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{{quote|''[[Catch Phrase|AALLLLLLL-Righty then!]]''}}

 

 

The entire gimmick of Ace Ventura is that he's a modern-day [[Sherlock Holmes]]... mixed with [[Tarzan]] and [[Doctor Dolittle]]. Using these "skills", Ace becomes a Pet Detective, finding and saving animals. In the first movie he appears as nothing more than a local nut helping people find their lost cats and whatnot, but being the only Pet Detective in the area (and possibly existence), he gets roped into a high-profile investigation. Possibly due to this, he's become pretty well known in the second movie, where he is hired to recover a sacred bat stolen from two African tribes before war erupts between them.

As of 2009 it now has its own [[Spinoff Babies]], the direct-to-DVD ''Ace Ventura Jr., Pet Detective''.

 

* [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"]]: In the literal sense. ''[[The Crying Game]]'' was mercilessly parodied in the second half of the first film.

* [[The Alleged Car]]: Ace's car fails to start and its windshield becomes damaged in the beginning which he has to stick his head out while driving.

* [[Anachronism Stew]]: In the animated series episode "Dragon Guy", a computer is used in Robin Hood times.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: [[Played for Laughs]] with Ace.

* [[Bad Vibrations]]: Done subtly ([[It Got Worse|at first]]) in the second movie. As the villain is indulging in a low-key [[Evil Gloating]] with a slight [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]], everyone falls silent as they feel the house start to vibrate. At first, it's quiet, as if they could possibly be imagining the sound. But it gets louder, and louder, until a horde of animals bursts through the wall, followed by Ace on an [[It Makes Sense in Context|ostrich]] in a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment.

** "TAKE THAT, YOU WINGED SPAWN OF SATAAAN!!!"

* [[Battle-Interrupting Shout]]: At the end of ''When Nature Calls'', Ace prevents a war between the two neighboring African tribes by running between the armies with their sacred bat in his hands, shouting its name (which according to the tribes' traditions, requires all who hear it to kneel).

* [[Bits of Me Keep Passing Out]]: In "When Nature Calls" as Ace is being pelted with poisoned darts:

{{quote|'''Ace''': ''(arms going limp, speech slurred)'' Startin' to get numb...}}

* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]/[[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]]: In ''When Nature Calls'', Ace gets his Wachati guide Ouda to translate his words into the Wachootoo language...''badly''.

{{quote|'''Ace:''' [[War Is Hell]]. The last thing we want is a fight.

** Oh, it gets better. When he reveals the fact to entire SWAT squad, [[Hilarity Ensues|the whole group starts spitting and puking]].

*** '''''[[Animal Reaction Shot|SO DOES THE GODDAMN DOLPHIN!]]''''' (er, both of them).

* [[Bring My Brown Pants]]:

{{quote|'''Ace:''' I'm looking for Ray Finkle. ''(Ray's father points a shotgun at Ace, whose expression doesn't change one bit)'' And a clean pair of shorts.}}

'''Ace''': ''(carefree)'' Nonsense, poopy-pants! }}

* [[Buffy-Speak]]: "I shall slip amongst them like a transparent...''thing''."

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Ace is extremely eccentric, but very good at his job.

* [[The Can Kicked Him]]: "Do ''not'' go in there!" (it's not in the actual bathroom, but Ace has to pretend it is)

** During the start of his investigation, Ace plays drums with several mushroom heads growing on a tree... the red, fungus-bearing acala.

* [[The Chief's Daughter]]: The leading lady of the second film.

* [[Closer Than They Appear]]: "Warning! Assholes are closer than they appear!"

* [[Cool Shades]]

* [[Crazy Cultural Comparison]]: The second movie features spitting in another's face as a form of showing great respect.

* [[Creepy Crossdresser]]: Ace gets particularly grossed out when he learns that the "woman" he kissed earlier in the film is actually a guy who had [[Dead Person Impersonation|stolen the identity of a missing hiker]].

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: At the hands of the Wachootoos' best warrior in the second movie.

* [[Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon]]: "If curse of Shikaka not lifted by tomorrow sun at top of sky, Wachootoo kill all Wachati, and smash your head on a rock."

* [[Dead Person Impersonation]]: {{spoiler|Lois Einhorn}} in the first film.

* [[Death Glare]]: Lois Einhorn communicates entirely in snark, put-downs, and death glares.

* [[Description Cut]]:

{{quote|'''Melissa:''' Is Ace in trouble?

* [[Eye Scream]]

* [[Flash Back]]: [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Cliffhanger]]''.

* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: In the first movie, when Ace's dog lies on the Photo of Ray Finkle, the newspaper beneath it has a story on it about an alien abduction, the acompanying image is of [[Doctor Who|The Cybermen]].

* [[Fun with Foreign Languages]]: In the second film.

* [[Generation Xerox]]: An episode of ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'' shows Ace Ventura's medieval ancestor as a pet detective, Guado's ancestor as a corrupt sheriff, and Woodstock's ancestor as the informer of Ace's ancestor (complete with a steampunk computer).

* [[GPS Evidence]]: In ''When Nature Calls'', Ace gets shot by multiple darts and suspects the darts are being shot by the Wachootoo tribe. After the scene with the tribe, he gets shot again and finds out the Wachootoo dart didn't match the original darts. Ace discovers the original dart was carved from a "red, fungus-bearing acala" which is grown only in one area in the jungle where the bat-nappers are hiding.

* [[High-Class Glass]]: The "Monopoly Guy" in ''When Nature Calls''.

{{quote|'''Ace:''' All right...''that's it!'' This "White Devil" thing has gone far enough. ''[[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|Nobody! Messes! With the 'do!]]''}}

* [[Improbable Parking Skills]]: ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPM7ugLeXhY Li~ike a glove!]''

* [[Inevitable Waterfall]]: Ace is also strapped to a wooden raft at the time.

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Ace may be a fool, but he is the last guy you want near you if you intend to harm an animal.

* [[Madness Mantra]]: '''LACES OUT!'''

* [[Misplaced Wildlife]]: In the sequel, which takes place in Africa. The Indian elephant is excusable, as they're much more docile and easier to train than African elephants. But not a single animal in Quinn's warehouse was African. There were a Bengal tiger (Asian), a jaguar, macaws and a toucan (all South American). Quinn also wasn't surprised to see Spike, a South American black-capped capuchin.

** Quinn most likely illegally smuggled the animals away from their natural habitat to put on his safari tour. Ace, when he first meets Quinn, points out that his pet raven Tiki isn't even from Africa.

* [[Mission Briefing]]

* [[Mundane Made Awesome]]: In the first movie, Ace sneaking into the dolphin tank, to the tune of ''Mission: Impossible''.

* [[No Need for Names]]: In ''When Nature Calls'' apparently, at the monastery, no one wears "labels". However, once you start inquiring about "the man who talks with his ass" [[Idiot Hero|they know who you're talking about right away]].

* [[Nobody Touches the Hair]]: "Don't... mess... with the '''do!!''"

* [[Now That's Using Your Teeth]]: Ace catches a bullet in his teeth while driving his car and leaning out the window.

** One episode of the cartoon has Ace filling in for a [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]-[[Expy]]. As he comes under fire while chasing the villain down in the requisite [[Cool Car]], he notes his ability to catch bullets in his teeth, and prepares to do so. The villain launches a missile at Ace. [[Up to Eleven|He still catches it.]]

* [[Product Placement]]: An obvious ad of Subway is placed on a highway billboard early in ''When Nature Calls''.

** Probably not so much product placement as irony, as literally right before that Ace mentions something about loving being out in the wild, i.e. without things like Subway.

* [[Rebellious Spirit]]

* [[Role Called]]

{{quote|'''Lois Einhorn:''' THE LACES WERE IN! THEY WERE '''IN!''' ''[shoots the screen]''}}

* [[Shout-Out]]: The ''[[One Piece]]'' character Franky (a.k.a. Cutty Flam) was based on Ace, at the admission of ''One Piece'' creator Eiichiro Oda.

** In the second: "[[William Shatner|There's...something on]] [[The Twilight Zone|the wing...some...thing!]]"

* [[Shower of Angst]]: Ace, after realizing the woman he kissed {{spoiler|[[Acceptable Targets|used to be a man]].}} He also chews an enormous wad of gum. And burns all his clothes, uses a toilet plunger on his face, and vomits his entire stomach contents.

* [[Unsettling Gender Reveal]]: {{spoiler|Ace, by Finkle/Einhorn.}}

* [[Unsound Effect]]: Yyyyaaaaaaaaakkkkk....

* [[Villainous Crossdresser]]: {{spoiler|Finkle/Einhorn.}}

* [[Virgin Vision]]: The second ''[[Ace Ventura]]'' film:

{{quote|''"War...is hell! The last thing we want...is a fight!"''}}

** Which his partner, one of the native Wachatis, translates as [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"I want to fight you...so go to hell!"]]

* [[Who Shot JFK?]]: In ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', Ace loudly explains "I CAME TO CONFESS! I was the second gunman on the grassy knoll!" when his (unwanted) presence at the police station is questioned.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Ace is deathly afraid of bats. Subverted in that he doesn't overcome his fear in any way.

{{quote|'''Ace''': "Tonight on ''[[Miami Vice]]'', Crockett gets the boss some coffee."}}

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