History Recap / FilmRerollTheSearchers

* ForeShadowing: A meta example, as this episode was recorded before Kara came out but released afterwards. She makes a one-off comment about recently seeing herself in a very different light, but never elaborates on this within the episode itself.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: [[invoked]] Andy Hoover mentions that the Rerolled [[Recap/FilmRerollFridayThe13thTheFinalChapter ”Summerspell”]] movie somehow got a G rating despite the explicit sex and violence. Andy implies it's because [[CreatorApathy whoever was in charge of rating it didn't care.]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: InUniverse. Andy Hoover mentions that the Rerolled [[Recap/FilmRerollFridayThe13thTheFinalChapter ”Summerspell”]] movie somehow got a G rating despite the explicit sex and violence.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Possibly the biggest BizarroEpisode in the history of the show, given its highly unusual format. It stands out even more coming right after [[Recap/FilmRerollMemento Memento]], which was both a SoloCharacterRun (albeit one with RevolvingDoorCasting) and by far the longest Film Reroll campaign ever.

** Film/{{Drive}}: Creator/RyanGosling (Carolyn Faye Kramer) fails to drive and proceeds to die. Creator/BryanCranston makes it out okay.

Episode 100 of Podcast/FilmReroll. Based on [[Film/TheSearchers the 1956 Western]]... as well as [[Film/TheMartian the 2016 Golden Globes Best Musical or Comedy winner]], [[Film/{{Drive}} a film where a man drives to synthwave music]], [[Theatre/WaitingForGodot a play in which nothing happens, twice]], [[Film/TheItalianJob2003 a fictitious heist in Venice]] (not to be confused with [[Film/TheItalianJob1969 the similarly named fictitious heist in Turin]]), [[Film/{{Rashomon}} the Trope Namer]] for RashomonStyle, [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty a Disney film]] where the day is saved by a TrueLovesKiss, and [[Film/CastAway the heartbreaking story of a friendship between a modern-day Robinson Crusoe and a volleyball.]]

* OutdatedByCanon: While ''every'' episode featuring Kara Strait before she changed her name arguably counts as somewhat of an UnintentionalPeriodPiece, this one stands out for featuring ''multiple'' fictionalized versions of her only months beforehand. Also, while it was obviously recorded before she came out, it actually ended up being released afterwards. Scott’s pre-recorded segment dated the quickest, as it treats Kara being bald as a given. When it came time to record the main episode, this was no longer quite true.

* BodyBackupDrive: The {{Mockumentary}} ''Lost Down the Rage Chasm: A Pitr Strait Story'' claims that [[ManingfulRename Kara]] Strait died [[YourHeadAsplode very unexpectedly]] early on in the show, but has since been brought back [[ExpendableClone hundreds of times]] by Paulo Quiros, who uses ”necrobothany” to grow clones in his rooftop garden. Some of these clones were supposedly murdered by Jon Miller and — at least in one case — Tim Nolan, whereas others simply exploded or spontaneously combusted, something which interviewee [[UnreliableNarrator Scott Aiello]] credits partially to CloneDegeneration, partially to the donor being ”a white guy[[note]]InUniverse, Kara may have become an OppositeSexClone since. It has yet to be stated whether this has had any effect on her incineration rate, though it appears to have alleviated her hair loss, if nothing else.[[/note]] from the suburbs.”

Starring Jon Miller as Ethan Edwards, Andy Hoover as Houben, Carolyn Faye Kramer [[IAmNotLeonardNimoy as Ryan Gosling]], Kara Strait[[note]] credited — one last time — as “Pitr Strait” [[/note]] as Estragon, Scott Aiello as Vladimir, Jocelyn "Joz" Vammer as Chuck Noland, Lisa Kopitsky as Charlie Croker, Timothy E. "Tim" Nolan as Carolyn Faye Kramer, Lane Moore as Jasmine and Paulo Quiros as the Dungeon Master.

Starring Jon Miller as Ethan Edwards, Andy Hoover as Houben, Carolyn Faye Kramer [[IAmNotLeonardNimoy as Ryan Gosling]], Kara "Pitr" Strait as Estragon, Scott Aiello as Vladimir, Jocelyn "Joz" Vammer as Chuck Noland, Lisa Kopitsky as Charlie Croker, Timothy E. "Tim" Nolan as Carolyn Faye Kramer, Lane Moore as Jasmine and Paulo Quiros as the Dungeon Master.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Despite the general weirdness of her sketch, Carolyn Faye Kramer actually managed to predict some things that wound up happening in the real episode, such as Kara "Pitr" Strait wearing CoolShades. (The latter was quite freaked out after realizing that this in fact [[AvertedTrope wasn’t]] a ThrowItIn moment.)

* AstralProjection: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. In her ”behind-the-scenes” segment, Carolyn — playing Pitr — claims that the tall woman in the kitchen is [[MindScrew "[her] body"]] before cracking up. It takes a while for her to calm down and clarify that she meant to say her (presumably fictional) bodyguard, Lumiere.

* BodyBackupDrive: The {{Mockumentary}} ''Lost Down the Rage Chasm: A Pitr Strait Story'' claims that Kara "Pitr" Strait died [[YourHeadAsplode very unexpectedly]] early on in the show, but has since been brought back [[ExpendableClone hundreds of times]] by Paulo Quiros, who uses ”necrobothany” to grow clones in his rooftop garden. Some of these clones were supposedly murdered by Jon Miller and — at least in one case — Tim Nolan, whereas others simply exploded or spontaneously combusted, something which interviewee [[UnreliableNarrator Scott Aiello]] credits partially to CloneDegeneration, partially to the donor being ”a white guy[[note]]InUniverse, Kara may have become an OppositeSexClone since. It has yet to be stated whether this has had any effect on her incineration rate, though it appears to have alleviated her hair loss, if nothing else.[[/note]] from the suburbs.”

** Scott Aiello’s offering is a prerecorded mock interview where he expands on the previous claim that [[BodyBackupDrive Kara "Pitr" Strait is actually a series of clones]], revealing [[BlackComedy the gruesome ways some of them have died.]]

* UnknownCharacter: Pitr Strait’s offering is a guessing game, in which the other players have to figure out the identities of fictional characters based on the given stats from Pitr’s custom character sheets. [[note]] The characters in question are [[Film/TheMatrix Neo]], [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hermione Granger]], Film/SpeedRacer, [[Film/WaynesWorld Cassandra Wong]] and WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster.[[/note]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: InUniverse. Andy Hoover mentions that the Rerolled [[Recap/FilmRerollFridayThe13thTheFinalChapter ”Summerspell”]] movie somehow got a G rating despite the explict sex and violence.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Despite the general weirdness of her sketch, Carolyn actually managed to predict some things that wound up happening in the real episode, such as Pitr wearing CoolShades. (The latter was quite freaked out after realizing that this in fact [[AvertedTrope wasn’t]] a ThrowItIn moment.)

* AstralProjection: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. In her ”behind-the-scenes” segment, Carolyn Faye Kramer — playing Pitr Strait — claims that the tall woman in the kitchen is [[MindScrew [her] body]] before cracking up. It takes a while for her to calm down and clarify that she meant to say her (presumably fictional) bodyguard, Lumiere.

* BodyBackupDrive: The {{Mockumentary}} ''Lost Down the Rage Chasm: A Pitr Strait Story'' claims that Pitr Strait died [[YourHeadAsplode very unexpectedly]] early on in the show, but has since been brought back [[ExpendableClone hundreds of times]] by Paulo Quiros, who uses ”necrobothany” to grow Pitr clones in his rooftop garden. Some of the clones were supposedly murdered by Jon Miller and — at least in one case — Tim Nolan, whereas others simply exploded or spontaneously combusted, something which interviewee [[UnreliableNarrator Scott Aiello]] credits partially to CloneDegeneration, partially to Pitr being ”a white guy[[note]]InUniverse, Pitr may have become an OppositeSexClone since. It has yet to be stated whether this has had any effect on her incineration rate, though it appears to have alleviated her hair loss, if nothing else.[[/note]] from the suburbs.”

** [[Recap/FilmRerollJaws Andy and Pitr’s two-headed coroner.]]

** [[Recap/FilmRerollIronMan3 Pitr Strait accidentally shooting the president.]]

** Pitr Strait’s is [[Recap/FilmRerollThelmaAndLouise Thelma and Louise.]]

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: InUniverse, Pitr Strait feels that Godot is an annoyingly obvious metaphor for God. WordOfGod (heh) claimed that the name similarity was a coincidence.

** Theatre/WaitingForGodot: Estragon (Pitr Strait) and Vladimir (Scott Aiello) attempt rolling for Godot, who still never shows up.

** Scott Aiello’s offering is a prerecorded mock interview where he expands on the previous claim that [[BodyBackupDrive Pitr Strait is actually a series of clones]], revealing [[BlackComedy the gruesome ways some of them have died.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Pitr points out that Creator/JohnWayne’s character from Film/TheSearchers was quite racist. [[DecoyProtagonist This never really has time to factor into the gameplay.]]

Starring Jon Miller as Ethan Edwards, Andy Hoover as Houben, Carolyn Faye Kramer [[IAmNotLeonardNimoy as Ryan Gosling]], Pitr Strait as Estragon, Scott Aiello as Vladimir, Joz Vammer as Chuck Noland, Lisa Kopitsky as Charlie Croker, Tim Nolan as Carolyn Faye Kramer, Lane Moore as Jasmine and Paulo Quiros as the Dungeon Master.

Being for all intents and purposes a Bonus Scene, [[Recap/FilmRerollJozsOffering Joz’s Offering has its own page.]]

* DarkReprise: While the original cover of A Whole New World from the [[Recap/FilmRerollAladdin Aladdin]] campaign had lyrics changed mostly to simply fit with the new scenario, the extended version sung here treats Jasmine becoming the ruler of Agrabah as her StartOfDarkness, making it somewhat of a WeCanRuleTogether song.
---> I could live in your world.\\

Let me share this whole new world with you.

To him I’d like to say ’I’m not ya.’”[[note]]Answer: Creator/MichaelBuble[[/note]]
* {{Robinsonade}}: Coincidentally or not, this episode features two speedrolls — The Martian and Cast Away — based on films following this trope. The former goes well. The latter... doesn’t.
* SettingUpdate: E-mails are mentioned in the Waiting for Godot speedroll.

--->"Weekend at Bernie’s, the latest [[ArcWords offering]] from talented but often frustrating director Paulo Quiros. A madcap, avant garde spectacle, and at times a mortifying and confusing examination of what it is to alive in 1989. It is many things, but I can not tell you if it is — [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall in the strictest sense of the word]] — a movie. Based on the semi-autobiographical mea culpa We Thought We Were Gods: The Real Story of Hampton Island by Richard Parker, Weekend at Bernie’s takes a surprisingly bold and often offensive approach to the infamous events on Hampton Isle which left two dead and several injured. While previous attempts to dramatise the events of July 3rd, 1989 — including of course Music/DavidByrne’s solo concept album The Mask of the Duck — while those took a more dark thriller tack, this so-called “comedy” leans into the absurdity of these real-life events. At its best, the film delivers on its grim promise of black comedy, reveling in the pathetic absurdity of central players Richard Parker and Larry Wilson. This movie so disturbed me that it made me question the entire career that I had chosen as a movie critic, as well as my marriage, and the fact that I was born with eyes and ears. I look forward to salvation, but must commend the performance of a young Creator/MichellePhieffer in the role of Baby Destruction. That kid is going places.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: InUniverse. Andy Hoover mentions that the Rerolled [[Recap/FilmRerollFridayThe13thTheFinalChapter ”Summerspell”]] movie somehow got a G rating despite the excessive sex and violence.

-->''100 Episodes! Thank you everyone!!!''

* The speedrolls follow the usual Film Reroll premise, with the difference that the plot is resolved with only 1-3 rolls at critical plot moments. They are very fatalistic, as they immediately determine whether or not the story has a HappyEnding. Each player present gets to play through their very own mini campaign.

* AnachronismStew: Andy Hoover’s review — supposedly written in UsefulNotes/TheNineties for a recently released (fictional) movie — describes Creator/MichellePieffer as an up-and-coming actress. In RealLife, she had already been a star for over a decade by that point.

* AstralProjection: [[Subverted|Trope]]. In her ”behind-the-scenes” segment, Carolyn Faye Kramer — playing Pitr Strait — claims that the tall woman in the kitchen is [[MindScrew [her] body]] before cracking up. It takes a while for her to calm down and clarify that she meant to say her (presumably fictional) bodyguard, Lumiere.
* TheBadGuyWins: PlayedStraight with Sleeping Beauty. Possibly the case with Rashomon, though the film was purposfully vague on just how evil its various characters were or weren’t.
* BodyBackupDrive: The {{Mockumentary}} Lost Down the Rage Chasm: A Pitr Strait Story claims that Pitr Strait died [[YourHeadExplode very unexpectedly]] early on in the show, but has since been brought back [[ExpendableClone hundreds of times]] by Paulo Quiros, who uses ”necrobothany” to grow Pitr clones in his rooftop garden. Some of the clones were supposedly murdered by Jon Miller and — at least in one case — Tim Nolan, whereas others simply exploded or spontaneously combusted, something which interviewee [[UnreliableNarrator Scott Aiello]] credits partially to CloneDegeneration, partially to Pitr being ”a white guy[[note]]Pitr has presumably become an OppositeSexClone since. It has yet to be stated whether this has had any effect on her incineration rate, though it appears to have alleviated her hair loss, if nothing else.[[/note]] from the suburbs.”

** [[Recap/FilmRerollAladdin Aladdin worrying that Jafar is trying to hit on him, only for the vizier to actually fall in love with the street rat.]] For this one, they watched a fan-made animatic.
** [[Recap/FilmRerollTheWizardOfOz The Cowardly Lion musing what may have happened to Dorothy and the Scarecrow.]] Here too, an animatic was shown.

* TheCameo: Lane Moore’s appearance is essentially this, as she provides the singing voice for Princess Jasmine — [[NonSingingVoice played in the original episode by Andy Hoover]] — in a prerecorded musical number.

To rule the world by fiat.

* RiddleMeThis: Timothy E. Nolan’s offering is three (out of supposedly forty-seven) riddles for the other players to solve, designed specifically as a form of ”revenge” for Paulo’s riddle game from [[Recap/FilmRerollMemento Memento]], simply because Tim failed to solve it.