Line #18 Film/TheStrongestManInTheWorld


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3	''The Strongest Man in the World'' is a 1975 comedy film released by [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Productions]], and the third and final film in the Dexter Riley trilogy starring Creator/KurtRussell, following 1969's ''Film/TheComputerWoreTennisShoes'' and 1972's ''Film/NowYouSeeHimNowYouDont''.
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5	Dexter's science class continues to make a huge dent in Medfield College's budget with their experiments. With Dean Higgins' job on the line, he fires Professor Quigley in protest. During the kerfuffle, Dexter's experimental strength serum ends up in Schuyler's vitamin cereal experiment. After eating the cereal the next morning, Dexter discovers the cereal has given him Herculean strength. Upon seeing this, Higgins takes the opportunity to market it in an attempt to get Medfield out of the hole yet again to the company who made the cereal, Crumply Crunch, who decides to challenge their rival, Krinkle Krunch, at a weightlifting contest. Unfortunately, said rival company is in cahoots with recently-released A.J. Arno, who wants to steal the strength serum for themselves.
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7	!!Tropes found in ''The Strongest Man in the World'':
8	* TheAllegedCar: Dean Higgins' car is a pristine classic but [[SlowerThanASnail it's absurdly slow]], to the point that in the climax, Dexter [[NitroBoost powers it up by using his strength formula]] in order to return to the weight-lifting competition in time. Between the ExplosiveOverclocking of the formula and Dexter tearing the car apart accidentally with his SuperStrength, the whole thing falls to pieces once it reaches the parking lot.
9	* AlliterativeName: BigBad ''K''erwood ''K''rinkle.
10	* AnimatedCreditsOpening: The opening credits for the film show a montage of a young boy with Herculean strength performing different feats of strength.
11	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Schuyler is captured by Arno and Cookie in an attempt to get him to tell them what he put in his formula, Ah Fong, an accomplice of Arno, uses Chinese techniques to get Schuyler to reveal the ingredients, which are, thymine, calcium pentothenate, niacin, pyrodoxine, pyridoxamine, and a slice of pizza.
12	* {{Balloonacy}}: Happens to Police Chief Blair when he accidentally runs into a balloon man's balloons while riding on the motorcycle of one of his policemen.
13	* BigEater: Elmer, the student who Dean Higgins reprimands for eating in class.
14	* BrickJoke: After (supposedly) getting the ingredients for the strength formula from Schuyler, Mr. Krinkle puts this to the test by karate chopping the table, only to break his hand. This occurs again at the very end of the film.
15	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Henry Fathington, who was a central character in the first two films, does not appear in the film, nor does Dean Higgins' rival, Dean Collingsgood.
16	* CoolOldGuy: Harriet's uncle Frederick is the oldest board member and perhaps the most insightful and appreciative.
17	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Kerwood Krinkle, the president of the Krinkle Krunch cereal company.
18	* DemotedToDragon: A.J. Arno, who was previously the BigBad of the first two films, is now TheDragon to Harry, although in this case, Arno is more of a DragonInChief.
19	* DroppedGlasses: Happens to Dean Higgins for a few seconds when trying to clean his glasses when they get fogged up after he eats some of the strength formula-laced cereal during his demonstration to the board at the Crumply Crunch company.
20	* EvilNephew: [[spoiler:Harriet's nephew Harry is TheMole, although Harriet's other nephews are portrayed more positively.]]
21	* ExactWords: After Arno and Cookie are given the assignment to steal the strength formula from the college, Arno tries to assure Cookie by telling him "You do the leading and I'll do the following". He later regrets this decision after he and Cookie attempt to pull of the heist.
22	* FingertipDrugAnalysis: Dexter does this after finding the vial containing his strength formula at the science lab, which is needed to win the weight-lifting competition between Medfield and State. He is able to identify it by its distinctive acid taste.
23	* HonestCorporateExecutive: Harriet Crumply, as a female example of the trope, being an honest cereal merchant. Most of her relatives and board members also apply.
24	* ImpactSilhouette: Arno and Cookie land on the pavement of the sidewalk after falling off the scaffolding when they try to escape, and when the security guards come to the window, they only see the impressions of the two crooks in the sidewalk.
25	* IronicName: Brutus, Schuyler's dog, who is actually a cute fuzzy little dog who lacks courage.
26	* LampshadeHanging: When the science class students inform Dean Higgins that something has happened to Dexter, Higgins replies that "something is always happening to Dexter".
27	* MaliciousMisnaming: Mr. Krinkle calls Dean Higgins "Wiggins" when taunting him about the weight-lifting competition.
28	* TheMole: [[spoiler:Harry, an employee at the Crumply Crunch company, turns out to be this for the Krinkle Krunch company.]]
29	* {{Nephewism}}: The two cereal companies seem to be run by families, with Harriett's board including two nephews, a cousin and an uncle.
30	* NotSoAboveItAll: The Dean really lets loose swinging around and showing off the strength effects of the formula for Harriet.
31	* PintsizedPowerhouse: Brutus, Schuyler's dog, becomes one after eating the leftover cereal that Dexter had started out on, which causes him to start chasing after Blossom, the Doberman who had been bullying him.
32	* PoliceAreUseless: The policewoman who Dean Higgins tries calling on the phone to report the kidnapping of Richard Schuyler insists that a boy being kidnapped while out looking for his dog is not unusual.
33	* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Dean Higgins gets a classic car and it's made obvious that he cares for it more than anything. At the climax of the film, Dexter takes it to get back to the campus in a hurry (although he gets to regret it with the car's [[SlowerThanASnail absurdly low top speed]]) and then wrecks it when he places some of his super-strength formula in the fuel tank to give it a NitroBoost.
34	* StockScream: When Arno and Cookie are trying to escape from the school science lab after being discovered by the security guards and they end up falling off the scaffolding, the infamous WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} holler can be heard as they're falling.
35	* SuperSerum: Dexter's formula can make a cow yield an immense amount of milk in a short period of time, give a failing car a super speed boost when used as fuel, and give people super strength.
36	* SuperStrength: The title pretty much describes what the formula does to people.
37	* TakingYouWithMe: A corporate example. Upon learning that he's being fired for allegedly mismanaging Medfield's science funds, Dean Higgins proceeds to fire Professor Quigley since his students' experiments are the reason for the financial hemorrhage.
38	* TheDanza: Some of the characters share the same first names as their respective actors (although characters' last names are never mentioned).
39	* TitleDrop: "Dexter Riley's the strongest man in the world!"
40	* TraitorShot: As Harriet and her family talk about the possibility of corporate spies, the camera focuses on the face of [[spoiler:Harry]] for a long moment and sure enough he's selling out to Krinkle a scene or two later.
41	* WatchThePaintJob: Dean Higgins is highly protective of his car, and he becomes very worried when it gets destroyed after Dexter drives it back to the competition after giving it some of his strength formula to power it up.
42	* WorldsStrongestMan: Dexter inadvertently becomes this after eating Schuyler's cereal, in which Dexter's formula was landed.

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