Up in Smoke

Up in Smoke is a 1978 Stoner Flick directed by Lou Adler starring Cheech and Chong.

The plot meanders quite a bit as it follows the two as they search for ways to score marijuana. Along the way, they are pursued by a set of highly incompetent drug agents who are trying to intercept a van made of pure "plasticized" marijuana that the duo are driving unawares.

The film is notable for being the first feature film starring Cheech and Chong and was a financial success with much of its revenue, perhaps surprisingly, coming from Texas and Canada.

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Tropes used in Up in Smoke include:

• Butt Monkey: Sgt. Stedanko
• Everybody Must Get Stoned: The DEA agents who are chasing them eventually get high when a vehicle made out of marijuana starts smoking while they're standing next to it.
• Immune to Drugs: Chong's character, Man, doesn't get a buzz from a joint that sets everyone else on their ear.
• Mundane Object Amazement: Man is very impressed by Pedro's utterly crappy car and its cheesy stylings.
• No Name Given: Man's real name is Anthony Stoner. His first name is mentioned by his parents in his opening scene, but everyone else just calls him 'Man'.
• Not What It Looks Like: People think that Man is having energetic sex with a woman in a van when, in fact, she's just describing a friend's sexual encounter with some very enthusiastic sound effects.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: Played for laughs when Pedro takes Man to meet his cousin Strawberry.
  • "Yeah, that 'Nam grass will fuck anyone up, man."
• Shout-Out: At one point, Cheech is reenacting dialogue from the Laurel and Hardy movie Saps at Sea.
• Stoners Are Funny: This should go without saying.
• Watch It Stoned: Played straight as well as averted in the scene where Cheech has way too much of a very powerful joint and, as a consequence, suffers intense paranoia.