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A 1996 Christmas film. [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] stars as Howard Langston, a father who is a constant disappointment to his son Jamie (Jake Lloyd). After missing his son's karate practice yet again, he only lets down the boy even further in his repeated attempts to try and get a Turbo Man action figure to compensate for his own [[Bumbling Dad]] nature, while competing with mailman Myron Larabee (Sinbad) to get the same toy. What follows is a comedy of errors as both men race to get the toy.
▲The film was a modest box office hit. It earned $129,832,389 in the worldwide market. With $60,592,389 in the United States market alone, it was the 23rd most successful film of its year. Critically, it was given a mediocre reception by the media, even earning a Golden Raspberry nomination for its director; it subsequently became a running gag on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' when "Arnold" made appearances via [[Syncro-Vox]] (he always found an opportunity to bring it up as an "all-time Christmas classic", despite it being completely irrelevant to the matter at hand). However, it still reruns regularly on Disney-owned stations such as ABC Family, and some hold it as [[So Bad It's Good]] or even decent despite its flaws. It is also the last comedic role for Ah-nold, and one of the last for Sinbad.
[[Word of God]] says that the film was inspired by the Cabbage Patch Kids craze of the early 1980s.
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: "You can't bench-press your way out of this one!" Howard's character wouldn't likely have time to work out much
* [[All Part of the Show]]: The climactic confrontation {{spoiler|pits Howard as Turboman against Myron as Turboman's nemesis, Dementor, in a mock battle}} during the Christmas parade. The danger turns real as Howard's son Jamie gets involved, {{spoiler|and ends up hanging by his fingers off the top of a building. Subverted by Howard's wife Liz, who realizes her son isn't supposed to be a part of this, and the cops who arrest Myron after the fact.}}
** {{spoiler|Since Myron was bound with cheap-looking rope instead of actual handcuffs, with his hands tied in front of him rather than behind, it suggests that he isn't really being arrested; Dementor's "capture" could have been ths show's intended climax. His own [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] must have kept the officers from recognizing him as the mailman bomber, or else he would have gotten far more severe treatment.}}
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