->''Ssssmokin'!''

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[[caption-width:595:"It's party time! P-A-R-T. Why? Because I gotta!"]]
Ah...''TheMask'', a fun little JimCarrey romp from 1994. It's one of his works from early on in his A-list film career; specifically his first film to arrive in theaters after ''AceVentura Pet Detective''. It's built on {{Slapstick}} comedy, and while nevertheless sometimes possessing Bad Tropes is considered one of his best works by critics. It turned out to be very popular. It is based, FilmOfTheBook style, on the ComicBook of the same name. Sort of...the original is '''not''' harmless slapstick.

The story follows twenty-something Edge City banker Stanley Ipkiss as he finds a magical Mask, an ArtifactOfDoom endowned with the powers of the Norse {{Trickster}} god [[{{NorseMythology}} Loki]]. In Stanley's case, this manifests as gaining the RealityWarper abilities of his beloved classic LooneyTunes characters (stretching, shapeshifting, bouncing back from AmusingInjuries, and the like). While not quite reaching WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity levels, he does use it to get back on the people that bullied the shy reserved nice guy Stanley, and to woo nightclub-singer Tina Carlyle. When other less savory individuals get hold of it, the results are not so amusing.

Following the success of this film was an Saturday morning AnimatedAdaptation in 1995, which lasted until 1997. Don't forget the Sequel, ''SonOfTheMask'', made in '05...[[SoBadItsHorrible better yet]], [[DisContinuity do]].
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!!Examples:

* AdaptationDecay: Depending on who you ask. YourMileageMayVary.
* AdaptationDisplacement: All adaptions since have at least used some inspiration from this film, despite the comics being ''very'' different.
* AssShove: Stanley uses the mask's powers to get back at his shady car mechanics by shoving exhaust pipes up their asses.
* BagOfHolding: The Mask's pockets while being frisked by the police.
* BeyondTheImpossible: What the titular mask is apparently able to do.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: [[TropesAreNotBad It's a very popular scene]], but the CrowdSong listed below does kinda come right outta nowhere, and no one ever speaks of it again.
** Not exactly, after Calloway is chewed-out by DaChief, Doyle mentions that the SWAT Team got an offer to open in Vegas.
*** Not only that, it was ''[[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]]'' -- Calloway specifically requested the SWAT Team because, "If he's half as bad as they say, we'll have a full dance card."
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman.
* CrowdSong: The Mask magics the entire Edge City police force into singing "Cuban Pete" with him.
* DeadForReal: No, wait, not anything that happened in the movie. I'm talking about the special flavor of sherbet made by Baskin Robbins as a tie-in to ''The Mask''. Green and yellow and two flavors of delicious. But it's DeadForReal because they won't bring it back and refuse to make public the recipe. Why, cruel world, ''why??''
* DealWithTheDevil: In the cartoon version. Played straight when the devil (under the name Bob) tells offers Stanley a better life. Poor Stanley doesn't read the fine print which states that he will be forced to offer his soul. Luckily, he gets out of it when the Mask beats the devil in a dance contest.
* EarWorm: "My name is Cuban Pete, I'm the king of the Rumba beat."
* EyePop: Three times in the movie: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oiMPKvxQzs once in his apartment building]], once in the Coco Bongo club ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRjUzKf9zuI at about 2:00]]), and finally when confronted by a lot of cops with guns [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQhW3rP_oIs at 1:00]].
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Peggy, after turning Stanley over to Tyrell.]]
* FridgeLogic: The Mask is capable of pulling ''anything'' he wants out of his pockets (see elsewhere on this page). So why does he need to rob a bank in order to get money?
** [[RuleOfFun Because that's the]] ''[[RuleOfFun fun]]'' [[RuleOfFun way]]. The Mask's power is essentially "Do whatever will cause the most mayhem".
* FunPersonified: The normally shy Stanley turns into this with the Mask (mostly).
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The cartoon had this mostly (though some people will argue the movie did too. The only reason I'm not counting the movie is because the movie is PG-13 in America [your country may vary] and PG-13 stuff is catered to teenagers), particularly in the season 2 episode, "Flight as a Feather". Here's a blog review for those who really wanna know what the episode got away with [[http://satamhangover.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/the-90s-nook-mask-and-you-shall-receive-part-two-or-feather-farce/]]
* GroinAttack: Tina does this to The Mask while they're in the park.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Where everything the Mask uses comes from. Repeatedly lampshaded in the comic, where those people who manage to maintain their own personalities while wearing the Mask frequently wonder where the weapons are coming from.
* HeroesLoveDogs: And he does!
* HyperspaceArsenal: Stanley, as the Mask, pulls out a double handful of guns to scare off some punks. Immediately subverted, as they turn out to be "Bang"-flag toy guns. In a more "traditional" scene, he also produces an enormous mallet.
** MoreDakka: Also subverted in the same scene.
* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: Stanley's friend Charlie after he says "Officers, arrest those men!"
* ILied: [[spoiler:Tyrell, after Peggy sells Stanley out for money.]]
* IWantThemAlive: Dorian Tyrell puts up fifty thousand dollars to anyone who can bring him The Mask.
* InNameOnly: This bears very little resemblance to the ComicBook it was based on, with this featuring more slapstick than what many consider Gorn.
* TheJimmyHartVersion: JimCarrey's cover of "Cuban Pete" used in the film.
* LampshadeHanging: The AnimatedAdaptation featured much lampshade hanging on traditional superhero tropes.
* MaskOfPower
*MemeticMutation: SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSMOKIN'!
**Ooh, somebody stop me!
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Used constantly for comedic effect. The RuleOfFun greatly applies here.
* NightmareFuel: Stanley in Mask persona is goofy looking but not exactly scary. However, when his faithful dog Milo manages to plunge his face into the thing during the final fight....
* NonHumanSidekick: Milo the dog, who at first misunderstands the command to "Get the keys", picking up the cheese from the guard's sandwich before bringing the keys Stanley uses to escape from the jail cell.
* PistolWhipping
* RomanticPlotTumor: YourMileageMayVary as there wouldn't be much plot without it.
* RummageFail: The gold standard.
* {{Sequelitis}}: ''Son Of The Mask''. It won a Razzie.
* ShallowLoveInterest: Cameron Diaz's character of Tina fits this to a ''t''.
** Although subverted when [[spoiler: the ultra-sexy bombshell/singer ultimately proves to be a much better person than the "down to earth" female reporter.]]
* ShoutOut: Many examples to classic Tex Avery animations, but one notable ShoutOut to a live action movie is to ''The Untouchables''. When the hero is frisked, his BagOfHolding turns up a whole lot of junk, including a BAZOOKA, to which he calmly says "I have a permit for that.", precisely the same words used in similar circumstances by Frank "the Enforcer" Nitti.
* StarMakingRole: For Cameron Diaz
* TimeBomb: Disposed of in a rather...''unique'' fashion.
* TimmyInAWell: Milo
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Mask himself, along with other objects (turning a balloon-tommygun into a real one, for example).
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The original comic book.
* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Peggy the reporter to Dorian Tyrell, re: Stanley Ipkiss.
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