History Film / TheGodsMustBeCrazy

* SoftGlass: Incredibly averted. To the Bushmen, the glass bottle is the hardest material they've ever discovered. It didn't even break when dropped out of an airplane.

* DisguisedInDrag: [[spoiler:Xi pretends to be one of the hostages so he can get close enough to tranquilize the terrorists.]]

* AnimalReactionShot

* DamselOutOfDistress: Kate.
** Dr. Ann Taylor

* NobleSavage

* OurVampiresAreDifferent
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The third film give us an African Zombie.

* RunningGag: The two guys playing cards in the guerrillas's gang.

* DudeWheresMyReward: Steyn, after Hind takes the credit for rescuing the schoolchildren. Subverted in that Kate knows the ''real'' truth and properly rewards Steyn.

* DudeWheresMyReward: Steyn, after Hind takes the credit for rescuing the schoolchildren.

''Crazy Safari (The Gods must be crazy III)'' featured Xi helping some Chinese people who were transporting a Chinese mummy/vampire when their plane crashed. It ends with the Chinese Zombie fighting an African voodoo zombie.

N!xau's popularity had him being cast in a series of comedies made by a Hong Kong company in which, rather than being called Xi Xo, he goes by his real name. Although never intended to be sequels to the original film (as the titles and plots of the films were entirely different), they were eventually released under "The gods must be crazy", added with a sequel number. The original Chinese title of the fifth film even translates to "The Gods must be funny in China" as nod to the original film. [[DenserAndWackier Let's just say that these films were quite different from the original ones]]:

* BigBad: All five films: the AfricanTerrorists in the first film, the poachers/ivory dealers in the second, diamond thieves in the third, smugglers in the fourth and panda thieves in the fifth and last film.

* BloodlessCarnage: The president of Burani and his cabinet get shot up by terrorists, a few of those terrorists are shot by police. No single drop of blood or a gunwound is shown, making them basically simply drop dead for no reason.

* CannotTalkToWomen: Andrew Steyn

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Xi considers the attractive heroine to be "ugliest person he has ever seen."

* HighAltitudeInterrogation: Subverted twice. The terrorist being interrogated spills the beans only after being pushed to his death--actually a joke as the helicopter hasn't even taken off yet.

* LitteringIsNoBigDeal: Averted. Someone's inconsiderate disposal of a Coke bottle starts the whole plot in motion.

* MoodWhiplash: In an otherwise cute and slapsticky film, there's a scene where guerrillas slaughter a roomful of people with machinegun fire (right after they kick the doors open and have them comically slam shut in their faces).

* ScaryBlackMan: An tall African zombie.

* TranquillizerDart: A {{Lampshaded}} subversion explicitly explains that tranquilizer darts don't take effect immediately. That's why they are rigged to be so easily removed that the victim doesn't know they've been tranqed (they feel only the sting, that can be attributed to insects).

** [[DamnedByAFoolsPraise Maybe Pepsi did it instead...]]

* BloodlessCarnage: The president of Burani and his kabinet get shot up by terrorists, a few of those terrorists are shot by police. No single drop of blood or a gunwound is shown, making them basically simply drop dead for no reason.

* MoodWhiplash: In an otherwise cute and slapsticky film, there's a scene where guerrillas slaughter a roomful of people with machinegun fire.

We cut to a modern South African city to establish some "tribal" habits of the "civilized" people in the film. (Translation Convention is not necessary as most South Africans can speak English while Xi and the other bushmen are unfamiliar with the language.) A couple of these city-inhabitants set out on their own quests, and they inevitably cross paths with Xi. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity (genuinely) Ensues.]]

* PetTheDog: Terrorist leader Sam Boga acknowledging Kate's point and demanding that the army leave out food and water for the schoolchildren he's taken hostage is a standard case of PragmaticVillainy, but also making sure the military commanders are informed that he made a mistake in failing to plan ahead when he certainly didn't have to was somewhat decent of him.

* PetTheDog: Sam Boga acknowledging Kate's point and demanding that the army leave out food and water for the schoolchildren he's taken hostage is case of PragmaticVillainy, but also making sure the military commanders are informed that he made a mistake in failing to plan ahead was somewhat decent thing for him to do.

* BadassDamsel: Kate.

* BigBad: All five films: the AfricanTerrorists in the first film, the poachers/ivory dealers in the second, diamond thiefs in the third, smugglers in the fourth and panda thieves in the fifth and last film.

* DisguisedInDrag: [[spoiler:Xi pretends to be one of the hostages so he can get close enough to tranquillise the terrorists]].

* HadTheSillyThingInReverse: During the climax, Xi attempts to drive the Land Rover, but, due to inexperience, winds up putting it in reverse. Rather than attempt to correct his mistake, he simply [[CrowningMomentOfFunny stands on the hood and steers it backwards.]]

** To MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail.

* RhinoRampage: Subverted. They're pretty calm when they do their civic duty.

* SoftGlass: Incredibly averted. To the Bushmen, the glass bottle is the hardest material they've ever discovered.

* OneDimensionalThinking: When Ann is being chased by the rhino, she runs in a straight line until she hits a tree and climb it.

* ProductPlacement: One has to wonder whether Coca-Cola received any money to have their product so prominently displayed (it's much more worse in the sequels), yet as a representation of Western culture's negative impact on indigenous people.

* ValuesDissonance: Invoked. The heroine, attractive by Western standards, is considered the "ugliest person [Xi] has ever seen."

* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: "The helicopter" in the first film.

* AffablyEvil: The assistant poacher in the second film.

N!xau's popularity had him being cast in a series of comedies made by a Hong Kong company in which, rather than being called Xi Xo, he goes by his real name. Although never intended to be sequels to the original film (as the titles and plots of the films were intirely different), they were eventually released under "The gods must be crazy", added with a sequel number. The original Chinese title of the fifth film even translates to "The Gods must be funny in China" as nod to the original film. [[DenserAndWackier Let's just say that these films were quite different from the original ones]]:

''Crazy Hong Kong (The Gods must be crazy IV aka The Gods must be crazy in Hong Kong)'' takes the FishOutOfWater concept UpToEleven by having Xi being stranded in modern urban Hong Kong and gets into various hilarious situations.

''The Gods must be funny in China (The Gods must be crazy V)''. N!xau now lives in a small village in China, often giving lessons about his native country. He also learned to fully speak (in reality he never did and his voice was simply overdubbed by a Chinese actor) and communicate with them. A sports promoter notice how fast he can run and manages to persuade him to enter a running marathon. HilarityEnsues as he and his team get lost during the race and in the meantime saving pandas from mad poachers.