Line #47 Film/Rumpelstiltskin


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2	[[caption-width-right:333:''This ain't no fairy tale.'']]
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4	->''"I smell a baby... smells a lot like a baby named Johnny!"''
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6	'''''Rumpelstiltskin''''' is a 1995 comedy-horror film by Mark Jones, the man responsible for the ''Film/{{Leprechaun}}'' series, and it stars Creator/MaxGrodenchik and Kim Johnston Ulrich.
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8	Much like his [[Film/{{Leprechaun}} green counterpart]], Rumpelstiltskin is a DarkerAndEdgier take on [[Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}} the fairy tale]]. He grants wishes to those with newborns and takes the babies for their souls.
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10	The film opens in 15th century, where Rumpelstiltskin's baby-exchange deal has gone sour and he is imprisoned inside a statue by a witch. He is then brought back to the present (TheNineties) by a mourning widow who accidentally makes a wish (while holding the statue) to bring back her gunned-down police husband. [[HilarityEnsues Carnage ensues]].
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12	!!Has the examples of:
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14	* AdaptationalVillainy: This version of Rumpelstiltskin is a lot darker than his book counterpart, where he murders people and steals babies for their souls.
15	* AlliterativeName: Shelly Stewart.
16	* AntagonistTitle
17	* CassandraTruth: People have a hard time believing Shelley's story about a murderous fairy tale character.
18	* ContrivedCoincidence: When Shelley and Max are searching for Matilda, they just happen to steal the car she is sleeping in.
19	* CraniumChase: One confrontation leaves Rumpelstiltskin beheaded, which leaves his head shouting commands to his headless body to restore himself.
20	* EatsBabies: Rumpelstilskin's motivation for wish granting is babies.
21	* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: Rumpelstiltskin raises zombies to help him near the end.
22	* EyeScream: Rumpelstiltskin rips a man's eye out in the opening and eats it.
23	* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Shelley slaps the panicking Max at one point.
24	* IKnowYourTrueName: Rumpelstiltskin's weakness, as expected.
25	%%* ImmuneToBullets
26	* KillItWithFire: Burning straw is used against Rumpelstilstkin
27	* KryptoniteFactor: Fire and straw to Rumpelstiltskin. Straw is even referred to be "like kryptonite".
28	* LaughablyEvil: Rumpelstiltskin himself. The stuff he says is hilarious.
29	* MamaBear: The instant when Rumpelstiltskin confronts Shelley about giving him the baby she starts dishing out the pain.
30	** To make this clear, she starts out just wacking him with a broom. When it snaps, she shoves the handle down his throat. She also cuts off several of his fingers and stabs him in the head. Oh, and kicks him in the balls. And runs him over. All of this is on his first appearence, and she does spend more of the more doing the usual scream and run away thing after that, but it is a pretty awesome sight.
31	* NeckSnap: Hildy's death.
32	* OffWithHisHead: Trucker's death.
33	* OminousFog: It starts circling Rumpelstiltskin when he starts prematurely celebrating his victory at the graveyard.
34	* SelfPlagiarism: Mark Jones has a thing for shorter villains.
35	* ShowerScene: Subverted. As Shelly approaches the shower to be with her resurrected husband, Rumplestiltskin suddenly appears in his place.
36	%%* StockScream
37	* SunglassesAtNight: The biker who confronts Rumpelstilskin in the middle of street.
38	* TalkShow: Max hosts one.
39	* TooDumbToLive: The criminal early in the film decides to hijack a car, with ''cops right next to him''.
40	* TorchesAndPitchforks: The upset townsfolk go after Rumpelstiltskin in the opening with these in hand.
41	* WouldHurtAChild: Rumpelstiltskin wants to have a baby so he can steal his soul.
42	* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: ''"Fucketh me!"''

Context Film / Rumpelstiltskin