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* SpiritualSuccessor: to ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' -- the film is effectively a live-action, movie-length Tom & Jerry plot, with the brothers in Tom's place.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: to To ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' -- the film is effectively a live-action, movie-length Tom & Jerry plot, with the brothers in Tom's place.
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*SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/AlanSilvestri's energetic music is a big help.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: to ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' -- the film is effectively a live-action, movie-length Tom & Jerry plot, with the brother's in Tom's place.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: to ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' -- the film is effectively a live-action, movie-length Tom & Jerry plot, with the brother's brothers in Tom's place.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Though the character is already deceased when the film starts, there is a flashback scene where the Smuntz brothers are visiting their father, played by Creator/WilliamHickey, while he is dying in the hospital. Bill Hickey himself ended up passing away shortly before filming was completed.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: If one pays closer attention to the bug bomb explosion, you can tell that it was actually [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8I5_zsRI4Zo/maxresdefault.jpg four separate explosions in the form of a square]] rather than just one large one, which makes no sense whatsoever.
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** If one pays closer attention to the bug bomb explosion, you can tell that it was actually [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8I5_zsRI4Zo/maxresdefault.jpg four separate explosions in the form of a square]] rather than just one large one, which makes no sensewhatsoever.whatsoever.
** The CGI on the cockroaches did not age well.
** If one pays closer attention to the bug bomb explosion, you can tell that it was actually [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8I5_zsRI4Zo/maxresdefault.jpg four separate explosions in the form of a square]] rather than just one large one, which makes no sense
** The CGI on the cockroaches did not age well.
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** During Ernie and Lars's big fight, Ernie gives a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheProducers'' when he yells "DOUBLE! DOUBLE!" Four years later, Creator/NathanLane would star in the ScreenToStageAdaptation of the film referenced as the character who says that line (it's altogether possible that the show's earliest planning stages were occurring while this movie was being filmed). Incidentally, William Hickey (Rudolf) appeared as a drunk in the original film.
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** During Ernie and Lars's big fight, Ernie gives a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheProducers'' when he yells "DOUBLE! DOUBLE!" Four years later, Creator/NathanLane would star in the ScreenToStageAdaptation of the film referenced as the character who says that line (it's altogether possible that the show's earliest planning stages were occurring while this movie was being filmed). Incidentally, William Hickey (Rudolf) appeared as a drunk in the original film.film, and Lee Evans co-starred with Lane in the show's London production.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: April's a complete GoldDigger bitch throughout the movie, but after being saved from choking by one of the millionaires at the auction, one can't help but wonder if she actually developed [[RescueRomance genuine interest in him]].
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Lars' wife April is by no means a sympathetic character due to being a self-centered gold-digger who bitches out her husband and callously kicks him to the curb on Christmas for turning down a buyout offer from Zeppco in favor of keeping his promise to his late father. While April is framed as being in the wrong for not being more supportive towards Lars, her anger does hold some water when you rememberer the Smuntz String Factory is a decrepit shell of it's former glory and Lars' deciding to place his loyalty to his father before the chance of financial stability is doing him more harm than good.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Lars' wife April is by no means a sympathetic character due to being a self-centered gold-digger who bitches out her husband and callously kicks him to the curb on Christmas for turning down a buyout offer from Zeppco in favor of keeping his promise to his late father. While April is framed as being in the wrong for not being more supportive towards Lars, her anger does hold some water when you rememberer the Smuntz String Factory is a decrepit shell of it's its former glory and Lars' deciding to place his loyalty to his father before the chance of financial stability is doing him more harm than good.
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** During Ernie and Lars's big fight, Ernie gives a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheProducers'' when he yells "DOUBLE! DOUBLE!" Four years later, Creator/NathanLane would star in the ScreenToStageAdaptation of the film referenced as the character who says that line (it's altogether possible that the show's earliest planning stages were occurring while this movie was being filmed).
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** During Ernie and Lars's big fight, Ernie gives a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheProducers'' when he yells "DOUBLE! DOUBLE!" Four years later, Creator/NathanLane would star in the ScreenToStageAdaptation of the film referenced as the character who says that line (it's altogether possible that the show's earliest planning stages were occurring while this movie was being filmed). Incidentally, William Hickey (Rudolf) appeared as a drunk in the original film.
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** During Ernie and Lars's big fight, Ernie (Nathan Lane) gives a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheProducers'' when he yells "DOUBLE! DOUBLE!" Four years later, Lane would star in the ScreenToStageAdaptation of the film referenced as the character who says that line (it's altogether possible that the show's earliest planning stages were occurring while this movie was being filmed).
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** During Ernie and Lars's big fight, Ernie (Nathan Lane) gives a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheProducers'' when he yells "DOUBLE! DOUBLE!" Four years later, Lane Creator/NathanLane would star in the ScreenToStageAdaptation of the film referenced as the character who says that line (it's altogether possible that the show's earliest planning stages were occurring while this movie was being filmed).
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* StrawmanHasAPont: Lars' wife April is by no means a sympathetic character due to being a self-centered gold-digger who bitches out her husband and callously kicks him to the curb on Christmas for turning down a buyout offer from Zeppco in favor of keeping his promise to his late father. While April is framed as being in the wrong for not being more supportive towards Lars, her anger does hold some water when you rememberer the Smuntz String Factory is a decrepit shell of it's former glory and Lars' deciding to place his loyalty to his father before the chance of financial stability is doing him more harm than good.
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* StrawmanHasAPont: StrawmanHasAPoint: Lars' wife April is by no means a sympathetic character due to being a self-centered gold-digger who bitches out her husband and callously kicks him to the curb on Christmas for turning down a buyout offer from Zeppco in favor of keeping his promise to his late father. While April is framed as being in the wrong for not being more supportive towards Lars, her anger does hold some water when you rememberer the Smuntz String Factory is a decrepit shell of it's former glory and Lars' deciding to place his loyalty to his father before the chance of financial stability is doing him more harm than good.
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* StrawmanHasAPont: Lars' wife April is by no means a sympathetic character due to being a self-centered gold-digger who bitches out her husband and callously kicks him to the curb on Christmas for turning down a buyout offer from Zeppco in favor of keeping his promise to his late father. While April is framed as being in the wrong for not being more supportive towards Lars, her anger does hold some water when you rememberer the Smuntz String Factory is a decrepit shell of it's former glory and Lars' deciding to place his loyalty to his father before the chance of financial stability is doing him more harm than good.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Creator/WilliamHickey, who plays PosthumousCharacter Mr. Smuntz, died before the film's release. The film was consequently dedicated to his memory.