Line #82 Film/Sockbaby


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3	-> '''[[LargeHam "HELLO, RONNIE."]] [[HotBlooded "HELLO, BURGER."]]'''
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5	Evil aliens foolishly invade a WorldOfHam to assassinate the titular, um, sock...
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7	Wait, let's try this again.
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9	In a crazy suburban world, two friends - Ronnie Cordova, a kung-fu master in a [[LoungeLizard maroon leisure suit]] and Burger, a cyborg in what appears to be a prison outfit with a [[PowerFist rocket-powered robotic fist]] have somehow fallen into the task of caring for Sockbaby - a sentient sock. Who is actually the sock incarnation of [[MessianicArchetype Jesus]], destined to die (again) for the sins of the Sock-People. When attempting to go get some lunch, Ronnie and Burger are assaulted by jive-talking demonic aliens...
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11	[[RefugeInAudacity It's as weird as it sounds.]] And it's awesome.
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13	The fourth film in the series (''Sockb4by'') guest stars Doug Jones (with a cameo by Film/NapoleonDynamite in a wetsuit), gives us some more details of Ronnie's origin, and shatters the law that the fourth movie in a series is always horrible.
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15	Written by Creator/DougTenNapel, directed by Doug [=TenNapel=] and [[WebVideo/AgamemnonTiberiusVacuum John Soares]].
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18	!This short film series provides examples of:
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20	* AlienBlood: In ''Sockb4by'', one of the Man-I-Two twins (the Heder brothers) blood is orange, the other's is yellow.
21	** Also, Doug Jones' blood is black.
22	** And the first mook (the one that gets his hand caught in the blender) has pink blood.
23	* AllThereInTheManual: Subverted. While clarification about the Sockbaby universe has been done on Doug [=TenNapel=]'s forums, [[WordOfGod he has stated]] that everything you need to know about the films is right there in the movies. There's still no explaining that first scene, though...
24	* AppliedPhlebotinum: [[spoiler:Sockbaby brings Ronnie back to life with some sort of pixie dust after his fight with Lord Opticord.]]
25	* ArcWords: "Hello!"
26	* ArtifactTitle: Sockbaby is nowhere to be seen in ''Sockb4by''.
27	* ArtShift: Ronnie's [[SuperSerum plasma pill]]-enduced [[KamehameHadoken energy blast]] that explodes one of the greys is shown in an animated sequence. Things switch back to normal to show us his [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe disembodied legs]] stumble about and collapse.
28	** Also, Ronnie's lungs in ''Sockb4by''.
29	* AsHimself: Doug Jones.
30	* AsYouKnow: Parodied when, right at the start of Sockbaby 2, Burger summarizes the entire previous episode for Ronnie.
31	--> '''Burger:''' "In case you didn't notice, a grey just tried to kill Sockbaby."
32	* AssKickingPose: Frequently. Ronnie loves to pose.
33	* BadassBoast: Absolutely all over the place. Lord Optichord has an amazing one.
34	-->"We don't kill Sock Baby to "win". There is no "win". I kill Sockbaby...to ''break the heart of God''".
35	* BloodFromTheMouth: Done [[SpecialEffectFailure hilariously badly]]. (Of course, that was [[{{Camp}} the whole point]].)
36	* BondOneLiner: "Stupid foe... now you ain't ''no mo'!''"
37	* BookEnds: [[spoiler: "Hello, what's with no hello?"]]
38	* BrickJoke:
39	** Burger tells a man who claims to be Ronnie's father that he's lying, "Because Ronnie's father is ''black!"'' Sure enough, we see at the end that Ronnie's real father ''was'' black.
40	** The grey Ronnie launches into the sky in Sockbaby 2 finally plummets back down to rejoin Davis in Sockbaby 3 looking none the worse for wear.
41	* BringIt: Ronnie Cordova makes a few of these moves.
42	* TheBrute: A Two-Ton Chum-Chum.
43	* ButtMonkey: The grey who meets the business end of Burger's PowerFist. First, he gets hit so hard he [[BloodFromTheMouth pukes blood]], then he recovers just in time to get [[TwinkleInTheSky launched into the stratosphere]], then finally he plummets back to earth, only to immediately get beaten senseless with [[ChainPain Ronnie's medallion]].
44	* ChekhovsGun: The sock full of dog poo.
45	* CarryABigStick: The Chum-Chum again.
46	* CatchPhrase: Davis: "Sham Bam Bamina!" Ronnie [[InterruptedCatchphrase interrupts]] him the second time, to Davis' considerable rage.
47	* CloudCuckoolander: Doug [=TenNapel=], who wrote the thing.
48	* ConfusionFu: Optichord's weird dancing strikes look so silly that Ronnie rolls his eyes, but his expression turns to "Oh crap" when he realizes it's so he can slash him with his nails.
49	* CoolShades: Ronnie's mirrored aviators.
50	* CreatorCameo: Doug [=TenNapel=] as Lord Optichord. He is HUGE.
51	* CreatorThumbprint: Ronnie graces us with [=TenNapel's=] signature scream of "Ripoff!"
52	* DoubleTake: Burger, upon first spotting the Two-Ton Chum Chum.
53	* EmbarrassingFirstName: "My name is Davis." (snicker)
54	* EnemyMime: The greys wear black and white facepaint.
55	* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting: In ''Sockb4by'', even Ronnie's next door neighbor is one of the mook squad that attacks him.
56	* EvilIsPetty: "[[EvilLaugh Ah-hahaha!]] Dog poop! That's a good one!"
57	* EvilSorceror: Lord Optichord apparently uses dark magic to warp reality and summon adversaries for Ronny to battle from the dark place he resides. He also has an arsenal of magical artifacts at his disposal, including a "magic doorknob" that he uses to travel to Earth.
58	* ExcusePlot: The entire conceit of the series is simply an excuse to watch incredibly well choreographed amateur fight scenes between Ronnie and whoever has decided they've got a beef with him today.
59	** The series website even rolls with this idea, summarizing each episode entirely in relation to how increasingly unsuccessful Ronnie and Burger's efforts to get lunch are.
60	* GiantMook: The "Two-ton Chum-Chum" that appears in part 2 and starts seriously kicking Ronnie's ass until Burger brings some sort of demon to life with a paper puppet to eat it.
61	* GlassesPull: Ronnie, right before getting yanked out of his car ''[[RunningGag again]]''.
62	--> '''Ronnie:''' whips 'em off ...ah criminy.
63	* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When Ronnie takes the plasma pill. It also signals Burger summoning the demon wolf thing to kill the Two-Ton Chum Chum.
64	* TheGreys: They use the name, at least. Otherwise, they're [[EnemyMime mime-looking]], suit-wearing, kung-fu-fighting humans.
65	* GogglesDoNothing: Burger wears a pair of swimming goggles - for no apparent reason.
66	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Ronnie and Burger
67	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Lord Optichord summons a pile of dog poop to distract Ronnie long enough for Davis to make another try at Sockbaby. [[spoiler: He ends up trying to strangle the sock Ronnie wiped his shoe with, having mistaken it for Sockbaby.]]
68	* JiveTurkey: Davis mocks Ronnie and Burger by calling them "Foolish honkeys!" Seems to be a thing among the Greys, since Optichord also gets in on the fun.
69	--> '''Lord Optichord:''' "Ronnie, you can't take care of this baby. He will cramp your style."
70	* KungFoley: In universe, no less! Ronnie's ''posing'' causes random snaps and musical stings to occur. In Sockbaby 2, when one pose results in a [[BuffySpeak hoedownariffic]] musical sting, Burger [[LampshadeHanging tells him to cut it out]].
71	* LukeIAmYourFather: Doug Jones, to Ronnie.
72	* MegatonPunch:
73	** Burger's main fighting technique with his robot arm, as one grey learns the [[BloodFromTheMouth very, very hard way.]]
74	** That same grey gets a plasma pill enhanced uppercut from Ronnie that launches him [[TwinkleInTheSky into the sky]] so hard he doesn't land until the [[BrickJoke next episode.]]
75	* MyCarHatesMe: Ronnie's car refuses to start, giving the greys time to make their second attempt on Sockbaby.
76	* NeverSayDie: How Ronnie sums up [[spoiler: electrocuting Davis and then ''breaking his neck.'']]
77	--> "Davis is gone... forever!"
78	* NoSell: The Two-Ton Chum Chum's specialty, being totally unaffected by Ronnie's RapidFireFisticuffs.
79	* NotMyDriver: Davis gets the drop on Burger by slipping into the drivers seat while the cyborg is distracted by Ronnie's fight.
80	* OldMaster: [[spoiler:Master Cordova]]
81	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Lord Opticord is the toughest opponent.
82	* RuleOfCool: Every. Fight. Scene. Period.
83	* ScreamingWarrior:
84	** Davis, for a very, ''very'' undignified definition of screaming.
85	** While he's much more composed, the Two Ton Chum-Chum still spends his entire time on screen shrieking and bellowing incoherently.
86	* SeriousBusiness: "Hello... what's with ''no hello?''"
87	* SharpDressedMan: The Greys wear matching black and white suits, complete with fedoras.
88	* ShoutOut: [[Anime/{{Voltron}} "And I'll form the head."]]
89	* SillyWalk: Every time Davis [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere retreats]], he does so with an astoundingly silly run. He's a bit more composed the first time.
90	* SinsOfOurFathers: [[spoiler:"Your real father killed my real son. So I'm here to return the favor!"]]
91	* SpeciesSurname: Davis is referred to by Lord Optichord's henchman as "Davis the Grey."
92	* StockScream: The Wilhelm Scream.
93	* ToiletHumor: One of the few works out there where a pile of dog poop is a major plot point. [[spoiler: TWICE.]]
94	* TrashTalk:
95	** "Go tell your alien brothers... THAT RONNIE CORDOVA SAYS THEY'RE GAY!"
96	** "'Ha ha' all you want! For soon, you WILL cry like babies!"
97	* UnderwearOfPower: In ''Sockb4by'', the mooks all wear black wetsuits with white briefs on the outside.
98	* UnCancelled: The Website/{{Channel101}} audience didn't vote it back, but Tennapel was encouraged to continue.
99	* VariableLengthChain: Ronnie can use his leisure suit neck chain as a(n apparently electrified) weapon. Lord Opticord turns it against him [[spoiler:after it's used on him - and they both apparently die...]]
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