Pee-wee's Big Adventure: A Weirdly Traumatizing Classic

Pee-wee's Big Adventure appears in the list 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure: A Weirdly Traumatizing Classic'.The film mostly follows an eccentric young man seeking self-discovery while searching for his bike. The tone shifts when he accepts a ride from a truck driver named Large Marge.

Large Marge gives Pee-wee a ride after he stops on a foggy road at night. During the short ride, she tells Pee-wee a story about "the worst accident" she ever witnessed. Large Marge describes wreckage filled with burning bodies. She then shows her real face: a claymation monster face, essentially the opposite of Tim Burton's style.Beetlejuice appears in the list 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure: A Weirdly Traumatizing Classic'..

Pee-wee spends most of the film trying to get his bike back. This need drives his thoughts. The second act ends with a dream where his bike isThe Creepy Clown Dream Is A Literal Nightmare was kidnapped and tortured.Crazy clowns did this.

The dream starts with demonic-looking clowns stealing the bike. They break it down and take it to an operating room.The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is in the list 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure: A Weirdly Traumatizing Classic'.Duran Duran appears. The clowns set the bike on fire. A giant claw machine picks it up and takes it to Hell.

Before entering Mario's Magic Shop, Pee-wee chains his bike to what is one of cinema's creepiest clowns. Move over Pennywise and Killer Klowns; this waving, mask-faced robot with an empty smile screams, "I'll eat your soul!"

The clown's evil nature shows once Pee-wee's bike is stolen. Its face changes from the vacant smile to a crooked, maniacal grin.

Pee-wee gets picked up by an escaped convict named Mickey at one point. Mickey talks about his anger and brandishes a gun while driving Pee-wee down the highway. Then, Pee-wee must disguise himself as a woman so he and his new friend can escape a local sheriff who tells Pee-wee to leave the car because he "wants to get a look" at him.

Disturbing does not cover how the only authority figure in this scene acts. Mickey should make you stop hitchhiking forever.

After escaping the Warner Bros. lot with his bike, Pee-wee finds a pet store engulfed in flames. Pee-wee runs inside as the hero, and the scene becomes even worse.

Pee-wee's rescue attempt is noble, but the pets inside must rely on a grown man in a red bow tie to get out. Luckily, Pee-wee saves most of what is there, including a scary moment where he runs out of the fire with snakes. Unfortunately, the fish do not survive because Pee-wee is just one man.

One of the quickest jokes appears inPee-wee's Big Adventure is in the list 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure: A Weirdly Traumatizing Classic'.is also one of its most upsetting. After Mr. Buxton catches Pee-wee trying to hurt his son, Pee-wee leaves the situation by offering both Buxton men a piece of gum. They each take the gum, and black liquid starts spilling from their mouths like blood as Pee-wee escapes.

Tim Burton likes giant monster heads. This makes people scared. The audience sees a giant papier-mâché head. Burton also includes giant dinosaur heads. He shows creepy demon faces in a Día de los Muertos parade. A big head appears at the magic shop.

These heads seem to do nothing but freak out fans.Tim Burton style

After finding his bike stolen, Pee-wee goes to Francis Buxton's house. Pee-wee tries to drown his rival while Francis takes a bath. Is Francis creepy? Yes. Did he hire goons for Pee-wee's bike? Certainly. Killing someone in the bathtub may not fix the issue.

Pee-wee fights Francis by messing up his swimming pool-sized bath and trying to push his head under the water. In a movie that seems for kids, the main character (who is an adult) decides death is the answer.

Pee-wee gets his bike back, and Francis ends up in space.

Tim Burton filmshave been describedas "wild-and-woolly exuberant gothic dementia." These scenes show childhood thoughts with a disturbing twist.Pee-wee's Big AdventurelikeEdward ScissorhandsandBeetlejuicedeals with an adult who stands out in his pastel suburban neighborhood.

Big Adventureuses lighting from 1930s horror movies and classic jump scare music. A sound track, Danny Elfman's score, plays alongside it.Danny Elfman scoresounds more like Danny Elfman than anything else he has made.

After sleeping in a T-Rex's head with his friend Simone, Pee-wee nearly dies from Simone's jealous, xenophobic boyfriend Andy.

Simone tells Pee-wee Andy hates it when she speaks French because he thinks French people are better. The next morning, Andy chases Pee-wee with a giant bone. Pee-wee escapes because a bull attacks Andy.

A strange moment happens when Pee-wee runs through a wet town for his bike. He enters an alley where muggers confront him. Pee-wee scares them off by hissing at them like a cat.

Hissing at someone is not inherently disturbing. But watching an adult hiss at other adults to scare them away is something to see.

Every popular kids' movie has a scene where the main character faces bikers. This film does not, perhaps because it would be too scary.Pee-wee's Big Adventurehowever, does not question, "Is this too far?"

Pee-wee provokes the Satan's Helpers by trying to use the phone in their bar. After they kick him out, Pee-wee knocks over their bikes. This is a big mistake. Pee-wee escapes the mess by dancing to "Tequila."

Pee-wee's morning routine shows bizarre traits. He sets off a Rube Goldberg machine to fix his breakfast: pancakes, toast, eggs, bacon, and a strawberry. Then, he covers his face with scotch tape in his bathroom. After breakfast, he sits down and screams at his pancakes. He then pours Mr. T cereal over the plate, pretending to eat it like a dog.

Production designers and Tim Burton fans might dream of Pee-wee's house. For anyone who cleans a space full of knick-knacks and tchotchkes, the house feels like a total nightmare.

Each room holds globes, monster heads, wooden dummies, and self-running train sets. This place collects a lot of dust and grime. That level of dirt causes anxiety. How much does Pee-wee pay someone to clean? Does a Rube Goldberg cleaning machine appear in a deleted scene?

Pee-wee's Big AdventureTwisted Sister makes a cameo. The cameo shocks the audience out of their reverie. Pee-wee steals his bike back from Kevin Morton. He runs across the Warner Bros. backlot, through the Old West, a beach party, the North Pole, and a Godzilla movie. Then, he jumps straight into a Twisted Sister video.

Seeing Dee Snider on screen at the end of a story about a man-child and his bike is more traumatizing than anything else.