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''Casa de mi Padre'' (''House of my Father'' or simply ''My Father's House'') is a parody of Spanish {{soap opera}}s, starring Creator/WillFerrell, directed by Matt Piedmont and written by Andrew Steele. (With all three reuniting for the similarly absurdist, equally specific SpiritualSuccessor ''Series/TheSpoilsOfBabylon''.) It tells the tale of Armando Álvarez, who works on his father's ranch. However, they are in financial trouble. The whole family counts on his brother Raúl to fix their financial woes. It's also in [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]] except for a few lines, despite the star never speaking a word of Spanish before shooting.
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''Casa de mi Padre'' (''House of my Father'' or simply ''My Father's House'') is a 2012 Spanish-language comedy film. A parody of Spanish {{soap opera}}s, starring it stars Creator/WillFerrell, and is directed by Matt Piedmont and written by Andrew Steele. (With all three reuniting for the similarly absurdist, equally specific SpiritualSuccessor ''Series/TheSpoilsOfBabylon''.) It tells the tale of Armando Álvarez, who works on his father's ranch. However, they are in financial trouble. The whole family counts on his brother Raúl to fix their financial woes. It's also in [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]] except for a few lines, despite the star never speaking a word of Spanish before shooting.
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''Casa de mi Padre'' (''House of my Father'' or simply ''My Father's House'') is a parody of Spanish {{soap opera}}s, starring Creator/WillFerrell, directed by Matt Piedmont and written by Andrew Steele. (With all three reuniting for the similarly absurdist, equally specific SpiritualSuccessor ''Series/TheSpoilsOfBabylon''.) It tells the tale of Armando Álvarez, who works on his father's ranch. However, they are in financial trouble. The whole family counts on his brother Raúl to fix their financial woes. It's also all in [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]], despite the star never speaking a word of Spanish before shooting.
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''Casa de mi Padre'' (''House of my Father'' or simply ''My Father's House'') is a parody of Spanish {{soap opera}}s, starring Creator/WillFerrell, directed by Matt Piedmont and written by Andrew Steele. (With all three reuniting for the similarly absurdist, equally specific SpiritualSuccessor ''Series/TheSpoilsOfBabylon''.) It tells the tale of Armando Álvarez, who works on his father's ranch. However, they are in financial trouble. The whole family counts on his brother Raúl to fix their financial woes. It's also all in [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]], Spanish]] except for a few lines, despite the star never speaking a word of Spanish before shooting.
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* AffectionateParodyAffectionateParody: Of telenovelas.
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* GratuitousForeignLanguage: A whole movie of it. One of the central jokes is Creator/WillFerrell trying his damnedest to sound like a native Spanish speaker and not quite sticking the landing.
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''Casa de mi Padre'' (''House of My Father'' or simply ''My Father's House'') is a parody of Spanish {{soap opera}}s, starring Creator/WillFerrell, directed by Matt Piedmont and written by Andrew Steele. (With all three reuniting for the similarly absurdist, equally specific SpiritualSuccessor ''Series/TheSpoilsOfBabylon''.) It tells the tale of Armando Álvarez, who works on his father's ranch. However, they are in financial trouble. The whole family counts on his brother Raúl to fix their financial woes. It's also all in [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]], despite the star never speaking a word of Spanish before shooting.
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''Casa de mi Padre'' (''House of My my Father'' or simply ''My Father's House'') is a parody of Spanish {{soap opera}}s, starring Creator/WillFerrell, directed by Matt Piedmont and written by Andrew Steele. (With all three reuniting for the similarly absurdist, equally specific SpiritualSuccessor ''Series/TheSpoilsOfBabylon''.) It tells the tale of Armando Álvarez, who works on his father's ranch. However, they are in financial trouble. The whole family counts on his brother Raúl to fix their financial woes. It's also all in [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]], despite the star never speaking a word of Spanish before shooting.
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A parody of Spanish {{soap opera}}s, starring Creator/WillFerrell, directed by Matt Piedmont and written by Andrew Steele. (With all three reuniting for the similarly absurdist, equally specific SpiritualSuccessor ''Series/TheSpoilsOfBabylon''.) It tells the tale of Armando Álvarez, who works on his father's ranch. However, they are in financial trouble. The whole family counts on his brother Raúl to fix their financial woes. It's also all in [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]], despite the star never speaking a word of Spanish before shooting.
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* {{Sexophone}}: The soundtrack uses this when Sonia first appears. This is immediately followed by the abve MoodWhiplash example.
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* {{Sexophone}}: The soundtrack uses this when Sonia first appears. This is immediately followed by the abve MoodWhiplash example.above MoodWhiplash.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Series/TheSpoilsOfBabylon'', another absurdist, specific AffectionateParody created by director Matt Piedmont and writer Andrew Steele and starring Will Ferrell.
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A parody of Spanish {{soap opera}}s, starring Creator/WillFerrell. It tells the tale of Armando Álvarez, who works on his father's ranch. However, they are in financial trouble. The whole family counts on his brother Raúl to fix their financial woes. It's also all in [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]], despite the star never speaking a word of Spanish before shooting.
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A parody of Spanish {{soap opera}}s, starring Creator/WillFerrell. Creator/WillFerrell, directed by Matt Piedmont and written by Andrew Steele. (With all three reuniting for the similarly absurdist, equally specific SpiritualSuccessor ''Series/TheSpoilsOfBabylon''.) It tells the tale of Armando Álvarez, who works on his father's ranch. However, they are in financial trouble. The whole family counts on his brother Raúl to fix their financial woes. It's also all in [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]], despite the star never speaking a word of Spanish before shooting.
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* FunnyBackgroundScene: [[spoiler:One of the guests is still sitting down and smoking while most of the others have been shot dead.]]
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* FunnyBackgroundScene: FunnyBackgroundEvent: [[spoiler:One of the guests is still sitting down and smoking while most of the others have been shot dead.]]
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* FunnyBackgroundScene: [[spoiler:One of the guests is still sitting down and smoking while most of the others have been shot dead.]]
* {{Mayincatec}}: A lot of Mesoamerican imagery shows up during Armando's dream.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The immigration officers.
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** [[spoiler:Close-up of Armando and Sonia riding horses.]]
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A parody of Spanish {{soap opera}}s, starring WillFerrell.Creator/WillFerrell. It tells the tale of Armando Álvarez, who works on his father's ranch. However, they are in financial trouble. The whole family counts on his brother Raúl to fix their financial woes. It's also all in [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]], despite the star never speaking a word of Spanish before shooting.
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* MayIncatec: A lot of Mesoamerican imagery shows up during Armando's dream.
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* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: "Yo soy Armando Álvarez!"
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* TalkingAnimal: [[spoiler:The ''[[OneSteveLimit other]]'' onza]] during the DisneyAcidSequence example.
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* MoodWhiplash: When Sonia Lopez is first introduced, there is a pan across her body from the ground up accompanied by background music, but this background music instantly stops with the next camera cut.
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* MoodWhiplash: When Sonia Lopez is first introduced, there is a pan across her body from the ground up accompanied by background music, but this background music instantly stops with the next camera cut. These sudden stops in the soundtrack happen more often throughout the climax as well.
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* BigBad: The Onza [[spoiler:(The person, that is. Not the [[DisneyAcidSequence giant talking hallucinogenic cat]]]])
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* BigBad: The OnzaOnza [[spoiler:(The person, that is. Not the [[DisneyAcidSequence giant talking hallucinogenic cat]]]])
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* DisneyAcidSequence: After being left for dead, Armando goes through one of these, which includes [[spoiler:a talking onza]].
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* MoodWhiplash: When Sonia Lopez is first introduced, there is a pan across her body from the ground up accompanied by background music, but this background music instantly stops with the next camera cut.
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[[caption-width-right:300:The funniest movie you'll ever read.]]
A parody of Spanish {{soap opera}}s, starring WillFerrell. It tells the tale of Armando Álvarez, who works on his father's ranch. However, they are in financial trouble. The whole family counts on his brother Raúl to fix their financial woes. It's also all in [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]], despite the star never speaking a word of Spanish before shooting.
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!!''Casa de mi padre'' provides examples of:
* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: In the trailer, Will Ferrell is called Will Fe''rr''ell.
* AffectionateParody
* BilingualBonus: Any scene with the DEA turns into this.
* BigBad: The Onza
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Armando coming to Raúl's aid in fighting La Onza]]. Later, [[spoiler:Esteban and Manuel save Armando]].
* TheCameo: Molly Shannon
* CaptainObvious: "I [am] riding a horse!"
* ChewingTheScenery: Everybody gets a nibble in this, true to its SoapOpera roots.
* ChekhovsGunman: You can easily forget him, but [[spoiler:DEA Agent #2 saves Armando.]]
* DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler:The DEA agents are still around after the death of La Onza.]]
* {{Eagleland}}: The DEA in the movie.
* FlashBack: One to the death of Amrando's mother.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Armando smokes hand-rolled cigarettes, and La Onza smokes two Canadian Slims at once.
* {{Gorn}}: It's probably one of the bloodiest comedies you will ever see.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn
* OverlyLongGag: Armando, Esteban and Manuel laughing.
* ProductPlacement: Parodied with several fake products.
-->"Not all dirty ranchers like Canadian Slims."
* RecycledInSpace: This film is in many ways for Spanish telenovelas what ''Film/BlackDynamite'' is for Blaxploitation films.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: Throughout and intentionally, but special mention has to go to the model of the city, which has Hot Wheels cars dragged by strings. [[invoked]]
* StylisticSuck
* ThoseTwoGuys: Estaben and Manuel, the two ranchhands.
* VillainousIncest: [[spoiler:La Onza with Sonia.]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:The funniest movie you'll ever read.]]
A parody of Spanish {{soap opera}}s, starring WillFerrell. It tells the tale of Armando Álvarez, who works on his father's ranch. However, they are in financial trouble. The whole family counts on his brother Raúl to fix their financial woes. It's also all in [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Spanish]], despite the star never speaking a word of Spanish before shooting.
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!!''Casa de mi padre'' provides examples of:
* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: In the trailer, Will Ferrell is called Will Fe''rr''ell.
* AffectionateParody
* BilingualBonus: Any scene with the DEA turns into this.
* BigBad: The Onza
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Armando coming to Raúl's aid in fighting La Onza]]. Later, [[spoiler:Esteban and Manuel save Armando]].
* TheCameo: Molly Shannon
* CaptainObvious: "I [am] riding a horse!"
* ChewingTheScenery: Everybody gets a nibble in this, true to its SoapOpera roots.
* ChekhovsGunman: You can easily forget him, but [[spoiler:DEA Agent #2 saves Armando.]]
* DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler:The DEA agents are still around after the death of La Onza.]]
* {{Eagleland}}: The DEA in the movie.
* FlashBack: One to the death of Amrando's mother.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Armando smokes hand-rolled cigarettes, and La Onza smokes two Canadian Slims at once.
* {{Gorn}}: It's probably one of the bloodiest comedies you will ever see.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn
* OverlyLongGag: Armando, Esteban and Manuel laughing.
* ProductPlacement: Parodied with several fake products.
-->"Not all dirty ranchers like Canadian Slims."
* RecycledInSpace: This film is in many ways for Spanish telenovelas what ''Film/BlackDynamite'' is for Blaxploitation films.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: Throughout and intentionally, but special mention has to go to the model of the city, which has Hot Wheels cars dragged by strings. [[invoked]]
* StylisticSuck
* ThoseTwoGuys: Estaben and Manuel, the two ranchhands.
* VillainousIncest: [[spoiler:La Onza with Sonia.]]
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