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6	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thunderpants.jpg]]
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8	->''"It's my arse. I want you to make something that would stop me farting."''
9	-->-- '''Patrick Smash'''
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11	''Thunderpants'' is a 2002 British kids' comedy film about a boy called Patrick Smash who has a problem with farting. His life is extremely difficult as he is bullied and ridiculed by many. Until he meets boy genius Alan A. Allen (Creator/RupertGrint) who builds a special underpants called "The Thunderpants" to keep his farts in. [[HilarityEnsues Things go nuts from there]].
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13	Directed by Creator/PeterHewitt and also starring Creator/SimonCallow, Creator/StephenFry, Creator/PaulGiamatti, Creator/NedBeatty and Creator/KeiraKnightley in an uncredited cameo.
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15	Unsurprisingly a massive failure on release, but has gained cult status due to its cartoony Creator/RoaldDahl-esque feel. It was also featured on ''WebVideo/RedLetterMedia'''s show ''WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst'', where the crew notably disqualified it from the judging process for being what they considered too well-made and entertaining of a film to be called SoBadItsGood.
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19	!!Tropes include:
20	* ActorAllusion: Josh Herdman's playing a bully who targets Rupert Grint and his friend. [[Film/HarryPotter Again]].
21	* AnAesop: Problems can be used as gifts.
22	* AlcoholicParent: Patrick's mum becomes this after her husband leaves her. And her actress is Irish.
23	* ArcWords: "This is the best/worst day of my life, ever".
24	%%* TheBully: Damon.
25	%%* ButtMonkey: Poor Patrick and his father.
26	* CatchPhrase: Patrick's seems to be "That was the best/worst day of my life, ever".
27	* ChildProdigy: Alan invented Thunderpants and later a hovercraft powered by farts. [[spoiler:He later evolves into a TeenProdigy and joins a space program comprised of other teen geniuses with plans to launch a spaceship using Patrick's farts.]]
28	%%* ColorMotif: Green. The effect is a timeless, FairyTale look to the film.
29	* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Patrick's farts having been injuring his father for quite some time. When it came time for "enough is enough", his dad booked it after exchanging tearful goodbyes with his wife. To his credit, Mr. Smash tried his damnedest to continue loving and taking care of Patrick before he fled.
30	* DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch: A British kid saying "Goddamn" in a room full of American adults, in an apparent attempt to imitate their speech patterns.
31	%%* {{Gasshole}}: Patrick. It's his ''weapon''.
32	%%* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Alan gives one to Patrick before they unveil Thunderpants II.
33	* HeelFaceTurn: It's shown in the credits that [[DeanBitterman Miss Rapier]] and [[TheBully Damon]] grew to respect Patrick after his mission to space.
34	%%* ItsAllAboutMe: Sir John Osgood.
35	* {{Jerkass}}: [[WorldOfJerkass Every single character!]] Except Patrick, Alan and the Americans. [[WordOfGod Peter Hewitt]] said on the DVD commentary that they wanted to make the adults [[HateSink as nasty as possible]].
36	%%* LargeHam: Creator/RupertGrint is clearly having fun.
37	%%* MagicalRealism: To the point of being a FairyTale that takes place in some undefined past.
38	* ParentsAsPeople: Patrick's parents were at a loss for how to handle their son's fart problem. Before he left, Patrick's father tried his best to love and care for Patrick, despite getting repeatedly injured by the sheer force of his flatulence.
39	* PetTheDog: In spite of Miss Rapier coming off as an unreasonably strict DeanBitterman, she did offer Sir John Osgood a cup of tea as a way of apologizing for Patrick accidentally ruining his visit to the school with his flatulence problem.
40	* PunnyName: Patrick Smash, Alan A. Allen, Johnson J. Johnson among others, to give the movie a cartoony feel.
41	* SerialEscalation: The first Thunderpants was to help Patrick contain and maintain his flatulence. Thunderpants II is a hovercraft lifted off the ground by Patrick's farts. The third Thunderpants is a [[spoiler:''goddamn space shuttle'']].
42	* ShoutOut: Patrick's sister Denise is shown reading ''Literature/TheBorrowers''. Peter Hewitt directed the [[Film/TheBorrowers1997 film adaptation]].
43	%%* ToiletHumor: Oh boy.
44	* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The ending credits is played alongside footage of various side characters commenting on their lives following Patrick's [[spoiler:success in launching Thunderpants III]].
45	* WolverinePublicity: Following Creator/RupertGrint's boom in popularity as [[Film/HarryPotter Ron Weasley]], future home media releases of the movie made sure to put him front and center instead of Bruce Cook, who plays the actual protagonist, even specifically stating that Grint was that kid from ''Harry Potter''. This [[http://cdn.smosh.com/sites/default/files/legacy.images/smosh-pit/072010/Badmovies_6.jpg cover]] doesn't even use Grint's [[https://static1.squarespace.com/static/531b151ae4b02c4ce25ea03f/531b1f6ae4b0a6495db1d571/532480dbe4b0689686d8ca1c/1394901211818/Thunderpants+Allan+Mission+control.JPG?format=1000w actual appearance]] in the film.
46	* WouldHurtAChild: Young Patrick is actually put on death row and set to be executed because of the danger his farts represent.

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