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The quaint little town of Gold Lick, Oregon, [[Town
▲{{quote| ''Mr. Campbell makes soup. [[Title Drop|My name is Bruce.]]''}}
Sadly for him, [[Nice Character, Mean Actor|Bruce is hardly the fearless action hero Jeff remembers from]] ''[[Evil Dead]];'' he's a narcissistic, nervous wreck with a failing career and love life who spends his evenings drunk-dialing his ex-wife. Unaware of the danger at hand, believing instead that he's performing in a top secret movie project, Bruce meanders through Gold Lick, arming himself to the teeth in preparation for his confrontation with the demon Guan-Di. Little does he realize, of course, that [[Hilarity Ensues|shit is about to get way too real.]]▼
▲The quaint little town of Gold Lick, Oregon, [[Town With a Dark Secret|has a problem.]] After a group of horny teenagers trying to get laid in a cemetery accidentally let an ancient Chinese spirit of war [[Odd Job Gods|and bean curd]] loose upon their homes, Gold Lick's small population (339) gets a little smaller every day. Thus, a local Bruce Campbell fan named Jeff decides to do the logical thing: recruit [[Bruce Campbell|the man himself,]] presently shooting his latest film masterpiece, ''[[Theres No B in Movie|Cave Alien 2]]'', to fight the demon off.
▲Sadly for him, [[Nice Character Mean Actor|Bruce is hardly the fearless action hero Jeff remembers from]] ''[[Evil Dead]];'' he's a narcissistic, nervous wreck with a failing career and love life who spends his evenings drunk-dialing his ex-wife. Unaware of the danger at hand, believing instead that he's performing in a top secret movie project, Bruce meanders through Gold Lick, arming himself to the teeth in preparation for his confrontation with the demon Guan-Di. Little does he realize, of course, that [[Hilarity Ensues|shit is about to get way too real.]]
Just another ordinary day in the life of a hero.
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* [[Acting for Two]]: Ted Raimi plays three roles.
* [[Adam Westing]] - [[Bruce Campbell]] plays himself as a drunk, surly, borderline broke B-actor living in a trailer.
* [[Almost Kiss]] - Mercilessy played with Bruce and Kelly.
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* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: "You know Jeff, I've gotten a lot of use out of [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaws]] over the years. Killed a lot a zombies, saved a lot of lives, but at the end of the day when push comes to shove... they're just too damn heavy."
* [[Genre Savvy]] - Jeff, except his choice of heroes turns out not to translate well into real life. Bruce later plays the trope straight when he finally snaps into hero mode.
* [[Good Angel, Bad Angel]] - Bruce gets these when thinking about returning to Gold Lick.
* [[Jerkass]] - Bruce Campbell himself. In his Q&A screenings, he went out of his way to state that this is a highly fictionalized version of himself.
* [[Large Ham]]: Bruce is like this in person as well as on the screen.
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked by name]] by Bruce after Jeff mentions Bruce's agent, Miles.
* [[Odd Job Gods]] - [[Romance of the Three Kingdoms|Guan]]-[[Dynasty Warriors|Di]], the Chinese spirit of war... and ''bean curd.''
* [[Shout
** Several of Bruce's movies get mentioned frequently. Mostly [[Bubba
** The brand name of the liquor that Bruce drinks is "Shemp." The [[Sam Raimi]] films in which Bruce stars coined the term [[Fake Shemp]].
** Jeff drives an Olds Delta 88, a beige one, natch. This car is a trademark car of [[Sam Raimi]] films.
* [[Stock Scream]]: The famous "Wilhelm Scream" was used when Bruce accidentally shot a little kid's father.
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* [[Town
* [[Villain Song]] - Guan-Di Is His Name
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]] - Guan-Di cannot hurt anyone who eats bean curd, or allow any bean curd to come to harm.
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]/[[Anything That Moves]]
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'''Cheryl''': You slept with the dog sitter.
'''Bruce''': One lousy mistake!
'''Cheryl''': ''All'' of them.
'''Bruce''': Ten lousy mistakes! }}
* [[Your Secrets Safe With Me Superman]]
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[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]
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