* BetterOnDVD: Averted so far. There's never been a DVD release of either film containing all the great deleted scenes we get to see when these films are broadcast on television.
* BrokenBase: Jim Carrey allegedly dislikes the sequel, while fans typically consider it to be funnier than the original.
* CrazyAwesome: Ace graduates to this in the second movie.
* FanonDiscontinuity: Most people would ''really'' like to forget that ''Ace Ventura Jr.'' even exists.
* HilariousInHindsight: You can't help but view Ace's freakout when he discovers that [[spoiler: Einhorn is really Ray Finkle]] in a whole different way after seeing ''Film/ILoveYouPhillipMorris''.
** The scene in the sequel where Ace takes [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim an arrow to the knee]]... [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXmPrYEOvM8 twice]].
* MemeticMutation: Allllllrighty then!
** LIKE A GLOVE!
** Loo-hoo-hoo-zer!
** Reee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-heeally...
** Who doesn't know at least one person in any group of nerds who will always announce "Do NOT go in there! WOOO!" after returning from the bathroom? Or when someone else returns from the bathroom. Or when the bathroom is mentioned. Or... yeah.
** LACES OUT!
** Also, Finkle/Einhorn became memetic enough to get its own ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' NPC.
** "New England Clam Chowder." "Is that the Red, or the White?"
** Briefly "Frankly, that's none of your damn business, and I'll thank you to stay out of my personal affairs." became a catch-all smart-alec answer to any question.
* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe, Finkle's missed field goal.
* {{Squick}}: Ace's reaction to finding out that [[spoiler:Einhorn is really Ray Finkle]].
** The scene in the second movie where his fake rhino has the air conditioner fail, forcing him to stick his head out and when it does people watching the Rhino are shocked to see a Rhino give birth to Ace. Did we mention that ''he was naked at the time''?
*** That last scene actually gets cut in some broadcasts of the movie.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The explosive used to flip Ace's jeep in the second film is very conspicuous when it goes off.
* TearJerker: Don't tell me you can watch that first scene in the sequel when [[spoiler:a raccoon Ace was determined to save breaks loose and falls]].
** It's funnier if you've seen ''{{Film/Cliffhanger}}'', which the scene parodies.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Ray Finkle. Really, all the poor guy did was miss a field goal. Did he really deserve to be branded a pariah by his ''entire hometown''?
* WeirdAlEffect: After ''Ace Ventura'' was first released, some moviegoers believed the ''Film/MissionImpossible'' theme (which is used in the movie) originated from it.
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