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Late Franchise Buffoonery is a phenomena where a series of films starts out seriously but gets sillier and sillier as later installments go for the cheap laughs.
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Late Franchise Buffoonery is a phenomena whereby a series of films starts out seriously but gets sillier and sillier as later installments go for the cheap laughs.
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== Son of Godzilla (1967) ==
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* The gritty, apocalyptic tone of 1954's Godzilla has been abandoned in favour of silliness. 
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* Writer Shinichi Sekizawa is credited with adding a lightweight, "fun" tone to the Godzilla films of the 1960's.
  
 
== Live and Let Die (1973) ==
 
== Live and Let Die (1973) ==
  
* Sheriff J.W. Pepper shows up and hilarity ensues. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cODPt3T0cHE</ref>
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* Sheriff J.W. Pepper shows up and hilarity ensues.  
  
 
== Superman II (1980) ==
 
== Superman II (1980) ==
  
* Citzens of Metropolis are blown around comically by super-winds. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PBm90DQ38o</ref>
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQTRfj7UdZ8 Superman trying not to Laugh]
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* Citizens of Metropolis are blown around comically by super-winds.  
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* Superman trying not to laugh
  
 
== Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) ==
 
== Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) ==
  
* Movie stops to let Rancor's keeper weep and be consoled for his deceased charge. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmkGkSG1-d0</ref>
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* Chewie swings on a vine on the Endor moon while making the "Tarzan" yell. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm1OaKO_fzw</ref>
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* Movie stops to let the Rancor keeper weep and be consoled for his deceased charge.  
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* Chewie swings on a vine on the Endor moon while making the "Tarzan" yell.  
  
 
== Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) ==
 
== Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) ==
  
* Marcus Brody transforms into a buffoon, completely un-doing the character we met in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN6eDHaniB0</ref>
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* Marcus Brody is now a buffoon, completely un-doing the character we met in "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
  
 
== Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) ==
 
== Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) ==
  
* Uhura, Chekov and Scotty are transformed into bumbling idiots madly leafing through Klingon translation books.  <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avH2K1iR8Oo</ref>
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* Uhura, Chekov and Scotty have become bumbling idiots madly leafing through Klingon translation books.   
  
 
== Lethal Weapon sequels (1989 to 1998) ==
 
== Lethal Weapon sequels (1989 to 1998) ==
  
* Adding the Leo Getz character to the sequels drove this action franchise further and further into the buffoonery zone. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOHQnXZ45-w</ref>
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* Adding the Leo Getz character to the sequels drove what started as a gritty action franchise further and further into the buffoonery zone.  
  
 
== Batman & Robin (1997) ==
 
== Batman & Robin (1997) ==
  
* Mr. Freeze's never-ending series of puns. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkTHtWX7CCY</ref>
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* Mr. Freeze's never-ending series of puns.
  
 
== Terminator 3 (2003) ==
 
== Terminator 3 (2003) ==
  
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRfdXZ4sFLU "Talk to the hand."]
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* Killer cyborg now cracks wise with "Talk to the hand."
== Spider-Man 3 (2006) ==
 
 
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVmXsBNfwHY Peter Parker Evil's Dance]
 
  
== References ==
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== Spider-Man 3 (2007) ==  
  
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* Peter Parker Evil's Dance

Latest revision as of 12:54, 6 August 2020

Late Franchise Buffoonery is a phenomena whereby a series of films starts out seriously but gets sillier and sillier as later installments go for the cheap laughs.

Son of Godzilla (1967)[edit]

  • The gritty, apocalyptic tone of 1954's Godzilla has been abandoned in favour of silliness.
  • Writer Shinichi Sekizawa is credited with adding a lightweight, "fun" tone to the Godzilla films of the 1960's.

Live and Let Die (1973)[edit]

  • Sheriff J.W. Pepper shows up and hilarity ensues.

Superman II (1980)[edit]

  • Citizens of Metropolis are blown around comically by super-winds.


  • Superman trying not to laugh

Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)[edit]

  • Movie stops to let the Rancor keeper weep and be consoled for his deceased charge.


  • Chewie swings on a vine on the Endor moon while making the "Tarzan" yell.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)[edit]

  • Marcus Brody is now a buffoon, completely un-doing the character we met in "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)[edit]

  • Uhura, Chekov and Scotty have become bumbling idiots madly leafing through Klingon translation books.

Lethal Weapon sequels (1989 to 1998)[edit]

  • Adding the Leo Getz character to the sequels drove what started as a gritty action franchise further and further into the buffoonery zone.

Batman & Robin (1997)[edit]

  • Mr. Freeze's never-ending series of puns.

Terminator 3 (2003)[edit]

  • Killer cyborg now cracks wise with "Talk to the hand."

Spider-Man 3 (2007)[edit]

  • Peter Parker Evil's Dance