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The red slushie, vomited chicken fries, fruit roll-ups, and Red’s cat-birthday cake split the category.

The old military installation turned cannabis farm wins over Red’s cluttered, cozy house.

The foot through the windshield wins over Franco’s worm, the wide drug sale, and Rogen’s wired “death from above.”

The cross-joint scene is boring, the trailer promises a better movie, the heroes’ decisions mostly make sense, and Dale should abandon Saul are competing takes.

The third Angie phone call and adjacent breakup stretch are the suggested break, provided the viewer returns before Dale recruits Red.

The unnecessary high-school-girlfriend plot, Franco and Heard’s later controversies, racial naming of the rival dealers, and naive phone-tracking debate age worst.

No alternate beats Pineapple Express; the weather-term title was reportedly Goldberg’s first idea.

“Thug Life” is the strongest meme legacy, with the cross joint, Pineapple Express strain, “dopest dope,” euthanasia, and “my car committed suicide” as alternatives.

Rogen and Franco were originally assigned opposite roles, Olivia Thirlby preceded Heard, and Bryan Cranston was rejected for Ted Jones as insufficiently scary immediately before Breaking Bad.

Rosie Perez wins, with Craig Robinson and the aggressive middle-school dealer offered as alternatives whose excess is praised rather than criticized.

Angie’s thin, reworked girlfriend plot wins, despite a defense of Heard’s phone performances.

Gary Cole wins under a broader audience standard; Joe Lo Truglio and Kevin Corrigan receive individual votes.