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* CartoonishSupervillainy: Befitting a wonderfully silly movie.
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* CartoonishSupervillainy: Befitting a wonderfully silly movie. movie, the villains plan involves stealing all the water in Warsaw to sell it to a Third World country. Also involves a crocodile.
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* TheCape: As. Also, TheAce - it's his name!
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* TheCape: As.As, the perfect paragon of goodness, which he's always ready to remind us about. Though, he doesn't wear a literal cape. Also, TheAce - it's his name!
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The villains bring one with them. [[RocketPoweredWeapon A rocket-powered]] [[ThoseWackyNazis German]] alligator. Named Hermann.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The villains bring one with them. [[RocketPoweredWeapon A rocket-powered]] [[ThoseWackyNazis German]] alligator. Named Hermann. He only understands commands in German.
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* BrandNamesAreBetter: ParodiedTrope, both in regard to Western brands (understandable since the movie was made under the communist regime) and domestic ones.
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* BrandNamesAreBetter: ParodiedTrope, both in regard to Western brands (understandable since the movie was made under the communist regime) and domestic ones.regime):
And domestic ones:
-->'''The Taxi Driver''': I'm already a little comforted. I rememebered I'm insured by [[PunctuatedForEmphasis P, Z, U]].
-->'''The Taxi Driver''': I'm already a little comforted. I rememebered I'm insured by [[PunctuatedForEmphasis P, Z, U]].
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* CardCarryingVillain: Two of these trying to steal the Warsaw water. The horror!
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* CantHoldHisLiquor: The bad guys get several people drunk to keep them from interfering with their EvilPlan. One apparently keeled over just from having a bottle held up to his nose.
* CardCarryingVillain: Two of these trying to steal all the Warsaw water. The horror!
* CardCarryingVillain: Two of these trying to steal all the Warsaw water. The horror!
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* ClarkKenting: As's civilian identity is Jan Walczak, a mild-mannered draughtsman[[note]] that is, a guy who makes and corrects technical drawings - a job [[TechnologyMarchesOn now made obsolete by CAD software]], but oddly common among the protagonists in Polish popular fiction in TheSeventies[[/note]]. He does not conceal his face in any way, doesn't even wear a DominoMask.
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* ClarkKenting: As's civilian identity is Jan Walczak, a mild-mannered draughtsman[[note]] that is, a guy who makes and corrects technical drawings - a job [[TechnologyMarchesOn now made obsolete by CAD software]], but oddly common among the protagonists in Polish popular fiction in TheSeventies[[/note]]. He does not conceal his face in any way, doesn't even wear a DominoMask.DominoMask, although he does wear glasses, just like Clark Kent.
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* CreditsGag: The opening credits are spoken by the actress Kalina Jędrusik (often cast as MsFanservice in the era), in a curiously sultry way. %%are you quite sure that was Kalina Jędrusik? Filmweb says otherwise: https://www.filmweb.pl/film/Hydrozagadka-1970-6271/cast/actors
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* CreditsGag: The opening credits are spoken by the actress Kalina Jędrusik (often cast as MsFanservice in singer Iga Cembrzyńska (who was the era), director's girlfriend at the time and also played a minor role - a waitress in league with doctor Plama), in a curiously strange, sultry way. %%are you quite sure that was Kalina Jędrusik? Filmweb says otherwise: https://www.filmweb.pl/film/Hydrozagadka-1970-6271/cast/actors
Apparently this is because the movie had a very tight budget and they couldn't afford to make the credits like normal, but the end result [[SerendipityWritesThePlot adds to the surrealism]].
*DrugsAreBad:DrugsAreBad: The anti-alcohol messages are parodying the real anti-alcohol campaigns from the time.
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* IntoxicationEnsues: The baddies attempt this on As, but the "orange pop" is drank by someone else.
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* ReferencedBy/WilliamShakespeare: The quotation is delivered rather hammily.
-->'''As''': Wake up. Raise! I wake you up!\\
'''The Crossing Keeper''': Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalled play.\\
'''As''': For some must watch, while some must sleep; So runs the world away. ({{Beat}}) You are delirious!\\
'''The Crossing Keeper''': Nah, I like Shakespeare.
* StylisticSuck: The story (intentionally) makes little sense, the acting is weird, the montage sloppy. The [[WordOfGod director himself says]] that he was aiming for "wonderfully silly", but...
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* SuperheroesWearTights: Although just how As would have been able to get hold of a classical superhero costume goes unexplained. He's not wearing cape, though.
* VillainsActHeroesReact: As is only contacted after a water shortage (caused by villains) stumps both Milczarek and his computer.
* VillainsActHeroesReact: As is only contacted after a water shortage (caused by villains) stumps both Milczarek and his computer.
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* SuperheroesWearTights: Although just how As would have been able to get hold of a classical superhero costume goes unexplained. unexplained (like a lot of other things, to be fair). He's not wearing a cape, though.
* TakeThat: Underneath the AffectionateParody of superhero stuff, there's also a less affectionate parody of both PublicServiceAnnouncement material and contemporary crime novels and films which were always deadly serious, tended to have foreigners, traitors and western-styled playboys as villains and seemingly naive, but flawless heroes.
* VillainsActHeroesReact: As is only contacted aftera the water shortage (caused by villains) stumps both Milczarek and his computer.
* TakeThat: Underneath the AffectionateParody of superhero stuff, there's also a less affectionate parody of both PublicServiceAnnouncement material and contemporary crime novels and films which were always deadly serious, tended to have foreigners, traitors and western-styled playboys as villains and seemingly naive, but flawless heroes.
* VillainsActHeroesReact: As is only contacted after
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CrashingThroughTheHarem %% need a rewatch to properly describe this
* CreditsGag: The opening credits are spoken by the actress Kalina Jędrusik (often cast as MsFanservice in the era), in a curiously sultry way. %%are you quite sure that was Kalina Jędrusik? Filmweb says otherwise: https://www.filmweb.pl/film/Hydrozagadka-1970-6271/cast/actors
* CreditsGag: The opening credits are spoken by the actress Kalina Jędrusik (often cast as MsFanservice in the era), in a curiously sultry way. %%are you quite sure that was Kalina Jędrusik? Filmweb says otherwise: https://www.filmweb.pl/film/Hydrozagadka-1970-6271/cast/actors
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''Hydrozagadka'' is a surreal Polish movie, released in 1970. During a heat wave in Warsaw everyone is drowning in sweat, and, to make matters worse, all the water in the city starts to dissappear mysteriously. [[TheProfessor Professor]] Milczarek asks [[TheAce As]], the intrepid superhero, to help him investigate.
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''Hydrozagadka'' is a surreal Polish movie, released in 1970. During a heat wave in Warsaw everyone is drowning in sweat, and, to make matters worse, all the water in the city starts to dissappear disappear mysteriously. [[TheProfessor Professor]] Milczarek asks [[TheAce As]], the intrepid superhero, to help him investigate.
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-->'''Jurek''': I read „Time” and „Epoca”, I only drink Ballantine's, I smoke Winstons, for you I brought Wintermans, imported chocolate cigars. Take off your hat.
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-->'''Jurek''': I read „Time” "Time" and „Epoca”, "Epoca", I only drink Ballantine's, I smoke Winstons, for you I brought Wintermans, imported chocolate cigars. Take off your hat.hat.
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-->'''Jurek''': We shall make love the French way. Take off your hat!
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-->'''Jurek''': We shall make love the French way. Take off your hat!hat!
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[[caption-width-right:320:[[TheAce As]], the ultimate Polish [[TheCape Cape]]]]
[[caption-width-right:320:[[TheAce As]], the ultimate Polish [[TheCape Cape]]]]
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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[TheEvilPrince Maharajah]] of Kabur ([[FictionalCountry wherever this is]]) and doctor Plama.
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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[TheEvilPrince Maharajah]] Maharaja]] of Kabur ([[FictionalCountry wherever this is]]) and doctor Plama.
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: Doktor Plama's justification of his henchman's (who is pretending to be a child) rude behavior towards the Maharaja:
-->'''Dr Plama''': This boy is, heh heh, hungover.
-->'''Dr Plama''': This boy is, heh heh, hungover.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Jurek. His "sophisticated" and "worldly" phrases are immediately followed with "Take off your hat" spoken in a noticeably crude, yokel way.
-->'''Jurek''': We shall make love the French way. Take off your hat!
-->'''Jurek''': We shall make love the French way. Take off your hat!
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-->'''Jurek''': We shall make love the French way. Take off your hat!
-->'''Jurek''': We shall make love the French way. Take off your hat!
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* TheCape: As.
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* TheCape: As. Also, TheAce - it's his name!
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* TheProfessor: Milczarek, the nice scientist who [[TheCommissionerGordon solicits out hero's help]] when the electronic brain proves unable to find out where the water goes.
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* TheProfessor: Milczarek, the nice scientist who [[TheCommissionerGordon solicits out our hero's help]] when the electronic brain proves unable to find out where all the water goes.
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* BrandNamesAreBetter: ParodiedTrope. Duh.
-->'''Jurek''': I read „Time” and „Epoka”, I only drink Ballantine's, I smoke Winstons, for you I brought Wintermens, the imported chocolate cigars. Off your hat.
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* BrandNamesAreBetter: ParodiedTrope. Duh.
ParodiedTrope, both in regard to Western brands (understandable since the movie was made under the communist regime) and domestic ones.
-->'''Jurek''': I read „Time” and„Epoka”, „Epoca”, I only drink Ballantine's, I smoke Winstons, for you I brought Wintermens, the Wintermans, imported chocolate cigars. Off Take off your hat.
-->'''Jurek''': I read „Time” and
--> '''As''': Because I respect social decency and public peace, I shall not rip this door out to deal with you, mister!
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The villains bring one with them.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The villains bring one with them. [[RocketPoweredWeapon A rocket-powered]] [[ThoseWackyNazis German]] alligator. Named Hermann.
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* TheCape: As.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Doctor Plama is one of the villains, although we never learn what he's a doctor of.
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A heat wave in Warsaw. Everyone is drowning in sweat, and, to make matters worse, all the water in the city starts to dissappear mysteriously. [[TheProfessor Professor]] Milczarek asks [[TheAce As]], the intrepid superhero, to help him investigate.
HilarityEnsues.
Can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djhUa085_Vc here]] on Website/YouTube.
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!! The movie provides examples of:
* AffectionateParody: Of {{superhero}} genre.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The baddies plan is: turn all water in Warsaw into steam. When clouds form over Kabur ([[MissingStepsPlan don't ask how]]), send ''fridges with baloons attached'' to collect it and sell it to the locals. Profit!
* BigBadDuumvirate: [[TheEvilPrince Maharajah]] of Kabur ([[FictionalCountry wherever this is]]) and doctor Plama.
* BrandNamesAreBetter: ParodiedTrope. Duh.
-->'''Jurek''': I read „Time” and „Epoka”, I only drink Ballantine's, I smoke Winstons, for you I brought Wintermens, the imported chocolate cigars. Off your hat.
* [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS Brought To You By The Letter A]]
* CardCarryingVillain: Two of these trying to steal the Warsaw water. The horror!
* CartoonishSupervillainy: Befitting a wonderfully silly movie.
* TheCasanova: Jurek is trying (with As's LoveInterest!) but she's [[DullSurprise unimpressed]].
* ClarkKenting: As's civilian identity is Jan Walczak, a mild-mannered draughtsman[[note]] that is, a guy who makes and corrects technical drawings - a job [[TechnologyMarchesOn now made obsolete by CAD software]], but oddly common among the protagonists in Polish popular fiction in TheSeventies[[/note]]. He does not conceal his face in any way, doesn't even wear a DominoMask.
* CrashingThroughTheHarem
* TheComicallySerious: Both straight and a meta-example, since the directors' explicit goal was to make as wonderfully silly movie as possible at the time movies were considered SeriousBusiness. As especially delivers completely ridiculous lines without as much as a twitch of his facial muscles, but he's not an exception.
* DrugsAreBad:
-->'''The Taxi Driver''': This orange pop isn't... popping.\\
'''As''': [[SuddenlyShouting THIS IS ALCOHOL! THE WORST POISON!]]
* MakesAsMuchSenseInContext: That's what makes it funny.
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The villains bring one with them.
* TheProfessor: Milczarek, the nice scientist who solicits out hero's help when the electronic brain proves unable to find out where the water goes.
* RuleOfFunny
* SuperheroesWearTights
* WordSaladHumour
-->'''Jurek''': We shall make love the French way. Off your hat!
* VillainsActHeroesReact:
HilarityEnsues.
Can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djhUa085_Vc here]] on Website/YouTube.
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!! The movie provides examples of:
* AffectionateParody: Of {{superhero}} genre.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The baddies plan is: turn all water in Warsaw into steam. When clouds form over Kabur ([[MissingStepsPlan don't ask how]]), send ''fridges with baloons attached'' to collect it and sell it to the locals. Profit!
* BigBadDuumvirate: [[TheEvilPrince Maharajah]] of Kabur ([[FictionalCountry wherever this is]]) and doctor Plama.
* BrandNamesAreBetter: ParodiedTrope. Duh.
-->'''Jurek''': I read „Time” and „Epoka”, I only drink Ballantine's, I smoke Winstons, for you I brought Wintermens, the imported chocolate cigars. Off your hat.
* [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS Brought To You By The Letter A]]
* CardCarryingVillain: Two of these trying to steal the Warsaw water. The horror!
* CartoonishSupervillainy: Befitting a wonderfully silly movie.
* TheCasanova: Jurek is trying (with As's LoveInterest!) but she's [[DullSurprise unimpressed]].
* ClarkKenting: As's civilian identity is Jan Walczak, a mild-mannered draughtsman[[note]] that is, a guy who makes and corrects technical drawings - a job [[TechnologyMarchesOn now made obsolete by CAD software]], but oddly common among the protagonists in Polish popular fiction in TheSeventies[[/note]]. He does not conceal his face in any way, doesn't even wear a DominoMask.
* CrashingThroughTheHarem
* TheComicallySerious: Both straight and a meta-example, since the directors' explicit goal was to make as wonderfully silly movie as possible at the time movies were considered SeriousBusiness. As especially delivers completely ridiculous lines without as much as a twitch of his facial muscles, but he's not an exception.
* DrugsAreBad:
-->'''The Taxi Driver''': This orange pop isn't... popping.\\
'''As''': [[SuddenlyShouting THIS IS ALCOHOL! THE WORST POISON!]]
* MakesAsMuchSenseInContext: That's what makes it funny.
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The villains bring one with them.
* TheProfessor: Milczarek, the nice scientist who solicits out hero's help when the electronic brain proves unable to find out where the water goes.
* RuleOfFunny
* SuperheroesWearTights
* WordSaladHumour
-->'''Jurek''': We shall make love the French way. Off your hat!
* VillainsActHeroesReact:
