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'Mummy came in my house' meaning?

posted 10 years ago by Drevnibor
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I love most of the jokes in this film, but I don't understand that one.
Eugene says Mummy came in my house 2-3 times, as a recurring joke.
However, I just don't get it.
Is there something I'm missing?

English is not my native language, so maybe that sentence is a pun or something?
Thoughts?

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[–] looking4ahandout 10 years ago

There's nothing to get. Eugene is a little kid. Mummy appearing in his house was a big deal. He's simply repeating it like a kid would.

[–] Drevnibor 10 years ago

Fair enough.
But it's a bit odd that the filmmakers chose that (plain) joke, as the last joke in the entire film.

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[–] Robbmonster 10 years ago

Without meaning to go too deep (this is Monster Squad, after all), I think Eugene, like any kid telling the truth, was happy just to keep repeating his story until someone believed him. His father didn't believe him, his squad-mates didn't (of course by the end they would have), so he tried the army guys.

Would have been nice if Eugene got the final word when the mummy was destroyed. "That was the same mummy the came in my house".

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[–] kmags84 10 years ago

When his father comes in and tells all the monsters to leave, it cracks me up everytime

[–] Koosh_King01 9 years ago

His father didn't believe him, his squad-mates didn't (of course by the end they would have), so he tried the army guys.

Typically in fiction, the authorities are the least likely to believe someone, and their friends and family the most likely. But here it's inverted: his dad and friends don't believe him, so he tries the military and they come running with guns blazing for a last-minute little gag at the end.

I mean, really, how many times will you look under Jabba's manboobs?

[–] ogunonjo 10 years ago

It's a tongue in cheek reference to his mom having an orgasm. Mummy came in my house. Of course kids don't get the joke, but that's what it is. In the movie, the actors are like ewwww....

[–] Cirative 9 years ago

Agreed. It's just a really flat sexual innuendo.

[–] borimor 8 years ago

Agree, it's make sense, with a the nature of the humor in the movie- a strange mixed of childish and adult humor.