Oh, shikaka! Here’s the thing. I’m terrified of bats, but I found myself in a cave just chockablock with ‘em! Needless to say I freaked out, ran out, and smashed my head on a rock. It isn’t a huge deal, but I do have a stage 3 concussion and can’t remember a thing. Do you remember what happened in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls?
Pop Quiz Hot Shot!
1) The Cliffhanger parody start is a classic. But what animal was he saving?
2) Well, that was an easy one. Nibia needs Ace’s help though! What is the crime that is about to spark war between the two tribes?
3) Ultimately Ace uncovers two clues which eventually lead him to the culprit. The first is a false clue. But what was the second?
4) Name the four challenges Ace has to overcome in the warlike tribe’s village.
5) What happens to the villain ultimately?
Bonus Question: The last we see of Ace he’s running for his life. We know what he’s running from. But where is he running to?
Answers
1) A raccoon. I close watched it this time, and the scene basically shows that a small single engine aircraft had crashed and mountain rescue had saved the passengers, but Ace was on the scene to find the raccoon that illogically was on board.
2) The peaceful tribe has an albino bat (the Great White Bat) which is to be used as the dowry when the chieftain’s daughter weds the son of the warlike tribe’s chieftain uniting the tribes. But not it has gone missing! Without it there is sure to be war.
3) The first I would consider to be the raven’s feather. That though was a red herring, when Ace discovers that the exotic animal smuggler didn’t steal the bat. The second is the drugged blowdart which Ace originally things was from the warlike tribe, but was in fact from the poachers hired by the villain to steal the bat and destabilize the region. Bonus if you point out that the “plaster” on the villain’s boot as well, although that was only really revealed after Ace had cracked the code.
4) First he goes across the hot coals by walking along his fallen challenger’s body. Second, he wins the log rolling battle by towel whipping his opponent. He defeats the medicine man in feats of health by taking an apple core from a man’s throat and delivering a baby. But then he fails to defeat the toughest warrior in battle, but they think he’s such a baby that they instantly like him and no longer want to kill him.
5) He is raped by a Silverback Gorilla of course. No 90s comedy would be complete without such a scene.
Bonus Answer: 25 years later we find out, he’s been living as a recluse in the wilds of the Rocky Mountains. With a Jeremiah Johnson beard, and a bear friend named Beatrice, he roams the countryside helping animals in need. But who’s this? A visitor from the wide world has come to plead their case. And who is it by Melissa herself! She left the Dolphins long ago to pursue a career in animal activism inspired by Ace’s love for animals. But there is a formidable foe that even she can’t handle in Oregon, as they are destroying the beaver’s habitat and putting the entire river ecosystem in danger. Well, who else would you call in such a situation but Ace Ventura. Infiltrating the organization under the guise of a very bribable and toothless EPA agent, Ace slowly (and amusingly) enacts one sabotage operation after another while calling on his animal friends to disrupt the company. Meanwhile he investigates what appears to be a conspiracy involving the beavers themselves. Ultimately he finds out that the logging and damming operations are all a front! The actual goal is to enslave the beavers in a vast furniture construction conspiracy. When Ace can’t have any of that, destroying the company, faking his own death, and once again melting into the woods this time to parody a different man-living-in-the-wilderness movie.
It’s called Ace Ventura 3: Arrested Development. I actually think pushing his character more into a spy mold makes sense, not everything has to be a mystery, right?
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