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{{quote|''Liberty Chew Chewing Tobacco presents!''}}

''[[Stingray Sam]]'' is a 2009 space-western/musical serial film from the same creative team behind ''[[The American Astronaut]]''.

Stingray Sam, a lounge singer on parole on Mars, finds himself <s>invited</s> kidnapped by his former partner-in-crime The Quasar Kid on a mission to rescue a girl child being held by [[Upper Class Twit]] Fredward. This provides an excuse for much social satire, [[Non Sequitur Scene]] songs, and dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing!

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* [[Bounty Hunter]]: The Quasar Kid
* [[Bragging Theme Tune]]
{{quote|''Stingray Sam is not a hero''
''But he does do the things that folks don't do that need to be done''
''He's got a bravery inside''
''That won't let him run away''
''It will not let him run...'' }}
* [[But Now I Must Go]]: Stingray Sam has to leave the Carpenter's Daughter at the end because, well, he's a lounge singer, and folks need to be sung to.
* [[Cliff Hanger]]: ''Stingray Sam'' is produced in the form of a weekly serial.
* [[Cloning Blues]]
* [[Handshake Substitute|Dap Greeting]]
* [[Explosive Leash]]
* [[Ho Yay]]: Fredward's attraction to the Quasar Kid after the latter dances at his party. Then there's that [[Latex Space Suit]] he wears.
* [[Incredible Shrinking Man]]: Mass matter compression is used to put people inside the [[Man in the Machine|Tiny Little Robot]].
* [[Mister Seahorse]]: The rich have only been having male children (via gender-decisive drugs) in order to perpetuate their dynasties and so are in danger of dying out. Doctors Fred and Edward come up with a solution by combining their DNA to create their son, Fredward.
* [[Mugged for Disguise]]
* [[Must Have Caffeine|Must Have Olives]]: The Quasar Kid.
* [[The Narrator]]
{{quote|''And so the plot begins to thicken...but not by much.''}}
* [[Nobody Poops]]: Averted, which is why the Corporate Mascot Rehabilitation Program failed. Turning a corporate mascot into a solitary confinement Mobile Suit is not a good idea. After a while they start to...smell.
* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: The receptionist at the Intergalactic Hall of Records and Trivia.
* [[Offhand Backhand]]: When Stingray Sam swings his 'Asking Stick' at the back of the Quasar Kid's head, the latter blocks it without looking.
* [[One Product Planet]]: Every planet has only one industry or [[Planet of Hats|social class]]. The planet Durango changes from Planet of Rocket Builders to Planet of Criminals to Planet of Prison Factories.
* [[The Red Planet]]: Mars, once the entertainment capital of the galaxy, has fallen out of fashion and is now a [[Crapsack World]].
* [[Running Gag]]: Folks plugging Liberty Chew Chewing Tobacco.
* [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (novel)|The Manchurian Candidate]]'' with the [[Brainwashed]] visitors at Fredward's party smoking "bizarre tobacco substitutes".
* [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale|Stingray Sam Has No Sense of Scale]]: The scientists on Planet Fredward point out that you only have to cross one galaxy to get there, not two.
* [[Swiss Cheese Security]]: No-one dares see Fredward without an appointment, so his fortress isn't even guarded.
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: [[Jesus Christ|Jerry the Carpenter]].

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Latest revision as of 18:00, 26 May 2020

Liberty Chew Chewing Tobacco presents!

Stingray Sam is a 2009 space-western/musical serial film from the same creative team behind The American Astronaut.

Stingray Sam, a lounge singer on parole on Mars, finds himself invited kidnapped by his former partner-in-crime The Quasar Kid on a mission to rescue a girl child being held by Upper Class Twit Fredward. This provides an excuse for much social satire, Non Sequitur Scene songs, and dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing!

Tropes used in Stingray Sam include:

Stingray Sam is not a hero
But he does do the things that folks don't do that need to be done
He's got a bravery inside
That won't let him run away
It will not let him run...

And so the plot begins to thicken...but not by much.