The Mask (film)/YMMV

• Adaptation Displacement: All adaptions since have at least used some inspiration from this film, despite the comics being very different.
• Complete Monster: Dorian, particularly the Mask version of him.
• Crowning Music of Awesome: "Hey, Pachuco! HEY!" Also "Cuban Pete." Observe.
  • "Hey Pachuco" is so awesome, that it was reworked as the opening theme for the Animated Series.
• Crazy Awesome: The Mask.
• Designated Villain: Lt. Kellaway is a Jerkass cop that ends up being humiliated at every turn and is chewed out by the mayor at the end. We're supposed to laugh but in reality, the guy was trying to arrest a bank robber. He's a Hero Antagonist: In the comics, where he tries to stop the users of the mask from causing destruction and death at any cost.
• Designated Hero: Likewise, the movie is sometimes called a "superhero comedy". While Stanley is a nice guy and the Mask does briefly joke about becoming a superhero, he doesn't really fight crime except at the end but he's more or less forced into that position since it involves Tina and his stolen mask.
• Ear Worm: "They call me Cuban Pete, I'm the king of the Rumba beat."
  • "Start dancing, I'll blow your brains out!"
  • HEY PACHUCO!
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Ben Stein tells Stanley "It's mythology" and reminds him that a book is metaphorical, not literal.
  • In the Oscar Bait scene, The Mask references A Christmas Carol (among other things). Fifteen years later, Jim Carrey starred in A Christmas Carol.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSMOKIN'!
  • Ooh, somebody stop me!
• Memetic Outfit: The banana yellow suit, which actually was based on a suit Jim Carrey's mom made for him when he first did stand-up.
• The Problem with Licensed Games: There was a tie-in game released for the home consoles. The problem? As with any super hero that has infinite powers and is nearly invulnerable, the character has to be seriously stripped of powers and made weak to make the game work. As a result, The Mask is often beaten up by low-level thugs with pocket knives. And as you'd expect, the level layouts, bosses and plot progression really don't match the film in anything but the loosest sense. Otherwise, it's a mostly fun action platformer.
  • You also have to fight Dorian Mask, the final boss... while Stanley is still wearing the mask. Just think about that for a second.
• Sequelitis: Son of the Mask. It won a Razzie Award.
• Trailer Joke Decay: The trailer featured most of the crowning moments of funny of the movie, so those who saw the trailer first were left unsatisfied by the end of the movie.
• Visual Effects of Awesome

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