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[[File:Gutterballs_3098.jpg|frame| <small> Hypothetical: What if [[Maniac (Film)|Frank Zito]] hated bowling instead of women? </small> ]]
[[File:Gutterballs_3098.jpg|frame| <small> Hypothetical: What if [[Maniac (film)|Frank Zito]] hated bowling instead of women? </small> ]]


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{{quote|''Heads will [[Incredibly Lame Pun|bowl]].''}}

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{{quote| ''Heads will [[Incredibly Lame Pun|bowl]].''}}

{{quote|'''Joey''': Hey, shit nuts. Your fucking waxer ruined my ball. It's yours now. I want a new one. <br />
'''Egerton''': Alright, first of all, shit-for brains, that area's being remodeled. You ain't even supposed to be over there. And secondly, you're a fucking dip shit. It looks to me like you just pressed down too goddamned hard. You're supposed to let that machine do all the work. I don't see it as a malfunction at the junction boy. <br />
'''Joey''': Maybe you should open your fucking eyes then, idiot. There's one inch of sharp screw embedded in the bottom. It's fucked. End of story. Now go get me a new fucking ball. <br />
'''Egerton''': Use one of the balls by your lane. <br />
'''Joey''': Those balls are shitty and used, just like your fucking underwear. Now go get me a goddamned new ball! <br />
'''Egerton''': Hey, calm down now. Don't get your panties in a bunch. Now you be a good boy and go back over to your lane and maybe I'll go over to the store and get you something brand-spanking new. If you're lucky. <br />
'''Joey''': Lucky? You wanna talk about luck? You're fucking lucky the toilet wouldn't flush when your mom spread her legs and pulled you out with a goddamned coat hanger!<br />
'''Egerton''': You're lucky the buffalo beat me over the fence, otherwise I'd be your daddy!|'''Typical Dialogue''' }}


'''''Gutterballs''''' is a 2008 exploitation/slasher film.
'''''Gutterballs''''' is a 2008 exploitation/slasher film.


It's late night at the Xcalibur bowling center and tensions are running high between two rival teams; one lead by the nasty Steve, and the other featuring a girl named Lisa and her friends.
It's late night at the Xcalibur bowling center and tensions are running high between two rival teams; one lead by the nasty Steve, and the other featuring a girl named Lisa and her friends.


Following a brawl, the teams are kicked out with the janitor telling everyone they can resume their game tomorrow. Lisa goes back into the bowling alley alone to retrieve her purse, and is the victim of a vicious gang-rape at the hands of Steve and his cronies.
Following a brawl, the teams are kicked out with the janitor telling everyone they can resume their game tomorrow. Lisa goes back into the bowling alley alone to retrieve her purse, and is the victim of a vicious gang-rape at the hands of Steve and his cronies.
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The next night, a masked killer starts to dispatch all parties at the bowling alley, with his kills being counted on the scoreboard as strikes under the name "BBK".
The next night, a masked killer starts to dispatch all parties at the bowling alley, with his kills being counted on the scoreboard as strikes under the name "BBK".


{{tropelist}}
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=== This film provides examples of the following tropes: ===

* [[Eighties Hair]]
* [[Eighties Hair]]
* [[Abandoned Area]]: The ball polisher area.
* [[Abandoned Area]]: The ball polisher area.
* [[Agony of the Feet]]: Lisa breaks up the fight by throwing a bowling ball onto Steve's foot.
* [[Agony of the Feet]]: Lisa breaks up the fight by throwing a bowling ball onto Steve's foot.
* [[A Lady On Each Arm]]: Steve, when he shows up with Hannah and Julia.
* [[A Lady on Each Arm]]: Steve, when he shows up with Hannah and Julia.
* [[Almighty Janitor]]: Egerton.
* [[Almighty Janitor]]: Egerton.
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Cell phones being brought up, and one of the games in the arcade being from [[The Nineties]].
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Cell phones being brought up, and one of the games in the arcade being from [[The Nineties]].
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* [[Bathroom Stall Graffiti]]
* [[Bathroom Stall Graffiti]]
* [[Bigger Is Better in Bed]]:
* [[Bigger Is Better in Bed]]:
{{quote| '''Ben:''' (while looking over the condom machine) "How about Black Knight? 'For the Big One?' That's for big black cock, that's gonna fall off me for sure."}}
{{quote|'''Ben:''' (while looking over the condom machine) "How about Black Knight? 'For the Big One?' That's for big black cock, that's gonna fall off me for sure."}}
* [[Bi the Way]]: Julia ("She's pretty hot, do you think she's into girls?")
* [[Bi the Way]]: Julia ("She's pretty hot, do you think she's into girls?")
* [[Black Bra and Panties]]: Julia.
* [[Black Bra and Panties]]: Julia.
* [[Black Comedy]]
* [[Black Comedy]]
* [[Blood From the Mouth]]
* [[Blood From the Mouth]]
* [[Boom Headshot]]: Egerton's death.
* [[Boom! Headshot!]]: Egerton's death.
* [[Bowling for Ratings]]
* [[Bowling for Ratings]]
* [[Calling Your Orgasms]]: Joey.
* [[Calling Your Orgasms]]: Joey.
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* [[Camera Abuse]]: When Patrick's throat is slit.
* [[Camera Abuse]]: When Patrick's throat is slit.
* [[Canada, Eh?]]
* [[Canada, Eh?]]
* [[Can You Hear Me Now]]:
* [[Can You Hear Me Now?]]:
{{quote| '''Sarah:''' "Batteries are dead, Jamie, don't you think that's the first thing I would have done?"<br />
{{quote|'''Sarah:''' "Batteries are dead, Jamie, don't you think that's the first thing I would have done?"
'''Jamie:''' "[[Lampshade Hanging|Fuck! How convenient...]]" }}
'''Jamie:''' "[[Lampshade Hanging|Fuck! How convenient...]]" }}
* [[Cast As a Mask]]: Brandon Dix and Ryan Nicholson both subbed for BBK.
* [[Cast as a Mask]]: Brandon Dix and Ryan Nicholson both subbed for BBK.
* [[Cat Fight]]: Lisa and Sarah.
* [[Cat Fight]]: Lisa and Sarah.
* [[Cell Phone]]: Rather superfluous reference to one, despite the supposed eighties setting.
* [[Cell Phone]]: Rather superfluous reference to one, despite the supposed eighties setting.
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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Sam's switchblade, and Egerton's shotgun.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Sam's switchblade, and Egerton's shotgun.
* [[Closed Circle]]
* [[Closed Circle]]
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Much of the dialogue, to the point of being the unnoficial second place record holder for most of amount of "fucks" in a film, directly behind ''Mutilation Mile'' and barely ahead of ''[[August Underground (Film)|August Underground]]'s Mordum''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2tRgkf1dvY Observe].
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Much of the dialogue, to the point of being the unnoficial second place record holder for most of amount of "fucks" in a film, directly behind ''Mutilation Mile'' and barely ahead of ''[[August Underground]]'s Mordum''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2tRgkf1dvY Observe].
* [[Collared By Fashion]]
* [[Collared by Fashion]]
* [[Cool Mask]]: It's a bowling bag that looks like it has a weird face on it.
* [[Cool Mask]]: It's a bowling bag that looks like it has a weird face on it.
* [[Cool Shades]]: Lisa wears them after the gang rape.
* [[Cool Shades]]: Lisa wears them after the gang rape.
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* [[Crusty Caretaker]]: Egerton.
* [[Crusty Caretaker]]: Egerton.
* [[Cue the Sun]]
* [[Cue the Sun]]
* [[Cut His Heart Out With a Spoon]]
* [[Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon]]
* [[Cut Phone Lines]]
* [[Cut Phone Lines]]
* [[Daylight Horror]]: The finale.
* [[Daylight Horror]]: The finale.
* [[Death By Mocking]]
* [[Death by Mocking]]
* [[Death By Sex]]
* [[Death by Sex]]
* [[Defiant to The End]]: Steve.
* [[Defiant to the End]]: Steve.
{{quote| "... I still fucked her... I still... I still... I stilll... I... I still... fucked her."}}
{{quote|"... I still fucked her... I still... I still... I stilll... I... I still... fucked her."}}
* [[Developing Doomed Characters]]
* [[Developing Doomed Characters]]
* [[Development Hell]]: ''Gutterballs 2: Balls Deep'', which will apparently be set in a waterpark.
* [[Development Hell]]: ''Gutterballs 2: Balls Deep'', which will apparently be set in a waterpark.
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* [[Funny Afro]]: Jamie.
* [[Funny Afro]]: Jamie.
* [[Gang of Bullies]]: Steve, AJ, Joey, and Patrick.
* [[Gang of Bullies]]: Steve, AJ, Joey, and Patrick.
* [[Girl On Girl Is Hot]]:
* [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot]]:
{{quote| '''Joey:''' (on the absent Julia and Hannah) "They're probably licking each other clean!"<br />
{{quote|'''Joey:''' (on the absent Julia and Hannah) "They're probably licking each other clean!"
'''AJ:''' (near [[Spit Take]]) }}
'''AJ:''' (near [[Spit Take]]) }}
* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Of course the transsexual character would be named Sam.
* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Of course the transsexual character would be named Sam.
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* [[Grievous Bottley Harm]]: During the brawl, Steve smashes Jamie with a beer bottle.
* [[Grievous Bottley Harm]]: During the brawl, Steve smashes Jamie with a beer bottle.
* [[Groin Attack]]: Lisa getting violated with the bowling pin, and BBK giving Sam a "mangina" by cutting her penis in half.
* [[Groin Attack]]: Lisa getting violated with the bowling pin, and BBK giving Sam a "mangina" by cutting her penis in half.
* [[Gross Up Close Up]]
* [[Gross Up Close-Up]]
* [[Gutted Like a Fish]]: Lisa sustaining a shotgun blast to the stomach results in this.
* [[Gutted Like a Fish]]: Lisa sustaining a shotgun blast to the stomach results in this.
* [[Hacked By a Pirate]]: A skull and crossbones shows up on the scoreboard after every one of BBK's kills.
* [[Hacked by a Pirate]]: A skull and crossbones shows up on the scoreboard after every one of BBK's kills.
* [[Hand in The Hole]]: Jamie, right before Joey's head shoots out of the ball return.
* [[Hand in the Hole]]: Jamie, right before Joey's head shoots out of the ball return.
* [[He Knows Too Much]]: "Jamie, Jamie, Jamie. Now, c'mon, be a good boy and move aside, you know the drill, son. She seen me, she got to go."
* [[He Knows Too Much]]: "Jamie, Jamie, Jamie. Now, c'mon, be a good boy and move aside, you know the drill, son. She seen me, she got to go."
* [[High-Pressure Blood]]: Patrick's throat slitting.
* [[High-Pressure Blood]]: Patrick's throat slitting.
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Egerton and Lisa are killed with Egerton's own shotgun}}.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Egerton and Lisa are killed with Egerton's own shotgun}}.
* [[Hollywood Healing]]: It's unlikely Lisa would be up and about a day after what happened to her.
* [[Hollywood Healing]]: It's unlikely Lisa would be up and about a day after what happened to her.
* [[The Hyena]]: AJ, who is even described as such.
* [[The Hyena]]: AJ, who is even described as such.
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* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: BBK's main weapons are a sharpened and regular bowling pins, the former kept in holsters.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: BBK's main weapons are a sharpened and regular bowling pins, the former kept in holsters.
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Hannah is killed with bowling balls.
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Hannah is killed with bowling balls.
* [[It Is Pronounced Tro PAY]]: Edge-erton, not Egg-erton.
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: Edge-erton, not Egg-erton.
* [[Jerkass]]: Team Steve.
* [[Jerkass]]: Team Steve.
* [[Jerk Jock]]: AJ.
* [[Jerk Jock]]: AJ.
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* [[Nice Hat]]: Ben and Dave.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Ben and Dave.
* [[Oblivious Janitor Cut]]: Egerton is unable to hear Lisa being gang raped due to his headphones and floor polisher.
* [[Oblivious Janitor Cut]]: Egerton is unable to hear Lisa being gang raped due to his headphones and floor polisher.
* [[Off With His Head]]: Joey and Egerton's deaths.
* [[Off with His Head]]: Joey and Egerton's deaths.
* [[One Word Title]]
* [[One Word Title]]
* [[Opposing Sports Team]]
* [[Opposing Sports Team]]
* [[Out With a Bang]]: BBK holds Julia and Dave's heads into each others genitals while they are 69ing, causing them to eventually asphyxiate.
* [[Out with a Bang]]: BBK holds Julia and Dave's heads into each others genitals while they are 69ing, causing them to eventually asphyxiate.
* [[Overdrawn At the Blood Bank]]: Patrick's throat slitting.
* [[Overdrawn At the Blood Bank]]: Patrick's throat slitting.
* [[Paint the Town Red]]: The finale.
* [[Paint the Town Red]]: The finale.
* [[Panty Shot]]: Subverted, in that Lisa had no underwear on.
* [[Panty Shot]]: Subverted, in that Lisa had no underwear on.
* [[Peek a Boo Corpse]]: Joey's severed head is shot out of the ball return.
* [[Peek-a-Boo Corpse]]: Joey's severed head is shot out of the ball return.
* [[The Peeping Tom]]: AJ.
* [[The Peeping Tom]]: AJ.
* [[Please, I Will Do Anything!]]: While Sam is being attacked by BBK.
* [[Please, I Will Do Anything!]]: While Sam is being attacked by BBK.
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* [[Rape and Revenge]]
* [[Rape and Revenge]]
* [[Rape and Switch]]: Cruelly implied by Steve about Lisa.
* [[Rape and Switch]]: Cruelly implied by Steve about Lisa.
* [[Rape As Drama]]
* [[Rape as Drama]]
* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]: Lisa, Sarah, and Cindy.
* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]: Lisa, Sarah, and Cindy.
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Despite their machoness, Joey and AJ rock bright pink shirts. This is commented on by the Wax-O-Matic.
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Despite their machoness, Joey and AJ rock bright pink shirts. This is commented on by the Wax-O-Matic.
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* [[Slasher Smile]]: {{spoiler|Egerton during [[The Reveal]]}}.
* [[Slasher Smile]]: {{spoiler|Egerton during [[The Reveal]]}}.
* [[Slobs Versus Snobs]]
* [[Slobs Versus Snobs]]
* [[Sound Only Death]]: {{spoiler|1=With all the BBKs dead, Jamie and Sarah leave the alley. Once outside, Sarah turns the shotgun on Jamie, and we hear a shot just as the films cuts to black}}.
* [[Sound-Only Death]]: {{spoiler|1=With all the BBKs dead, Jamie and Sarah leave the alley. Once outside, Sarah turns the shotgun on Jamie, and we hear a shot just as the films cuts to black}}.
* [[Spank the Cutie]]: BBK to Julia, after killing her.
* [[Spank the Cutie]]: BBK to Julia, after killing her.
* [[Spiky Hair]]: Steve and Cindy.
* [[Spiky Hair]]: Steve and Cindy.
* [[Spiteful Spit]]: Lisa, on the dying Patrick.
* [[Spiteful Spit]]: Lisa, on the dying Patrick.
* [[Stocking Filler]]
* [[Stocking Filler]]
* [[Sunglasses At Night]]: Joey and Lisa.
* [[Sunglasses at Night]]: Joey and Lisa.
* [[Take Me Out At the Ball Game]]
* [[Take Me Out At the Ball Game]]
* [[Take That Kiss]]: {{spoiler|Egerton}}, to Patrick.
* [["Take That!" Kiss]]: {{spoiler|Egerton}}, to Patrick.
* [[Thing-O-Matic]]: Wax-O-Matic.
* [[Thing-O-Matic]]: Wax-O-Matic.
* [[Three Way Sex]]: Julia mentions she sometimes joins in on Steve and Hannah.
* [[Three-Way Sex]]: Julia mentions she sometimes joins in on Steve and Hannah.
* [[Title In]]: The Next Night.
* [[Title In]]: The Next Night.
* [[Token Good Teammate]]: Patrick.
* [[Token Good Teammate]]: Patrick.
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* [[Too Many Belts]]: Sarah.
* [[Too Many Belts]]: Sarah.
* [[Too Much Information]]: "I wish I could go commando, but I have to wait until the operation."
* [[Too Much Information]]: "I wish I could go commando, but I have to wait until the operation."
* [[Transsexual]]: Sam.
* [[Transsexualism]]: Sam.
* [[Unhand Them Villain]]
* [[Unhand Them, Villain!]]
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: The talking Wax-O-Matic.
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: The talking Wax-O-Matic.
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: Sam and her switchblade.
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: Sam and her switchblade.
* [[Video Arcade]]: With the gang rape starting on [[The Accused (Film)|the pinball machine]], of course.
* [[Video Arcade]]: With the gang rape starting on [[The Accused|the pinball machine]], of course.
* [[Weird Moon]]: It's always full.
* [[Weird Moon]]: It's always full.
* [[We Used to Be Friends]]: Steve and Jamie.
* [[We Used to Be Friends]]: Steve and Jamie.
* [[When I Was Your Age]]:
* [[When I Was Your Age]]:
{{quote| '''Egerton:''' "Hey, let me tell you something, boy. Now, back in my day, we-"<br />
{{quote|'''Egerton:''' "Hey, let me tell you something, boy. Now, back in my day, we-"
'''AJ:''' "Ugh, fuck!"<br />
'''AJ:''' "Ugh, fuck!"
'''Egerton:''' Yeah, yeah, yeah, look, back in my day, we kept a score card. Now we had to write everything down methodically. Same with the pins. That pin setter? That used to be a person. Flesh and bone, not a machine. Automation long since took over everything, though." }}
'''Egerton:''' Yeah, yeah, yeah, look, back in my day, we kept a score card. Now we had to write everything down methodically. Same with the pins. That pin setter? That used to be a person. Flesh and bone, not a machine. Automation long since took over everything, though." }}
* [[Who Wears Short Shorts]]
* [[Who Wears Short Shorts?]]
* [[World of Ham]]
* [[World of Ham]]
* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: Xcalibur Bowling Centre.
* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: Xcalibur Bowling Centre.
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Latest revision as of 01:14, 17 June 2023

Hypothetical: What if Frank Zito hated bowling instead of women?

Heads will bowl.

Gutterballs is a 2008 exploitation/slasher film.

It's late night at the Xcalibur bowling center and tensions are running high between two rival teams; one lead by the nasty Steve, and the other featuring a girl named Lisa and her friends.

Following a brawl, the teams are kicked out with the janitor telling everyone they can resume their game tomorrow. Lisa goes back into the bowling alley alone to retrieve her purse, and is the victim of a vicious gang-rape at the hands of Steve and his cronies.

The next night, a masked killer starts to dispatch all parties at the bowling alley, with his kills being counted on the scoreboard as strikes under the name "BBK".

Tropes used in Gutterballs include:

Ben: (while looking over the condom machine) "How about Black Knight? 'For the Big One?' That's for big black cock, that's gonna fall off me for sure."

Sarah: "Batteries are dead, Jamie, don't you think that's the first thing I would have done?"
Jamie: "Fuck! How convenient..."

"... I still fucked her... I still... I still... I stilll... I... I still... fucked her."

Joey: (on the absent Julia and Hannah) "They're probably licking each other clean!"
AJ: (near Spit Take)

Egerton: "Hey, let me tell you something, boy. Now, back in my day, we-"
AJ: "Ugh, fuck!"
Egerton: Yeah, yeah, yeah, look, back in my day, we kept a score card. Now we had to write everything down methodically. Same with the pins. That pin setter? That used to be a person. Flesh and bone, not a machine. Automation long since took over everything, though."

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