Der Wixxer: Difference between revisions

The dualogy deals with the [[Scotland Yard]] inspectors Very Long (Pastewka) and Even Longer (Kalkofe), who are trying to arrest a masked super-criminal known as the Wixxer.

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* [[Actor Allusion]]: Characters sometimes refer to the actors and other films based on books by Edgar Wallace. Often doubles with [[Shout-Out]].

* [[Affectionate Parody]]

* [[German Dialects]]: The Dubinskys, being stereotypical East Germans, speak with the appropriate Saxon accent. Also, Hatler has the [[Black Speech|notorious accent]] of his [[Adolf Hitler|historical doppelgänger]].

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Considering the fact that [[Bilingual Bonus|English is not the target audience's native language]], names like Earl of Cockwood or Mrs. Drycunt do certainly count. While this is not especially hard to see through, the fact that it's English is probably the reason that the movie got away with this. This and the fact that Germans are a bit more relaxed when it comes to ratings.

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: From the two main protagonists down to the smallest [[The Cameo|cameos]], many characters are played by well known German TV personalities.

* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: ANY name of any person or location. Aside of sexual allusions they also play with a German grocery store chain, hairstyles and whatnotever.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Inspector Very Long uses a yoyo to attack the Wixxer at the end of the first movie (Well, he ''is'' the champion of a yoyo-derby!), and turns a blackboard-sized ruler and set square into a makeshift set of sword and shield, in the second movie... and even manages to break his opponent's sword with said ruler.

** When Mrs. Pennymarket tells Chief Inspector Longer about how pugs ("Möpse") are bred at Blackwhite Castle ("Möpse" is also slang for "boobs".)

** And in another scene, Longer exclaims that he has a gigantic thing in his trousers! He means {{spoiler|the poisonous snake someone has smuggled into his clothes.}}

* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]: Although being a human in a costume instead of a puppet (just like the homonymous Edgar Wallace character he is a parody of), the Frog with the Mask looks like [[The Muppets|Kermit]], has ''the same voice actor'' as Kermit, and at one point even says: [[Catch Phrase|"Applause!"]]

* [[Legacy Character]]: {{spoiler|You could consider the Wixxer to be one: Within two movies, 4 different people have been under this mask.}}

* [[Motive Rant]]: After the Wixxer is finally unmasked in the first movie. {{spoiler|Poor Even Longer...}}

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Very odd example: [[Adolf Hitler|Alfons Hatler]].

'''Very Long:''' It was Heinz Drache. ''(another German actor, who played the inspector in 'Der Zinker'/'The Squeaker')''. }}

* [[Parallel Porn Titles]]: The title alludes to the Edgar Wallace movie ''Der Hexer'' (''The Warlock''). See [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]] to learn more.

 

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