Line #60 Film/DumbAndDumberTo


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4	''Dumb and Dumber To'' is a 2014 comedy film and [[SequelGap the sequel to the 1994 comedy]] ''Film/DumbAndDumber''.
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6	Co-written, co-produced, and directed again by The Farrelly Brothers, it reunites the two stars of the original, Creator/JimCarrey and Creator/JeffDaniels, as Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, respectively. The plot sees the two dimwitted heroes go in search of Harry's long-lost daughter so that Harry can obtain a new kidney. The first trailer premiered on ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon'' on June 10, 2014. The movie was released on November 14, 2014, coinciding with the [[MilestoneCelebration 20th anniversary of the first film]].
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9	!!This film provides examples of:
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11	* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Rob Riggle plays a set of villainous twins.
12	* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: "Wrong time no see."
13	* BillyNeedsAnOrgan: The plot is jumpstarted by Harry requiring a kidney transplant, and needing to find his long-lost daughter to obtain one. [[spoiler:Turns out Harry was faking the whole time, to get back at Lloyd's overlong mental institution prank.]]
14	* BlindShoulderToss: [[spoiler:In the end, they throw away their milk-shakes because they get "wrong" flavors. Each one got the flavor the other wanted. They hit Sea Bass' truck.]]
15	* BrainlessBeauty: Penny is very pretty but is right up there with Harry and Lloyd when it comes to brains.
16	* CallBack: As expected, there are many.
17	** "Are you okay, man? It was just a goof!"
18	** Lloyd finds the Mutt Cutts van in the Nebraska town where he traded it for a moped in the first movie and comes to the conclusion that [[CaptainObvious the kid he traded it to stiffed him.]]
19	** The "in-love" bell score that played when Lloyd first met Mary Swanson plays again when he first sees a picture of Penny.
20	** The movie begins to the tune of "Boomshakalaka" by Apache Indian.
21	** "[[CatchPhrase I like it a lot!]]"
22	** [[spoiler:''"Kick his ass, Seabass!"'']]
23	** "Want to hear the second most annoying sound in the world?"
24	** Lloyd fantasizes about fighting a group of ninjas.
25	* TheCameo:
26	** Brady Bluhm and Cam Neely reprise their roles from the original film as Billy (in 4C) and Sea Bass, respectively.
27	** Additionally, Creator/BillMurray plays Harry's roommate Ice Pick, though you can't quite tell since he's wearing a mask as he is cooking crystal meth.
28	** Mama June -- yes, [[Series/HereComesHoneyBooBoo that Mama June]] -- plays Harry's wife in a fantasy sequence.
29	* CanonDiscontinuity:
30	** Ignores the prequel ''Dumb And Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd'', made without the involvement of the original creators and actors.
31	** The [[AnimatedAdaptation animated series]] as well, seeing as they reacquire the Mutt Cutts van in this film and their pet beaver "Kitty" was never mentioned at all.
32	* ChameleonCamouflage: Captain Lippincott uses it twice.
33	* CharacterAgedWithTheActor: Harry and Lloyd are now in their fifties.
34	* ComedicSociopathy: Harry and Lloyd plant a hundred or so firecrackers underneath Travis' bed in retaliation for an earlier prank, and nearly burn him alive.
35	* CompositeCharacter: Penny has strong similarities with both Lloyd and Harry, mixing the former's sense of humour (and similar appearance) with the latter's [[NiceGuy sweetness]]. She also shares the duo's level of intelligence. [[spoiler: As it turns out these are coincidental and she has a different father altogether.]]
36	* ContrivedCoincidence: Dr. Pinchelow wears hearing aids, and eventually, Harry needs a set of hearing aids. When Harry and Lloyd get to the convention center, Lloyd asks people about Penny, mentioning that he's with her father. They think he means Dr. Pinchelow. One of the heads of the event looks for Pinchelow, unaware of what he looks like aside from the fact that he wears hearing aids. He overhears Harry saying that he has to Pinch a loaf, thinks he said Pinchelow, sees the hearing aids, and is convinced that it's him (which Lloyd makes Harry go along with so they can get in).
37	* CoolCar: They reacquire Harry's Mutt Cutts Van [[spoiler:... [[AdvertisedExtra for about five seconds of screentime before they completely wreck it and have to continue their journey with a Zamboni.]]]]
38	* CoversAlwaysLie[=/=]NeverTrustATrailer: [[spoiler:The Mutt Cutts van is only used for a few seconds in the film.]]
39	* CringeComedy: Even more than in the original, particularly as Harry and Lloyd's [[ToiletHumor potty humor]] hit them back.
40	* DisproportionateRetribution: Harry and Lloyd burn Travis with fireworks for his "funnel nuts" prank.
41	-->'''Lloyd:''' Yeah. By the way, we're even.
42	* EpicFail:
43	** Harry and Lloyd mistake Fraida for Penny... because they went to the ''return'' address instead of the actual one.
44	--->'''Fraida:''' You morons! This is the return address. Hers is on the side with the stamp.\
45	'''Harry:''' Oh...\
46	'''Lloyd:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint ...But it's still uncanny.]]
47	** Harry and Lloyd decide to use their old van one more time... [[spoiler:only for it to break down within a flash]].
48	* TheFaceless: Fraida in her younger form. All flashbacks show her from behind.
49	* FailedASpotCheck: Travis had the perfect way of killing Harry and Lloyd: first, blow a firecracker inside the car, so Harry and Lloyd get deaf and can't hear him loading his gun behind them. [[spoiler:Too bad he didn't notice the car was over the tracks, as the train approached.]]
50	* {{Fanservice}}: Penny is in her underwear after thinking she had to practice picturing herself in her underwear for her speech.
51	* FatalFireworks: Harry and Lloyd decide to "prank" the (unbeknownst to them) hitman who has joined them on their journey by filling his bedroom with about a hundred firecrackers while he's sleeping. This results in him being set on fire and jumping into the nearby pool to get out of it relatively unscatched.
52	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: The cat accidentally takes some crystal meth and is seen hanging from a chandelier as Harry and Lloyd discuss their plans.
53	* GallowsHumor: When Harry and Lloyd are at the funeral home, Lloyd says that they should select a coffin for the terminally-ill Harry while they're there anyway.
54	* ImagineSpot: There are two hilarious ones from Harry and Lloyd each. Harry imagines being a dad and Lloyd being a total failure, while Lloyd imagines hooking up with Harry's now grown-up daughter at his friend's dying request.
55	* ImagineTheAudienceNaked: Penny reverses this trope thinking it's to picture ''herself'' in her underwear.
56	* InheritedIlliteracyTitle: This is a sequel to ''Film/DumbAndDumber'', so it should be ''Dumb and Dumber 2'', but...
57	* InnocentlyInsensitive: Pretty much everything Lloyd says about the late Peter Stainer when he is around Peter's parents.
58	* JabbaTableManners: Lloyd chugging down the hot dog with his mouth.
59	* JerkassRealization: Lloyd has this at the restaurant; he realizes how much of a bad friend he was to Harry when [[spoiler:Penny reads Fraida's letter revealing that Harry isn't actually her father]].
60	* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Adele has revealed to have purposely forbade Fraida to see her biological daughter again out of spite.]]
61	* LukeIAmYourFather: Harry to Penny, and then [[spoiler:Lloyd when it turns out he's the dad. But not really, because ''neither'' of them is the father; it's actually their late friend "Pee Stain".]]
62	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: During [[DumbBlonde Harry]], [[{{Jerkass}} Lloyd]], and [[ButtMonkey Travis]]' resume on the road, the duo claims that there is no actual proof that they exist, and if they'd die, nobody would even miss them.[[note]]Somewhat referencing if the duo would ever be killed off, their fans would never forget them.[[/note]]
63	* MaleGaze: Harry and Lloyd briefly flash back to a younger twenty-something year old Fraida bending over a pool table.
64	* {{Malaproper}}:
65	** Just like the old days, the guys screw up virtually every idiom that comes out of their mouths.
66	--->'''Lloyd:''' You gotta admit; I totally had you suckered, didn't I?\
67	'''Harry:''' Hook, line and sphincter!
68	** Penny is also prone to this.
69	* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Fraida sets the fire alarm in order to help Penny get inside and punches Adele when the latter tries to shoot Penny.]]
70	* {{Manchild}}: Again, made all the more explicitly obvious by the fact that Harry and Lloyd are in their fifties and haven't matured a day since.
71	-->'''Dr. Pinchelow:''' ''(to Adele)'' Are you insane? You think I'm gonna hand over my invention to these... [[LampshadeHanging ten-year-olds]]?
72	* MayDecemberRomance: Lloyd has an ImagineSpot where he fantasizes about playing husband to Harry's attractive daughter.
73	* MissConception: Harry and Lloyd both thought they were Penny's father even though neither of them had sex with Fraida and simply motorboated her boobs in a hot tub.
74	* NoodleIncident:
75	-->'''Harry:''' That's not exactly how it happened, Lloyd. Your mother got into bed with ME!
76	* ObfuscatingStupidity:
77	** Surprisingly enough, [[spoiler:Harry.]] He had suspected for a while that [[spoiler:Lloyd was faking his catatonia.]]
78	** And [[spoiler:Dr. Bernard Pinchelow during the finale.]]
79	* ObliviousAdoption: When Harry learns that he needs a new kidney, he visits his parents (who live just down the street) to ask them for one. He is astounded that his Asian-American mother and father aren't his blood relatives.
80	* OverlyLongGag:
81	** In-universe, Lloyd is shown to have been living in a mental institution for the past two decades. Presumably in a catatonic state, he finally breaks his silence to reveal to Harry that he's been ''faking the entire time'', purely as a joke on Harry. Harry then asks him if 10 years wouldn't have been enough, to which he replies "yeah, well, it would've been funny but not AS funny!"
82	** [[spoiler: Harry's similarly been faking his kidney problems throughout the entire film. When he finally reveals this to Lloyd, he likewise asks if Harry could've told him before he had his kidney removed so that he could donate it to Lloyd, to which he replies [[IronicEcho "Definitely, but not '''as!'''"]]]]
83	* ParentalIncest: {{Subverted\|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Lloyd goes from fantasizing about a romance with Penny to thinking of the possibility that he is her father. He's squicked out at the idea of such accidental incest developing between him and Penny, but luckily it turns out that Lloyd is not Penny's father, though even after that's revealed, he no longer seems to be interested in her.]]
84	* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Lloyd decides to donate ''his'' kidney to Harry after learning that Penny isn't his biological daughter after all. When he finds out the doctor conned him, he even starts crying.]]
85	* PracticalJoke: Both the examples in OverlyLongGag. And Travis pulls one by pouring Slurpees into Harry and Lloyd's pants, which they respond by blowing a roomful of fireworks while he sleeps.
86	* PrecisionFStrike: The NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Creator/StephenHawking from the KEN Conference gives a MachineMonotone one when Harry inadvertently makes a speaker confess to using shoddy data in his work.
87	* RageBreakingPoint: Travis snaps after the two nearly kill him with fireworks.
88	-->'''Travis:''' ''(on the phone with Adele)'' '''I WANT 'EM DEAD NOW!!! ''NOW, DO YOU HEAR ME!?!'''''\
89	'''Adele:''' Calm down.\
90	'''Travis:''' No! No, I can't take it any longer. If you don't let me kill them now, I am quitting, and I mean it!
91	* RipVanWinkle: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Lloyd had been pretending to be comatose for 20 years yet seems to be totally up on culture, to the point of not having a problem owning and using a cell phone.
92	* RoadTripPlot: Again it happens. First to Maryland, where Penny lives, then to Texas, where she's attending a conference.
93	* RunningGag: Pushing people into a bush or "[[{{Malaproper}} Bush Club]]".
94	* ReallyGetsAround: Fraida.
95	* TheReveal: A whole mess of them during the finale.
96	** [[spoiler:Dr. Pinchelow is really TheChessmaster, setting up Harry and Lloyd's whole adventure so that Adele can be brought to justice.]]
97	** [[spoiler:''Lloyd'' realizes that he is Penny's father, which means he's been fantasizing about romance with his own daughter. And then it turns out neither Harry nor Lloyd is the father, and the true parent is an old friend of theirs who died in a motorcycle accident.]]
98	* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Dr. Pincelow wanted to give the culmination of his life's work, easily worth billions, to the convention center, saying that he wouldn't feel good profiting off of it as mandkind deserves to have free access to it. [[spoiler:But as it turns out, this was a set-up to see if his wife was after it.]]
99	* SequelHook: Parodied in a gag in [[TheStinger the post-credits scene]], in which Harry and Lloyd chuck their milkshakes onto the windshield of Sea Bass's truck. He follows them to get revenge, setting things up for "''Dumb and Dumber For''", slated for a 2034 release date -- which is 20 years after this movie, making fun of how long this sequel took to come out.[[note]][[ComicallyMissingThePoint So, um, where's the third movie?]][[/note]]
100	* SexIsEvil: [[spoiler:When Harry and Lloyd finally get TheTalk from Fraida, their disgusted reaction is akin to that of a 6 year old.]]
101	* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Harry never even needed a kidney. He just wanted to get back at Lloyd for all the time spent changing his diapers.]]
102	* ShellShockSilence: Happens after Harry and Lloyd are deafened by a firecracker. [[spoiler:The silence continues even as a train goes by, carrying their car along.]]
103	* StraightMan: [[GenderInvertedTrope Gender-Inverted]]. Despite the RunningGag about how Fraida ReallyGetsAround, she's this for the most part.
104	* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Harry gets shot by Adele as the latter was going to shoot Penny.]]
105	* TheTalk: [[spoiler:Fraida briefly whispers it to Harry and Lloyd to explain to them what sex really is.]]
106	* TookALevelInJerkass: Lloyd is significantly more sociopathic and callous towards Harry in this movie. Throughout the story, Lloyd becomes infatuated with Penny and doesn't care about Harry's kidney situation.
107	* UnfortunateNames: Fraida Felcher already refers to a really disgusting sex act. Then her daughter's name was "Fanny"... (which the adoptive parents made sure to change to "Penny")
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