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#58(*): Turtle Paratroopers
Nominator: @redrocket (2/5 remaining)
Character: Ernest P. Worrell and the Second Chancers
Source Material: Ernest Goes to Camp

Scores:
Aesthetics: 3
Dominance: 2
Damn: 5
Total Score: 10/30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw_8j3MwfZo

I will admit, given my username, nominating a finisher that features turtles is cheating. Turtles are fantastic. This is just pure, stupid kids-movie art in motion. I can tell you turtles can pack one hell of a chomp, and I imagine that if there were an ounce of realism in this movie, the poor fools who got turtle mouths over their noses or ears would have lost them. How did the kids get in a position where they could launch their turtles from a canoe-based trebuchet? How did the bad guy's ominous crates and encampment catch fire? I don't care. I wanted to see some small turtles parachute in and fuck some bad guy mooks up, and I got exactly that. Look at the complete disarray and the retreat that got sounded. Yes, it's goofy and dumb, but so is a lot of stuff; if you can sell something well enough, I'll usually buy it.

You know what? The more I watch this again with fresh eyes, the more I realize I criminally underrated this entry. Screw it. I'm breaking my own rules on this and will re-rate it higher up the list because if I don't think of the turtles, then who will?

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