Ace Ventura
Biography
Ace was the son of Rex Ventura and is a direct descendant of famous historical figures including Charles Ventura Darwin, Ernest Venutra Shackleton, and Jacques Ventura Costeau. He spent his adult life working as an investigator on cases involving animals, cases that took him all over the United States, as well as the world. It is not known if the Ace Ventura animated television series was canon with the films, but if it was it likely takes place before them because the only one of his pets from the movies to appear in the series is his capuchin monkey, Spike (this suggests that he may not have gotten the rest of his pets until some point between the movies and series). During the second film, Ace becomes a Buddhist monk after a failed rescue attempt of a raccoon. At some point he had a son, named Ace Jr., with Melissa, Courteney Cox’s character from the first film in the series, who eventually became a zookeeper so that her son could see animals anytime he wanted to. Ace went missing while leading a flock of geese on their natural migration route, accidentally flying the plane he was using to lead the geese into the Bermuda Triangle while his son was still an infant. Ace Jr. would eventually continue his father’s legacy.
Development
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Bernstein had wanted to do a comedic version of Sherlock Holmes, and when watching the Stupid Pet Tricks segment on Late Night With David Letterman, got the idea for a pet detective.[citation needed]
Intentional or not, the character of Ace Ventura has several similarities with the earlier character of Detective Lawrence “Larry” Zito from NBC’s 1984 TV show Miami Vice. The look of both characters is similar in style (Hawaiian shirts and extravagantly parted hair) and are both detectives in the Miami area.
Personality
Ace as he appears in the animated series.
Ace Ventura is an eccentric, possibly insane, self styled ‘pet detective’ who gave up regular police work so he could focus more on crimes against animals. Like all the great fictional sleuths, he is gifted with incredible powers of observation. Ventura’s many personality quirks include his persistent, almost pathological, vulgarity and exceedingly flamboyant, extroverted behaviour. Despite his frequently psychotic personality, he is greedy, dedicated gumshoe driven by an insatiable love of animals and a desire to protect them from the sinister machinations of man. It is revealed in Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective by Rex (Ace Sr.’s father) that his love for animals, detective skills, personality, insanity, and even hairdo are due to a mutated chromosome which has been in the Ventura family for thousands of years. This is reinforced by the fact that Ace’s son, Ace Jr., developed his father’s personality and hair style in his absence.
As mentioned above, Ace is an animal lover; in fact, the only animals that he is known to despise are bats, which caused problems in the second film.
Regarding appearance, he usually wears an unbuttoned Aloha shirt over a plain white A-shirt, with red and black striped trousers. Many of Ace’s mannerisms (such as his laugh) are drawn from the character Fire Marshall Bill,[citation needed] played by Jim Carrey during his time on In Living Color. He lives in an apartment alongside many different animals, all of whom he hides from his pet-hating landlord Mr. Schickadance.
Phrases
Ace has many sayings, including ‘Alrighty then!’, ‘Take Care Now, Bye-bye then,’ ‘Gravy!’, “Spank You, Helpy Helperton!”, ‘Yummy!’, ‘Losers’ (often being pronounced as ‘Loohoo – zehersss!’), “Re-he-he-heally”, “Do NOT go in there!” “Damn I’m goood!”, and sometimes ‘Like a glove!’ when he parks his car.
Other Ventura productions
Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective is the third installment, featuring the son of the original Ace, which aired on Cartoon Network March 1, 2009 and was released to DVD on March 3rd, 2009. Jim Carrey wasn’t involved this entry, the film it is mentions that Ace may have been lost in while helping geese in the Bermuda Triangle. Ace’s father Rex is also introduced in this film.
Appearance in The Mask: The Animated Series
In the episodes “The Aceman Cometh/Have Mask, Will Travel” of The Mask: The animated series, when Milo, the pet dog of Stanley Ipkiss, was stolen by Dr. Pretorius, Ipkiss calls Ace for help. Both Ipkiss/the Mask and Ace Ventura were the animated version of characters portrayed by Jim Carrey himself, who appeared face to face. Ace wears the mask (accidentally) on his butt, turning into a face similar to his own and having the ability to speak, ironizing his gag of making his butt “talk” (as in the “ass a few questions” joke from the original film).
Reception
Ace was ranked the 60th Greatest Movie Character in a November, 2008 list by Empire Magazine. Cyborg Franky from Japanese anime and manga One Piece is based on the character.[citation needed]
See also
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
External links
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective at the Internet Movie Database
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls at the Internet Movie Database
Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective at the Internet Movie Database
‘A.C. Ventura: Dream Detective’ – Ace’s Grandson; Google Books
References
^ The 100 Greatest Movie Characters
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Films
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TV Series
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Video Game
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