History Film / TheGodsMustBeCrazy

The film was an instant hit (despite being low budget) and was a StarMakingRole for N!xau (who played Xi, himself being a real bushman). The second film, simply titled ''The Gods Must Be Crazy II'' was more or less as good as the first, if a bit [[StrictlyFormula too similar]].

The film was an instant hit (despite being low budget) and was a StarMakingRole for N!xau (who played Xi, himself being a real bushman) the second film, simply titled ''The Gods Must Be Crazy II'' was more or less as good as the first, if a bit [[StrictlyFormula too similar]].

* MoodWhiplash: In an otherwise cute and slapsticky film, there's a scene where guerrillas slaughter a roomful of people with machine gun fire (right after they kick the doors open and have them comically slam shut in their faces).

%%* ClingyMacGuffin: The Coke bottle.

%%* FastForwardGag: Quite a few examples.

%%* HilarityEnsues

%%* SceneryPorn

''The Gods Must Be Crazy!'' is a classic low budget film from South Africa from the 1980s.

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!!Tropes:

* ChineseVampire: The main plot of the third film.
* ClingyMacGuffin: The Coke bottle.

* DamselOutOfDistress: Kate and Dr. Ann Taylor

* FastForwardGag: Quite a few examples.
* GeniusDitz: Andrew Steyn.

* HilarityEnsues

* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Brenner in the second movie.

* OhCrap: One of the catch phrases is said when something is about to break loose.
* OfThePeople

* SceneryPorn

* ThankYourPrey

* IgnoreTheFanservice: Xi runs into Kate in her underwear, but the narrator helpfully tells us that he finds her to be the ugliest woman he's ever scene.

* TheQuest: Find the end of the world, throw the bottle off of it. [[spoiler:Ultimately, Xi finds himself on a cliff far higher than he's probably ever stood in his life, above the clouds[[note]]It's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blyde_River_Canyon_Nature_Reserve#God's_Window God's Window]], a popular vantage point overlooking the Blyde River Canyon Nature reserve[[/note]]. Understandably, he decides he's there, chucks the bottle off and goes home.]]

* TheQuest: Find the end of the world, throw the bottle off of it. [[spoiler:Ultimately, Xi finds himself on a cliff far higher than he's probably ever stood in his life, above the clouds[[note]]It's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blyde_River_Canyon_Nature_Reserve#God's_Window God's Window, a popular vantage point overlooking the Blyde River Canyon Nature reserve[[/note]]. Understandably, he decides he's there, chucks the bottle off and goes home.]]

* TheQuest: Find the end of the world, throw the bottle off of it. [[spoiler:Ultimately, Xi finds himself on a cliff far higher than he's probably ever stood in his life, above the clouds. Understandably, he decides he's there, chucks the bottle off and goes home.]]

* HighAltitudeInterrogation: {{Subverted}} twice. The terrorist being interrogated spills the beans only after being pushed to his death--actually a joke as the helicopter hasn't even taken off yet.

* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: The conclusion the Bushmen draw about the Coke bottle. It's extremely useful, but also one-of-a-kind. Eventually people start fighting over it, which confuses the Bushmen, who have no concept of ownership.

''Crazy Safari (The Gods must be crazy III)'' featured Xi helping some Chinese people who were transporting a Chinese mummy/vampire when their plane crashed. It ends with the [[CoolVersusAwesome Chinese Zombie fighting an African voodoo zombie]].

''Crazy Hong Kong (The Gods must be crazy IV aka The Gods must be crazy in Hong Kong)'' takes the FishOutOfWater concept UpToEleven by having Xi get stranded in modern urban Hong Kong and get into various hilarious situations.

''The Gods must be funny in China (The Gods must be crazy V)''. N!xau now lives in a small village in China, often giving lessons about his native country. He also learned to fully speak Chinese (in reality he never did and his voice was simply overdubbed by a Chinese actor) and communicate with them. A sports promoter notices how fast he can run and manages to persuade him to enter a marathon. HilarityEnsues as he and his team get lost during the race and in the meantime save pandas from mad poachers.

The film was an instant hit (despite being low budget) and was a StarMakingRole for N!xau (who played Xi, himself being a real bushman) the second film, simply titled ''The Gods must be crazy 2'' was more or less as good as the first, if a bit [[StrictlyFormula too similar]].

* OneDimensionalThinking: When Ann is being chased by the rhino, she runs in a straight line until she hits a tree and climbs it.

* {{Bulungi}}: Burani, the country whose cabinet gets shot up by Sam Boga's men. It apparently borders Botswana.

* IgnoreTheFanservice: Xi runs into Kate in her underwear, but as he doesn't get their purpose and thinks she's ugly...

* AnimalReactionShot: Naturally, being in Africa, there are tons of animals that fill the role.

* RunningGag: The two guys playing cards in the guerrillas gang.

* TheUnpronounceable: The Bushmen's language, with its use of various clicks, is virtually unpronounceable to anyone else.

''The Gods must be crazy!'' is a classic low budget film from South Africa from the 1980s.

[[caption-width-right:250:Modern Society in a nutshell (or rather bottle): weird, repulsive and mad.]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:Modern Society in a nutshell (or rather bottle): weird, repulsive and mad.]]