History YMMV / FearAndLoathingInLasVegas

** ... [[MathematiciansAnswer yes?]]

* AdaptationDisplacement: The main page is categorized under "Literature." Now look at how many tropes are actually only for the movie. (To be fair, quite a few of said tropes are ones about movie visuals and the requirements of adaptations.)

*** Usually stops at the screamers and laughers, but sometimes includes, "...a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer/Budweiser, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls...."
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU5LpEuTCs4 "Ah, Devil Ether..."]]

* CantUnhearIt: Creator/JohnnyDepp and Creator/BenicioDelToro as Rauol Duke and Doctor Gonzo.

* VindicatedByHistory: The film was widely panned and ignored by critics when it was released as they called it just some weird road trip. It was also a box office flop (it is not easy to market a film like this). However, it became a massive cult following. People like it because of the performances of Depp and Del Toro and Gilliam's direction. The movie also completely captures the book's spirit, even though it doesn't copy it exactly.

* BrokenBase: An unusual example in regards to the fact that Terry Gilliam ''intended'' for this to happen. When making the film, he wanted it to be seen as both the best movie ever made and the worst movie ever made. Needless to say, it worked.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The main page is categorized under "Literature." Now look at how many tropes are actually only for the movie.

** "We can't stop here; this is X country!" with "bat" replaced with anything imaginable ("[[Wrestling/RicFlair Flair]] country", "VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry", [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Zubat country...]] )

** "We can't stop here; this is X country!" with "bat" replaced with anything imaginable ("[[Wrestling/RicFlair Flair]] country", "VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry", [[Franchise/Pokemon Zubat country...]])

** "We can't stop here; this is X country!" with "bat" replaced with anything imaginable ("[[Wrestling/RicFlair Flair]] country", "VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry"...)

* FilkSong: [[Music/AvengedSevenfold "He who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the paaaaiin of beeeeiiing a maaaannn... YEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!"]]

** Amongst the cast, Benicio Del Toro saying "You took too much, man, you took too much, too much."

*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU5LpEuTCs4 "Ah, Devil Ether..."]]

** "You people voted for Hubert Humphrey! And you killed Jesus!" (usually used as a signifier faux-righteous fury)

* VindicatedByHistory: The film was widely panned and ignored by critics when it was released as they called it just some weird road trip. It was also a box office flop (it is not easy to market a film like this). However, it became a massive cult following. People like it because of the performances of Depp and Del Toro and Gilliam's direction. The movie also completely captures the spirit of the book, even though it doesn't copy the book exactly.

** "We're right in the middle of a fucking reptile zoo! And somebody's been giving ''booze'' to these goddamned things!"

* VindicatedByHistory: The film was widely panned and ignored by critics when it was released as they called it just some weird road trip. It was also a box office flop (it is not easy to market a film like this). However, it became a massive cult following. People like it because of the performances of Depp and Del Toro and Gilliam's direction.
** the movie also completely captures the spirit of the book, even though it doesn't copy the book exactly.

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* {{Anvilicious}}: In the book and the audio drama, Duke and Gonzo stop at a diner and tell the waitress and the cook that they are looking for The AmericanDream. The two women give them directions to a disco nitespot of that name. Duke and Gonzo drive there, but find out that it had burned down.

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** "Tell me about the fucking golf shoes!" / "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis FINISH...the FUCKING...STORY!]]" \\

** Duke's plans for Lucy. He was joking, as what he said was mainly to alert Gonzo to just how much trouble that they could get into if they didn't lose her, and fast. It starts out horrible, suggesting that they feed her acid and let cops pay money to gang rape her. Right about the time he gets to the part about hanging pictures of Jesus all over the room while this is happening, it becomes clear that he's not seriously suggesting any of it.

--> '''Duke''': All right, listen. In a few hours, she'll probably be sane enough to work herself into a towering Jesus-based rage at the hazy recollection of being seduced by some kind of cruel Samoan who fed her liquor and LSD, dragged her to a Vegas hotel room and then savagely penetrated every orifice in her body with his throbbing, uncircumcised member. ''(A passing hotel guest gasps in horror.)''

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* FilkSong: [[Music/AvengedSevenfold "He who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the paaaaiin of beeeeiiing a maaaannn... YEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!]]

** "[[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope As your attorney, I advise you to...]]", usually followed up by some truly objectionable advice.

** "As your attorney, I advise you to...", usually followed up by some truly objectionable advice.

** "We are God's mistakes. Too weird to live, to rare to die."