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* FlagBikini: Baker sheds her jumpsuit to reveal an American flag one for what Penn has apparently titled the "sexy sonar" scene. It turns out to be [[ExposedToTheElements nowhere near enough to wear]] while swimming in Loch Ness.
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* DirtyCoward: Penn Becomes this when the others discover that he and the assistant director snuck away on the life-raft, leaving the others in a sinking boat.
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* RealityEnsues: When Baker does the gratuitous "sexy sonar" scene (its actual, in-story name) and finds out that even in July, swimming in Loch Ness is not a great idea.
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* StockNessMonster: The movie is about Herzog and Penn making a documentary about the Loch Ness Monster, [[spoiler:only for their production crew be attacked by what is heavily implied to be the real Nessie.]]
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Appropriately enough, the event itself is an apocryphal one from Herzog's real-life career. Penn tries to pull a turnabout of the infamous incident when Herzog directed actor Klaus Kinski at gunpoint, which, as Herzog points out, ''never actually happened''.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Appropriately enough, an InUniverse citation of an apocryphal real-life event. Penn tries to pull a turnabout of the infamous incident when Herzog directed actor Klaus Kinski at gunpoint, which, as Herzog points out, ''never actually happened''.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Appropriately enough, the event itself is an apocryphal one from Herzog's real-life career. Penn tries to pull a turnabout of the infamous incident when Herzog directed actor Klaus Kinski at gunpoint, which, as Herzog points out, ''never actually happened''.
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* ShoutOut: The ending plays out similarly to ''{{Film/Jaws}}'', with the boat disabled and sinking after being struck.
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* StraightMan: While Herzog's not exactly ordinary himself (he is [[AdamWesting playing]] Werner Herzog, after all), he pretty much plays this role to Penn's screwiness.
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* StraightMan: While Herzog's not exactly ordinary himself (he is [[AdamWesting playing]] Werner Herzog, after all), he pretty much plays this role to Penn's screwiness.screwiness.
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Meanwhile, the film crew are themselves being filmed by a second crew under director John Bailey, who are producing the also-fictitious documentary ''Herzog in Wonderland'', the salvaged pieces of which are then used to make the "actual" documentary ''Incident at Loch Ness''. Essentially a documentary (''Enigma'') within a documentary (''Wonderland'') within a mockumentary (''Incident''). While we're at it, ''Enigma of Loch Ness'' was actually promoted as if it were a real documentary being made by Herzog in 2003.
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* ArtistDisillusionment: In-story, Herzog sets off in search of some "ecstatic truth" about the psychology behind the Loch Ness phenomenon, and by the end finds that the truth "seemed vulgar and pointless" [[spoiler:after catching film of what appears to be an actual monster in the loch]].
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* DoingItForTheArt: Herzog nearly {{RageQuit}}s over Penn's antics, but decides to stay because he hates to have a film fail on his account.
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* ShoutOut: The ending plays out similarly to ''{{Film/Jaws}}'', with the ship disabled and sinking after being struck.
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A 2004 {{Main/Mockumentary}} written, produced by and starring Creator/WernerHerzog and Zak Penn [[AsHimself As Themselves]], as the director and producer of a [[Main/ShowWithinAShow fictitious documentary]] about the Loch Ness Monster called ''Enigma of Loch Ness''. Herzog is interested in the psychological significance of Nessie and other paranormal phenomena, which he believes to be purely imaginary, while Penn [[MoneyDearBoy just wants to sell movie tickets]]. Neither has any expectation of encountering an actual monster.
Meanwhile, the film crew are themselves being filmed by a second film under director John Bailey, who are producing the also-fictitious documentary ''Herzog in Wonderland'', the salvaged pieces of which are then used to make the "actual" documentary ''Incident at Loch Ness''. Essentially a documentary (''Enigma'') within a documentary (''Wonderland'') within a mockumentary (''Incident''). While we're at it, ''Enigma of Loch Ness'' was actually promoted as a real documentary being made by Herzog in 2003.
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!!''Incident at Loch Ness'' provides examples of:
* AdamWesting: Herzog and Penn wrote and played themselves as, respectively, a highly eccentric and uptight director, and the sleaziest producer imaginable.
* ArtistDisillusionment: In-story, Herzog sets off in search of some "ecstatic truth" about the psychology behind the Loch Ness phenomenon, and by the end finds that the truth "seemed vulgar and pointless" [[spoiler:after catching film of what appears to be an actual monster in the loch]].
* AsHimself: Almost the entire cast.
* BarBrawl: Some locals try to start one when they think the film crew are filming a "hoax," but it pretty much begins and ends with Karnow getting hit in the face.
* BerserkButton: Herzog hates being lied to and scenes being shot for his film without him knowing.
* ChekhovsSkill: Kitana Baker does some background research for her "role" as the sonar operator. As a result, she's the only one who actually knows how to work the sonar.
* CloudCuckoolander: Cryptozoologist Michael Karnow comes off as this. It turns out [[spoiler:he, like Baker, is just another actor Penn hired]].
* DoingItForTheArt: Herzog nearly {{RageQuit}}s over Penn's antics, but decides to stay because he hates to have a film fail on his account.
* EpicFail: Penn trying to scare Herzog into filming the fake Nessie. Herzog just stares and points out that Penn is threatening him with a flare gun. An ''unloaded'' one, even.
* {{Main/Fanservice}}: The only reason Penn hires Baker, best-known as a softcore actress and ''Playboy'' model.
* {{Main/Foreshadowing}}: The film opens with a shot of a dead body, and neither [[spoiler:Karnow nor Robert O'Meara]] appear in the post-expedition interviews that are interspersed throughout the film.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Karnow disappears and is presumed to have been eaten by Nessie]].
* NeverLiveItDown: Penn tries to pull a turnabout of the infamous incident when Herzog directed actor Klaus Kinski at gunpoint. Which, as Herzog points out, ''never actually happened''.
* NeverMyFault: Penn blames other people for the boat's engine failure and the fact that they can't radio for help, but the footage shows that he's responsible for both those things.
* RealAfterAll: Near the end of the film, [[spoiler:the boat is sunk by, presumably, Nessie]].
* RealityEnsues: When Baker does the gratuitous "sexy sonar" scene (its actual, in-story name) and finds out that even in July, swimming in Loch Ness is not a great idea.
* ShoutOut: The ending plays out similarly to ''{{Film/Jaws}}'', with the ship disabled and sinking after being struck.
* StraightMan: While Herzog's not exactly ordinary himself (he is [[AdamWesting playing]] Werner Herzog, after all), he pretty much plays this role to Penn's screwiness.
Meanwhile, the film crew are themselves being filmed by a second film under director John Bailey, who are producing the also-fictitious documentary ''Herzog in Wonderland'', the salvaged pieces of which are then used to make the "actual" documentary ''Incident at Loch Ness''. Essentially a documentary (''Enigma'') within a documentary (''Wonderland'') within a mockumentary (''Incident''). While we're at it, ''Enigma of Loch Ness'' was actually promoted as a real documentary being made by Herzog in 2003.
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!!''Incident at Loch Ness'' provides examples of:
* AdamWesting: Herzog and Penn wrote and played themselves as, respectively, a highly eccentric and uptight director, and the sleaziest producer imaginable.
* ArtistDisillusionment: In-story, Herzog sets off in search of some "ecstatic truth" about the psychology behind the Loch Ness phenomenon, and by the end finds that the truth "seemed vulgar and pointless" [[spoiler:after catching film of what appears to be an actual monster in the loch]].
* AsHimself: Almost the entire cast.
* BarBrawl: Some locals try to start one when they think the film crew are filming a "hoax," but it pretty much begins and ends with Karnow getting hit in the face.
* BerserkButton: Herzog hates being lied to and scenes being shot for his film without him knowing.
* ChekhovsSkill: Kitana Baker does some background research for her "role" as the sonar operator. As a result, she's the only one who actually knows how to work the sonar.
* CloudCuckoolander: Cryptozoologist Michael Karnow comes off as this. It turns out [[spoiler:he, like Baker, is just another actor Penn hired]].
* DoingItForTheArt: Herzog nearly {{RageQuit}}s over Penn's antics, but decides to stay because he hates to have a film fail on his account.
* EpicFail: Penn trying to scare Herzog into filming the fake Nessie. Herzog just stares and points out that Penn is threatening him with a flare gun. An ''unloaded'' one, even.
* {{Main/Fanservice}}: The only reason Penn hires Baker, best-known as a softcore actress and ''Playboy'' model.
* {{Main/Foreshadowing}}: The film opens with a shot of a dead body, and neither [[spoiler:Karnow nor Robert O'Meara]] appear in the post-expedition interviews that are interspersed throughout the film.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Karnow disappears and is presumed to have been eaten by Nessie]].
* NeverLiveItDown: Penn tries to pull a turnabout of the infamous incident when Herzog directed actor Klaus Kinski at gunpoint. Which, as Herzog points out, ''never actually happened''.
* NeverMyFault: Penn blames other people for the boat's engine failure and the fact that they can't radio for help, but the footage shows that he's responsible for both those things.
* RealAfterAll: Near the end of the film, [[spoiler:the boat is sunk by, presumably, Nessie]].
* RealityEnsues: When Baker does the gratuitous "sexy sonar" scene (its actual, in-story name) and finds out that even in July, swimming in Loch Ness is not a great idea.
* ShoutOut: The ending plays out similarly to ''{{Film/Jaws}}'', with the ship disabled and sinking after being struck.
* StraightMan: While Herzog's not exactly ordinary himself (he is [[AdamWesting playing]] Werner Herzog, after all), he pretty much plays this role to Penn's screwiness.
