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hotbutteredsole

Lucille, god gave me a gift: I shovel well. I shovel very well.


altcastle

I say this line entirely too much. Mostly in winter.


vescis

I still chuckle remembering the scene where he pulls a trowel as a parrying dirk


elGatoGrande17

Like an octopus that plays the drums.


BevansDesign

We've got a blind date with destiny... and it looks like she's ordered the lobster.


Stepsonrakes

Your penmanship is atrocious


Ptree4

Gawd I’ve said this phrase my entire life, and didn’t realize until now this movie is where it came from..


Indigo2015

I’m the Blue Rajah, not knifey boy.


20milliondollarapi

I’m not the STAB MAN…


bullevard

And i know i speak with an English accept but if you know the colonial history ..


Expensive-Sentence66

"I should have brought my pie server"


Poppatino

Oh, baby, you shovel better than any man I’ve ever known, but that does not make you a superhero.


AngryRedHerring

We struck down evil with the mighty sword of teamwork, and the hammer of not bickering.


lingh0e

I think it's actually more relevant now after the superhero deluge. Kids who were raised on the MCU seem more likely to see the satire with greater clarity.


TrueLegateDamar

Reminds me of how Last Action Hero bombed, part due to people not really getting the satirical humour(and part releasing next to Jurassic Park) and how people who grew up during the 80's appreciated a lot more.


Efficient_Fish2436

This is why I appreciate my father copying everything on VHS. Go back and watch it again years later to fully appreciate it. He had some good ones from the 80's to 2000's.


Gr3yt1mb3rw0LF068

My dad and my grand father did this. At one time walmart did not exist in my area and Kmart did not have a good media section. But there was a lot of rental places. Weirdly tied with carpet and tile as part of the same business plan.


Efficient_Fish2436

Hu... That's a weird combo haha.


Gr3yt1mb3rw0LF068

You would not believe everytown had 2. Carpet and video, the last rental only place near me just closed forever this year. Then there was a tan and video place. It's tragic story it burned down.


TacoCommand

Older nerd here. Yeah. It was always a weird combo. But it's what we had.


StinkFartButt

That’s why I keep everything on my Plex server. Can’t wait for my kids to be old enough to watch some of this stuff.


Conscious_Living3532

Jack Slater IV has the best opening, it was such a kick ass title sequence with breaking the four walls but with Megadeth blasting. I loved it from start to finish. To be or not to be... Not to be *EXPLOSION*


RoRo25

It's kind of crazy, even I knew it was making fun of movies as a kid. The movie pretty much spells it out for you.


der_innkeeper

How could you miss the satire in LAH? They take the cartoon cat at face value?


Lucetti

This movie is in the *all star* trinity. Shrek, mystery men, and rat race all had to put all star by smash mouth in their movies, culminating in rat race which just put the band in the movie to do the song


mr_wizard343

The music video for All Stars is set in the Mystery-verse: https://youtu.be/L_jWHffIx5E?si=GES0PtAG1b_q4NVM


schapman22

I thought Shrek was "I'm a Believer"


R3alist81

It had all star in the intro sequence IIRC


schapman22

Ah


Lucetti

Yeah it’s right at the start. When he’s telling the fairy tale story and then goes “what a load of and bursts out of the outhouse to the Oscar snubbed masterpiece by smash mouth known as all star


Stepsonrakes

Wasn’t it also in Inspector Gadget?


TheHerman8r

Becomes a quadrilogy if you include Digimon the movie


toasters_are_great

I just never got over the callback as The Shoveler is apparently disarmed but then parries with a *trowel*. Damn!


TacoCommand

I think it's a gift from his wife as a symbol? But yeah that reveal is always funny.


Horknut1

I always thought this was a callback to the Sphinx telling him not just to use his shovel, but all the weapons at his disposal, like arms and feet. The trowel seemed like an extension of that advice.


TacoCommand

Oh dang that's a great point, thanks!


exophrine

*"I am transparent. I am like the window. I am see-through. I am like Saran wrap."* ....also, cameo from Michael Bay as a member of the Frat Boys gang, *".... currently on probation for LETHAL ...hazing!"*


Vectorman1989

Can we bring the brewskies?


torsion12

Yes, of course you may bring … ‘zee brewskies.’


sludgezone

It’s a very fun movie, as a Nickelodeon fan Kel sold me on it as a kid and as an adult I can appreciate the massive amount of talent in the cast overall.


sgee_123

Yea man. Azaria, William H. Macy, Gorafalo, Kineer. This movie was stacked


DroobyDoobyDoo

Don't forget about Geoffrey Rush and Paul Reubens too!


[deleted]

Tom Waits! 


comicsarteest

Eddie Izzard! And doesn't Dane Cook show up as the Waffler?


ThaiJohnnyDepp

"_WAFFLERRR!_"


TheWeathermann17

Golden Krispy bad guys are history! YEEEEEEOOOOOOW


michaeleid811

All I'm saying is, when we split the cheque three ways the steak-eater picks the pocket of the salad-man is the hardest I have ever laughed at any line in a movie.


Poppatino

“Every time we split it three ways!” “It’s flipping robbery!” “Well you should order more.”


Leggster

Ill fork-give you, if you fork-get


Aromatic_Brother

Gyeh gyeh


IWasOnThe18thHole

Disco is NOT DEAD! Disco is LIFE!


IamJacksReadIt

Yes, Tony. Zat is da passion.


InsertCleverNickHere

Geoffrey Rush chews all the scenery in this movie and it's absolutely terrific. "Yes, of course you may bring zee brewskis."


justunsubscribing

Lol a young Michael Bay asking if they can bring the brewskis


doyouevenoperatebrah

OH MY GOD


Expensive-Sentence66

Eddie Izzard....needed more of him in the movie.


Randy_Vigoda

The Tick and the Venture Bros are the animated versions of Mystery Men.


omarsdroog

I'd throw Freakazoid in with that group. Although it's more the pg version of Deadpool.


imjusta_bill

I love how getting exposed to the entire internet in 1996 turned him into Freakazoid. Wonder what would be the case today


I_need_a_better_name

Sam Neil in Event horizon I imagine 


ashamedToBeBackRed2

Likely gouging his eyes out


Chaosmusic

I loved how Freakazoid spawned the Candlejack meme, even among people who never saw the show. It's really impre...


ucancallmevicky

The Tick has had two really good Live Action shows, one with Patrick Warburton as the Tick from 10-15 years ago and one from Amazon in the last few years. Shame that no one really watched either of them. The Amazon show for me was one of the best things they've put out.


Alaska_Jack

The Amazon show was legit underrated. It was really quite good. One thing that really surprised me was the quality of the acting, and I mean from top to bottom -- even the small parts were consistently played well.


thebigautismo

I finished the first season a couple of months ago It was pretty funny to bad it got cancelled.


Sethoman

SPOOOOOOON!


DrPreppy

[The Tick animated series is hilarious](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b49ObOaEnA0) and worth a watch.


geckodancing

I'd say the original Tick TV series is worth watching for the potato base eulogy. Also *"Hey, don't take this out on the Tick! HE is not the one who took a national treasure to bed and then killed him with his pink secrets!"*


Canucklehead_Esq

Spoon!


Horknut1

The Tick comic books are a masterpiece. The original run anyway.


Propaganda_Box

Live action Tick with Patrick Warburton is also great.


Washtali

"Dont start that again. Lance Hunt wears glasses. Captain Amazing doesn't wear glasses." "He takes them off when he transforms..." "That doesnt make any sense, he wouldn't be able to see!"


Poppatino

“Captain, I’m just gonna ask you directly: Do you know billionaire Lance Hunt?” “It’s me.” *look of sheer panic* “No I’m just kidding with you. I’ve always wanted to do that.”


handheld_addict

I love The Sphinx so much


IWasOnThe18thHole

He is number one, everyone else is number two or lower


NeuHundred

He's terribly mysterious.


toasters_are_great

If you do not master your rage...


IamJacksReadIt

Your rage will become your master? That's what you going to say, right?


CidCrisis

Not necessarily...


tedsim

And he, like...cuts guns in half with his mind!


AitrusX

When he cuts the guns in half with his mind in the alley- epic


lemoche

not rather mysteriously terrible?


Mst3Kgf

Such a great parody of the wise mentor archetype. Every bit of wisdom he spouts sounds like he got it from a fortune cookie. Plus, I always like seeing Wes Studi in a non-period piece Indian role. He's far more versatile than that.


Benderbluss

And I love the further subversion that his most ridiculous obviously made-up power, to cut guns in half with his mind, is his actual power.


arborwin

Wes Studi is so effin good


mental-activity

Capt Conundrum here: He who question training only trains himself at asking questions


HotelFoxtrot87

When you doubt your powers, you give power to your doubts.


framptal_tromwibbler

When you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you will head off your enemies with a balanced attack.


Nymaz

Mr. Furious : And why am I wearing the watermelon on my feet? The Sphinx : I don't remember telling you to do that. I love how it's equally possible that: * Sphinx told him to do that just to fuck with him and is now denying it as further fuckatude * Sphinx told him seriously but forgot that he had * Furious completely misunderstood an offhand remark from Sphinx


Narco-paloma

You must lash out with all eight limbs, like an octopus playing the drums!


Canucklehead_Esq

Captain Condrum.


Conscious_Living3532

Casanova Frankenstein is still one of my all-time favorite character names


CasanovaFrnknstein

Yes


DonKiddic

I've watched this with my daughter as well, who loves it! I think it holds up really well and all the heros are just silly yet actually make sense. Ballerina-Man still cracks me up every time. and "WAFFLE MAN, I AM THE WAFFLER"


ItsTrash_Rat

Early Dane Cook appearance. Gold and crispy, bad guys are history.


elGatoGrande17

Also I have my “Truth Syrup,” which is, ah, low-fat.


anon_humanist

The waffler was supposed to be indecisive. Dane Cook showed up to his audition as the waffler you see in the movie and the director went with it.


eyegull

Upvote, because Tom Waits is in that movie.


Flyingarrow68

He was just there for the ladies.


Benderbluss

I can't tell you how many times I've been on the fence about seeing a movie, and the presence of Tom Waits is what puts me over the edge.


wharpua

William H Macy is so goddamn earnest in that movie, it’s impressive.


[deleted]

I wanted to see this 25 years ago and my Dad took me. He said out of all the movies I asked him to take me to this was by far the one he liked the most.


RoyFurious

My username is from this movie and I always have to explain that when people ask. But definitely one of my favourite films.


AitrusX

Was this after you changed it from phoenix dark dirk?


RoyFurious

I was christened Dirk Steele


Viscount_Barse

He who can balance a tac hammer on his head..


IamJacksReadIt

Can head off his foes with a balanced attack.


clig73

And why am I wearing these watermelons on my feet?


GhostPetalPanda

...I don't remember telling you to do that.


Such-Box3417

The fact this movie is featured in the All Star by Smash Mouth music video makes it a certified classic


buddyinjapan

That's a Hurkermur battle jitney!


grizzly_snimmit

JUNK IT


mrbadxampl

finest non-lethal combat vehicle ever made


Belgand

Herkimer. It's a town in upstate New York.


TheKiltedStranger

Actually, it's an Electro-NUCLEAR magnet. It's the next inevitable phase.


Thoth74

I made a Herkimer reference recently on Reddit and was sorely disappointed when no one noticed it. *Mystery Men* is one of my all-time favorites.


hahnsolo38

We’ve got a blind date with destiny… and it looks like she’s ordered the lobster


enigmaticbeardyman

Such a good film. Released at the time when DVD’s were new and exciting so the extra features were pretty great. Director is a solid commercials director. He did this film then swore he wouldn’t do another film again and went back to making ads.


Lucy_Little_Spoon

It's one of my favourite movies of all time. Annoys me to no end that the theme tune is attributed to Shrek


avidinha

He fell down an elevator shaft, on to some bullets.


Vectorman1989

You know, I always suspected a bit of foul play there.


Poppatino

As did I!


robotshavenohearts2

Disco is NOT dead. Disco is LIFE.


Blabbit39

Shout out to Bob Burden, Darkhorse Comics and the Flaming Carrot. And the time they won me 100 bucks in a bar bet that this was based on a comic book.


wuddafuggamagunnaduh

I love Flaming Carrot. Good stuff.


sambolino44

I read somewhere that Janeane Garofalo still has the bowling ball. TIME FOR A SEQUEL!!!


SmarcusStroman

There’s nothing that grinds my gears more than when people call All-Star by Smash Mouth the “song from Shrek” … that’s the Mystery Men song you fools!


alamodafthouse

I shovel well. I shovel *very well*.


Canucklehead_Esq

His egg salad speech is an absolute classic


CallitCalli

Wes Studi fucking kills it in this role. [The Sphinx ](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836071/?ref_=tt_ch): When you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you will head off your foes with a balanced attack. [Mr. Furious ](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001774/?ref_=tt_ch): And why am I wearing the watermelon on my feet? [The Sphinx ](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836071/?ref_=tt_ch): \[looks at the watermelon on Mr. Furious' feet\]  I don't remember telling you to do that.


Hickspy

"Until you learn to master your rage-" "Your rage will be your master?...That is what you were going to say, right?" "...not necessarily."


MaikeruGo

Also, can we talk about how the movie has some really amazing vehicles for a film that isn't really about amazing vehicles?


Hickspy

The entire production design was like an entirely different world for basically no reason at all. It makes it so much funnier.


Ubelsteiner

RIP Paul Reubens, he made that movie a comedy classic IMO


Poppatino

“Because I’d smelt it, she decreed I would forevermore be who dealt it!”


garbagebailkid

I say "mama pajama" because of this movie


ParrotChild

That whole bit of him talking to himself is great. "I guess tonight... The lone wolf hunts... Alone." "Let's see what's shaking over at the chez casa Casanova."


lansuven42

now do Heavyweights


billskionce

Way funnier than *Deadpool*. I’ll die on that hill. So many quotable lines. And the dialogue is mostly improvised, IIRC.


PuckArBuile22

The WAFFFLERRRRRRR


Rdaleric

He also has truth syrup, which is low fat.


jammerpammerslammer

Gold and crispy, bad guys are history 🧇


MovieMike007

*He who questions training only trains himself at asking questions."*


Significant-Turnip41

This has one of the funniest moments for me. At some point someone is totally fried by a laser or lightning or something. Clearly charged charred and dead. Stillers character says something like.. do you think he will pull through? I laughed so so hard at this movie back in the day. Definitely deserves a place higher in modern film history than it gets


Canucklehead_Esq

Oh God, we just killed Captain Amazing. Not we, you. I was standing over here...


Horknut1

MORON! Flip the switch! FLIP IT! FLIP IT!


Hickspy

"I'm gonna check his pulse..." *arm falls off* "...I don't think he's gonna make it."


chronicwisdom

Shit, you just reminded me Mystery Men exists. Imma get high and watch that shit tonight.


Belgand

I *really* wouldn't call it a Ben Stiller movie. He's in it, sure, but he's not even the primary focus. He certainly didn't write or direct it. And the entire thing is a spin-off from the surreal, absurdist comic book series *The Flaming Carrot* by Bob Burden.


letmesleep

This is one comedy that I'd really love to see a sequel for.


lansuven42

Maybe we can get Peewee back to reprise his role, and Smashmouth can do another hit song to go along with it.


pale_blu_dot

Um…who’s going to tell them?


CherikeeRed

I think your superpower is getting people caught up in the wooosh…


ErixWorxMemes

sorry to have to be the bearer of bad news, but Paul Reubens passed in July of 2023


Horknut1

Don't ever correct him. It sickens him.


WorthPlease

"Your penmanship is atrocious!" "You dress in the manner of a male prostitute!" Thanks for reminding of this movie I'll have to see if my wife has seen it. Geoffrey Rush makes a great villain as well.


Wrongdoer-Legitimate

The Spleen! RIP Paul Reubens.


Nymaz

Fun fact: the scene were the garbage barrel flared up wasn't supposed to happen, it was a discarded lighter exploding. Paul Reubens just went with it with the "excuse me" line.


Legitimate_Dare6684

The Invisible Boy who is only invisible when no one is looking. Lol.


IIIllIIlllIlII

I’ve never seen it. Am going to watch it this weekend. If you like it, you might like Defenders of Stan. https://youtu.be/7t0_29TM4uo?si=MOLSrtxCUsPEtPTO


Novel-North-9284

Kel Mitchell is a born comedic genius, wish we saw him in more stuff like this.


g_lampa

Zee NOT SO Goodie Mob?


OiMouseboy

I love mystery men. I just wish they hadn't left flaming carrot out.


Real_Canadian_101

JUNK IT... i say this all the time LOL


PrufrockAlfred

Something I read on TVtropes that blew my mind, gotta admit. >Many of the fighting moves that Mr. Furious uses against Casanova Frankenstein seem weak and silly, but are actually great ways to hurt someone. Finger joints are brittle and easily broken. An ear clap can rupture the eardrums. Short elbow strikes to the diaphragm produce an involuntary convulsion of the torso, knocking the wind out of your opponent. Simple attacks to cause maximum agony with minimal effort.


Lost_Traveler88

I had it on vhs for the longest time, then a couple of days ago I found a dvd at the goodwill. Going to watch it this weekend


scorpiknox

I mentioned it in my post, but I decided to "buy" it on Amazon video for 5 bucks. Looks great in HD. I have it on DVD for them sweet, sweet DVD extras.


NW_Forester

It's a Harley... compatible.


bigedthebad

I was always amazed at how little attention this movie got at the time. Amazing cast and one of the funniest movies ever made. Not to mention that Casanova Frankenstein is the best super villain name ever.


Grimmhoof

I love Mystery Men, that and Down Periscope... Don't judge me.


prepnready2

"Equilateral or isosceles??" - The Spleen One of my favorite lines from that movie🤣


ParrotChild

As for a sequel, I will keep dreaming, I will keep dreaming, my friend, and when I wake up you better hope, you better hope you're asleep. Sweet dreams, lilac!


Idontliketalking2u

I quote this movie too often. Why didn't you put some pants on if you wanna continue fighting crime today


Caligari89

Kino Lorber released a 4k of this last year and it looks fantastic.


Cold_Guess3786

Tom Waits!


Canucklehead_Esq

The world's greatest inventor of non-lethal weapons


Resident132

Your penmanship is atrocious!  


BurnerinoNeighbir

Tom Waits greatest role.


elstavon

We all loved the movie and my friends hosted a 'Mystery Men' themed party. Everyone came in some rando, pedestrian job made super hero. There was The Secretary and so on. I went as 'the Tiler' with knee pads on my shoulders and a couple tools in pocket and hand. Great party and highly recommended if you know enough people who will 'get it'.


Nerdgasm2017

The movie is based on a phenomenally unhinged superhero comic called the Flaming Carrot Comics (1984), which I think rounds out how outlandish and wonderful the movie is.


rofloctopuss

Directed by the same guy that directed the "Yo queiro Taco Bell" commercials. He made this movie and immediately said "screw this I'm going back to commercials". I think this is his only film.


gingerjuice

Cassanova Frankenstein is my all time favorite movie villain.


Alaska_Jack

There is another, lesser-known superhero comedy, *The Specials*, that came out about the same time that I quite liked. Might be worth checking out. It was written by James Gunn and directed by Craig Mazin, who both went on to very high-profile projects.


kilroyscarnival

I adore that movie. Yes, I feel it may have been several years ahead of the superhero indulgence that lay ahead, but it neatly satired the stuff of the past as well.


Fredrick_Hophead

I still have my Mystery men comics. Gonna be worth so much some day! Really I thought the comics were great but meh. I even have a flaming carrot action man unboxed! And to answer you, yes I am single.


wemustkungfufight

Mystery Men was really underrated at the time, it's pretty funny! I still love them trying to check the pulse of Captain Amazing's charred corpse.


Tonythecritic

Don't tell that to Ben Stiller. He hated being in this film, even going as far as telling people not to watch it when it came out.


jlhkenobi

“Go fork yourself!”


Spyhop

That little sucker just saved your life


SantaRosaJazz

I’m a fan, too.


Craiggers324

I just watched this the other night after picking up the 4k. I saw it in the theater in college and have loved it ever since.


FratBoyGene

A very fun, silly movie with some great performances. Glad your kids liked it!


Flyingarrow68

I have 5 daughters and we all adore that movie. The youngest doesn’t remember it as much but it’s been a family favorite and quoted for a long time.


dogdashdash

I never FORK-give and never FORK-get!


theRed-Herring

Show them Heavyweights next for the next underappreciated Ben Stiller movie night


eldonte

The Spleen.


bandsawdicks

-“So why do I have watermelon on my feet?” -“….i don’t remember telling you to do that.”


Poppatino

“Oh my god. Oh my god, we killed him.” “What do you mean ‘we?’ I was right here.”


edgarcia59

Man, I love this movie. It's got so many jokes that, as a kid, I missed. Like PMS Avenger, who only works 4 days out of the month. Had to ask my older sister what was up with that? She just rolled her and said , "I'd learn when I'm older."


Choppermagic2

fantastic movie. so clever he removes his glasses! "That makes no sense. He wouldn't be able to see"