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[[File:dirty_work_norm_macdonald_poster_2818.jpg|frame|Revenge is sweet(and surprisingly affordable)!]]

 

Best friends Mitch ([[Norm MacDonald]]) and Sam ([[Mad TV|Artie]] [[Howard Stern|Lange]]) need $50,000 to get Sam's father a life-saving heart operation. Problem is, both are completely incompetent when it comes to holding down a job. That is, until they figure out they can make a living out of the one thing they're actually good at: Revenge!

 

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* [[Beauty Inversion]]: [[Rebecca Romijn]] plays the Bearded Lady.

* [[The Cameo]]: [[Don Rickles]] as the theater owner. Also, [[Adam Sandler]] as [[Satan]], and [[Gary Coleman]] as himself. Oh, also, [[John Goodman]] as the mayor.

* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: In the theater, one man of the audience fails to realize that the production has been completely ruined by our heroes and applauds with amusement and compliments the cast as if all of the scandalous events were part of the show.

* [[Dumbass Has a Point]]: For a big lummox, Sam is surprisingly astute at times, like when he figures out Kathy likes Mitch because she's so pissed off at him, or when he points out how he knows when Mitch is lying.

'''Mitch''': [[Blatant Lies|Nnooooo...!]] }}

* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: A guy hires the pair to get back at some obnoxious and noisy neighbors. The pair break into the house and hide fish all over the house to stink up the place. Suddenly said neighbors arrive prompting the two to hide. The neighbors turn out to be mobsters carrying out a drug deal. One of them says "Smells like fish in here," which the others mistake for some sort of code phrase and accuse him of wearing a wire causing a brutal massacre to occur (see [[Sound-Only Death]] below). Then the employer shows up...

* [[Groin Attack]]: Pops McKenna can really squeeze a pair of balls.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Kind of a funny example:

''*crowd shouts enthusiastically*'' }}

* [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]: After they find out they're half-brothers, Mitch and Sam reminisce.

'''Mitch''': Okay, enough reminiscing. }}

* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: Mitch finds out after Pops' heart attack that he's his father.

'''Mitch''': Okay, it's a short story. }}

* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]: Doctor Farthing ([[Chevy Chase]]) offers to push Pops up on the heart-donor list if they'll help him pay off his gambling debts.

* [[Mushroom Samba]]: Mitch has this after eating tainted brownies.

* [[Rape Discretion Shot]]: [[Played for Laughs]] with the [[Prison Rape]] scene. Not only is the rape itself not shown, but Mitch's reaction is comically understated.

* [[Running Gag]]: Mitch's Notes to Self; actually becomes a plot point.

* [[Sound-Only Death]]: [[Crowning Moment of Funny|The fish scene.]]

''*Loud Explosion*'' }}

* [[Urine Trouble]]:

 

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