History Film / YouDontMessWithTheZohan

** On the other hand, I don't think he [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl expected the cow to be alive...]]

* LikesOlderWomen: Zohan.

* AllJewsAreAshkenazi: Averted. While YiddishAsASecondLanguage is played glaringly straight (see below), while the Israelis portrayed (most notably Zohan’s friend Oori, played by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ido_Mosseri Ido Mosseri]]).

* TheCameo: John [=McEnroe=] (in his [[Film/MrDeeds second Sandler movie]]), Henry Winkler (in [[Film/TheWaterboy his]] [[Film/LittleNicky third]]), and Mariah Carey (in a better movie than her [[Film/{{Glitter}} usual]]). So too did George Takei, and Bruce Vilanch.

A 2008 action comedy directed by Creator/DennisDugan and starring Creator/AdamSandler (who co-wrote the script with Creator/JuddApatow and Robert Smigel) as the titular Israeli super soldier, and John Turturro as his arch-nemesis, The Phantom. ([[IThoughtItMeant No, not]] [[ComicStrip/ThePhantom that one.]] [[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Or that one.]])

The plot goes something like this: Zohan Dvir is an Israeli super soldier, sort of a cross between Chuck Norris and Borat, who becomes tired of the ArabIsraeliConflict. He fakes his own death, and moves to the United States, where he fulfills his life-long dream of becoming a (heterosexual) hairdresser.

* AmericaSavesTheDay: Moving to America will [[spoiler: end the ArabIsraeliConflict]]! See SpaceWhaleAesop.

* AnAesop: The ArabIsraeliConflict, and people should get along.

* SpaceWhaleAesop: The conclusion for the movie paints the picture that the ultimate solution to the ArabIsraeliConflict [[spoiler:is for everybody in the region to move to America]].

* ArabIsraeliConflict: The backdrop of this movie.

* TheAce: Zohan breathes this trope, as does, to a lesser extent, Phantom.
** BrokenAce: A mild example. Zohan isn't slowing down, but he is very disillusioned by the conflict, enough to fake his death so he doesn't have to fight anymore.

* [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou Adam Sandler Is About to Blow-Dry You]]: Well, just look at this page's image.

A 2008 action comedy directed by Creator/DennisDugan and starring Creator/AdamSandler (who co-wrote the script with Creator/JuddApatow and Robert Smigel) as the titular Israeli super soldier, and John Turturro as his arch-nemesis, The Phantom. ([[IThoughtItMeant No, not]] [[ComicStrip/ThePhantom that one.]] [[Literature/ThePhandomOfTheOpera Or that one.]])

A 2008 action comedy directed by Creator/DennisDugan and starring Creator/AdamSandler (who co-wrote the script with Creator/JuddApatow and Robert Smigel) as the titular Israeli super soldier, and John Turturro as his arch-nemesis, The Phantom. ([[IThoughtItMeant No, not]] [[ComicStrip/ThePhantom that one.]])

* ItsNotYouItsMe: This is what Zohan tries to tell Raffaela, and what she in turn tries to tell him, in response to the unfortunate ethnically charged cock-blocking. However, [[spoiler: it turns out that the xenophobia goes deeper than expected: Raffaela comes from a terrorist family, and The Phantom is her brother]].

* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Zohan becomes unable to perform for his customers after going out with Raffaela. Michael's mother suggests it's because he's falling for her.

* FakeNationality: Most of the Palestinian characters in the movie, who are portrayed mainly by Jewish actors.
** Italian John Turturro as the Palestinian Phantom.
** Canadian Jew of Moroccan descent Emmanuelle Chriqui as Dalia.
** Half Jewish Rob Schneider as Salim.
** The only actor on cast who is actually from the region is Israeli Ido Mosseri, who plays Uri.

* [[DuctTapeForEverything Hummus for Everything]]: It can even put out fires!

* IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles: Zohan is better than infrared missiles.

An action comedy featuring Creator/AdamSandler as an Israeli super soldier, and John Turturro as his arch-nemesis, The Phantom. ([[IThoughtItMeant No, not]] [[ComicStrip/ThePhantom that one.]])

* DyeingForYourArt: While much of Zohan's [[LeParkour physical prowess]] was the result of stuntmen and serious suspension of disbelief, Sandler got into the best shape of his life (with a full-on six pack and HeroicBuild) to play the Israeli SuperSoldier.

* EmbarrassingNickname / FailOSuckyName: Zohan gives himself the name "Scrappy Coco" in America to everyone else's amusement. He stowed away in the cargo compartment on a jet and hid in a dog cage to get through customs and such, and the dogs' owner had named them Scrappy and Coco.

* GargleBlaster: Fizzy Bubbelech, apparently. Gail's son took one sip and found himself vomiting profusely, but the Arab and Israeli characters drink it casually and Zohan can down a bottle in less than a second.

* FakeNationality: Canadian Jew of Moroccan descent Emmanuelle Chriqui as Palestinian Dalia.

* AllJewsAreAshkenazi: The many gratuitous Yiddishisms among the film's Israeli Jews seem indicative of this trope.

* BilingualBonus: Averted, subverted ''and'' played straight in the same film. Lots of the stuff said in the film is gibberish (no, there is no such thing as ''muchentuchen'' or ''fizzy bubbelach'', and the occasional word uttered in surprised with lots of khkhkh sounds is made up; as a matter of fact, ‘Zohan’ is not even a real Israeli name), Sandler uses few Hebrew words [[YiddishAsASecondLanguage with Yiddish pronunciation]], and Ido Mosseri as Oori calls the Walbridge employee a homo in legitimate Hebrew. But the most notable example of this trope (subversion or playing straight, YMMV) is when the Phantom calls Zohan a bastard in Hebrew, which is somewhat of a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} for Israeli viewers.

** Phantom shouts before an especially important fight: "Ya manyak!". It's "I'm a maniac" in Russian.

* WeAREStrugglingTogether: Zohan's appeal to his neighbors when it looks as if an inter-ethnic war is about to break out.

An action comedy featuring Creator/AdamSandler as an Israeli super soldier, and John Turturro as his arch-nemesis, The Phantom. ([[IThoughtItMeant No, not]] [[ComicStrip/ThePhantom that one]].)

* [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou Adam Sandler Is About To Blow-Dry You]]: Well, just look at this page's image.

* BilingualBonus: Averted, subverted ''and'' played straight in the same film. Lots of the stuff said in the film is gibberish (no, there is no such thing as ''muchentuchen'' or ''fizzy bubbelach'', and the occasional word uttered in surprised with lots of khkhkh sounds is made up; as a matter of fact, ‘Zohan’ is not even a real Israeli name), Sandler uses few Hebrew words [[YiddishAsASecondLanguage with Yiddish pronunciation]], and Ido Mosseri as Oori calls the Walbridge employee a homo in legitimate Hebrew. But the most notable example of this trope (subversion or playing straight, YMMV) is when the Phantom calls Zohan a bastard in Hebrew, which is somewhat of a CrowningMomentOfFunny for Israeli viewers.

* TheCameo: John [=McEnroe=] (in his [[MrDeeds second Sandler movie]]), Henry Winkler (in [[TheWaterboy his]] [[LittleNicky third]]), and Mariah Carey (in a better movie than her [[Film/{{Glitter}} usual]]). So too did George Takei, and Bruce Vilanch.

* GagPenis: Zohan has a notable bulge in his pants, which he uses at one point to [[CrowningMomentOfFunny scratch a record]].

* GetALoadOfThatSquare: The hairstyling book from the '80s is just the tip of the iceberg.

* [[DuctTapeForEverything Hummus For Everything]]: It can even put out fires!

* [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Politically Incorrect Villains]]: The white supremacist/survivalist types recruited by Walbridge to terrorize the residents on the block where he wants to build his shopping mall - and, when that doesn't work, to vandalize everyone's shops and make it appear as if the two immigrant groups were targeting each other.

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: The Phantom is surprisingly easy to startle.
* SpaceWhaleAesop: The conclusion for the movie paints the picture that the ultimate solution to the ArabIsraeliConflict [[spoiler:is for everybody in the region to move to America]].