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[[caption-width-right:350:Based on a fake story]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Based on a fake story]]story.]]



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** The video store, that doubles as Mobbasta's headquarters, is plastered with several placards about environmental issues. One of these says [[Film/BackToTheFuture SAVE THE CLOCK TOWER!]]

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** The video store, that doubles as Mobbasta's headquarters, is plastered with several placards about environmental issues. One of these says [[Film/BackToTheFuture [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 SAVE THE CLOCK TOWER!]]
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The story is about Giulio Verme, an extremely uptight man (he's vegan, does voluntary work, sorts all of his waste, never swears...) who is incredibly worried about the society he lives in and the world at large, and also about the fact that nobody around him seems to care. One day he meets his old childhood friend Alfonzo Scarabocchi, who gives him a mysterious pill that has the ability to [[NinetyPercentOfYourBrain change his brain potential]]... to '''[[TooDumbToLive 2%]]'''. From that moment on, he radically changes, becoming the "average Italian" of the title: a moron that only thinks about partying, booze and sex. During one of his alcohol-fueled romps, he devastates the very same park he swore to protect, but when turned back to his old self sees that after the fact the interest of the public about environmental themes seems to increase...

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The story is about Giulio Verme, an extremely uptight man (he's vegan, does voluntary work, sorts all of his waste, never swears...) who is incredibly worried about the society he lives in and the world at large, and also about the fact that nobody around him seems to care. One day he meets his old childhood friend Alfonzo Scarabocchi, who gives him a mysterious pill that has the ability to [[NinetyPercentOfYourBrain change his brain potential]]... to '''[[TooDumbToLive '''[[TheDitz 2%]]'''. From that moment on, he radically changes, becoming the "average Italian" of the title: a moron that only thinks about partying, booze and sex. During one of his alcohol-fueled romps, he devastates the very same park he swore to protect, but when turned back to his old self sees that after the fact the interest of the public about environmental themes seems to increase...
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** In a way, 2%!Giulio's crass and vulgar demeanor can be seen as a TakeThat to the Italian phenomenon of the "cinepanettoni", that is, films being shown around Christmas that consist in little more than ToiletHumour, slapstick, hot girls and exotic locales and still rack up huge amounts of money every year. Capatonda already mocked them a few times and seems to suggest that you need the 2% of your brain to be able to enjoy them.

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** In a way, 2%!Giulio's crass and vulgar demeanor can be seen as a TakeThat to the Italian phenomenon of the "cinepanettoni", that is, films being shown around Christmas that consist in little more than ToiletHumour, slapstick, hot girls and exotic locales and still rack up huge amounts of money every year. Capatonda already mocked them a few times times, most prominently in his parody trailer ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjMltCTv_Hg Natale al cesso]]''[[note]]"Christmas on the Toilet"[[/note]], and seems to suggest that you need the 2% of your brain to be able to enjoy them.
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* SplitPersonality: Normal!Giulio is an overly serious goody two shoes and dedicated environmentalist, while 2%!Giulio is a shallow, obnoxious idiot obsessed with sex and reality shows. The contrast provides the plot of most of the movie and it ends with a [[spoiler:a SplitPersonalityMerge in the most ridiculous way possible.]]

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* SplitPersonality: Normal!Giulio is an overly serious goody two shoes and dedicated environmentalist, while 2%!Giulio is a shallow, obnoxious idiot obsessed with sex and reality shows. The contrast provides the plot of most of the movie and it ends with a [[spoiler:a SplitPersonalityMerge in the most ridiculous way possible.]]
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* BettyAndVeronica: Giulio's first girlfriend is HollywoodNerd Franca (Betty), in contrast to his new flame Sharon (Veronica), a slutty, brainless bimbo and parody of the MsFanservice trope (she actually borders on FanDisservice). Totally parodied at the end when Giulio can't choose between them and keeps both of them as his girlfriends (and the girls are ok with it).

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* BettyAndVeronica: Giulio's first girlfriend is HollywoodNerd nerdy Franca (Betty), in contrast to his new flame Sharon (Veronica), a slutty, brainless bimbo and parody of the MsFanservice trope (she actually borders on FanDisservice). Totally parodied at the end when Giulio can't choose between them and keeps both of them as his girlfriends (and the girls are ok with it).
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* NotSoDifferent: The film points out that, while 2%!Giulio is a shallow, materialistic, stupid, lecherous individual obsessed with reality TV, tacky stuff and sex, "Normal" Giulio is exactly as useless, since all he does is to complain about everything, lecture others, but never once putting in practice what he preaches to change the world for the better. He's so obsessed with moral integrity that he became totally alienated.
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** Giulio Verme's name is an AffectionateParody to Creator/JulesVerne.
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* ThisLoserIsYou: Giulio Verme's personalities represent the worst parts of the Italian people:
** 2%!Giulio represents the celebrity-obsessed, [[AttentionWhore attention-seeking]], churlish behaviour people.
** Normal!Giulio represents the slacktivists who constantly [[{{Wangst}} whine]] about the society values, global warming, people's apathy and animal extinction while doing nothing.
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: To win the reality show "Mastervip" he entered, Giulio (as his shallow personality) must, as the final test, leave behind the things he cares the most: his girlfriend, his wife (long story) and his best friend Alfonzo. Being what he is, he actually has no problem telling them to get lost, however the pills' effect begins to wane...

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* FriendOrIdolDecision: To win the reality show "Mastervip" he entered, Giulio (as his shallow personality) must, as the final test, leave behind the things he cares the most: [[ItMakesSenseInContext his girlfriend, his wife (long story) wife]] and his best friend Alfonzo. Being what he is, he actually has no problem telling them to get lost, however the pills' effect begins to wane...
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Dewicking per TRS decision.


* BiTheWay: For the sake of a very brief gag. 2%!Giulio is seen wildly shagging several girls inside a club, and then getting sodomized by what is probably a transgendered individual.

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