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* FreezeFrameBonus: When Ray and the crew break into Walter's house to find out what's happened to him, the camera cuts to a shot of his television at an angle. Sitting on top of his TV are photos of his family, in particular there's one prominently in view of him and his late wife... an attentive watcher might notice that it's actually a photo of [[spoiler:Lucille Ball! Gale Gordon and Lucille Ball worked together in many shows including ''Series/ILoveLucy'' and "Here's Lucy". It's entirely possible that this was actually a production photo from "Life With Lucy", which was their last TV show that they both appeared together on.]]
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* OpenSaysMe: When Ray fails to open the Klopeks’ back door with his SkeletonKeyCard, he resorts to smashing the door’s window with a rock and reaching inside to unlock it. Art, who had not only had no problem with trying to jimmy the lock with a credit card but would have tried it himself if his cards weren’t all melted together, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint asks Ray at that point if the term “breaking and entering” means anything to him]].
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* DeconstructiveParody: [[spoiler:Subverted in the end.]]
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* DeconstructiveParody: [[spoiler:Subverted [[spoiler:Of StepfordSuburbia thrillers. Subverted in the end.end, when after all of the slapstick insanity and the WhatTheHellHero speech from an ashamed protagonist, it turns out that being suspicious of the Klopeks ''[[NoMereWindmill was]]'' the right thing to do.]]
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* [[spoiler:FauxAffablyEvil: Doctor FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Doctor Klopek.]]
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*** [[spoiler: To be fair, Dr. Klopek thought Ray knew about the bodies and [[ObfuscatingStupidity was just playing dumb]] so he could tell everything to the police.]]
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** The biggest idiot ball for[[spoiler: Dr.for [[spoiler:Dr.Klopek is if he just kept silent and let Ray get arrested then he would have not only got away with murder he would have had the time to clean up any potential evidence he assumed Ray found.]]
***[[spoiler: To [[spoiler:To be fair, Dr. Klopek thought Ray knew about the bodies and [[ObfuscatingStupidity was just playing dumb]] so he could tell everything to the police.]]
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* StepfordSuburbia: Played with. While the cul-de-sac looks like a pretty nice place to live, Ray constantly points out that the reason his friends are so obsessed with the Klopeks is because they just look different and he denounces them (and himself) for being stupid enough to go and wreck their home because they couldn't leave well enough alone. [[spoiler:And then used as straight as a laser beam at the finale when it turns out that the Klopeks ''are'' serial killers and every weird thing about them and their house was the "ObviouslyEvil" trope played straight]].
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* StepfordSuburbia: Played with. While the cul-de-sac looks like a pretty nice place to live, Ray constantly points out that the reason his friends are so obsessed with the Klopeks is because they just look different and he denounces them (and himself) for being stupid enough to go and wreck their home because they couldn't leave well enough alone. [[spoiler:And then used as straight as a laser beam at the finale when it turns out that the Klopeks ''are'' serial killers and every weird thing about them and their house was the "ObviouslyEvil" trope played straight]]. Art also talks at one point about a former member of the community, an ice cream man that turned out to be a serial killer and was discovered because his freezing equipment malfunctioned on a very hot day (although it's implied it's just an UrbanLegend he heard when he was a kid).
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An unusually grim 1989 comedy about a group of "normal" suburbanites who suspect that something very sinister is going on in the home of their rarely-seen foreign neighbors. It's directed by Creator/JoeDante and stars Creator/TomHanks, Creator/BruceDern, and Creator/CarrieFisher.
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An unusually grim 1989 comedy about a group of "normal" suburbanites who suspect that something very sinister is going on in the home of their rarely-seen foreign neighbors. It's directed by Creator/JoeDante and stars Creator/TomHanks, Creator/BruceDern, Creator/CarrieFisher and Creator/CarrieFisher.
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* ActorAllusion: Even though Creator/CarrieFisher doesn't appear in the scene in question, the Klopeks' furnace shorting out sounds just like the Millennium Falcon failing to go to hyperdrive.
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* MadeOfIron: [[spoiler:Ray survives being at ground zero of a massive gas explosion with nothing more to show for it than minor burns and a lot of soot on his body. He still insists on going to the hospital afterwards, but then he ends up having to fight off an angry Mr. Klopek inside the ambulance]].
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* MadeOfIron: MadeOfIron:
** Art gets zapped with some serious amounts of high voltage and falls through a shed's roof from a high place and all he has to show for it is acting befuddled for a few moments, blackened fingernails and a wallet full of melted cards.
** [[spoiler:Ray survives being at ground zero of a massive gas explosion with nothing more to show for it than minor burns and a lot of soot on his body. He still insists on going to the hospital afterwards, but then he ends up having to fight off an angry Mr. Klopek inside the ambulance]].
** Art gets zapped with some serious amounts of high voltage and falls through a shed's roof from a high place and all he has to show for it is acting befuddled for a few moments, blackened fingernails and a wallet full of melted cards.
** [[spoiler:Ray survives being at ground zero of a massive gas explosion with nothing more to show for it than minor burns and a lot of soot on his body. He still insists on going to the hospital afterwards, but then he ends up having to fight off an angry Mr. Klopek inside the ambulance]].
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* TheAllegedHouse: The Klopeks' is every bit as derelict as those of old-school horror movies and stands out like a sore thumb with the other houses on the street. The only thing that the Klopeks seem to care about making sure is working right is the security system [[spoiler:and the boiler on the basement]]. As a result, lots of physical comedy ensues when the protagonists try to sneak in at the climax.
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* StepfordSuburbia: Played with. While the cul-de-sac looks like a pretty nice place to live, Ray constantly points out that the reason his friends are so obsessed with the Klopeks is because they just look different and he denounces them (and himself) for being stupid enough to go and wreck their home because they couldn't leave well enough alone. [[spoiler:And then used as straight as a laser beam at the finale when it turns out that the Klopeks ''are'' serial killers and every weird thing about them and their house was the "ObviouslyEvil" trope played straight]].
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* SubvertedSuspicionAesop: [[spoiler:Turns out that the Klopeks ''are'' every bit as monstrous as their freakish appearance makes them out to be and Ray finds this out when Mr. Klopek gets into the ambulance at the finale and tries to kill him. For what's worth, it's the result of a RevisedEnding]].
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*** [[spoiler: To be fair, Dr. Klopek thought Ray knew about the bodies and [[ObfuscatingStupidity was just playing dumb]] so he could tell everything to the police.]]
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* AshFace: [[spoiler: Happens to the main character after the Klopek's furnace explodes in his face, setting the house on fire.]]
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* AshFace: [[spoiler: Happens to the main character Ray after the Klopek's furnace explodes in his face, setting the house on fire.]]
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoilers: The entire basis for Ray and his neighbor's suspicions was that Walter suddenly disappeared, thus they automatically assumed that the Klopeks were responsible for murdering him. Turns out that Walter had a medical emergency and had to leave abruptly, and he had the Klopeks take care of the house while he was away. During the climax of the film the Klopeks were proven innocent of harming Walter, however Ricky Butler managed to uncover the trunk of the Klopek car revealing skulls of their previous victims and outing the Klopeks as crazed serial killers with a massive body count.]]
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoilers: [[spoiler: The entire basis for Ray and his neighbor's suspicions was that Walter suddenly disappeared, thus they automatically assumed that the Klopeks were responsible for murdering him. Turns out that Walter had a medical emergency and had to leave abruptly, and he had the Klopeks take care of the house while he was away. During the climax of the film the Klopeks were proven innocent of harming Walter, however Ricky Butler managed to uncover the trunk of the Klopek car revealing skulls of their previous victims and outing the Klopeks as crazed serial killers with a massive body count.]]
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoilers: The entire basis for Ray and his neighbor's suspicions was that Walter suddenly disappeared, thus they automatically assumed that the Klopeks were responsible for murdering him. Turns out that Walter had a medical emergency and had to leave abruptly, and he had the Klopeks take care of the house while he was away. During the climax of the film the Klopeks were proven innocent of harming Walter, however Ricky Butler managed to uncover the trunk of the Klopek car revealing skulls of their previous victims and outing the Klopeks as crazed serial killers with a massive body count.]]
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* PunkInTheTrunk: In the trunk of the Klopeks' car [[spoiler:are the skeletons of some of their murder victims, it's an accidental opening of the trunk that leads to the Klopeks being outed as serial killers.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: After blowing up the Klopek's house, Art is still trying to convince the police that they are serial killers, [[spoiler: even though Walter showed back up alive and well]]. Ray, who got caught in the blast, goes off on him.
-->'''Art''': Go ahead, tell him, Ray. We got the goods on them, don't we? You know, some day they're going to dig up the back of that yard and they're gonna find the rest of that skeleton to go with that femur. Oh it might not be Walter but it's gonna be some...\\
'''Ray''': Shut up. [[BigShutUp SHUT UP, ART, SHUT UP!]] God, you don't know when to quit, do you? Look at me! I'm a shell of a man because of you, Art! Remember what you were saying about people in the 'burbs, Art, people like Skip, people who mow their lawn for the 800th time, and then [[SuddenlyShouting SNAP?!? WELL, THAT'S US! IT'S NOT THEM, THAT'S US!!!]] [[HeelRealization WE'RE the ones who are vaulting over the fences, and peeking in through people's windows! We're the ones who are THROWING GARBAGE IN THE STREET, AND LIGHTING FIRES! WE'RE THE ONES WHO ARE ACTING SUSPICIOUS AND PARANOID, ART! WE'RE THE LUNATICS! US! IT'S NOT THEM!]] It's us.\\
'''Art''': ''[{{Beat}}]'' I don't know what to say... [[ComicallyMissingThePoint What, do you want me to move?]]\\
''[Ray charges at him]''
-->'''Art''': Go ahead, tell him, Ray. We got the goods on them, don't we? You know, some day they're going to dig up the back of that yard and they're gonna find the rest of that skeleton to go with that femur. Oh it might not be Walter but it's gonna be some...\\
'''Ray''': Shut up. [[BigShutUp SHUT UP, ART, SHUT UP!]] God, you don't know when to quit, do you? Look at me! I'm a shell of a man because of you, Art! Remember what you were saying about people in the 'burbs, Art, people like Skip, people who mow their lawn for the 800th time, and then [[SuddenlyShouting SNAP?!? WELL, THAT'S US! IT'S NOT THEM, THAT'S US!!!]] [[HeelRealization WE'RE the ones who are vaulting over the fences, and peeking in through people's windows! We're the ones who are THROWING GARBAGE IN THE STREET, AND LIGHTING FIRES! WE'RE THE ONES WHO ARE ACTING SUSPICIOUS AND PARANOID, ART! WE'RE THE LUNATICS! US! IT'S NOT THEM!]] It's us.\\
'''Art''': ''[{{Beat}}]'' I don't know what to say... [[ComicallyMissingThePoint What, do you want me to move?]]\\
''[Ray charges at him]''
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* WhatMightHaveBeen: The first version of the movie had [[spoiler:the Klopeks killing Ray and getting away with it]]. After this ending, and another one where [[spoiler:the Klopeks are completely innocent]], tested poorly, the compromise ending where [[spoiler:the Klopeks are serial killers but fail to kill Ray]] worked much better.
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* BadassBoast: Ray's "Nobody knocks off an old man in my neighborhood and gets away with it."
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** Also, the garbage in the street for most of the movie after Art and Rumsfield search through the garbage truck.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Carol remarks that they should all go over and knock on the Klopeks' door "before someone falls off a roof or sets themselves on fire." Somebody ends up doing both of those things later[[note]]Rumsfield falls off of the roof, and Ray gets caught in the explosion when the Klopeks' house blows up. Art does both, falling off the electrical pole through a tool shed after zapping himself cutting the power line.[[/note]].
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* RareGuns: Rumsfield's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_carbine#Carbine.2C_Cal_.30.2C_M3 M3 Carbine]]. Yeah, the one with the nightscope. Only about 3,000 were made before the scope was made obsolete by passive night vision devices. Qualifies as a [[CoolGuns Cool Gun]], too.
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* BadHumorMan: Skip, if the UrbanLegend about him is true; supposedly, he was an ice cream man who snapped after a life of routine, and murdered his family.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The detective listing the charges that Ray is facing at the end of the movie:
-->'''Detective''': Destruction of private property[[labelnote:*]]blowing up the Klopeks' house[[/labelnote]], Destruction of PUBLIC property[[labelnote:*]]the power line and the squad car that was impaled by the static vane[[/labelnote]], [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment vandalism]], three counts of Criminal Trespass[[labelnote:*]] Walter's house, the Klopek house, not sure what they got a third offense from[[/labelnote]], Assault[[labelnote:*]] Ray attempts to assault Art, but that happens later[[/labelnote]], and that poor old man claims that you left a note saying that YOU KIDNAPPED HIS DOG!!![[labelnote:*]]since they found the dog wandering the neighborhood and Walter's house was locked and unoccupied, leaving a note to tell him where the dog was when he returned was reasonable[[/labelnote]]
-->'''Detective''': Destruction of private property[[labelnote:*]]blowing up the Klopeks' house[[/labelnote]], Destruction of PUBLIC property[[labelnote:*]]the power line and the squad car that was impaled by the static vane[[/labelnote]], [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment vandalism]], three counts of Criminal Trespass[[labelnote:*]] Walter's house, the Klopek house, not sure what they got a third offense from[[/labelnote]], Assault[[labelnote:*]] Ray attempts to assault Art, but that happens later[[/labelnote]], and that poor old man claims that you left a note saying that YOU KIDNAPPED HIS DOG!!![[labelnote:*]]since they found the dog wandering the neighborhood and Walter's house was locked and unoccupied, leaving a note to tell him where the dog was when he returned was reasonable[[/labelnote]]
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* BeeAfraid: When Ray and Art attempt first contact with the Klopeks, using the door knocker causes the address plaque to fall and knock the porch light off, releasing a swarm of bees from a hole in the wall hat immediately attack both of them. Whether this was because the bees were a LivingWeapon / AttackAnimal, or just representative of the degree that the house has been neglected is up to you...it's [[RuleOfFunny funny]] either way.
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* BeeAfraid: When Ray and Art attempt first contact with the Klopeks, using the door knocker causes the address plaque to fall and knock the porch light off, releasing a swarm of bees from a hole in the wall hat that immediately attack both of them. Whether this was because the bees were a LivingWeapon / AttackAnimal, or just representative of the degree that the house has been neglected is up to you...it's [[RuleOfFunny funny]] either way.
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* MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: Ray tells Art to be careful while he's cutting the power, and Art replies that "Safety" is his middle name. See HarmlessElectrocution for what happens next.
-->'''Ray''': [''aside to Rumsfeld''] I thought his middle name was "Lewis."
-->'''Ray''': [''aside to Rumsfeld''] I thought his middle name was "Lewis."
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* BeeAfraid: When Ray and Art attempt first contact with the Klopeks, using the door knocker causes the address plaque to fall and knock the porch light off, releasing a swarm of bees from a hole in the wall hat immediately attack both of them. Whether this was because the bees were a LivingWeapon/AttackAnimal, or just representative of the degree that the house has been neglected is up to you...it's [[RuleOfFunny funny]] either way.
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* CuttingTheKnot: Several times, including to break into two houses.
** Rumsfield removes an entire pane of glass to get into Walter's house when they are checking on him after finding his dog running outside and all of the doors are locked.
** Rather than tangling with the Klopek's alarm system again, Art cuts the power line to the house (which has the collateral effect of blacking out the rest of the neighborhood, as well).
** After the SkeletonKeyCard attempt fails to get Art and Ray into the Klopek's back door, Ray picks up a rock and breaks the window so he can reach in and unlock it from the inside.
* CuttingTheKnot: Several times, including to break into two houses.
** Rumsfield removes an entire pane of glass to get into Walter's house when they are checking on him after finding his dog running outside and all of the doors are locked.
** Rather than tangling with the Klopek's alarm system again, Art cuts the power line to the house (which has the collateral effect of blacking out the rest of the neighborhood, as well).
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* HeelRealization: Ray towards the end.[[spoiler: At least until Dr. Klopek revealed that his suspicions were right all along.]]
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* AshFace: [[spoiler: happens to the main character after the Klopek's furnace explodes in his face, setting the house on fire.]]
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-->'''Rumsfield:''' "So, 'Klopek.' Is thatthey believe belongs to their missing neighbor.a Slavic name?"
-->'''Reuben:''' "...'''NO.'''"
-->'''Rumsfield:''' "So, 'Klopek.' Is that
-->'''Reuben:''' "...'''NO.'''"
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* BadHumorMan: Skip, if the UrbanLegend about him is true; supposedly, he was an ice cream man who snapped after a life of routine, and murdered his family.
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* WhatMightHaveBeen: The first version of the movie had the Klopeks killing Ray and getting away with it. After this, and another ending where the Klopeks are completely innocent, tested poorly, the [[spoiler: compromise ending where the Klopeks are serial killers but fail to kill Ray]] worked much better.
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* WhatMightHaveBeen: The first version of the movie had the [[spoiler:the Klopeks killing Ray and getting away with it. it]]. After this, this ending, and another ending one where the [[spoiler:the Klopeks are completely innocent, innocent]], tested poorly, the [[spoiler: compromise ending where the [[spoiler:the Klopeks are serial killers but fail to kill Ray]] worked much better.
