My Name Is Bruce: Difference between revisions

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{{quote| ''Mr. Campbell makes soup. [[Title Drop|My name is Bruce.]]''}}

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.

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, ''[[There's 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.]]

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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* [[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.

* [[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.

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** 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.

* [[~~Theres~~ No B in Movie]] - All of Bruce's films.

* [[There's No B in Movie]] - All of Bruce's films.

* [[Town With a Dark Secret]] - Gold Lick

* [[Villain Song]] - Guan-Di Is His Name