History Film / TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny

The film has two main parts to the plot. The first part deals mainly with the formation of the band. In the beginning, Jables, a young rocker living in an oppressive, religious household, prays to a poster of Music/RonnieJamesDio, and is given a vision of his future. He is bidden to [[TheRunaway run away]] from home to California, where he is to meet [[HeterosexualLifePartners his best friend]] and [[TheLancer band partner.]] [[TravelMontage After traveling far,]] he meets this man, Kage, who turns out to be something of a bum wanna-be. Kage gives him extensive rock "training."

* BlackSheep: JB by his own admission: he's an aspiring rock star in a family of anal-retentive fundamentalist Christians. (Ironically, in real life, Jack Black is Jewish.)

* BrickJoke: "Pass the B.O.D."

* FunWithAcronyms: "That's where the POD lies now." "POD?" "The Pick of Destiny!" "Oh."

** "It's a sign... a legacy." *proceeds to show birthmark on ass*

* ParentalFavoritism: ''"You disobeyed my orders son, why were you ever born?/Your brother's ten times better than you, Jesus loves him more!"''

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: As in, they're all smoking weed and ''not watching the security cameras'' while Jables pulls what is possibly the single least stealthy attempt at a covert break-in in history.
* TheQuest
* ThePowerOfRock: Obviously. Taken to ridiculous extremes in "Master Exploder" and "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)".

* WhenYouSnatchThePebble: "When you snatch the remote control out of my hand, you will have earned the right to change the channel."

** ''We will defeat you, Beelzeboss\\

* LaserHallway

* PlotHole:
** Pointed out in the DVD Commentary by Jack, during the training montage, Jables collects $10 worth of coins in a cup while performing on the boardwalk. How can he assume he collected ten exact bucks just by looking into the cup?
** Soon after in the same scene, Jables goes to a nearby payphone and uses 10 cents from the cup to call Kage at home, making it $9.90. Would Jables still have enough money for the dime-bag he obtains after this scene?

* AluminumChristmasTrees: "Kickapoo" might sound like a scatologically humorous name for a fictional town in the Midwest, but there are actually several cities named Kickapoo, named after the Native American nation.

-->'''Satan''': ''[[LargeHam I'M THE DEVIL!]] '''[[ChewingTheScenery I LOVE METAL!]]'''''\\
''[[LargeHam CHECK THIS RIFF,]] '''[[PreAssKickingOneLiner IT'S FUCKING TASTY!]]'''''

'[[LargeHam CHECK THIS RIFF,]] '''[[PreAssKickingOneLiner IT'S FUCKING TASTY!]]'''''

-->'''Satan''': ''[[LargeHam I'M THE DEVIL!]] '''[[ChewingTheScenery I LOVE METAL!]]'''''

* RedHerring: Between his strange, menacing manner, odd accent, and knowledge of the Pick, you might think that The Stranger at the diner who tells JD how to breach museum security is Satan in disguise, trying to enlist help to reclaim the Pick. He's not. [[spoiler:Instead it's [[TheDogWasTheMastermind the MC at the open mic night]] who was Satan is disguise.]]

* CharacterDevelopment: Happens quickly to Jables, before the half-way point. Starting out as an ExtremeDoormat Kage can manipulate and boss around, he becomes far more assertive and aggressive (though just as naive) after finding out he isn't actually famous.

A 2006 film starring Music/TenaciousD founders Kyle Gass and Creator/JackBlack, known in the story as Jables and Kage. It's a [[BigDamnMovie spin off]] of [[Series/TenaciousD a lesser known HBO series that premiered back in 1997.]] In it, the explicit details of the band's origins are explored, and a strong change in dynamic is observed ([[RandomEventsPlot from just sitting around doing random shit]] to sitting around doing random shit and going on an adventure on the big screen).

* HeroicFantasy: The second half of the movie, when Jables and Kage go after the Pick of Destiny, the plot basically [[GenreShift shifts]] to this. I mean, it's still set in the real world, but all the tropes are there.

* BlackSheep: JB by his own admission: he's an aspiring rock star in a family of anal-retentive fundamentalist Christians.

* TheDanza: Despite the fictional nature of the story, Kyle Gass goes by his first and last real names, with Jack Black going by "JB" or "Jables" throughout (even having been addressed by his real name in the original series).

** '' I’m the devil, I can do what I want \\
Whatever I’ve got, I’m gonna flaunt \\
There’s never been a rock-off that I’ve ever lost!

** [[spoiler:The Devil, in the guise of the open mic host, gives a RousingSpeech about himself and how he's responsible for everything awesome]].

* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: Parodied. When the guys break the POD before going on stage and start crying, the open mic host, [[spoiler:actually Satan in disguise]], warmly reassures them that [[MagicFeather they don't need a magic guitar pick to channel the Devil in their music]], then gives an inspiring, heartfelt speech about how Satan lives within "all of our hearts", ever tempting us to debauchery and defiance. [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Jables and Kage find this comforting]].

* GuileHero: [[spoiler: Jables, see FridgeBrilliance.]]