History Film / JesusBro

Rick "The Rickhead" [[EmbarrassingLastName Whitehead]] is one of the most popular [[HollywoodAtheist atheist]] Youtubers on the Internet, widely respected by his peers for his no-nonsense method of telling people exactly what they believe but are too afraid to say themselves. Things seem to be going well for him as he is told that he is to be given the "Atheist of the Year" award, but a subsequent fight and breakup with his girlfriend leads to a night of drinking where he passes out and has a vision of ...[[ItMakesSenseInContext Santa]] [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Christ]], who tasks The Rickhead of using his Internet soapbox to spread the good word to his millions of followers.

HilarityEnsues.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Kendrick Tobinski to his twin brother Samuel. The only notable differences are one of shirt colour and religious inclination.

* WholePlotReference: The BigGood (Santa Christ) and the BigBad ({{Satan}}) of Abrahamic faith place a bet centered around one individual man by forcing him to face ridicule and general misfortune by his former friends, neighbors and admirers before {{God}} confronts him about his behavior. [[spoiler: Granted, Job was devout from the start and Rick was the exact opposite, but this sounds an awful lot like a loose retelling of the Literature/BookOfJob.]]

* LongTitle: InUniverse with the proposed film "Do You Believe The Identical is Too Old Fashioned to Prove Film/GodsNotDead".

* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: The film is about famous internet celebrity (and {{Jerkass}} HollywoodAtheist) Rick "The Rickhead" Whitehead who meets Santa Christ after passing out drunk. He becomes a {{Jerkass}} [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] Christian who is set to convert all of his followers and [[spoiler:accidentally causes [[CaughtUpInTheRapture the Rapture]]]] in the process. It is only then when he realizes the consequences of his selfish actions does he decide to be selfless and [[spoiler:risk being damned for eternity by God when Santa Christ promises to save his friends if he takes the blame for his involvement]]. God hits the ResetButton and Rick learns that [[AnAesop it does not matter what religion you follow or what God you worship, only that you are a good person in the end]].

''Jesus, Bro!'' is a 2017 spoof written by Creator/BradJones of ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob'' and starring [[WebVideo/TheReviewers David Gobble]], Fard Muhammad, Creator/AllisonPregler and Creator/DougWalker.

It's worth noting the spoof is specifically targeted towards [[{{Glurge}} "wholesome"]] Christian films such as ''Film/GodsNotDead'', ''Film/SavingChristmas'', and ''War Room'' rather than religion itself.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The BigGood (Santa Christ) and the BigBad ({{Satan}}) of Abrahamic faith place a bet centered around one individual man by forcing him to face ridicule and general misfortune by his former friends, neighbors and admirers before {{God}} confronts him about his behavior. [[spoiler: Granted, Job was devout from the start and Rick was the exact opposite, but this sounds an awful lot like a loose retelling of the Literature/BookOfJob.]]

* YourCheatingHeart:
** Rick confesses to having cheated on his girlfriend (whether this was Elizabeth or a previous girlfriend is unstated) with a woman dressed as a clown.
** Elizabeth eventually tells Rick that the man who she married may be having an affair with Bristol Palin. And fathered sixteen children with her.
** Carlos's wife divorced him a week into their marriage after she found out that he had sex with a stripper during his bachelor party. [[ToxicFriendInfluence Rick was the one who made him do it]].

* BlackBestFriend: Carlos to Rick.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Jesus appears as "Santa Christ" specifically because Rick had earlier compared belief in Jesus to belief in Santa Claus. Jesus notes that he also once appeared as [[spoiler:a chicken sandwich]].

* PaperThinDisguise: Santa Christ occasionally pulls down his beard (revealing that it is artificial) and dropping his boisterous “Santa” voice, usually when he needs to get real.

* PleaseIWillDoAnything: Santa Christ evokes this to Rick, asking ‘’anything’’ of him if he takes the blame for [[spoiler:prematurely starting the Rapture]] and escaping God’s wrath.

[[caption-width-right:300:Only people like these would take a 0 out of 5 and consider it a win. Then again, the Dove Foundation gave 4 doves to ''Old Fashioned''...]]

* TheHorseshoeEffect: He was a selfish, militant, condescending dick that encouraged violence and intolerance from his fans when he was an Atheist and he is still a selfish, militant, condescending dick that encouraged violence and intolerance from his fans when he became a Christian. [[spoiler:He learns his lesson by the end though.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: Santa Christ chocks up the cause of decline in believers to be equated to [[spoiler:the invention of string cheese]].

* LighterAndSofter: To the fit the parodied content, it's the first Stoned Gremlin Productions film that wouldn't be rated R, lacking their usual swearing, sexual content and violence.

* {{Parody}}: Of Christianspoilation cinema, more specifically the kind of films Creator/KirkCameron and Creator/PureFlixEntertainment would make.
* PleaseIWillDoAnything: Santa Christ evokes this to Rick, asking ‘’anything’’ of him if he takes the blame for [[spoiler:prematurely starting the rapture]] and escaping God’s wrath.

* SelflessWish: Rick [[spoiler:willingly takes the blame for starting the rapture]] in exchange for [[spoiler:Elizabeth survives the rapture and lives a good life]].

* VillainProtagonist: Throughout most of the film, Rick Whitehead is portrayed as a selfish, close-minded, bigoted whiner that encourages violence in others ([[TheHorseshoeEffect both as an atheist and a christian]]). It is not until he sees the full consequences of his actions by the very end does this change.

** A more subtle Aesop is that people are good or evil on their own merits, Religion doesn't make you a better or worse person.

Compare with ''Film/{{Let There Be Light|2017}}'', a Christian film released shortly after this film that has an identical plot, but played completely seriously.

* AnAesop: Rick learns to be less of a selfish dick, as well as that it does not matter what faith or creed you follow and that you just need to be a good person.

''Jesus, Bro!'' is a 2017 spoof written by Creator/BradJones of ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob'' and starring [[WebVideo/TheReviewers David Gobble]], Fard Muhammad, [[WebVideo/ObscurusLupa Allison Pregler]] and Creator/DougWalker.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: While Santa Christ was convincing Rick to convert his followers, Santa Christ laughs only for him to double-over and cough-up a whole candy cane and then awkwardly gives it to Rick. It is ''not'' a pleasant moment. [[spoiler:Subverted, as Rick waking up ''with'' the candy cane cements to him that the experience was real]].

''Jesus, Bro!'' is a 2017 spoof written by Creator/BradJones of ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob'' and starring [[WebVideo/TheReviewers David Gobble]], Fard Muhammed, [[WebVideo/ObscurusLupa Allison Pregler]] and Creator/DougWalker.