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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: "I never realized until this moment how easy it is to accidentally cut someone in half with a machete..."

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: To musical biopics generally, and ''[[Walk the Line]]'' and ''[[Ray]]'' more specifically.

* [[The New Rock and Roll]]: The movie parodies the panic over rock and roll in the 1950s; at his high school talent show, Dewey and his band perform a sweet, gentle pop ballad called "Take My Hand" about two people holding hands. It immediately turns all the teenage girls present into sex-crazed nymphos, the teenage boys into violent thugs, and causes the older generation to picket Dewey's house with [[Torches and Pitchforks]] screaming about how he's going straight to hell:

{{quote|'''Preacher''': You think we don't know what you mean when you say 'Take My Hand'?

'''Preacher''':You know who else had hands? [[Hitler Ate Sugar|The Devil!]] And he uses 'em for holdin'! }}

* [[Non-Singing Voice]]: As Jenna Fischer has admitted, she can't sing. Angela Correa dubbed over the songs for the Darlene Madison character.

* [[Stunt Casting]]: Parodied - many of Dewey's buddies are themselves ([[Real Life]]) famous musicians... who are often played by (intentionally) [[What the Hell, Casting Agency?|ludicrously miscast]] famous actors (such as [[Malcolm in the Middle|Frankie Muniz]] as Buddy Holly and [[School of Rock|Jack]] [[Kung Fu Panda|Black]] as Paul McCartney). Similar to the [[Dawson Casting]] example, they intentionally keep referring to themselves by name to underscore the absurdity.

** Or extremely famous [[Elvis Presley|musicians]] played by merely famous [[The White Stripes|musicians]].

'''John Lennon''': Oh, we are [[Shown Their Work|from Liverpool]]. }}

* [[Stylistic Suck]]: (Played with) There are numerous spoof songs that evoke everything from Johnny Cash to Bob Dylan to the Beach Boys, but they're all funny and well done.

[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]

[[Category:Walk Hard]]