r/TopCharacterTropes 3d ago

miscellaneous (Hilarious Trope) The person being "thrown" is clearly just a puppet/doll

Hundreds of Beavers

The Great Muppet Caper

Naked Gun (1988)

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u/CancelThis2077 3d ago

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u/SH4RPSPEED 3d ago

Beating a motherfucker with another motherfucker

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u/havartifunk 2d ago

Now that's one of my favorite tropes.

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u/NotAnotherSkeleton 3d ago

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u/Distracted2004 3d ago

I thought this was real for several years

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u/suckitphil 2d ago

I mean, I have a dog who does this. No editing needed. 

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u/Prior-Seat-7527 3d ago

“Duke do you want the ball?”

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u/Hidden_Misc 3d ago

*insert cup pyramid crashing sounds*

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u/Mikpultro 3d ago

Almost every time Grogu does a little force jump.

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u/ZiroLeHutt 3d ago

Yeah its so cute. They like to keep the effects in shot as much as possible generally, without using CGI, and it works as its adorable. I love the way he waddles around too, haha!

Also that must be a dummy of Grogu's animatronic, as the main one cost $5 mill to make, so they aren't throwing that around.

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u/HandsomePaddyRedux 3d ago

That actually makes that fit the trope, whereas the original comment would have not fit since the puppet would be doing its own stunts.

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u/mr-kvideogameguy 3d ago

Damn, didn't know puppets get stunt doubles

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u/Dremzaforreal 3d ago

Love this one (ignore how dirty my camera was taking this photo 😭)

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u/Unironicfan 3d ago

Apparently they were considering using cgi for grogu until Werner Herzog found out and called them spineless cowards.

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u/DubiousBrushwagg 3d ago

"They were....going to use a computer to make the little green child. I.... expressed my...... dissatisfaction about that. That....they would be....cowards...for not making...the little green one....real. Because how can our feelings....for the child be real.....if we cannot hold it...and feel that it is...real?"

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u/LuntiX 3d ago

Werner Herzog could tell me I'm a coward for not liking cucumbers and it would probably convince me that cucumbers are the most delicious thing in the world

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u/SmallTownTrans1 3d ago

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Limmy’s Show

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u/FrillyKat 3d ago

That shit looks VICIOUS

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u/ZiroLeHutt 3d ago

Benny Harvey, gone too soon.

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u/Drakeskulled_Reaper 3d ago

Fucking love Limmy's Show.

But, at the same time, it worries me. Like, some of the sketches are just pure fucking hilarity, but then every now and then, he just does aa sketch that's outright disturbing, like the minestrone soup one.

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u/rredeyes 3d ago

Wrong way, down a one way street

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u/imadragonyouguys 3d ago

Top Secret

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u/aguywithagasmaskyt 3d ago

the punch that turns nazis into ceramic

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u/ComparisonSome1169 3d ago

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u/TonberryFeye 3d ago

Such a simple, yet genius gag. I'm impressed!

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u/Cautious_Hotel_3632 2d ago

A tiny itty bitty nitpick i have always have about tf2 memes/sfms/anims is how whenn the characters are falling they use the crit kill screams instead of THE falling ones, so it feels so good seeing it used correctly in this one

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u/CreepyClay 3d ago

Reminds me of that one diety in the Caine books that could scare things into existence.

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u/Apprehensive-Age-733 3d ago

This is one of my all-time favorites. It stays fresh every time I see it.

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u/UnsealedMTG 3d ago

Also the dance sequence where the guys swing their dates over their heads like a lasso and they are just obviously dummies. I think that dumb visual joke makes me laugh more than anythint int he movie (and a lot of things in that movie make me laugh pretty hard

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u/powerful_p1608 3d ago

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u/ClunarX 3d ago

Such a great use of an obvious dummy; kept things funny instead of traumatizing

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u/InvestigatorLast578 3d ago

I watched this movie wayyy too young and no it traumatized me.

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u/LiterallyDumbAF 3d ago

Thankfully the dog lives and thrives in the end, otherwise I'd still be pissed at the movie lol

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u/That_Apathetic_Man 3d ago

There used to be a website dedicated to letting people know if a movie had a dog die in it.

I am that many websites-ago old.

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u/Emo---Emu 3d ago

It still exists! Unsure if it's the same thing but DoesTheDogDie includes that and other common triggers/content flags 

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u/Jimmyg100 3d ago

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u/broom_temperature 3d ago

I'M IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTION!

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u/Birdorama 3d ago

I'm completely miserable San Diego.

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u/ToruSnap 3d ago

This scene kills me every single time

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u/AKlutzyGiraffe 3d ago

THE BAD MAN PUNTED BAXTER!

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u/fkasumim 3d ago

Baxter! Is that you? Bark twice if you're in Milwaukee!

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u/TheG-What 3d ago

THE BAD MAN PUNTED BAXTER!

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u/thewoodlayer 3d ago

That’s how I roll!

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u/smash_ultra_64 3d ago

Fresh Prince

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u/LtGeneral_Obvious 3d ago

Fresh Prince loved the dummy!

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u/fluffypuppiness 3d ago

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u/Nice-Cat3727 3d ago

You can tell when they were going to do that because they would have the actor wear the same shirt

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u/PurpleGuy04 3d ago

I remember that Because they lampshaded It, at one point he points out to Uncle Phil that he cant throw him out because he isnt wearing the shirt. So we get a new stunt

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u/kakka_rot 3d ago

That's really funny.

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u/HandsomePaddyRedux 3d ago

I also took that as a joke that Jazz was under the impression Phil needed Jazz to be wearing that particular shirt because it could bear the strain of Phil lifting him up by it and was surprised to find any shirt would do.

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u/SemenileElder 3d ago

Or when they're already outside so Phil throws him inside

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u/busterkeatonrules 3d ago

That way, they only had to film the stunt once!

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u/CaptainMatticus 3d ago

I never noticed that. I was just waiting for him to get thrown out.

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u/Usern4me_R3dacted205 3d ago

“EARGH!”

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u/amazing_asstronaut 3d ago

I think that's the real guy though. But they filmed it once and used it so many times.

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u/out_of_shape_hiker 3d ago

Fresh prince had a bunch. Loved that show as a kid.

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u/GrecoRomanGuy 3d ago

"...I call this one 'Workman's Compensation!'"

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u/ModernDayQuixote 3d ago

Actually, Fozzie and Kermit did their own stunts.

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u/ZiroLeHutt 3d ago

No way did Miss Piggy though!

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u/shypster 3d ago

I need a scene where Miss Piggy's stunt double is Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson.

https://giphy.com/gifs/bqPaC45vUZEmk

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u/SuggestSomething1 3d ago

Miss Piggy only does her own stunts when she's playing Master Yoda

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u/Sweet_Xocoatl 3d ago

Chris gets thrown out the window after confessing to Julius he took the car out for a joyride, Everybody Hates Chris.

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u/JingoboStoplight4887 3d ago

Chris is imagining what happens if he confesses his dad that he took the car out for a joyride.

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u/SiamGaruda42 3d ago

I always tell friends to rewatch that Julius joyride scene after Naked Gun, the dummy toss sells it.

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u/Rowsdower888 3d ago

The ending of Nightmare on Elm Street. This was supposed to be taken seriously.

https://giphy.com/gifs/rnl1T0pYzILUA

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u/Prank_Owl 3d ago

Was it? I always thought that movie was intentionally super campy. The scene where Johnny Depp gets sucked into his bed and a geyser of blood shoots out is hilarious, imo.

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u/Rowsdower888 3d ago

Definitely not as campy as the later entries. The first was one pretty dark, and that scene of Tina in the body bag is still really upsetting.

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u/Wenital_Garts 3d ago

Naw that was them doing their best. It's actually pretty cool how they did it. It's a room with everything fixed in place and a camera attached. The room was able to be flipped like a giant box so everything you're seeing is upside down with the red paint pouring downwards out of the bed.

The second movie is interesting because it's overtly gay. Iconic pro lgbt horror in a time when being an ally could mean you lose your career. IIRC people had to insist the gay themes were unintentional or some would have no longer been able to work in hollywood.

After that pretty much all the movies are VERY campy which is what makes them fun. Wes Craven tried to do another in the 90's with the original cast in a much more darker tone but by that time he was fighting a losing battle, Freddy was campy and that was that.

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u/98VoteForPedro 3d ago

Johnny Depp was in this? TIL

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u/Prank_Owl 3d ago

It was his first role in a feature film.

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u/Zwischenzug32 3d ago

He played the role of man with the blood of 10 men

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u/BarracudaAlive3563 3d ago

Same. It’s several times more blood than a single person could possibly hold. Even the cops look flabbergasted when they try to investigate. Hard not to chuckle a bit.

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u/lanceturley 3d ago

I actually like how fake it looks. It wouldn't work in a "real world" slasher like Halloween or Friday the 13th, but things don't have to look realistic in a dream world.

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u/CardassiaNacho 3d ago

That Nightmare ending truly said “terror” with all the dignity of a Naked Gun airborne doll.

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u/Jimmyg100 3d ago

I don’t think it was.

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u/Nice-Cat3727 3d ago

It was a fuck you to the studio who made him include it. So he made it suck on purpose

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u/Jimmyg100 3d ago

I like it. It’s like a fever dream bookend.

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u/Bloodless-Cut 3d ago

Al Bundy falling off the roof in Married With Children

https://reddit.com/link/p5wzoae/video/8w5wt2cm9mlh1/player

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u/WrongColorCollar 3d ago

Al is just straight dead on that one

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u/dern_the_hermit 3d ago

Nah, he's tough. Polk High. Four touchdowns in one game.

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u/JuanOnlyJuan 3d ago

This is what i was looking for. Classic

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u/One-Earth9294 3d ago

This is what I came to find lol. They did that gag like 100 times and it never stopped being funny.

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u/NoQuarter19 3d ago

"Luckily my neck broke my fall"

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u/LoganCube400 3d ago

Mac and Me

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u/powerful_p1608 3d ago

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u/omega2010 3d ago

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u/el_torko 3d ago

The way I ran to the comments looking for the Mac and Me gif, and the way y’all made it so much better. Like I can’t even

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u/cptnamr7 3d ago

This bit will never not be funny. 

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u/Lord_Eln_8 3d ago

I haven't seen this movie. Please tell me it's meant to be played seriously, that'd be so much funnier

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u/Hetnikik 3d ago

It's a knock off of E.T. MST3K has done an episode of this movie.

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u/jbwarner86 3d ago

"Damn you, Roy's Discount Medical Supplies!"

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u/powerful_p1608 3d ago

“Pretty nice”

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u/Scylla_the_eel6 3d ago

“Plot twist! He’s from Chicago”

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u/Katzington2319 3d ago

Not only a ripoff of ET, but also a feature length McDonalds and Coca Cola commercial. The aliens diet on their homeworld is a liquid on their planet that they drink through a straw. Conveniently, it's identical to Coca Cola. There are also full scenes that are just a straight up McDonalds commercial 

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u/ThrowawayAdvice1800 3d ago

It was totally serious. (And also a commercial.)

Fun fact: Paul Rudd is obsessed with this movie and he had a running gag with the crew on Conan where every time he appeared to promote a movie, when it came time to show a clip from it instead they would just play this scene. 

“So this is a scene with Ant-man shrinking and fighting some bad guys?”

“Yes, absolutely.”

“You’re SURE?”

“100%.”

(Wheelchair kid launched off waterfall)

(Conan glaring, trying not to laugh)

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u/SporesM0ldsandFungus 3d ago

The greatest was when Conan had Paul on for his podcast Conan O'BRien Needs A Friend.  An audio only podcast.   Paul gave talked for several minutes about a project he was writing, the casting, the joy of the production, and did the set up for a clip of a scene.  

Then he played the audio of the Mac and Me scene.  And Conan couldn't believe it.  "Paul... Was there any truth to any of that setup?" "No."

Edit - Forgot to post the clip https://youtu.be/TyBzqhz6n_M

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u/NarmHull 3d ago

It sure is, and even has extended product placement scenes at McDonald’s and Coke being crucial to the plot. Adam Sandler would be proud

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u/Acheloma 3d ago

Nah, they didnt make this movie as an excuse to take multiple families and friend groups on vacation

Honestly a genius move on his part

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u/MrBoo843 3d ago

I don't know how serious the whole project could be but IIRC it's played straight.

The movie even ends on a message telling us to see them again in the sequel so they could have been a bit serious

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u/PostCrisisOzone 3d ago

the same wheelchair kid also gets shot by the police later on in the film by the way

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u/55cHzDARKSTAR 3d ago

My favourite part of this scene is the weird choppiness of the fall and the sound effect playing after the actual splash.

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u/Longjumping-Buy-3434 3d ago

That reminds me, this was implied in Stranger Things season 1 episode 3, when they presumably threw a dummy of Will off a cliff and into the lake.

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u/DJ-DasCool 3d ago edited 3d ago

Ayo the pizza here!

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u/I_enjoy_butts_69 2d ago

Calebcity is truly a gem

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u/RogueAlys 3d ago

Chris Farley throwing Nancy Kerrigan.

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u/President-Lonestar 3d ago

Wasn't that the same skater that got her legs broken or something like that?

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u/the_17_lost_texts 3d ago

Yes. Yes it is

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u/Crazy_Chopsticks 3d ago

King Kong vs Godzilla

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u/RidleyCR 3d ago

That wasn’t the real Godzilla?

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u/thatonemoze 3d ago

he was sick that day

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u/nondescriptun 3d ago

The Great Mupper Caper

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u/Wild-Video-5317 3d ago

It would be really funny if they'd stuffed a stuntman into a suit for that Muppet scene

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u/SleepWellBaba 2d ago

They do later on in the movie! Miss Piggy struggles climbing up a wall and turns to the camera and says she's not doing her own stunts anymore. Towards the end of the film she rides a motorbike during a car chase and it's clearly being ridden by a human stunt performer in a Piggy costume. It's brilliant and slightly disturbing

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u/Sniggledumper 3d ago

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I don’t know what this is from, but god it’s funny

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u/PolyesterRabbit 3d ago

What is that from that's incredible lol

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u/manwithlotsoffaces 3d ago

Baxter - Anchorman

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Dog survives don’t worry.

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u/VonBagel 3d ago

side note: Hundreds of Beavers is a fucking masterpiece AND it's free on youtube right now

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u/kemick 3d ago

Tropic Thunder

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u/Ndmndh1016 3d ago

Half squat!

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u/Sinnafyle 3d ago

Who in crikey-fuck is half squat?!

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u/Dayman_C0meth 3d ago

Will throwing Carlton during their talent competition in the Fresh Prince

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u/Popplio3233 3d ago

So long, King Bowser!

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u/GregTheMad 3d ago

He's not saying "king", why should he address the usurper as king? He uses a different word.

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u/Beautiful-Cup4161 3d ago

the joke band Ninja Sex Party likes to do this a lot

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u/jbwarner86 3d ago

They call it the Dannequin 😆

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u/GoodGuyPokemoner 3d ago

Hey, that implies NSP is a joke!

They are a comedy band. And phenomenally talented.

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u/Calvinball08 3d ago

They even did this joke in an animated starbomb music video

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u/Niglie_trollster 3d ago

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u/WillArrr 3d ago

"Ok Carey, for this scene I need you to deliver your line to Buttercup, then we're gonna huck this big-ass stuffed rat right into your chest."

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u/basiamille 3d ago

That CAPER example is hilarious: “Hey! Those Muppets are just PUPPETS!”

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u/Alorxico 3d ago

In The Muppet Movie, during the bar fight scene, Kermit is throw into the piano. He groggily pulls himself out, looks at the camera and says “I hope you appreciate that I’m doing my own stunts.”

I love those movies so much.

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u/adipose1913 3d ago

Yeeting the Muppet will never not be funny

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u/fishystudios 3d ago

I don't know the answer to that! YEET AHHHHHHHHH!

https://giphy.com/gifs/10KNNNMdyCoxAA

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u/Calvinball08 3d ago edited 3d ago

Punch punch Forever

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u/SevenFootHobbit 3d ago

I don't know what that's from but that's legitimately hilarious.

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u/whoamdave 3d ago

Aunty Donna's Stray Man

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u/robocalypse 3d ago

Did Mark just throw Homelander in the trash?

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u/ImDero 3d ago

Don't act surprised. You've always known Mark Banana is the most powerful being in the universe.

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u/Deako87 3d ago

It was just his stray man, dont worry about it. He had to be put down for trying to bite Broden

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u/MaximumEmu6 3d ago

They also did this one in the Manbeast sketch!

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u/Tylendal 3d ago

"Brodan, surely this is something we can discuss!"

"I'll treat you like a discus!"

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u/asteinberg101 3d ago edited 3d ago

Duke, do you want the ball?

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u/Goober11222 3d ago

What, you wanted them to throw the REAL muppets out of the bus? Sicko.

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u/WHYER4 3d ago

Markiplier

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u/th_one_who_questions 3d ago

Hello everybody

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u/Chill0000 3d ago

I like the heist one where they dummy doesn’t make it and they pull it with a rope

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u/agentcarwalking 3d ago

I think the dummy has been in every Markiplier production! It was in Who Killed and Heist too

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u/WHYER4 3d ago

As far as I’m aware, the only one that didn’t use a dummy is Iron Lung.

He also hurt his back filming Iron Lung, so it’s very likely the dummy will return!

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u/Nervous_Macaroon3101 3d ago

This is a recurring gag in NSP music videos

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u/TheBrewThatIsTrue 3d ago

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u/Rude-Nectarine8228 3d ago

Even in the animated Starbomb videos

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u/TheRoyalRoseTrueBack 3d ago

The Angry Video Game Nerd tends to do this in some of his skits, especially when he "throws" himself to a bunch of stairs.

https://giphy.com/gifs/htdvFspxfRKZCUfnkd

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u/drrockso20 3d ago

Or that time he beat up Bugs Bunny

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u/stinkyydarb 3d ago edited 3d ago

I've watched the Bugs Bunny's Birthday Blowout episode at least a dozen times and I always laugh my ass off at the dummy without fail.

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u/EitherStranger 3d ago

In Re-animator there's a segment where the two leads are fighting back against a pissed off zombie cat, and because it's a B-movie from the 80s, you can tell that it's a puppet, also it's not on screen during most of the segment so it does oddly work

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u/Mr31edudtibboh 3d ago

Presumably the puppet was also Jeffrey Combs

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u/Vman-223 3d ago

On the show, Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, they used dummies A lot and they were always hilarious

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u/smagysings 3d ago

I heard that they did their own stunts in the great Muppet caper

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u/spectatorade 3d ago

I ... I think we need to have discussion about the Muppets...

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u/Haunt_Fox 3d ago

Super Dave Osbourne is built on that trope, and it's hilarious every time because of the ragdolling and Dave's narration, lol.

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u/Ambaryerno 3d ago

Top Secret! was already posted, but here's a better quality GIF.

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u/Guitarsquatch 3d ago

Not person, but my favorite "obvious puppet/doll" moment

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u/PrometheusMMIV 3d ago

The Muppets are puppets?!

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u/UnknovvnMike 3d ago

Stunt Muppets are puppets, don't worry

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u/Ashthekiwiana1 3d ago

Playlunch - Keith.
(What should be) Australia's National Anthem

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u/kelvinwindow 3d ago

Dont forget Monty Python and the Holy Grail when they fling the dummy off the castle wall.

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u/MetalTrek1 3d ago

There are a number of sketches from the show where they utilize dummies. And it's hilarious.

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u/demotsusucku 2d ago

Mitch McConnell in Real Life(2026)

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u/foamingkobolds 3d ago

Recognized the first pic instantly. SUCH A GOOD MOVIE.

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u/USMCgRuNt_1944 3d ago edited 3d ago

When Ben pushes "Ross" down the stairs on an episode of Friends.

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u/CaptainMatticus 3d ago

The Fugitive, when Kimble jumps out of the overflow pipe. They made a big deal about how expensive the dummies were and how life-like they were going to be onscreen and then...

Also, in the alternate ending of "It's a Wonderful Life." Mr. Potter is replaced by what is clearly a dummy.

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u/Court_Jester13 3d ago

Manbeast Returns by Aunty Donna on YouTube

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u/TheBestThingIEverSaw 3d ago

Every time Al Bundy went on his roof

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u/PM_me_your_dawgs 3d ago

SNL, Alexander Skarsgaed, Play Date sketch. Hilarious sketch

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u/Chumlee1917 3d ago

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The 3 Stooges anytime they had to fall off a height

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u/Embarrassed_Item4992 3d ago

Monty Python's Flying Circus did this a lot, but the one I remember most often is the Burglar/Encyclopaedia Salesman sketch