History Film / TheLoveGuru

* TheBlindLeadingTheBlind: Guru Pitka claims that he can teach people how to get their relationships in order, but he's saddled with tons of romantic personal problems that no reliable self-help guru would ever have. Some of his advice may be somewhat sensible, but most of it consists of [[IncrediblyLamePun bad puns]] and [[ToiletHumor fecal jokes]]. This is further backed up as some of the celebrities he has "helped" include Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes as well as the Beatles, both of which are rather notorious for breaking up.

* CanadaEh: Most of the movie was shot in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}.

* CountryMatters: Responding to a complaint that another character can't face something, Pitkasays "What is it you can't face?" Now say it again in an Indian accent: "[[spoiler:What is it, you cuntface?]]" This was used in a lot of advertising material.

* AbusiveParents: The crux of Darren Roanoke's self-esteem issues stems from his mother Lilian, who's presented as domineering and only allowing affection if he were to pass her high expectations. When he tells her that he doesn't see her because of this (after goading from Pitka), she ''socks him in the jaw". When he loses his nerve and runs for it when it's revealed that she's the guest seeker at her game (Jacque having planned it to sabatoge him), all she has to say is that this was because she didn't pressure him ''enough.''

** Just seconds prior to the Bangkok scene, after another game lost, the next RunningGag of the animated mascots hitting each other with the Toronto Maple Leafs mascot is whacked in the crotch with a hockey stick by the Los Angele’s king's mascot, it grabs it’s groin and doubled over then falls down.

* NeverTrustATrailer: The movie trailer has Creator/DonLaFontaine (aka The Movie Trailer Guy) as th on the Voiceover Machine. The final product has Creator/MorganFreeman.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Music/JustinTimberlake's French-Canadian accent. Though does still say "tabarnak" though. "Tabarnak" is a word in Quebec French profanity.

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''The Love Guru'' is a 2008 comedy film and the first major live-action big-screen performance from Creator/MikeMyers since the ''Film/AustinPowers'' trilogy.

It's the story of an American-born but Indian-raised self-help guru named Guru Pitka (Creator/MikeMyers), whose dream is to surpass the famous Deepak Chopra as North America's number-one, go-to self-help guru. To do this, [[UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague Toronto Maple Leafs]] manager Jane Bullard (Creator/JessicaAlba) ropes him in to help hockey player Darren Roanoke (Creator/RomanyMalco) regain his confidence before the big game, as it has been severely shaken since his wife Prudence (Creator/MeaganGood) left him for his hockey rival Jacques "le Coq" Grandé (Music/JustinTimberlake).

It also featured prominent performances from Creator/VerneTroyer, Creator/StephenColbert and even Sir Creator/BenKingsley, but none of it spared this largely [[ToiletHumor scatological]] comedy from being condemned by both audiences and critics. Despite expectations that the film would revive Myers' career -- he hadn't toplined a live-action film since 2003's ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' -- it became one of 2008's biggest flops and nominated for a whopping seven [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzies]]. It won three, for Worst Picture, Worst Actor, and Worst Screenplay.

* BrickJoke: It's established early on that Guru Pitka has a fondness for '70s music arranged in the UsefulNotes/Bollywood style. The DancePartyEnding song is "The Joker", which wouldn't be especially significant except for it contains the line, 'some people call me Maurice', ''which is also mentioned early on as Pitka's real name''.

* EasilyForgiven: Near the end of the movie, Jane has to make her way through the crowd, and when they jeer at and insult her, [[ShamingTheMob she snaps at them, complains about how hard her job is]], and tells them that they can all "kiss my Canadian ass" -- which somehow instantly wins over the crowd. Had the owner of a real-life hockey team (or any other type of sports team, for that matter) tried pulling that in the middle of a crowd, they'd be very lucky to escape the stadium uninjured, if not ''alive''.

''The Love Guru'' is a 2008 {{comedy|Tropes}} {{film}} and the first major live-action big-screen performance from Creator/MikeMyers since the ''Film/AustinPowers'' trilogy.

* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Having a GagPenis is the defining attribute of Jacques "le Coq" Grandé and Darren feels incredibly distressed by the idea of Prudence [[FoeCooties sleeping with him]] due to not being able to compare. He even has an ImagineSpot of her being mesmerized by Jacques's size.
In the deleted scene/ extended ending when Pitka finally gets to empty his blue balls with Jane . We hear the elephant trumpeting noise that usually comes from the chastity belt, then we see a shot of the belt on the ground implying that Pitka is hung like an elephant .

* TheBlindLeadingTheBlind: Guru Pitka claims that he can teach people how to get their relationships in order, but he's saddled with tons of romantic personal problems that no reliable self-help guru would ever have. Some of his advice may be somewhat sensible, but most of it consists of [[IncrediblyLamePun bad puns]] and [[ToiletHumor fecal jokes]]. This is further backed up as some of the celebrities he has "helped" include Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes as well as the Beatles. Both of which are rather notorious for breaking up.

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* TheBlindLeadingTheBlind: Guru Pitka claims that he can teach people how to get their relationships in order, but he's saddled with tons of romantic personal problems that no reliable self-help guru would ever have. Some of his advice may be somewhat sensible, but most of it consists of [[IncrediblyLamePun bad puns]] and [[ToiletHumor fecal jokes]].

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''The Love Guru'' is a 2008 {{comedy|Tropes}} {{film}} and the first major live action big-screen performance from Creator/MikeMyers since the ''Film/AustinPowers'' trilogy. It's the story of an American-born but Indian-raised self-help guru named Guru Pitka, whose dream is to surpass the famous Deepak Chopra as North America's number-one, go-to self-help guru. To do this, [[UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague Toronto Maple Leafs]] manager Jane Bullard ropes him in to help hockey player Darren Roanoke (Romany Malco), who has been severely shaken since his wife left him for a [[BiggerIsBetterInBed well-endowed]] rival, regain his confidence before the big game.

It also featured prominent performances from Creator/JessicaAlba (as said manager), Music/JustinTimberlake (as the aforementioned rival), Verne Troyer, Creator/StephenColbert and even Sir Creator/BenKingsley, but none of it spared this largely [[ToiletHumor scatological]] comedy from being condemned by both audiences and critics. Despite expectations that the film would revive Myers' career -- he hadn't toplined a live-action film since 2003's ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' -- it became one of 2008's biggest flops and nominated for a whopping seven Razzies. It won three, for Worst Picture, Worst Actor, and Worst Screenplay.

* ActorAllusion: Creator/BenKingsley, best known as ''Gandhi'', in the role of Pitka's master.
* AlmostKiss: With Jane and Pitka during the dinner scene but Pitka gets an erection causing his chastity belt to ding.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Stephen Colbert's color commentator character; almost all of his comments are gay-related {{Double Entendre}}s.

* {{Angrish}}: Pitka does this after he is punched in the testicles by Coach Cherkoff
* AuthorAppeal: Mike Myers apparently made this movie out of his being a fan of both the Toronto Maple Leafs and the teachings of Deepak Chopra.
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: This is the defining attribute of Jacques "le Coq" Grandé.

* BrickJoke: It's established early on that Guru Pitka has a fondness for '70s music arranged in the Bollywood style. The DancePartyEnding song is "The Joker", which wouldn't be especially significant except for it contains the line, 'some people call me Maurice', ''which is also mentioned early on as Pitka's real name''.
* TheCameo:
** [[spoiler:Creator/MorganFreeman (voice only, mind), how could you?!?]]

** So many different cameos. Music/JessicaSimpson and Creator/ValKilmer appear in one scene, as does Mariska Hargitay, whose name is used by Guru Pitka in a RunningGag early on as a greeting. Even Mike Myers makes a cameo as himself in his own movie.

** Creator/JohnOliver as Dick Pants, an advisor to Pitka. Apparently, Stephen Colbert wasn't the only ''Series/TheDailyShow'' correspondent they could get.

* CelibateHero: Pitka, much to his chagrin. His chastity belt clanks when he gets a boner (usually around Jane) and does not protect him from groin attacks.

* DancePartyEnding
* DigitalHeadSwap: Done for Guru Pitka's child self (with Mike Myers' normal head).

* EasilyForgiven: Near the end of the movie, Jane has to make her way through the crowd, and when they jeer at and insult her, she snaps at them, complains about how hard her job is, and tells them that they can all "kiss my Canadian ass" -- which somehow instantly wins over the crowd. Had the owner of a real-life hockey team (or any other type of sports team, for that matter) tried pulling that in the middle of a crowd, they'd be very lucky to escape the stadium uninjured, if not ''alive''.
* ExperimentedInCollege: Jane reveals that she had a girlfriend while in college. Which, bizarrely enough, makes this the second movie in successive years (the first being ''Film/GoodLuckChuck'') where Creator/JessicaAlba played an otherwise strictly heterosexual woman who had a brief lesbian phase in college.
* FunWithAcronyms
* GroinAttack: Like Austin Powers, Pitka actually feels the male pain when something similar to a genital is destroyed. An example of this and when Rajneesh prepares the nuts in a sling, as he whacks the "nuts" Pitka reacts as if his own are being hit by groaning the first 3 times the nuts are hit with a mallet,he exclaims "ow" as we hear as a popping sound, then he shouts "E-I-O-U" with the rest of the smashing then orders "geronimo" for Rajneesh to stop and says that is their safe word. When Rajneesh boils the nuts "to make them tighten up and get firm", Pitka groans "ooh" and "ah" then moans ow and says "feels good, I mean tastes good I mean what." When Cherkoff uses the capital of thailand prank on him, punching Pitka in the crotch, Pitka groans instantly and covers himself he doubles over and exclaims "Omar Sharif! My BALLS! and groans "oh-ho!" then drops to the ground still cradling himself he groans and complains "My 'Balls' you prick" and angrishly curses.
Just seconds prior to the Bangkok scene , after another game lost , the next running gag of the animated mascots hitting each other the Toronto Maple Leafs mascot is whacked in the crotch with a hockey stick by the Los Angele’s kings mascot , it grabs it’s groin and doubled over then falls down .

* HeroicBSOD: Happens to Darren towards the end of the movie.

* MayDecemberRomance: Pitka and Jane are with Jane being 18 years younger.
* MyBelovedSmother: Darren's mother pressured him to succeed from a young age, and only showed him affection when he did so. This was part of the reason for his marriage troubles as he believed his wife would only love him as long as he succeeded like his mom.
* MadnessMantra: After meeting Jessica Simpson . Pitka says “ I’m beautiful and I have a secret“ as he mimes masturbating with an ahegao facial expression.

* OverlyLongGag: The mating dance with the two elephants...

* PunBasedTitle: The titles of Guru Pitka's self-help books.

* RunningGag: Guru Pitka's use of actress Mariska Hargitay's name as a greeting. Ironically, she [[TheCameo appears later on in the movie as herself]], in which Pitka promises to name a new building after her.
* SelfAbuse: The protagonist is told by his severely crosseyed teacher that if he masturbates, he will become crosseyed.

** During the dinner scene, Pitka mimicks TurnYourHeadAndCough, which is what Austin Powers did in ''[[Film/AustinPowers Goldmember]]'' with the fuzzy dice in his time travel car.
* ToiletHumor: A huge part of this movie's comedy, including a scene involving jousting with urine-soaked mops. One of the main complaints.
* TradeSnark: Guru Pitka appends "TM" on advice-giving acronyms.

* ToiletHumor: A huge part of this movie's comedy, including a scene involving jousting with urine-soaked mops.

* MadnessMantra: After meeting Jessica Simpson . Pitka says “ I’m beautiful and I have a secret “as he mimes masturbating with an ahegao facial expression
* MissingTrailerScene: Afer Jane is shown for the advertisement of Jessica Alba starring in the film it cuts to Pitka in his chastity
belt with the mallet from the nuts in a sling scene whacking his crotch twice and screaming “ ow !” As it makes a clanking noise .

* GroinAttack: Like Austin Powers, Pitka actually feels the male pain when something similar to a genital is destroyed. When he gives Val Kilmer a flower and Val rips off a pedal, Pitka reacts in pain and asks "why do you hurt me, I know why". Another example of this and when Rajneesh prepares the nuts in a sling, as he whacks the "nuts" Pitka reacts as if his own are being hit by groaning the first 3 times the nuts are hit with a mallet,he exclaims "ow" as we hear as a popping sound, then he shouts "E-I-O-U" with the rest of the smashing then orders "geronimo" for Rajneesh to stop and says that is their safe word. When Rajneesh boils the nuts "to make them tighten up and get firm", Pitka groans "ooh" and "ah" then moans ow and says "feels good, I mean tastes good I mean what." When Cherkoff uses the capital of thailand prank on him, punching Pitka in the crotch, Pitka groans instantly and covers himself he doubles over and exclaims "Omar Sharif! My BALLS! and groans "oh-ho!" then drops to the ground still cradling himself he groans and complains "My 'Balls' you prick" and angrishly curses.

* MissingTrailerScene: Afer Jane is shown for the advertisement of Jessica Alba starring in the film it cuts to Pitka in his chastitt belt with the mallet from the nuts in a sling scene whacking his crotch twice and screaming “ ow !” As it makes a clanking noise .

* BiggusDickus: This is the defining attribute of Jacques "le Coq" Grandé.

It also featured prominent performances from Creator/JessicaAlba (as said manager), Music/JustinTimberlake (as the aforementioned rival), Verne Troyer, Creator/StephenColbert and even Sir Creator/BenKingsley, but none of it spared this largely [[BlackComedy scatological]] comedy from being condemned by both audiences and critics. Despite expectations that the film would revive Myers' career -- he hadn't toplined a live-action film since 2003's ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' -- it became one of 2008's biggest flops and nominated for a whopping seven Razzies. It won three, for Worst Picture, Worst Actor, and Worst Screenplay.

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* NeverTrustATrailer: The movie trailer has Creator/DonLaFontaine (aka The Movie Trailer Guy) as the voice on the Voiceover Machine. The final product has Creator/MorganFreeman.

* AuthorAppeal: Mike Myers apparently made this movie out of his being a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

* EasilyForgiven: Near the end of the movie, Jane has to make her way through the crowd, and when they jeer at and insult her, she snaps at them, complains about how hard her job is, and tells them that they can call "kiss my Canadian ass"... which somehow instantly wins over the crowd. Had the owner of a real-life hockey team (or any other type of sports team, for that matter) tried pulling that in the middle of a crowd, they'd be very lucky to escape the stadium uninjured, if not ''alive''.
* ExperimentedInCollege: Jane reveals that she had a girlfriend while in college. Which, bizarrely enough, makes this the second movie in successive years where Creator/JessicaAlba played an otherwise strictly heterosexual woman who had a brief lesbian phase (the first being ''Film/GoodLuckChuck'').