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* XMeetsY: {{Blaxploitation}} plus [[ANiceJewishIndex literally every Jewish stereotype ever]].
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* BigBad: Damien Claus, mastermind of the plot to destroy Chanukah.


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* ProtagonistTitle
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* OverlyStereotypicalDisguise: The Gentile disguises Mordechai and Esther wear in the Kmart.

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* OverlyStereotypicalDisguise: The Gentile disguises Mordechai and Esther wear in the Kmart.UsefulNotes/{{Kmart}}.
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* CoolCar: The Hammermobile has a sweet blue-and-white color scheme (based on the flag of Israel) and is decked out with the Star of David.

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* CoolCar: The Hammermobile has a sweet blue-and-white color scheme (based on the flag of Israel) UsefulNotes/{{Israel}}) and is decked out with the Star of David.
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'''''The Hebrew Hammer''''' is a 2003 [[BlaxploitationParody "Jewsploitation'']] film starring Adam Goldberg and Andy Dick.

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'''''The ''The Hebrew Hammer''''' Hammer'' is a 2003 [[BlaxploitationParody "Jewsploitation'']] film starring Adam Goldberg and Andy Dick.
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* PrivateDetective: Hebrew Hammer Investigations. According to his credentials, Carver is a Certified Circumsized Dick."

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* PrivateDetective: Hebrew Hammer Investigations. According to his credentials, Carver is a Certified "Certified Circumsized Dick."
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* XMeetsY: {{Blaxploitation}} plus [[ANiceJewishIndex literally every Jewish stereotype ever]].
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* BlackBestFriend: Carver counts on the trust and friendship of the leader of the Kwanzaa Liberation Front, Muhammad Ali PaulaAbdul Rahim.

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* BlackBestFriend: Carver counts on the trust and friendship of the leader of the Kwanzaa Liberation Front, Muhammad Ali PaulaAbdul Music/PaulaAbdul Rahim.



* FantasticDrug: Bootleg copies of ''ItsAWonderfulLife''.

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* FantasticDrug: Bootleg copies of ''ItsAWonderfulLife''.''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.
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Damien, the evil son of {{Santa Claus}}, murders his father to continue his grandfather's (the previous Santa Claus, seen in the prologue) scheme to eliminate all December holidays save Christmas. When the Jewish Justice League gets wind of this fiendish plot, they start looking for one of their own to fight for their right to light their menorahs. The JJL Chief, Bloominbergensteinanthal, reluctantly agrees that their own hope is the one hebe too radical even for them: Mordechai Jefferson Carver, the Hebrew Hammer.

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Damien, the evil son of {{Santa Claus}}, murders his father to continue his grandfather's (the previous Santa Claus, seen in the prologue) scheme to eliminate all December holidays save Christmas. When the Jewish Justice League gets wind of this fiendish plot, they start looking for one of their own to fight for their right to light their menorahs. The JJL Chief, Bloominbergensteinanthal, reluctantly agrees that their own one hope is the one hebe too radical even for them: Mordechai Jefferson Carver, the Hebrew Hammer.
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* SkewedPriorities: As her own son points out, Mrs. Carver is more impressed by her incontinent cat taking a dump in his DIE-A-PAH than by her son saving Hanukkah.
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* StrawCharacter: Wall to wall strawmen. (See description).
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* RuleOfFunny

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* RuleOfFunnyRuleOfFunny: Why would a Neo-Nazi bar have even a single bottle of kosher wine, no matter how neglected? To set up a joke.
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** You know why they call him the Hammer, don't you?

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* {{Cameo}}: Melvin van Peebles appears as his title character in the almost-Blaxplotation classic ''[[Film/SweetSweetbacksBaadasssssSong Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]''.

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Melvin van Peebles appears as his title character in the almost-Blaxplotation classic ''[[Film/SweetSweetbacksBaadasssssSong Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]''.



* GeekyTurnOn: Jews evidently love it when you plan out your life, down to your two-point-five children who will, of course, go to IvyLeague schools.

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* GeekyTurnOn: Jews evidently love Mordecai pretends to really like it when you girls plan out your life, down his whole life for him to your two-point-five children who will, of course, go to IvyLeague schools.get Esther in the sack.



** The actual joke is that Jewish women love that, but Jewish men hate it. Hence, Mordechai just says it to get her in bed.



* JewishComplaining: The Jewish Justice League actually uses this as the final test for Jewishness.

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* JewishComplaining: JewishComplaining:
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The Jewish Justice League actually uses this as the final test for Jewishness.



* [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain Most Definitely Not A Jew]]: The scene where Carver and Esther pretend to be gentiles to get close to Santa.

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* [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain Most Definitely Not A Jew]]: MostDefinitelyNotAVillain: The scene where Carver and Esther pretend to be gentiles to get close to Santa.



** The KLF's token white accountant is shocked:
---->'''Accountant''': You just called him a kike...and you just called him a nigger.
---->'''Rahim''': It's OK when ''we'' calls each other that.



* PrecisionFStrike: "Shabbat Shalom, motherfuckers!"
** When Adam Goldberg was first given the script, he opened to a random page, saw the line, and immediately agreed to do the film.

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* PrecisionFStrike: "Shabbat Shalom, motherfuckers!"
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motherfuckers!" When Adam Goldberg was first given the script, he opened to a random page, saw the line, and immediately agreed to do the film.



* PrivateDetective: Hebrew Hammer Investigations. According to his credentials, Carver is a [[IncrediblyLamePun "Certified Circumsized Dick."]]

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* PrivateDetective: Hebrew Hammer Investigations. According to his credentials, Carver is a [[IncrediblyLamePun "Certified Certified Circumsized Dick."]]"
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* [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi All Jews are American Ashkenazim]]. Of course, an Israeli Hammer would have played to stereotypes known to fewer people (as well as [[BadassIsraeli doing the job too quickly for a feature-length film]]), and non-American non-Israeli Jews really don't have any stereotypes that stay out of UnfortunateImplications territory.

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* [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi All Jews AllJewsAreAshkenazi. The jokes are American Ashkenazim]]. Of course, an Israeli Hammer would have played to based on the culture and stereotypes known to fewer people (as well as [[BadassIsraeli doing the job too quickly for a feature-length film]]), and non-American non-Israeli Jews really don't have any stereotypes that stay out of UnfortunateImplications territory.American Jews, who are primarily Ashkenazi.
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* PrivateEyeMonologue: The Hammer gives one as Esther walks into his office, but it turns out to be a tape recorder on the desk. And it seems to segue into a sex tape.
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* EqualOpportunityOffender: Every. Single. Ethnicity has it's stereotypes cranked UpToEleven for the sake of [[PlayedForLaughs hilarity]] (and fairness).
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'''''The Hebrew Hammer''''' is a 2003 BlaxploitationParody film starring Adam Goldberg and Andy Dick.

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'''''The Hebrew Hammer''''' is a 2003 BlaxploitationParody [[BlaxploitationParody "Jewsploitation'']] film starring Adam Goldberg and Andy Dick.
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* PrettyInMink: A dame in a fur coat shows up at Hammer's office, but he tells her she wants MikeHammer.

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* PrettyInMink: A dame in a fur coat shows up at Hammer's office, but he tells her she wants MikeHammer.Literature/MikeHammer.
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* CondescendingCompassion: The teacher at the beginning.
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* OverlyStereotypicalDisguise: The Gentile disguises Mordechai and Esther wear in the Kmart.
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A sequel is in the early planning stages, in which "the baddest Heeb this side of Tel Aviv" faces off with AdolphHitler.

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A sequel is in the early planning stages, in which "the baddest Heeb this side of Tel Aviv" faces off with AdolphHitler.UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.
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* AffectionateParody: Of {{Blaxploitation}} films.

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* AffectionateParody: Of {{Blaxploitation}} films.films, as well as various SavingChristmas plots.

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* DaddysGirl

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* DaddysGirlDaddysGirl: Esther.


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* JewishAmericanPrincess: Esther.
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-->I want to have children with you. I want to get a good paying, stable job. I want to move to Long Island somewhere, someplace nice, fancy but not fancy shmancy. I want our children to go to private schools and take music lessons, maybe Abraham will go to Stanford. Sarah will go to an Ivy League, maybe Vassar. And afterward they will decide for themselves if they want to continue their religious studies in Israel because we will have practiced a highly effective assertive democratic style of child rearing, sprinkled with a healthy dose of liberalism. On a daily basis, I want you to tell me what to do, where to do it, and how I should live my [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] life

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-->I want to have children with you. I want to get a good paying, stable job. I want to move to Long Island somewhere, someplace nice, fancy but not fancy shmancy. I want our children to go to private schools and take music lessons, maybe Abraham will go to Stanford. Sarah will go to an Ivy League, maybe Vassar. And afterward they will decide for themselves if they want to continue their religious studies in Israel because we will have practiced a highly effective assertive democratic style of child rearing, sprinkled with a healthy dose of liberalism. On a daily basis, [[HenpeckedHusband I want you to tell me what to do, where to do it, and how I should should]] live my [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] life

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* {{Cameo}}: Melvin van Peebles appears as his title character in the almost-Blaxplotation classic
''[[Film/SweetSweetbacksBaadasssssSong Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]''.

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* {{Cameo}}: Melvin van Peebles appears as his title character in the almost-Blaxplotation classic
classic ''[[Film/SweetSweetbacksBaadasssssSong Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]''.

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* {{Cameo}}: Melvin van Peebles appears as his title character in the almost-Blaxplotation classic ''[[Film/SweetSweetbacksBaadasssssSong Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]''.

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* {{Cameo}}: Melvin van Peebles appears as his title character in the almost-Blaxplotation classic classic
''[[Film/SweetSweetbacksBaadasssssSong Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]''.Song]]''.
** Also NYC Mayor Ed Koch [[spoiler: who the Hammer frees as well as Esther]]
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** It also turns out to be part of a Jew's ultimate power.

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** It also turns out to be part [[spoiler:part of a Jew's ultimate power.power]].
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* RefugeInAudacity: On a ride through the [[ItMakesSenseInContext Underground Jewish Railroad]], Esther and Mordechai laugh at both Jewish slaves being whipped by Egyptians, the Nazis yelling at Jewish prisoners... but when a store clerk tells a Jewish woman "Your credit card has been declined." "Oy!", they become very somber and nod at each other in a "I feel her pain" way.
** A chairman of the Jewish Media Conspiracy suggests to solve part of the film's conflict by releasing another Creator/AdamSandler film.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Shabbat Shalom, Motherf#%$ers!!]]

'''''The Hebrew Hammer''''' is a 2003 BlaxploitationParody film starring Adam Goldberg and Andy Dick.

Damien, the evil son of {{Santa Claus}}, murders his father to continue his grandfather's (the previous Santa Claus, seen in the prologue) scheme to eliminate all December holidays save Christmas. When the Jewish Justice League gets wind of this fiendish plot, they start looking for one of their own to fight for their right to light their menorahs. The JJL Chief, Bloominbergensteinanthal, reluctantly agrees that their own hope is the one hebe too radical even for them: Mordechai Jefferson Carver, the Hebrew Hammer.

The Chief's daughter, Esther, convinces the Hammer to take up the cause. What follows is a hilarious walk through Jewish culture, playing with Jewish stereotypes, and saving Hanukkah for everyone.

As the Anti-Defamation League noted (after refusing permission to use their name, which becomes "Anti-Denigration League" in the script), these people are equal opportunity offenders. In fact, if you are not offended, you should demand your money back.

A sequel is in the early planning stages, in which "the baddest Heeb this side of Tel Aviv" faces off with AdolphHitler.
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!!This film provides examples of these tropes:
* AffectionateParody: Of {{Blaxploitation}} films.
* [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi All Jews are American Ashkenazim]]. Of course, an Israeli Hammer would have played to stereotypes known to fewer people (as well as [[BadassIsraeli doing the job too quickly for a feature-length film]]), and non-American non-Israeli Jews really don't have any stereotypes that stay out of UnfortunateImplications territory.
* AllJewsAreCheapskates: Hammer falls for a trap set off by this trope.
* AntiHero: Carver is not heroic because he wants to be.
* BadSanta: Saint Nick the Nasty in the prologue, and ''Andy Dick'' in the main plot.
* BadassLongcoat
* BlackBestFriend: Carver counts on the trust and friendship of the leader of the Kwanzaa Liberation Front, Muhammad Ali PaulaAbdul Rahim.
* {{Blaxploitation}}: Parodied as "Jewsploitation." The Kwanzaa Liberation Front embraces blaxploitation.
* BlaxploitationParody: Its already been said three or four times that this is a huge parody of {{Blaxploitation}} films.
* {{Cameo}}: Melvin van Peebles appears as his title character in the almost-Blaxplotation classic ''[[Film/SweetSweetbacksBaadasssssSong Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]''.
* CharacterTitle
* CoolCar: The Hammermobile has a sweet blue-and-white color scheme (based on the flag of Israel) and is decked out with the Star of David.
* DaddysGirl
* DotingParent: Mrs. Carver, stereotypically so.
* TheDragon: Tiny Tim.
* DramaticGunCock: [[OverlyLongGag Drawn out to an obscene length]] when [[ExtendedDisarming the entire Kwanzaa Liberation Front draws and cocks their weapons]] when Carver enters their building.
* EyepatchOfPower: With a Star of David on it.
* FantasticDrug: Bootleg copies of ''ItsAWonderfulLife''.
* FiveFiveFive: The JJL's phone number is 555-5555.
* FilmNoir: The scene where Esther meets Carver in his office starts as a straight example, and then devolves into parody.
* GeekyTurnOn: Jews evidently love it when you plan out your life, down to your two-point-five children who will, of course, go to IvyLeague schools.
-->I want to have children with you. I want to get a good paying, stable job. I want to move to Long Island somewhere, someplace nice, fancy but not fancy shmancy. I want our children to go to private schools and take music lessons, maybe Abraham will go to Stanford. Sarah will go to an Ivy League, maybe Vassar. And afterward they will decide for themselves if they want to continue their religious studies in Israel because we will have practiced a highly effective assertive democratic style of child rearing, sprinkled with a healthy dose of liberalism. On a daily basis, I want you to tell me what to do, where to do it, and how I should live my [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] life
** The actual joke is that Jewish women love that, but Jewish men hate it. Hence, Mordechai just says it to get her in bed.
* GoingByTheMatchbook: The black elf gives Carver a matchbook from Duke's, telling him that's where Santa will be. [[spoiler: Of course, Duke's is actually a Neonazi skinhead bar...]]
* GunsAkimbo: With ''shotguns''.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: The ultimate Jewish weapon is [[spoiler:guilt]].
* HyperspaceArsenal: Carver draws two shotguns from his coat in Duke's.
* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: The Jewish Atomic Clock in Jerusalem runs on Judaium, an element so rare, it's found only in the clock. The [=JAC=] keeps time for the Jewish calendar and its holidays: Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, Rosh Hashanah, and [[AllJewsAreCheapskates the Macy's 50% Off Sale]].
* JewishComplaining: The Jewish Justice League actually uses this as the final test for Jewishness.
** It also turns out to be part of a Jew's ultimate power.
* JewishMother: Mrs. Carver
* JewsLoveToArgue
* MeaningfulName: "The Hebrew Hammer" evokes the image of Judah Maccabbee, aka "Judah the Hammer," who led the Jewish rebellion against the Seleucid Empire. Also, Damien.
** You know why they call him the Hammer, don't you?
* MexicanStandoff
* [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain Most Definitely Not A Jew]]: The scene where Carver and Esther pretend to be gentiles to get close to Santa.
* NoisyGuns: the Kwanzaa Liberation Front has some ''very'' noisy guns.
* NoodleIncident: During the debate to decide what should be done about Damian Claus, Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal protests about The Hammer getting involved and cites an 'incident at the airport with the Hare Krishna' as his reason for not wanting to recruit him.
* NWordPrivileges: Mordechai & Rahim's first onscreen meeting:
-->'''Mordechai''': How's it goin, my nigga?
-->'''Rahiam''': How's it goin, my kike?
** The KLF's token white accountant is shocked:
---->'''Accountant''': You just called him a kike...and you just called him a nigger.
---->'''Rahim''': It's OK when ''we'' calls each other that.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: The ''other'' part of the ultimate Jewish weapon.
* PermaStubble
* PhraseCatcher: Remember, the fate of Hanukkah is resting on your shoulders.
* PimpDuds: The Hammer's usual clothes. And even Damien Claus wears a fur coat with his Santa hat when he's in full evil mode.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Damien.
* PrecisionFStrike: "Shabbat Shalom, motherfuckers!"
** When Adam Goldberg was first given the script, he opened to a random page, saw the line, and immediately agreed to do the film.
* PrettyInMink: A dame in a fur coat shows up at Hammer's office, but he tells her she wants MikeHammer.
* PrivateDetective: Hebrew Hammer Investigations. According to his credentials, Carver is a [[IncrediblyLamePun "Certified Circumsized Dick."]]
* RefugeInAudacity: On a ride through the [[ItMakesSenseInContext Underground Jewish Railroad]], Esther and Mordechai laugh at both Jewish slaves being whipped by Egyptians, the Nazis yelling at Jewish prisoners... but when a store clerk tells a Jewish woman "Your credit card has been declined." "Oy!", they become very somber and nod at each other in a "I feel her pain" way.
** A chairman of the Jewish Media Conspiracy suggests to solve part of the film's conflict by releasing another Creator/AdamSandler film.
* RuleOfFunny
* SavingChristmas: While the main plot is about saving Hanukkah, the heroes are also saving Christmas from a power-mad dictator in Damien.
* SexySantaDress: The ladies helping Santa [[spoiler:even the new one after Damien is taken down]].
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Damien assumes the position of Santa Claus after ordering the reindeer to murder the real Santa.
* UndergroundRailroad: A rare literal example.
* UnflinchingWalk: After the fight at Duke's.
* WigDressAccent: Carver and Esther disguise themselves as gentiles to get close to Santa at a public appearance.
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