ridiculous amounts of it. it - Reptilicus heals from extreme wounds in record time.
Changed line(s) 21 (click to see context) from:
* PsychoElectricEel: Played for laughs when dim-witted Petersen decides to stick his hand in the tank and comically overacts as he gets shocked by the eel.
to:
* PsychoElectricEel: Played for laughs when dim-witted Petersen Mikkelsen decides to stick his hand in the tank and comically overacts as he gets shocked by the eel.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 7 (click to see context) from:
The film would gain notoriety again in 2107 when it was featured in the first episode of Website/{{Netflix}}'s revival of the popular movie-riffing series ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 7 (click to see context) from:
Modern kaiju fans will be able to watch this as it is confirmed to be one of the movies chosen for Website/{{Netflix}}'s revival of the popular movie-riffing series ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
to:
Changed line(s) 21 (click to see context) from:
* PsychoElectricEel: Played for laughs.
to:
* PsychoElectricEel: Played for laughs.laughs when dim-witted Petersen decides to stick his hand in the tank and comically overacts as he gets shocked by the eel.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AdaptationalBadass: The U.S. version portrayed Reptilicus as being able to spit globs of bright green acid, a power which was absent in the Danish version.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 17 (click to see context) from:
* LargeHam: Mikkelsen (Peterson in the U.S. cut)
to:
* LargeHam: Mikkelsen (Peterson in the U.S. cut)cut). Practically a requirement for any character played by Dirch Passer.
