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''The Love Guru'' is a 2008 [[Comedy Tropes]] [[Film]] and the first major live action big-screen performance from Mike Myers since the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' trilogy. It's the story of an American-born but Indian-raised self-help guru named Guru Pitka, whose dream is to surpass the famous Deepak Chopra as North America's number-one, go-to self-help guru. To do this, he attempts to help hockey player Darren Roanoke, who has been severely shaken since his wife left him for a [[Biggus Dickus|well-endowed]] rival, regain his confidence before the big game. |
''The Love Guru'' is a 2008 [[Comedy Tropes]] [[Film]] and the first major live action big-screen performance from Mike Myers since the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' trilogy. It's the story of an American-born but Indian-raised self-help guru named Guru Pitka, whose dream is to surpass the famous Deepak Chopra as North America's number-one, go-to self-help guru. To do this, he attempts to help hockey player Darren Roanoke, who has been severely shaken since his wife left him for a [[Biggus Dickus|well-endowed]] rival, regain his confidence before the big game. |
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It also featured prominent performances from [[Jessica Alba]], [[Justin Timberlake]] (as the aforementioned rival), Verne Troyer, [[Stephen Colbert]] and even Sir Ben Kingsley, but none of it spared this largely [[Dead Baby Comedy|scatological]] comedy from being condemned by both audiences and critics. Despite expectations that the film would revive Myers' career -- he hadn't toplined a live-action film since 2003's ''The Cat in the Hat'' -- it became one of 2008's biggest flops and nominated for a whopping seven Razzies. It won three, for Worst Picture, Worst Actor, and Worst Screenplay. |
It also featured prominent performances from [[Jessica Alba]], [[Justin Timberlake]] (as the aforementioned rival), Verne Troyer, [[Stephen Colbert]] and even Sir Ben Kingsley, but none of it spared this largely [[Dead Baby Comedy|scatological]] comedy from being condemned by both audiences and critics. Despite expectations that the film would revive Myers' career -- he hadn't toplined a live-action film since 2003's ''The Cat in the Hat'' -- it became one of 2008's biggest flops and nominated for a whopping seven Razzies. It won three, for Worst Picture, Worst Actor, and Worst Screenplay. |
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** The dinner scene -- he reacts as if it's his nuts being smashed and dipped in hot water. He moans A-I-E-O-U then exclaims Geronimo which is the safe word for his assistant to stop. |
** The dinner scene -- he reacts as if it's his nuts being smashed and dipped in hot water. He moans A-I-E-O-U then exclaims Geronimo which is the safe word for his assistant to stop. |
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* [[Heroic Blue Screen of Death]]: Happens to Darren towards the end of the movie. |
* [[Heroic Blue Screen of Death]]: Happens to Darren towards the end of the movie. |
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* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Oh look, it's Daniel Tosh, playing a...redneck who starts a bar fight. Yep. |
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Oh look, it's Daniel Tosh, playing a...redneck who starts a bar fight. Yep. |
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* [[Ice Cream Koan]] |
* [[Ice Cream Koan]] |
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* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: The titles of Guru Pitka's self-help books. |
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: The titles of Guru Pitka's self-help books. |
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* [[Self Abuse]]: The protagonist is told by his severely crosseyed teacher that if he masturbates, he will become crosseyed. |
* [[Self Abuse]]: The protagonist is told by his severely crosseyed teacher that if he masturbates, he will become crosseyed. |
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* [[Those Two Actors]]: Myers and Verne Troyer, [[Austin Powers|of course]]. [[Justin Timberlake]] [[Shrek|probably counts]]. |
* [[Those Two Actors]]: Myers and Verne Troyer, [[Austin Powers|of course]]. [[Justin Timberlake]] [[Shrek|probably counts]]. |
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* [[Tradesnark™]]: Guru Pitka appends "TM" on advice-giving acronyms. |
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