History Film / AceVentura

** In the first movie, there's two. The first is Ace seeing Ray Finkle on a photo of the Miami Dolphins' team, realizing he's a player that Ace hadn't looked into yet. The second is [[spoiler:Ace realizing that Lois Einhorn and Ray Finkle are the same person, thus solving the case... though this comes bundled with a more minor case of ExplainExplainOhCrap when Ace realizes that [[UnsettlingGenderReveal he'd been sexually attracted to Einhorn]].]]

A comedy movie series starring Creator/JimCarrey. The first film was 1994's ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', and it's the movie that catapulted Carrey into A-list fame when it became a surprise hit. It was followed by a sequel, 1995's ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'', and an AnimatedAdaptation (''WesternAnimation/AceVenturaPetDetective''). An [[AdventureGame adventure video game]] adaptation was released in 1997.

The entire gimmick of Ace Ventura is that he's a modern-day Franchise/SherlockHolmes... mixed with {{WesternAnimation/Beavis|AndButthead}} and Literature/DoctorDolittle. Using these "skills", Ace becomes a Pet Detective, finding and saving animals. In the first movie he appears as nothing more than a local nut helping people find their lost cats and whatnot, but being the only Pet Detective in the area,[[note]]and possibly existence [[/note]] he gets roped into a high-profile investigation. Possibly due to this, he's become pretty well known in the second movie, where he is hired to recover a sacred bat stolen from two African tribes before war erupts between them.

Notably, while Carrey enjoyed himself in the original, he allegedly disliked the sequel so much that he vowed to never do a sequel again, a vow he kept for twenty years until he made ''Film/DumbAndDumberTo'' in 2014.

!!These films provide examples of:

** [[spoiler:Maybe the reason everyone is so grossed out by Einhorn's penis is because whatever prostetic they used makes it look like it's about 15 inches long.]]

* AscendedExtra: Spike the capuchin monkey. In the first movie, he's just one of Ace's many pets he keeps in his apartment. By the sequel however he has become his official sidekick, staying by his side the whole movie.

* BrainBleach: Ace reacts to the realization that [[spoiler:a woman who he was sexually attracted to [[UnsettlingGenderReveal used to be a man]]]] by vomiting his entire stomach's contents into the toilet (using a plunger on his face), burning his clothes and then scrubbing himself down in the shower while sobbing.
** That scene was a spoof of [[spoiler:''Film/TheCryingGame''. And even came with the song (as sung by Boy George) in the background]].

** Oh, it gets better. When he reveals the fact to entire SWAT squad, [[HilarityEnsues the whole group, both male and female, starts spitting and puking]], with emphasis on Tone Loc's character scratching his tongue with his fingers. [[AnimalReactionShot So does the bottlenose dolphin]].
*** There's more to that. [[spoiler:When he strips her down to her underwear but she still appears to lack the evidence, a tied-up Dan Marino calls his attention to reveal one more detail. Ace strolls back to her and turns her around, revealing that she still has her equipment... ''tucked in between her legs'', presumably with duct tape. Cue the [=SWATs=] doing the retching routine. And they even put in the same music as when he had his own revelation!]]

** Done again in the Ace/Mask crossover when Stanley whips out two guns- each sporting multiple barrels and a few rocket launchers- pointed right at him.

* CatchPhrase: "Allllllllrighty then!"
** To the point that "Allrighty then" is made into his meditation mantra in the second movie.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The unexplained disappearance of Melissa Robinson between films.
** {{Justified|Trope}} since Ace was in self-exile in Tibet for the second film and then went straight to Africa. One would simply assume none of the former cast decided to shell out the cash to leave the country just to join in on the antics.
** Melissa does appear in ''Ace Ventura Jr.'' (played by a different actress), having married Ace at one point and had a son with him. Ace's disappearance is explained away as him having died in a plane crash.

* DenserAndWackier: The first film is almost a serious detective story with an incredibly strange detective at the helm. The sequel's tone is a lot sillier, with Ace joining a monastery of monks, piloting a mechanical rhino, and wrestling a crocodile. Ace's eccentric behaviour also lost all restraint.

-->'''Melissa:''' Is Ace in trouble?
-->'''Emilio:''' Don't worry. If there's one thing I know, it's that there's nothing Ace can't handle.
-->'''Ace Ventura:''' (cut to him sobbing while being held at gunpoint) [[FaceDeathWithDespair Please don't kill me!]]

-->'''Roger:''' A ''what''?
-->'''Martha:''' A ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis pet. Detective.]]''
-->'''Melissa:''' Well thanks, Martha, but we better leave this to professionals.
-->'''Martha:''' Actually, he was quite good. Pet detection is a very involved, highly scientific process.
--> (Cut to Ace attempting to tackle a prized dove on a rooftop, and then falling off and landing in a dumpster)

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Ace in both films, more so in the second. In each film, he swerves into parking spots so he can fit "like a glove!" but in the second, he drives straight through a jungle to reach to consulate in Africa. [[spoiler:His crazy driving is put to good use when he chases the bad guys in a monster truck.]]
-->'''Ace:''' HEY LOSER, WHY DON'T YOU LEARN HOW TO DRIVE, PAL?

** The second movie has [[spoiler:"They have ''GUANO''!" for when Ace realizes what the white man could possibly want with the natives and why they would want to start a tribal war.]]

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: After realizing he can become a pet detective, Ace Ventura's Jr. has his hair modeled after his father. He also wears an outfit similar to his dad.

* {{Flanderization}}: For all Ace's wackiness in the first film, the sequel dialled it up tenfold. While in ''Pet Detective'' he is shown having a few brief moments of at least acting like a normal person, ''When Nature Calls'' has him all-out at all times.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Ace. Though, surprisingly enough, he's not a vegetarian, as he's seen eating a zebra in the second film[[note]]This actually kind of makes sense; Ace identifies with animals very strongly, so he, as an omnivore, would not see any contradiction in loving animals while still eating meat.[[/note]].

* ImprovFu: Ace Ventura invokes this when in a tight situation. In the first movie, he has such a fight with Ray Finkle, and has a fight with a tribal warrior in the second movie. It's subverted, because though Ace certainly tries, he gets the crap beaten out of him both times.

* {{Joke of the Butt}}: Ace [[{{running gag}} literally talking out of his ass]].

* LetsGetDangerous:
** In the first movie, just before knocking out two mooks with an anchor, Ace says "lovely party, pity I wasn't invited".
** Subverted in the second movie. Ace gets his hair styled as devil horns, makes a PreAsskickingOneLiner... and then gets the crap beaten out of him.

* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'': Dolphin kidnapping -> murder, kidnapping, and attempted murder of NFL star Dan Marino.

** ''Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls'': Bat kidnapping -> plot to wipe out two indigenous African tribes and seize their land.
--->'''Ace:''' ''(to himself)'' THINK! Someone wants these two tribes to destroy each other! There must be something valuable in this equation.

* MistakenForGay: In the second film:
-->'''Ace:''' I represent the Princess.\\
'''Ouda:''' "I am a Princess."\\
''(The Wachootoo tribe murmur in confusion. One of the tribesmen rises up and smiles.)''
** Also happens in the first film when Ace is trying to sneak a peek at a former Miami Dolphin's championship ring while he uses the urinal. The football player, however, is far from offended and Ace makes a hasty retreat from his new "friend."

** One episode of the cartoon has Ace filling in for a Film/JamesBond-{{Expy}}. As he comes under fire while chasing the villain down in the requisite CoolCar, he notes his ability to catch bullets in his teeth, and prepares to do so. The villain launches a missile at Ace. He still catches it.

** From the second movie, Ace's reaction when [[spoiler: he goes to Cadby to confront him over setting the two native tribes against each other over bat guano. Not only does Ace realize that the poachers have him pinned inside the room, Cadby explains to everyone in the room that he plans to keep Ace alive to use as a scapegoat for the inevitable inquiry as to why the Wachootoo and Wachati will have killed one another.]] Ace immediately begins scrambling around while shouting directions to Greenwald, who cannot react because he has no idea what Ace is supposed to be doing.

*** [[spoiler:So does ''[[AnimalReactionShot Snowflake]]'', of all beings present.]]

* RewatchBonus: When Ace is demonstrating how Podacter couldn't have committed suicide, there are some reaction shots from the officers on the scene. There's a lot of annoyance over how a pet detective that they hold in contempt found a massive hole in their preferred theory, but at one point, [[spoiler:Einhorn looks the most apprehensive and, after being so forceful and cantankerous earlier, appears stunned speechless]]. [[spoiler:Einhorn is really Ray Finkle and murdered Podacter, meaning this is a realization that closing the balcony door has put the decade-long revenge scheme in jeopardy.]]
** This similarly also recontextualizes [[spoiler:Einhorn's immediate and furious orders to Aguado to remove Ace from the crime scene. On the first watch, Einhorn's angry because Ace has just humiliated her and the MPD. On the rewatch, Einhorn's fury is actually because Ace has begun putting the pieces together and is now endangering ThePlan.]]
* RewindGag:
** In the first movie, as Ace pretends to be a football player gone mad, he jumps on a doctor's shoulder, and does an "instant replay" performing the path backwards, culminating in him speaking like he's rewinding.
** In the second, doing the summation, Ace rattles off his conclusion towards the accused. He then says "Let me run that back for you", reverses his actions, also speaking like a rewinding tape.

* SherlockScan:
** In the first film: "Except of course for that spot of blood on the railing over there!"
** When he searches the Bat's hut in the second film, he does an extensive version of this one.

** In the first movie, Ace quotes ''{{Film/Poltergeist|1982}}'' and ''Franchise/StarTrek''. He also says Ray Finkle's RoomFullOfCrazy is cozy, "if you're [[Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]]."
** In the second: "[[Creator/WilliamShatner There's... something on]] [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 the wing... some... thing!]]"
** While driving crazily through the African jungle, he takes the time to sing the title song of ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''.

** And of course, there's Ace finding out [[spoiler:Einhorn used to be Finkle, with a scene reminiscent of ''Film/TheCryingGame'']].

* TalentDouble: Creator/SeanYoung herself isn't a very good kicker, so Pete Stoyanovich, placekicker for the Miami Dolphins at the time, filled in for the reverse shot of her kicking the football up and out of the hole in the warehouse. According to Tom Shadyac, Stoyanovich hit the hole on pretty much every take.

!! From "''When Nature Calls''":
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: As Ace is being severely beaten by his Wachootoo opponent, all the members of the tribe begin laughing hysterically at just how badly he is being humiliated. After awhile, Ouda begins joining in and is still laughing as he translates to Ace that the Wachootoo are sparing his life because they found his defeat so entertaining.
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: When Ace decides to leave the Buddhist monastery, the monks are so overjoyed that he is finally leaving that they throw a huge celebration; complete with bottles of champagne, throwing rolls of toilet paper everywhere, and running around in their underwear.
* AssShove: A variation. When Ace is [[ItMakesSenseInContext trapped in an overheating mechanical rhinoceros]], he has to escape by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh2iyPmucFk pushing out through the "back door"]]...only to be spotted by tourists on safari who think the rhino is giving birth.
* AxCrazy: PlayedForLaughs with Ace and the Wachootoo tribe.
* BadVibrations: Done subtly (at first). As the villain is indulging in a low-key EvilGloating with a slight WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong, everyone falls silent as they feel the house start to vibrate. At first, it's quiet, as if they could possibly be imagining the sound. But it gets louder, and louder, until a horde of animals bursts through the wall, followed by Ace on an [[ItMakesSenseInContext ostrich]] in a BigDamnHeroes moment.
* BatOutOfHell: Bats are the only animals that Ace hates.
** "DIE, DEVIL BIRD!!!
** "TAKE THAT, YOU WINGED SPAWN OF SATAAAN!!!"
* BattleInterruptingShout: At the end, Ace prevents a war between the two neighboring African tribes by running between the armies with their sacred bat in his hands, shouting its name (which according to the tribes' traditions, requires all who hear it to kneel).
--> "SHI-KA-KAAAAAA!"
* BerserkButton:
** A subversion. In a fight with [[PintSizedPowerhouse a crazed Wachootoo tribesman]], the tribesman grabs Ace and rearranges his hair into horns, mocking Ace's reputation as the "White Devil." Ace gets up and says that this has gone far enough, "[[NobodyTouchesTheHair Nobody... messes... with the 'DO]]!"... [[NegatedMomentOfAwesome and then proceeds to get further pummeled by the tribesman]].
** Harming animals is, naturally, a big one for Ace... unless they're bats.
* BigNo: Ace lets one out in the beginning, which is a parody of the opening scene in ''Film/CliffHanger'' when the raccoon he tries to save falls to its death.
* BitsOfMeKeepPassingOut: As Ace is being pelted with poisoned darts:
-->'''Ace''': ''(arms going limp, speech slurred)'' Startin' to get numb...
* BlackComedyRape: The main bad guy, after his plans to bring the Wachati and Wachootoo tribes into war with each other are brought crashing down around his ears, [[ChasedByAngryNatives tries to escape their wrath]], but is cornered by a silverback gorilla with... amorous intentions. [[CallBack Cue "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."]]
* BlowGun: Ace is shot with dozens of little darts (with hilarious effects) before he passes out.
* BrickJoke:
-->'''Fulton:''' I believe they're saying that she's not a virgin.
-->'''Ace:''' ...''*Hushed*'' They can ''tell'' that?
* BuffySpeak: "I shall slip amongst them like a transparent...''thing''."
* {{Bulungi}}: The fictional country of Nibia. Oddly enough, the British consulate oversees the local province where the action takes place.
* CallBack: When Ace first visits the Wachati village, he comes across a man standing one-legged on a tall pillar. He shakes the pillar but the man doesn't fall off ("He's good."). Later, when Ace meets the Wachati Princess, the two spit paper wads together, and it's revealed that they're spitting them at the man on the pillar.
* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: After seeing the Wachati Princess perform a seductive dance, Ace retreats to his tent. When Fulton goes after him, he finds Ace "practicing his mantra".
* CelebrityParadox: Ace references ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' at one point, in which Bob Gunton played Warden Norton; in this film, Gunton plays Burton Quinn.
* ChasedByAngryNatives:
** After Ace stops the battle just before it begins, Cadby tries to sneak away while everyone is kneeling. Unfortunately for him, Ouda spots him and alerts the others.
--->'''Ouda:''' Equinsu Ocha! Equinsu Ocha![[labelnote:*]]White devil! White devil![[/labelnote]]\\
''(Tiny Warrior shouts a BattleCry and everyone gives chase)''
** At the end. Ace deflowered the bride-to-be of the Wachootoo Tiny Warrior that already mopped the floor with him earlier. Ace managed to skate out of being killed by the Wachootoo and was on friendly terms with both them and the Wachati. Then the Tiny Warrior notices... cue ''everyone'' chasing Ace in murderous anger.
* ChasedOffIntoTheSunset: The film ends with Ace being chased through the jungle by the native tribes, after they discover TheChiefsDaughter is no longer a virgin.
* ChekhovsGun:
** Ace's initial SherlockScan of Cadby alerts him to an abrasion on his palm and a white stain on his shoe, which he uses to deduce that Cadby slipped on some shoddy masonry work. This later clues him in to the fact that the white substance Cadby slipped on was in fact guano, which along with its substantial monetary value made him the true culprit.
** During the start of his investigation, Ace plays drums with several mushroom heads growing on a tree... the red, fungus-bearing acala.
* ChekhovsSkill: Early on, Ace makes some obnoxious animal calls to Fulton on the plane. This could initially be seen as Ace being silly, but later in the film, Ace uses these animal calls to lure two poachers away from their hut so he can retrieve the white bat.
* TheChiefsDaughter: The leading lady, who Ace finds very attractive.
* CleverCrows: When Ace first meets Quinn, he prefers to greet Quinn's pet raven Tinky, rather than Quinn himself, and Ace identifies Tinky as a Common raven with the scientific name ''Corvus Corax''. The smartest of all birds:
-->'''Ace''': ''(When he meets Quinn's pet raven Tinky)'' Pleasure, Tinky. Corvus Corax. Common raven. Smartest of all birds... [[MisplacedWildlife Rare in these parts]].
* ContrivedCoincidence: Ace is looking for a ride to chase after Cadby, who's escaping into the jungle. The only car in the parking lot with keys oh-so-conveniently left in the ignition is [[CoolCar a big honking monster truck]] with tires half the size of the other guy's jeep. Possibly it could be the Australian poachers' ride, though we never see them use the truck.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Ace's methods of interrogating suspects include rubbing a ceramic plate with a knife and a fork really fast, then poking at his own eye. The eye thing ''works'' on the guy he's trying it on. "''(retches)'' Oh God, no! My brother used to do that to me!"
* CrazyCulturalComparison: Features spitting in another's face as a form of showing great respect. Ace, naturally, ramps it up to eleven.
* CurbStompBattle: Ace gets one from the hands of the Wachootoo's best warrior.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: "If curse of Shikaka not lifted by tomorrow sun at top of sky, Wachootoo kill all Wachati, and smash your head on a rock."
%%* DarkestAfrica
* DetectivePatsy: [[spoiler:Ace is hired by Vincent Cadby to find a white bat which is sacred to the Wachiti tribe, as the theft of the animal could potentially lead to war between the Wachiti and the Wachootoo. Ace ultimately discovers that Cadby is the one who stole the bat to manipulate the two tribes into destroying each other, allowing him to claim the bat guano in their bat caves and sell it for valuable fertilizer. As there would have been an investigation after the war, Cadby hired Ace to make it look like he had done everything he could to prevent the war by trying to help find the bat.]]
* DidntThinkThisThrough: The villain decides to turn his small jeep into the jungle to escape Ace - who is driving a monster truck.
-->'''Ace''': "He wants to go off-road!"
* DuelToTheDeath: Ace vs the Wachootoo warrior is supposed to be this. {{Subverted}}, though, when Ace's defeat proves to be so hilarious that the Wachootoo choose to let him live (allowing them to troll him one more time).
* EmbarrassingNickname: The Wachootoo call Ace "Equinsu Ocha", which means "White Devil". He does ''not'' take kindly to it.
* ExitPursuedByABear:
** The climax seems to imply the villain is not so much pursued by the gorilla as ''pursued'' by it.
** Ace himself is pursued by both tribes in the end after it's learned that he was earlier ''pursued'' by the Wachati princess and gave in to her advances.
* FaceHeelTurn: Subverted by Fulton Greenwald. The only reason he didn't hit the lights for Ace is because he was confused by Ace's {{Unnecessary Combat Roll}}ing; he gets it together later and knocks out Cadby before the villain can shoot Ace. Although this probably had more to do with the giant windows and it being the middle of the day.
* FanserviceExtra: The Wachati Princess in ''When Nature Calls''. When she's intially shown at a Wachati feast for Ace's welcoming, her first act is to perform the [[SultryBellyDancer Virgin's Dance of Seduction]] with Ace as her target of affection; once the feast dies down, she approaches him to fully seduce him.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Ace seems to have been this for the monks as, when he leaves the temple, they throw a huge raucous party to celebrate.
* GettingHotInHere: Things got a bit hot for Ace whilst spying on someone from within a tank disguised as a rhino. After stripping bare, he finds that the tank door is jammed, so he crawls out through the rhinobot's vagina, meaning that a safari-going family got to witness a rhino giving birth to a fully-grown, naked human.
* GiveMeASword: Ace gets a spear thrown into his leg while fighting a tribal native. He shouts for his sidekick to throw him a spear, which he does... [[HilarityEnsues stabbing him in the other leg]].
* GPSEvidence: Ace gets shot by multiple darts and suspects the darts are being shot by the Wachootoo tribe. After the scene with the tribe, he gets shot again and finds out the Wachootoo dart didn't match the original darts. Ace discovers the original dart was carved from a "red, fungus-bearing acala" which is grown only in one area in the jungle where the bat-nappers are hiding.
* HighClassGlass: The "Monopoly Guy."
* HollywoodNatives: The Wachoochoo and Wachatis tribes. While the Wachatis are healthy and clean, the Wachoochoo have chalk-white face and body paint, fur loincloths, and bad hygiene.
* IncrediblyLongNote: When Ace goes off the waterfall, he yells "Spiiiiiiiiiii-" (at his partner monkey Spike) Moments later, when he emerges from the water, he's ''still'' screaming: "...iiiiiiiiiiiiiike!"
* InevitableWaterfall: Ace is also strapped to a wooden raft at the time.
* InstantSedation: Uses the humorous muscle paralysis angle, of course, but he's still blacking out after a rather short chase. Of course, three darts ''was'' too much. So were the half-dozen or so that nailed him in the back [[HopeSpot right after he "thought he lost them"]].
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Parodied, as the methods Ace uses are PokeThePoodle levels... [[https://youtu.be/CdWl6nBSTcA though they still work]].
* JustPlaneWrong: The opening sequence features Ace climbing some Alpine-looking mountains, dressed in suspenders and shorts often stereotypically portrayed on Swiss alpinists, and there is a helicopter flying around him painted in crimson red with a white cross at each side -- the symbol and flag of Switzerland. The aircraft's tail number (license plate)? Canadian registration. [[CaliforniaDoubling Location shooting indeed...]]
* KarmicRape: The fate of the main villain.
* LighterAndSofter: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zigzagged]]. While this film has considerably less offensive swearing, sexual jokes, and vulgarity than the original film, there are also some dark or vulgar jokes that rival or even top it (such as two birth-related jokes, ToiletHumor related to bat poop and the aforementioned BlackComedyRape of its main villain).
* MartialPacifist: The Wachati may be peaceful and respectful of life, but they're willing to fight the Wachootoo when their very existence is on the line.
* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: In ''When Nature Calls'', when the [[TheChiefsDaughter Wachati princess]] performs a seductive dance, Ace tries to resist her advances, talking about his VowOfCelibacy. Later, his associate [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown catches him masturbating in his tent]]. His excuse is he was just "practicing my mantra" and will finish his "meditation" in 10 minutes.
* MisplacedWildlife: The Indian elephant is excusable, as they're much more docile and easier to train than African elephants. But not a single animal in Quinn's warehouse was African. There were a Bengal tiger (Asian), a jaguar, macaws and a toucan (all South American). Quinn also wasn't surprised to see Spike, a South American black-capped capuchin, implying he has a few of those around as well. He most likely illegally smuggled the animals away from their natural habitat to put on his safari tour. Ace, when he first meets Quinn, points out that his pet raven Tinky isn't even from Africa. Then there is the skunk that Ace somehow gets his hands on for the final battle, how he found a American species in the jungle is anyone's guess.
* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Ace gets pretty angry when a fight between him and a Wachootoo tribesman sees Ace's hair getting changed into horns. Ace [[NobodyTouchesTheHair takes exception to that]], with the music swelling and Ace getting fired up. Cue a GilliganCut, and Ace is getting his butt kicked even worse.
* NiceGuy: Fulton Greenwall has a large amount of patience for Ace's antics. Even when he's the butt of them.
* NoNeedForNames: Apparently, at the monastery, no one wears "labels". However, once you start inquiring about "the man who talks with his rear" [[IdiotHero they know who you're talking about right away]].
* NobodyTouchesTheHair: "NOBODY. MESSES. WITH THE '''DO!!''"
* NotSoAboveItAll: When Ace is screwing around with juvenile shadow puppetry during the MissionBriefing, Fulton is visibly laughing.
* NotSoStoic: The monks. When introduced, they're all meditating and peaceful. When they learn that Ace is leaving, they start partying with loud music, wine, throwing toilet paper, and one guy dancing in his underwear.
-->'''Ace:''' I never seen them act like that before. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Denial can be an ugly thing.]]
* ParrotExpowhat:
-->'''Princess:''' That was the dart of the Wachootoo shaman!
-->'''Ace:''' The what-nee what-en?
* ProductPlacement: An obvious ad of Subway is placed on a highway billboard early in the film. Probably not so much product placement as irony, as literally right before that Ace mentions something about loving being out in the wild, i.e. without things like Subway. A Subway commercial at the time uses editing to make it look like Ace, after passing the Highway Billboard, takes a sharp turn and speeds up to get to the restaurant.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Ace has several of these:
** "PLEASE.... don't..... get up."
** "Must... have... AIR!"
** "Vhere. Is. Ze bat?"
** "DO NOT! GO IN THERE. ''WHOOOO!''"
** "'''[[BerserkButton NOBODY! MESSES! WITH THE]] ''[[NobodyTouchesTheHair DO!!!]]'''''"
* ReflexiveRemarkOfReverence: The Wachati and the Wachootoo always kneel in respect whenever they hear the word "Shikaka". Ace first makes fun of it by saying a barrage of words in front of the Wachati chief and Ouda that start with an "Sh-" sound like "Film/TheShawshankRedemption" and "Chicago", but later it becomes a ChekhovsGun that allows Ace to stop the tribal war before it begins, by running between the charging tribes with the bat held high and screaming its name at the top of his lungs.
* RichBitch: The StatuesqueStunner that Ace has an argument with about fur. She's even listed in the credits as "Pompous Woman".
* SanitySlippage: In the first movie Ace was quite eccentric but had some "sane" moments. In this movie he's devolved more or less into a PsychopathicManchild and all his antics are definitely crazier than before.
* SarcasmBlind: Ouda is oblivious to Ace's annoyance at his "help".
** When Ace is afraid to go into the bat-infested cave.
-->'''Ouda:''' Here, take my torch.\\
'''Ace:''' Spank you, Helpy Helperton.
** When Ace has been caught by the Wachootoo.
-->'''Ace:''' I'm sure Ouda is going for help right now.\\
'''Ouda:''' Hello, Ace. They've captured me. No sweat.\\
'''Ace:''' Don't beat yourself up.
* ScaryBlackMan: The very [[TheStoic stoic]] Hitu.
* SequelEscalation: In the first film Ace is just an eccentric, Miami-based private detective who gets sucked into a murder plot. Here, the plot is [[spoiler: an attempt to massacre two entire tribes to make billions]], the culprit is [[spoiler: a wealthy and powerful British official]], and Ace is now a legendary international detective who has access to ''robot rhinos''.
* SequelGoesForeign: Takes place in Africa.
* SexualKarma: The protagonist enjoys a night with TheChiefsDaughter, while the unfortunate BigBad finds love in the bush. With the Extra Points.
* SherlockScan: Ace does this when he meets Cadby for the first time.
* ShoutOut: When being repeatedly pushed by a guard after being detained, Ace refers to him as [[Series/HRPufNStuf "H.R. Shove-N-Stuf".]]
* SmellySkunk: Ace uses one to subdue some bad guys. "[[ShoutOut Say hello to my]] '''[[Film/{{Scarface 1983}} STEENKY LEETLE FRIEND!!!]]'''"
* SmokingBarrelBlowout: Done with the skunk above.
* SmugSnake: The BigBad.
* SolidGoldPoop: The motivation for the bad guys to want to get rid of the peaceful tribe is to get their hands on their guano-rich lands, thereby giving them a chance to make a killing on the fertilizer market.
* StandingBetweenTheEnemies: At the climax Ace stops two mounting armies by running between them holding the sacred bat they had been about to fight over.
* SuddenlyShouting:
--> '''Ace:''' I can feel it like it's right...''(gets hit with tranq dart)'' in my [[OhCrap NECK!]] RUUUUUNNNNN!
* TapOnTheHead:
** Greenwall knocks out Cadby when the latter tries to shoot Ace with an elephant gun.
** Ace punches a smaller man in the head and knocks him out so he can drap the man across his shoulders as though he were a fur stole. This was intended to teach the mans wife a lesson about wearing fur.
* TaxidermyIsCreepy: When Ace is in Quinn's trophy room.
-->'''Ace:''' This is a lovely room of death...
* TemptingFate: The two poachers offer to go after the escaped Ace, but the BigBad dismisses this, saying he cannot do anything as their plan is near to fruition. Cue Ace invading the [[TaxidermyTerror Lovely Room of Death]] with live animals.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Ace encounters a couple at the consel's party where the husband is small, skinny man and his wife is a StatuesqueStunner who towers over him.
* TranquillizerDart: Halfway into the movie, Ace gets hit by three tranquilizer darts but remains conscious... until he gets darted four more times.
* TrollingTranslator: Ace gets his Wachati guide Ouda to translate his words into the Wachootoo language...''badly''.
-->'''Ace:''' WarIsHell. The last thing we want is a fight.
-->'''Ouda:''' "I want a fight, so go to hell!"
** It's left to the viewers' imagination whether Ouda is actually a bad translator, or if he's working to keep Ace alive with his mistranslations; the Wachootoo don't seem like peace-loving people, and might take fatal offense to Ace's cowardice. Though, given that at one point he has Ace calling himself a ''princess'', Ouda is likely either genuinely bad or a giant {{Troll}}.
* UnconventionalVehicleChase: When Cadby is getting away in his car, Ace looks over several vehicles parked nearby. The only one with a key in the ignition happens to be a monster truck. Watch the ensuing chase [[https://youtu.be/BaqIALamCz8?t=24s here]].
* VirginVision:
-->"She's not a virgin!"
-->"They can tell that?"
-->(Cue being ChasedByAngryNatives)
* WarIsHell: Played word for word when the pet detective says the following words to the native Wachoochoo tribe:
-->"War...is hell! The last thing we want...is a fight!"
** Which Ouda, one of the native Wachatis, translates as "I want to fight you...so go to hell!" Which the Wachoochoo reacts in anger, while Ace assumes they agree with him.
* WhatMeasureIsANonCute[=/=]WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Ace loves all animals... except bats. Note that he also apparently likes other various non-cute animals. It's ''just'' bats that are his personal {{Squick}}.
* WouldntHitAGirl: When Ace confronts a woman wearing an animal skin across her shoulders, and she pompously says there's nothing wrong with it and that he should try it sometime, he replies by cold-clocking her slightly-less-obnoxious husband and wearing ''him'' over his shoulders like an animal skin, rather than her. This may have been the reason, but it's just as likely that Ace just wanted to demonstrate to her face how hypocritical she was being.
* WrestlerOfBeasts: Ace fights off a Nile crocodile that attacks him after he is thrown into the water by poachers trying to kill him.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: While a EurekaMoment, just before Ace returns to his body, you can see this expression on his face as he realizes [[spoiler: that the whole situation has arisen because of bat guano]].

A comedy movie series starring Creator/JimCarrey. The first film was 1994's ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', and it's the movie that catapulted Carrey into A-list fame when it became a surprise hit. It was followed by a sequel, 1995's ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'', and an AnimatedAdaptation. An [[AdventureGame adventure video game]] adaptation was released in 1997.

!! Tropes from ''Ace Ventura: The Animated Series''.
* AnachronismStew: In "Dragon Guy", a SteamPunk computer is used in Robin Hood times.
* ArtEvolution: The third season switched main production companies (from Nelvana to Odyssey Entertainment) and also switched overseas animation studios (from Wang to Hong Ying), so it looked a bit different.
* AscendedExtra: Aguado, Mr. Shickadance and especially Emilio get more to do in the animated series.
* BadassSanta: Santa Claus mentions having taken self-defense lessons to traverse rough neighborhoods after saving Ace.
* BondGunBarrel: One episode opens with one, ending with Ace assuming his "ass talking" pose and farting.
* BrokenPedestal: In the episode "Get Piggy", Ace is revealed to be a big fan of Gabe the Pig, a [[TalkingAnimal talking pig]] who's a movie star and who's been kidnapped; so much so that Ace is part of Gabe's fan club, knows the rules of the club by heart, and even [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules offers to take Gabe's case for free]]. However, after investigating a bit about Gabe, Ace is shocked to learn that [[NiceCharacterMeanActor Gabe is actually an egotistical, spoiled, violent jerkass]] who no one can stand. [[spoiler: And to top it all off, it turns out, Gabe himself staged his own kidnapping as a way to return to the spotlight, and even kidnaps and tries to kill Ace.]]
** Ace even reacts with disgust when he learns that a villain in an episode after that has an autographed photo of Gabe.
* ChristmasEpisode: "The Reindeer Hunter" (the first episode, no less). Someone steals Santa's reindeer on Christmas Eve, so to finish his deliveries, he hires Ace to find them. The investigation leads Ace to a businesswoman that's seeking a FountainOfYouth by harnessing the reindeer's gravity-defying abilities.
* CloneDegeneration: In "Ace Off", after a particularly intense dance competition, Ace's evil clone starts to melt and is...[[MakesAsMuchSenseInContext absorbed by him.]]
* CowboyEpisode: "Go West" sees Ace follow a group of horse thieves out into the desert and come upon an 1800s-like town, so he plays cowboy while looking for the stolen horses. The twist is that all the residents are actually robots (not that they know it or even have any idea what a robot is), with the thieves having been reprogrammed by the true VillainOfTheWeek.
* {{Crossover}}: With ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' in "Have Mask, Will Travel".
* DenserAndWackier: Far more than the original films. While they still maintained a semi-realistic tone; the series, especially during the third season, had Ace deal with supervillains, all sorts of evil powers, and even aliens.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In the crossover episode, Ace manages to actually best The Mask - a super-powered entity that can warp reality - at his own game. Said game was limbo dancing, but whatever works.
* EvilGloating: Odora from "The Reindeer Hunter" initially refrains from doing this, but Ace is GenreSavvy enough to know that she'll turn her back three seconds later because she's the kind of villain who can't stand not giving a monologue before killing off her enemies. He then proceeds to troll her by covering his ears and refusing to listen when she inevitably does monologue about her evil plan.
* EvilKnockoff: In "Ace Off", the villain of the episode use Ace's hair to create an evil clone of him to kidnap a dog and pin the blame on the real Ace.
* ExoticEntree: "Pet Food" has a VillainousGlutton who is kidnapping endangered species as part of a planned seven-course meal.
* FountainOfYouth: Odora's ultimate goal is to formulate a cosmetic that halts the effects of aging, and she'll do horrible things to animals to accomplish it in the most bizarre ways. For example, extracting glandular secretions from Santa Claus's flying reindeer to unlock the secret of defying gravity for the sake of trying to prevent skin sagging, or draining an elephant's perfect memory to give skin the ability to remember its previous state.
* FriendOnTheForce: As in the first movie, Emilio is this, though he gets more time to point out how Ace's shenanigans can make it really hard to vouch for him.
* JurassicFarce: In "Dino-Mite", Ace visits a dinosaur zoo and theme park that's clearly a spoof of ''Film/JurassicPark'', complete with a John Hammond {{Expy}}.
-->'''Ace''': Let me guess. Copyright trouble?
* JusticeByOtherLegalMeans: In the ChristmasEpisode, Ace couldn't prove Odora stole Santa Claus' reindeers (she intended to use the secret of their gravity-defying abilities on a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive cosmetic]]) but could get her arrested for illegally keeping an albino alligator from an endangered breed, which she also intended to use as ingredient.
* KillerGorilla: In "Night of the Gorilla", a female gorilla is accused of killing and eating the scientist that raised her. Ace seems to be the only one aware that gorillas aren't carnivorous, and does his best to prove the ape's innocence. [[spoiler:[[AvertedTrope He's right]], the gorilla was [[ThisBearWasFramed set up]] by a rival scientist as part of a revenge scheme.]]
* LastOfHisKind: The one thing all missing pets in "Pet Food" have in common is that they are the last of their species... and this is exactly why they are being stolen.
* LighterAndSofter: While the original film was [[BlackComedy far darker]] and had lots of sexual moments, the animated series was understandably toned down for younger audiences.
* MergingMachine: An episode was based around a scientist whose teleporter combined him with a fly. Later in the episode Ace is combined with Spike.
* NotMeThisTime: Occasionally happens when a crime is so much like an specific member of Ace's RoguesGallery.
* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: "Howl of the Weremoose" features just that, which is attributed to a curse placed on a hunter long ago. Ace is quite dubious such a thing even exists, only to run afoul of one in the woods at night and see it's a bipedal, super-strong berserker. Worse, it turns out there are substantially more than just one of these beasts to contend with.
* PretentiousPronunciation: When the barbarians in "Dragon Guy" suddenly converse in British accents, one of them consistently pronounces "chimera" as "shimmer-uh."
* RaisedByWolves: Parodied with the Griffin, who has been raised by several different groups of animals since infancy and has attributes from them, including wolves, gazelles, and kangaroos. He has some bats as aunts and uncles as well.
* RoguesGallery: Ace has a few recurring enemies who have been the villains of multiple episodes, such as Baron de Claw, Atrocia Odora, and the Griffin.
* SavingChristmas: The plot of "The Reindeer Hunter" is Ace tracking down Santa Claus's reindeer after they're abducted so he can finish making his deliveries.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Subverted in one episode. Ace finds a footprint and gives a detailed description of the owner's age, size, health, and appearance. Turns out the guy dropped a drivers' license next to the footprint.
* {{Spexico}}: "The Bull Market" depicts Pamplona, Spain as a SouthOfTheBorder village of white houses in the desert where the locals wear sombreros, ponchos, and [[MagnificentMoustachesOfMexico magnificent moustaches]]. Oh, and did we mention [[TorosYFlamenco the bad guy is a bullfighter]]?
* ShoutOut: In "The Night of the Gorilla", the BigBad of the episode is [[Film/TheShining Dr. Redrum]], and the gorilla he framed (which is dyslexic) keeps signing and writing "murder" to say it was him (Ace finally figures it out when he sees the writing in a mirror).
* TaughtByExperience: Having observed the Mask's penchant for giving others wedgies, Ace made sure to put a mousetrap down his own pants for safety. It works.
* ThisBearWasFramed: In one episode, a VillainOfTheWeek framed a gorilla.
* TransformationTrinket: In "Howl Of The Weremoose", the original weremoose Drew Talbit has a moose talisman he uses to change into his weremoose form; he is able to transform at will but everyone he bites becomes as Ace puts it... his mindless weremoose slaves. It is also revealed that smashing the talisman will break the curse and turn everyone back to normal. Unfortunately Ace doesn't read the fine print which says he who destroys the tailsman gets the antlers of the grand high moose himself. Ace ends up with moose antlers; it is also said that the antlers can be removed by rubbing moosebane on them- to which Ace exclaims..."Where are we going to get moosebane in Miami!?"

A comedy movie series starring Creator/JimCarrey. The first film was 1994's ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', and it's the movie that catapulted Carrey into A-list fame when it became a surprise hit. It was followed by a sequel, 1995's ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'', and an AnimatedAdaptation. An [[AdventureGame adventure video game]] adaptation was released in 1997.

!! Tropes from ''Ace Ventura: The Animated Series''.
* AnachronismStew: In "Dragon Guy", a SteamPunk computer is used in Robin Hood times.
* ArtEvolution: The third season switched main production companies (from Nelvana to Odyssey Entertainment) and also switched overseas animation studios (from Wang to Hong Ying), so it looked a bit different.
* AscendedExtra: Aguado, Mr. Shickadance and especially Emilio get more to do in the animated series.
* BadassSanta: Santa Claus mentions having taken self-defense lessons to traverse rough neighborhoods after saving Ace.
* BondGunBarrel: One episode opens with one, ending with Ace assuming his "ass talking" pose and farting.
* BrokenPedestal: In the episode "Get Piggy", Ace is revealed to be a big fan of Gabe the Pig, a [[TalkingAnimal talking pig]] who's a movie star and who's been kidnapped; so much so that Ace is part of Gabe's fan club, knows the rules of the club by heart, and even [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules offers to take Gabe's case for free]]. However, after investigating a bit about Gabe, Ace is shocked to learn that [[NiceCharacterMeanActor Gabe is actually an egotistical, spoiled, violent jerkass]] who no one can stand. [[spoiler: And to top it all off, it turns out, Gabe himself staged his own kidnapping as a way to return to the spotlight, and even kidnaps and tries to kill Ace.]]
** Ace even reacts with disgust when he learns that a villain in an episode after that has an autographed photo of Gabe.
* ChristmasEpisode: "The Reindeer Hunter" (the first episode, no less). Someone steals Santa's reindeer on Christmas Eve, so to finish his deliveries, he hires Ace to find them. The investigation leads Ace to a businesswoman that's seeking a FountainOfYouth by harnessing the reindeer's gravity-defying abilities.
* CloneDegeneration: In "Ace Off", after a particularly intense dance competition, Ace's evil clone starts to melt and is...[[MakesAsMuchSenseInContext absorbed by him.]]
* CowboyEpisode: "Go West" sees Ace follow a group of horse thieves out into the desert and come upon an 1800s-like town, so he plays cowboy while looking for the stolen horses. The twist is that all the residents are actually robots (not that they know it or even have any idea what a robot is), with the thieves having been reprogrammed by the true VillainOfTheWeek.
* {{Crossover}}: With ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' in "Have Mask, Will Travel".
* DenserAndWackier: Far more than the original films. While they still maintained a semi-realistic tone; the series, especially during the third season, had Ace deal with supervillains, all sorts of evil powers, and even aliens.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In the crossover episode, Ace manages to actually best The Mask - a super-powered entity that can warp reality - at his own game. Said game was limbo dancing, but whatever works.
* EvilGloating: Odora from "The Reindeer Hunter" initially refrains from doing this, but Ace is GenreSavvy enough to know that she'll turn her back three seconds later because she's the kind of villain who can't stand not giving a monologue before killing off her enemies. He then proceeds to troll her by covering his ears and refusing to listen when she inevitably does monologue about her evil plan.
* EvilKnockoff: In "Ace Off", the villain of the episode use Ace's hair to create an evil clone of him to kidnap a dog and pin the blame on the real Ace.
* ExoticEntree: "Pet Food" has a VillainousGlutton who is kidnapping endangered species as part of a planned seven-course meal.
* FountainOfYouth: Odora's ultimate goal is to formulate a cosmetic that halts the effects of aging, and she'll do horrible things to animals to accomplish it in the most bizarre ways. For example, extracting glandular secretions from Santa Claus's flying reindeer to unlock the secret of defying gravity for the sake of trying to prevent skin sagging, or draining an elephant's perfect memory to give skin the ability to remember its previous state.
* FriendOnTheForce: As in the first movie, Emilio is this, though he gets more time to point out how Ace's shenanigans can make it really hard to vouch for him.
* JurassicFarce: In "Dino-Mite", Ace visits a dinosaur zoo and theme park that's clearly a spoof of ''Film/JurassicPark'', complete with a John Hammond {{Expy}}.
-->'''Ace''': Let me guess. Copyright trouble?
* JusticeByOtherLegalMeans: In the ChristmasEpisode, Ace couldn't prove Odora stole Santa Claus' reindeers (she intended to use the secret of their gravity-defying abilities on a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive cosmetic]]) but could get her arrested for illegally keeping an albino alligator from an endangered breed, which she also intended to use as ingredient.
* KillerGorilla: In "Night of the Gorilla", a female gorilla is accused of killing and eating the scientist that raised her. Ace seems to be the only one aware that gorillas aren't carnivorous, and does his best to prove the ape's innocence. [[spoiler:[[AvertedTrope He's right]], the gorilla was [[ThisBearWasFramed set up]] by a rival scientist as part of a revenge scheme.]]
* LastOfHisKind: The one thing all missing pets in "Pet Food" have in common is that they are the last of their species... and this is exactly why they are being stolen.
* LighterAndSofter: While the original film was [[BlackComedy far darker]] and had lots of sexual moments, the animated series was understandably toned down for younger audiences.
* MergingMachine: An episode was based around a scientist whose teleporter combined him with a fly. Later in the episode Ace is combined with Spike.
* NotMeThisTime: Occasionally happens when a crime is so much like an specific member of Ace's RoguesGallery.
* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: "Howl of the Weremoose" features just that, which is attributed to a curse placed on a hunter long ago. Ace is quite dubious such a thing even exists, only to run afoul of one in the woods at night and see it's a bipedal, super-strong berserker. Worse, it turns out there are substantially more than just one of these beasts to contend with.
* PretentiousPronunciation: When the barbarians in "Dragon Guy" suddenly converse in British accents, one of them consistently pronounces "chimera" as "shimmer-uh."
* RaisedByWolves: Parodied with the Griffin, who has been raised by several different groups of animals since infancy and has attributes from them, including wolves, gazelles, and kangaroos. He has some bats as aunts and uncles as well.
* RoguesGallery: Ace has a few recurring enemies who have been the villains of multiple episodes, such as Baron de Claw, Atrocia Odora, and the Griffin.
* SavingChristmas: The plot of "The Reindeer Hunter" is Ace tracking down Santa Claus's reindeer after they're abducted so he can finish making his deliveries.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Subverted in one episode. Ace finds a footprint and gives a detailed description of the owner's age, size, health, and appearance. Turns out the guy dropped a drivers' license next to the footprint.
* {{Spexico}}: "The Bull Market" depicts Pamplona, Spain as a SouthOfTheBorder village of white houses in the desert where the locals wear sombreros, ponchos, and [[MagnificentMoustachesOfMexico magnificent moustaches]]. Oh, and did we mention [[TorosYFlamenco the bad guy is a bullfighter]]?
* ShoutOut: In "The Night of the Gorilla", the BigBad of the episode is [[Film/TheShining Dr. Redrum]], and the gorilla he framed (which is dyslexic) keeps signing and writing "murder" to say it was him (Ace finally figures it out when he sees the writing in a mirror).
* TaughtByExperience: Having observed the Mask's penchant for giving others wedgies, Ace made sure to put a mousetrap down his own pants for safety. It works.
* ThisBearWasFramed: In one episode, a VillainOfTheWeek framed a gorilla.
* TransformationTrinket: In "Howl Of The Weremoose", the original weremoose Drew Talbit has a moose talisman he uses to change into his weremoose form; he is able to transform at will but everyone he bites becomes as Ace puts it... his mindless weremoose slaves. It is also revealed that smashing the talisman will break the curse and turn everyone back to normal. Unfortunately Ace doesn't read the fine print which says he who destroys the tailsman gets the antlers of the grand high moose himself. Ace ends up with moose antlers; it is also said that the antlers can be removed by rubbing moosebane on them- to which Ace exclaims..."Where are we going to get moosebane in Miami!?"

*** There's more to that. [[spoiler:When he strips her down to her underwear but she still appears to lack the evidence, a tied-up Dan Marino calls his attention to reveal one more detail. Ace strolls back to her and turns her around, revealing that she still has her equipment...''tucked in between her legs'', presumably with duct tape. Cue the [=SWATs=] doing the retching routine. And they even put in the same music as when he had his own revelation!]]

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Ace is extremely eccentric, on top acting schizophrenic with acute manic episodes. However, he is also a knowledgeable and skilled animal handler, top-notch investigator, ace driver, excellent actor, and a capable fighter.

* CassandraTruth: The local cops don't listen to anything Ace says and dismiss and ridicule him as just a kooky animal lover. [[spoiler:Justified with Lt. Einhorn, because she's really the BigBad Ray Finkle.]]

* CaughtOnTheJumbotron: Ace gets into a fight with Swoop, the Philadelphia Eagles' mascot, on a Jumbotron at the end of the first movie. The reason? He shooed away a runaway pigeon that had a cool reward of $25,000 on its head. Good news is, it was the away team's mascot, and the Dolphins were yukking it up, along with Melissa. Gets coupled with DescriptionCut since the announcer introduced him as a lover of all life's creatures just before he got caught.

* ComplexityAddiction: Ray Finkle's scheme is to get back at the Miami Dolphins, and Dan Marino in particular, for (supposedly) making the laces on the ball face the wrong way when Finkle tried a game-winning field goal in UsefulNotes/SuperBowl [=XVII=], causing Finkle to miss the kick. You would think that Finkle would just shoot Marino, or something equally simple. Instead, Finkle spends a long time building a fake identity, infiltrating the Miami police department, and escalating in the ranks until he becomes the MoleInCharge of the investigation that will ensue from his crimes. That done, Finkle has to get the resources for the kidnapping of both the Dolphins' mascot Snowflake -- a real-life bottlenose dolphin -- and Marino himself during the next Super Bowl that the Dolphins make it to. And all of this is so the Dolphins will lose the Super Bowl, while Marino is ForcedToWatch them lose on TV before he dies. [[spoiler:And on top of all of that, Finkle gets a sex change to assume the identity of a missing hiker named Lois Einhorn. Yet there's no step in this plan to capture/kill Marino and Snowflake made easier by being Einhorn. One might argue that it allows Finkle to mislead the investigation and cover his tracks, but the cops were nowhere near solving that crime without Ace, whom Finkle couldn't have known about when adopting the Einhorn identity.]]

--> '''Mr. Shickadance:''' Never mind the wisecracks, Ventura. ''[coughs in Ace's face]''...You owe me rent.

* TheDeepSouth: Ray Finkle's hometown Collier County, Florida. He used to be the local hometown hero before he missed the kick in the Super Bowl; now, the whole town hates his guts.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Ace. Though, surprisingly enough, he's not a vegetarian, as he's seen eating a zebra in the second film[[note]]This actually kind of makes sense - Ace identifies with animals very strongly, so he - as an omnivore - would not see any contradiction in loving animals while still eating meat[[/note]].

* [[HeroismWontPayTheBills Heroism Won't Pay Shickadance]]: Ace doesn't always earn enough money to pay rent. Part of this is his reaction whenever a beautiful female customer offers to pay with sex instead of money.

* MistakenForFakeHair: Ace attempts to tear off Einhorn's wig when he's trying to prove that she's actually Finkle in disguise. He's correct about her identity, but the hair is real.
* MistakenForGay

* MuggedForDisguise: The two actors that were supposed to tackle Dan Marino [[spoiler: came staggering out of their dressing room, while the two hired goons kidnapped him during the middle of a commercial shoot.]]

---> '''Ace:''' That's not Snowflake...that's not Snowflake...THAT'S NOT SNOWFLAKE!!!

** Implied with Einhorn. [[spoiler:When Ace outs Einhorn as a trans woman, ''every'' cop in attendance begins spitting in disgust. That includes at least one female cop]].

** Ace himself has this reputation, first with the rich lady that he rescued the dog for in the opening. Then there was Melissa [[spoiler:and almost Einhorn. Lastly, it was implied that Ace took the Wachati princess' virginity]].

** Ray Finkle's plan, in a nutshell. While Finkle is going after the person he directly blames for his failings -- Dan Marino -- it's dubious as to whether or not Marino really held the ball "laces in" as Finkle so often claims he did. And even if Marino did mess up, Finkle is willing to kidnap innocent people, steal a live dolphin that couldn't have been responsible, screw the Miami Dolphins out of a Super Bowl win when the current players had nothing to do with Finkle's miss, and [[spoiler:assume a missing woman's identity in order to throw the cops off of his trail]].

* SexForServices: Deconstructed. Ace is shown helping a former Playmate Ace by returning her dog from a jilted lover at the start of Pet Detective. She repays him with sex but Ace is still left struggling for cash afterwards because he keeps doing so for various clients instead of demanding payment. After all, attractive woman or not, sex alone doesn't pay the rent.

** In the second: "[[Creator/WilliamShatner There's...something on]] [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 the wing...some...thing!]]"

* ShowerOfAngst: Ace, after realizing the woman he kissed [[spoiler:[[UnsettlingGenderReveal Iis a trans woman]].]] He also chews an enormous wad of gum. And burns all his clothes, uses a toilet plunger on his face, and vomits his entire stomach contents.

* SpitTake: A collective one occurs between Dan Marino, the entire Miami police department, and ''[[AnimalReactionShot Snowflake]]'', at the sight of [[spoiler:Einhorn/Finkle's tucked-in penis.]]
* StalkerShrine: Ray Finkle's room is a stalker shrine to Dan Marino...or at least, to the famous Super Bowl play that made Finkle a goat.

* TrashLanding: Ace falls and land on his back on a pile of garbage from a roof of a two story building when trying to catch the rare albino pigeon.

* YouGetMeCoffee: After Dan Marino is kidnapped, Einhorn walks into the office and orders things like an autopsy report, for no one to talk to the press ... "And somebody get me some coffee!"

** This similarly also recontextualizes [[spoiler:Einhorn's immediate and furious orders to Aguado to remove Ace from the crime scene. On the first watch, Einhorn's angry because Ace has just humiliated her and the MPD. On the rewartch, Einhorn's fury is actually because Ace has begun putting the pieces together and is now endangering ThePlan.]]

* RewatchBonus: When Ace is demonstrating how Podacter couldn't have committed suicide, there are some reaction shots from the officers on the scene. There's a lot of annoyance over how a pet detective that they hold in contempt found a massive hole in their preferred theory, but at one point, [[spoiler:Einhorn looks the most apprehensive and, after being so forceful and cantankerous earlier, appears stunned speechless]]. [[spoiler:Einhorn is really Ray Finkle and murdered Podacter, meaning this is a realization that closing the balcony door has put the decade-long revenge scheme in jeopardy.

* RewatchBonus: When Ace is demonstrating how Podacter couldn't have committed suicide, there are some reaction shots from the officers on the scene. There's a lot of annoyance over how a pet detective that they hold in contempt found a massive hole in their preferred theory, but at one point, [[spoiler:Einhorn looks the most apprehensive and, after being so forceful and cantankerous earlier, appears stunned speechless]]. [[spoiler:Einhorn is really Ray Finkle and murdered Podacter, meaning this is a realization that closing the balcony door has put the decade-long revenge scheme in jeopardy]].

* SpitTake: Ace Junior's hair changes while brushing his teeth.

* FanserviceExtra: The Wachati Princess in ''When Nature Calls''. When she's intially shown at a Wachati feast for Ace's welcoming, her first act is to perform the [[BellyDancer Virgin's Dance of Seduction]] with Ace as her target of affection; once the feast dies down, she approaches him to fully seduce him.

* LighterAndSofter[=/=]BleachedUnderpants: While the original film was [[BlackComedy far darker]] and had lots of sexual moments, the animated series was understandably toned down for younger audiences.

* SomewhereAMammalogistIsCrying: Melissa and Roger's boss keeps calling Snowflake a fish, though Melissa corrects him that dolphins are mammals. But he doesn't give a damn, he just gives a damn about the Super Bowl and the missing mascot isn't good for the publicity.

* TemptingFate: When Ace makes his escape during the second movie, the two poachers offer to go after him, but the BigBad dismisses this, saying he cannot do anything as their plan is near to fruition. Cue Ace invading the [[TaxidermyTerror Lovely Room of Death]] with live animals.

* CurbStompBattle: Ace gets one from the hands of the Wachootoos' best warrior.

* DetectivePatsy: [[spoiler:He was hired by the true culprit who wanted to start a genocidal war between two African tribes in order to get bat guano from the tribes to sell as fertilizer. Ace being hired was intended to look like the client had done everything to prevent a war.]]

* ArtEvolution: The third season switched overseas animation studios (from Wang to Hong Ying), so it looked a bit different.

* TheAce: Ace Ventura is not only very good as a pet detective. He always has a snappy comeback to ridicule, he’s a skilled fighter, he’s great with the ladies and can last in bed for hours. Also could fit as both TheMadHatter and *BunnyEarsLawyer

* HardWorkMontage: Ace going after the 1984 Dolphins team one by one to see which has a missing stone on their ring, to the sound of Music/{{Aerosmith}}.

* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: In the second movie, when Ace decides to leave the Buddhist monastery, the monks are so overjoyed that he is finally leaving that they throw a huge celebration; complete with bottles of champagne, throwing rolls of toilet paper everywhere, and running around in their underwear.

* ValuesDissonance: Much of the humor regarding the [[spoiler:Finkel/Einhorn transition]] would not be acceptable to modern audiences. Carrey himself has even pointed this out.

* BiTheWay: Apparently Lt. Einhorn [[spoiler: aka Ray Finkle]] is this, [[spoiler: if the reaction from both the male and female officers post-UnsettlingGenderReveal is anything to go by.]]

** The Miami Dolphins, including quarterback Dan Marino, all appear as themselves.

-->'''Ace:''' I'm looking for Ray Finkle. ''(Ray's father points a shotgun at Ace)'' And a clean pair of shorts.

* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Ace encounters a couple at the consel's party where the husband is small, skinny man and his wife is a StateuesqueStunner who towers over him.

* MisplacedWildlife: The Indian elephant is excusable, as they're much more docile and easier to train than African elephants. But not a single animal in Quinn's warehouse was African. There were a Bengal tiger (Asian), a jaguar, macaws and a toucan (all South American). Quinn also wasn't surprised to see Spike, a South American black-capped capuchin, implying he has a few of those around as well. He most likely illegally smuggled the animals away from their natural habitat to put on his safari tour. Ace, when he first meets Quinn, points out that his pet raven Tiki isn't even from Africa. Then there is the skunk that Ace somehow gets his hands on for the final battle, how he found a American species in the jungle is anyone's guess.

* RailingKill: Ace deduces that Roger Podacter was the victim of one of these, instead of being DrivenToSuicide, by means of a SherlockScan of Podacter's apartment and subsequent SpottingTheThread — namely that a spot of blood was still present on the railing, and that his dying scream could not have come from the balcony with the soundproof sliding door closed as it was when people first entered the apartment thereafter. [[spoiler:It turns out that Podacter had discovered that Lois Einhorn was, in fact, biologically male in a moment of close or intimate contact, and the disguised Ray Finkle decided to [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade kill him to keep him quiet]], and then shut the balcony door on the way out.]]