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Ace Ventura is a fictional character, played by Jim Carrey in the films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. The character was voiced by Michael Daingerfield Hall in the animated television series Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. A third film, Ace Ventura Jr., is currently being planned. Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Golden Globe-winning Canadian-American A-list film actor and comedian. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Ace Ventura, Pet Detective is a 1994 wacky comedy movie, directed by Tom Shadyac. ... Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) is a movie made as a sequel to Ace Ventura, Pet Detective (1994). ... Ace Ventura, Jr. ...


Ace Ventura is an eccentric detective who specializes in cases involving pet animals. The character of Ace was created by screenwriter Jack Bernstein. He had wanted to do a comedic version of Sherlock Holmes, and when watching "stupid pet tricks" on Late Night With David Letterman, got the idea for a pet detective. It has been suggested that Residential pets be merged into this article or section. ... Jack Bernstein, also known as John Dodick, Kid Murphy, and Young Murphy, (born November 5, 1899, in New York, New York; died December 26, 1945) was an American boxer. ... A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ... Late Night with David Letterman was a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. ...

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Films

  1. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
  2. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Ace Ventura, Pet Detective is a 1994 wacky comedy movie, directed by Tom Shadyac. ... Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) is a movie made as a sequel to Ace Ventura, Pet Detective (1994). ...

Computer game

Ace Ventura Ace Ventura is an adventure game for the PC released on October 31, 1996 by 7th Level. ...


Trivia

  • Despite being "a lover of all animals," Ace has a phobia for bats.

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ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS (1046 words)
Ace and a tribal chief emerge from a hut covered in spit mucous (spitting is a sign of affection in the tribe).
Ace is "delivered" by the rhino (as he crawls out of the mechanical rhino's rear end -- in a joke on birth) and is completely naked (we just see his butt).
Ace strikes a man at a reception, knocking him out and then draping him over his shoulders (mocking an uppity woman draping a fur on her shoulders).
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective mistakes, goofs and bloopers (1032 words)
Ace had to place it there when the door was still open, but if door was closed after that the man should have knocked over the dog.
Continuity: In the beginning when Ace is "delivering" the package he walks into an elevator and the doors quickly close on the box, but when nothing is blocking the doors, they close much slower than the first time.
Deliberate "mistake": In the scene in which Ace is in the asylum, he breaks into a storage closet to view Finkle's belongings that were left behind when he escaped.
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