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1* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic
2** Much like everything else, the score ''is'' trying to be cheesy, but there are some legitimately gorgeous moments throughout.
3** "Go Jesus! Go Jesus, bro!"
4* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: While Santa Christ was convincing Rick to convert his followers, Santa Christ laughs only for him to double-over and cough-up a whole candy cane and then awkwardly gives it to Rick. It is ''not'' a pleasant moment. [[spoiler:Subverted, as Rick waking up ''with'' the candy cane cements to him that the experience was real]].
5* CrossesTheLineTwice:
6** Whilst Rick is bitching about his lot in life and how nobody has it worse, an inadvertently triggered Carlos mutters "They didn't even put in a stop sign..." as Rick carries on.
7** At the end, Rick sees spectral forms of [[spoiler:God and Santa Christ]] a la ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi,'' abruptly joined by [[spoiler:his brother Willy]], smiling and cheering him on. Rick looks over and sees [[spoiler:his brother lying dead on the table with the Christ Chicken Sandwich still in his mouth]]. It's the way everyone takes it in stride that really sells the moment.
8* DontShootTheMessage: Creator/BradJones has made it clear that the object of parody here is Christian ''propaganda'' films, not the religion itself. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Didn't stop the Dove Foundation from rating it zero doves regardless]].
9* HilariousInHindsight:
10** In his [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Cinema Snob]] review of ''Film/ImNotAshamed'', Brad was amusingly surprised to discover that ''Jesus, Bro!'' had borrowed the same line from ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'' as that [[Creator/PureFlixEntertainment Pure Flix]] film, and even did so in a similar context (an actual stage).
11---> '''Rachel Joy Scott:''' ''[in I'm Not Ashamed]'' Good idea, even though the whole world is my stage.
12---> '''Santa Christ:''' ''[in Jesus, Bro!]'' Well, if the whole world's a stage... why not Heaven?
13** The film also seems like it could be a beat-for-beat parody of the Creator/KevinSorbo film ''Film/{{Let There Be Light|2017}}'', where an atheist has a near-death experience, goes to Heaven, and comes back as a Christian -- except that Brad's film actually came ''first'', something that he repeatedly notes (and mocks) in his ''Cinema Snob'' review of Sorbo's movie.
14* NarmCharm: Despite the effect of [[spoiler:the [=YouTube=] neckbeard spontaneously combusting]] looking [[SpecialEffectsFailure rather obvious]], both the producer and cast commentary burst into laughter when watching that scene.
15* OneSceneWonder: Zach Lavoy as the park ranger and Sarah Gobble as God are standouts.
16* SpecialEffectsFailure: While film does have a lot of effort put into its sets, its lighting and its cinematography (''especially'' considering it's low budget), the effects shot of [[spoiler:the random neckbearded Website/YouTube commenter who suffers from a prayer-induced spontaneous combustion]] does not do justice to what is supposed to be happening (on the other hand, most of the Christian films this one is mocking are low-budget affairs, with lots of this Trope whenever actual effects are needed, so it fits right in).

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