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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective The Rewatchables
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

Championship rings; Melissa; underused Tone Lōc; football details; final reveal

In the discussion (2)
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  • The universal wearing of old AFC championship rings is the weak-link choice, contrasted with rare real-life ring wearers and owners. — Bill Simmons
  • Weak-link discussion adds Einhorn wearing the revealing ring during the theft, Melissa’s blandness, underused Tone Lōc, weak football details and the final reveal’s plotting as well as its prejudice.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective The Rewatchables
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

What’s Aged the Worst?

Transphobic reveal; homophobic reaction; dated references; big jokes disputed; end-credit song; live mascots

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  • Aged-worst discussion criticizes the transphobic reveal and homophobic reaction, contextualizing its Crying Game parody without defending it. Dated Star Trek references and Melissa’s attraction are also debated. — Bill Simmons
  • Zach criticizes the big scripted jokes, including the talking-backside routine and mirror line; others defend their effect on younger viewers and Tone Lōc’s reactions.
  • The end-credit song and live animal mascots are aged-worst choices, prompting Zach’s mascot rankings and uncertainty about real dolphins and college mascots.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective The Rewatchables
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Carrey Oscar nomination; Marino fourth among athlete cameos

In the discussion (2)
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  • Craig’s hottest take calls for an Oscar nomination for Carrey’s irreplaceable performance; the hosts discuss a comedy-performance award or annual multi-film MVP.
  • Bill ranks Marino fourth among athletes playing themselves, behind Kareem, Reggie Jackson and Tyson. The choice is disputed with Jeter, Favre and Griffey alternatives; Space Jam is excluded. — Bill Simmons
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective The Rewatchables
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

References You Missed as a Child

Love Boat; Crying Game; Star Trek; Binaca; Claude Rains; Poltergeist; Tone Lōc; Miami Vice; Connery

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

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Approx. transcript time · 01:23:29Read transcript
  • Craig introduces the Millennial Missed Reference Power Ranking flex, beginning with Love Boat, Crying Game, Star Trek and Binaca references; it is not yet a numbered ten-entry list. — Craig Horlbeck
  • Craig’s missed-reference flex continues with Binaca, Claude Rains, Poltergeist, Tone Lōc, Miami Vice and Connery. Zach dislikes the exorcised-demons punchline and also missed several references when young. — Craig Horlbeck
  • The hosts defend dated cultural references as entertaining later discoveries, contrasting Wayne’s World 2 relying on a whole-film Doors parody. — Bill Simmons
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective The Rewatchables
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Half-Assed Internet Research

Improvisation; bird movement; Cox’s animal fear and rewatch refusal; Letterman premise; Stoyanovich’s kick; fruit clue; VHS business card

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  • Research reports Carrey’s improvised talking-backside routine, bird-inspired movement and deliberately divisive performance; Robin Williams is a comparison for improvisational range. — Bill Simmons
  • Shadyac’s filmography, Cox’s reported animal fear and the Letterman-inspired pet-detective premise are discussed as production research. — Bill Simmons
  • Research reports Cox refusing to rewatch the film and Pete Stoyanovich doubling the kick; his later playoff miss prompts a joking curse and comparisons with real missed kicks. — Bill Simmons
  • Late research notes fruit arranged as a visual clue on Einhorn’s desk and an Ace business card packaged with a VHS edition.
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