Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Film / SuburbanCommando

Go To

OR

Added: 33

Changed: 18

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


''Suburban Commando'' is a 1991 sci-fi comedy film directed by Burt Kennedy and written by Frank Capello for [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] Wrestling/HulkHogan. In it, Hogan plays Shep Ramsey (not to be confused with ''[[Series/HellsKitchen Chef]]'' [[Creator/GordonRamsay Ramsay]]), an interstellar peacekeeper who loves justice but hates sitting around. After failing to thwart an evil plot by General Suitor (William Ball), Shep is contacted by his superior Zanuck (Creator/RoyDotrice) while returning home in his ship. When Zanuck suggests he take a vacation, an annoyed Ramsey smashes his ship controls, discharging all of his ship's energy, forcing him to land on a planet and recharge his ship for six weeks. The planet? Earth. {{Hilarity ensues}} as he becomes neighbors with overall wimp Charlie Wilcox (Creator/ChristopherLloyd) and tries to understand Earthly customs... and contend with the forces of arch enemy General Suitor after Charlie fooled around with Ramsey's equipment, which had sent a signal to Suitor of Ramsey's location.

The film also stars Creator/ShelleyDuvall as Jenny Wilcox, Creator/LarryMiller as Adrian Beltz, Jo Ann Dearing as Margie Tanen and Jack Elam as Colonel Dustin [=McHowell=].

to:

''Suburban Commando'' is a 1991 sci-fi comedy film directed by Burt Kennedy Creator/BurtKennedy and written by Frank Capello for [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] Wrestling/HulkHogan. In it, Hogan plays Shep Ramsey (not to be confused with ''[[Series/HellsKitchen Chef]]'' [[Creator/GordonRamsay Ramsay]]), an interstellar peacekeeper who loves justice but hates sitting around. After failing to thwart an evil plot by General Suitor (William Ball), Shep is contacted by his superior Zanuck (Creator/RoyDotrice) while returning home in his ship. When Zanuck suggests he take a vacation, an annoyed Ramsey smashes his ship controls, discharging all of his ship's energy, forcing him to land on a planet and recharge his ship for six weeks. The planet? Earth. {{Hilarity ensues}} as he becomes neighbors with overall wimp Charlie Wilcox (Creator/ChristopherLloyd) and tries to understand Earthly customs... and contend with the forces of arch enemy General Suitor after Charlie fooled around with Ramsey's equipment, which had sent a signal to Suitor of Ramsey's location.

The film also stars Creator/ShelleyDuvall as Jenny Wilcox, Creator/LarryMiller as Adrian Beltz, Jo Ann Dearing as Margie Tanen and Jack Elam Creator/JackElam as Colonel Dustin [=McHowell=].[=McHowell=].

Burt Kennedy's last feature film.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* {{Bounty Hunter}}s

to:

* {{Bounty Hunter}}sHunter}}s: Hutch and Knuckles, the two thugs sent to track Ramsey down on Earth.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Badass Baritone has been disambiguated


* BadassBaritone: Shep speaks in a deep voice, provided by Wrestling/HulkHogan.

Changed: 324

Removed: 274

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Moved to fridge


* PacManFever: Ramsey playing what is supposedly a space shooter at an arcade but is quite visibly ''VideoGame/AfterBurner'' (which has nothing to do with space and aliens, ''at all''). (This also leads to an in-universe example of idiocy: Ramsey somehow thinks that an arcade console in the middle of a bunch of other arcade consoles being played by kids is somehow ''real''. An interstellar supersoldier has never heard of a simulator?)
** This could turn into FridgeBrilliance if Shep thinks that the kid is piloting a remote-controlled drone and the screen shows a computer-processed version of the drone's view. Or FridgeHorror if kids on Ramsey's world are seemingly trained ''Literature/EndersGame'' style.

to:

* PacManFever: Ramsey playing what is supposedly a space shooter at an arcade but is quite visibly ''VideoGame/AfterBurner'' (which has nothing to do with space and aliens, ''at all''). (This also leads to an in-universe example of idiocy: Ramsey somehow thinks that an The scene could have worked better had the producers licensed Creator/{{Sega}}'s sci-fi arcade console in the middle of a bunch of other arcade consoles being played by kids is somehow ''real''. An interstellar supersoldier has never heard of a simulator?)
** This could turn into FridgeBrilliance if Shep thinks that the kid is piloting a remote-controlled drone and the screen shows a computer-processed version of the drone's view. Or FridgeHorror if kids on Ramsey's world are seemingly trained ''Literature/EndersGame'' style.
games like ''VideoGame/GalaxyForce'' or ''VideoGame/SpaceHarrier''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* GroinAttack: During the climax, Charlie uses one of Shep's gloves to deliver one of these to Suitor, triggering his OneWingedAngel form.


Added DiffLines:

* NoSell: Parodied, Shep delivers a two-handed chop to a bounty hunter's neck. The bounty hunter is completely unfazed. However a creaking noise is heard and both men look down to see that the force of Shep's attack transferred through the bounty hunter and compromised the floor underneath him. The bounty hunter has just enough time to give an OhCrap face before falling through the ensuing hole.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* TheseTropesWereFrozenToday: The [[TropeNamers Index Namer]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* HarmlessFreezing
-->'''Charlie:''' "[[MemeticMutation I was]] ''[[MemeticMutation frozen]]'' [[MemeticMutation today!]]"

to:

* HarmlessFreezing
-->'''Charlie:''' "[[MemeticMutation
HarmlessFreezing: Shep accidentally froze Charlie with his freezer weapon. He was able to thaw him with little ill effect, but Charlie was ''not'' happy about it.
-->'''Charlie:''' CHRIST!
I was]] ''[[MemeticMutation frozen]]'' [[MemeticMutation today!]]"was '''FROZEN''' today!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:


The film also stars Creator/ShelleyDuvall as Jenny Wilcox, Creator/LarryMiller as Adrian Beltz, Jo Ann Dearing as Margie Tanen and Jack Elam as Colonel Dustin [=McHowell=].

Top