This Is Spinal Tap: Difference between revisions

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* [[Achilles in His Tent]]: Due to worsening circumstances on the tour, and increasing personality conflict with David's girlfriend Jeanine, Nigel leaves the band in the middle of the show; only to return during the band's final performance to reunite them for a [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|tour of Japan]].

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: As ridiculous as the movie makes rock music in general and heavy metal in particular look, Guest, McKean and Shearer do themselves enjoy the music, which is reflected in the obvious effort they put into writing the soundtrack.

* [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking]]: Marty DiBergi, at the introduction of the movie: "I remember being knocked out by their, their exuberance, their raw power... and their punctuality."

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Marty DiBergi, at the introduction of the movie: "I remember being knocked out by their, their exuberance, their raw power... and their punctuality."

* [[Batter Up]]: Ian keeps a cricket bat around for use during "management disputes".

* [[Beam Me Up Scotty]]: "It's such a fine line between stupid and clever." and "These go to eleven" are often misquoted as "There's a fine line between clever and stupid" and "This one goes to eleven."/"This goes up to eleven."

* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: "It's such a fine line between stupid and clever." and "These go to eleven" are often misquoted as "There's a fine line between clever and stupid" and "This one goes to eleven."/"This goes up to eleven."

* [[British Rock Star]]

* [[Cheap Heat]]: Parodied - as the band gets lost behind the stage in Chicago, one of the band members yells "HELLO CLEVELAND!"

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* [[The Power of Rock]]: Mercilessly lampooned.

* [[Production Posse]]

* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: Inverted! This was so close to the real thing a lot of people -- particularly rock stars (see [[Dude Not Funny]] on the YMMV tab) -- thought that they were watching a real documentary.

* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: Inverted! This was so close to the real thing a lot of people -- particularly rock stars (see [[Dude, Not Funny]] on the YMMV tab) -- thought that they were watching a real documentary.

* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]: David and Nigel. Derek describes their complementary but conflicting personalities and musical instincts as "fire and ice", with him being somewhere in the middle, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"sort of like lukewarm water"]].

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: David and Nigel. Derek describes their complementary but conflicting personalities and musical instincts as "fire and ice", with him being somewhere in the middle, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"sort of like lukewarm water"]].

* [[The Red Stapler]]: Lots of real-life amps now go to 11. And the volume on BBC's iPlayer.

* [[Retraux]]: The band's songs from [[The Sixties]].

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** Why would a British band be confused by the 24 hour clock? Well, this ''is'' Spinal Tap we're talking about.

* [[Running Gag]]: Several, such as the [[Ho Yay]] between David and Nigel, the propensity of the drummers to die in unusual ways, and the band playing before ever smaller crowds in ever lamer venues as the tour goes along.

* [[Sex Drugs and Rock And Roll]]: Played for laughs and turned... [[Up to Eleven|well... yeah.]]

* [[Sex, Drugs and Rock And Roll]]: Played for laughs and turned... [[Up to Eleven|well... yeah.]]

** Mick Shrimpton says he literally lives for the three things and that if he gets kicked out of the band, sex and drugs will be enough for him to scrape by on.

{{quote| '''Viv Savage:''' ''(on his epitaph)'' Have a good time ''all'' the time.}}

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{{quote| ''"You should've seen the cover they'' wanted ''to put out. It wasn't a glove, I can tell you that."''}}

* [[Up to Eleven]]: The [[Trope Namer]].

* [[Visual Innuendo]]: Just watch the way Nigel [[Does This Remind You of Anything|handles the neck]] of his guitar, [[Ho Yay|particularly around David]].

* [[Visual Innuendo]]: Just watch the way Nigel [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|handles the neck]] of his guitar, [[Ho Yay|particularly around David]].

* [[Wanton Cruelty to The Common Comma]]: One band member's inability to remember how to write measurements in the imperial system results in a stage prop of Stonehenge smaller than the dwarfs they've hired to dance around it.

* [[White Dwarf Starlet]]: The entire band, although it's a parody.