Other Jim Carrey Movies in Bruce Almighty

[HM Murdock]

I finally saw Bruce Almighty the other day and I noticed loads of refferences to other Jim Carrey movies. Here are just a few that I can remember (Please note there will be spoliers):


1. The monkey that comes out of that guys arse is Spike from Ace Ventura.

2. The walking on water scene looks like the ending of the Truman Show.

3. Bruce drive his car around even though its a wreck like in Ace Ventura (and The Mask).

4. The cafe featured in the movie has the name "Burbank's" (taken frm Truman Burbank in The Truman Show).

5. The bill board that features Carrey is a promo shot for Liar Liar.

6. God says "Alrighty Then" at the end of the movie.

7. The scene where Bruce confronts the gang only to himulate them is similar to the one in the Mask.

8. The whole premise of the movie is similar to Liar Liar and The Mask.

9. This is a tiny refference but the font used during the opening sequence is the same that was used for Ace Ventura.


I'm sure there are more because I saw loads of the things and I thought it was pretty cool. Hats off to Shadyak who put some thought into the references! Did anyone else notice these?

[Damned Martian]

Originally posted by HM Murdock
7. The scene where Bruce confronts the gang only to himulate them is similar to the one in the Mask.

8. The whole premise of the movie is similar to Liar Liar and The Mask.
I noticed this two, but i like it anyway. It makes it even cuter ;)

[AgentSmith]

Originally posted by HM Murdock

2. The walking on water scene looks like the ending of the Truman Show.

3. Bruce drive his car around even though its a wreck like in Ace Ventura (and The Mask).

5. The bill board that features Carrey is a promo shot for Liar Liar.

6. God says "Alrighty Then" at the end of the movie.

7. The scene where Bruce confronts the gang only to himulate them is similar to the one in the Mask.

8. The whole premise of the movie is similar to Liar Liar and The Mask. [/B]

I noticed these...

[TheMovieMinor]

I noticed more on my second viewing last night

- When he gets beaten by the gangs, he is laying on the ground with blood on his lip, and had an underbite, - Last scene of The Cable Guy on the helicopter.

- When he was at the party, he started dancing like how he did in Cable Guy.

- When he throws the beads in the water, its similar to when he throws the mask in the water - The Mask

- When he throws the pager out the window, same as him throwing the mask out the window, and it still needed him. - The Mask.

- Supposedly the Dirty Harry thing was done in The Mask.

- The girls name was Irene - Me, Myself, and Irene

Supposedly there is a scene in the movie from each movie he has done that people saw, starting with Ventura.

[MasterCXtreme]

No Dumb & Dumber references eh? I'll have to see it again.

[ColinM]

The lame "B-E-A-utiful" was an attempt to have a successful catchphrase like in the Ace Ventura movies. Does that count?

[BorderEevilIII]

looks like imdb did not list these in their trivia portion. I see a future job in the wings :D

[HM Murdock]

Originally posted by MasterCXtreme
No Dumb & Dumber references eh? I'll have to see it again.

I didn't notice any. The only one that I can think of is that diner. Carrey sits in the same seatt that he does in Dumb and Dumber but that's about it. I was hoping he would have let out the line "I like it alot."

As a side note, I watched Liar Liar last night and saw how alike that is to Bruce Almighty. I know they have the smae director and star but they are almost the same movie. Other refference that I found were:

- Carrey passes a down and out man when he goes to work who has a small role in the movie later on.

- Carrey plays a successful guy who wants that little bit more from his career. After a huge 'magical' experience and lossing his wife/girlfriend he relises that money isn't everything and wins back his partner.

[TheMovieMinor]

Originally posted by HM Murdock
I didn't notice any. The only one that I can think of is that diner. Carrey sits in the same seatt that he does in Dumb and Dumber but that's about it. I was hoping he would have let out the line "I like it alot."


You got something going there with that. in Dumb and Dumber he does order the soup of the day, and yes he does sit on the same side. But different booth altogether.

[Arathon]

The lame "B-E-A-utiful" was an attempt to have a successful catchphrase like in the Ace Ventura movies. Does that count?

That annoyed me quite a bit.

[gyro_44]

What about when Carrey is dumping milk on the heads of those kids, and the theme song from "Chariots of Fire" is playing....

The same theme appeared in "The Grinch" when Carrey is in the middle of a race... I believe in a potato sack...

He must like the song.

[Clarkey07]

Originally posted by HM Murdock
I finally saw Bruce Almighty the other day and I noticed loads of refferences to other Jim Carrey movies. Here are just a few that I can remember (Please note there will be spoliers):


1. The monkey that comes out of that guys arse is Spike from Ace Ventura.

2. The walking on water scene looks like the ending of the Truman Show.

3. Bruce drive his car around even though its a wreck like in Ace Ventura (and The Mask).

4. The cafe featured in the movie has the name "Burbank's" (taken frm Truman Burbank in The Truman Show).

5. The bill board that features Carrey is a promo shot for Liar Liar.

6. God says "Alrighty Then" at the end of the movie.

7. The scene where Bruce confronts the gang only to himulate them is similar to the one in the Mask.

8. The whole premise of the movie is similar to Liar Liar and The Mask.

9. This is a tiny refference but the font used during the opening sequence is the same that was used for Ace Ventura.


I'm sure there are more because I saw loads of the things and I thought it was pretty cool. Hats off to Shadyak who put some thought into the references! Did anyone else notice these?


Wow.... I didn't notice all of these. But now that you mentioned them, I can see them.

[sAtAn666]

Originally posted by HM Murdock
1. The monkey that comes out of that guys arse is Spike from Ace Ventura.

6. God says "Alrighty Then" at the end of the movie.


Those were the only ones I noticed.:o

Wow, good ones, guys...I think I'll go see the film again.:D

[HM Murdock]

Originally posted by gyro_44
What about when Carrey is dumping milk on the heads of those kids, and the theme song from "Chariots of Fire" is playing....

The same theme appeared in "The Grinch" when Carrey is in the middle of a race... I believe in a potato sack...

He must like the song.

That's another reference. I haven't seen the whole of the Grinch (I've seen it in bits) but I guess the theme is another link to Carrey's moives. As for the milk scene, that was just a stupid little joke. I've seen a similar thing somewhere where a man runs down a line of people pouring champagine into their glasses. Carrey was doing this with milk taking the piss out of the fact that the world's largest cookie had been made (milk and cookies). Chariots of Fire also relates to victory.