History Film / ZackAndMiriMakeAPorno

* EverythingIsRacist: Delaney takes offense at his boss asking him to work on Black Friday.

* ShoutOut: The Monroeville Zombies hockey team refer to ''Film/DawnOfTheDead'', and some scenes are shot in the same mall as the original film. To add to that, one of the porn titles Zack suggests is "Dawn of the Dick", and the sketchy man they rent the storage space from is played by none other than Tom Savini.

The plot is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, as roommates Zack (Rogen) and Miri (Banks) decide to make a pornographic movie in order to pay their bills. However, during the filming of the movie Zack and Miri seem to deal with their {{UST}}, although the path of love does not run smooth.

** And Miri objects... to the use of the word 'penis'.

[[caption-width-right:300:Um...right.]]

2008 film written and directed by KevinSmith, and starring Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes and Craig Robinson. Like ''JerseyGirl'', this is not part of TheViewAskewniverse.

!!Contains Examples Of:

* AllTheGoodMenAreGay: Miri's high school crush returns to their small town for a high school reunion. Well...he brought his boyfriend.
* AscendedFanon: Possibly the inspiration for the entire film. Once while on his college tours, Kevin met a gay fan who had a crush on Jason Mewes and begged him to do a movie in which Jason makes a porno. Several years later, "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" comes out, [[FanService complete with a full-frontal nudity shot of Mewes, probably just for that one fan.]]

* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Mewes full frontal scene.
** In the words of Creator/BenAffleck, "That's not him on the way up, that's him on the way back down!"

-->'''Zack:''' Close the door when you're taking a shit!!
-->'''Miri:''' It WAS closed!
-->'''Zack:''' It was closed OVER, it was not closed--
-->'''Miri:''' JUST CLOSE THE FUCKING DOOR, ZACK!

* CensoredTitle: Many posters listed the movie as ''Zack and Miri'', while others looked like the page image without the title at the bottom.
** Most of the DVD covers also have the title as just ''Zack and Miri.'' Presumably, places such as Walmart would not have stocked the movie under its full name.
** Not just posters, but also TV ads. Kevin Smith once complained about the NFL banning trailers of his films during games, saying they were inappropriate, but allowing commercials for ED prescriptions.

* DawsonCasting: Both straight and [[InvertedTrope inverted]] - Banks plays its straight, while Rogen is 4 years younger than his character
* DeletedScene: 43 of them on the DVD

-->'''Zack:''' You guys didn't have to do this...
-->'''Bubbles:''' And you two didn't have to put us in your movie either.
-->'''Deacon:''' Or let us shoot it!
-->'''Delaney:''' Or produce it.
-->'''[[TheDitz Lester]]:''' Or put us in your movie neither!
-->'''Delaney:''' [[InvokedTrope WE SAID THAT ALREADY!!]]

* GoshdangItToHeck: "I'm gonna [[SubvertedTrope fuck]] you with my [[DoubleSubversion penis!]]"
* HenpeckedHusband: Delaney.

* MoodWhiplash: Zack and Miri are having a touching moment...oh, hello, Jason Mewes' penis!
* MoralGuardians: They didn't take too kindly to the film, the poster or even ''the title''.
** Which is probably why the movie was released on DVD in many places as simply "Zack And Miri."
* ParallelPornTitles: Zack and Miri initially set out to make ''[[StarWars Star Whores]]''. They [[TheStinger eventually get around to it.]]

* PlayingAgainstType: Of a sort; Jason Mewes gained fame by playing the foul mouthed, aggressive and abrasive Jay (of 'and Silent Bob' fame) in TheViewAskewniverse. In this movie, his character is still a complete doofus, but he's a lot more pleasant, calm and good-natured.

-->'''Zack''': What's your name?
-->'''Lester''': Lester... Lester the Molester Cockenschtuff.
-->'''Zack''': Wow. That's a great porn name.
-->'''Lester''': I get to pick a porn name?... Then I want to be called... Pete Jones.
* RealitySubtext: The filming of the porno is an awful lot like the way the filming of ''{{Clerks}}'' has been described.
** In particular, filming in the workplace after hours and the use of a microphone taped to a hockey stick as a boom mike are both shoutouts to the filming of ''{{Clerks}}'' (although ''{{Clerks}}'' was filmed with the knowledge and permission of Smith's then-employer).
* ProductionPosse: Two separate production posse's here, both KevinSmith's (Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson, producer Scott Mosier, DP Dave Klein) and JuddApatow's (Elizabeth Banks, Craig Robinson, Gerry Bednob).
* TheRedStapler: The [[Film/DawnOfTheDead Monroeville]] Zombies hockey jerseys.

* ShoutOut: The Monroeville Zombies hockey team refer to ''Film/DawnOfTheDead'', and some scenes are shot in the same mall as the original film.
** To add to that, one of the porn titles Zack suggests is "Dawn of the Dick", and the sketchy man they rent the storage space from is played by none other than Tom Savini.
* TheSlacker: Zack.

* ProductionPosse: Two separate production posse's here, both KevinSmiths's (Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson, producer Scott Mosier, DP Dave Klein) and SethRogen/JuddApatow's (Elizabeth Banks, Craig Robinson, Gerry Bednob).

* RefugeInVulgarity: As expected, considering it's a KevinSmith film.

* {{Squick}}
--> "Don't ever use the words 'shit covered' again."

* Squick.

** Not just posters, but also TV ads. Kevin Smith once complained about the NFL banning trailers of his films during games, saying they were inappropriate, but allowing commercials for ED prescriptions

* TheDanza: Inverted, ''Brandon'' Routh plays Bobby Long and Justin ''Long'' plays Brandon.

** Monroeville is also home to the mall where the original ''Film/DawnOfTheDead'' was shot, which is why their (fictional) hockey team is called the Zombies.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Of course, if Zack and Miri could actually talk to each other like two mature adults, the last third of the movie wouldn't happen.

2008 film written and directed by KevinSmith, and starring Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes and Craig Robinson. Like ''Jersey Girl'', this is not part of TheViewAskewniverse.

** In the words of BenAffleck, "That's not him on the way up, that's him on the way back down!"

* DeletedScene: 43 of them on the DVD...

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Everyone sees there was more than just porn sex going on between Zack and Miri when their scene comes up (They see it too, but [[CanNotSpitItOut won't admit it]])

* [[IllTakeTwoBeersToo I'll Take Two Beers Two]]

* WomenAreWiser: Neither Zack or Miri are intelligent, talented or skillful, but Miri seems to display fewer screw-ups than Zack.

* SecretTestOfCharacter:[[spoiler: Miri sets one of these for Zach, telling him it's okay to sleep with one of the actresses (for the movie) and, essentially, punishing him when (she believes) he has. Zack calls her out for her [[{{CompressedVice}} newly-found]] ManipulativeBastard tendencies, [[{{ScrewThisImOuttaHere}} moves out, and abandons the production]].]]

* {{Pittsburgh}}: The movie is set in Monroeville, PA, a large suburb about a 20-minute drive from Downtown (unless it's rush hour, in which case it's a 50-minute drive).

* OneSceneWonder: Justin Long.

* CloserToEarth: Neither Zack or Miri are intelligent, talented or skillful, but Miri seems to display fewer screw-ups than Zack.