History Film / TheHumanCentipede

%% * VillainProtagonist: Each protagonist sews people ass to mouth, so this is a given.

* VillainProtagonist: Heiter, a crazy, [[PuttingOnTheReich Nazi-esque]] MadScientist.

* VillainProtagonist: Martin, a mentally challenged pervert who is inspired by the original film to commit truly horrific crimes.

* VillainProtagonist: Bill Boss, a bigoted (in virtually '''every''' way possible) prison warden who is inspired by the ''Human Centipede'' films to make all of his prisoners into a gigantic human centipede made of about 500 people.

In 2010's ''The Human Centipede: First Sequence'' (directed by Tom Six), a couple of young American tourists, Lindsay and Jenny, find themselves traveling through Germany when they [[MyCarHatesMe get a flat tire]]. They stop for help at the house of [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Dr. Josef]] [[HerrDoctor Heiter]] (Creator/DieterLaser), a surgeon who specializes in separating conjoined twins -- and someone [[MadDoctor with a vision]]. We'll let you get a cold drink and a comfy seat before we share his vision with you. If you like to drink alcohol, make your drink a [[INeedAFreakingDrink stiff one]]. We'll also let you bring in the BrainBleach; pictures of cats and dogs are preferred.

[[caption-width-right:300: Gives the phrase "eat shit and die" (and the term "ass to mouth") a whole new meaning.]]

Among the various places the films have shown up in pop culture, they somehow spawned a [[LighterAndSofter light-hearted]] porn parody, ''[[ParallelPornTitle The Human Sexipede]]'', and inspired the Season 15 premiere of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' ("[[Recap/SouthParkS15E1HumancentiPad HUMANCENTiPAD]]"). Someone also got the bright idea to make a ScreenToStageAdaptation in ''WebVideo/HumanCentipedeTheMusical'', and in 2023, the films received a new wave of attention after Creator/TomCardy's song "[[https://youtu.be/GFokXnCCMf8 Red Flags (feat. Montaigne)]]" (with the titular red flag being the date's interest in the first film) went viral on [=TikTok=].

Among the various places the films have shown up in pop culture, they somehow spawned a [[LighterAndSofter light-hearted]] porn parody, ''[[ParallelPornTitle The Human Sexipede]]'', and inspired the Season 15 premiere of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' ("[[Recap/SouthParkS15E1HumancentiPad HUMANCENTiPAD]]"). Someone also got the bright idea to make a ScreenToStageAdaptation in ''WebVideo/HumanCentipedeTheMusical'', and in 2023, the films received a new wave of attention after Tom Cardy's song "[[https://youtu.be/GFokXnCCMf8 Red Flags (feat. Montaigne)]]" (with the titular red flag being the date's interest in the first film) went viral on [=TikTok=].

The films somehow spawned a [[LighterAndSofter light-hearted]] porn parody, ''[[ParallelPornTitle The Human Sexipede]]'', and inspired the Season 15 premiere of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' ("[[Recap/SouthParkS15E1HumancentiPad HUMANCENTiPAD]]"). Someone also got the bright idea to make a ScreenToStageAdaptation in ''WebVideo/HumanCentipedeTheMusical'', and in 2023 Tom Cardy's "[[https://youtu.be/GFokXnCCMf8 Red Flags (feat. Montaigne)]]" (with the titular red flag being the date's interest in the film) went viral on Tiktok.

** With the exception of the third film, breaking free of the centipede would be as simple as simply pulling away; staples (medical or otherwise) are not very strong and simply coughing would be enough to loosen the. Bandages and duct tape would only offer slight amounts of protection against this.

* WouldntHurtAChild: A twisted example, of course, But when one of his numerous victims happens to be a mother, and her son starts crying because of the violent crimes committing outside, Instead of harming the kid at all, Martin proceeds to pick up the baby and starts making noises and rocking it to calm it down, And when he goes into a violent rampage later on, He hesitates when he sees the child still sitting in his car seat.

* MonsterMisogyny: While one of the victims is a man, it's the women who get the worst of it and relegated to the worse parts of the "centipede".

** [[spoiler: Being hit in the head with a crowbar hard enough to cause the level of bleeding seen is usually instant death; all of the people who Martin collects for his centipede are knocked unconscious this way not once [[BeyondTheImpossible but TWICE!]], although this is exclusive to the 2nd film of which the tagline is [[LampshadeHanging "100 percent medically inaccurate"]]]].

* SerialEscalation: ''First Sequence'' has [[spoiler:three people sewn together ass to mouth]]; ''Full Sequence'' has [[spoiler:twelve people!]] ''Final Sequence'' has [[spoiler: ''five. Hundred. People!'']]

* BodyHorror: Heiter goes into ''graphic detail'' on what the procedure involves. [[spoiler: The cheeks (of the mouth) [[GlasgowGrin are cut]] and grafted onto the cheeks (the other kind) of the person in front of them in such a way that the mouth is enclosed around it and that the person can't even breathe through it, and can't move their jaw without ripping the flesh. Some of the front teeth are also removed so as to facilitate the flow of feces between segments, as are the kneecaps so as to prevent each segment from standing up.]] Probably the only horror film where ''you don't even need to '''see it''' to be horrified''.

** Katsuro finally crosses his after failing an escape attempt and being overcome with guilt, [[spoiler: slitting his throat with a shard of glass]].
** Jenny's hysteria over her ordeal climaxes right before the operation as she's being sedated, with her devolving into terrified sobs and [[IWantMyMommy pleading for her mother]]. Once the operation is complete she is noticeably subdued in contrast to Lindsay and remains consigned to her fate up until [[spoiler: her death]].

%% * TearsOfJoy: Heiter, [[spoiler: once it's complete]].

** Then there's Yennie, who, in a fit of adrenaline-induced rage, [[spoiler: grabs the funnel Martin used to force-feed her earlier, [[AssShove shoves it into his ass]], before grabbing his pet centipede and inserting it into the funnel]].

The films somehow spawned a [[LighterAndSofter light-hearted]] porn parody, ''[[ParallelPornTitle The Human Sexipede]]'', and inspired the Season 15 premiere of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' ("[[Recap/SouthParkS15E1HumancentiPad HUMANCENTiPAD]]"). Someone also got the bright idea to make a ScreenToStageAdaptation in ''WebVideo/HumanCentipedeTheMusical''.

* DaylightHorror: Once the operation is complete, the film gets very bright and sunny visually.

* DaylightHorror: The prison is located in a very sunny desert.

In 2010's ''The Human Centipede: First Sequence'' (directed by Tom Six), a couple of young American tourists, Lindsay and Jenny, find themselves traveling through Germany when they [[MyCarHatesMe get a flat tire]]. They stop for help at the house of [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Dr. Josef]] [[HerrDoctor Heiter]] (Creator/DieterLaser), a surgeon who specializes in separating conjoined twins -- and someone [[MadDoctor with a vision]]. We'll let you get a cold drink and a comfy seat before we share his vision with you. If you like to drink alcohol, make your drink a [[INeedAFreakingDrink stiff one]].

** With the exception of the third film breaking free of the centipede would be as simple as simply pulling away, staples (medical or otherwise) are not very strong and simply coughing would be enough to loosen them, bandages and duct tape would only offer slight amounts of protection against this.

** Eating shit will make 99% of people vomit instantly; breathing in vomit by accident would lead to quick death.
** [[spoiler: Being hit in the head with a crowbar hard enough to cause the level of bleeding seen is usually instant death; all of the people who Martin collects for his centipede are knocked unconscious this way not once [[BeyondTheImpossible but TWICE!]], although this is exclusive to the 2nd film who's tagline is [[LampshadeHanging "100 percent medically in-accurate"]]]]