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* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: The heroic Turboman theme is actually pretty cool when played live during the parade.
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: The heroic Turboman theme is actually pretty cool when played live during the parade.
* [[Family Unfriendly Aesop]]: Buying your kids toys they want, even if you have to go through hell, is the best way to show you love them.
* [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: Buying your kids toys they want, even if you have to go through hell, is the best way to show you love them.
** Not all that family unfriendly, actually. Going through great pains for one's children is something any parent can identify with, and Jamie wound up giving the toy to someone else. The film was actually very anti-materialism in the end.
** Not all that family unfriendly, actually. Going through great pains for one's children is something any parent can identify with, and Jamie wound up giving the toy to someone else. The film was actually very anti-materialism in the end.
*** {{spoiler|Unless you consider the fact that, after the end credits, Howard's wife was expecting him to get her something as well. Subtlety hypocritical, much?}}
*** {{spoiler|Unless you consider the fact that, after the end credits, Howard's wife was expecting him to get her something as well. Subtlety hypocritical, much?}}
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** Also, Howard's wife gets a very narmy scene. The line itself is simply "damn you, Howard," but it really cannot be stated how terrible the delivery is.
** Also, Howard's wife gets a very narmy scene. The line itself is simply "damn you, Howard," but it really cannot be stated how terrible the delivery is.
* [[Retroactive Recognition]]: Ahnold's son is [[Star Wars the Phantom Menace|Anakin Skywalker]].
* [[Retroactive Recognition]]: Ahnold's son is [[Star Wars the Phantom Menace|Anakin Skywalker]].
* [[So Bad Its Good]]: Don't take it too seriously, and you just might enjoy this one.
* [[So Bad It's Good]]: Don't take it too seriously, and you just might enjoy this one.


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Revision as of 19:31, 9 January 2014


  • Crowning Music of Awesome: The heroic Turboman theme is actually pretty cool when played live during the parade.
  • Family-Unfriendly Aesop: Buying your kids toys they want, even if you have to go through hell, is the best way to show you love them.
    • Not all that family unfriendly, actually. Going through great pains for one's children is something any parent can identify with, and Jamie wound up giving the toy to someone else. The film was actually very anti-materialism in the end.
      • Unless you consider the fact that, after the end credits, Howard's wife was expecting him to get her something as well. Subtlety hypocritical, much?
  • Harsher in Hindsight: A bomb turns out to be in one package going though the mail.
  • Memetic Mutation: "Put dat cookie daughn! NAUGHH!" Thank Swede Mason for the mix.
    • Less memetically, "It's turbo time!"
  • Narm: Most of the son's lines, due to Jake's wooden acting.
    • Also, Howard's wife gets a very narmy scene. The line itself is simply "damn you, Howard," but it really cannot be stated how terrible the delivery is.
  • Retroactive Recognition: Ahnold's son is Anakin Skywalker.
  • So Bad It's Good: Don't take it too seriously, and you just might enjoy this one.
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