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* DoingItForTheArt: In-Universe. Frank Kincaid makes it clear that the reason why he's so passionate about making disaster flicks is because it's just a subject that fascinates him.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Frank Kincaid refers to Lonnie as "Ronnie" multiple times.
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* EndOfAnAge: ''Disaster!'' was the last vestige of Universal Studios Florida's original theming of having rides that revolved around teaching guests about movie production and casting the riders as "actors" going through a scene.
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* GaiasVengeance: The storyline is that Earth, now fed up with humanity, decides to fight back by triggering every natural disaster there is.
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* NaturalDisasterCascade: the Earth itself begins inflicting GaiasVengeance against humanity by triggering every kind of natural disaster: earthquakes, thunder, and a city-destroying flood.
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''Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You'' was a part-ride/part-show special effects attraction at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]]. Opening in place of ''Ride/EarthquakeTheBigOne'' on January 17th, 2008; the attraction reused the technology and ride portion of its predecessor, though outside that it was in fact much different in every way. Rather than just focusing on earthquakes, ''Disaster!'' served as a big parody of the b-movie genre altogether and the tropes they contain.
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''Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You'' was a part-ride/part-show special effects attraction at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]]. Opening in place of ''Ride/EarthquakeTheBigOne'' on January 17th, 17, 2008; the attraction reused the technology and ride portion of its predecessor, though outside that it was in fact much different in every way. Rather than just focusing on earthquakes, ''Disaster!'' served as a big parody of the b-movie genre altogether and the tropes they contain.
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The attraction operated until September 8th, 2015; where it was then quietly closed. It would later be replaced with ''Ride/FastAndFuriousSupercharged'', which opened in 2018.
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* UnflinchingWalk: Played with. At the end, we see the park toss a grenade at a factory and then slowly walk away as if he's prepping up for the explosion to occur behind him.
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* UnflinchingWalk: Played with. At the end, we see the park ranger character toss a grenade at a factory and then slowly walk away as if he's prepping up for the explosion to occur behind him.
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* SequelEscalation: [[CaptainObvious ''Earthquake'' was mostly just about earthquakes]], while this attraction focused on every single natural disaster out there, as well as giving focus to man-made disasters.
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* SequelEscalation: [[CaptainObvious ''Earthquake'' was mostly just about earthquakes]], earthquakes, while this attraction focused on every single natural disaster out there, as well as giving focus to man-made disasters.
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* KickTheDog: The literal application of this trope is defied. Rule #32 in Frank Kincaid's book is, "Never kill a house pet."
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* InfantImmortality: Rule #32 in Frank Kincaid's book is, "Never kill a house pet."
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The attraction operated until September 8th, 2015; where it was then quietly closed. It will be replaced by ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Fast & Furious]] - Supercharged'', which will open in 2018.
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The attraction operated until September 8th, 2015; where it was then quietly closed. It will would later be replaced by ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Fast & Furious]] - Supercharged'', with ''Ride/FastAndFuriousSupercharged'', which will open opened in 2018.
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'''Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You''' was a part-ride/part-show special effects attraction at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]]. Opening in place of ''Ride/EarthquakeTheBigOne'' on January 17th, 2008; the attraction reused the technology and ride portion of its predecessor, though outside that it was in fact much different in every way. Rather than just focusing on earthquakes, ''Disaster!'' served as a big parody of the b-movie genre altogether and the tropes they contain.
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The attraction operated until September 8th, 2015; where it was then quietly closed. It will be replaced by ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Fast & Furious]]: Furious]] - Supercharged'', which will open in 2017.
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Guests were first introduced to Lonnie, who started off by discussing the studio's history and the man running it, Frank Kincaid (played by Creator/ChristopherWalken). In the next pre-show, guests would get to see Frank Kincaid himself [[note]]via an elaborate hologram effect[[/note]], who elaborates about how passionate he is about the disaster and action genres, so much so that he keeps a book of tropes found in the genres that he studies as a "recipe". The third and final pre-show featured select guest participants being filmed for bits that would later be used in "Mutha Nature", with it ending in Frank Kincaid deciding to cast all of the guests as extras. This led into the attraction's finale: a ride aboard a subway train through a massive earthquake. At the end, a trailer for "Mutha Nature" was played, which showed the filmed bits of the guests appearing in the movie, along with showing clips of the film's hero (played by Wrestling/DwayneJohnson)
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Guests were first introduced to Lonnie, who started off by discussing the studio's history and the man running it, Frank Kincaid (played by Creator/ChristopherWalken). In the next pre-show, guests would get to see Frank Kincaid himself [[note]]via an elaborate hologram effect[[/note]], who elaborates about how passionate he is about the disaster and action genres, so much so that he keeps a book of tropes found in the genres that he studies as a "recipe". Here, the guests would also be introduced to Mikey, another part of the crew helping out with the production. The third and final pre-show featured select guest participants being filmed for bits that would later be used in "Mutha Nature", with it ending in Frank Kincaid deciding to cast all of the guests as extras. This led into the attraction's finale: a ride aboard a subway train through a massive earthquake. While on the ride, Mikey would appear on screen to give the riders "directions" on how to react to each part of the experience. At the end, a trailer for "Mutha Nature" was played, which showed the filmed bits of the guests appearing in the movie, along with showing clips of the film's hero (played by Wrestling/DwayneJohnson)
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The attraction was one of the few things at Universal Studios to not be based off of any movie or television show; instead, the ride was about a fictitious movie studio, called "Disaster Studios", that specializes in making big summer blockbuster epics, such as "Apocageddon", "Das Schurke", "Baboon!", and "300 Knots Landing". The story was that the studio was inviting people off the streets to be cast as extras in their latest movie, "Mutha Nature".
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The attraction was one of the few things at Universal Studios to not be based off of any movie or television show; instead, the ride was about a fictitious movie studio, film company, called "Disaster Studios", that specializes in making big summer blockbuster epics, such as "Apocageddon", "Das Schurke", "Baboon!", and "300 Knots Landing". The story was that the studio was inviting people off the streets to be cast as extras in their latest movie, "Mutha Nature".
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* ShoutOut: There were several references to the previous ''Earthquake'' attraction, such as there being a plane prop in the queue line with the codename "EQ1990" on it, Mikey referring to the disaster at the end as "The Big One", clips from the movie being used, props from the ride being on display, and so on.
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* ShoutOut: There were several references to the previous ''Earthquake'' attraction, such as there being a plane prop in the queue line with the codename "EQ1990" "[=EQ1990=]" on it, Mikey referring to the disaster at the end as "The Big One", clips from the movie being used, props from the ride being on display, and so on.
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* ShowWithinAShow: All of these movies are this.
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-->''Don't mess...with [[TitleDrop Mutha Nature]]''
'''Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You''' was a part-ride/part-show special effects attraction at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]]. Opening in place of ''Ride/EarthquakeTheBigOne'' on January 17th, 2008; the attraction reused the technology and ride portion of its predecessor, though outside that it was in fact much different in every way. Rather than just focusing on earthquakes, ''Disaster!'' served as a big parody of the b-movie genre altogether and the tropes they contain.
The attraction was one of the few things at Universal Studios to not be based off of any movie or television show; instead, the ride was about a fictitious movie studio, called "Disaster Studios", that specializes in making big summer blockbuster epics, such as "Apocageddon", "Das Schurke", "Baboon!", and "300 Knots Landing". The story was that the studio was inviting people off the streets to be cast as extras in their latest movie, "Mutha Nature".
Guests were first introduced to Lonnie, who started off by discussing the studio's history and the man running it, Frank Kincaid (played by Creator/ChristopherWalken). In the next pre-show, guests would get to see Frank Kincaid himself [[note]]via an elaborate hologram effect[[/note]], who elaborates about how passionate he is about the disaster and action genres, so much so that he keeps a book of tropes found in the genres that he studies as a "recipe". The third and final pre-show featured select guest participants being filmed for bits that would later be used in "Mutha Nature", with it ending in Frank Kincaid deciding to cast all of the guests as extras. This led into the attraction's finale: a ride aboard a subway train through a massive earthquake. At the end, a trailer for "Mutha Nature" was played, which showed the filmed bits of the guests appearing in the movie, along with showing clips of the film's hero (played by Wrestling/DwayneJohnson)
The attraction operated until September 8th, 2015; where it was then quietly closed. It will be replaced by ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Fast & Furious]]: Supercharged'', which will open in 2017.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Frank Kincaid refers to Lonnie as "Ronnie" multiple times.
* AffectionateParody: The attraction was altogether a big homage/parody of cheesy disaster movies.
* AudienceParticipation: Guests would volunteer to play the different roles in the "Mutha Nature" movie, with the rest of the audience serving as extras.
* BaitAndSwitch: During the casting process Lonnie would say that he/she needs "a sweet real live, beautiful, sexy...gardening grandmother-type."
* BigEntrance: Frank Kincaid attempts to do this by appearing right after an explosion, but it doesn't work as he had planned.
* TheBigGuy: Lonnie would cast one of the guest volunteers in this part.
* TheCassandra: Rule #22 in Frank Kincaid's book is, "Only one person knows how to avert a disaster, but nobody ever believes them."
* {{Catchphrase}}: For when moving into the next part of production, Lonnie would start by saying, "And we are...", and then have the audience finish with, "...moving on!"
* ChromaKey: Used in the second pre-show, which later on makes it look as if one of the guest participants is in the middle of a giant flood.
* ClicheStorm: [[invoked]] Parodied with regards to disaster movies. Frank Kincaid has written an entire book of disaster flick cliches that he relies on as a guide to screenwriting and directing, referring to it as "not a formula, but a recipe."
* CopiouslyCreditedCreator: In-Universe. Lonnie refers to Frank Kincaid as the CEO, CFO, founder, writer, director, producer, and president of Disaster Studios.
* DoingItForTheArt: In-Universe. Frank Kincaid makes it clear that the reason why he's so passionate about making disaster flicks is because it's just a subject that fascinates him.
* EpilepticFlashingLights: Was used in the subway scene, as the earthquake strikes the area.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: In the main ride, a tank truck would explode upon hitting a subway column.
* EvilLaugh: For filming practice, Lonnie would have the three guests volunteering as villains do one.
* ExcitedShowTitle: The ride's title has an exclamation point at the end.
* GenderBlenderName: The pre-show host's name was a gender-neutral "Lonnie", so the role could be played by either a male or female team member.
* GlobalWarming: Frank Kincaid mentions that the events of the ''Mutha Nature'' film are caused by this.
* GoIntoTheLight: When giving acting commands to the woman playing the gardener, Lonnie gestures towards a studio light, mentioning, "Now look at the light, but don't go into it."
* HandRubbing: This was another thing Lonnie would have the "villains" do for filming practice.
* HolyBacklight: As a RunningGag in the first pre-show, every time Frank Kincaid's name is said, a heavenly-looking light is projected onto his portrait while an angelic choir plays.
* InfantImmortality: Rule #32 in Frank Kincaid's book is, "Never kill a house pet."
* LargeHam: Frank Kincaid is this in huge doses. [[note]]He's played by Creator/ChristopherWalken, what were you expecting?[[/note]]
* LighterAndSofter: Than the previous ''Earthquake: The Big One'' attraction. ''Disaster!'' depicted earthquakes in a tongue-in-cheek B-movie manner, while ''Earthquake'' depicted them in a much more dark and serious manner.
* LastSecondWordSwap: When Lonnie sees that they only have six minutes to film all of the guests' scenes, he/she would exclaim, "Mother-...nature!"
* ManEatingPlant: This is one of the many things Frank Kincaid promises will be in ''Mutha Nature''.
* OfficiallyShortenedTitle: The full title was shortened to a simple ''Disaster!'' for virtually all of the marketing.
* OneWordTitle: The normally-used shortened version of the title is this.
* {{Overcrank}}: Rule #101 in Frank Kincaid's book is "Explosions are good, slow-motion explosions are better."
* OveryLongScream: Mikey tells the riders to keep on screaming throughout the ride's finale for the shoot.
* PecFlex: Lonnie would have the guest volunteering as TheBigGuy do this as a demonstration.
* ThePlague: Frank Kincaid mentions plagues as another thing that will be in ''Mutha Nature''.
* RunawayTrain: During the ride-portion, a derailed subway train nearly collided with guests.
* ScreamingWoman: At one point during the finale, Mikey specifically asks for only the women to scream.
* SequelEscalation: [[CaptainObvious ''Earthquake'' was mostly just about earthquakes]], while this attraction focused on every single natural disaster out there, as well as giving focus to man-made disasters.
* ShoutOut: There were several references to the previous ''Earthquake'' attraction, such as there being a plane prop in the queue line with the codename "EQ1990" on it, Mikey referring to the disaster at the end as "The Big One", clips from the movie being used, props from the ride being on display, and so on.
* ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle: The full title of the attraction is ''Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You''.
* ShrineToSelf: The first pre-show room was filled with photographs of Frank Kincaid lining the walls, along with the awards he's won on display and a huge portrait of himself.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: In-Universe. Frank Kincaid gets frustrated at Mikey because his attempt at a BigEntrance is ruined because the explosion wasn't anywhere-near big enough.
* StealthPun: During filming, a kid standing in front of the green screen was told to stare at the rock hanging from the ceiling. In the trailer, the kid stares at Dwayne Johnson.
* {{Sting}}: Parodied. As another RunningGag, Lonnie would get the audience to say "Dun Dun DAH!" whenever something really dramatic is said.
* StyrofoamRocks: These were utilized during the filming of the scene where the three villains get pelted by falling building rubble.
* TakeThat: When filming the guest volunteers' scenes, Lonnie would often take jabs at real life celebrities; for instance, when commenting on the kid actor doing a blank stare, he/she would say, "That's exactly how Keanu Reeves makes a living too."
* TakeThatScrappy: [[invoked]] Rule #14 in Frank Kincaid's book is, "The annoying guy always dies."
* TroubledProduction: In-Universe. The ''Mutha Nature'' film is said to have been running very behind schedule, along with its actors all being sent to rehab. Frank Kincaid also mentions that he had to sell a lot of his own property in order to get the movie financed.
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* CombatTentacles: A prop from ''Super Ultra Mega Atomic Chaos'' has a giant alien tentacle attacking a tank.
* ComingInHot: The poster for ''300 Knots Landing'', shows a severely damaged plane about to make a landing.
* {{Cyborg}}: There's a cyborg shark in the ''Das Schurke'' film.
* DisasterMovie: What Disaster Studios specializes in making.
* EarthShatteringPoster: The ''Apocageddon'' poster has a burning Earth in the background.
* FesteringFungus: The whole central premise of ''Fungus: It's Among Us!''.
* GratuitousGerman: ''Das Schurke'' has a German title along with (fake) German actors listed on its poster.
* ManiacMonkeys: The poster for the movie, ''Baboon!'' depicts, as its title would suggest, a killer baboon.
* {{Portmantitle}}: The Disaster Studios film, ''Apocageddon'' combines "Apocalypse" and "Armageddon" together.
* PracticalEffects: This is taken to an extreme extent In-Universe, where it was said that for ''Apocageddon'', Frank Kincaid used a trebuchet to launch numerous man-made meteors onto dozens of buildings.
* ShoutOut: ''Baboon!'' may be somewhat of a reference to ''Film/{{Shakma}}'' (which was one of the very first movies to be filmed at Universal Studios Florida).
* SummerBlockbuster: As implied, Disaster Studios makes nothing but these.
* {{Tagline}}:
** ''300 Knots Landing'': "Mayday! Mayday! Flight 672 is falling and we can't get up!"
** ''Das Schurke'': "Hunter. Hunted. Horror. Help."
** ''Apocageddon'': "Tomorrow is the first day of the next to last day of the rest of your life."
* TankGoodness: A prop tank from ''Super Ultra Mega Atomic Chaos'' could be seen when first walking in.
* ThreateningShark: ''Das Schurke'', features a cyborg shark, which appeared as a prop.
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* ApocalypseWow: The entire trailer shows the world being ripped to pieces on an epic scale.
* BadBadActing: Every performance in the trailer is meant to be this.
* BeeAfraid: An entire crowd is shown being attacked by bees.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: One is shown at the beginning of the trailer, and appears to be the villain of the movie.
* ContentWarnings: At the start, it's shown that the film has been rated "Blockbuster" by the "Academy of Film Review".
* CowboyCop: The park ranger character is this.
* DeathAsComedy: At the end of a trailer, a gardener (usually played by an elderly woman) looks up at the sky and is comically zapped into dust by lightning.
* DisasterMovie: ''The'' Disaster Movie, filled with every single form of nature gone wrong you can imagine.
* DramaticGunCock: This happens right after the park ranger says yet another one of his one-liners.
* GaiasVengeance: The storyline is that Earth, now fed up with humanity, decides to fight back by triggering every natural disaster there is.
* TheGreatFlood: One is shown tearing apart an entire city, with a screaming man also being whisked away by it.
* IfIDoNotReturn: The park ranger character gives this speech to wife just before he goes out into the storm.
* InAWorld: The trope namer is used right at the beginning.
* InstantThunder: Occurs with every single lightning strike in the trailer.
* JumpIllCatchYou: The park ranger ranges tells this to a little kid that's high up on a building. They both end up fine.
* RealTrailerFakeMovie: The whole case of the trailer.
* SceneryGorn: Very little of the cityscape gets spared.
* ScreamingWoman: There's a whole close-up shot dedicated to one in the trailer.
* SpreadingDisasterMapGraphic: One can be seen in the background of the government agency scene.
* StuffBlowingUp: Right towards the end with a person and the title.
* SubwaysSuck: A subway train is shown getting the full effect of the earthquake.
* {{Tagline}}: It ain't nice to mess...with ''Mutha Nature''.
* TitleDrop: Done in the "Tagline" above.
* {{Troperiffic}}: Purposely done with the trailer as a parody of disaster/action movie cliches.
* UnflinchingWalk: Played with. At the end, we see the park toss a grenade at a factory and then slowly walk away as if he's prepping up for the explosion to occur behind him.
* WorldOfHam: There is not a single person in the trailer that isn't going over-the-top.
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-->''And we are...moving on!''
-->''Don't mess...with [[TitleDrop Mutha Nature]]''
'''Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You''' was a part-ride/part-show special effects attraction at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]]. Opening in place of ''Ride/EarthquakeTheBigOne'' on January 17th, 2008; the attraction reused the technology and ride portion of its predecessor, though outside that it was in fact much different in every way. Rather than just focusing on earthquakes, ''Disaster!'' served as a big parody of the b-movie genre altogether and the tropes they contain.
The attraction was one of the few things at Universal Studios to not be based off of any movie or television show; instead, the ride was about a fictitious movie studio, called "Disaster Studios", that specializes in making big summer blockbuster epics, such as "Apocageddon", "Das Schurke", "Baboon!", and "300 Knots Landing". The story was that the studio was inviting people off the streets to be cast as extras in their latest movie, "Mutha Nature".
Guests were first introduced to Lonnie, who started off by discussing the studio's history and the man running it, Frank Kincaid (played by Creator/ChristopherWalken). In the next pre-show, guests would get to see Frank Kincaid himself [[note]]via an elaborate hologram effect[[/note]], who elaborates about how passionate he is about the disaster and action genres, so much so that he keeps a book of tropes found in the genres that he studies as a "recipe". The third and final pre-show featured select guest participants being filmed for bits that would later be used in "Mutha Nature", with it ending in Frank Kincaid deciding to cast all of the guests as extras. This led into the attraction's finale: a ride aboard a subway train through a massive earthquake. At the end, a trailer for "Mutha Nature" was played, which showed the filmed bits of the guests appearing in the movie, along with showing clips of the film's hero (played by Wrestling/DwayneJohnson)
The attraction operated until September 8th, 2015; where it was then quietly closed. It will be replaced by ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Fast & Furious]]: Supercharged'', which will open in 2017.
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[[folder:Tropes concerning the attraction itself]]
* AccidentalMisnaming: Frank Kincaid refers to Lonnie as "Ronnie" multiple times.
* AffectionateParody: The attraction was altogether a big homage/parody of cheesy disaster movies.
* AudienceParticipation: Guests would volunteer to play the different roles in the "Mutha Nature" movie, with the rest of the audience serving as extras.
* BaitAndSwitch: During the casting process Lonnie would say that he/she needs "a sweet real live, beautiful, sexy...gardening grandmother-type."
* BigEntrance: Frank Kincaid attempts to do this by appearing right after an explosion, but it doesn't work as he had planned.
* TheBigGuy: Lonnie would cast one of the guest volunteers in this part.
* TheCassandra: Rule #22 in Frank Kincaid's book is, "Only one person knows how to avert a disaster, but nobody ever believes them."
* {{Catchphrase}}: For when moving into the next part of production, Lonnie would start by saying, "And we are...", and then have the audience finish with, "...moving on!"
* ChromaKey: Used in the second pre-show, which later on makes it look as if one of the guest participants is in the middle of a giant flood.
* ClicheStorm: [[invoked]] Parodied with regards to disaster movies. Frank Kincaid has written an entire book of disaster flick cliches that he relies on as a guide to screenwriting and directing, referring to it as "not a formula, but a recipe."
* CopiouslyCreditedCreator: In-Universe. Lonnie refers to Frank Kincaid as the CEO, CFO, founder, writer, director, producer, and president of Disaster Studios.
* DoingItForTheArt: In-Universe. Frank Kincaid makes it clear that the reason why he's so passionate about making disaster flicks is because it's just a subject that fascinates him.
* EpilepticFlashingLights: Was used in the subway scene, as the earthquake strikes the area.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: In the main ride, a tank truck would explode upon hitting a subway column.
* EvilLaugh: For filming practice, Lonnie would have the three guests volunteering as villains do one.
* ExcitedShowTitle: The ride's title has an exclamation point at the end.
* GenderBlenderName: The pre-show host's name was a gender-neutral "Lonnie", so the role could be played by either a male or female team member.
* GlobalWarming: Frank Kincaid mentions that the events of the ''Mutha Nature'' film are caused by this.
* GoIntoTheLight: When giving acting commands to the woman playing the gardener, Lonnie gestures towards a studio light, mentioning, "Now look at the light, but don't go into it."
* HandRubbing: This was another thing Lonnie would have the "villains" do for filming practice.
* HolyBacklight: As a RunningGag in the first pre-show, every time Frank Kincaid's name is said, a heavenly-looking light is projected onto his portrait while an angelic choir plays.
* InfantImmortality: Rule #32 in Frank Kincaid's book is, "Never kill a house pet."
* LargeHam: Frank Kincaid is this in huge doses. [[note]]He's played by Creator/ChristopherWalken, what were you expecting?[[/note]]
* LighterAndSofter: Than the previous ''Earthquake: The Big One'' attraction. ''Disaster!'' depicted earthquakes in a tongue-in-cheek B-movie manner, while ''Earthquake'' depicted them in a much more dark and serious manner.
* LastSecondWordSwap: When Lonnie sees that they only have six minutes to film all of the guests' scenes, he/she would exclaim, "Mother-...nature!"
* ManEatingPlant: This is one of the many things Frank Kincaid promises will be in ''Mutha Nature''.
* OfficiallyShortenedTitle: The full title was shortened to a simple ''Disaster!'' for virtually all of the marketing.
* OneWordTitle: The normally-used shortened version of the title is this.
* {{Overcrank}}: Rule #101 in Frank Kincaid's book is "Explosions are good, slow-motion explosions are better."
* OveryLongScream: Mikey tells the riders to keep on screaming throughout the ride's finale for the shoot.
* PecFlex: Lonnie would have the guest volunteering as TheBigGuy do this as a demonstration.
* ThePlague: Frank Kincaid mentions plagues as another thing that will be in ''Mutha Nature''.
* RunawayTrain: During the ride-portion, a derailed subway train nearly collided with guests.
* ScreamingWoman: At one point during the finale, Mikey specifically asks for only the women to scream.
* SequelEscalation: [[CaptainObvious ''Earthquake'' was mostly just about earthquakes]], while this attraction focused on every single natural disaster out there, as well as giving focus to man-made disasters.
* ShoutOut: There were several references to the previous ''Earthquake'' attraction, such as there being a plane prop in the queue line with the codename "EQ1990" on it, Mikey referring to the disaster at the end as "The Big One", clips from the movie being used, props from the ride being on display, and so on.
* ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle: The full title of the attraction is ''Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You''.
* ShrineToSelf: The first pre-show room was filled with photographs of Frank Kincaid lining the walls, along with the awards he's won on display and a huge portrait of himself.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: In-Universe. Frank Kincaid gets frustrated at Mikey because his attempt at a BigEntrance is ruined because the explosion wasn't anywhere-near big enough.
* StealthPun: During filming, a kid standing in front of the green screen was told to stare at the rock hanging from the ceiling. In the trailer, the kid stares at Dwayne Johnson.
* {{Sting}}: Parodied. As another RunningGag, Lonnie would get the audience to say "Dun Dun DAH!" whenever something really dramatic is said.
* StyrofoamRocks: These were utilized during the filming of the scene where the three villains get pelted by falling building rubble.
* TakeThat: When filming the guest volunteers' scenes, Lonnie would often take jabs at real life celebrities; for instance, when commenting on the kid actor doing a blank stare, he/she would say, "That's exactly how Keanu Reeves makes a living too."
* TakeThatScrappy: [[invoked]] Rule #14 in Frank Kincaid's book is, "The annoying guy always dies."
* TroubledProduction: In-Universe. The ''Mutha Nature'' film is said to have been running very behind schedule, along with its actors all being sent to rehab. Frank Kincaid also mentions that he had to sell a lot of his own property in order to get the movie financed.
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[[folder:Tropes concerning Disaster Studios' movies]]
* CombatTentacles: A prop from ''Super Ultra Mega Atomic Chaos'' has a giant alien tentacle attacking a tank.
* ComingInHot: The poster for ''300 Knots Landing'', shows a severely damaged plane about to make a landing.
* {{Cyborg}}: There's a cyborg shark in the ''Das Schurke'' film.
* DisasterMovie: What Disaster Studios specializes in making.
* EarthShatteringPoster: The ''Apocageddon'' poster has a burning Earth in the background.
* FesteringFungus: The whole central premise of ''Fungus: It's Among Us!''.
* GratuitousGerman: ''Das Schurke'' has a German title along with (fake) German actors listed on its poster.
* ManiacMonkeys: The poster for the movie, ''Baboon!'' depicts, as its title would suggest, a killer baboon.
* {{Portmantitle}}: The Disaster Studios film, ''Apocageddon'' combines "Apocalypse" and "Armageddon" together.
* PracticalEffects: This is taken to an extreme extent In-Universe, where it was said that for ''Apocageddon'', Frank Kincaid used a trebuchet to launch numerous man-made meteors onto dozens of buildings.
* ShoutOut: ''Baboon!'' may be somewhat of a reference to ''Film/{{Shakma}}'' (which was one of the very first movies to be filmed at Universal Studios Florida).
* SummerBlockbuster: As implied, Disaster Studios makes nothing but these.
* {{Tagline}}:
** ''300 Knots Landing'': "Mayday! Mayday! Flight 672 is falling and we can't get up!"
** ''Das Schurke'': "Hunter. Hunted. Horror. Help."
** ''Apocageddon'': "Tomorrow is the first day of the next to last day of the rest of your life."
* TankGoodness: A prop tank from ''Super Ultra Mega Atomic Chaos'' could be seen when first walking in.
* ThreateningShark: ''Das Schurke'', features a cyborg shark, which appeared as a prop.
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[[folder:Tropes concerning the "Mutha Nature" trailer]]
* ApocalypseWow: The entire trailer shows the world being ripped to pieces on an epic scale.
* BadBadActing: Every performance in the trailer is meant to be this.
* BeeAfraid: An entire crowd is shown being attacked by bees.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: One is shown at the beginning of the trailer, and appears to be the villain of the movie.
* ContentWarnings: At the start, it's shown that the film has been rated "Blockbuster" by the "Academy of Film Review".
* CowboyCop: The park ranger character is this.
* DeathAsComedy: At the end of a trailer, a gardener (usually played by an elderly woman) looks up at the sky and is comically zapped into dust by lightning.
* DisasterMovie: ''The'' Disaster Movie, filled with every single form of nature gone wrong you can imagine.
* DramaticGunCock: This happens right after the park ranger says yet another one of his one-liners.
* GaiasVengeance: The storyline is that Earth, now fed up with humanity, decides to fight back by triggering every natural disaster there is.
* TheGreatFlood: One is shown tearing apart an entire city, with a screaming man also being whisked away by it.
* IfIDoNotReturn: The park ranger character gives this speech to wife just before he goes out into the storm.
* InAWorld: The trope namer is used right at the beginning.
* InstantThunder: Occurs with every single lightning strike in the trailer.
* JumpIllCatchYou: The park ranger ranges tells this to a little kid that's high up on a building. They both end up fine.
* RealTrailerFakeMovie: The whole case of the trailer.
* SceneryGorn: Very little of the cityscape gets spared.
* ScreamingWoman: There's a whole close-up shot dedicated to one in the trailer.
* SpreadingDisasterMapGraphic: One can be seen in the background of the government agency scene.
* StuffBlowingUp: Right towards the end with a person and the title.
* SubwaysSuck: A subway train is shown getting the full effect of the earthquake.
* {{Tagline}}: It ain't nice to mess...with ''Mutha Nature''.
* TitleDrop: Done in the "Tagline" above.
* {{Troperiffic}}: Purposely done with the trailer as a parody of disaster/action movie cliches.
* UnflinchingWalk: Played with. At the end, we see the park toss a grenade at a factory and then slowly walk away as if he's prepping up for the explosion to occur behind him.
* WorldOfHam: There is not a single person in the trailer that isn't going over-the-top.
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-->''And we are...moving on!''
