History WesternAnimation / OverTheHedge

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Verne tells RJ at the end that all he had to do was ask for the food to pay back Vincent and the animals would've given it to him -- [[TrueCompanions that's what families do]]. Though it's debatable if this really would have worked at any point since he gained that family through deception in the first place.

* EvilTakesANap: Vincent is dozing in his cave as part of his winter hibernation. A desperate R.J. tries to raid Vincent's food stash and almost gets away with it. However, R.J. made the mistake of opening a can of Spuddies, which awakens Vincent. R.J. is given three days to replace every crumb in Vincent's stash or become Grizzly Chow.

* JumpingOutOfACake: Stella does it one step better: she literally ''explodes'' out of a birthday cake.

* DancePartyEnding: One of the only DreamWorks films from this era to avert this (though Vincent does do a little dance at one point during the credits).

* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Whilst watching television channels with the other animals as a [[BecomingTheMask loving family]], each channel shows a dramatic scene where someone reacts to another's betrayal [[EtTuBrute badly]]. RJ feels uncomfortable at imagining ''this'' is how his new-found family will react if they knew he was exploiting them. It doesn't help when the last channel has a Dr. Phil-esque host who says "If you feel like a dirtbag, it's because you ''are'' a dirtbag."

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Verne after he lost all of the food and accidentally called his friends stupid.
* RJ, after he sees the traps Gladys and Dwayne have set for the gang.

* AffablyEvil: Dwayne, to an extent. While he's an exterminator who uses illegal and extremely painful-looking lethal traps and devices to kill animals, not only is he a very jolly person but, when he captures the animals alive, he intends to humanely put them to sleep. And although Gladys insists it be done as ''inhumanely'' as possible, there's no indication Dwayne intends to go as she says. Of course, he still wants to ''kill'' them, humanely or not.

RJ, after he sees the traps Gladys and Dwayne have set for the gang.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: RJ, after he sees the traps Gladys and Dwayne have set for the gang.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Gladys Sharp is a Corrupt Homeowners' Association President (we never do learn what her day job is). She crosses the line after buying an exterminator system that (according to Dwayne) "is illegal in every state, except Texas." And then when she's arrested, she starts fighting the police officers, getting herself in even more trouble, since now the cops can add resisting arrest to all the criminal charges she'll be facing, which might also include animal cruelty [[note]] Dwayne ''did'' offer that the animals could've been dealt with humanely, but she insisted on them being killed in "the most inhumane way possible".[[/note]].

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Verne tells RJ this had the end that all he had to do was ask for the food to pay back Vincent and the animals would've given it to him -- [[TrueCompanions that's what families do]]. Though it's debatable if this really would have worked at any point since he gained that family through deception in the first place.

* DarkIsEvil: Gladys, has black hair and dresses in black clothing a lot, except for her red pajamas.

* DeathFromAbove: Inverted. [[spoiler: After the Depelter Turbo was activated with Gladys, Dwane, and Vincent the Bear inside it, its activation results in a large light beam that shoots out of the atmosphere (taking out a passing satellite) and is visible from outside the Milky Way Galaxy, and the heat is hot enough to instantly create popcorn as well as burn the fur off Vincent.]]

--->(Driving down the street in an SUV, coffee in one hand, her shoulder pressing her phone to her ear)\\
'''Gladys''': No I can talk. I'm just ''driving.''

--->(Eyes Vincent's cave, knowing that it's full of goodies)\\

* FakeRabies: R.J. used whipped cream on Hammy ad ruffles his fur to scare off some Girl Scouts and get their cookies. It is very effective as a scare strategy.

* FastFoodNation: GrumpyBear Vincent's entire stash is composed of junk food, with Pringles {{expy}} Spuddies regarded as the epitome of foodstuffs. When [=RJ=] the raccoon has to replenish this stockpile, he and his friends raid human suburbs, where junk food seems to be their sole staple. In particular, RJ's monologue about the humans towards the beginning of the film is a satire of American consumerism.

* ForWantOfANail: Essentially most of the plot happens because of RJ attempting to steal from Vincent, and THAT only happened because RJ couldn't get a bag of nacho cheese chips out of a vending machine near Vincent's cave. It's only after Vincent gives RJ the ultimatum of replacing everything in a week or getting killed that the vending machine finally gives up the chips, much to RJ's frustration.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While Verne lost any support he had from the other hedgies when he tried to return their food to the humans and called them stupid in a fit of rage, he is completely correct in guessing that RJ is indeed manipulating their naivety to get food for himself.

** Her cherry on top is [[spoiler: when Dwayne [[PetTheDog offers]] to deal with the captured animals humanely, Gladys insists she wants the animals exterminated most inhumanely. ]]

* MoodSwinger: RJ. In one scene he goes from relaxed, to panic, to shame then to ''extremely panicked'' in ten seconds.

* NeverSayDie: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted, actually.]] Vincent repeatedly makes it clear throughout the movie that if RJ doesn't gather the food, he ''will'' kill him.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Vincent says this to RJ after the raccoon gives him all of the stolen food. Unlike most examples of this trope in movies like this, he's ''completely correct,'' and this completes RJ's HeelRealization.

** Don't forget Dwayne's reaction when he realizes that the 'Depelter Turbo' is about to go off with him, Gladys, and Vincent all on the receiving end.

* OverlyLongGag: According to the director commentary, they just decided to "keep going until it's funny, and then ''keep going some more."'':

* PokemonSpeak: Nugent.
* PopStarComposer: {{Music/Ben Folds}} wrote three songs ("Family Of Me," "Heist," and "Still"), re-wrote one ("Rockin' The Suburbs"), and covered another (Music/TheClash's "Lost In The Supermarket") for the soundtrack. It's considered one of the film's biggest highlights.

* RemovableShell: Verne loses his three times, the first by getting thrown out of a street cleaner, the second by falling off a tree with RJ holding it, and finally when [[spoiler: Hammy, under a caffeine-induced [[FasterThanLightTravel FTL]] frenzy, takes it off to protect RJ from being chomped apart by Vincent.]] Also, bucky and Spike steal it and play Monkey in the Middle with it in the credits.

* RunningGag: Verne gets mistaken for an amphibian when he's a reptile by animals and humans alike.

** When Stella runs away from her new cat friend, Tiger, he shouts 'STELLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!' in a reference to Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire.

** Ozzie whispering [[Film/CitizenKane "Rosebud,"]] right before playing dead.

* TheWallAroundTheWorld: The hedge becomes this to the animals but it's not long before they find a way over it to find the housing community.

* TooDumbToLive: At the beginning, Vincent thinks RJ is this, saying he hopes RJ isn't dumb enough to try and steal from him.

* VillainousBreakdown: All three antagonists go through this, especially during the climax. See SanitySlippage for more details.

** Whatever mind Gladys had was gone the second the exterminator van crashed into her house. Her willingness to use a weed-hacker to kill the animals further cements this trope. (Although, the animal's interference in various parts has dealt blows to her sanity as well).

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: After [[spoiler: the animals have been captured]], Dwayne offers a fuming Gladys they can be dealt with humanely, only for the latter to say she wants the inhumane option instead. [[spoiler: The animals are the only ones besides Dwayne to sadly witness the extent of Gladys's cruelty.]]

** The Depelter Turbo has settings for mice, rabbits, raccoons, deer and bears. [[spoiler:Guess how the hedgies finally get rid of Vincent the bear.]]

* CelebrityParadox: During the end credits, Hammy mentioned ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''. Creator/WilliamShatner, who voices Ozzie, played James T. Kirk in the ''Star Trek'' franchise.

Like many other animated movies of [[TurnOfTheMilennium it's time]], it got its own [[VideoGame/OverTheHedge video game adaptation]].

[[caption-width-right:300:Get over it!]]

* AccidentalPublicConfession: While arguing with Verne over a can of Spuddies in Gladys' pantry, RJ snaps and angrily and accidentally exposes his ruse to Verne and the others.

'''RJ:''' Hey, listen! I've got about ''this'' long to hand over that wagon load of food to a homicidal bear! AND IF THESE SPUDDIES AREN'T ON THE MENU, ''I WILL BE!'' '''NOW LET GO OF MY TAIL!'''\\

* AffablyEvil: Dwayne, to an extent. While he's an exterminator who uses illegal and extremely painful-looking lethal traps and devices to kill animals, not only is he a very jolly person, but, when he captures the animals alive, he intends to humanely put them to sleep. And although Gladys insists it be done as ''in''humanely as possible, there's no indication Dwayne intends to go as she says. Of course, he still wants to ''kill'' them, humanely or not.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Heather is none too fond of how her father [[LargeHam plays dead]] in response to even the ''slightest'' things that happen to him (such as, a sleet of snow falling on his head or whenever someone mentions the phrase "to die for").

* AudibleGleam: How the Spuddies land in a ''perfect stack'' on the group. RJ is delighted, until they're crushed unceremoniously by falling debris.
* AxCrazy: Gladys. Is willing to risk arrest to kill a small group of animals, demands that they be killed as ''in''humanely as possible, and starts resisting arrest when she's arrested for something that the exterminator had ''warned'' her was illegal and seems to be extremely surprised that she's being detained at all. Sounds like someone [[TooDumbToLive too dumb to think clearly]].

* BeautifulAllAlong: Subverted when Stella actually needs a make-over to become very beautiful and seduce a pedigree cat. Becomes a DoubleSubversion; Tiger doesn't care that she's a skunk or what she really looks like, he loves her anyway.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Verne tries telling the Hedgies that RJ is just using them, leading them to danger and took back the food because the humans (mostly Gladys and Dwayne) are trying to kill them. The Hedgies pointed out that they worked hard on getting the food with RJ's help and how RJ helped them getting used to the Suburb and discovering new things.

** Also, the cookie that RJ says is junk, but Hammy wants. [[spoiler: Hammy is able to pick it up during his FTL jaunt.]]
** RJ initially gets into the animals' good books by claiming that he lost his family in a tragic weed hacker incident [[spoiler:which he made up]]. Come the climax of the film, Gladys is brandishing an actual weed hacker.

* CallARabbitASmeerp: Averted. Verne first refers to the humans as primates.
* CanonImmigrant: Pretty much every character that isn't RJ, Verne and Hammy.
* CastingGag: During the credits, the cast watches TV and give a reference to the franchise that gave Creator/WilliamShatner fame.

* CatsAreMean: Subverted with Tiger. He starts off as an antagonist but as he grows a relationship with Stella the Skunk he reforms [[spoiler:and even joins the other animals to live with them]].

** A throwaway line from Tiger about his breed having such a flat muzzle that it can lead to trouble breathing. [[spoiler:In his case, it's left him without a sense of smell.]]
** RJ warning Hammy that the last thing he needed was caffeine. Guess what Hammy uses to activate the Depelter Turbo?
** After Verne first enters the suburbs, the camera at one point pans upwards to reveal the roofs of countless houses - floating above one of the houses is several large balloons [[spoiler:that later carry Vincent away near the film's climax]].

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Verne tells RJ this had the end that all he had to do was ask for the food to payback Vincent and the animals would've given it to him -- [[TrueCompanions that's what families do]]. Though it's debatable if this really would have worked at any point, since he gained that family through deception in the first place.

* DarkIsEvil: Gladys, who has black hair and dresses in black clothing a lot, with the exception of her red pajamas.
* DarkIsNotEvil: RJ. He may be grey and stealing from those around him, but of course he does still have to survive. Of course, exploiting the group for his own means wasn't exactly the right thing to do, and [[HeelRealization he does acknowledge this]], but he does at least redeem himself.
* DeathFromAbove: Inverted. [[spoiler: After the Depelter Turbo was activated with Gladys, Dwane, and Vincent the Bear inside it, its activation results in a large light beam that shoots out of the atmosphere (taking out a passing satellite) and is actually visible from outside the Milky Way Galaxy, and the heat being hot enough to instantly create popcorn as well as burn the fur off Vincent.]]

* DiabolusExMachina: Hilariously done. At one point, RJ, Verne and the snack wagon are sent high in the air (ItMakesSenseInContext) because they are rocketed up a slide by a propane tank - high enough to be seen by a passenger jet flying by at cruising altitude - and falling. Fortunately, there was an umbrella on the top, so they rode it down. While they do so, some chips fly out of their can. However, the snack wagon crashes onto Gladys's car so hard (coupled with the fact that the wagon has a propane tank) that it causes a fireball to erupt, which launches the chips back in the air. Not only do the chips impale the umbrella, the fire they picked up from the explosion burns the umbrella all together, leaving them no choice but to [[IFellForHours fall all the way back to earth]].

* DistantReactionShot: To the point of RunningGag. Several of them involving space.
* EccentricExterminator: The Verminator, Dwayne [=LaFontant=], whose personality puts the "Franchise/{{Terminator}}" in "exterminator". Although a bit jumpy - he shoots the heads off plastic flamingos, as he keeps mistaking them for real birds - he has an innate ability to detect which animals have recently been in the area (a skill acquired while studying for an associate's degree from [=VermTech=]), and sells Gladys a "Depelter Turbo", a supercharged animal trap that is illegal in every state (except Texas).

* EvilTakesANap: Vincent is dozing in his cave as part of his winter hibernation. A desperate R.J. tries to raid Vincent's food stash, and almost gets away with it. However, R.J. made the mistake of opening a can of Spuddies, which awakens Vincent. R.J. is given three days time to replace every crumb in Vincent's stash, or become Grizzly Chow.

* FastFoodNation: GrumpyBear Vincent's entire stash is composed of junk food, with Pringles {{expy}} Spuddies regarded as the epitome of foodstuffs. When [=RJ=] the raccoon has to replenish this stockpile, he and his friends raid human suburbs, where junk food seems to be their sole staple. In particular, RJ's monologue about the humans towards the beginning of film is a satire of American consumerism.

* GlassSmackAndSlide: Downplayed; the animals sans RJ try to get out of Gladys' house through her patio door, but as its closed and they don't know that glass is in the way, they run straight into it and slide down their height.
* IdeaBulb: Done with glowbugs when RJ gets the idea to replace Vincent's stash of food using those from the suburbs and later when [[spoiler:RJ and Verne decide to give Hammy a dose of a super caffeinated energy drink to defeat the BigBadEnsemble.]]

* ImagineSpot: On the evening of the day Verne gets the wagon of food destroyed, RJ looks up at the full moon and imagines a constellation next to it turn into Vincent, who says, "Moon's full, RJ. See ya in the morning!" before picking up the moon and crunching it like a Spuddie.

** RJ. The filmmakers actually had a difficult time making RJ deserving of sympathy, even revising or adding scenes just to make him less of a jerk. Even Vincent called RJ's major jerk move "the most vicious, deceitful, self-serving thing [he'd] ever seen". However, at the end of the movie, he turns out to be a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
** Verne, for that matter. Half of the problems experienced after RJ joins the group of animals are caused by Verne's condescending sense of knowing better than anyone else around him, and his refusal to listen to anyone because his "tail is tingling". He too turns out to be a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and, after some CharacterDevelopment, eventually steps down and lets RJ take over as TheLeader of their group.

* KarmaHoudini: Subverted with Dwayne [=LaFontant=]: [[spoiler: While Gladys Sharp and Dwayne [=LaFontant=] are being arrested by the police for their illegal trap that [[HoistByHisOwnPetard they got themselves caught inside with some help from Hammy]], and in the case of Vincent, sent to a wildlife shelter, Dwayne [=LaFontant=] tried to escape while exploiting Glady's attempt at fighting a Police Officer, and succeeded in going over the fence... only for him to step on a squeaker and presumably end up tackled by Nugant the Playful Rottweiler. The creators say he most likely escaped the dog, only to get arrested.]]

* KnightOfCerebus: While the other two antagonists are fairly laughable, Vincent is a lot more menacing and serious, and few of his scenes are played for laughs. he really is THAT intimidating.

** When Hammy, pretending to have rabies, is squashed with a book, some of the whipped cream on his face sticks to the "camera."

* LikeASurgeon: While the animals are giving Stella the skunk a makeover, RJ calls out for tools while the sound of an EKG plays in the background. The sound gets faster until it's revealed that it was actually coming from a video game the baby porcupines were playing.
* LivingLieDetector: Verne and his twitchy tail, which tips him off that RJ is less than trustworthy ([[CassandraTruth not that it makes much of a difference)]]. [[spoiler:This is also how he convinces the crew that RJ's HeelFaceTurn is genuine: his tail isn't twitching.]]

* MinnesotaNice: Lou and Penny are just super duper, ya'know!

* MoodSwinger: RJ. In one scene he goes from relaxed, to panic, to shame then to ''extremely panicked'' in the span of ten seconds.

* NoodleIncident: The ''Weedhacker Incident''. [[spoiler:RJ made it up, but still.]]
** When Dwayne accidentally shoots the head off a plastic flamingo.

* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Whilst watching television channels with the other animals as a [[BecomingTheMask loving family]], each channel shows a dramatic scene where someone reacts to another's betrayal [[EtTuBrute really badly]]. RJ feels uncomfortable at imagining ''this'' is how his new-found family will react if they knew he was exploiting them. It doesn't help when the last channel has a Dr. Phil-esque host say "If you feel like a dirt bag, it's because you ''are'' a dirt bag."

** Don't forget Dwayne's reaction when he realizes that the 'Depelter Turbo' is about to go off with him, Gladys and Vincent all on the receiving end.

* PopStarComposer: {{Music/Ben Folds}} wrote three songs ("Family Of Me," "Heist," and "Still"), re-wrote one ("Rockin' The Suburbs") and covered another (Music/TheClash's "Lost In The Supermarket") for the soundtrack. It's considered one of the film's biggest highlights.

** Subverted with the fact that the producers ''wanted'' them to be Pringles, but the Pringles company declined to allow their snack to be in the film. Hence, "Spuddies" were born. In fact, a trailer shows they were at one point going to be called "Jingles" (with the red can of Pringles Original, along with the Pringles face with a jester's hat).

** Also subverted with the inclusion of a Hewlett-Packard printer and camera. Despite the fact that [=DreamWorks=] Animation has a partnership with HP since 2002 that allows their technology to be used to complete DWA's films, the HP products depicted here are actually branded as "Hip" ones instead.
* PutOnAPrisonBus: At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Dwayne and Gladys]] are taken into police custody.
* RemovableShell: Verne loses his three times, the first by getting thrown out of a street cleaner, the second by falling off a tree with RJ holding it, and finally when [[spoiler:Hammy, under a caffeine-induced [[FasterThanLightTravel FTL]] frenzy, takes it off to protect RJ from being chomped apart by Vincent.]] Also, bucky and Spike steal it and play Monkey in the Middle with it in the credits.

* RunningGag: Verne getting mistaken for an amphibian when he's really a reptile by animal and human alike.

* SheCleansUpNicely: Stella, since she spends all of the film up til then resigned to her unattractiveness.

** Dwayne [=LaFontaine=] identifies himself with The Franchise/{{Terminator}}. Too bad he's fat, middle-aged and balding.

** You know the column of light at the end which appears when the exterminator's machine backfires on its creator? Looks like ''Film/TheFifthElement'', another movie including Bruce Willis .

* SpitTake: Gladys when she steps out of her house to see the whole neighborhood littered with overturned trash cans.

* TheStinger: [[spoiler: The Hedgies go back to the vending machine RJ was raiding at the start of the film to get more food for the log. They actually get all the snacks this time...[[YankTheDogsChain but there are so many the vending machine slot can't be budged.]]]]

* TakeThat: After viewing a talk-show featuring a Dr. Phil analogue, who tells his subject to admit to being a "dirtbag," Lou the Porcupine remarks, "You know, I don't think that guy is a real doctor."

* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Spuddies seem to be this for Vincent, seeing as how he insists RJ get him some more when RJ says he will replace the stash.

* VengefulVendingMachine: The film features RJ struggling with the chip machine at the beginning of the movie. [[spoiler:The entire crew struggles with it in TheStinger.]]

** Vincent's sanity goes off the edge when RJ destroys the party food supply he and the animals gathered, turning into a feral beast, a far-cry from his first appearance.
** Whatever mind Gladys had was gone the second the exterminator van crashed into her house. Her willingness to use a weed-hacker to kill the animals further cements this trope. (Although, the animal's interference in various parts have dealt blows to her sanity as well).

* VillainRespect: Vincent outright congratulates RJ on his skulduggery, calling it the most "vicious, self serving, deceitful thing (he's) ever seen." His tone makes it clear he doesn't see this as a bad thing, but it [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame serves as a wakeup call for RJ]].

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Where is El Rancho Camelot? It has just generic shots from space that show it's somewhere near the Great Lakes, in Indiana, right around Terre Haute, but aside from that there's no defining traits anywhere. [[http://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2005/05/09 According]] to the comics, ''"Over the Hedge"'' takes place [[TheUnreveal "behind a suburb near you"]].
* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: RJ has a tendency to do this when [[OhCrap he realizes he's screwed.]]

* AnimalStereotypes: Squirrel, raccoon, turtles, and others are played straight. Subverted with the playful, (overly) friendly rottweiler.

* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: Along with removing the profanities, Ben Fold's "Rockin' The Suburbs" is changed to make it a criticism of the suburban life instead of a parody on generic teen angst bands.

Like many other movies, it got its own [[VideoGame/OverTheHedge video game adaptation]].

** RJ initially gets into the Hedgies' good books by claiming that he lost his family in a tragic weed hacker incident [[spoiler:which he made up]]. Come the climax of the film, Gladys is brandishing an actual weed hacker.

* IdeaBulb: Done with glowbugs when RJ gets the idea to replace Vincent's stash of food using those from the suburbs and later when [[spoiler:RJ and Verne decide to give Hammy a dose of super caffeinated soda to defeat the BigBadEnsemble.]]

* RemovableShell: Verne loses his three times, the first by getting thrown out of a street cleaner, the second by falling off a tree with RJ holding it, and finally when [[spoiler:Hammy, under a caffeine-induced [[FasterThanLightTravel FTL]] frenzy, takes it off to protect RJ from being chomped apart by Vincent.]]

* UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000: The porcupine kids have been playing a stolen Game Boy knock-off, and when they later get behind the wheel of a real auto, one of them figures out the controls and remarks to the others, "It works just like Auto Homicide III!"

** Vincent's sanity goes off the edge when RJ destroys the food supply, turning into a feral beast, a far-cry from his first appearance.

* PopStarComposer: {{Music/Ben Folds}} wrote three songs ("Family Of Me," "Heist," and "Still"), re-wrote one ("Rockin' The Suburbs") and covered another (The Clash's "Lost In The Supermarket") for the soundtrack. It's considered one of the film's biggest highlights.

* RemovableShell: Verne loses his twice, the first by getting thrown out of a street cleaner, and the second by falling off a tree with RJ holding it.

* SassyBlackWoman: Stella the skunk has a lot of sass and also her voice actor Wanda Sykes who often plays this role help her sound more like a sassy black women.

** Dwayne. He goes from a jolly, awkward but professional exterminator to a Determinator who will use a cattle prod to take care of the animals.

** Dwayne [=LaFontant=] indentifies himself with The Franchise/{{Terminator}}. Too bad he's fat, middle-aged and balding.

* GloveSnap: Done by Dwayne when examining the "dead" Ozzie.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: Verne with a Cookie.
* HartmanHips: A few female residents of the suburb have these. Most notably Janis, who fills the seat of her jeans to the max.
* HeelRealization: RJ when he realizes he not only came very close to crossing the line but took a transcontinental flight past it. [[spoiler: He redeems himself.]]
* HellYesMoment: RJ has two, both including a "Yes!" from him. The first is after he wakes up from his nightmare and sees the two girl delivering cookies using a red wagon, and realizing he can steal it for Vincent. The second is after he sees Gladys getting food delivered for a party, after Verne got the first stash destroyed.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Gladys Sharp and Dwayne [=LaFontant=] set up an illegal trap in her house to get rid of unwanted animals. [[spoiler: Hammy later activates the trap and trapping Gladys, Dwayne, and Vincent in the trap.]]
* HopeSpot: A particularly funny one, when the Spuddies survive a tremendous fall (even landing in a perfect column with an AudibleGleam), causing RJ to gasp in joy. It's short lived when the decimated shopping cart and umbrella fall and crush it.
* HumansAreBastards: The only two major human characters in the movie are really nasty.
* HyperventilationBag: RJ does this once.

** ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto Auto Homicide III]]''!

* AssShove:
** Heavily implied to be the spot where the gang jammed the cork up into Stella.
** While [[spoiler:Hammy is hyped on caffeine, he decides to position a garden gnome so that Dwayne falls directly on its shovel in this manner. When Dwayne's escaping the police, the gnome can be seen dangling from his rear.]]

'''Verne:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Well, that was incredibly specific.]]