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* Badass: Probably the biggest one in the movie, since Less Goodman crosses more into [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bastard]] territory.
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* Badass: Probably the biggest one in the movie, since Less Goodman Grossman crosses more into [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bastard]] territory.
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** The joke was even carried to his Oscar nomination, as Cuba Gooding Jr. cut off halfway through his praise of Downey's risk in taking the role with "What the hell were you thinking, man?"
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-->'''Lazarus:''' Check it out. Creator/DustinHoffman, ''RainMan'', look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Count toothpicks, cheat at cards. Autistic, sure. Not retarded. You know Creator/TomHanks, ''ForrestGump'', Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, ''Being There''. Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Creator/SeanPenn, 2001, ''IAmSam''. Remember? Went full retard, went home empty-handed...
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-->'''Lazarus:''' Check it out. Creator/DustinHoffman, ''RainMan'', look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Count toothpicks, cheat at cards. Autistic, sure. Not retarded. You know Creator/TomHanks, ''ForrestGump'', Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, ''Being There''. Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Creator/SeanPenn, 2001, ''IAmSam''.''Film/IAmSam''. Remember? Went full retard, went home empty-handed...
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* UnableToCry: He can't cry on set, leading to a rift between him and the "award winner" Kirk Lazarus.
* InelegantBlubbering: His attempt to cry at the beginning footage of the film is very overblown.
* PlayingAgainstType: InUniverse. He's a comedy actor who is cast in an action film.
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* NaiveNewcomer: Subverted. Though he ha sno prior acting experience, he seems to know more about the film and the situation than the other actors.
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* NaiveNewcomer: Subverted. Though he ha sno has no prior acting experience, he seems to know more about the film and the situation than the other actors.
* AllPartOfTheShow: Nope. [[spoiler: Tugg Speedman thinks his explosion was an act, but it was true]].
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* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler:He steps on a land mine and gets blown to pieces.]]
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* ButtMonkey: ''Dear God''. He can't control his actors, his movie goes way over budget in little time, he is punched in the face at the request of Les Grossman and [[spoiler: he steps on a landmine and gets blown up]].
* LudicrousGibs:[[spoiler:He [[spoiler: He steps on a land mine and gets blown to pieces.]]
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* BigNO: [[spoiler: When he kills a panda.]]
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-->'''Speedman''': Someone said they were close to me? me?
* CriticalResearchFailure: InUniverse. Tugg confuses the Teen Choice Awards with the Kids Choice Awards by saying that Kevin would be slimed.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: He does it in the movie-within-a-movie, and then looks ridiculous as he overreacts getting shot.
* CriticalResearchFailure: InUniverse. Tugg confuses the Teen Choice Awards with the Kids Choice Awards by saying that Kevin would be slimed.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: He does it in the movie-within-a-movie, and then looks ridiculous as he overreacts getting shot.
* AllAsiansWearConicalStrawHats: He ends up wearing one when he disguises himself as an Asian farmer.
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* BrokenAce: He is a telented actor who played in many OscarBait films and is a master at MethodActing. Yet, he believes his true self is a pathetic loser.
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* BrokenAce: He is a telented talented actor who played in many OscarBait films and is a master at MethodActing. Yet, he believes his true self is a pathetic loser.
* ActingForTwo: InUniverse. ''The Fatties: Fart 2'', a parody of ''Film/TheNuttyProfessor'', starring [[OverlyLongGag Jeff Portnoy, Jeff Portnoy, Jeff Portnoy, and Jeff Portnoy]] as America's favorite obese family.
* AssShove: [[spoiler:Portnoy's handgun.]]
** '''YEAH!'''
* AssShove: [[spoiler:Portnoy's handgun.]]
** '''YEAH!'''
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-->'''Alpa:''' (''mocking Kirk'') Hell yeah! Ha! That's how we all talk? We all talk like dis, "suh"? Yes suh, ha! Yeah mmm-hmm get some crawfish, and some ribs, ha! Ye-aah. (''normal voice'') You're Australian! Be Australian! Excuse me, ''KangarooJack''!
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-->'''Alpa:''' (''mocking Kirk'') Hell yeah! Ha! That's how we all talk? We all talk like dis, "suh"? Yes suh, ha! Yeah mmm-hmm get some crawfish, and some ribs, ha! Ye-aah. (''normal voice'') You're Australian! Be Australian! Excuse me, ''KangarooJack''!''KangarooJack''
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* TheSmartGuy: He's arguably a {{Geek}}, and he is the one who creates the Wet Offensive infiltration on the enemy base.
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* BadassBoast: '''MOTHER NATURE JUST PISSED HER PANTSUIT!''' as he gets to employ some of his special effects.
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* BeautyInversion: Tom Cruise had to wear a baldcap, a fatsuit and some large prosthetic hands to play this guy.
* BeardOfEvil: More like a PermaStubble of greedy jerkassery.
* BeardOfEvil: More like a PermaStubble of greedy jerkassery.
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* HaveIMentionedImHeterosexualToday: The lyrics to his song ''I Love Tha Pussy'' reek of this. [[spoiler: He outs himself later in the movie.]]
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* GenreSavvy: He never really fell for Lazarus' disguise.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: InUniverse. He and the Laotian villagers are big fans of ''Simple Jack''.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: InUniverse. He and the Laotian villagers are big fans of ''Simple Jack''.
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* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: He falls some heights while grabbed by Jeff Portnoy and still goes on]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: He is never killed or arrested. The actors just escape, and his business probably goes on as usual.]]
* OlderHeroVSYoungerVillain: Being a child, it couldn't have been otherwise.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: He is never killed or arrested. The actors just escape, and his business probably goes on as usual.]]
* OlderHeroVSYoungerVillain: Being a child, it couldn't have been otherwise.
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* BigShutUp: After getting tired of Sandusky's praise of Renny Harlin.
--> '''Jeff''': SHUT THE FUCK UP!
--> '''Jeff''': SHUT THE FUCK UP!
* HaveIMentionedImHeterosexualToday: The lyrics to his song ''I Love Tha Pussy'' reek of this. [[spoiler: He outs himself later in the movie.]]
** Also, Lazarus' particular use of "Hell yeah!" is what made Alpa call bullshit on him. This is the same expression he uses in the lyrics to his song
* StopBeingStereotypical: One of his main qualms with Lazarus' portrayal of a black man.
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* YouKnowImBlackRight: Not only he plays it straight, he also inverts it for Lazarus.
--> '''Kirk''' (to Tugg): Huh? What do you mean ''you people''?
--> '''Alpa''' (to Kirk): What do '''you''' mean ''you people''?
--> '''Kirk''' (to Tugg): Huh? What do you mean ''you people''?
--> '''Alpa''' (to Kirk): What do '''you''' mean ''you people''?
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* AccidentalMisnaming: He is victim from this a couple of times. Lazarus gets his last name wrong twice, and Tugg calls him "Kyle", instead of Kevin. Alpa calls him "Candisky" once as well. Tugg gets his name right at the end of the movie, however.
* BrooklynRage: Averted. Since he plays the young soldier "Brooklyn", it is suggested he comes from there, yet he is very timid and nice.
* TheFool: He is regarded as this by the others, yet he is the sanest guy on the team.
* InfoDump: Twice. He explains the split of the studios regarding DVD and Blu-Ray and later he praises Renny Harlin. Both times he is shut down.
* BrooklynRage: Averted. Since he plays the young soldier "Brooklyn", it is suggested he comes from there, yet he is very timid and nice.
* TheFool: He is regarded as this by the others, yet he is the sanest guy on the team.
* InfoDump: Twice. He explains the split of the studios regarding DVD and Blu-Ray and later he praises Renny Harlin. Both times he is shut down.
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* Mondegreen: {{Mondegreen}}: "Alpa Chino" is clearly meant to sound exactly like "Al Pacino". See NamedAfterSomebodyFamous below.
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* DancePartyEnding: Tom Cruise performing a one-man Dance Party Ending over the credits.
* DeadpanSnarker: He can make some snarky comments here and there.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He wants to make a movie so he gets lots of money. He doesn't care one bit if the lead actor is kidnapped and can be killed.
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* SuddenlyShouting: Not only in his rant to the Flaming Dragons, but he does that in some early scenes as well.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Given that he is part of the making of the movie, he could be counted as a member of the team. Yet, most tropes above should explain why he qualifies for this.
* WouldHitAGirl: He threatens to rip off secretary Helen's breasts.
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* Sequelitis: Parodied [[InUniverse In-Universe]]. Tugg Speedman's Scorcher series received no less than five sequels. The 6th one, Scorcher VI: Global Meltdown, turned the concept of the Earth, being a giant fireball in the previous movies, to a frozen wasteland because the previous films had exhausted the previously mentioned concept.
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* Sequelitis: {{Sequelitis}}: Parodied [[InUniverse In-Universe]]. Tugg Speedman's Scorcher series received no less than five sequels. The 6th one, Scorcher VI: Global Meltdown, turned the concept of the Earth, being a giant fireball in the previous movies, to a frozen wasteland because the previous films had exhausted the previously mentioned concept.
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* TheLancer/NumberTwo: He seems to act as this when Tugg gets captured. Plus, they have meaningful stances on how to act for the movie, which leads to some disagreement between them.
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* TheLancer/NumberTwo: {{The Lancer}}/{{Number Two}}: He seems to act as this when Tugg gets captured. Plus, they have meaningful stances on how to act for the movie, which leads to some disagreement between them.
* TomatoInTheMirror: When Tugg reminds him of who he is, he looks at himself in the mirror, breaks it and falls to the ground sobbing, shocked to realize he isn't the characters he played.
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* PluckyComicRelief: Though all characters get their share of funny moments, he seems to be the best at these.
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* NoMatterHowMuchIBeg: One scene has Jeff Portnoy going through withdrawal, and asks to be tied to a tree until he "gets it out of his system." He tells the others not to untie him, no matter how much he begs. Predictably, he does, even going as far as to promise [[spoiler: recently outed]] Alpa Chino a blowjob.
* PluckyComicRelief:Though all characters get their share His role is one of funny moments, he seems to be the best at these.least serious. Comedy is his biggest purpose in the movie.
* TalkativeLoon: As his "vitamins" and "jelly beans" wear off.
* PluckyComicRelief:
* TalkativeLoon: As his "vitamins" and "jelly beans" wear off.
* ShirtlessScene: At one point in the movie. FanDisservice, however.
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** VulgarHumor: Jeff's usual fare. At a premiere, he tries to deliver a TakeThatCritics with regards to this, but drug-addled as he is, it isn't effective.
* TrouserSpace: With [[FanDisservice Jack Black's pistol]], implied to have been up his bum. Played with, as it takes him until the end of the gunfight he's standing in the midst of to actually retrieve it.
* ZanyScheme: [[TaughtByTelevision Having seen it done in]] a Zany SexComedy he starred in, suggests a plan to infiltrate the camp using a giant catapult made from underwear. He gets stared at for five seconds before [[OnlySaneMan Kevin]] reaffirms a much saner plan, based on the book's own assault on a similar compound.
* TrouserSpace: With [[FanDisservice Jack Black's pistol]], implied to have been up his bum. Played with, as it takes him until the end of the gunfight he's standing in the midst of to actually retrieve it.
* ZanyScheme: [[TaughtByTelevision Having seen it done in]] a Zany SexComedy he starred in, suggests a plan to infiltrate the camp using a giant catapult made from underwear. He gets stared at for five seconds before [[OnlySaneMan Kevin]] reaffirms a much saner plan, based on the book's own assault on a similar compound.
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* AscendedFanboy: He said he watched the first ''Scorcher'' 20 times in 8th grade. Now he gets to act alongside him.
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* HypocriticalHumor: He gets fed up with Lazarus' racist portrayal of a black man...and reels of every aussie joke he can think of to him.
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* HypocriticalHumor: He gets fed up with Lazarus' racist portrayal of a black man...and reels of off every aussie joke he can think of to him.
* Mondegreen: "Alpa Chino" is clearly meant to sound exactly like "Al Pacino". See NamedAfterSomebodyFamous below.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: InUniverse. Guess who is he referencing with[[Creator/AlPacino his name...]]
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: InUniverse. Guess who is he referencing with[[Creator/AlPacino his name...]]
* StraightGay: [[spoiler: You wouldn't know he's gay if he hadn't told.]]
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* BriefAccentImitation: Tugg mocks Cockburn, still under the impression [[spoiler: that Cockburn isn't decapitated.]]
* IceCreamKoan: Subverted. Speedman tells Kirk, "Or are you a dude who has no idea what dude he is, and claims to know what dude he is, by playing other dudes?" which to the other actors sounds like gibberish, but describes Kirk so well that he breaks down into tears.
* BecomingTheMask: Kirk Lazarus will get so involved in his characters that he promises he won't break character 'til he's done the DVDCommentary. True to his word, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Robert Downey Jr. does the film's DVD commentary in character as Kirk Lazarus.]]
** He gets so into his character he has to be reminded at one point that he is Kirk Lazarus.
* BiTheWay: It's hinted that Kirk Lazarus is bi when he says, "Everybody's gay once in a while. This is Hollywood!" Given his fake trailer where he plays a gay monk and how seriously he takes his roles, it's not much of a hint.
** He gets so into his character he has to be reminded at one point that he is Kirk Lazarus.
* BiTheWay: It's hinted that Kirk Lazarus is bi when he says, "Everybody's gay once in a while. This is Hollywood!" Given his fake trailer where he plays a gay monk and how seriously he takes his roles, it's not much of a hint.
* BrokenAce: He is a telented actor who played in many OscarBait films and is a master at MethodActing. Yet, he believes his true self is a pathetic loser.
* GunsAkimbo: [[spoiler: Lazarus revealing his guns on the drug compound guards after his cover his blown attempting to sneak in.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Kirk has a breakdown after [[spoiler: Tugg convinces him that he's having an identity crisis while Kirk is trying to get Tugg to snap out of the role he's immersed in.]]
* IceCreamKoan: His BadassBoast is also this, as Kevin doesn't get what he is trying to say.
--> '''Kevin''': ...What the hell does that even mean?
* HeroicBSOD: Kirk has a breakdown after [[spoiler: Tugg convinces him that he's having an identity crisis while Kirk is trying to get Tugg to snap out of the role he's immersed in.]]
* IceCreamKoan: His BadassBoast is also this, as Kevin doesn't get what he is trying to say.
--> '''Kevin''': ...What the hell does that even mean?
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: '''HERE'S MY MOTHERFUCKIN' FARM!'''
** BondOneLiner: '''I'M A LEAD FARMER, MOTHERFUCKA!'''
** BondOneLiner: '''I'M A LEAD FARMER, MOTHERFUCKA!'''
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* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere:TheBigGuy: As the fattest of the team and being the PluckyComicRelief.
* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: Jeff Portnoy is ''not'' in good shape when he finds out they're stumbling upon an opium farm.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Implied why Portnoy joined the movie.
--> "They don't like me, they just like laughing at my farts!
* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: Jeff Portnoy is ''not'' in good shape when he finds out they're stumbling upon an opium farm.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Implied why Portnoy joined the movie.
--> "They don't like me, they just like laughing at my farts!
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* MindScrew: Kirk trying to get Speedman out of his HeroicBSOD promptly backfires.
--> Tugg: Or are you a dude who has no idea what dude he is, and claims to know what dude he is, by playing other dudes?
* NemeanSkinning: [[spoiler: Does this to a panda.]]
--> Tugg: Or are you a dude who has no idea what dude he is, and claims to know what dude he is, by playing other dudes?
* NemeanSkinning: [[spoiler: Does this to a panda.]]
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* Sequelitis: Parodied [[InUniverse In-Universe]]. Tugg Speedman's Scorcher series received no less than five sequels. The 6th one, Scorcher VI: Global Meltdown, turned the concept of the Earth, being a giant fireball in the previous movies, to a frozen wasteland because the previous films had exhausted the previously mentioned concept.
-->"Here we go again. Again..."
* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Tugg is on the verge of becoming this according to Les, who actually uses the term "white dwarf".
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* DudeNotFunny: InUniverse, with his reactions to Alpa Chino's Aussie jokes. It reeks of HypocriticalHumor, however.
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* DudeNotFunny: InUniverse, with his reactions to Alpa Chino's Aussie jokes.joke about the dingo who ate a baby. It reeks of HypocriticalHumor, however.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Is it Kirk Lazarus playing the dude disguised as another dude (Kirk Lazarus as Lincoln Osiris as [[spoiler: lead-farming Indochinese infiltrator]]) or [[Creator/RobertDowneyJr Robert Downey, Jr]]. (as all of the above)?
* MagicPlasticSurgery: Kirk's transformation from white to black in itself is not that impressive. What's really impressive is that [[spoiler: it "wears off" over time.]]
* NWordPrivileges: Averted. When Alpa calls him a nigga, he slaps him in the face, and [[RefugeInAudacity lectures him on the dangers of the use of the word]].
* NWordPrivileges: Averted. When Alpa calls him a nigga, he slaps him in the face, and [[RefugeInAudacity lectures him on the dangers of the use of the word]].
* ShapeShifterSwanSong: Near the end of the movie, Lazarus briefly cycles through some of his previous roles before finally breaking character and assuming his own identity.
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat:
--> '''Portnoy''': "How the hell do you know Chinese?"
--> '''Lazarus''': "''Land of Silk and Money'' with Gong Li. Second Globe, third Oscar. Prepped for that one by working in a Beijing textile factory for 8 months."
[[spoiler: ...Which turns into gibberish, much to the consternation of the guards.]]
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat:
--> '''Portnoy''': "How the hell do you know Chinese?"
--> '''Lazarus''': "''Land of Silk and Money'' with Gong Li. Second Globe, third Oscar. Prepped for that one by working in a Beijing textile factory for 8 months."
[[spoiler: ...Which turns into gibberish, much to the consternation of the guards.]]
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* UnfortunateImplications: In-Universe. Lazarus acting as a black man irritates the Hell out of actually black Alpa Chino, who must deal with his antics of stereotypical blackness.
* WTHCastingAgency: This is more in-universe for the movie within the movie. Having a blond haired blue eyed Australian playing a black man?
* WTHCastingAgency: This is more in-universe for the movie within the movie. Having a blond haired blue eyed Australian playing a black man?
* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere:
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "Or are you a dude who has no idea what dude he is, and claims to know what dude he is, by playing other dudes?" Basically, Speedman is pointing out that Kirk [[MethodActing method acts]] so hard that he loses his true self.
* BadassAndBaby: A key part of his ''Scorcher'' franchise.
* CareerResurrection: InUniverse. The film's success revitalizes his career.
* ChasedByAngryNatives: [[spoiler: As he escapes the Laotian village and runs to the helicopter.]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
-->'''Tyra Banks''': Someone close to you said "One more flop and it's over."
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-->'''Speedman''': Someone said they were close to me?
* BadassAndBaby: A key part of his ''Scorcher'' franchise.
* CareerResurrection: InUniverse. The film's success revitalizes his career.
* ChasedByAngryNatives: [[spoiler: As he escapes the Laotian village and runs to the helicopter.]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
-->'''Tyra Banks''': Someone close to you said "One more flop and it's over."
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-->'''Speedman''': Someone said they were close to me?
* HeroicBSOD: He loses it after he [[spoiler: kills a panda, an animal he loves more than anything else in the world.]]
* ImColdSoCold: [[spoiler: Somehow parodied for "real". Tugg claims to not be able to feel his legs while they're trying to escape from the drug compound. Turns out it's just that he's sitting in a pool of cold, muddy water.]]
* ImColdSoCold: [[spoiler: Somehow parodied for "real". Tugg claims to not be able to feel his legs while they're trying to escape from the drug compound. Turns out it's just that he's sitting in a pool of cold, muddy water.]]
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* IronicEcho: "I can't feel my legs." First as part of the film within a film, and then [[spoiler: said during the final escape sequence. Except that Tugg's able to cry and can't feel his legs because he's sitting on a cold puddle.]]
* IronicEcho: "I can't feel my legs." First as part of the film within a film, and then [[spoiler: said during the final escape sequence. Except that Tugg's able to cry and can't feel his legs because he's sitting on a cold puddle.]]
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: "I think I know a prop head when I see one!" says Tugg as he hefts what is an obvious prop head, seeing as Cockburn's actor is still alive...
* TheManWhoKnewTooLittle: It takes Speedman a ''looong'' time to realize that he is no longer filming a movie. It didn't help that everything during his ordeal was supposed to occur in the script.
* MetaCasting: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Ben Stiller plays mostly comedic roles, not action heroes. Though he gets a handful of funny moments in the movie, his role is one of the most serious.
* TheManWhoKnewTooLittle: It takes Speedman a ''looong'' time to realize that he is no longer filming a movie. It didn't help that everything during his ordeal was supposed to occur in the script.
* MetaCasting: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Ben Stiller plays mostly comedic roles, not action heroes. Though he gets a handful of funny moments in the movie, his role is one of the most serious.
* * OutrunTheFireball: [[spoiler: Subverted. Tugg does this near the end, when the bridge to his helicopter's landing spot is rigged with explosives. He isn't quick enough, but he's alright afterwards.]]
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* ActingForTwo: Taken UpToEleven in ''The Fatties: Fart Two'', when he plays ''four'' members of the same family!
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* {{Gaynsgt}}: {{Gayngst}}: In ''Satan's Alley'', he is a gay monk who struggles with his love for another monk in a monastery.monastery.
* TheLancer/NumberTwo: He seems to act as this when Tugg gets captured. Plus, they have meaningful stances on how to act for the movie, which leads to some disagreement between them.
* TheLancer/NumberTwo: He seems to act as this when Tugg gets captured. Plus, they have meaningful stances on how to act for the movie, which leads to some disagreement between them.
* PrecisionFStrike: He doesn't go overboard with cussing, but he always strikes some F words here and there.
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* ActingForTwo: Taken UpToEleven in ''The Fatties: Fart Two'', when he plays ''four'' members of the same family!
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* AscendedFanboy: He said he watched the first ''Scorcher'' 20 times in 8th grade. Now he gets to act alongside him.
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* HypocriticalHumor: He gets fed up with Lazarus' racist portrayal of a black man...and reels of every aussie joke he can think of to him.
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* ActionHero: The kind of role he plays in his movies, most of the time.
* DefiantToTheEnd: When captured by the Flaming Dragons, he still keeps a brave demeanor. Probably justified, because he thought he was still acting according to the script.
* IChooseToStay: He eventually believes he is already at home with the Flaming Dragons and refuses to go back home. [[Spoiler: It doesn't last long.]]
* KindheartedSimpleton: As ''Simple Jack''.
* Pluralses:
--> '''Tugg''': Chill! All right? Just chill it. Now, let's go get those Vietcongs.
--> '''Alpa''': "Vietcong"!
--> '''Tugg''': What?
--> '''Alpa''': It's "Vietcong." There's no "S." It's already plural. You wouldn't say "Chineses."
* ReadingStageDirectionsOutLoud: In the river scene, he says he is going to "Exterior, rain forest, dusk. Smash cut to Four Leaf, who treks alone through a frightening jungle."
--> '''Tugg''': Chill! All right? Just chill it. Now, let's go get those Vietcongs.
--> '''Alpa''': "Vietcong"!
--> '''Tugg''': What?
--> '''Alpa''': It's "Vietcong." There's no "S." It's already plural. You wouldn't say "Chineses."
* ReadingStageDirectionsOutLoud: In the river scene, he says he is going to "Exterior, rain forest, dusk. Smash cut to Four Leaf, who treks alone through a frightening jungle."
* AwesomeAussie: It's suggested that he keeps this attitude outside of the films.
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--> '''Kirk'': I don't read the script, script reads me.
* {{Blackface}}: When acting as Lincoln Osiris. Played for [[CrossesTheLineTwice horribly offensive hilarity]] but also [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] as it leads to an actual black man getting offended.
* DudeNotFunny: InUniverse, with his reactions to Alpa Chino's Aussie jokes. It reeks of HypocriticalHumor, however.
* {{Gaynsgt}}: In ''Satan's Alley'', he is a gay monk who struggles with his love for another monk in a monastery.
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* RussianReversal: His BadassBoast above.
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* ScaryBlackMan: He tries to make Osiris come across as this.
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* NoodleIncident: He lost a finger during the filming of ''Film/DrivingMissDaisy'', and almost blinded Creator/JamieLeeCurtis on ''Film/FreakyFriday2003''. Neither of these films had any call for a pyrotech, so it's unclear why he was even on the set, let alone what happened.
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* OnlySaneMan: Zigzagged. On the one hand Kirk, along with Sandusky, is the only actor with a measure of intelligence and common sense, and he takes command of the group after Tugg leaves. On the other hand his absolute refusal to break character makes it clear he has his own problems.
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* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:There's a pretty good chance [[spoiler:He's fully aware his addiction is comedy films are subpar ToiletHumor and hates that he's a means of coping with how little respect he gets as an actor.laughing stock for them and his drug problems.]]
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* [[spoiler:ArmoredClosetGay: He released a song called "I Love The Pussy" while in the closet. He's over-compensating a great deal, and if his reaction to Sandusky's reference to his girls is any indication, he seems to be getting tired of it. It's likely that he's come out by the end of the movie.]]
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* [[spoiler:ArmoredClosetGay: He ArmoredClosetGay: [[spoiler:He released a song called "I Love The Pussy" while in the closet. He's over-compensating a great deal, and if his reaction to Sandusky's reference to his girls is any indication, he seems to be getting tired of it. It's likely that he's come out by the end of the movie.]]
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* SeriousBusiness: Australia all the way, especially ''Crocodile Dundee'' and the woman whose baby got eaten by dingoes (which is an urban myth, by the way).
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* SeriousBusiness: Australia all the way, especially ''Crocodile Dundee'' and the woman whose baby got eaten by dingoes (which is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Azaria_Chamberlain not]] an urban myth, by the way).
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A drug-addicted comedian-actor well known comedian/actor well-known for [[ActingForTwo portraying multiple parts parts]] in films that rely on toilet humor, ToiletHumor, particularly jokes about flatulence. In the film-within-a-film, he plays a raspy-voiced soldier named Fats.
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* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler: There's a pretty good chance his addiction is a means of coping with how little respect he gets as an actor.]]
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A rapper who is attempting to cross over into acting, portraying a soldier named Motown, while promoting his "Bust-A-Nut" candy bar and energy drink, "Booty Sweat".
A rapper who is attempting to cross over into acting, portraying a soldier named Motown, while promoting his "Bust-A-Nut" candy bar and energy drink, "Booty Sweat".
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-->'''Kirk Lazarus:''' All right fellas, we're gonna make camp, rest up. Y'all might be in for a treat. You know back before the war broke out I was a saucier in San Antone. I bet I could collar up some of them greens, yeah, some crawfish out the paddy, yo'! Ha! I'm makin' some crabapples for dessert now, yo! Hell yeah, ha!
-->'''Alpa Chino:''' [mocking Kirk] Hell yeah! Ha! That's how we all talk? We all talk like dis, "suh"? Yes suh, ha! Yeah mmm-hmm get some crawfish, and some ribs, ha! Ye-aah. You're Australian! Be Australian! Excuse me, Kangaroo Jack!
-->'''Alpa Chino:''' [mocking Kirk] Hell yeah! Ha! That's how we all talk? We all talk like dis, "suh"? Yes suh, ha! Yeah mmm-hmm get some crawfish, and some ribs, ha! Ye-aah. You're Australian! Be Australian! Excuse me, Kangaroo Jack!
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-->'''Alpa Chino:''' [mocking Kirk]
-->'''Alpa:''' (''mocking Kirk'') Hell yeah! Ha! That's how we all talk? We all talk like dis, "suh"? Yes suh, ha! Yeah mmm-hmm get some crawfish, and some ribs, ha! Ye-aah. (''normal voice'') You're Australian! Be Australian! Excuse me,
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* OnlySaneMan: A bit more subtle than Sandusky - as shown above, his main purpose in the plot is to call bullshit on Lazarus' blackface - but once he's actually on "set" and not acting in his capacity as a rap mogul it becomes clear that he's fairly well-adjusted.
* ProductPlacement: One of the biggest reasons he's in the movie is to 'discreetly' sell his energy drink 'Booty Sweat'.
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* OnlySaneMan: A bit more subtle than Sandusky - Sandusky; as shown above, his main purpose in the plot is to call bullshit on Lazarus' blackface - blackface, but once he's actually on "set" and not acting in his capacity as a rap mogul mogul, it becomes clear that he's fairly well-adjusted.
* ProductPlacement: One of the biggest reasons he's in the movie is to 'discreetly' sell his energy drink'Booty Sweat'."Booty Sweat."
* ProductPlacement: One of the biggest reasons he's in the movie is to 'discreetly' sell his energy drink
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A respectful novice actor, he is the only cast member to have read the script and book and attended the assigned boot camp before the film. Sandusky plays a young soldier named Brooklyn in the film-within-a-film.
* OnlySaneMan: The only character in the movie who doesn't have any baggage as a person or an actor - he's basically a normal geek who got a part he auditioned for, nothing more.
A respectful novice actor, he is the only cast member to have read the script and book and attended the assigned boot camp before the film. Sandusky plays a young soldier named Brooklyn in the film-within-a-film.
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The author of Tropic Thunder, a [[spoiler:fake]] memoir of his war experiences on which the film-within-a-film is based. He suggests the idea of dropping the actors in the middle of the jungle to get them looking and feeling like soldiers lost in a foreign land.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: The book upon which Tropic Thunder is based is a memoir of his traumatic experiences in Vietnam. He sleeps out in a tent on the beach away from a hotel because of PTSD and is constantly shooting off gravelly-voiced one-liners about being a man or experiencing war or something similar. [[spoiler:Averted, he's faking it all.]]
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* ShellShockedVeteran: The book upon which Tropic Thunder ''Tropic Thunder'' is based is a memoir of his traumatic experiences in Vietnam. He sleeps out in a tent on the beach away from a hotel because of PTSD and is constantly shooting off gravelly-voiced one-liners about being a man or experiencing war or something similar. [[spoiler:Averted, [[spoiler:Averted; he's faking it all.]]
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* BlasphemousBoast: [[spoiler:Right before getting blown to bits after stepping on a land mine.]]
-->This radio goes to the chopper and the chopper only! The chopper is {{God}}! And I am [[{{Jesus}} Jesus Christ]], His son! And you are my chosen disciples!
* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler:He steps on a land mine and gets blown to pieces.]]
* BlasphemousBoast: [[spoiler:Right before getting blown to bits after stepping on a land mine.]]
-->This radio goes to the chopper and the chopper only! The chopper is {{God}}! And I am [[{{Jesus}} Jesus Christ]], His son! And you are my chosen disciples!
* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler:He steps on a land mine and gets blown to pieces.]]
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-->Oh, okay. Flaming Dragon, fuckface. First, why don't you take a big step back and literally [[SuddenlyShouting FUCK YOUR OWN FACE]]?! I don't know what kind of Pan-Pacific power play you're trying to pull here, but Asia, jack, is my territory. So whatever you're thinking, you better think again because otherwise I'm gonna have to head down there and rain down an ungodly fuckin' firestorm upon you! You're gonna have to get the fuckin' United Nations to sign a fuckin' binding resolution to keep me from utterly destroying you! I am talking scorched earth, motherfucker! I will massacre you! I WILL FUCK YOU UP!!!
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* ImprobableAge: Tran is the ten-years-old leader of a dangerous criminal gang. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_and_Luther_Htoo Actually, this might not be that improbable...]]
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* {{Badass}}
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* LargeHam: Kirk goes to... extremes.
* LostInCharacter: This is a frequent problem for him. The result of him playing Neil Armstrong was found him ''"in an alley in Burbank trying to re-enter the earth's atmosphere in an old refrigerator box"''.
* OscarBait: He seems to exclusively act in films that are pure OscarBait; a biography of Neil Armstrong, a heavy-handed BrokebackMountain-esque film about gay monks and others.
* SeriousBusiness: Australia all the way, especially Crocodile Dundee and the woman whose baby got eaten by dingoes (which is an urban myth, by the way).
-->'''Alpa Chino:''' ...they had one good role for a black man, and they gave it to Crocodile Dundee!
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* LostInCharacter: This is a frequent problem for him. The result of
* OscarBait: He seems to exclusively act in films that are pure OscarBait;
* SeriousBusiness: Australia all the way, especially
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Compared to a young Sylvester Stallone, Tugg was the highest-paid, highest-grossing action film star ever due to his Scorcher franchise. His career has stalled, and he now has a reputation for appearing in nothing but box office bombs. After a failed attempt at portraying a serious role in Simple Jack, he takes the role of Four Leaf Tayback in an attempt to save his career.
* GoingNative: After being taken by Flaming Dragon, it doesn't take much for Tugg to start enjoying his time there because he's so appreciated for his 'Simple Jack' film.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: His role as 'Simple Jack' was meant to be this, but he overplayed it. Lazarus tells him the truth of it in an unforgettable monologue.
-->'''Lazarus:''' Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, RainMan, look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Count toothpicks, cheat at cards. Autistic, sure. Not retarded. You know Creator/TomHanks, ForrestGump, Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, Being There. Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Creator/SeanPenn, 2001, IAmSam. Remember? Went full retard, went home empty handed...
* IronicHell: Ends up in one when nabbed by Flaming Dragon, who force him to [[spoiler:perform Simple Jack over and over.]]
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Downplayed. Despite playing a gravelly-voiced action hero, Tugg himself is a good-natured, slightly timid man.
Compared to a young Sylvester Stallone, Tugg was the highest-paid, highest-grossing action film star ever due to his Scorcher franchise. His career has stalled, and he now has a reputation for appearing in nothing but box office bombs. After a failed attempt at portraying a serious role in Simple Jack, he takes the role of Four Leaf Tayback in an attempt to save his career.
* GoingNative: After being taken by Flaming Dragon, it doesn't take much for Tugg to start enjoying his time there because he's so appreciated for his 'Simple Jack' film.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: His role as 'Simple Jack' was meant to be this, but he overplayed it. Lazarus tells him the truth of it in an unforgettable monologue.
-->'''Lazarus:''' Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, RainMan, look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Count toothpicks, cheat at cards. Autistic, sure. Not retarded. You know Creator/TomHanks, ForrestGump, Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, Being There. Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Creator/SeanPenn, 2001, IAmSam. Remember? Went full retard, went home empty handed...
* IronicHell: Ends up in one when nabbed by Flaming Dragon, who force him to [[spoiler:perform Simple Jack over and over.]]
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Downplayed. Despite playing a gravelly-voiced action hero, Tugg himself is a good-natured, slightly timid man.
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* BerserkButton: Would ''really'' like for everyone to stop laughing ''at'' him and his farts.
* FunctionalAddict: ''Barely'', and it's pretty obvious.
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler: There's a pretty good chance his addiction is a means of coping with how little respect he gets as an actor.]]
* TheMillstone: His withdrawal symptoms kick in at the worst time. Funnily enough, he's actually ''aware'' that he's this and preemptively demands to be tied to a tree before he makes things worse (which, of course, he does anyway).
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* KayfabeMusic: Seems to be more down-to-earth than his persona would indicate.
* OnlySaneMan: A bit more subtle than Sandusky - as shown above, his main purpose in the plot is to call bullshit on Lazarus' blackface - but once he's actually on "set" and not acting in his capacity as a rap mogul it becomes clear that he's fairly well-adjusted.
* OnlySaneMan: A bit more subtle than Sandusky - as shown above, his main purpose in the plot is to call bullshit on Lazarus' blackface - but once he's actually on "set" and not acting in his capacity as a rap mogul it becomes clear that he's fairly well-adjusted.
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* TookALevelInBadass: He starts the movie as an in-over-his-head dirt-poor novice actor, and ends it with a successful enemy base infiltration and escape. Those two weeks of boot camp paid off, it seems.
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-->'''Lazarus:''' Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man, look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Count toothpicks, cheat at cards. Autistic, sure. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, Being There Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, I Am Sam. Remember? Went full retard, went home empty handed...
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-->'''Lazarus:''' Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man, RainMan, look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Count toothpicks, cheat at cards. Autistic, sure. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump Creator/TomHanks, ForrestGump, Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, Being There There. Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, Creator/SeanPenn, 2001, I Am Sam.IAmSam. Remember? Went full retard, went home empty handed...
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->''"I know who I am. I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude!"''
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* SeriousBusiness: Australia all the way, especially Crocodile Dundee and the woman whose baby got eaten by dingoes (which is an urban myth, by the way).
-->'''Alpa Chino:''' ...they had one good role for a black man, and they gave it to Crocodile Dundee!
-->'''Kirk Lazarus:''' Pump your breaks, kid, that man's a national treasure.
-->'''Alpa Chino:''' ...they had one good role for a black man, and they gave it to Crocodile Dundee!
-->'''Kirk Lazarus:''' Pump your breaks, kid, that man's a national treasure.
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->''"Let me tell you something. A lot of people are disrespecting me. They say that the movie's just about farts. It's about family, and fuck you. You can't do what I do."''
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-->'''Kirk Lazarus:''' All right fellas, we're gonna make camp, rest up. Y'all might be in for a treat. You know back before the war broke out I was a saucier in San Antone. I bet I could collar up some of them greens, yeah, some crawfish out the paddy, yo'! Ha! I'm makin' some crabapples for dessert now, yo! Hell yeah, ha!
-->'''Alpa Chino:''' [mocking Kirk] Hell yeah! Ha! That's how we all talk? We all talk like dis, "suh"? Yes suh, ha! Yeah mmm-hmm get some crawfish, and some ribs, ha! Ye-aah. You're Australian! Be Australian! Excuse me, Kangaroo Jack!
-->'''Alpa Chino:''' [mocking Kirk] Hell yeah! Ha! That's how we all talk? We all talk like dis, "suh"? Yes suh, ha! Yeah mmm-hmm get some crawfish, and some ribs, ha! Ye-aah. You're Australian! Be Australian! Excuse me, Kangaroo Jack!
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* CareerResurrection: Tugg is hoping Tropic Thunder will do this for him.InspirationallyDisadvantaged: His role as 'Simple Jack' was meant to be this, but he overplayed it. Lazarus tells him the truth of it in an unforgettable monologue.
-->'''Lazarus:''' Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man, look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Count toothpicks, cheat at cards. Autistic, sure. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, Being There Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, I Am Sam. Remember? Went full retard, went home empty handed...
-->'''Lazarus:''' Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man, look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Count toothpicks, cheat at cards. Autistic, sure. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, Being There Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, I Am Sam. Remember? Went full retard, went home empty handed...
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* TrueArtIsAngsty: The reason he's doing 'Tropic Thunder' in the first place, hoping to be taken seriously as an actor and boost his career.
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* LargeHam: Kirk goes to...extremes.
* OscarBait: He seems to exclusively act in films that are pure OscarBait; a biography of Neil Armstrong, a heavy-handed BrokebackMountain-esque film about gay monks and others.
* [[spoiler:ArmoredClosetGay: He released a song called "I Love The Pussy" while in the closet. He's over-compensating a great deal.]]
* BriefAccentImitation: Chino throws this on for Kirk Lazarus, who pisses him off with his ignorance, UncleTomfoolery and offensive portrayal of a black character as a stereotypical ScaryBlackMan.
* ProductPlacement: One of the biggest reasons he's in the movie is to 'discreetly' sell his energy drink 'Booty Sweat'.
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* CareerResurrection: Tugg is hoping Tropic Thunder will do this for him.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Despite playing a gravelly-voiced action hero, Tugg himself is a good-natured, slightly timid man.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's a parody of a young Sylvester Stallone.
* OscarBait: Tried and failed with 'Simple Jack' a movie about a mentally disabled farmhand who talks to animals.
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* LostInCharacter: This is a frequent problem for him. The result of him playing Neil Armstrong was found him ''"in an alley in Burbank trying to re-enter the earth's atmosphere in an old refrigerator box"''.
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* [[spoiler:PhonyVeteran: He not only has hands, but he was never in Vietnam and weakly tries to claim he wrote the book as a 'tribute' to the real heroes.]]
* ShellShockedVeteran: The book upon which Tropic Thunder is based is a memoir of his traumatic experiences in Vietnam. He sleeps out in a tent on the beach away from a hotel because of PTSD and is constantly shooting off gravelly-voiced one-liners about being a man or experiencing war or something similar. [[spoiler:Averted, he's faking it all.]]
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* KillItWithFire: His general life philosophy.
* MadBomber: Cody is on a personal mission to blow everything up that isn't already sufficiently blown up.
* MoreDakka: And more, and more, and mooooore.
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* BigBad: He's the most direct antagonist of the film.
* ImprobableAge: Tran is the ten-years-old leader of a dangerous criminal gang. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_and_Luther_Htoo Actually, this might not be that improbable...]]
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[[foldercontrol]]
!Cast
[[folder:Tugg Speedman]]
!!Tugg Speedman
->'''Played By:''' Creator/BenStiller
Compared to a young Sylvester Stallone, Tugg was the highest-paid, highest-grossing action film star ever due to his Scorcher franchise. His career has stalled, and he now has a reputation for appearing in nothing but box office bombs. After a failed attempt at portraying a serious role in Simple Jack, he takes the role of Four Leaf Tayback in an attempt to save his career.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kirk Lazarus]]
!!Kirk Lazarus
->'''Played By:''' Creator/RobertDowneyJr
An immensely talented Australian method actor, Lazarus had a controversial "pigmentation alteration" surgery to darken his skin for his portrayal of the black character Sergeant Lincoln Osiris. Lazarus refuses to break character while filming and only speaks in his character's Black English.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jeff Portnoy]]
!!Jeff Portnoy
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JackBlack
A drug-addicted comedian-actor well known for portraying multiple parts in films that rely on toilet humor, particularly jokes about flatulence. In the film-within-a-film, he plays a raspy-voiced soldier named Fats.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Alpa Chino]]
!!Alpa Chino
->'''Played By:''' Brandon T. Jackson
A rapper who is attempting to cross over into acting, portraying a soldier named Motown, while promoting his "Bust-A-Nut" candy bar and energy drink, "Booty Sweat".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kevin Sandusky]]
!!Kevin Sandusky
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JayBaruchel
A respectful novice actor, he is the only cast member to have read the script and book and attended the assigned boot camp before the film. Sandusky plays a young soldier named Brooklyn in the film-within-a-film.
[[/folder]]
!Crew
[[folder:Four Leaf Tayback]]
!!John "Four Leaf" Tayback
->'''Played By:''' Creator/NickNolte
The author of Tropic Thunder, a [[spoiler:fake]] memoir of his war experiences on which the film-within-a-film is based. He suggests the idea of dropping the actors in the middle of the jungle to get them looking and feeling like soldiers lost in a foreign land.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Damien Cockburn]]
!!Damien Cockburn
->'''Played By:''' Steve Coogan
The inexperienced British film director who is unable to control the actors in the film.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cody]]
!!Cody Underwood
->'''Played By:''' Danny [=McBride=]
The film's explosives expert and helicopter pilot. He is a pyromaniac.
[[/folder]]
!The Studio
[[folder:Les Grossman]]
!!Les Grossman
->'''Played By:''' Creator/TomCruise
The foul-mouthed, hot-headed studio executive producing Tropic Thunder.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rick 'Pecker' Peck]]
!!Rick "Pecker" Peck
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MatthewMcConaughey
Tugg Speedman's extremely devoted agent and best friend.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rob Slolom]]
!!Rob Slolom
->'''Played By:''' Creator/BillHader
Assistant and right-hand man to Les Grossman.
[[/folder]]
!Flaming Dragon
[[folder:Tran]]
!!Tran
->'''Played By:''' Brandon Soo Hoo
The young leader of the Flaming Dragon gang.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Byong]]
!!Byong
->'''Played By:''' Reggie Lee
The second-in-command of the Flaming Dragon gang.
[[/folder]]
!Cast
[[folder:Tugg Speedman]]
!!Tugg Speedman
->'''Played By:''' Creator/BenStiller
Compared to a young Sylvester Stallone, Tugg was the highest-paid, highest-grossing action film star ever due to his Scorcher franchise. His career has stalled, and he now has a reputation for appearing in nothing but box office bombs. After a failed attempt at portraying a serious role in Simple Jack, he takes the role of Four Leaf Tayback in an attempt to save his career.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kirk Lazarus]]
!!Kirk Lazarus
->'''Played By:''' Creator/RobertDowneyJr
An immensely talented Australian method actor, Lazarus had a controversial "pigmentation alteration" surgery to darken his skin for his portrayal of the black character Sergeant Lincoln Osiris. Lazarus refuses to break character while filming and only speaks in his character's Black English.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jeff Portnoy]]
!!Jeff Portnoy
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JackBlack
A drug-addicted comedian-actor well known for portraying multiple parts in films that rely on toilet humor, particularly jokes about flatulence. In the film-within-a-film, he plays a raspy-voiced soldier named Fats.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Alpa Chino]]
!!Alpa Chino
->'''Played By:''' Brandon T. Jackson
A rapper who is attempting to cross over into acting, portraying a soldier named Motown, while promoting his "Bust-A-Nut" candy bar and energy drink, "Booty Sweat".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kevin Sandusky]]
!!Kevin Sandusky
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JayBaruchel
A respectful novice actor, he is the only cast member to have read the script and book and attended the assigned boot camp before the film. Sandusky plays a young soldier named Brooklyn in the film-within-a-film.
[[/folder]]
!Crew
[[folder:Four Leaf Tayback]]
!!John "Four Leaf" Tayback
->'''Played By:''' Creator/NickNolte
The author of Tropic Thunder, a [[spoiler:fake]] memoir of his war experiences on which the film-within-a-film is based. He suggests the idea of dropping the actors in the middle of the jungle to get them looking and feeling like soldiers lost in a foreign land.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Damien Cockburn]]
!!Damien Cockburn
->'''Played By:''' Steve Coogan
The inexperienced British film director who is unable to control the actors in the film.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cody]]
!!Cody Underwood
->'''Played By:''' Danny [=McBride=]
The film's explosives expert and helicopter pilot. He is a pyromaniac.
[[/folder]]
!The Studio
[[folder:Les Grossman]]
!!Les Grossman
->'''Played By:''' Creator/TomCruise
The foul-mouthed, hot-headed studio executive producing Tropic Thunder.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rick 'Pecker' Peck]]
!!Rick "Pecker" Peck
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MatthewMcConaughey
Tugg Speedman's extremely devoted agent and best friend.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rob Slolom]]
!!Rob Slolom
->'''Played By:''' Creator/BillHader
Assistant and right-hand man to Les Grossman.
[[/folder]]
!Flaming Dragon
[[folder:Tran]]
!!Tran
->'''Played By:''' Brandon Soo Hoo
The young leader of the Flaming Dragon gang.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Byong]]
!!Byong
->'''Played By:''' Reggie Lee
The second-in-command of the Flaming Dragon gang.
[[/folder]]
