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Line 2: [[File:Joe_Versus_The_Volcano_5017.jpg\|frame]] A'''''Joe Versus the Volcano''''' is a 1990 [[Romantic Comedy]] staring [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Meg Ryan]] (– the first of three films they've done together). Hanks plays Joe Banks, a miserable [[Every Man]] in a dead-end job with a [[Bad Boss]]. To make matters worse, Joe is diagnosed with a mysterious "brain cloud" that will kill him in six months. Enter an [[Eccentric Millionaire]], who is trying to acquire the rights to a [[MacGuffin\|rare mineral]] on a South Pacific island. The natives will only give him the mineral rights if he finds a hero to [[Appease the Volcano God]] for them. The millionaire hires Joe, who agrees to jump into the volcano at the end of a month of living it up on an all-expense-paid voyage. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. {{tropelist}} * [[Anticlimax]]: At Joe's work, there is a large pipe with a massive wheel that has a sign that says "Do Not Close Valve" Joe decides to turn it after he finds out he's dying. {{spoiler\|Nothing happens, much to his disappointment}}. * [[Appease the Volcano God]]: {{spoiler\|The volcano god rejects Joe and Patricia and sinks the island}}. * [[Motif\|Arc Motif]]: The mysterious giant zig-zag symbol. It pops up [http://www.glogster.com/media/5/27/46/47/27464788.jpg throughout the film]{{Dead link}}. For instance, on the giant logo of the [[Steam and Flame Factory]], on the sidewalk outside, on the trail up the side of the volcano, on the lightning that destroys the boat... Is it a volcano or a lightning bolt? * It's quite explicit in the film. It's the "crooked road" that Joe's been walking all his life. Line 20 ⟶ 21: * [[Complaining About Complaining]]: See Broken Record. * [[Convenient Terminal Illness]]: Joe's poor prognosis drives the entire plot. * [[Cool Old Guy]]: The tribe's chieftan, much like every character played by [[Abe Vigoda]]. * [[Crapsack World]]: Joe's workplace, which we get a tour of to the tune of the mining song "16 Tons". * [[Dream Sequence]]: More of a sun-induced [[Fever Dream Episode\|fever dream]], but still... Line 62 ⟶ 64: [[Category:Films of the 1990s]] [[Category:Joe Versus the Volcano]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:Cult Classic]]