History Film / SoIMarriedAnAxeMurderer

* CorpsIng: Tony attempts to maintain a semblance of concern for William's mental well being when Stuart berates William over the size of his head, but very quickly falls out and is nearly crying by the end.

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* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: Charlie Mackenzie must have a job, right? Some kind of job...other than...occasional poet.

'''Obituary Writer #1:''' ''[Losing it completely]'' NO! THEY DIDN'T MENTION THE WIFE! YOU HAPPY?!?! ''[Begins to storm off; everyone's staring at him]'' OH-HO, YES! I'M INSENSITIVE! I'M A BAD PERSON!

'''Obituary Writer #1:''' ''[Losing it completely]'' NO! THEY DIDN'T MENTION THE WIFE! YOU HAPPY?!?! [[Begins to storm off; everyone's staring at him]'' OH-HO, YES! I'M INSENSITIVE! I'M A BAD PERSON!

* CassandraTruth: All those tabloid articles. There really ''is'' a Mrs. X out there killing guys.

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-->'''Stuart Mackenzie''': [[WeeklyWorldNews Well, it's a well known fact]], [[ScottishEnglish Sonny Jim]], that there's a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world - known as [[AncientConspiracy The Pentavirate]] - who run everything in the world - including the newspapers - and meet tri-annually at a secret country mansion in Colorado, known as "The Meadows".

** In a subversion, this is because [[spoiler:''all'' of her previous husbands abandoned her and she's developed a complex -- or so she thinks. Turns out Harriet's ''sister'' was an insane {{Yandere}} for ''Harriet''. She murdered Harriet's husbands and faked their deaths to keep Harriet to herself and nearly does the same to Charlie near the end]].

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Charlie's mother May Mckenzie had the hots for Tony, despite being happily married woman. When he went to kiss her goodbye on the cheek she grabbed him and gave Tony a long lingering kiss to his lips. Then she called him a sexy bastard and undressed him with her eyes. While dancing with him at her own wedding anniversary the horny housewife held him tight and tried to make out with him.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Charlie's mother May Mckenzie had the hots for Tony, despite being happily married woman. When he went to kiss her goodbye on the cheek she grabbed him and gave Tony a long lingering kiss to his lips. Then she called him a sexy bastard and undressed him with her eyes. While dancing with him at her own wedding anniversary the horny housewife held him tight and tried to make out with him. May's husband was either unaware of her feelings for Tony or completely oblivious.

* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: Charlie's wedding party has his dad (also play by Mike Myers) singing "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" accompanied by bagpipes. When the old player drops, dad announces "We have a piper down!"

* ActingForTwo: Mike Myers as Charlie and Charlie's dad.

Charlie [=McKenzie=] is a [[{{Beatnik}} beat poet]] living in SanFrancisco, after having broken up with yet another girl based on paranoid perception. His policeman friend Tony tries to point out the pattern; that Charlie simply is afraid of commitment and tries to think of, or invent, any reason to break up with someone. Things pick up again when Charlie meets a butcher named Harriet, and becomes infatuated instantly. As the plot continues, Tony realizes that Harriet may be the mysterious "Mrs. X", a BlackWidow who had married and killed multiple husbands. After marrying Harriet, HilarityEnsues when both Charlie and Tony try to discover if Charlie is in love with a serial man-killer.

-->'''Stuart Mackenzie''': Well, it's a well known fact, [[ScottishEnglish Sonny Jim]], that there's a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world - known as [[AncientConspiracy The Pentavirate]] - who run everything in the world - including the newspapers - and meet tri-annually at a secret country mansion in Colorado, known as "The Meadows".

-->'''Stuart Mackenzie''': Well, it's a well known fact, [[ScottishEnglish Sonny Jim]], that there's a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world - known as The Pentavirate - who run everything in the world - including the newspapers - and meet tri-annually at a secret country mansion in Colorado, known as "The Meadows".

-->'''Stuart Mackenzie''': [[AristocratsAreEvil The Queen]], [[CorruptChurch The Vatican]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive The Gettys]], [[GreedyJew The Rothschilds]], *and* [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Colonel Sanders]] before he [[UnusualEuphemism went tits up]]. Oh, I hated the Colonel with is wee *beady* eyes, and that smug look on his face. "Oh, you're gonna buy my chicken! Ohhhhh!"

-->'''[[SuddenlyShouting Stuart Mackenzie]]''': ''Because he puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly, [[BritishEnglish '''smartarse''''']]!

-->'''[[SuddenlyShouting Stuart Mackenzie]]''': ''Because he puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly, '''smartarse'''''!

* ConspiracyTheorist: Charlie's dad. "Oh, I hated the Colonel - with his wee beady eyes, and that smug look on his face."

* CultClassic: A box office failure on release, it's become a favorite due to the high number of memorable cameos and a couple of MemeticMutation one-liners.

* TheAlcatraz: Charlie and Tony do the guided tour of the prison. They always try to get the one lead by Ranger John 'Vicki' Johnson.

* PsychoticLover: Harriet, who becomes a bit unhinged after winning over Charlie.
** In a subversion, this is because [[spoiler:''all'' of her previous husbands abandoned her and she's developed a complex -- or so she thinks. Turns out Harriet's ''sister'' was an insane PsychoticLover for ''Harriet''. She murdered Harriet's husbands and faked their deaths to keep Harriet to herself and nearly does the same to Charlie near the end]].
* SanFrancisco: The main setting for the movie (and a lot of it was filmed there as well).

* ActingForTwo: MikeMyers as Charlie and Charlie's dad.

* DaChief: Parodied - A police detective expresses dissatisfaction that his job is not more like the movies - partly because his boss, far from this trope, is a pleasant, amiable and good-natured administrator with an easy-going temper.