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* CultClassic: The movie was initially seen as another failed SNL vehicle, but has steadily gained a devoted audience due to its highly quotable and over the top nature.
* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/ValKilmer playing a villain who gets half of his face burned, when he was the lead of that [[Film/BatmanForever first Batman movie with Two-Face]].
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** The film's climax, set off by Cunth cutting of a lock of Mac's hair, who responds by [[spoiler: ripping two of Cunth's men's throats, followed by Lt. Piper distracting another with the "Celery Trick", and Vicki kicking the remaining goon.]] Oh, but it gets better, [[spoiler: Mac attempts to defuse the warhead, but ultimately can't, settling on removing it's nuclear content and the guidance system, effectively destroying both Cunth and his headquarters.]]
** Given how un-subtle the rest of the movie is, [[spoiler:you have to wonder if it's coincidence that [=MacGruber=] effectively beats the missile by ''[[ChekhovsSkill ripping its throat out]]'']].
** When [=MacGruber=] and Piper are pinned down in the back of their surveillance van by one of Von Cunth's mooks, Grubes uses the handle of an Incredi-Mop to turn the van's ignition key, then [[CarFu to push the gas pedal, running the mook over]].
* SignatureScene:
** [[spoiler: [=MacGruber=] accidentally blowing up his BadassCrew in the van]] due to the homemade C-4 gets singled out for being a subversive and hysterical SurprisinglySuddenDeath, with [=MacGruber=]'s amusing freak-out being the cherry on the top.
** [[spoiler: Cunth's death]], to the point of being the film's JustHereForGodzilla to some. It's so gloriously brutal and over the top it'd make [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Tarantino]] and [[Creator/RobertRodriguez Rodriguez]] blush.
* {{Squick}}: Cunth's [[spoiler: missing penis at the end.]]
* VindicatedByHistory: The movie was a bomb at the box office and was generally panned by critics during its release, but has since grown into a cult classic with a sizable fanbase.
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