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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The town is in America, but that's about all we know about it.

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''Greener Grass'' primarily concerns itself with frustrated, insecure Jill. Her son is an [[AmbiguousDisorder eccentric young boy]] who frequently wets himself, her husband is a ManChild obsessed with drinking chlorine-free pool water, and she feels threatened by Lisa and her (relatively) normal family. Throughout the film, various bizarre happenings disrupt Jill's life and stretch her past her breaking point.

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''Greener Grass'' primarily concerns itself with frustrated, insecure Jill. Her son is an [[AmbiguousDisorder eccentric young boy]] boy who frequently wets himself, her husband is a ManChild obsessed with drinking chlorine-free pool water, and she feels threatened by Lisa and her (relatively) normal family. Throughout the film, various bizarre happenings disrupt Jill's life and stretch her past her breaking point.



* AmbiguousDisorder: Julian is shy, refuses to follow instructions, frequently cries, and wets himself often enough that his mother has to bring spare underwear to school for his cubby. Of course, this changes when he [[ForcedTransformation turns into a dog.]]
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** Towards the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Jill takes a pair of wire cutters and snips off her braces. Her teeth ''immediately'' go from straight and white to crooked and nasty.]]

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** Towards the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Jill takes a pair of wire cutters and snips off literally pulls the braces out of her braces.teeth. Her teeth ''immediately'' go from straight and white to crooked and nasty.]]



* TookALevelInJerkass: Bob Wetbottom, previously a somewhat sullen but well-behaved young boy, turns into a foul-mouthed demon with a HairTriggerTemper halfway through the movie. Like so many other things, it's left unexplained, and his parents just roll with it.

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* TookALevelInJerkass: Bob Wetbottom, previously a somewhat sullen but well-behaved young boy, turns into a foul-mouthed demon with a HairTriggerTemper halfway through the movie. Like so many other things, it's left unexplained, and his parents just roll The reason for this change in behavior is because Dennis fell asleep, thus allowing Bob to watch a single episode of ''Kids with it.Knives'' which was apparently enough to turn him into an angry and unsocial child.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Julian is shy, refuses to follow instructions, frequently cries, and wets himself often enough that his mother has to bring spare underwear to school for his cubby. Of course, this changes when he [[BalefulPolymorph turns into a dog.]]

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Julian is shy, refuses to follow instructions, frequently cries, and wets himself often enough that his mother has to bring spare underwear to school for his cubby. Of course, this changes when he [[BalefulPolymorph [[ForcedTransformation turns into a dog.]]
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Beck Bennett, Neil Casey, D'Arcy Carden and Mary Holland also star.

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Beck Bennett, Neil Casey, D'Arcy Carden Creator/BeckBennett, Creator/NeilCasey, Creator/DArcyCarden and Mary Holland Creator/MaryHolland also star.

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* GainaxEnding: Mixed with an AmbiguousEnding, with notes of a DownerEnding as well. (Yeah, it's that kind of movie). [[spoiler:A mentally unstable Jill is back in town, watching the child she just kidnapped play in the soccer game. Lisa is apparently unfazed by Jill's mental breakdown and casually mentions that her family has moved into Jill's house, with Nick serving as their pool boy. Jill abruptly realizes that the children are playing soccer on top of a graveyard, and jumps to her feet, saying that she has to get away. The referee blows his whistle at her and says "out of bounds!", and she immediately sits back down.]]



* JerkassHasAPoint: Lisa telling Jill that it's her own fault she lost her kids is [[KickTheDog undeniably cruel]], but it's not inaccurate: she ''literally gave one away'', after all, and she lost Julian because she treated him like a dog and not as her child.



* SurrealHumor: The general tone is if Creator/TimAndEric directed an episode of Series/DesperateHousewives.

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* SurrealHumor: The general tone is if Creator/TimAndEric directed an episode of Series/DesperateHousewives.''Series/DesperateHousewives''.

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* AmbiguousTimePeriod: It's not entirely clear when this is taking place. There's a conspicuous lack of computers and smart phones, and many of the [[ShowWithinAShow shows and commercials we see]] have a {{Retraux}} 80s aesthetic. However, it apparently takes place after the release of ''Film/{{Twister}}'' on VCR.



* HulasAndLuaus: Nick's birthday party is Hawaiian-themed, which means there's a pig roast (that nobody bothered to turn, meaning one side is completely charred) and everyone wears tacky Hawaiian-patterned clothing.

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* HulasAndLuaus: HulaAndLuaus: Nick's birthday party is Hawaiian-themed, which means there's a pig roast (that nobody bothered to turn, meaning one side is completely charred) and everyone wears tacky Hawaiian-patterned clothing.


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* {{Retraux}}: The shows and commercials we see within the movie have an 80s aesthetic.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Pretty much every woman aside from Jill is this, but ''especially'' Lisa, who essentially usurps Jill's entire life because Jill is too weak-willed to stop her.



* HulasAndLuaus: Nick's birthday party is Hawaiian-themed, which means there's a pig roast (that nobody bothered to turn, meaning one side is completely charred) and everyone wears tacky Hawaiian-patterned clothing.



* ShowWithinAShow: ''Bald Men With Bouquets'' (a show Julian loves) and ''Kids With Knives'' (a show Bob is forbidden to watch.)



* SurrealHorror: It comes to the forefront towards the end, but the movie frequently emphasizes the macabre and the grotesque.

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* SurrealHorror: It comes to the forefront towards the end, but the movie frequently emphasizes the macabre and the grotesque.grotesque throughout.


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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Nick is obsessed with drinking pool water--apparently, it's been treated so that there's no chlorine, and he finds it delicious. Jill just tastes normal water.

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''Greener Grass'' is a [[SurrealHumor surreal]] BlackComedy, directed by Jocelyn [=DeBoer=] and Dawn Luebbe. [=DeBoer=] and Luebbe star as Jill Davies and Lisa Wetbottom, a pair of frenemy housewives in a ''deeply'' strange suburban town. All the adults wear braces on their teeth, everyone drives golf carts instead of cars, and the second grade teacher leads her class in a song about her mass murdering mother.

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''Greener Grass'' is a [[SurrealHumor surreal]] BlackComedy, directed by Jocelyn [=DeBoer=] and Dawn Luebbe.Luebbe, released in 2019. [=DeBoer=] and Luebbe star as Jill Davies and Lisa Wetbottom, a pair of frenemy housewives in a ''deeply'' strange suburban town. All the adults wear braces on their teeth, everyone drives golf carts instead of cars, and the second grade teacher leads her class in a song about her mass murdering mother.


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* SurrealHorror: It comes to the forefront towards the end, but the movie frequently emphasizes the macabre and the grotesque.
* SurrealHumor: The general tone is if Creator/TimAndEric directed an episode of Series/DesperateHousewives.

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* ExtremeDoormat: Jill. What else do you call someone who gives their friend their baby and lets them keep her?


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* ParentalAbandonment: At the beginning of the movie, Jill asks Lisa, apparently on a whim, if she wants to take her baby daughter and raise her as her own. Lisa says yes; Jill and Nick don't mind at first, but Jill soon comes to regret her decision.
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''Greener Grass'' primarily concerns itself with frustrated, insecure Jill. Her son is an [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric young boy]] who frequently wets himself, her husband is a ManChild obsessed with drinking chlorine-free pool water, and she feels threatened by Lisa and her (relatively) normal family. Throughout the film, various bizarre happenings disrupt Jill's life and stretch her past her breaking point.

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''Greener Grass'' primarily concerns itself with frustrated, insecure Jill. Her son is an [[CloudCuckoolander [[AmbiguousDisorder eccentric young boy]] who frequently wets himself, her husband is a ManChild obsessed with drinking chlorine-free pool water, and she feels threatened by Lisa and her (relatively) normal family. Throughout the film, various bizarre happenings disrupt Jill's life and stretch her past her breaking point.

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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Davies family usually wear the color pink, whereas the Wetbottoms favor lavender and blue. Kim-Ann is usually seen in green or yellow, whereas Marriott is always wearing orange.


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* DressCodedForYourConvenience: The Davies family usually wear the color pink, whereas the Wetbottoms favor lavender and blue. Kim-Ann is usually seen in green or yellow, whereas Marriott is always wearing orange.
* ExtremeDoormat: Jill. What else do you call someone who gives their friend their baby and lets them keep her?
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Davies family usually wear the color pink, whereas the Wetbottoms favor lavender and blue. Kim-Ann is usually seen in green or yellow, whereas Marriott is always wearing orange.

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* CityWithNoName: The town is never named.



* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The town is American, but that's about all we know about it; we don't even know its name.

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* TraumaticHaircut: While the haircut Jill gets doesn't scar her, it's ''literally'' traumatic: she winces in pain with each cut, before her hair begins to ''bleed.'' The camera zooms out to reveal that this is apparently a normal occurrence in this world.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The town is American, in America, but that's about all we know about it; we don't even know its name.it.

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* ObliquelyObscuredOccupation: None of the main characters appear to have a job. Jill and Lisa appear to be housewives, and Nick and Dennis are never shown working or even talking about work.

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* ObliquelyObscuredOccupation: ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: None of the main characters appear to have a job. Jill and Lisa appear to be housewives, and Nick and Dennis are never shown working or even talking about work.



* TookALevelInJerkass: Bob Wetbottom, previously a somewhat sullen but well-behaved young boy, turns into a foul-mouthed demon with a HairTriggerTemper halfway through the movie. Like so many other things, it's left unexplained, and his parents just roll with it.

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* TookALevelInJerkass: Bob Wetbottom, previously a somewhat sullen but well-behaved young boy, turns into a foul-mouthed demon with a HairTriggerTemper halfway through the movie. Like so many other things, it's left unexplained, and his parents just roll with it.it.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The town is American, but that's about all we know about it; we don't even know its name.
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* ObliquelyObscuredOccupation: None of the main characters appear to have a job. Jill and Lisa appear to be housewives, and Nick and Dennis are never shown working or even talking about work.
* OnlySaneMan: [[spoiler:The woman who lives in Jill's childhood home is the only character in the movie who behaves like a normal person. The effect is eerie after spending so much time in the neighborhood.]]
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* PediatricBraces: Every ''adult'' in the movie ([[spoiler:except for the woman who lives out of town]]) wears these, for no discernible reason.

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* PediatricBraces: PubescentBraces: Every ''adult'' in the movie ([[spoiler:except for the woman who lives out of town]]) wears these, for no discernible reason.
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* GigglingVillain: Jill's stalker, unseen for most of the movie, can be heard cackling and gibbering to themselves whenever they make an appearance.


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* ManChild: Nick cares more about playing sports and drinking pool water than about being a good father for Julian.
* PediatricBraces: Every ''adult'' in the movie ([[spoiler:except for the woman who lives out of town]]) wears these, for no discernible reason.
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:The combination of grief, stress and regret that Jill feels results in her falling off the deep end, eventually going so far as to kidnap another child.]]
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* StalkerWithoutACrush: Throughout the movie, Jill is stalked by someone unseen who giggles uncontrollably. [[spoiler:When we meet the stalker in Jill's house towards the end, she turns out to be a delusional middle-aged woman who screams at Jill to leave "her" house.]]

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* CompanionCube: Taken to an extreme. During her kid's soccer game, Lisa takes the soccer ball and shoves it up her dress to imitate a pregnant belly. Everyone then congratulates her on her pregnancy, with complete sincerity. Later on, she ''gives birth'' to the soccer ball, naming it Twilson and treating it as a child.



* GrossUpCloseUp: An early scene where Jill and Lisa kiss their husbands lingers on close-ups of their lips connected by spittle. [[FromBadToWorse And then it turns out each woman was kissing the other's husband.]]
** Towards the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Jill takes a pair of wire cutters and snips off her braces. Her teeth ''immediately'' go from straight and white to crooked and nasty.]]



* StepfordSuburbia: A ''really'' weird one, but the obsession with conformity and social status are still there.

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* StepfordSuburbia: A ''really'' weird one, but the obsession with conformity and social status are is still there.there.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Bob Wetbottom, previously a somewhat sullen but well-behaved young boy, turns into a foul-mouthed demon with a HairTriggerTemper halfway through the movie. Like so many other things, it's left unexplained, and his parents just roll with it.
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* {{Animorphism}}: Halfway through the movie, Julian falls into a pool and inexplicably resurfaces as a golden retriever. Everyone mostly takes it in stride, although Jill clearly misses her old son.
* BaitAndSwitch: Word gets around that Jill gave Lisa her baby daughter Madison to raise as her own. Kim-Ann is quite upset...that Jill didn't offer Madison to her first.
* CringeComedy: And plenty of it! The most notable example is the scene with the family photographer, who, when Lisa asks him for a seat for a picture, offers her his assistant's wheelchair.
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* AerithAndBob: Among adults, normal names like Jill and Lisa exist side-by-side with names like Marriott and Miss Human. Kim-Ann's children are especially egregious: Dan, Rostaffano, and ''Citronella.''

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* AerithAndBob: Among adults, normal names like Jill and Lisa exist side-by-side with names like Marriott and Miss Human. Kim-Ann's children are especially egregious: Dan, Rostaffano, and ''Citronella.''''
* AmbiguousDisorder: Julian is shy, refuses to follow instructions, frequently cries, and wets himself often enough that his mother has to bring spare underwear to school for his cubby. Of course, this changes when he [[BalefulPolymorph turns into a dog.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Virtually every woman in the movie puts on a happy face, but insecurity and spite always find their way out.
* StepfordSuburbia: A ''really'' weird one, but the obsession with conformity and social status are still there.

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''Greener Grass'' is a [[SurrealHumor surreal]] BlackComedy, directed by Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe. DeBoer and Luebbe star as Jill Davies and Lisa Wetbottom, a pair of frenemy housewives in a ''deeply'' strange suburban town. All the adults wear braces on their teeth, everyone drives golf carts instead of cars, and the second grade teacher leads her class in a song about her mass murdering mother. ''Greener Grass'' concerns itself with the meek, insecure Jill, who struggles with her eccentric son and her ManChild husband. On a whim at the kids' soccer game, Jill offers Lisa her baby daughter. Lisa accepts, and things get...weird. (Well, weirder.)

Beck Bennett, Neil Casey, D'Arcy Carden and Mary Holland also star.

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''Greener Grass'' is a [[SurrealHumor surreal]] BlackComedy, directed by Jocelyn DeBoer [=DeBoer=] and Dawn Luebbe. DeBoer [=DeBoer=] and Luebbe star as Jill Davies and Lisa Wetbottom, a pair of frenemy housewives in a ''deeply'' strange suburban town. All the adults wear braces on their teeth, everyone drives golf carts instead of cars, and the second grade teacher leads her class in a song about her mass murdering mother.

''Greener Grass'' primarily concerns itself with the meek, frustrated, insecure Jill, who struggles with her Jill. Her son is an [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric son and young boy]] who frequently wets himself, her husband is a ManChild husband. On a whim at the kids' soccer game, Jill offers obsessed with drinking chlorine-free pool water, and she feels threatened by Lisa and her baby daughter. Lisa accepts, (relatively) normal family. Throughout the film, various bizarre happenings disrupt Jill's life and things get...weird. (Well, weirder.)

stretch her past her breaking point.

Beck Bennett, Neil Casey, D'Arcy Carden and Mary Holland also star.star.

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* AerithAndBob: Among adults, normal names like Jill and Lisa exist side-by-side with names like Marriott and Miss Human. Kim-Ann's children are especially egregious: Dan, Rostaffano, and ''Citronella.''

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''Greener Grass'' is a [[SurrealHumor surreal]] BlackComedy, directed by Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe. DeBoer and Luebbe star as Jill Davies and Lisa Wetbottom, a pair of frenemy housewives in a ''deeply'' strange suburban town. All the adults wear braces on their teeth, everyone drives golf carts instead of cars, and the second grade teacher leads her class in a song about her mass murdering mother. ''Greener Grass'' concerns itself with the meek, insecure Jill, who struggles with her eccentric son and her ManChild husband. On a whim at the kids' soccer game, Jill offers Lisa her baby daughter. Lisa accepts, and things get...weird. (Well, weirder.)

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''Greener Grass'' is a [[SurrealHumor surreal]] BlackComedy, directed by Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe. DeBoer and Luebbe star as Jill Davies and Lisa Wetbottom, a pair of frenemy housewives in a ''deeply'' strange suburban town. All the adults wear braces on their teeth, everyone drives golf carts instead of cars, and the second grade teacher leads her class in a song about her mass murdering mother. ''Greener Grass'' concerns itself with the meek, insecure Jill, who struggles with her eccentric son and her ManChild husband. On a whim at the kids' soccer game, Jill offers Lisa her baby daughter. Lisa accepts, and things get...weird. (Well, weirder.))

Beck Bennett, Neil Casey, D'Arcy Carden and Mary Holland also star.
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''Greener Grass'' is a [[SurrealHumor surreal]] BlackComedy, directed by Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe. DeBoer and Luebbe star as Jill Davies and Lisa Wetbottom, a pair of frenemy housewives in a ''deeply'' strange suburban town. All the adults wear braces on their teeth, everyone drives golf carts instead of cars, and the second grade teacher leads her class in a song about her mass murdering mother. ''Greener Grass'' concerns itself with the meek, insecure Jill, who struggles with her eccentric son and her ManChild husband. On a whim at the kids' soccer game, Jill offers Lisa her baby daughter. Lisa accepts, and things get...weird. (Well, weirder.)

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