History Film / TheFisherKing

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: To escape a frantic customer, Jack hands her the porn video ''Ordinary Peepholes''. During Jack and Anne's subsequent conversation, she is visible behind them enthusiastically renting it at the checkout.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Jack and Anne often bicker and their relationship seems to be more sexual than anything. But there are moments that show that both do really love each other. Anne herself actually wants Jack to tell her he loves her, and it isn't until the very end that he finally says this to her. The result: a slap across the face immediately followed by a passionate kiss.

%% * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: The better Jack's career is going, the more of an asshole he is.

%% * ItsAllAboutMe: Jack is like this in the beginning. His ego is ultimately lowered after the massacre.

%% * SarcasmBlind: Parry doesn't tend to get Jack's sarcasm either.
%% * ShockJock: Jack Lucas

%% * ShrinkingViolet: Lydia.

%% * SpontaneousChoreography: The Central Station scene (being a DreamSequence.)

%% * {{Transvestite}}: This movie may have the most lovable DragQueen ever conceived.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:After Jack has broken into the Carmichael castle to steal the 'Holy Grail' for Parry, Jack discovers Langdon Carmichael himself unconscious and dying of a drug overdose. Jack considers leaving the man to die and escaping unimpeded with his prize. Instead--at considerable risk to himself, and with the knowledge that he can never take credit for the good deed--he deliberately triggers the burglar alarm and summons the police to save the man's life.]]
%% * WholesomeCrossdresser: Michael Jeter's character is practically the TropeCodifier.

* {{Adorkable}}: Parry and Lydia are both socially awkward to varying degrees. Parry is overly bombastic and Lydia is shy, reserved and clumsy. This shows thoroughly when the two are on their dinner date and spend much of it playing roughly with their food.

%% * CuteClumsyGirl: Lydia.

%% * DeadpanSnarker: Jack, mainly in response to Parry's delusions. Anne and the Transvestite have their moments as well. Even Parry, especially when he's playing off the others.

%% * DutchAngle: As expected in a Terry Gilliam film. Most prominent in the scenes with Parry and the other bums.

%% * FishEyeLens: Used frequently in the film.
%% * FisherKing: The TropeNamer is discussed, but not quite invoked. See Magical Realism.
%% * FourEyesZeroSoul: Edwin wears a pair of glasses.

%% * HeroicBSOD: Jack after learning of the massacre. He basically gives up on everything in his life.
%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: Jack and Parry form this over the course of the movie.
%% * HomelessHero: Parry.
* ImagineSpot: As Parry is following Lydia through Central Station, he imagines the whole place turning into a big ballroom dance.

%% * BadassLongcoat: Parry wears one. Jack later dons the same one, along with the rest of Parry's knight attire, when he [[spoiler:"storms" Langdon Carmichael's place to retrieve the"grail".]]
%% * BatterUp: The teens use bats to beat Jack and later [[spoiler:Parry]].
%% * BettyAndVeronica: Lydia is Betty and Anne is Veronica.

%% * {{Adorkable}}: Parry and Lydia, especially when they're on their date.

%% * AWorldHalfFull

%% * CoupledCouples: Jack and Anne, and Parry and Lydia. The former two act as matchmakers for the other two.

''The Fisher King'' is a comedy-drama film made in 1991, written by Richard [=LaGravenese=] and directed by Creator/TerryGilliam. It stars Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/RobinWilliams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer and Michael Jeter. The film is about a radio shock-jock who tries to find redemption by helping a homeless man whose life he inadvertently shattered.

%% * CynicismCatalyst: Jack becomes really jaded after his big mistake.

%% * KingArthur: Parry's semi-symbolic quest for the Holy Grail.

%% * MagicRealism: Especially the scene in Grand Central Station. There's also echoes of this [[spoiler:when the 'grail' revives Parry]].
%% * MaleFrontalNudity: [[FanDisservice Shame about the context...]]

%% * OddCouple: Parry and Jack.

%% * RedemptionQuest: Everything Jack does for Parry.

%% * WisdomFromTheGutter: Parry practically becomes Jack's mentor.

%% * GroinAttack: One of the teens suffers this

%% * TheAtoner: Jack tries so hard to help Parry because he feels responsible for his condition, as it was an offhand comment of his that drove his wife's killer into a rampage.

%% * CampGay: Just a few inches away from ChewingTheScenery for Michael Jeter.

%% * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Most of, if not all, the hobos, Parry in particular.

%% * GroinAttack: One of the teens cops this from Parry. With a plunger, no less!

* ImagineSpot: As Parry is following Lydia through Central Station, he imagines the whole place turning into a big ballroom dance. It's quite spectacular.

%% * JabbaTableManners: Both Lydia and Parry have less than proper manners when at the Chinese Restaurant.

%% * RedOniBlueOni: Parry is the red, Jack is the blue.

%% * StalkerWithACrush: Parry has followed Lydia around the city for a while and knows her daily routine.

At first Jack believes that Parry has come into his life to punish him for his sins, but gradually he begins to hope that by helping Parry, he himself might be forgiven. With Anne's help, Jack attempts to rescue Parry by giving him a job and even helping him meet the mousy young woman whom Parry has deemed his ''princess lointaine''. But Parry insists that the only thing that he wants of Jack is help in his quest to find the Grail. Desperate for peace, Jack allows himself to be roped into the mad quest in the hopes that it will bring him the healing he seeks.

* CatchPhrase: "Forgive me!" is the catch phrase for Jack's character on the sitcom ''On The Radio''. (It's an {{Homage}} to Creator/SteveMartin's stand-up catch phrase, "Well, excuse me!")

* GoneHorriblyWrong: The broadcast that led to Parry's wife dying: man that is clearly disturbed calling Jack's radio show to talk about how he's fed up. Jack gives him a rant about how the bourgeoisie is putting everybody down and how it's "us or them". Cut to the morning after and Jack finding out that this was the battle cry the man used to blow away an entire restaurant full of people with a shotgun before killing himself.

** Just as Parry and Lydia say their goodbyes after their date, which was quite uplifting and romantic, Parry starts having gruesome flashbacks to his wife's murder, and is chased around the city by the Red Knight. He eventually winds up by himself and [[spoiler:is unfortunate enough to encounter the teens again.]]

* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: Jack's theme when he's riding high is "I've Got the Power" by Snap.

* {{Adorkable}}: Parry and Lydia, especially when they're on their date.

* TheAtoner: Jack tries so hard to help Parry because he feels responsible for his condition, as it was an offhand comment of his that drove his wife's killer into a rampage.
* AWorldHalfFull
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther[=/=]KissKissSlap: Jack and Anne often bicker and their relationship seems to be more sexual than anything. But there are moments that show that both do really love each other. Anne herself actually wants Jack to tell her he loves her, and it isn't until the very end that he finally says this to her. The result: a slap across the face immediately followed by a passionate kiss.
* BadassLongcoat: Parry wears one in that same scene. Jack later dons the same one, along with the rest of Parry's knight attire, when he [[spoiler:"storms" Langdon Carmichael's place to retrieve the"grail".]]
* BatterUp: The teens use bats to beat Jack and later [[spoiler:Parry]].
* BettyAndVeronica: Lydia is Betty and Anne is Veronica.

* CampGay: Just a few inches away from ChewingTheScenery for Michael Jeter.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Most of, if not all, the hobos, Parry in particular.

* CoupledCouples: Jack and Anne, and Parry and Lydia. The former two act as matchmakers for the other two.

* CuteClumsyGirl: Lydia.
* CynicismCatalyst: Jack becomes really jaded after his big mistake.
* DeadpanSnarker: Jack, mainly in response to Parry's delusions. Anne and the Transvestite have their moments as well. Even Parry, especially when he's playing off the others.

* DutchAngle: As expected in a Terry Gilliam film. Most prominent in the scenes with Parry and the other bums.

* FishEyeLens: Used frequently in the film.
* FisherKing: The TropeNamer is discussed, but not quite invoked. See Magical Realism.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Edwin wears a pair of glasses.

* GroinAttack: One of the teens cops this from Parry. With a plunger, no less!
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: The better Jack's career is going, the more of an asshole he is.

* HeroicBSOD: Jack after learning of the massacre. He basically gives up on everything in his life.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jack and Parry form this over the course of the movie.
* HomelessHero: Parry.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Jack is like this in the beginning. His ego is ultimately lowered after the massacre.
* JabbaTableManners: Both Lydia and Parry have less than proper manners when at the Chinese Restaurant.

* KingArthur: Parry's semi-symbolic quest for the Holy Grail.

* MagicRealism: Especially the scene in Grand Central Station. There's also echoes of this [[spoiler:when the 'grail' revives Parry]].
* MaleFrontalNudity: [[FanDisservice Shame about the context...]]

* MoodWhiplash: Just as Parry and Lydia say their goodbyes after their date, which was quite uplifting and romantic, Parry starts having gruesome flashbacks to his wife's murder, and is chased around the city by the Red Knight. He eventually winds up by himself and [[spoiler:is unfortunate enough to encounter the teens again.]]

* NiceHat: Parry has two. One for his knight attire and another for his casual clothing when out in the city.

* OddCouple: Parry and Jack.
* OhCrap[=/=]PrecisionFStrike:

* OminousLatinChanting: Heard when Parry is running from the Red Knight and experiencing gruesome flashbacks.

* RedemptionQuest: Everything Jack does for Parry.
* RedOniBlueOni: Parry is the red, Jack is the blue.
* SarcasmBlind: Parry doesn't tend to get Jack's sarcasm either.
* ShockJock: Jack Lucas

* ShrinkingViolet: Lydia.

* SpontaneousChoreography: The Central Station scene (being a DreamSequence.)
* StalkerWithACrush: Parry has followed Lydia around the city for a while and knows her daily routine.

* {{Transvestite}}: This movie may have the most lovable DragQueen ever conceived.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Michael Jeter's character is practically the TropeCodifier.
* WisdomFromTheGutter: Parry practically becomes Jack's mentor.
* WorldOfHam: Many characters ChewTheScenery. Mostly the homeless people, especially Parry and the Transvestite. Jack even gets into it in Central Park!

** StalkingIsLove: AvertedTrope. Lydia never gets to know how long Parry has... eh... known her. Until they've finally met, that is.

* DeadpanSnarker: Jack, mainly in response to Parry's delusions. Anne and the Transvestite have their moments as well.

** StalkingIsLove: AvertedTrope. Lydia never gets to know how long Parry has... eh... known her.

* ShoutOut: There is a ''Film/{{Brazil}}'' poster hanging in the Video Shop which was also directed by Terry Gilliam. And, of course, the Holy Grail subplot is a ShoutOut to MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail, also starring Terry Gilliam.

* ShoutOut: There is a ''Film/{{Brazil}}'' poster hanging in the Video Shop which was also directed by Terry Gilliam.