Packet 9: Tossup 17

A bird-like metal creature observes a planet whose inhabitants have this quality in a 1975 Hungarian stop-motion short (15[1])whose English title rhymes. In another film, a fedora-wearing Italian drug lord with this quality rues the death of his DJ nephew, before using a baseball bat to defenestrate two lazy employees from a high-rise office. A film about characters with this quality opens with a shootout in a warehouse after a two-minute montage of expressionless breakdancing gangsters. In that film about characters with this quality, a character named in homage to (*) Jet Li kicks a racist (10[1])cop across a room after being told, “let me put it in a language you can understand.” (10[1])While working full-time as an animator for films like The Matrix Reloaded and (-5[1])X-Men, Jeff Lew single-handedly wrote, directed, and animated an action movie about characters (-5[1])with this quality. For 10 points, that film centers on a John Wick-like assassin with what quality named “Killer?” ■END■ (10[3]0[15])

ANSWER: being beans [or being coffee beans; accept being legumes; accept Scenes with Beans or Babfilm; accept Killer Bean Forever; prompt on being anthropomorphic by asking “what type of object is portrayed as anthropomorphic in these films?”]
<AP, Mixed> | Spec-Script_09
= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Alex AdlerOld Town Road Memorial Lecture SeriesBill of the Bull1715
Jack Van NostrandErik Van NostrandChristine Steptoe9410
Hari ParameswaranBring Me the Horns of Wilmington's CowFaster Pussycat! Buzz! Buzz!11110
JJ TsaiDon't that poster look dustyWilford Brimley - Cajun jockey archer124-5
Thomas TibbettsThe MF DOOM GenerationA Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American MILFs137-5
Graydon AllardThat's That Mattress ManMm kay1570
Maude-Sophie LockmanMm kayThat's That Mattress Man1570
William GoldenA Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American MILFsThe MF DOOM Generation15710
Tim MorrisonSomething is amiss with modaqCharles I: "This tyranny goes to eleven."1570
Hazel SinghCharles I: "This tyranny goes to eleven."Something is amiss with modaq1570
Taylor HarveyFlorida BAnd finally monsieur a Lafer-thin mint15710
Benny MeyersMate I need you to help me build a Star Wars mateTwo utes1570
Connor MayersTwo utesMate I need you to help me build a Star Wars mate1570
Ethan AshbrookPossibly in MinnesotaRatcatcher starring Ash Ketchum15710
Adrian WongI'm a Fourth Scorer - But That's OKUrban Haute Buzzoisie1570
Mazin OmerUrban Haute BuzzoisieI'm a Fourth Scorer - But That's OK1570
Cliff GaliherWilford Brimley - Cajun jockey archerDon't that poster look dusty1570
Leo TaoWong Kar whyCharley Warrick - least of the Independents1570
Matthew BlissCharley Warrick - least of the IndependentsWong Kar why1570
Rick LineAlastair Sim CityThe buzzers don't ring - they just screech in pain.1570
Henry AtkinsThe buzzers don't ring - they just screech in pain.Alastair Sim City1570
Matthew SiffAlma Olsson's Inner CircleHaikyu!! The Dumpster Battle of the Bulge1570
Charlie FritzHaikyu!! The Dumpster Battle of the BulgeAlma Olsson's Inner Circle1570

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2025 Spec Script - Canada2025-06-21250%0%0%94.00
2025 Spec Script - Online 12025-06-211040%0%20%145.50
2025 Spec Script - Online 22025-06-21333%33%0%17.00