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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]].

'''''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]].

* [[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}}.