Old page wikitext, before the edit (old_wikitext) | '{{Infobox film
| name = Ernest Scared Stupid
| image = Ernest scared stupid poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[John R. Cherry III|John Cherry]]
| producer = Martin Erlichman
| screenplay = Charlie Gale<br>Coke Sams
| story = [[John R. Cherry III|John Cherry]]<br>Coke Sams
| starring = [[Jim Varney]]<br>Austin Nagler<br>[[Shay Astar]]<br>Nick Victory<br>Bill Byrge<br>John Cadenhead<br>Richard Woolf<br>[[Eartha Kitt]]
| music = Bruce Arnston<br>Kirby Shelstad
| cinematography = [[Hanania Baer]]
| editing = Craig Bassett
| studio = [[John R. Cherry III|Emshell Producers]]
| distributor = [[Touchstone Pictures]]
| released = October 11, 1991 ({{small|Theatrical}})
| runtime = 91 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $14,143,280<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ernestscaredstupid.htm</ref>
}}
'''''Ernest Scared Stupid''''' is a 1991 American [[comedy film]] directed by [[John R. Cherry III]] and starring [[Jim Varney]]. It is the fifth film to feature the character [[Ernest P. Worrell]]. The film has Ernest accidentally unleashing an army of [[troll]]s upon a small town on [[Halloween]]. It was shot in [[Nashville, Tennessee]] like its predecessors ''[[Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam]]'', ''[[Ernest Goes to Camp]]'', ''[[Ernest Saves Christmas]]'', and ''[[Ernest Goes to Jail]]''. It was the last ''Ernest'' film to be distributed by [[Touchstone Pictures]].
==Plot==
{{Plot|date=May 2010}}
The story begins in 19th century Briarville, [[Missouri]]. Trantor, a [[troll]] who turns children into wooden dolls to feast upon their energy, attempts to raise his race to dominate all by capturing five children. However, before he can successfully obtain his fifth soul, he is captured by the townsfolk. The village elder, Phineas Worrell (also Ernest's ancestor) has the troll sealed under a young oak tree. Before being sealed away, Trantor vows that he will be released by a descendant of Phineas and will finish what he started. In addition, it is said that Trantor put a curse on Phineas that his descendants would become dumber with each generation. Fast-forwarding to the present day, Ernest is a sanitation engineer and he is ordered to clean up the land of the superstitious Francis "Old Lady" Hackmore ([[Eartha Kitt]]), who is actually the sister of one of Trantor's original four victims. However, when she learns that Ernest is a descendant of Phineas, she drives him away. Meanwhile, Ernest's middle school friends, Kenny, Elizabeth, and Joey, are working on a haunted house, only to have it destroyed by the neighborhood bullies. Ernest suggests that they build a treehouse so they have the high ground. After much searching, they discover a tree which Ernest deems perfect, unaware that it is the same tree that feed on the energy of Trantor's victims to grow pods which hatch into trolls upon touching the ground. After building the treehouse, Lady Hackmore sees what Ernest has done and goes into a frenzy. It is then that Ernest learns of the legend of Trantor and that 'he' can release it. Skeptical, Ernest performs the ritual for the kids (by touching the tree and saying "Yeah I call thee forth, Trantor!"), and inadvertently releases the troll. Scared stiff, the kids run off, leaving Ernest alone in the tree, where Trantor attacks him.
At that moment, Ernest kicks over a cooler and milk spills out, causing Trantor to run off. After running a distance, Kenny, Elizabeth, and Joey go off to their respective homes. On his way, Joey falls into a muddy hole. Screaming for help, Joey feels his hand being grabbed. Hearing Ernest's voice, Joey thinks that it's him, only to look up and see Trantor, who transforms him into his first wooden doll and places him in the tree, causing the pods to start sprouting. Ernest attempts to tell about his encounter to Kenny's father, the sheriff, but he doesn't believe him, so he goes to Ms. Hackmore. After consulting the legend of Trantor, it is learned that the only thing that can stop Trantor for good is "the heart of a child and a mother's care". Being the descendant of Phineas, it's up to Ernest to save the town. He attempts to mount a defense against Trantor, but the townspeople do not believe his story and refuse to provide assistance (except for Chuck and Bobby Tulip, who take advantage of Ernest by selling him phony troll weapons). Meanwhile, Kenny and Elizabeth return to the treehouse, looking for Joey. There, they discover Joey as a wooden doll and see the pods. At that same moment, Trantor returns and see the two children. Hearing the troll coming, Kenny and Elizabeth run to Ms. Hackmore's, with Trantor following. Just as he's about to get them, the troll sees a boy on a skateboard. Deciding to get Kenny and Elizabeth later, Trantor abducts the boy and carries him to the treehouse, turning him into his second wooden doll. He is one step closer to releasing his army.
The town doesnt believe Ernest and they care about the Halloween dance more than the children. Ernest and Kenny form a troll-fighting squad and set up traps around the neighborhood. While at home, Elizabeth tries to make her mom believe what Ernest is saying is true, but she doesn't believe it. Hearing something under her bed, Elizabeth looks and only finds her stuffed bear. However, when she turns around, she sees Trantor sitting by her. The troll has claimed his third victim. Spotting Ernest at a store, Trantor decides to take a second chance at killing him. The cashier Jimmy sees the troll and tries to alert Ernest, but he speaks in gibberish. When the cashier Jimmy pulls out a gun, Ernest throws the milk he was holding in Trantor's direction, causing the troll to once again flee. Kenny soon meets up with one of his friends when he hears Elizabeth voice coming from a pipe. Investigating it, Kenny doesn't see anything, but when he turns around, he sees Trantor turn his friend into his fourth wooden doll, with plans to make Kenny #5. The troll chases Kenny but vanishes when the milkman's truck drives between him and Kenny. Meanwhile, the parents go to the shieff, but the shieff thinks the children are at the school. Kenny then tries to tell his father what he saw, but he won't listen. Ernest then shows up saying he caught the troll, only when he opens the truck, it is revealed he caught the neighborhood bullies, who are also the mayor's sons. Enraged, the mayor fires him. Kenny tries to back up his story, but his father takes him away to the school Halloween dance. Ernest is about to throw in the towel but is re-inspired by Rimshot, Ernest's [[Jack Russell Terrier]], to keep up the fight. Trantor takes his latest two victims to the tree so their souls can feed his pods. He only needs one more child to unleash his army. Ernest and Rimshot come to the tree and see the pods, deciding to tell Ms. Hackmore, only to have Trantor attack them on Ernest's pickup truck. After escaping the troll, Ernest looks over the legend of the troll and sees that trolls can be destroyed with something called M-I- -K. The audience knows that it means milk ("a mother's care"), but Ernest thinks that the answer is [[Bulgaria]]n miak.
Knowing that Trantor needs one more child, Ms. Hackmore deduces that Trantor will head to where the children are: the Halloween dance at school, which he does. Upon arriving at the school, Ernest rushes in to warn everyone about Trantor. Ms. Hackmore is about to follow him when shes sees a little girl fighting with her mother then make up, making her realize that unconditional love ("the heart of a child") is the key to defeating Trantor. During the costume contest, one of the mayor's sons picks a fight with Trantor, resulting in him turning the boy into his fifth and final wooden doll. Ernest attempts to destroy the troll with miak, but it doesn't work and he ends up getting thrown into the ice cream machine. Rimshot tries to help, but Trantor transforms him into a wooden dog. Trantor is about to destroy Ernest when he sees him covered in ice cream and flees. Seeing what the troll had done to his dog, Ernest is then determined to take him down.
The townspeople, led by the mayor, decide to go to the treehouse and stop the troll. At the same time, Kenny realizes that the troll can be destroyed by being exposed to milk, and rallies together a group of the local children, including the mayor's other son. Trantor reaches the tree first and places his final wooden doll into it, allowing him to free his army. As Trantor laughs madly over his success at last, an enraged Ernest arrives and rams Trantor with his pickup, only for Trantor to manage to escape. Ernest then sees that the pods are larger than before. The pods begin falling off the tree. Ernest attempts to keep them from hitting the ground, but fails and Trantor's army literally rises. Meanwhile, Kenny and his troop obtain milk products and water pistols from a convenience store (Same one where Trantor tried to get Ernest, and much to Jimmy's anger due to them riding their bicycles in the store) and head to the treehouse on their bicycles. The townspeople arrive and are instantly overtaken by numerous trolls. Trantor orders his army to bring him Ernest's head. At that moment, Kenny arrives and spritzes the trolls attacking his father with milk, vaporizing them.
Following his lead, the rest of the children begin attacking the trolls with milk. Just as Ernest is about to be decapitated, Kenny sprays his executioners. Mounting their attack from the treehouse, Ernest and Kenny soon take down the entire troll army. Everyone thinks that they have won, but Ms. Hackmore appears during the cheering saying that it's not over yet. At that moment, Trantor appears. During the battle, he had called upon dark spirits to strengthen him, making him more repulsive than ever. Knocking Ernest out of the tree, Trantor corners Kenny, who immediately sprays him, but he has grown so strong that he is immune to milk, and transforms Kenny into a wooden doll, making him even stronger. Jumping out of the tree, Trantor faces off Ernest in their final battle, trapping everyone else behind a wall of fire. Ernest initially attempts to fight Trantor with milk, but he hears Hackmore say that only unconditional love can stop him. Ernest embraces Trantor and begins dancing, overwhelming the troll with love and affection, finishing with a kiss (him and everybody were disgusted) causing him to explode. With Trantor destroyed, his spell is broken and all the wooden figurines revert to normal since their punishment is over, including his original four victims from the 19th century which Ms. Hackmore had watched over since Trantor's imprisonment. As Ernest watches everyone being reunited with the loved ones, he feels that there is nothing for him, until he sees that Rimshot has also returned to normal.
==Cast==
* [[Jim Varney]] as [[Ernest P. Worrell]], Bunny Worrell, Auntie Nelda and others
* [[Eartha Kitt]] as Francis "Old Lady" Hackmore
* Austin Nagler as Kenny
* [[Shay Astar]] as Elizabeth
* John Cadenhead as Tom Tulip
* Bill Byrge as Bobby Tulip
* Richard Woolf as Matt
* Nick Victory as Mike
* Jonas Moscartolo as Trantor the Evil Troll
* [[Ernie Fosselius]] as Voice of Trantor the Evil Troll
==Reception==
The movie received mixed to generally negative reception in theaters.<ref>{{cite news|title= 'Eartha Kitt Livens Up 'Ernest'|work= Los Angeles Times|date=|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-11/entertainment/ca-78_1_eartha-kitt|accessdate=2010-10-06}}</ref>
The movie debuted at No.9 at the box office.<ref>{{cite news|title= House Party 2` Tops At Box Office |work= [[Chicago Tribune]]|date=|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-29/entertainment/ca-481_1_house-party|accessdate=2010-11-12}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{imdb title|0101821|Ernest Scared Stupid}}
* {{mojo title|ernestscaredstupid|Ernest Scared Stupid}}
{{Ernest series}}
[[Category:1991 films]]
[[Category:1990s comedy films]]
[[Category:American comedy films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:Children's films]]
[[Category:Fictional trolls]]
[[Category:Monster movies]]
[[Category:Touchstone Pictures films]]
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New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext) | '{{Infobox film
| name = Ernest Scared Stupid
| image = Ernest scared stupid poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[John R. Cherry III|John Cherry]]
| producer = Martin Erlichman
| screenplay = Charlie Gale<br>Coke Sams
| story = [[John R. Cherry III|John Cherry]]<br>Coke Sams
| starring = [[Jim Varney]]<br>Austin Nagler<br>[[Shay Astar]]<br>Nick Victory<br>Bill Byrge<br>John Cadenhead<br>Richard Woolf<br>[[Eartha Kitt]]
| music = Bruce Arnston<br>Kirby Shelstad
| cinematography = [[Hanania Baer]]
| editing = Craig Bassett
| studio = [[John R. Cherry III|Emshell Producers]]
| distributor = [[Touchstone Pictures]]
| released = October 11, 1991 ({{small|Theatrical}})
| runtime = 91 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $14,143,280<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ernestscaredstupid.htm</ref>
}}
'''''Ernest Scared Stupid''''' is a 1991 American [[comedy film]] directed by [[John R. Cherry III]] and starring [[Jim Varney]]. It is the fifth film to feature the character [[Ernest P. Worrell]]. The film has Ernest accidentally unleashing an army of [[troll]]s upon a small town on [[Halloween]]. It was shot in [[Nashville, Tennessee]] like its predecessors ''[[Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam]]'', ''[[Ernest Goes to Camp]]'', ''[[Ernest Saves Christmas]]'', and ''[[Ernest Goes to Jail]]''. It was the last ''Ernest'' film to be distributed by [[Touchstone Pictures]].
==Plot==
{{Plot|date=May 2010}}
In 19th Century [[Missouri]] a [[troll]] named Trantor responsible for kidnapping children and turning them into wooden dolls is captured by the townsfolk led by Phineas Worrell who binds the troll under the roots of a great oak tree. But before they can complete the ritual, Trantor casts a curse on the townsfolk that he will return and once he has gathered five children, his children will be born from that very tree and overrun humanity. He also curses Phineas that each generation of Worrells would be born less and less intelligent so not to thwart his next attempt. The film then fast forwards to the 20th century, nearly one hundred years later where the legend of Trantor is being told by a girl named Elizabeth, but the story is dismissed as a folklore and fiction.
Meanwhile Ernest P. Worrell ([[Jim Varney]]) works as a [[sanitation engineer]] for the town and is close friends with Elizabeth and her two friends Joey, and Kenny who is the son of the town [[sheriff]]. After their haunted clubhouse is ruined by the Mayor's two sons who are bullying them, Ernest promises to find them a better place to build one shortly before he is ordered to clear the land of Old Lady Hackmore ([[Eartha Kitt]] but he is frightened off by her, and when running through her lands he comes across a gigantic tree, which he and the kids decide to turn into a gigantic treehouse. Unbeknownst to them that it is the same tree under which Trantor is buried, and when Ernest accidentally incites the incantation to summon Trantor, he releases the troll. When Ernest goes to Old Lady Hackmore for help, Joey falls victim after hearing Ernest's voice and is turned into a wooden doll. Ernest is attacked by Trantor directly who runs to the sheriff's house, he doesn't believe Ernest and chides him for taking the kids out onto Hackmore's land. The next day, Joey's disappearance concerns Kenny and Elizabeth while Tom and Bobby Tulip, claiming to be the only two to believe Ernest's warnings of a troll take advantage of him by selling him fake troll-trapping devices, many of which backfire. One of them traps the Mayor's sons in a dumpster which results in his immediate firing. Meanwhile, Trantor captures a skateboarder, and early that evening Elizabeth who finds Trantor had invaded her bedroom. While trick or treating, Kenny is lured away from a friend by hearing Elizabeth's voice and his friend is taken as the fourth victim.
Ernest learns through a book that Old Lady Hackmore has that two things can destroy Trantor; "The heart of a child." and "A mother's care." an inscription of MI_K is Ernest's only clue which he thinks is "Miak" but he later learns it's Milk. And Hackmore learns that "A mother's care" is unconditional love. They arrive too late for Trantor to attack and capture the Mayor's youngest son as his final wooden doll, and out of spite transforms Rimshot as well. Kenny realizes Trantor's weakness and gathers the mayor's other son and a group of the neighborhood kids to fight Trantor with milk. They are too late to stop Trantor's pods from hitting the ground and giving birth to his children who attack the townsfolk. Kenny and the others launch a defensive and manage to destroy all of the trolls except for Trantor who becomes too powerful to be affected by milk. He turns Kenny into a wooden doll and faces Ernest down, Ernest realizes that the only weapon that will affect Trantor is the heart of a child and he showers Trantor in love and affection, dancing with him and giving him a kiss on the nose. This overload of affection causes Trantor's head to explode and disintegrate, and the people of the town celebrate and congratulate Ernest; to their joy, Trantor's spell is broken on the children he had taken, the five from that night as well as four children from the 19th century including Hackmore's sister who reunites with her now-older sister. Ernest bouts in depression, wondering if he'd get anything out of saving the town and everyone's lives when Rimshot comes running and leaping into his arms, making it a happy night for everyone.
==Cast==
* [[Jim Varney]] as [[Ernest P. Worrell]], Bunny Worrell, Auntie Nelda and others
* [[Eartha Kitt]] as Francis "Old Lady" Hackmore
* Austin Nagler as Kenny
* [[Shay Astar]] as Elizabeth
* John Cadenhead as Tom Tulip
* Bill Byrge as Bobby Tulip
* Richard Woolf as Matt
* Nick Victory as Mike
* Jonas Moscartolo as Trantor the Evil Troll
* [[Ernie Fosselius]] as Voice of Trantor the Evil Troll
==Reception==
The movie received mixed to generally negative reception in theaters.<ref>{{cite news|title= 'Eartha Kitt Livens Up 'Ernest'|work= Los Angeles Times|date=|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-11/entertainment/ca-78_1_eartha-kitt|accessdate=2010-10-06}}</ref>
The movie debuted at No.9 at the box office.<ref>{{cite news|title= House Party 2` Tops At Box Office |work= [[Chicago Tribune]]|date=|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-29/entertainment/ca-481_1_house-party|accessdate=2010-11-12}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{imdb title|0101821|Ernest Scared Stupid}}
* {{mojo title|ernestscaredstupid|Ernest Scared Stupid}}
{{Ernest series}}
[[Category:1991 films]]
[[Category:1990s comedy films]]
[[Category:American comedy films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:Children's films]]
[[Category:Fictional trolls]]
[[Category:Monster movies]]
[[Category:Touchstone Pictures films]]
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