Tucker and Dale vs. Evil · 2010 — 第 9 / 19 章 · 2'15" · B1

Tucker and Dale Misread the Deaths, Explained:a doozy of a day

After a string of grisly accidents, Tucker and Dale convince themselves the college kids have come to the woods to die together. Dale takes the theory seriously while Tucker keeps pushing it, until the two realize that telling the police the truth would sound insane. Tucker's rule is blunt: "What matters is what looks like what happened."

あらすじ

Tucker and Dale have now seen several college kids die in bizarre accidents, and they piece together a theory: it is a suicide pact. Dale buys it completely, and they rush to hide anything sharp. When they consider calling the police, Tucker points out that the truth would sound unbelievable, so they decide the only option is to clean up the mess.

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hucked himselfout of nowhereget a hold of yourselfsuicide pact

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このシーンの表現

a doozy of a day

an extreme day

Dale imagines greeting the officer and calling it a doozy of a day.

We've had a doozy of a day at the office.

このシーンの他の表現

  • hucked himself

    threw himself hard

  • out of nowhere

    suddenly, with no warning

  • get a hold of yourself

    calm yourself down

  • suicide pact

    an agreement to die together

  • mind our own business

    not bothering anyone

このシーンのメモ一覧

42 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · A2What happened to someone?

what went wrong with you

You'll never beli... What happened to you?
表現 · A2right into something

straight into

Some kid, he just hucked himself right into the wood chipper!
表現 · A2it looked like ...

seemed as if

From his shoes and pants, it looked like it might have been one of the college kids.
表現 · B1what the hell ...

on earth

What the hell happened to her?
表現 · B1be knocked out

unconscious

She got knocked out and fell in the shitter hole right next to me.
スラング · B1shitter

toilet, crudely — Crude slang; never use it in polite company.

She got knocked out and fell in the shitter hole right next to me.
表現 · A2on top of someone

right over me

No, it's college kid blood. One of them suckers came running out of nowhere, speared himself through the gut and died right on top of me!
発音came running

Came running links into one smooth unit.

No, it's college kid blood. One of them suckers came running out of nowhere, speared himself through the gut and died right on top of me!
スラング · B1suckers

guys, fellas — Casual slang for people; too loose for formal talk.

No, it's college kid blood. One of them suckers came running out of nowhere, speared himself through the gut and died right on top of me!
表現 · B1make sense

is logical

- My God, that makes so much sense.
表現 · B1sharp objects

things that cut

Holy shit. We have got to hide all of the sharp objects!
表現 · A2try to do something

attempting to kill

You know what else? I think they're trying to kill her, too.
表現 · B1want someone dead

wish her dead

That's why they acted so funny after we saved her, because they want her dead.
文法 · B2if we knew they'd want to kill us, too

unreal conditional: The past-tense if-clause with would imagines a situation that is not true.

It's good that you and I don't know - if we knew they'd want to kill us, too.
表現 · A2go to the police

report it to the police

We go to the police?
スラング · B1hidey-ho

a folksy hello — A corny, folksy greeting, usually played for laughs.

"Oh, hidey-ho, Officer. We've had a doozy of a day.
文法 · B2You would have to be a moron

would for deduction: Would have to be marks a mocking deduction about what kind of person it takes.

You would have to be a moron to believe that, Dale.
発音would have to

Have to weakens to hafta, with would slipping past.

You would have to be a moron to believe that, Dale.
スラング · B1moron

a stupid person — An insult for a foolish person; only among friends.

You would have to be a moron to believe that, Dale.
表現 · A2it doesn't matter

is not important

It doesn't matter what happened. What matters is what looks like what happened.
文法 · B2What matters is what looks like what happened

subject and predicative clause: What matters is a subject clause, and the clause after is explains what it means.

It doesn't matter what happened. What matters is what looks like what happened.
表現 · B1clean up a mess

fix the mess

We gotta clean this mess up.
発音this mess up

This mess up runs together like a single word.

We gotta clean this mess up.

「Tucker and Dale Misread the Deaths」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is the movie's engine in one conversation: two harmless men interpreting a pile of accidents through the wrong idea and acting on it with total sincerity. Tucker builds the theory, Dale believes it, and together they turn a tragedy into a plan. The joke is that their logic is airtight once you accept the premise, which is why the idea that it makes so much sense keeps coming back. The real theme arrives at the end, when Tucker separates fact from appearance: "It doesn't matter what happened. What matters is what looks like what happened." That line is the film's whole satire of how people decide who is guilty, and it is spoken by the one character the audience knows to be innocent. The horror-comedy works because the audience sees the misunderstanding from both sides at once.

Theme

DeceptionTucker and Dale act on a mistaken theory, and the film plays on how easily appearance replaces truth.
Dark humorThe scene turns a string of accidental deaths into a comedy about two men making a plan.

このチャプターで学べること

  • They talk themselves into a theory no one would believe.
  • The scariest event is reported in the calmest voice.
  • A doozy of a day becomes the film's running joke.
  • What looks true beats what is true, and the film says so outright.

発音のポイント

  • came running — Came running links into one smooth unit.
  • would have to — Have to weakens to hafta, with would slipping past.
  • this mess up — This mess up runs together like a single word.
It doesn't matter what happened. What matters is what looks like what happened.

Tucker's rule for dealing with the police, and the film's joke about guilt and appearances.

It's good that you and I don't know - if we knew they'd want to kill us, too.

Dale's terrified logic, treating ignorance as the only thing keeping them safe.

"Oh, hidey-ho, Officer. We've had a doozy of a day.

Tucker mocking how their police report would actually sound.

No, it's college kid blood. One of them suckers came running out of nowhere, speared himself through the gut and died right on top of me!

Dale's wild explanation of why he is covered in blood, which is also the truth.

Some kid, he just hucked himself right into the wood chipper!

The accident that starts the whole theory, described in Dale's plain way.

You would have to be a moron to believe that, Dale.

Tucker pointing out that no one will believe their story, even though it happened.

このシーンについての質問

Why do Tucker and Dale think it is a suicide pact?

They keep finding college kids dead in accidents and cannot explain it any other way. Tucker pieces the deaths into a theory, and Dale believes him.

Why does Tucker focus on what looks like what happened?

Because the police will judge by appearances, not by the truth. Since the scene looks like a massacre, their real explanation will not save them.

Why don't they just call the police?

Tucker argues their story sounds insane. Two men covered in blood, surrounded by dead college kids, claiming every death was an accident, would look like murder.

Does Dale believe the suicide pact theory?

Yes, completely. He agrees that it makes sense and immediately starts hiding sharp objects, which shows how much he trusts Tucker's reasoning.

What do they decide to do at the end?

They decide to clean up the mess before anyone sees it. It is the first step in the cover-up that drives the rest of the film.

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