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* [[Camp]] - The flick thoroughly revels in its cheesiness.
* [[Camp]] - The flick thoroughly revels in its cheesiness.
* [[Captain Obvious]] - This exchange between Kate and Richie:
* [[Captain Obvious]] - This exchange between Kate and Richie:
{{quote|''So, what's [[South of the Border|in Mexico]]?''<br />
{{quote|''So, what's [[South of the Border|in Mexico]]?''
''Mexicans.'' }}
''Mexicans.'' }}
* [[Chainsaw Good]] - A version of this with the pneumatic stake.
* [[Chainsaw Good]] - A version of this with the pneumatic stake.
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* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: [[Salma Hayek]] is a real-life ophidiophobe, such that she almost didn't take the part of Satanico Pandemonium because of it. [[Robert Rodriguez]] conned her into thinking that [[Madonna]] was ready to take the part instead, so she spent two months with therapists in order to overcome her fear of snakes.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: [[Salma Hayek]] is a real-life ophidiophobe, such that she almost didn't take the part of Satanico Pandemonium because of it. [[Robert Rodriguez]] conned her into thinking that [[Madonna]] was ready to take the part instead, so she spent two months with therapists in order to overcome her fear of snakes.
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] - The hostages, particularly Scott Fuller, have all the [[Genre Savvy]] needed to survive in a heist film or hostage taking film. Scott even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this by telling his father "I've seen this on TV Dad!" Pity for them the bar the Gecko Brothers choose to stop is full of ''[[Our Vampires Are Different|Fricking Vampire]] [[Fan Service|Strippers!]]''
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] - The hostages, particularly Scott Fuller, have all the [[Genre Savvy]] needed to survive in a heist film or hostage taking film. Scott even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this by telling his father "I've seen this on TV Dad!" Pity for them the bar the Gecko Brothers choose to stop is full of ''[[Our Vampires Are Different|Fricking Vampire]] [[Fan Service|Strippers!]]''
* [[Your Approval Fills Me With Shame]]: Or perhaps Your Attempt To Emulate Me Hurts Me And Fills Me With Rage. At one point after seeing what his brother has done to their hostage, Seth is at first horrified and then furiously shouts at his brother, demanding "Is this what you think ''I am''?!"
* [[Your Approval Fills Me with Shame]]: Or perhaps Your Attempt To Emulate Me Hurts Me And Fills Me With Rage. At one point after seeing what his brother has done to their hostage, Seth is at first horrified and then furiously shouts at his brother, demanding "Is this what you think ''I am''?!"
* [[Your Vampires Suck]] - All you need to do to keep these vampires at bay are two sticks put together to make a cross. Or ANYTHING resembling one. Hell, even the Red Cross of Ambulances does the trick.
* [[Your Vampires Suck]] - All you need to do to keep these vampires at bay are two sticks put together to make a cross. Or ANYTHING resembling one. Hell, even the Red Cross of Ambulances does the trick.
** Course numbers are another thing entirely.
** Course numbers are another thing entirely.