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''Ernest Scared Stupid'' (a.k.a. "Ernest Saves Halloween") is a 1991 American comedy film directed by John R. Cherry III and starring Creator/JimVarney. It's the fourth (technically fifth) film to feature the character Film/ErnestPWorrell.
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''Ernest Scared Stupid'' (a.k.a. "Ernest ''Ernest Saves Halloween") Halloween'') is a 1991 American comedy film directed by John R. Cherry III and starring Creator/JimVarney. It's the fourth (technically fifth) film to feature the character Film/ErnestPWorrell.
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** Except for Old Lady Hackmore; Ernest at least tries to be useful, [[spoiler:and ultimately, he is in the end]].
*** Though to be fair, telling [[TheDitz Ernest]] [[spoiler:the exact detailed steps required to free Trantor]] qualifies her for the IdiotBall.
** Played straight with the rest of the adults, even when they learned of the troll's existence.
*** Subverted in the opening sequence, in which the adults manage to capture and seal away Trantor.
*** Though to be fair, telling [[TheDitz Ernest]] [[spoiler:the exact detailed steps required to free Trantor]] qualifies her for the IdiotBall.
** Played straight with the rest of the adults, even when they learned of the troll's existence.
*** Subverted in the opening sequence, in which the adults manage to capture and seal away Trantor.
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** Except for Old Lady Hackmore; Ernest at least tries to be useful, [[spoiler:and ultimately, he is in the end]].
*** Though toend]]. To be fair, telling [[TheDitz Ernest]] [[spoiler:the exact detailed steps required to free Trantor]] qualifies her for the IdiotBall.
** Played straight with the rest of the adults, even when they learned of the troll'sexistence.
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* BrokenAesop: "[[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Of course]]! Showing [[ThePowerOfLove unconditional love]] to ''kill'' your enemies! That's the ultimate weapon of destruction! Peace and love! What am I missing here?!"
* TheBully: The Murdocks, who wreck the kids' haunted house, try to wreck their treehouse
* TheBully: The Murdocks, who wreck the kids' haunted house, try to wreck their treehouse
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* WeaksauceWeakness: Milk.
** And not "miak."
*** He didn't even get to use it yet.
** And not "miak."
*** He didn't even get to use it yet.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: Milk.
** AndMilk, and not "miak."
***"miak". He didn't even get to use it yet.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: As mentioned above, Trantor curses Phineas that his family would get stupider with every generation, intending on one of them being dumb enough to release him. This works, obviously, but at the same time, Ernest's idiocy is childlike enough to grant him the means to ''destroy Trantor for good''. Talk about drastically overcompensating....
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* GutturalGrowler: Trantor has a very distinctive snarl that almost sounds identical to that of the Cookie Monster. Director John Cherry, in his memoir, said he wanted to create a beast with a growl whose pitch could stop a person dead in his or her tracks.
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* ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument: While perusing one of Old Lady Hackmore's books on troll lore, Ernest notices two pages stuck together. Forcing them apart, he finds an entry detailing a troll's weakness; "Thou canst destroyeth a troll with M-I-''letter faded''-K." Ernest assumes it's Bulgerian Miak, but Kenny later figures out it's milk.
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In 19th century Briarville, Missouri, Trantor the troll has been on a rampage, turning children into wooden dolls so that he can feast upon their energy. The townspeople lure the troll into a trap, chain him up and cast him into a pit, whereupon the village elder, Phineas Worrell, [[SealedEvilInACan seals the troll beneath an oak tree]], that it may never terrorize the children of Briarville again. Trantor swears to Phineas that he will rise again.
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In 19th century Briarville, Missouri, Trantor the troll has been on a rampage, turning children into wooden dolls so that he can feast upon their energy. The townspeople lure the troll into a trap, chain him up and cast him into a pit, whereupon the village elder, Phineas Worrell, [[SealedEvilInACan seals the troll beneath an oak tree]], that it may never terrorize the children of Briarville again. Trantor swears to Phineas that one of his descendants will free him and he will rise again.
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* HereditaryCurse: Before he was buried under the tree, Trantor cursed Phineas Worrell by making his descendants stupider with each generation.
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* TheChick: Elizabeth is the only girl in her friend group, and only prominent female role aside from Old Lady Hackmore.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Elizabeth is the only girl in her friend group, and only prominent female role aside from Old Lady Hackmore.
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* BlackBeltInOrigami: While being menaced by Trantor for the first time, Ernest claims to know tai chi, kung fu, chow mein and that he saw ''[[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hulkamania]]'' three times.
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* BlackBeltInOrigami: While being menaced by Trantor for the first time, Ernest claims to know tai chi, kung fu, chow mein and that he saw ''[[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hulkamania]]'' three times.times, once in slow-motion.
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* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: Ernest claims to be a master of "hedgeclip-kido" while swinging around a pair of improvised ''nunchaku'' made from the handles of a broken hedgeclipper, but only succeeds in smacking himself in the face.
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* NoOntologicalInertia: When Trantor is destroyed, all the people he turned into wooden dolls are restored to normal. [[spoiler: Even the ones from the 19th century.]]
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*GutturalGrowler: Trantor has a very distinctive snarl that almost sounds identical to that of the Cookie Monster. Director John Cherry, in his memoir, said he wanted to create a beast with a growl whose pitch could stop a person dead in his or her tracks.
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* ChekhovsGag: The entire reason they build a treehouse to begin with was so the kids had "the high ground" to defend themselves from the bullies. Come the end of the movie, it serves as the ''actual'' high ground in the fight against the trolls.
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* DefeatEqualsExplosion: [[spoiler:After Ernest uses the PowerOfLove on Trantor, he violently explodes.]]
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* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:Milk is only able to kill the trolls because it embodies a mother's love. The only thing that can stop Trantor after he goes OneWingedAngel is the power of unconditional love.]]
