Cheech & Chong’s Animated Movie! (2013) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

The body crab (Buster) is attracted to the marijuana scent that lingers around Pedro and Man. Throughout the film, the crab repeatedly picks up their trail and chases after them, leading to increasingly absurd encounters and eventual deaths that the crab somehow survives.

Foreshadowing: The crab first smells the marijuana during the car chase and becomes obsessed with tracking them down.

• body crab
• buster
• marijuana scent
• chase

Man swallows all the drugs in the car to avoid getting arrested when they spot a police car tailing them. This desperate act saves them from being caught with illegal substances, though it leads to comedic consequences.

Foreshadowing: Earlier, Pedro and Man are established as wanted for drug possession, making the police encounter a genuine threat.

• man
• drugs
• police chase
• arrested

The two frightened people inside the trunk are never clearly identified, they're simply hiding and terrified of being discovered. Pedro accidentally reveals them when he urinates on the trunk and they panic at the smell, forcing the duo to improvise.

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• people
• hiding
• pedro
• man

The crab's final appearance shows it attempting to dive onto Pedro from a windowsill but getting electrocuted by an electric wire instead. The film ends with Man at a diner making a drug deal, suggesting the chaotic cycle continues.

Foreshadowing: The crab has multiple near-death experiences throughout the film, being hit by a train and shot in Afghanistan.

• body crab
• buster
• electrocuted
• ending

Yes, the courtroom scene where Man is on trial is revealed to be a dream. Man falls asleep at home after the Afghanistan skit, and the entire courtroom sequence, where he collects drugs as evidence, climbs the judge's desk, and passes out, plays out as his dream before Pedro wakes him.

Foreshadowing: The transition to the courtroom is abrupt and tonally different, signaling the shift into dream logic.

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• dream sequence
• trial
• asleep

The 'Dave's Not Here' skit is a classic Cheech & Chong routine where Pedro knocks on the door trying to wake Man, but Man (confused and half-asleep) repeatedly insists 'Dave's not here.' The bit is famous in their comedy repertoire and represents their signature stoner humor.

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• pedro
• man
• door
• routine

The crab turns into a vampire momentarily when it hides under a deck board and is exposed to sunlight, a playful visual gag that plays on vampire mythology. This absurd transformation is part of the film's random, surreal humor.

• body crab
• vampire
• sunlight
• transformation

Pedro attempts to urinate on the trunk as a bizarre solution to their problem, when he does so, the two hidden people inside panic at the smell, inadvertently revealing their presence. It's absurdist comedy serving no practical purpose.

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• urinate
• trunk
• reveal

Wake Up America is a satirical TV segment within the film, presented as a Geraldo Rivera-style investigative report about the recording industry. The reporter gets removed from the studio in a chaotic scene, continuing the film's tradition of parodying media and pop culture.

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• tv segment
• parody
• geraldo rivera

Yes, the body crab appears to die multiple times but keeps returning. It's hit by a train while chasing the car, gets shot in Afghanistan, is roasted by sunlight as a vampire, and is electrocuted at the end, each time the crab somehow continues its pursuit.

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• death
• resurrection
• chase