History Film / AnAmericanCarol

* PaperThinDisguise: Aziz takes this trope UpToEleven. Seriously, this is very possibly the most extreme use of this trope mankind will ever witness. His disguise consists of [[spoiler:a fake beard that is identical to the real beard it is covering it up. Nobody recognizes him. People gasp in surprise when he takes it off and they realize who he really is.]]

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The film's depiction of history is ''heavily'' tinted through conservative goggles. For instance, UsefulNotes/NevilleChamberlain is portrayed as a humongous kiss ass who shines Hitler's boots and cedes every country in Europe over to him, even though he used the time bought by the Munich Agreement to begin rearming the British military and is actually the one who declared war on Germany.

A politically charged 2008 comedy from David Zucker (of ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', ''Film/TopSecret'', etc.) about the [[Creator/MichaelMoore conspicuously-named]] Michael Malone (Kevin Farley), a bitter documentary filmmaker who is disgusted with the United States of America and decides to start up a campaign to ban the Fourth of July holiday. The night before the big anti-July 4th rally, President UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy returns from the dead to tell the filmmaker that he will be visited by three patriotic spirits who will attempt to get him to see the error of his ways.

The film features a number of prominent number of Conservative talent and overall comedic actors, including Creator/KelseyGrammer, Creator/RobertDavi, Geoffrey Arend, Creator/JonVoight, Creator/LeslieNielsen, Creator/JamesWoods, Creator/KevinSorbo and Music/TraceAdkins.

not to be confused with ''Film/AnAmericanChristmasCarol'', a serious adaptation of ''A Christmas Carol'' released in 1979 and starring Henry Winkler.

* FatBastard: Michael.

* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Ahmed and Mohammed.

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Mohammed.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Ahmed and Mohammed]].

* SignificantBirthDate: It doesn't actually make any difference on the plot but Michael's birthdate is April 20, which is also [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]]'s, as well as UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}}.
* StrawmanPolitical: Excessively so.

Draws a great deal from Charles Dickens's ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', obviously.

The film features a number of prominent number of Conservative talent and overall comedic actors, including Creator/KelseyGrammer, Robert Davi, Geoffrey Arend, Creator/JonVoight, Creator/LeslieNielsen, Creator/JamesWoods, Creator/KevinSorbo and Music/TraceAdkins.

** The alternate future where [[spoiler:Michael's ass is his only body part that authorities were able to salvage from the explosion.]]
* ButtMonkey: Michael Malone and Mohammed. Michael is included because he is slapped a number of times, and even stomped on one or two times.

** Creator/BillOReilly, [[Series/DiffrentStrokes Gary Coleman]], Creator/ParisHilton, Creator/ZacharyLevi, Creator/ChristopherMcDonald, Creator/JamesWoods, the list goes on.

** Bill O'Reilly, Gary Coleman, the list goes on.

** Michael (hey, based on Scrooge, shouldn't be surprised), at least [[DesignatedVillain from the political perspective of the director]]. Also [[spoiler: Ahmed and Mohammed.]] It should be pointed out that Michael is not "evil"; he's just misguided and blinded by self-importance. The movie makes very clear that, whatever his other faults, he does ''not'' approve of honor killings, his feelings of (token) sympathy for Muslims notwithstanding.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Patton receives one; the movie gladly ignores the fact that he was pretty antisemitic (making the scene where he bounces along to Hava Nagila rather ironic), as well as his widely reported streak of megalomania that outweighed his personal patriotism quite a bit. Not to mention the incident where he slapped a soldier suffering from PTSD ("shell shock" at the time), which got Patton in trouble.

* RuleOfFunny: Women in the past slapping Michael, despite being completely unaware of his presence.
* RunningGag: Whenever somebody asks if Michael is filmmaker, they will inevitably be corrected that he's ''just'' a documentary maker and will no longer be impressed.

Politically charged 2008 comedy from David Zucker (of ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', ''Film/TopSecret'', etc.) about the [[Creator/MichaelMoore conspicuously-named]] Michael Malone (Kevin Farley), a bitter documentary filmmaker who is disgusted with the United States of America and decides to start up a campaign to ban the Fourth of July holiday. The night before the big anti-July 4th rally, President UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy returns from the dead to tell the filmmaker that he will be visited by three patriotic spirits who will attempt to get him to see the error of his ways.

* HappyEnding: [[spoiler:Whether or not you agree with Michael's political shift, the movie goes out on a high note. He's reconnected with his family and has become a successful director, finally ridding himself of his ButtMonkey status.]]

* TheUndead: The ACLU lawyers. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext For some reason]]. Potentially a ShoutOut to the horror comedy ''Film/TheGhostBreakers'', where Creator/BobHope reacts to a description of zombies with a deadpan "You mean like Democrats?"

* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: Visited by three spirits? Now where have we heard that one before.

** Ahmed and Mohammed, before the films over they decide they much prefer being film makers to being terrorists.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Patton receives one; the movie gladly ignores the fact that he was pretty antisemitic (making the scene where he bounces along to Hava Nagila rather ironic), as well as his widely reported streak of megalomania that outweighed his personal patriotism quite a bit.