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* ManiacMonkeys: Downplayed. Jack is suspected of murder, but he's certainly not [[AxCrazy a demented thrill killer]], and there's never any indication that it's specifically ''because'' he's a monkey
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Implied to be Jack's potential motive for the crime
* MustHaveCoffee: Jack is frustrated that the coffee he ordered is taking so long

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* ManiacMonkeys: Downplayed. Jack is suspected of murder, but he's certainly not [[AxCrazy a demented thrill killer]], and there's never any indication that it's specifically ''because'' he's a monkey
monkey.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Implied to be Jack's potential motive for the crime
crime.
* MustHaveCoffee: Jack is frustrated that the coffee he ordered is taking so longlong.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Yeah, looks like a Creator/DavidLynch movie alright.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Yeah, looks like a Creator/DavidLynch movie movie, alright.]]



* FilmNoir: Or perhaps a parody thereof

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* FilmNoir: Or perhaps a parody thereofthereof.
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** CrosscastRole: Despite the pseudonym, Jack is actually portrayed by [[https://www.tvguide.com/news/marcel-the-monkey-katie-david-lynch-what-did-jack-do-netflix/ Katie]], a female monkey who is probably best known for her role as Marcel on ''Series/{{Friends}}''.
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: If Jack were played by a human actor, this movie wouldn't be half as strange.
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* UnusuallyUninteristingSight: The fantastical elements of the story are all presented in completely matter-of-fact terms, as if they're actually pretty standard in this film's universe.

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* UnusuallyUninteristingSight: UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The fantastical elements of the story are all presented in completely matter-of-fact terms, as if they're actually pretty standard in this film's universe.
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* UnusuallyUninteristingSight: The fantastical elements of the story are all presented in completely matter-of-fact terms, as if they're actually pretty standard in this film's universe.
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** CreatorThumbprint: Coffee is a trademark of David Lynch's persona, featuring most prominently on ''Series/TwinPeaks'' ("''Damn'' good coffee!"). Lynch also has his own organic brand.

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''What Did Jack Do?'' is a 2020 ShortFilm directed by Creator/DavidLynch and released on Creator/{{Netflix}}. The film consists of 15 minutes of Lynch playing a detective interrogating a talking monkey named Jack that may or may not be guilty of murder.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Yeah, looks like a Creator/DavidLynch movie alright.]]

''What Did Jack Do?'' is a 2020 ShortFilm directed by Creator/DavidLynch and released on Creator/{{Netflix}}. The film consists of 15 minutes of Lynch playing a detective interrogating a talking capuchin monkey named Jack that may or may not be guilty of murder.


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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: If Jack were played by a human actor, this movie wouldn't be half as strange.


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* ManiacMonkeys: Downplayed. Jack is suspected of murder, but he's certainly not [[AxCrazy a demented thrill killer]], and there's never any indication that it's specifically ''because'' he's a monkey
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Implied to be Jack's potential motive for the crime
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* FilmNoir: Or perhaps a parody thereof


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* MustHaveCoffee: Jack is frustrated that the coffee he ordered is taking so long

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*AsHimself: Jack Cruz and Toototabon are credited as themselves.



* TalkingAnimal: Jack is a sentient monkey that is perfectly capable of speech. None of the human characters seem to find this at all strange. It is implied that Sally, an orangutan, can speak as well.

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* TalkingAnimal: Jack is a sentient monkey that is perfectly capable of speech.speech (and toward the end, bursts into song as well). None of the human characters seem to find this at all strange. It is implied that Sally, an orangutan, can speak as well.
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Technically it's just 15 minutes. Those extra two minutes are just credits.


''What Did Jack Do?'' is a 2020 ShortFilm directed by Creator/DavidLynch and released on Creator/{{Netflix}}. The film consists of 17 minutes of Lynch playing a detective interrogating a talking monkey named Jack that may or may not be guilty of murder.

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''What Did Jack Do?'' is a 2020 ShortFilm directed by Creator/DavidLynch and released on Creator/{{Netflix}}. The film consists of 17 15 minutes of Lynch playing a detective interrogating a talking monkey named Jack that may or may not be guilty of murder.
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''What Did Jack Do?'' is a 2020 ShortFilm directed by Creator/DavidLynch and released on Creator/{{Netflix}}. The film consists of 17 minutes of Lynch playing a detective interrogating a talking monkey that may or may not be guilty of murder.

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''What Did Jack Do?'' is a 2020 ShortFilm directed by Creator/DavidLynch and released on Creator/{{Netflix}}. The film consists of 17 minutes of Lynch playing a detective interrogating a talking monkey named Jack that may or may not be guilty of murder.
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''What Did Jack Do?'' is a 2020 ShortFilm directed by Creator/DavidLynch and released on Creator/{{Netflix}}. The film consists of 15 minutes of Lynch playing a detective interrogating a talking monkey that may or may not be guilty of murder.

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''What Did Jack Do?'' is a 2020 ShortFilm directed by Creator/DavidLynch and released on Creator/{{Netflix}}. The film consists of 15 17 minutes of Lynch playing a detective interrogating a talking monkey that may or may not be guilty of murder.
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"What Did Jack Do?" is a 2020 short film directed by Creator/DavidLynch and released on Netflix. The film consists of 15 minutes of Lynch interrogating a talking monkey that may or may not be guilty of murder.

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"What ''What Did Jack Do?" Do?'' is a 2020 short film ShortFilm directed by Creator/DavidLynch and released on Netflix. Creator/{{Netflix}}. The film consists of 15 minutes of Lynch playing a detective interrogating a talking monkey that may or may not be guilty of murder.






* TalkingAnimal: Jack is a sentient monkey that is perfectly capable of speech. None of the human characters seem to find this at all strange. It is implied that Sally, an orangutan, can speak as well.

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* TalkingAnimal: Jack is a sentient monkey that is perfectly capable of speech. None of the human characters seem to find this at all strange. It is implied that Sally, an orangutan, can speak as well.well.
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* CrypticConversation: In true Creator/DavidLynch [[MindScrew Mind Screw-y]] fashion.



* NonMammalMammaries: Jack rather loving describes the feeling of Tutaban's luscious breasts. Tutaban is a chicken.

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* NonMammalMammaries: Jack rather loving lovingly describes the feeling of Tutaban's Toototabon's luscious breasts. Tutaban Toototabon is a chicken.
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* NotHelpingYourCase: Jack *really* goes out of his way to act as suspiciously as possible.

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* NotHelpingYourCase: Jack *really* ''really'' goes out of his way to act as suspiciously as possible.
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* NoNameGiven: David Lynch's character is only referred to in the credits as "Detective".
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"What Did Jack Do?" is a 2020 short film directed by David Lynch and released on Netflix. The film consists of 15 minutes of Lynch interrogating a talking monkey that may or may not be guilty of murder.

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"What Did Jack Do?" is a 2020 short film directed by David Lynch Creator/DavidLynch and released on Netflix. The film consists of 15 minutes of Lynch interrogating a talking monkey that may or may not be guilty of murder.
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"What Did Jack Do?" is a 2020 short film directed by David Lynch and released on Netflix. The film consists of 15 minutes of Lynch interrogating a talking monkey that may or may not be guilty of murder.
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!! Tropes present in this short film:

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The entire short is in black and white.
* InMediasRes: Very little context is given to us at the beginning of the short. Instead, the backstory is doled out to us through conversation as the film progresses.
* InterspeciesRomance: Jack has apparently had relations with both a chicken and an orangutan. The detective barely bats an eye at this.
* NonMammalMammaries: Jack rather loving describes the feeling of Tutaban's luscious breasts. Tutaban is a chicken.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Jack *really* goes out of his way to act as suspiciously as possible.
* TalkingAnimal: Jack is a sentient monkey that is perfectly capable of speech. None of the human characters seem to find this at all strange. It is implied that Sally, an orangutan, can speak as well.

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