History Film / DrGiggles

** A kid is shown playing ''VideoGame/DrMario'' on his UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem.

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[[caption-width-right:260:The Doctor is in...sane.]]

!!This film has the examples of:

* SaltAndPepper: Such a pair is formed by the older cop [=McGruder=] and his younger partner Reitz.

The film was produced by the movie arm of Creator/DarkHorseComics, which released a 2-issue [[ComicbookAdaptation comic adaptation of the film]] that differs greatly from the final product, since it was based off of earlier drafts of the script. The main villain also appeared in the issues 64 to 66 of the same company's ''Dark Horse Presents'' comic.

* DaddysGirl: Jennifer is close to her father, since he is the only parent she has left after the death of her mother.

* GigglingVillain: Dr. Giggles as he operates on his unwilling patients. Its also his coping mechanism when he gets hurt.

* GroinAttack: Dr. Giggles kills Stu off-screen (after making a joke about condoms), and his body is shown under a sheet, which is being stained by blood that's coming from his groin.

** [[spoiler:Dr. Giggles cuts Jennifer's dad Tom pretty badly and it seems that he has died, but he springs back to life when Reitz finds him to inform him that "a doctor" was behind the attack.]]

* SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror: The drama between the main cast is played seriously, but the deadly antics of the main villain is played for dark comedy.

* MouthCam: As Dr. Giggles puts the tongue depressor to Dianne.

* BlackGuyDiesFirst: Averted. In the opening scene, which also served as the EstablishingCharacterMoment for the film's BigBad, Dr Giggles' first victims were a Doctor, a nurse and another Doctor (whose car he stole) at the psychiatric hospital where he was incarcerated. However, the TokenMinorityCouple Trotter and Leigh are the first ones to die in Moorehigh at Dr. Giggles' hands after they get locked up in his house by Stu, who's pulling a prank on them.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Jennifer kills Evan with his own tools]].
* IsThereADoctorInTheHouse: [[spoiler:These are the last words of Dr. Giggles after he is stabbed fatally by Jennifer]].

** [[spoiler:Dr. Giggles cuts Jennifer's dad Tom pretty badly and it seems that he has died, but he springs back to life when Reitz finds him to inform him that "a doctor" was behind the attack]].
** [[spoiler:Performed by Dr. Giggles twice: first comes after his seeming demise among his exploding home and the second comes after he is electrocuted with defibrillator equipment]].

* PsychopathicManchild: In his own mind, Dr. Giggles is helping his patients by treating their medical conditions. Death is just an unfortunate side effect.

* It's actually due to this warped sense of medical ethics than any morality. In Dr. Giggle's mind

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Dr. Giggles ''could'' have killed Stu's kid brother before leaving, as there was no one left in the house, [[WouldntHurtAChild but he spares him.]]

* BlackGuyDiesFirst: Averted. Dr Giggles' first victims were a Doctor, a nurse and another Doctor (whose car he stole) at the psychiatric hospital where he was incarcerated were all white. The TokenMinorityCouple Trotter and Leigh are the first ones to die in Moorehigh at Dr. Giggles' hands after they get locked up in his house by Stu, who's pulling a prank on them.

* BlackGuyDiesFirst: The TokenMinorityCouple Trotter and Leigh are the first ones to die at Dr. Giggles' hands after they get locked up in his house by Stu, who's pulling a prank on them.

* ComfortFood: After Jennifer's father Tom leaves their house to go look for her, her stepmother starts eating a bowl of ice cream because she finds the situation stressful. Not because she is worried for her stepdaughter mind you, but because she thinks that Jennifer is just playing her father along for attention, all of which she wants for herself. Dr. Giggles then arrives on the scene and decides that such unhealthy habits shouldn't go unchecked and starts pumping her stomach to the point of death.

''Dr. Giggles'' is a SlasherMovie from 1992 directed by Manny Coto. It starred Larry Drake, Creator/HollyMarieCombs and Cliff De Young. It is notable among horror movie buffs for both its horror and comedy.

* DeadlyDoctor: Dr. Giggles kills people with medical equipment like syringes and a sphygmometer.

* DeadlyDoctor: Dr. Giggles kills people with medicinal equipment like syringes and a sphygmometer.

* {{Necromantic}}: Dr. Evan Rendell sr. in his insanity sought out to cure his beloved wife's heart condition even after she was already dead.

* TwoFaced: Dr. Giggles survives the explosion that destroys his home with tattered clothes and halfly burned face.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Some of the deaths by Dr. Giggles are rather unusual, like and an extended otoscope getting jammed to one woman's nose (which pierces her brain), and suffocation due to an oversized band-aid being placed on one girl's face.

The film was produced by the movie arm of Creator/DarkHorseComics, which released a 2-issue [[ComicbookAdaptation comic adaptation of the film]] that differs greatly from the final product, since it was based off of earlier drafts of the script. The main villain also appeared on the issues 64 to 66 of the same company's ''Dark Horse Presents'' comic.