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* IdiotBall: Granted, Millard had no idea was eavesdropping, but there was ''no reason'' at all for Millard to decide Jesse was a loose end to be killed. In fact, Jesse was an addict getting free drugs from Millard to be his puppet.
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* IdiotBall: Granted, Millard had no idea Jesse was eavesdropping, but there was ''no reason'' at all for Millard to decide Jesse was a loose end to be killed. In fact, Jesse was an addict getting free drugs from Millard to be his puppet.
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* IdiotBall: Granted, Millard had no idea was eavesdropping, but there was ''no reason'' at all for Millard to decide Jesse was a loose end to be killed. In fact, Jesse was an addict getting free drugs from Millard to be his puppet.
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** DrugsAreBad: Jesse is high on heroin at the time, so he wasn't thinking clearly.
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* TooDumbToLive: Even after learning of Mallard's scheme, Evel takes no action to prevent or expose it. He continues to play into the drug lord's hands, and only escapes death when Jesse happens to knock him out and take his place before the rigged jump.
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* TooDumbToLive: Even after learning of Mallard's scheme, Evel takes no action to prevent or expose it. He continues to play into the drug lord's hands, and only escapes death when Jesse happens to knock him out and take his place before the rigged jump. Then Jessie runs with the trope by going through with the jump, rather than alert the authorities.
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[[caption-width-right:349:And his last, too.]]
[[caption-width-right:349:And his last, too.]]
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** In a DeletedScene, Ben was revealed to be responsible for Evel's crash, which is why he's not at the hospital or trip to Mexico. His carelessness was {{Foreshadowed}} in the first scene.
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* DrugsAreBad: Evel is vocally opposed to drug use, even preceding his bike jump with an anti-drug homily. Later he angrily refuses to believe that his alcoholic friend might be on "dope".
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* DrugsAreBad: Evel is vocally opposed to drug use, even preceding his bike jump with an anti-drug homily. Later he angrily refuses to believe that his alcoholic friend might be on "dope"."dope".
** ValuesDissonance: He is fine and dandy with Will being TheAlcoholic, however.
** ValuesDissonance: He is fine and dandy with Will being TheAlcoholic, however.
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* PrecussivePrevention: Jessie knocking Evel out to keep him from attempting a sabotaged stunt.
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* PrecussivePrevention: PercussivePrevention: Jessie knocking Evel out to keep him from attempting a sabotaged stunt.
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* PrecussivePrevention: Jessie knocking Evel out to keep him from attempting a sabotaged stunt.
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* TapOnTheHead: For a stunt biker, Evel is pretty easy to knock unconscious.
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* TapOnTheHead: For a stunt biker, Evel is pretty easy to knock unconscious.unconscious.
* TheStoner: Jesse, who's hooked on Millard's heroin.
* TheStoner: Jesse, who's hooked on Millard's heroin.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Remember when a motorcycle jumper could be a huge celebrity?
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-->'''Ben:''' Viva... Knievel!
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* StrawFeminist: Kate is supposed to be one, thanks to Evel's ProtagonistCenteredMorality, but she comes off as well-rounded and intelligent. Then she spends to much time with Evel - see Chickification above.
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* IronicNickname: Evel's explanation for his sobriquet. "I was such a good little boy, they nicknamed me Evil."[[note]]'''[[RiffTrax Bill:]]''' ''(as reporter)'' Evel! Are you worried that story made no sense?[[/note]]
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* IronicNickname: Evel's explanation for his sobriquet. "I was such a good little boy, they nicknamed me Evil."[[note]]'''[[RiffTrax Bill:]]''' Kevin:]]''' ''(as reporter)'' Evel! Are you worried that story quip made no sense?[[/note]]
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* IronicNickname: Evel's explanation for his sobriquet. "I was such a good little boy, they nicknamed me Evil."
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* IronicNickname: Evel's explanation for his sobriquet. "I was such a good little boy, they nicknamed me Evil." "[[note]]'''[[RiffTrax Bill:]]''' ''(as reporter)'' Evel! Are you worried that story made no sense?[[/note]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Evel's crooked promoter (Red Buttons) disappears without explanation after the first act, and his subplot is never resolved.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Evel's crooked promoter Ben (Red Buttons) disappears without explanation after the first act, and his subplot is never resolved. It is mentioned Knievel never breaks a promise, and the promoter has been signed to two more jumps - but Knievel only performs one stunt under Ben's contract before doing a jump with Millard has his promoter. If Knievel is a man of his word like everyone claims, it's doubly odd Ben would vanish.
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-->'''[[RiffTrax Kevin]]:''' ''(guffawing)'' And of course, since every car in TheSeventies were made of pure nitroglycerin!
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** Evel also has a real double for the stunts.
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* FriendToAllChildren: In the first scene, Evel is delivering toys to orphans.
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* FriendToAllChildren: In the first scene, Evel is delivering toys to orphans. However, he also slaps them awake, and scolds them harshly for hugging them too hard.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Kate lays into Evel and Will over their treatment of Tommy. It's last time she shows any backbone, and the only time Evel gets criticized.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Kate lays into Evel and Will over their treatment of Tommy. It's last time she shows any backbone, and the only time Evel gets criticized.criticized.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After Evel is killed, Jesse is next - too bad Jesse overhears the betrayal.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After Evel is killed, Jesse is next - too bad Jesse overhears the betrayal.
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* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: Evel is the #1 ranked jumper. Who knew there was a daredevil jumping league?
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* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: Evel is the #1 ranked jumper. Will was the #1 jumper at one point in Texas. Who knew there was a daredevil jumping league?
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* TitleDrop: Clumsily.
-->'''Evel:''' Viva tequila!
-->'''Ben:''' Viva... Knievel!
-->'''Evel:''' Viva tequila!
-->'''Ben:''' Viva... Knievel!
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** Evel's hometown is Montana, the entire state.
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-->'''Kate:''' Chances are you'll never find out.
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-->'''Kate:''' Chances are you'll never find out.know.
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* EasilyForgiven: Apparently, Evel doesn't hold grudges - it's even a plot point. Tell that to the biographer Evel attacked with an aluminum baseball bat.
* GoodFlawsBadFlaws
--> '''Evel:''' If he's been drinking, all right. But ''dope?'' No way!
--> '''Evel:''' If he's been drinking, all right. But ''dope?'' No way!
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--> '''Evel:''' If he's been drinking, all right. But ''dope?'' No way!
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* GoodFlawsBadFlaws
--> '''Evel:''' If he's been drinking, all right. But ''dope?'' No way!OverlyNarrowSuperlative: Evel is the #1 ranked jumper. Who knew there was a daredevil jumping league?
--> '''Evel:''' If he's been drinking, all right. But ''dope?'' No way!
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* WTHCastingAgency: 65-year-old GeneKelly plays a hard-drinking motorcycle mechanic described by another character as a "gorilla".
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* WTHCastingAgency: 65-year-old GeneKelly plays a hard-drinking motorcycle mechanic described by another character as a "gorilla".WhatTheHellHero: Kate lays into Evel and Will over their treatment of Tommy. It's last time she shows any backbone, and the only time Evel gets criticized.
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* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Evel, of course.
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* Chickification: Kate starts out as a sassy, outspoken professional, but by the end of the film she has degraded into a damsel in distress.
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->''"Yeah... hard to believe Evel Knievel was a mega-giant superstar, but in defense of the seventies, you have to remember that most people were coked up and had at least one venereal disease."''
-->--'''[[http://www.rifftrax.com/vod/viva-knievel Mike Nelson]]'''
''Viva Knievel!'' is a 1977 action film starring EvelKnievel as a strangely dressed man who jumps his motorcycle over things.
As the greatest bike jumper in the world, Knievel is offered a huge sum to exhibit his skill in Mexico. But the engagement is actually a trap laid by a drug lord (LeslieNielsen), who intends to kill Knievel as part of an elaborate scheme to smuggle cocaine into the United States. Along the way, Evel must recover from a traumatic crash, reunite an alcoholic mechanic (GeneKelly) with his estranged son, and win the affection of a standoffish reporter (Lauren Hutton).
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!!This film provides examples of:
* TheAlcoholic: Will Atkins, formerly a champion motorcycle jumper, now Evel's mechanic.
* AlternateDVDCommentary: In 2013, Podcast/RiffTrax [[http://www.rifftrax.com/vod/viva-knievel gave it the comic treatment]].
* AsHimself: Both Evel Knievel and Frank Gifford appear as fictionalized versions of themselves.
* BatmanGambit: Millard knows that Evel will react magnanimously to Jesse's approach.
* BorschtBelt: Ben, the corrupt promoter played by Red Buttons.
* BraggingThemeTune
* BrokenAesop / DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Evel scolds other characters for engaging in harmful vices like drinking and drug use, but he routinely endangers his own life with his motorcycle stunts. This contradiction is lampshaded in the Rifftrax commentary.
-->'''Mike Nelson (as Evel Knievel):''' Remember kids, whatever you do, don't engage in risky behavior that might harm you! Now watch me jump some angry lions and make more money than your dad does in a year!
* Chickification: Kate starts out as a sassy, outspoken professional, but by the end of the film she has degraded into a damsel in distress.
* CoffinContraband: Millard's plan is to kill Knievel in Mexico and smuggle cocaine in the van carrying Knievel's body back into the United States.
* CoolBike: Naturally, there are several in the film. One is even used as a bribe.
* TheCorruptible: Jesse (played by Marjoe Gortner).
* DeathByChildbirth: The fate of Will's wife, and the apparent cause of his alcoholism and antipathy towards his son.
* DrugsAreBad: Evel is vocally opposed to drug use, even preceding his bike jump with an anti-drug homily. Later he angrily refuses to believe that his alcoholic friend might be on "dope".
* EveryCarIsAPinto: The end of the final chase.
* ExactEavesDropping: Jesse just happened to be listening at the door when the bad guys announced their intention to eliminate him.
* FriendToAllChildren: In the first scene, Evel is delivering toys to orphans.
* FunctionalAddict: Will Atkins, who manages to fix Evel's motorcycle and also get blackout drunk.
* HollywoodAtlas
-->'''Kate:''' I'm flying out to cover that new revolution in South America.
-->'''Evel:''' Big deal. There's always a revolution in South America.
* HotScoop: Kate, the reporter sent to cover Evel Knievel.
* InsaneForgiveness: Evel is too magnanimous for his own good.
-->'''Millard:''' I've studied Knievel. He's a big man. He never holds a grudge. He forgives and forgets.
* IronicNickname: Evel's explanation for his sobriquet. "I was such a good little boy, they nicknamed me Evil."
* MagnificentMoustachesOfMexico: Sported by many of the Mexican characters.
* MistakenForJunkie: Will Atkins is falsely imprisoned in a sanatarium, supposedly because of a drug overdose, but in reality to keep him from revealing Mallard's scheme to Knievel.
* GoodFlawsBadFlaws
--> '''Evel:''' If he's been drinking, all right. But ''dope?'' No way!
* ParentalAbandonment: Will blames his son for his wife's death in childbirth, and treats him accordingly.
* RansackedRoom: Evel takes a break from chasing the villain and drives his motorcycle through a Mexican saloon, leaving the place a shambles.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kate delivers one to Evel and Will.
* TheSeventies: Feathered hair, cocaine, and Marjoe Gortner!
* SlippingAMickey: Jesse drugs Will's booze in order to gain access to Evel's van.
* StayInTheKitchen
-->'''Evel:''' Are you a woman... or a "mizz"?
-->'''Kate:''' Chances are you'll never find out.
* SternNun: Sister Charity.
* StuntDouble: In a sense, Jesse serves as Evel's stunt double during the fateful jump.
* TapOnTheHead: For a stunt biker, Evel is pretty easy to knock unconscious.
* TooDumbToLive: Even after learning of Mallard's scheme, Evel takes no action to prevent or expose it. He continues to play into the drug lord's hands, and only escapes death when Jesse happens to knock him out and take his place before the rigged jump.
* UnderminedByReality: The film presents Evel Knievel as gentle and long-suffering. But mere months after the film's release, Knievel attacked a former promoter with an aluminum baseball bat. (The promoter had written an unflattering biography of him.) Knievel spent six months in prison and lost most of his corporate sponsors, leading to his bankruptcy in the early eighties.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Remember when a motorcycle jumper could be a huge celebrity?
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Evel's wardrobe and accoutrements are all decorated in an American flag motif.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Evel's crooked promoter (Red Buttons) disappears without explanation after the first act, and his subplot is never resolved.
* WTHCastingAgency: 65-year-old GeneKelly plays a hard-drinking motorcycle mechanic described by another character as a "gorilla".
-->--'''[[http://www.rifftrax.com/vod/viva-knievel Mike Nelson]]'''
''Viva Knievel!'' is a 1977 action film starring EvelKnievel as a strangely dressed man who jumps his motorcycle over things.
As the greatest bike jumper in the world, Knievel is offered a huge sum to exhibit his skill in Mexico. But the engagement is actually a trap laid by a drug lord (LeslieNielsen), who intends to kill Knievel as part of an elaborate scheme to smuggle cocaine into the United States. Along the way, Evel must recover from a traumatic crash, reunite an alcoholic mechanic (GeneKelly) with his estranged son, and win the affection of a standoffish reporter (Lauren Hutton).
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!!This film provides examples of:
* TheAlcoholic: Will Atkins, formerly a champion motorcycle jumper, now Evel's mechanic.
* AlternateDVDCommentary: In 2013, Podcast/RiffTrax [[http://www.rifftrax.com/vod/viva-knievel gave it the comic treatment]].
* AsHimself: Both Evel Knievel and Frank Gifford appear as fictionalized versions of themselves.
* BatmanGambit: Millard knows that Evel will react magnanimously to Jesse's approach.
* BorschtBelt: Ben, the corrupt promoter played by Red Buttons.
* BraggingThemeTune
* BrokenAesop / DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Evel scolds other characters for engaging in harmful vices like drinking and drug use, but he routinely endangers his own life with his motorcycle stunts. This contradiction is lampshaded in the Rifftrax commentary.
-->'''Mike Nelson (as Evel Knievel):''' Remember kids, whatever you do, don't engage in risky behavior that might harm you! Now watch me jump some angry lions and make more money than your dad does in a year!
* Chickification: Kate starts out as a sassy, outspoken professional, but by the end of the film she has degraded into a damsel in distress.
* CoffinContraband: Millard's plan is to kill Knievel in Mexico and smuggle cocaine in the van carrying Knievel's body back into the United States.
* CoolBike: Naturally, there are several in the film. One is even used as a bribe.
* TheCorruptible: Jesse (played by Marjoe Gortner).
* DeathByChildbirth: The fate of Will's wife, and the apparent cause of his alcoholism and antipathy towards his son.
* DrugsAreBad: Evel is vocally opposed to drug use, even preceding his bike jump with an anti-drug homily. Later he angrily refuses to believe that his alcoholic friend might be on "dope".
* EveryCarIsAPinto: The end of the final chase.
* ExactEavesDropping: Jesse just happened to be listening at the door when the bad guys announced their intention to eliminate him.
* FriendToAllChildren: In the first scene, Evel is delivering toys to orphans.
* FunctionalAddict: Will Atkins, who manages to fix Evel's motorcycle and also get blackout drunk.
* HollywoodAtlas
-->'''Kate:''' I'm flying out to cover that new revolution in South America.
-->'''Evel:''' Big deal. There's always a revolution in South America.
* HotScoop: Kate, the reporter sent to cover Evel Knievel.
* InsaneForgiveness: Evel is too magnanimous for his own good.
-->'''Millard:''' I've studied Knievel. He's a big man. He never holds a grudge. He forgives and forgets.
* IronicNickname: Evel's explanation for his sobriquet. "I was such a good little boy, they nicknamed me Evil."
* MagnificentMoustachesOfMexico: Sported by many of the Mexican characters.
* MistakenForJunkie: Will Atkins is falsely imprisoned in a sanatarium, supposedly because of a drug overdose, but in reality to keep him from revealing Mallard's scheme to Knievel.
* GoodFlawsBadFlaws
--> '''Evel:''' If he's been drinking, all right. But ''dope?'' No way!
* ParentalAbandonment: Will blames his son for his wife's death in childbirth, and treats him accordingly.
* RansackedRoom: Evel takes a break from chasing the villain and drives his motorcycle through a Mexican saloon, leaving the place a shambles.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kate delivers one to Evel and Will.
* TheSeventies: Feathered hair, cocaine, and Marjoe Gortner!
* SlippingAMickey: Jesse drugs Will's booze in order to gain access to Evel's van.
* StayInTheKitchen
-->'''Evel:''' Are you a woman... or a "mizz"?
-->'''Kate:''' Chances are you'll never find out.
* SternNun: Sister Charity.
* StuntDouble: In a sense, Jesse serves as Evel's stunt double during the fateful jump.
* TapOnTheHead: For a stunt biker, Evel is pretty easy to knock unconscious.
* TooDumbToLive: Even after learning of Mallard's scheme, Evel takes no action to prevent or expose it. He continues to play into the drug lord's hands, and only escapes death when Jesse happens to knock him out and take his place before the rigged jump.
* UnderminedByReality: The film presents Evel Knievel as gentle and long-suffering. But mere months after the film's release, Knievel attacked a former promoter with an aluminum baseball bat. (The promoter had written an unflattering biography of him.) Knievel spent six months in prison and lost most of his corporate sponsors, leading to his bankruptcy in the early eighties.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Remember when a motorcycle jumper could be a huge celebrity?
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Evel's wardrobe and accoutrements are all decorated in an American flag motif.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Evel's crooked promoter (Red Buttons) disappears without explanation after the first act, and his subplot is never resolved.
* WTHCastingAgency: 65-year-old GeneKelly plays a hard-drinking motorcycle mechanic described by another character as a "gorilla".
