
Dottie becomes a sultry Morgan Fairchild who's the scientist Bond girl Expy love-interest.

The bike as well becomes an experimental vehicle of some sort called the X-1. Adaptational Badass: "P.W." Herman (the version of Pee-wee of the film adaptation at the end) is a James Bond-style super-spy badass played by James Brolin.Come on, Simone, let's talk about your big 'but'." Accidental Innuendo: In-Universe "Everyone I know has a big 'but'.
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The script was penned by Reubens and the late great Phil Hartman.įollowed by the children's TV series Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986-90) and the films Big Top Pee-wee (1988) and Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016). In fact, the three coming together was somewhat serendipitous: Burton and Reubens were huge fans of the 1980 no-budget cult film Forbidden Zone, which Elfman had scored, and their mutual love for the film not only convinced them to hire Elfman as the composer, but to base the entire film's quirky tone on it. Though ostensibly Reubens' baby, it's famously Tim Burton's feature directorial debut and then- Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman's first score for a major motion picture. Desperate to get it back, he embarks on a cross country journey, meeting many bizarre characters along the way (and considering the sort of guy Pee-Wee Herman is, that's one hell of a mouthful). One day, Pee-wee's treasured bike is stolen by a rival Manchild. Pee-wee's Big Adventure is the 1985 big-screen adaptation of Paul Reubens' nightclub comedy act, starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman (though the credits say "Pee-wee Herman As Himself").
