39,327
edits
Bad Humor Truck: Difference between revisions
m
update links
m (revise quote template spacing) |
m (update links) |
||
Line 33:
* The heroes of ''[[Killer Klowns From Outer Space]]'' are "helped" by two idiots who "work" by driving an ice-cream truck.
* In Bill Forsyth's ''[[Comfort And Joy]]'', a radio personality is shaken from his post-breakup funk when he gets in the middle of a mob-grade territory war between rival ice-cream vendors.
* ''[[Help!]]'' - the Eastern death cult tails Ringo in a "Yippee! It's Mister Whippy!" ice-cream van. As thugs exit from the truck, one is eating a cone.
* A Mister Whippy van also appears in ''[[28 Weeks Later]]''. The trope is teasingly hinted at and then averted.
* Skids and Mudflap of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' take this trope one step further, as they actually ''are'' the ice cream truck ([[Combining Mecha|both of them]]). This doesn't stop them from being decidedly child-unfriendly, from yelling profanity-laced death threats through their bullhorn to posting offensive decals on their sides<ref>i.e. ''SUCK MY POPSICLE''</ref>. It is, however, played for laughs.
Line 113:
{{quote|'''Ice Cream Man:''' I can't even eat ice cream anymore, because of ''the pain!'' '''''All because of you and your stupid pennies!!!'''''}}
* ''[[Moral Orel]]'' has [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Mr. Creepler]], a pedophile and serial rapist. Fortunately by the third season he's been put through the Electric Chair, though he's left some lasting trauma on one of his victims. Sadly, he's only one of the several [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]] of the series.
* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' had an ice cream man named "The Jolly Olly Man" (voiced by [[The Simpsons|Dan Castellaneta]], using a voice that sounds like a mix between his normal voice and a bitter, insane take on Arnie Pie [the helicopter news reporter who hates Kent Brockman]) who hated kids and in one episode was on the verge of getting fired because his attitude was hurting sales. In another episode, he tried charging kids $20 for ice cream during a heat wave.
* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' had an entire organization of ice cream men that were keeping all the ice cream for the adults.
** Ice cream men are often used as Mooks for various villains.
| |||