History Film / TuckerAndDaleVsEvil

** [[spoiler:if the college boy lunatic JerkAss trying to kill you is allergic to chamomile and you happen to come across a carton of chamomile tea...]]

* ImprovisedWeapon: ImprovisedWeapon: Jason with a weed whacker. It does not end well for [[spoiler:Naomi.]]

** [[Spoiler:If the college boy lunatic JerkAss trying to kill you is allergic to chamomile and you happen to come across a carton of chamomile tea.]]

* ImprovisedWeapon: [[Spoiler:If the college boy lunatic JerkAss trying to kill you is allergic to chamomile and you happen to come across a carton of chamomile tea...]]
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Tucker drinks and pours beer on his hornet stings and severed finger stumps.
* IfICantHaveYou: When Allison appears to be developing some affection for [[spoiler:Dale, we see that Chad]] would rather kill her then accept that she doesn't have feelings for him.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Jason with a weed whacker. It does not end well for [[spoiler:Naomi.]]

Meet Tucker (Creator/AlanTudyk) and Dale (Tyler Labine). They are two best buds who have taken a little vacation to fix a cabin in the woods which Tucker has bought. On their way there, they ran into the aforementioned college kids at the gas station. They inadvertently give the wrong first impression and the kids are convinced that they are typical creepy backwood hicks like the ones in movies. Later on, our two heroes meet the kids again when they are fishing. They accidentally scare the female lead of this film, Allison (Creator/KatrinaBowden), when she's about to go for a swim and she almost drowns. They save her and take her home with them to recover, but again they give the wrong impression about themselves and the college kids think they have actually ''kidnapped her''. Several accidents and [[PoorCommunicationKills more misunderstandings]] later, the planned vacation goes south big time for our duo as they have to give it their all against… '''EVIL'''.

* DistractedByTheSexy: When Dale is digging a hole for the outhouse, Allison asks him what he is doing, after changing into an extreme BareYourMidriff ensemble. Captivated by her abdomen, Dale struggles for a while to understand what she's saying.

* BareYourMidriff: Allison, who doesn't even button her fly all the way up to expose more midriff.

* BloodKnight: Chad.

* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Chad keeps insisting on a black and white narrative with himself as the good guy and the hillbillies as the villains.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Defied by Jason, who deliberately avoids danger of any kind [[spoiler:until Allison's tea summit, by which point most of the white students are dead.]] He also makes a conscious decision to keep [[spoiler:the white girl [[BrokenHeel in heels]]]] nearby, upping his chances of survival.

* CellphonesAreUseless: Subverted. Chloe tries to dial for help but before we can see if there's no reception, Chad breaks it since (a) he thinks cellphones are always useless in horror movies and [[WrongGenreSavvy they are in one]] and (b) he doesn't want to lose the chance to be TheHero who defeats the [[HillbillyHorrors evil hillbillies.]]

** Tucker and Dale find newspaper clippings reporting on the previous cabin owner's victims. All Tucker notices is the free chili-dog coupon.

* DeconstructiveParody: The film does this for HillbillyHorrors by making the ''hillbillies'' the heroic protagonists. The college kids only ''think'' that the Tucker and Dale are evil going on their appearances, and end up killing themselves in BloodyHilarious ways through their own stupidity, [[spoiler:before one of them (the guy who would otherwise be the male hero in a typical slasher film) goes AxCrazy out of prejudice against the hillbillies.]]

* DwindlingParty: Happens to the group of scared college kids, like in any horror movie. Unlike most horror movies, the college kids are ''causing their own demise''.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender:

* BigDamnHeroes: Attempted several times throughout the course of the movie. However, except for [[spoiler: Dale rescuing Allison,]] this only succeeds in escalating a non-existent situation into a deadly one.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Defied by Jason, who deliberately avoids danger of any kind [[spoiler: until Allison's tea summit, by which point most of the white students are dead.]] He also makes a conscious decision to keep [[spoiler: the white girl [[BrokenHeel in heels]]]] nearby, upping his chances of survival.

-->'''Tucker''': ''You'' are a good-lookin' man… more or less. You got a damn good heart. That's two things right there.

* DeadlineNews: The ColdOpen ([[spoiler:actually TheStinger out of place]]) features a local TV news reporter and her cameraman being murdered by a disfigured slasher [[spoiler: who turns out to be Chad, who's gone full psycho]].
* DeadlyDodging:

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Chad dissects the "alpha male" hero of a horror movie. His "bravery" and desire to take on "the bad guys" is in reality horrible arrogance and paranoia, and causes a somewhat troubling situation to become catastrophically bad for both the hillbillies and his friends. [[spoiler: His refusal to disobey his instincts eventually make him into the evil horror movie villain he claimed to oppose.]] Tucker and Dale are heroic simply because they are humble and polite enough to consider their actions, barring the occasional moment of thoughtlessness.

-->'''Allison''': I'm a terrible therapist.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Tucker is chased into the forest by the college kids, the series of shots of him running away mimic the flashback at the beginning of the film to the Memorial Day Massacre, but with the roles switched, a hillbilly running from college kids. [[spoiler: The fact that Chad is the one who captures Tucker foreshadows his true identity as the BigBad of the film, and his true nature as a crazed hillbilly psycho.]]

-->'''Dale''': First of all... I am really sorry that your family got massacred. That is awful. Secondly, I didn't have anything to do with that, okay. I mean, I would have been six years old at the time.

-->'''Tucker''': 'Oh, hidey-ho officer, we've had a doozy of a day. There we were, minding our own business. Just doing some chores around the house, when kids started killing themselves all over my property'? You would have to be a moron to believe that, Dale!

* HateSink: Chad attempts to corner Allison and convince her to date him while she's actively trying to escape, completely disregards the death of his "friends," thinks that murdering Tucker and Dale is what he deserves and that it's "survival of the fittest" in the woods, [[spoiler: abandons Naomi as she's begging for help, sexually assaults Allison while she's rendered immobile and tries to kill her for "betraying him" by sending her head-first into a rotating saw.]] There isn't a single redeemable thing about him.
* HeelRealization: Mitch appears to go through one of these moments before [[spoiler: he dies]]. First when Tucker runs ''past'' him, provoking a confused gaze; then when one of the wasps chasing him lands on his nose, at which point understanding visibly dawns on his face.

-->'''Chad''': (''Offscreen'') Die, hillbilly!

* MurderByCremation: Happens to one of the college kids, [[spoiler:namely Chad's father]], during the Memorial Day Massacre. [[spoiler: However, such a death never occurred since it turns out Chad's father was one of the murderous hillbillies who raped his mother]]

-->'''Tucker''': Hey, we got your friend! (''College kids run away panicking'') Hey! We got your friend! Why the hell are they running away?

** One of the best examples of this is when Tucker is chased into the forest by the vengeful teens, which mimics chase scenes from horror movies -- first-person camera, weird, swingy camera movements, and occasional shots of the protagonist running. He even trips and tries to hide. [[spoiler: This is also a CallBack to the memorial day massacre, and doubles as foreshadowing.]]

* RescueRomance: Develops between Dale and Allison after her near-drowning. [[spoiler: Turns into a serious relationship when Dale later rescues Allison from Chad.]]

* ScaryStingingSwarm: While sawing a tree, Tucker accidentally strikes a hornets' nest. HilarityEnsues. [[spoiler: And one fatality that was entirely the kid's fault for not looking where he was going.]]

* ShutUpKiss: [[spoiler: Allison gives one to Dale at the end of the film when he’s about to confess his feelings for her but it turns into nervous rambling. She feels the same way about him.]]

* VillainyFreeVillain: All of the college kids [[spoiler: except [[AxCrazy Chad]]]]. At the end of the day, they're really just scared because they think ([[NotWhatItLooksLike not without reason]]) a couple of hillbillies kidnapped their friend and are out to kill them. They ''do'' go about it pretty stupidly in the face of some signs that their wrong, though.

* AnAxeToGrind: Chad's {{weapon of choice}} at first.

''Tucker & Dale vs. Evil'' is a 2010 [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror horror-comedy]] film directed by Creator/EliCraig.

* RealityEnsues: Twice in rapid succession with the local sheriff.
** First, when he arrives after the outlandish events that have led to multiple deaths, you'd expect him to immediately assume the worst (and in fact that's what Tucker and Dale expected earlier.) However, since there's no signs of immediate danger, he's willing to listen to them, look at the evidence, and accept that the deaths were accidental.
** Then, you'd expect that everything is cleared up now that he knows the main characters weren't at fault. Nope! As he points out, the fact that their cabin was so obscenely dangerous (possibly to the point of criminal negligence) means that they may still be guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

** Jason and Chloe's attempt at "rescuing" the rest of their friends goes ''spectacularly'' wrong. First, [[spoiler:Jason tries to attack Tucker with a weed whacker, only to hit Naomi instead. Then, Chad tries to throw a lantern at the hillbillies, hitting Jason instead. Then, when Chloe tries to save Jason by dousing him with the nearest liquid she could find (which turns out to be paint thinner, which is EXTREMELY flammable), she just makes the fire even worse, culminating in Jason burning to death, she and Naomi both dying in an explosion, and Chad becoming horribly disfigured.]]

** Jason and Chloe's attempt at "rescuing" the rest of their friends goes ''spectacularly'' wrong. First, [[spoiler:Jason tries to attack Tucker with a weed whacker, only to hit Naomi instead. Then, Chad tries to throw a lantern at the hillbillies, hitting Jason instead. Then, when Chloe tries to save Jason by dousing him with the nearest liquid she could find (which turns out to be moonshine, which is EXTREMELY flammable), she just makes the fire even worse, culminating in Jason burning to death, she and Naomi both dying in an explosion, and Chad becoming horribly disfigured.]]

* EvilLaugh: Played with; when first approaching Alison and her friends at the store, Dale tries to cover for his flustered babbling with a nervous giggle. Unfortunately, it also sounds like the kind of high-pitched crazy-sounding giggle that any number of creepy hillbillies have uttered in any number of horror films, which doesn't put any of them at ease.

** Jason and Chloe's attempt at "rescuing" the rest of their friends goes ''spectacularly'' wrong. First, [[spoiler:Jason tries to attack Dale with a weed whacker, only to hit Naomi instead. Then, Chad tries to throw a lantern at the hillbillies, hitting Jason instead. Then, when Chloe tries to save Jason by dousing him with the nearest liquid she could find, she just makes the fire even worse, culminating in Jason burning to death, she and Naomi both dying in an explosion, and Chad becoming horribly disfigured.]]

* DeadlineNews: The ColdOpen ([[spoiler:actually TheStinger out of place]]) features a local TV news reporter and her cameraman being murdered by a disfigured slasher [[spoiler: who turns out to be Chad, who's gone full psycho hillbilly]].

* DeadlineNews: The ColdOpen ([[spoiler:actually TheStinger out of place]]) features a local TV news reporter and her cameraman being murdered by a disfigured slasher [[spoiler: who turns out to be Chad who's gone full psycho hillbilly]].

* DeadlineNews: The ColdOpen ([[spoiler:actually TheStinger out of place]]) features a local TV news reporter and her cameraman being murdered by a disfigured slasher.

* HeelRealization: Mitch appears to go through one of these moments before [[spoiler: he dies]]. First when Tucker runs ''past'' him, provoking a confused gaze; then when one of the bees chasing him lands on his nose, at which point understanding visibly dawns on his face.

** Mitch when he realizes Tucker was just running from some bees, right before he dies.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Chad is the one who convinces the others that they are in a "us against them" situation against crazy backwoods hillbillies. It's all just a misunderstanding. Chad also thinks he is the hero of the story, while Tucker and Dale are actually the heroes. In fact, they might have well just called this film "WrongGenreSavvy The Movie" as the entire plot revolves around this trope.
** Although in a way, they technically do end up being in a SlasherMovie. [[spoiler: Chad just turns out to be very very wrong about precisely which one of them's the psycho slasher killer...]]

* LikeFatherLikeSon: [[spoiler:Chad]], the rape-child of a psycho killer, becomes a psycho killer himself.

* PoliceAreUseless: The local sheriff is kind of an idiot. He follows Tucker and Dale inside the murder cabin. Even the airheaded teens can't believe he's doing that instead of just arresting them.