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Describe '''''That Other Rusty and Masquerade Movie''''' here.

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'''''That Other Rusty and Masquerade Movie''''' is a profoundly ridiculous short film written and directed by high school film nerd Phill Skokos. It was posted [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGHSGKcVZEg&feature=related to YouTube] in late 2007. The story follows a young man named Masquerade, who is betrayed by his childhood friend Leningarb when the latter begins his plot for [[Take Over the World|world domination.]] Masquerade winds up in a backwoods village where he pulls a giant spoon out of a muffin, only to discover that the spoon is magical, and part of a set of arms called The Order of the Square Meal. He meets a walking, talking blue walrus named Rusty, and the two of them team up to fight Leningarb, and his evil associate Sir Knight Lordington.

So... yeah.

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* [[As Himself]] - Phill Skokos appears as himself in two scenes, in which he is depicted writing the script. Cam Stewart, who plays Lordington, appears the second time, looks at the [[Non Sequitur Scene]] Phill just wrote, and says "Plot, Phill. Get back to the plot."
* [[Non Sequitur Scene]] - Every other scene.
** About halfway through the movie, Rusty and Masquerade stop in mid-conversation and we cut to footage of Phill sitting at a computer with writer's block. We then see Rusty and Masquerade attack the side of a building for a while until a glass shatter transition takes us to another scene.
** Rusty's story about how he killed a bartender who cut him off.
** The brief interlude in which a teacher instructs the audience at home about tax laws in New Jersey.
* Crazy Awesome - If you like the film, this is probably why.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]] - One second Masquerade is just sitting there in jail, asking Rusty how they're going to escape. The next minute they're walking out of a tunnel and it takes them a few seconds to realize they have no idea how they got out.
** Turns out it was [[God]].
{{quote|'''God''': [[Blatant Lies|"Nobody ever gives me any credit for anything."]]}}
* [[Dull Surprise]] - Kenny Farino as Masquerade.
* [[Evil Brit]] - Sir Knight Lordington
** [[Fake Brit]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] - Rusty and Masquerade.
** [[Ho Yay]] - Rusty and Masquerade. Lampshaded by a pair of minions halfway through.
* [[Large Ham]] - Pretty much all of the major player ''except'' for Masquerade.
* [[Loads and Loads of Roles]] - Gabriel Schliefer plays a guy waiting in line for a vending machine, villager, a henchman, and [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
* [[Love It or Hate It]] - If you get the movie's sense of humor, then you can probably overlook the low production values and actually ''enjoy'' the ridiculous plot. If you don't get it, though... well... yeah...
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] - Averted. That guy who looks kinda like [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] is ''supposed'' to be playing [["Weird Al" Yankovic]].
* [[No Fourth Wall]]
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]] - Every now and then in sounds like Phill Skokos (as Rusty) is trying some kind of accent, but damned if you'll ever figure out what it is.
* [[Secret Handshake]] - Masquerade and Leningarb have one that seems to be the same move repeated for over and hour.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]] - Sir Knight Lordington
* [[Shout-Out]] - Oh so many, to oh so many different sources...
** The scene in which Sir Knight Lordington struggles with the "infernal" fax machine, Leningarb is shown [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|sitting in a chair, randomly wearing sunglasses, with his hands crossed in front of his face.]]
** When they reach "the mighty palace of Leningarb":
{{quote|'''Rusty''': [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|"No, it's only a model."]]}}
** Leningarb tells Masquerade about his plan to use the Butterfly Effect to [[Take Over the World]], to which Masquerade replies, "I'm pretty sure that was just in ''[[Jurassic Park]]''."
* [[Special Effects Failure]] - It's a silly comedy made by a bunch of high schoolers at summer camp, so this is quite forgivable. That said, the scenes with Schleckdude are really glaring and unnecessary.
* [[Stock Footage]] - The montage early on depicting Leningarb's rise to power.
* [[Take Over the World]] - Leningarb's stated goal is actually one step beyond this: conquer all reality!
{{quote|'''Masquerade''': "You know, I sniffed a lot of glue once, and I tried to conquer all reality. [[Noodle Incident|Tore up my grandma's kitchen...]]"}}
* [[Theme Song Power Up]] - A number of times.
* [[Training Montage]] - After the first one, Rusty says "Wow, we still suck at fighting", whereupon Masquerade says "Let's do another montage!" and the film cuts to the exact same montage again.
* [[You Fail Logic Forever]] - Leningarb's plan. [[Rule of Funny|It still works though.]]

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