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''[[Stingray Sam]]'' is a 2009 space-western/musical serial film from the same creative team behind ''[[The American Astronaut]]''. |
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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 |
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* [[Bragging Theme Tune]] |
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{{quote|''Stingray Sam is not a hero'' |
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''But he does do the things that folks don't do that need to be done'' |
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''He's got a bravery inside'' |
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''That won't let him run away'' |
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''It will not let him run...'' }} |
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* [[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. |
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* [[Cliff Hanger]]: ''Stingray Sam'' is produced in the form of a weekly serial. |
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* [[Cloning Blues]] |
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* [[Handshake Substitute|Dap Greeting]] |
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* [[Explosive Leash]] |
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* [[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. |
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* [[Incredible Shrinking Man]]: Mass matter compression is used to put people inside the [[Man in the Machine|Tiny Little Robot]]. |
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* [[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. |
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* [[Mugged for Disguise]] |
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* [[Must Have Caffeine|Must Have Olives]]: The Quasar Kid. |
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* [[The Narrator]] |
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{{quote|''And so the plot begins to thicken...but not by much.''}} |
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* [[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. |
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* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: The receptionist at the Intergalactic Hall of Records and Trivia. |
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* [[Offhand Backhand]]: When Stingray Sam swings his 'Asking Stick' at the back of the Quasar Kid's head, the latter blocks it without looking. |
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* [[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. |
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* [[The Red Planet]]: Mars, once the entertainment capital of the galaxy, has fallen out of fashion and is now a [[Crapsack World]]. |
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* [[Running Gag]]: Folks plugging Liberty Chew Chewing Tobacco. |
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* [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (novel)|The Manchurian Candidate]]'' with the [[Brainwashed]] visitors at Fredward's party smoking "bizarre tobacco substitutes". |
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* [[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. |
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* [[Swiss Cheese Security]]: No-one dares see Fredward without an appointment, so his fortress isn't even guarded. |
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* [[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!
This page needs a better description. You can help this wiki by expanding or clarifying the information given. |
Tropes used in Stingray Sam include:
- Bounty Hunter: The Quasar Kid
- Bragging Theme Tune
Stingray Sam is not a hero |
- 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
- 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 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 Olives: The Quasar Kid.
- The Narrator
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 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 with the Brainwashed visitors at Fredward's party smoking "bizarre tobacco substitutes".
- 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: Jerry the Carpenter.