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Meet Tucker and Dale. They are two best friends who have taken a little vacation to fix a cabin in the woods which Tucker has bought. On their way there, they ran into the aforementioned college kids at the gas station. They inadvertently give the wrong first impression and the kids are convinced that they are typical creepy backwood hicks like the ones in movies. Later on our two heroes meet the kids again when they are fishing. They accidentally scare the female lead of this film, Allison, when she's about to go for a swim and she almost drowns. They save her, but again they give the wrong impression about themselves and the college kids think they have actually ''kidnapped her''. Several accidents and [[Poor Communication Kills|more misunderstandings]] later, the planned vacation goes to south big time for our duo as they have to put their best against... '''EVIL'''.
While [[Deconstruction|deconstructing]] the [[Hillbilly Horrors|killer hillbillies sub-genre]], this 2010 horror comedy film also works in [[Aesop|aesops]] for proper communication and against prejudice.
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* [[Abuse Mistake]]: The college kids {{spoiler|and the police}} take for granted that Dale is doing terrible things to Allison.
* [[Aggressive Categorism]]: With his paranoia and prejudice against "hillbillies", Chad makes an example of the scary and not at all amusing kind.
▲* [[Abuse Mistake]]: The college kids {{spoiler|and the police}} take for granted that Dale is doing terrible things to Allison.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: {{spoiler|Chad gradually
▲* [[Aggressive Categorism]]: With his paranoia and prejudice against "hillbillies", Chad makes an example of the scary and not at all amusing kind.
▲* [[Ax Crazy]]: {{spoiler|Chad gradually descents into this, ultimately becoming a nutjob with a hard-on for hillbilly murder.}}
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Chad's [[Weapon of Choice]] at first.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Allison, who doesn't even button her fly all the way up to expose more midriff.
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* [[Blood-Splattered Innocents]]
* [[Bloody Hilarious]]
* [[Both Sides Have a Point]]: Allison is really trying for this one, in her attempts to mediate.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Tucker, who accumulates all of the nonfatal injuries throughout the film. Dale comes through without a scratch.
* [[California Doubling]]: [[Canada, Eh?|Alberta]] for West Virginia.
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Tucker and Dale immediately understand that no one is going to believe what really happened at the cabin.
* [[Chainsaw Good]]: Tucker accidentally cuts through a hornet's nest with a chainsaw and accidentally charges through the co-eds while swinging the chainsaw wildly at the swarming hornets. Later Dale has a chainsaw-versus-pipe fight with Chad.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]:
** Chamomile tea. Good thing the lumber mill happened to have some laying around.
** The poorly fixed column in the cabin.
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]:
** Dale's thing for being able to remember ''any'' bit of trivia.
** Inverted by Chad's axe. Chad practices throwing it several times, but it's Dale who actually throws and hits something with it. He's shocked.
* [[Child by Rape]]: {{spoiler|Chad believes his father was one of the victims of the Memorial Day massacre. He was actually the perpetrator, a serial killer and rapist who attacked Chad's mother and her friends in the past}}.
* [[Cobweb Jungle]]: Tucker's cabin when he and Dale enter it. They proclaim proudly that it's just a little dusty.
* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: Tucker and Dale find newspaper clippings of all the cabin owner's victims. All Tucker notices is the free hot dog coupon.
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* [[Not with the Safety On, You Won't]]: One of the co-eds tries to shoot at the hillbillies, but the safety is on. Dale tells him what's wrong. Oddly, the gun is a revolver and would not have a safety in real life.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Jason ''initially'' acts as this for the first half of the movie.
* [[Perspective Flip]]:
** A [[Hillbilly Horrors]] film from the hillbillies' point of view.
** The DVD likewise contains a 15-minute bonus feature called ''Tucker and Dale ARE Evil'', which [[
* [[Police Are Useless]]: The local sheriff is kind of an idiot. He mistakes Tucker and Dale for gay lovers and later follows them inside the murder cabin. Even the airheaded teens can't believe he's so stupid.
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: {{spoiler|Chad when it comes to hillbillies.}}
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