If you don't know what a "big lipped alligator moment" is, it is when during any given film, a completely random scene takes place, which comes right the fuck outta nowhere, has little to no bearing whatsoever on the plot, is way over the top in terms of ridiculousness even in the context of the movie, and after it happens, no one ever speaks of it again.
Basically, if you can imagine the characters asking each other, "What the fuck just happened?" off screen after such a moment, you've got yourself a "BLAM".
*If you are wondering why this term is labeled "big lipped alligator moment" it was created by the Nostalgia Critic and Nostalgia Chick during their online review of the film All Dogs go to heaven, which included a bizarre and nonsensical musical number that derails the plot right near the end of the film. The two main characters fall into a cave where they are brought by a Wacky Wayside Tribe to meet their leader, an unnamed Big Lipped Alligator who breaks into an Esther Williams tribute. It is perhaps somewhat ironic that, despite being the Trope-Namer, this is not actually the best example: the alligator does, in fact, further the plot by carrying the protagonists back home and returns later in the film to dispatch the villain. That said, nobody mentions him or his -er- very flamboyant Chanson Engagement ever again.
*Anyways, one personal notable BLAM that I have to mention here is the Smooth Criminal music video in Michael Jackson's "Moonwalker". The final segment of the Moonwalker movie basically stops halfway through so that Michael Jackson can go through an elaborate song and dance routine to Smooth Criminal, in a club which had previously been empty and abandoned, but inexplicably filled up with people and gained a 1930's aesthetic. Halfway through that, the singing and dancing abruptly stop, the lighting turns down, and the dancers start convulsing and moaning, while calling out the chorus, before the song and dance abruptly restart, making it a BLAM within a BLAM.
*Feel free to write down any notable Big lipped alligator moments that you may recall from past or present films if you want.
Basically, if you can imagine the characters asking each other, "What the fuck just happened?" off screen after such a moment, you've got yourself a "BLAM".
*If you are wondering why this term is labeled "big lipped alligator moment" it was created by the Nostalgia Critic and Nostalgia Chick during their online review of the film All Dogs go to heaven, which included a bizarre and nonsensical musical number that derails the plot right near the end of the film. The two main characters fall into a cave where they are brought by a Wacky Wayside Tribe to meet their leader, an unnamed Big Lipped Alligator who breaks into an Esther Williams tribute. It is perhaps somewhat ironic that, despite being the Trope-Namer, this is not actually the best example: the alligator does, in fact, further the plot by carrying the protagonists back home and returns later in the film to dispatch the villain. That said, nobody mentions him or his -er- very flamboyant Chanson Engagement ever again.
*Anyways, one personal notable BLAM that I have to mention here is the Smooth Criminal music video in Michael Jackson's "Moonwalker". The final segment of the Moonwalker movie basically stops halfway through so that Michael Jackson can go through an elaborate song and dance routine to Smooth Criminal, in a club which had previously been empty and abandoned, but inexplicably filled up with people and gained a 1930's aesthetic. Halfway through that, the singing and dancing abruptly stop, the lighting turns down, and the dancers start convulsing and moaning, while calling out the chorus, before the song and dance abruptly restart, making it a BLAM within a BLAM.
*Feel free to write down any notable Big lipped alligator moments that you may recall from past or present films if you want.
