History Film / TheAnimal

%%* BodyHorror - Kind of.

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Marvin and Rianna's first meeting doesn't go smoothly as Marvin embarasses himself, but Marvin gradually wins her over by being a nice guy (although it also helps that Rianna doesn't notice some of Marvin's uncontrollable animal behavior, such as fighting with one of the animals at her shelter), and Rianna clearly prefers Marvin to the overbearing Sisk when she gets out of Sisk's flirting by pretending Marvin had already set up a date with her.

* UngratefulBastard: Miles saves the man on his trail, but he still tries to kill him!

%%* UnfortunateNames: Marvin Mange.

* EverythingIsRacist: {{Inverted}} by Miles, who's paranoid that white people are only nice with him out of guilt because he's black. It helps save Melvin at the end though, since he takes credit for the killings and the mob refuses to kill him for fear of looking racist.

%%* BlackBestFriend - Miles

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* KidsAreCruel: The children visiting the police station, after learning that Marvin is just an evidence file clerk and has not actually passed the police officer examination yet, handcuff and attack Marvin before writing LOSER on his head with spray paint (Sgt. Sisk interrupts them after they write LOSE, but because Sisk is a bully himself, he finishes the word by writing the R himself).

* KidsAreCruel: The children visiting the police station, after learning that Marvin is just an evidence file clerk and has not actually passed the police officer examination yet, handcuff and attack Marvin before writing LOSER on his chest with spray paint (Sgt. Sisk interrupts them after they write LOSE, but because Sisk is a bully himself, he finishes the word by writing the R himself).

''The Animal'' is a 2001 comedy film directed by Luke Greenfield and starring Rob Schneider.

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''The Animal'' is a 2001 comedy film starring Rob Schneider.

Marvin Mange is a man who works as evidence clerk. He is a meek and uncoordinated person who gets bullied by his neighbor's dog and Sgt. Sisk. While doing some work, he gets a call from a police officer about a robbery. Unfortunately for him, no one is coming there and Marvin is forced to go there by himself.

While going to the scene of the crime, he gets into a car accident where he is completely crushed. That is, until he is rebuilt as a man with animal parts and their instincts. It helps a lot in his work though, and he's promoted to full officer - then vicious attacks on the townspeople are attributed to a supposed beast-man, making Marvin the prime suspect...

* AlliterativeName - Marvin Mange.

* AssShove - Marvin's newfound powers allow him to sniff out some drugs on, or rather IN an airline passenger.

* BrickJoke - Yolanda from the badger milk commercial [[spoiler:gets married to the MadScientist - while getting her own animal upgrade.]]

* ChekhovsGun - Miles and his wild theories on PositiveDiscrimination [[spoiler:saves Marvin's ass ''and'' his own in the end.]]

* MyInstinctsAreShowing[=/=]TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody

* RedHerring - Towards the climax, three RedHerring cliffhangers set up the reveal of three possible suspects: [[spoiler:Marvin's friend, the MadScientist himself, and even Ed Asner's police chief character. It turns out to be Marvin's girlfriend.]]

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Marvin and Rianna's first meeting doesn't go smoothly as Marvin embarasses himself, but Marvin gradually wins her over by being a nice guy, and Rianna clearly prefers Marvin to the overbearing Sisk when she gets out of Sisk's flirting by pretending Marvin had already set up a date with her.

* ActorAllusion - A ''Series/{{Survivor}}''-style torch, courtesy of [[Creator/NormMacDonald Norm [=MacDonald=]]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: Colleen Haskell, the {{Moe}} from the first season of ''Series/{{Survivor}}'', is Schneider's love interest.

* ProductionPosse - Creator/AdamSandler appears in Schneider's usual "Townie" role.

* AnimalMotifs - Natch.

* BabiesEverAfter
* BlackBestFriend - Miles

* BodyHorror - Kind of.

* ButtMonkey - Sweet mercy, Marvin.

* JerkAss - Sgt. Sisk
* LegoGenetics

* MythologyGag - "That's a HUGE bitch!"

* RunningOnAllFours
* SuperpowerLottery
** SuperSenses
** SuperStrength
** SuperSpeed
* UnfortunateNames: Marvin Mange.

* GranolaGirl

* BalloonBelly

* ActorAllusion - A ''Series/{{Survivor}}''-style torch, courtesy of NormMacDonald.