Except for, you know, that other movie that did it three years later and grossed over 350 million freakin' dollars. Because it was gross, would never sell and it would doom the movie, etc. It Will Never Catch On/ Vindicated by History: Kevin Smith was told during production of Mallrats that a gag where semen gets stuck in Joey Lauren Adams' hair had to be cut.Interspecies Romance: It's not bestiality.Heterosexual Life-Partners: A big trademark of Smith's is that the leads of these films are often a male duo of this variety: Dante and Randall, Brodie and T.S., Banky and Holden, Bartlebee and Loki and of course the trope namers themselves, Jay and Silent Bob.Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?: Jay.In Smith's words, "She would stop, but they would keep going." Rosario Dawson's braless dance in Clerks 2.Sadly instantly becomes Fan Disservice when it cuts to him fully nude and posing like Buffalo Bill, but the start. Jay doing a The Silence of the Lambs tribute striptease in Clerks 2.Eliza Dushku, Ali Larter, Shannon Elizabeth and Jennifer Schwalbach-Smith in spy catsuits in.Salma Hayek playing a muse turned stripper in Dogma.Lee and Affleck's lip-lock in Chasing Amy.Fanservice: Joey Lauren Adams topless in Mallrats.Good Adultery, Bad Adultery: Usually played for laughs of the 'ex-girlfriend cheated on the hapless hero' variety - Caitlin cheated on Dante a lot ( mostly with painters), as did Gwen with T.S, though Gwen at least seems to feel a bit guilty.The Ghost: A literal example with Rand and Brodie's Cousin Walter ( Word of God confirms that all three are distant relatives), who dies via autofellatio before the events of the franchise and therefore isn't in any of the movies, but whose sexual deviancy is a frequent topic of discussion among the two surviving characters.Everyone Went to School Together: Just pay attention to many of the conversations involving characters or locations from other films, and you'll pick up on this real quick.Presumably, Damon and Affleck did a completely different film of the same title in The View Askewniverse. Continuity Snarl: In Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Matt Damon appearing As Himself references acting in Dogma, while several other references in the same film clearly establish the events of that film as having happened." Fuck fuck fuck, mother-mother-fuck, mother-mother-fuck-fuck, motherfucker motherfuck noise noise noise." Cerebus Rollercoaster: While each film does have comedic moments, every other one seems to land either hard on the Denser and Wackier side (usually the ones focusing on Jay and Silent Bob) or the Darker and Edgier side. That scene is a lot funnier since Scream 4 was released.Strike Back, they interrupt the filming of a fictional Scream sequel to rescue their monkey. Cameo: Jay and Silent Bob have a short cameo on the movie set of the Show Within a Show "Stab" in Scream 3.Brand X: "Nails" cigarettes, Chewlie's gum and Mooby's restaurants, among others.In Strike Back, which was originally supposed to be the end of the series, God herself literally closed "The Book" of the Jersey Saga.Book Ends: The 'Verse begins with Clerks and ends with Clerks III.Back to School: See below under What Could Have Been.Anything That Moves: Jay proudly proclaims this in Clerks.The Animated Series: Clerks got a short-lived one.And no one knows when - or even if - the animated series fits in. The rest of the films are chronological, but the comics are set at points throughout the history (one of them is actually the earliest occurring story). Anachronic Order: Mallrats is the second film in the series, but actually occurs on the day before the events of Clerks.Ambiguously Gay: "When you do it, you think about guys!".Various director commentaries point out things never explained in the film, like Brodie Bruce and Randal Graves' relationship (they're cousins), or that Rick Derris is Jay's older brother.The comic series Chasing Dogma, which bridges Chasing Amy and Dogma, and explains just how Jay and Silent Bob ended up in Illinois.Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch (2021).Jay and Silent Bob in Walt Flanagan's Dog.Related films with Askewniverse characters: Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie (2013).It is Like Reality, Unless Noted, sometimes hidden (active divine and infernal forces) and some visible ("Mooby's" fast food chain and several other multinational corporations). The 'Verse of the eight films in Kevin Smith's New Jersey Trilogy, named for his production company View Askew.
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