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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Devlin Bowman manages to get away from being caught by his enemies, but only for a bit. [[spoiler: The last scene in the movie is Pistachio, his father, and his grandfather joining forces to finally catch Bowman and reclaim the Constitution]].
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Devlin Bowman manages to get away from being caught by his enemies, but only for a bit. [[spoiler: The last scene in the movie is Pistachio, his father, and his grandfather joining forces to finally catch Bowman and reclaim the Declaration of Independence]].

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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Devlin Bowman manages to get away from being caught by his enemies, but only for a bit. [[spoiler: The last scene in the movie is Pistachio, his father, and his grandfather joining forces to finally catch Bowman and reclaim the Declaration of Independence]].Constitution]].
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* ComicallyOversizedButt: It's apparently tradition in the Disguisey family to marry women with not just big butts, but ''comically huge'' ones. As can be seen with a woman Pistachio is attracted to at the start of the film. Her ass is so big that [[AssKicksYou she smacks it into signs and people, knocking them over as she walks away.]]
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* WholeCostumeReference: The little man Pistachio finds inside the Slapping Dummy Man would look ''exactly'' like Mario if he also wore a red cap.

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* WholeCostumeReference: The little man Pistachio finds inside the Slapping Dummy Man would look ''exactly'' like Mario Franchise/{{Mario}} if he also wore a red cap.
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A 2002 comedy film starring Creator/DanaCarvey as Pistachio Disguisey, a bumbling Italian American waiter working at his father's restaurant. He has a bad habit of mimicking people unintentionally. His mother and father are kidnapped one night, by mysterious bad guys. So along comes his grandfather, who reveals that the whole paternal family line are natural [[TitleDrop masters of disguise]] who utilise a mysterious transformative magic called 'Energico.' His father never told him, because he didn't want his son to live a life full of dangerous enemies. But to get his father back, he must train in the art of subterfuge, learn the Disguisey martial art (consisting of slaps and blocks to humiliate your opponent), and learn to use the tools of the trade, found in his father's secret lair (behind an incredibly elaborate bookshelf in the attic).

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A 2002 comedy film starring Creator/DanaCarvey as Pistachio Disguisey, a bumbling Italian American Italian-American waiter working at his father's restaurant. He has a bad habit of mimicking people unintentionally. His mother and father are kidnapped one night, by mysterious bad guys. So along comes his grandfather, who reveals that the whole paternal family line are natural [[TitleDrop masters of disguise]] who utilise a mysterious transformative magic called 'Energico.' His father never told him, because he didn't want his son to live a life full of dangerous enemies. But to get his father back, he must train in the art of subterfuge, learn the Disguisey martial art (consisting of slaps and blocks to humiliate your opponent), and learn to use the tools of the trade, found in his father's secret lair (behind an incredibly elaborate bookshelf in the attic).
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* TheCameo: Creator/BoDerek and Creator/KenanThompson.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: The Disguisey Family style of Martial Arts.
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* PlayingGertrude: Edie [=McClurg=] and James Brolin are 10 and 15 years older than Dana Carvey yet play his parents, while Harold Gould is 32 years older than Dana and plays his grandfather.


* AwesomeMcCoolname: Devlin Bowman ''is'' an awesome villain name.

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* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: Pistachio disguising himself as George W. Bush and Devlin Bowman letting out a colossal fart in a pool]]

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* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: Pistachio GainaxEnding:
** [[spoiler:Pistachio
disguising himself as George W. Bush and Devlin Bowman letting out a colossal fart in a pool]]pool.]]
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* TheTake: Fabbrizio Disguisey responds with a take after his son Pistachio's VerbalTic makes him [[WaxingLyrical waxes the lyrics of a song]]. It's not his son's echolalia that surprises him but the fact Pistachio dares to choose a woman with a small butt despite his family's {{fetish}}.
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Oh, and he needs to hire a sidekick, who must be an attractive woman, [[{{fetish}} preferably one with a nice, big bottom]]. So Pistachio's young friend Barney sends his unemployed mother, Jennifer Baker (played by Creator/JenniferEsposito), for an interview and she gets the job (despite her [[SarcasmMode obvious handicap]] of a bottom measurement of only 34 inches). So Pistachio and Jennifer hunt down his father's old nemesis, Devlin Bowman (played by Creator/BrentSpiner), and his new collection of priceless artifacts. Along the way, Pistachio learns to see past Jennifer's tragic lack of bottom-fat and love her, and she learns to love [[ObfuscatingInsanity him and his family's complete and total insanity]].

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Oh, and he needs to hire a sidekick, who must be an attractive woman, [[{{fetish}} preferably one with a nice, big bottom]]. So Pistachio's young friend Barney sends his unemployed mother, Jennifer Baker (played by Creator/JenniferEsposito), for an interview and she gets the job (despite her [[SarcasmMode obvious handicap]] of a bottom measurement of only 34 inches). So Pistachio and Jennifer hunt down his father's old nemesis, Devlin Bowman (played by Creator/BrentSpiner), and his new collection of priceless artifacts. Along the way, Pistachio learns to see past Jennifer's tragic lack of bottom-fat and love her, and she learns to love [[ObfuscatingInsanity [[BunnyEarsLawyer him and his family's complete and total insanity]].
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* UncertainDoom: The end of the film has Pistachio knock Bowman out, causing him to fall into a swimming pool. Grandpa asks if Bowman is dead, which is followed by a massive fart erupting from the pool. The film then ends immediately, leaving it unclear whether this was supposed to represent Bowman voiding his bowels upon death, or just another example of him laughing and then farting (since he can just barely be heard starting to chuckle as he falls into the pool).
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A 2002 "comedy" film starring Creator/DanaCarvey as Pistachio Disguisey, a bumbling Italian American waiter working at his father's restaurant. He has a bad habit of mimicking people unintentionally. His mother and father are kidnapped one night, by mysterious bad guys. So along comes his grandfather, who reveals that the whole paternal family line are natural [[TitleDrop masters of disguise]] who utilise a mysterious transformative magic called 'Energico.' His father never told him, because he didn't want his son to live a life full of dangerous enemies. But to get his father back, he must train in the art of subterfuge, learn the Disguisey martial art (consisting of slaps and blocks to humiliate your opponent), and learn to use the tools of the trade, found in his father's secret lair (behind an incredibly elaborate bookshelf in the attic).

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A 2002 "comedy" comedy film starring Creator/DanaCarvey as Pistachio Disguisey, a bumbling Italian American waiter working at his father's restaurant. He has a bad habit of mimicking people unintentionally. His mother and father are kidnapped one night, by mysterious bad guys. So along comes his grandfather, who reveals that the whole paternal family line are natural [[TitleDrop masters of disguise]] who utilise a mysterious transformative magic called 'Energico.' His father never told him, because he didn't want his son to live a life full of dangerous enemies. But to get his father back, he must train in the art of subterfuge, learn the Disguisey martial art (consisting of slaps and blocks to humiliate your opponent), and learn to use the tools of the trade, found in his father's secret lair (behind an incredibly elaborate bookshelf in the attic).
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It's widely regarded to be the most unfunny comedy ever.


A 2002 comedy film starring Creator/DanaCarvey as Pistachio Disguisey, a bumbling Italian American waiter working at his father's restaurant. He has a bad habit of mimicking people unintentionally. His mother and father are kidnapped one night, by mysterious bad guys. So along comes his grandfather, who reveals that the whole paternal family line are natural [[TitleDrop masters of disguise]] who utilise a mysterious transformative magic called 'Energico.' His father never told him, because he didn't want his son to live a life full of dangerous enemies. But to get his father back, he must train in the art of subterfuge, learn the Disguisey martial art (consisting of slaps and blocks to humiliate your opponent), and learn to use the tools of the trade, found in his father's secret lair (behind an incredibly elaborate bookshelf in the attic).

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A 2002 comedy "comedy" film starring Creator/DanaCarvey as Pistachio Disguisey, a bumbling Italian American waiter working at his father's restaurant. He has a bad habit of mimicking people unintentionally. His mother and father are kidnapped one night, by mysterious bad guys. So along comes his grandfather, who reveals that the whole paternal family line are natural [[TitleDrop masters of disguise]] who utilise a mysterious transformative magic called 'Energico.' His father never told him, because he didn't want his son to live a life full of dangerous enemies. But to get his father back, he must train in the art of subterfuge, learn the Disguisey martial art (consisting of slaps and blocks to humiliate your opponent), and learn to use the tools of the trade, found in his father's secret lair (behind an incredibly elaborate bookshelf in the attic).
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* ActorAllusion: [[spoiler:In the final scene, Pistachio disguises as then-President George W. Bush. His actor Dana Carvey was known for portraying Bush's father, George H.W. Bush, on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.]]


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* CastAsAMask: Done with Pistachio's father disguising as Creator/BoDerek, Michael Johnson, Wrestling/JesseVentura and Music/JessicaSimpson, Grandfather disguising as a maid at the restaurant, and Pistachio disguising as one of Bowman's henchmen. Averted with most of Pistachio's other disguises, with Dana Carvey dressed in various costumes and makeup jobs.


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* SpottingTheThread: When Pistachio disguises himself as one of Bowman's henchmen Steve, his disguise would've been a [[CastAsAMask perfect likeness]] if it wasn't for the fact that he forgot to take off his cherry-pie shoes. Bowman immediately spots this, outsmarts Pistachio and pulls off his "Steve" LatexPerfection mask.

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