History Film / SonOfTheMask

** Alvey transforms into WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker at one point in the movie, and is seen watching several famous cartoons, including the Creator/ChuckJones short ''One Froggy Evening'', ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', and ''{{Transformers}}''.[[note]]The ''[[Anime/TransformersArmada Armada]]'' version to be precise.[[/note]]

* SadlyMythtaken: Odin and Loki are not father and son in Myth/NorseMythology, they are bond brothers. It's such a huge mistake that either the writers just didn't care or their only familiarity with Norse mythology was from Marvel's version. They're second cousins at most. And Loki would not have fooled Odin by telling him Balder was coming back because Balder is [[DeadToBeginWith dead]]... because Loki killed him (indirectly, but still).

** A more traditional example would be [[spoiler:Alvin's vision of seeing his father landed in a psychiatric hospital due to nobody believing the fact that he was being tormented by his mask power-endowed one-year-old son]], which has the surrounding environment (albeit crudely) traditionally animated, with a live-action Tim interacting with the storybook-esque environment. Don't worry, it [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext makes just as much sense reading it as it does watching the scene itself.]]

Nine months later, out pops young Alvey Avery, the [[TheEponymousShow titular]] son of the Mask, who's sometimes cute, but mostly an [[{{Jerkass}} insufferable sadist]] and smack dab in the middle of the UncannyValley. When Tonya leaves town for business, Tim is left taking care of him, and Alvey proceeds to drive his dad totally insane with his bizarre abilities - which he does not need the Mask to use. Joining the battle royale is the family dog, Otis, who wears the Mask and uses its powers [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence to try to kill Alvey because he doesn't want to compete for Tim's attention]].

* PlotHole: Several, how ''did'' they get the Mask back?
** [[spoiler:Stanley Ipkiss threw the mask into the river, and Milo and Charlie ''both'' jumped in to get it, and Milo is seen swimming away with it at the end.]] Alternatively, the sequel shows Otis finding the mask in another river.
** It was stated in the first movie that the mask only works at night, but Otis was able to use the mask's power in the day without any explanation given.

** Tim's dog is named Otis, an homage to ''Milo And Otis'' due to Stanley's dog being named Milo.

* MsFanservice: A [[{{Meganekko}} bespectacled woman]] wears a slinky black kitty-cat costume to the office Halloween party, to which the professional and monogamous Tim as the mask does a [[EyePop wild take]] on her. [[BeautifulAllAlong In order to bring her out of her shell]], Tim wraps the woman up like a mummy, spins her into a tornado, thereby unraveling her, ultimately changing her costume into a red swimsuit. You know... typical office flirting.

* GenreRoulette: "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" manages to switch from rap, two styles of country, pop, and disco. The extended version also has a heavy metal section.

* MythologyGag: When Tim's boss, Daniel Moss (Steven Wright), approaches him with concepts for different cartoons, he first comes up with the idea to [[WesternAnimation/TheMask base it on the Mask "character" he's been hearing]] so much about lately, since he sees so much potential in it, even eventually making it into [[Film/TheMask a movie]] and turning it into a franchise. Instead, [[spoiler:that concept gets tossed aside at the end of the movie for a cartoon about a baby and a dog competing for their father's affection, based on Alvey and Otis' lethal cat-and-mouse experiences.]]

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* PacManFever: Tim is seen playing ''[[VideoGame/MarioKartSuperCircuit'' on his [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance Game Boy Advance SP]]... but random stock beeping sounds come out of his GBA, and he's holding it right to his face with his fingers pressing down on top of the buttons like an old arcade tabletop, and the world's most gormless facial expression.

* ManChild: Tim's opening scene has him playing ''[[VideoGame/MarioKart Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' on a Game Boy Advance SP while his wife tries to talk to him... which wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't [[PacManFever making ridiculous faces, gyrating around and clutching it]] with all the grace of a monkey trying to figure out how to open a tin of beans.

* PacManFever: Tim is seen playing ''[[VideoGame/MarioKart Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' on his [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance Game Boy Advance SP]]... but random stock beeping sounds come out of his GBA, and he's holding it right to his face with his fingers pressing down on top of the buttons like an old arcade tabletop, and the world's most gormless facial expression.

When it came out, ''Son Of The Mask'' got near-universally negative reviews from critics and audiences for being [[{{Sequelitis}} inferior to the original film]] and for its massive amounts of UncannyValley.[[note]]Sad thing is on the special features on the DVD, the cast and production team is very happy about making it. They talk excitedly about their roles and describe the [[SpecialEffectFailure top-notch special effects]] this movie "pioneered". ([[TookTheBadFilmSeriously They were proud of their baby, in other words.]])[[/note]] As the movie had time to settle down, though, the film has been somewhat VindicatedByHistory; whilst most still wouldn't call it a good movie, reactions have progressed to mostly mixed and [[CriticalBacklash many don't see it as bad as it was made it out to be when it was released]], citing it at least as a nice love letter to old school cartoons (particularly those of Creator/TexAvery and Creator/BobClampett). Alan Cumming's portrayal of Loki was also applauded.

[[caption-width-right:300:If you expected ''The Mask 2'', [[FranchiseKiller THIS IS NOT IT]].]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IdERRNAsGs This]] deleted scene of Mask sperm fertilizing Tonya's egg is this, NightmareFuel, {{Squick}} and WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids all rolled into one.

* ManChild: Tim's opening scene has him play a ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' game on a Game Boy while his wife tries to talk to him.

* PacmanFever: Tim is seen playing ''[[VideoGame/MarioKart Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' on his [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance Game Boy Advance SP]]... but random stock beeping sounds come out of his GBA, and he's holding it right to his face and with his fingers pressing down on top of the buttons like an old arcade tabletop.

* PacmanFever: Tim is seen playing ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', but random stock beeping sounds come out of his GBA.

** A more traditional example would be [[spoiler:Alvin's vision of seeing his father landed in a psychiatric hospital due to nobody believing the fact that he was being tormented by his mask power-endowed one-year-old son]], which has the surrounding environment (albeit crudely) traditionally animated, with a live-action Tim interacting with the storybook-esque environment. (Don't worry, it [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext makes just as much sense reading it as it does watching the scene itself.]])

* {{Slapstick}}

** It was clearly established in the first movie that the mask only works at night, so how was Otis able to wear it during the day?
*** Clearly? Hardly. It merely didn't work in front of Dr. Neuman and Stanley merely guessed that it only worked at night. The animated series had it work constantly during the day, while maintaining the gag that it would never work when Stanley tried to show it off for Dr. Neuman.

The plot concerns failed cartoonist Tim Avery (Creator/JamieKennedy), who is afraid of conceiving a child with his wife Tonya (Creator/TraylorHoward) because he believes his kid would be ashamed of him and his dead-end job. But then, he gets a hold of the Mask, which works its usual magic, transforming him into the green-faced cartoony maverick that not only becomes the toast of the company party, but also impregnates his wife without his consent. (Not rape, mind you![[note]]Actually...[[/note]])

The plot concerns failed cartoonist Tim Avery (Creator/JamieKennedy), who is afraid of conceiving a child with his wife Tonya (Traylor Howard) because he believes his kid would be ashamed of him and his dead-end job. But then, he gets a hold of the Mask, which works its usual magic, transforming him into the green-faced cartoony maverick that not only becomes the toast of the company party, but also impregnates his wife without his consent. (Not rape, mind you![[note]]Actually...[[/note]])