History Film / CannibalTheMusical

* PlaceWorseThanDeath: Parodied. Apparently [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bIYV6VkECk Wyoming]] is something like this to Packer and Polly.

%%* BlackComedy

%%* BloodyHilarious

%%* DefrostingIceQueen: Polly Pry.

* DoubleEntendre: "When I Was on Top of You", Packer's heartfelt and sincere ballad to his missing horse, is littered with these. Takes on a whole new meaning when you consider that Packer's horse Liane is an {{Expy}} of Trey Parker's ex of the same name.

** In the stage musical, the Native Americans are Hispanic instead of Japanese.

* FridgeLogic: InUniverse.
--> '''Humphrey:''' You guys! I just thought of something too.
--> '''Packer:''' What?
--> '''Humphrey:''' Okay, now, you remember when Swan was building that snowman? Well, how the hell did he make that tapping sound with his feet?
--> '''Noon:''' You just now thought of that?
--> '''Humphrey:''' Well it's pretty fucking weird, isn't it?!

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade / HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In RealLife, there's a pretty good chance that Alferd Packer really did murder his compatriots and blame it on the deceased Shannon Bell, and he accordingly did 40 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter rather than getting off the hook. This is, of course, deliberately [[InvokedTrope invoked]] as part of the film's [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory lackadaisical approach]] to historical accuracy and mockery of the clash of values common in the period musicals it parodies.

%%* IWantSong: "That's All I'm Asking For"
* JerkassHasAPoint: For all of his attitude issues and complaining, Miller is completely right about everything he is complaing about. Most especially his complaint about Packer's not knowing what he is doing.

* KarmaHoudini: PlayedForLaughs. [[spoiler:While he didn't directly murder his companions, Packer avoids punishment with causing the whole horrible situation (through his incompetence and creepy obsession with his horse) thanks to a legal technicality and rides off into the sunset.]] Almost certainly a parody of the above-mentioned ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'', where the protagonist literally gets away with murder because his victim was [[AssholeVictim an asshole]]. Note that in RealLife, Packer did ''not'' get away with it; while the aforementioned technicality did save him from the death sentence, he still wound up doing 40 years in prison.

* PleaseKeepYourHatOn: Humphrey's huge afro reveal, later used for Kyle's hair in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.

* BlackComedyCannibalism: Humphrey, the goofy {{Nerd}} of the group, is blissfully unperturbed about eating the corpse of the fallen [[spoiler:Swan]], cheerfully chowing down while his companions are visibly traumatized.

* TongueTrauma: In the FakeOutOpening, Alfred kills one of his men by ripping his tongue out and eats it.

%%* NiceHat: Bell, Noon, Packer, and Humphrey.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade / HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In RealLife, there's a pretty good chance that Alferd Packer really did murder his compatriots and blame it on the deceased Shannon Bell, and he accordingly did 40 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter rather than getting off the hook. This is, of course, deliberately [[InvokedTrope invoked]] as part of the film's [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory lackadaisical approach]] to historical accuracy and mockery of the MoralDissonance common in the period musicals it parodies.

The full movie can be watched for free online at the official site [[http://www.cannibalthemusical.net/video.shtml here]], as well as the version with the DVDCommentary track. All the songs are [[http://www.cannibalthemusical.net/songs.shtml downloadable for free]] as well.

* YourCheatingHeart: Mocked. Packer is a cowboy whose ''horse'' is cheating on him by letting other people ride her.

%%* BlackComedyCannibalism
%%* BerserkButton: What Liane is to Packer

%%* ChekhovsGun: A literal example with Miller's gun.

%%* CrowdSong: "Hang the Bastard"
%%* DarkReprise: Of "That's All I'm Asking For"

%%* DreamBallet: Between Packer and Frenchy.

%%* IAmSong: "Trapper Song". Doubles as a VillainSong.
%%* ImAHumanitarian: Of course!

%%* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty
%%* OffWithHisHead: In the final scene.

%%* PerfectlyCromulentWord: "Shpadoinkle."
%%* PlaceWorseThanDeath: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bIYV6VkECk Wyoming.]]

%%* RunningGag: "Shpadoinkle!"

%%* WhatIsThisFeeling: Polly Pry in "This Side of Me".

%%* BrickJoke: Ooh, fudge!

* ChekhovsGun: Randomly, Miller is excited to see fudge being sold in the general store, and buys some. Much later, at the end of Packer's song, [[BrickJoke he blurts out]] "Fudge, Packer?"

* TheCameo: Of the unlikeliest sort: influential avant-garde filmmaker [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Brakhage Stan Brakhage]] appears briefly as Noon's father. Brakhage was one of Parker and Stone's film professors in college.

%%* ChekhovsGunman: The Japanese Indian chief.

* DoubleEntendre / InnocentInnuendo: "When I Was on Top of You", Packer's heartfelt and sincere ballad to his missing horse, is littered with these. Afterwards, Humphrey offers Packer a piece of fudge with the words "Fudge, Packer?"
** Takes on a whole new meaning when you consider that Packer's horse Liane is an {{Expy}} of Trey Parker's ex of the same name.

* FunnyAfro: The big crazy red jewfro Humphrey hides under his hat.

%%* YourCheatingHeart

* ComedyOfRemarriage: Subversion-via-aversion between Packer and Liane. (The story is so sappy/corny/cliche this is a no-brainer, until it falls completely flat, which is almost assuredly deliberate.)

* Chekhov'sGun: Randomly, Miller is excited to see fudge being sold in the general store, and buys some. Much later, at the end of Packer's song, [[Brick Joke he blurts out]] "Fudge, Packer?"

''Cannibal! The Musical'' (also known as ''Alferd Packer: The Musical'') is a BlackComedy [[TheMusical musical]], aptly named and done by [[Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone the boys behind]] ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' in their usual [[CrossesTheLineTwice good taste]]. The story is all about [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory legendary Colorado cannibal Alferd Packer]], played by Trey Parker himself, backed by his crew of Humphrey, played by Stone, and other strange characters in his crew. Very strange HilarityEnsues.

%%* VillainSong: "The Trapper Song".

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* DVDCommentary: The directors got very drunk and watched their movie. HilarityEnsues.

* BigBad: [[spoilerShannon Bell is the true cannibal.]]

* BigBad: [[spoilerShannon Bell is the true cannibal.[[