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* HarsherInHindsight: The reverend of Nilbog's cult-like church bears an uncanny resemblance to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koresh David Koresh]], the leader of the Branch Davidian cult that was assaulted during the Waco Siege, which the film preceded by three years. Even more harsh is the fact that he ends up [[spoiler: being killed by being set on fire by the family]].
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* [[{{Memes/Film}} Memetic Mutation]][=/=][[{{Narm/Film}} Narm]]: Oh dear God, it's everywhere!

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* [[{{Memes/Film}} Memetic Mutation]][=/=][[{{Narm/Film}} Narm]]: Oh dear God, it's everywhere!''everywhere''!
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* HilariousInHindsight: [[{{Twilight}} Meat-eating "vegetarians,"]] you say?
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* SmallNameBigEgo: From his insistence on having everyone speak their lines in broken English to his hatred of vegetarianism and making fun of their dietary choices to defending the film and believing it's a work of art, director Claudio Fragasso defines the term.
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* UnfortunateImplications: The Waits parents don't approve of Elliott's friends, but since we never see them do anything that bad and they don't even have any {{Informed Flaw}}s it just comes off as looking like Elliott having friends at all is the problem.
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** Especially since the ridiculous dialogue and poor acting mean the {{Narm}} can be appreciated even out of context
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* SignatureLine: "They're eating her! And then they're going to eat me! OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!" (Troll 2)

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* {{Padding}}: The sequence where Creedence begs for more power, turns into a HotWitch, then completely wastes her new powers seducing minor secondary character Brent with a corncob. She uses up her powers, doesn't even kill the guy, and none of this has any relevance to the rest of the movie whatsoever.
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* [[{{Memes/Film}} Memetic Mutation]] / [[{{Narm/Film}} Narm]]: Oh dear God, it's everywhere!

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* [[{{Memes/Film}} Memetic Mutation]] / [[{{Narm/Film}} Mutation]][=/=][[{{Narm/Film}} Narm]]: Oh dear God, it's everywhere!
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: After watching the documentary about the film (''Best Worst Movie'') and learning some of the fates of the cast, making fun of some of the actors loses some of its enjoyment. It's somewhat balanced out by [[EarnYourHappyEnding others in the cast having stable, productive lives]]... somewhat.
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* SoBadItsGoodSoBadItsGood: So so much.
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* GeniusBonus: Probably unintentional, but there are quite a few echoes of Christina Rossetti's poem "GoblinMarket" present, particularly in how the goblins try to corrupt people by feeding them plant matter, and how homoerotic expressions of family values are the solution to defeating them. In both works, the goblins seem to represent an outsider threat to the status quo.

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* GeniusBonus: Probably unintentional, but there are quite a few echoes of Christina Rossetti's poem "GoblinMarket" "Literature/GoblinMarket" present, particularly in how the goblins try to corrupt people by feeding them plant matter, and how homoerotic expressions of family values are the solution to defeating them. In both works, the goblins seem to represent an outsider threat to the status quo.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Grandpa Seth [[spoiler: saving Joshua from a goblin by bitch-slapping it.]] This would normally be {{Narm}}, but considering [[SoBadItsGood what kind of movie this is...]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "You can't piss on hospitality! I won't allow it!!"
** The corn scene.
** OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!



* FridgeLogic:
** [[YouKeepUsingThatWord 'Vegetarians']]....who eat ''[[ImAHumanitarian people]]''.
** Just what crops did Mr. Waits expect to grow in only thirty days?
** Wouldn't some of Grandpa Seth's ghost powers have come in handy later on in the film?
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*** Fridge Brilliance kinda kicks in if you consider a kick to the groin is a great way to turn a man off to you.
*** Re above: How is that Fridge Brilliance? At best it would turn him off of her, not change his sexual orientation.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: From his insistence on having everyone speak their lines in broken English to his hatred of vegetarianism to defending the film and believing it's a work of art, director Claudio Fragasso defines the term.

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* SmallNameBigEgo: From his insistence on having everyone speak their lines in broken English to his hatred of vegetarianism and making fun of their dietary choices to defending the film and believing it's a work of art, director Claudio Fragasso defines the term.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: From his insistence on having everyone speak their lines in broken English to his hatred of vegetarianism to defending the film and believing it's a work of art, director Claudio Fragasso defines the term.
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** And let's not even get into the Freudian/Lacanian connotations of Joshua seeing the [[{{Hamlet}} ghost of a male progenitor]] in the ''mirror''.

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** And let's not even get into the Freudian/Lacanian connotations of Joshua seeing the [[{{Hamlet}} [[{{Theatre/Hamlet}} ghost of a male progenitor]] in the ''mirror''.
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** Elliot and his friends' relationship seems to consist entirely of HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday, which is sort of negated by them running around in their underwear, sharing beds, and not being able to be without each other even for a couple days.
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*** Re above: How is that Fridge Brilliance? At best it would turn him off of her, not change his sexual orientation.
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** Wouldn't some of Grandpa Seth's ghost powers have come in handy later on in the film?


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** And neither does Holly.
--->'''Creedence''': Hello, beautiful.
--->'''Holly''': Hi. (Leaves without another word.)
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*** Fridge Brilliance kinda kicks in if you consider a kick to the groin is a great way to turn a man off to you.
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* SequelDisplacement: [[DolledUpInstallment It's not really a sequel in the first place]], but you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who could tell you much about the "first" ''Troll''.

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* SequelDisplacement: [[DolledUpInstallment It's not really a sequel in the first place]], at all]], but even so, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who could tell you much about the "first" ''Troll''.
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* SequelDisplacement: Yes there was a ''Troll'' before this film.

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* SequelDisplacement: Yes there was [[DolledUpInstallment It's not really a ''Troll'' before this film.sequel in the first place]], but you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who could tell you much about the "first" ''Troll''.
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* SoBadItsGoodSignatureLine: "They're eating her! And then they're going to eat me! OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!" (Troll 2)

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* FridgeLogic: [[YouKeepUsingThatWord 'Vegetarians']]....who eat ''[[ImAHumanitarian people]]''.

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* FridgeLogic: FreudWasRight (or VisualInnuendo):
** Creedence seduces Brent with an ear of corn, and popcorn was flying everywhere, filling up the trailer. Oddly, the corn is used in a distinctly non-phallic way.
** And let's not even get into the Freudian/Lacanian connotations of Joshua seeing the [[{{Hamlet}} ghost of a male progenitor]] in the ''mirror''.
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[[YouKeepUsingThatWord 'Vegetarians']]....who eat ''[[ImAHumanitarian people]]''.people]]''.
** Just what crops did Mr. Waits expect to grow in only thirty days?


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* HoYay: Drew sees Elliot and Brent sleeping in the same bed, with their shirts off.
-->'''Elliot''' (''after Holly [[GroinAttack hits him in the groin]]''): Are you trying to turn me into a homo?\\
'''Holly''': It wouldn't be ''too'' hard!
** The film also [[YouKeepUsingThatWord seems to believe]] that "homosexuality" and "castration" are synonymous.
** The entire plot thread regarding Drew's quest for milk (it would be milk, wouldn't it?) is laced with a disturbing, pseudo-rapacious homoerotica.
* LesYay: Creedence tells the mom that she finds Holly to be "appetizing" and "provocative." Strangely, the mom doesn't really react to this.
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* UnfortunateImplications: The Waits parents don't approve of Elliott's friends, but since we never see them do anything that bad and they don't even have any {{Informed Flaws}}s it just comes off as looking like Elliott having friends at all is the problem.

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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Everyone but Creedence, who clearly knows what kind of movie she is in, and is [[HamAndCheese throughly enjoying herself]].

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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Everyone but Creedence, who clearly knows what kind of movie she is in, and is [[HamAndCheese throughly enjoying herself]].herself]].
* UnfortunateImplications: The Waits parents don't approve of Elliott's friends, but since we never see them do anything that bad and they don't even have any {{Informed Flaws}}s it just comes off as looking like Elliott having friends at all is the problem.

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