Line #14 YMMV/TheCannonballRun


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Sing it with me now... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqWyI8CTzzA CANNONBALL!]]
2	* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Ask people about Creator/FarrahFawcett and Creator/AdrienneBarbeau's involvement in the film, and chances are that the one thing (if not the ''sole'' thing) that gets remembered is their cleavage exposing exploits. At no point in the film was Farrah Fawcett wearing a bra -- not surprising, given '70s fashion liked the braless look.
3	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Captain Chaos and topped off with a Captain USA moment that results in JJ breaking the fourth wall and hugging Victor.
4	* CriticalDissonance: The film was hated by critics, but was one of the highest grossing films of 1981.
5	* HarsherInHindsight:
6	** In the first film, Foyt claims that the Cannonball is their "Three Mile Island and Love Canal combined". Three Mile Island refers to a nuclear accident that resulted in a partial meltdown. No one was killed or injured and very little radiation was released. However, five years later, we had Chernobyl, which was the worst nuclear plant disaster ever.
7	** In the second film, Mack (Joe Theismann) is fighting a group of mobsters when he gets tackled by several at once. The following year, Theismann was the victim of a similar tackle that broke his leg. The injury was so severe, he had to retire from football.
8	** In ''Speed Zone'', Charlie (Creator/JohnCandy) tells Tiffany he's taking part in the Cannonball because winning the race is something you tell your grandchildren. John Candy died in 1994 when his oldest child was fourteen, meaning he wouldn't be able to tell his grandchildren anything (as of 2022, his grandchildren have yet to be born)
9	* HilariousInHindsight: In the first film, the Japanese team picks up a police speed trap on their radar detector. One of them refers to the officer as a "Series/{{Kojak}} with a Kodak". In the sequel, BigBad Hymie is played by ''Kojak'' himself, Creator/TellySavalas.
10	* LesYay: Marcie and Jill
11	* MoralEventHorizon: Several of the bikers leap over the horizon by dragging Marcie and Jill into a building during the middle of the big brawl, seemingly intending to rape them before Victor intervenes.
12	* OneSceneWonder:
13	** The pretty female highway patrol cop who cheerfully lets Marcie and Jill know how screwed they are after they've spent the movie successfully seducing male cops into overlooking their speeding violations.
14	** No-nonsense RabidCop Sheriff Sean "Kill a commie" O'Scanlon is quite notable in his one scene when J.J. tricks him into pulling over the fake priests.
15	* RetroactiveRecognition: This was Creator/JackieChan's second attempt to break through to American stardom after the disastrous flop ''Film/TheBigBrawl''. This film was more successful but he still didn't catch on (likely overshadowed by the numerous other stars) and had to wait until ''Film/RumbleInTheBronx''.
16	* SoOkayItsAverage: ''II'' is overall considered to be just okay and average in comparison to the first film, to the point there's a joke in ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', where it is stated to be the most average, forgettable film to ever exist. The Website/{{IMDb}} score is at 4.8, so it's pretty damn close.
17	* SpecialEffectsFailure:
18	** In the first film, the use of undercranking in some driving scenes is noticeable, making the action seem cartoony.
19	** In ''II'', the wires holding up Hymie after Arnold tosses him are really obvious.
20	** At the end of ''Speed Zone'', it's pretty obvious which shots of the Van Sloans land skiing down the pier use dummies and which use actual humans.
21	* SpiritualSuccessor: The first movie has the same star and same director as ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit''.
22	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The {{Leimotif}} for Seymour Goldfarb Jr., the eccentric millionaire who thinks he's Creator/RogerMoore (the joke being that he is actually played by Moore), is pretty obviously one for the Film/JamesBond theme. On the DVD Commentary, Hal Needham says they were one note away from getting sued.
23	* ValuesDissonance:
24	** The blooper reel includes Creator/BurtReynolds' habit of slapping people in the face when he's joshing around. Creator/DomDeLuise, his HeterosexualLifePartner in real life, laughs when he gets slapped, which looks a little like an abusive relationship to modern eyes.
25	** Seymour and the rednecks casually drinking and driving probably wouldn't be included in a contemporary film.
26	** J.J.'s skepticism about a black Catholic priest being authentic feels unconsciously racist in modern times.

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