History Film / ThePeanutButterSolution

* CanadaEh: Filmed in Montreal. Everyone speaks English, but there are signs and newspaper headlines in French, and a few characters have French accents. Plus, it has songs sung (in both the English and French versions) by Music/CelineDion.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Michael loses his hair from getting "the Fright." The doctor explains, "The proper medical term is Hair-em Scare-em."

* NeverTrustAHairTonic: The eponymous solution, which works a little too well.

* RapidHairGrowth: The peanut butter solution causes this.

Yes, [[Film/{{Titanic}} that]] Music/CelineDion.

Notable for having songs ("Listen to the Magic Man" and "Michael's Song") performed by a then-teenaged Music/CelineDion, which were the first English-language recordings she ever made (though she didn't speak the language yet).

* CanadaEh: Filmed in Montreal. Everyone speaks English, but there are signs and newspaper headlines in French, and a few characters have French accents.

* NiceHat: Connie wears a black porkpie hat whenever he's out and about, showing that he's a bold and confident kid.

* AdultFear: Many children are kidnapped including the lead character, Michael. Understandably, parents are worried sick.

* GoshDangIt: Everyone tends to say "Holy shmoly," though the first time Billy says it, it comes out, "Holy sh..."

* ContrivedCoincidence: Suzie and Connie just happen to buy a paintbrush for Billy while Michael is kidnapped, and it's a paintbrush made the Signor out of Michael's hair.

* CanadaEh: Filmed in Montreal. Everyone speaks English, but there are signs and newspaper headlines in French, and a one or two characters have French accents.

The film concerns Michael, a regular schoolkid with an evil art teacher. One day, Michael meets some ghosts, which causes all of his hair to fall out. Luckily, these ghosts just happen to know of a magical hair growth solution. What are the odds? Of course, Michael puts too much peanut butter in the hair solution, and now his hair is growing too damn fast! Well, you ask, why doesn't he just yell at his hair? Yes, that slows it down for a while, but not long. Now I bet you're thinking, "Michael's evil art teacher will probably want to harvest Michael's hair to make magical paintbrushes." Wow, you're way ahead of us. Things get pretty bad for Michael and his buddies, but everything works out in the end. What an adventure!

* EvilTeacher: The Signor, the evil art teacher

* CanadaEh
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Everyone calls the Signor the Signor.

* KidsAreCruel: The soccer field scene.

''The Peanut Butter Solution'' is an aggressively odd Canadian children's film from 1985, which many adults mistake for a fever-dream they had as a child. But no, [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs it's an actual film that actually exists]].

'''The Peanut Butter Solution''' is an aggressively odd Canadian children's film that many adults mistake for a fever-dream they had as a child. But no, [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs it's an actual film that actually exists]].

Don't believe that this is totally a real thing? Watch the whole film on [[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CCwQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D-2798924676514781836&rct=j&q=peanut%20butter%20solution&ei=mdwzTZHIKMP6lwfBjZ3YCg&usg=AFQjCNFzp2B5VVEEJ_9rWW0WICaKQIEqCA&cad=rja via Google Video]].

The film concerns Michael, a regular schoolkid with an evil art teacher. One day, Michael meets some ghosts, which causes all of his hair to fall out. Luckily, these ghosts just happen to know of a magical hair growth solution. What are the odds? Of course, Michael puts too much peanut butter in the hair solution, and now his hair is growing too damn fast! Well, you ask, why doesn't he just yell at his hair? Yes, that slows it down for a while, but not long. Now I bet you're thinking, "Michael's evil art teacher will probably want to harvest Michael's hair to make magical paintbrushes about now." Wow, you're way ahead of us. Things get pretty bad for Michael and his buddies, but everything works out in the end. What an adventure!

The film concerns Michael, a regular schoolkid with an evil art teacher. One day, Michael meets some ghosts, which causes all of his hair to fall out. Luckily, these ghosts just happen to know of a magical hair growth solution. What are the odds? Of course, Michael puts too much peanut butter in the hair solution, and now his hair is growing too damn fast! Well, you ask, why doesn't he just yell at his hair? Yes, that slows it down for a while, but not long. Now you're probably thinking, "Michael's evil art teacher will probably want to harvest Michael's hair to make magical paintbrushes about now." Wow, you're way ahead of us. Things get pretty bad for Michael and his buddies, but everything works out in the end. What an adventure!

Aggressively odd Canadian children's film that many adults mistake for [[NightmareFuel a twisted, horrible, haunting fever-induced nightmare they had as a child]] -- only to discover that [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs it's an actual film that actually exists]].

The movie can be viewed in its entirety [[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CCwQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D-2798924676514781836&rct=j&q=peanut%20butter%20solution&ei=mdwzTZHIKMP6lwfBjZ3YCg&usg=AFQjCNFzp2B5VVEEJ_9rWW0WICaKQIEqCA&cad=rja via Google Video]], but we will warn you that more so than "Film/TheMatrix" or "{{Inception}}" or even "{{Paprika}}", this is the one movie that [[RandomEventsPlot most closely resembles the utterly demented logic of a dream]]. The kid is suddenly bald! Forget that, he has a dream where he learns how to make the titular hair-growing potion! Forget that, the potion is making his hair grow longer and longer! Forget that the hair is magic and this guy has kidnapped the kid and some other kids to make paintbrushes out of it! And on and on.

More information [[http://madnessmonster.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/the-peanut-butter-solution-review/ here]] and [[http://www.canuxploitation.com/review/pbsolution.html here]].

* LockedIntoStrangeness: Starting with the protagonist losing his hair in a haunting, and [[ItGetsWorse moving on from there...]]

Aggressively odd Canadian children's film that many adults mistake for [[NightmareFuel a twisted, horrible, haunting fever-induced nightmare they had as a child]] -- only to discover that [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs it's an actual film that actually exists]].

The movie can be viewed in its entirety [[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CCwQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D-2798924676514781836&rct=j&q=peanut%20butter%20solution&ei=mdwzTZHIKMP6lwfBjZ3YCg&usg=AFQjCNFzp2B5VVEEJ_9rWW0WICaKQIEqCA&cad=rja via Google Video]], but we will warn you that more so than "TheMatrix" or "{{Inception}}" or even "{{Paprika}}", this is the one movie that [[RandomEventsPlot most closely resembles the utterly demented logic of a dream]]. The kid is suddenly bald! Forget that, he has a dream where he learns how to make the titular hair-growing potion! Forget that, the potion is making his hair grow longer and longer! Forget that the hair is magic and this guy has kidnapped the kid and some other kids to make paintbrushes out of it! And on and on.