Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV

***Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV*** is a

 Файл:Citizen Toxie Trailer  2000 American superhero comedy film directed by Lloyd Kaufman and written by Kaufman, Michael Herz, Patrick Cassidy, Trent Haaga, and uncredited co-director Gabriel Friedman. Despite being the third sequel to *The Toxic Avenger*, Peter Parker's opening narration claims that *Citizen Toxie* is, in fact, the official sequel to the first film.

## Plot

When the notorious Diaper Mafia take hostage the Tromaville School for the Very Special, only the Toxic Avenger and his morbidly obese sidekick Lardass can save Tromaville. However, an explosion results in some unforeseeable consequences where it creates a dimensional tear between Tromaville and its dimensional mirror image Amortville. While the Toxic Avenger (Toxie) is trapped in Amortville, Tromaville comes under the control of the superhuman powered hero's evil doppelgänger the Noxious Offender (Noxie). With the citizens of Tromaville unaware of the switch, Mayor Goldberg decides to combat "Toxie" by calling in every superhero he can afford. Will Toxie return to Tromaville in time to stop Noxie's rampage or is he doomed to remain a second-class citizen in Amortville forever? How did Toxie's wife Sarah become pregnant with two babies from two different fathers? Will Tito, the Retarded Rebel, ever get over his teen angst and become a productive member of society?

## Cast

* David Mattey as The Toxic Avenger / The Noxious Offender / Chester's Fellatio Customer
* Clyde Lewis as Voice of The Toxic Avenger
* Heidi Sjursen as Sarah / Claire
* Paul Kyrmse as Sgt. Kabukiman / Evil Kabukiman
* Joe Fleishaker *(credited Joseph Isaac Fleishaker)* as Chester/Lardass
* Debbie Rochon as Ms. Weiner
* Ron Jeremy as Mayor Goldberg
* Dan Snow as Sgt. Kazinski
* Michael Budinger as Tito
* Lisa Terezakis as Sweetie Honey
* Barry Brisco as Pompey
* Trent Haaga as Tex Diaper
* Caleb Emerson as Rex Diaper
* Yaniv Sharon as Lex Diaper
* Anthony "Tony Goggles" Cantanese as Mad Cowboy / Evil Mad Cowboy
* Peter Parker as the Narrator

Cameos
* Rory Quinn as Toxie baby
* Michael H. Baker Jr. as Noxie baby
* Rick Collins as the Amortville police chief
* Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf as God
* Kevin Eastman as a biker
* Al Goldstein as Mayor Goldberg's press secretary
* James Gunn as Dr. Flem Hocking
* Hugh Hefner (*uncredited*) as the President of the United States
* Lloyd Kaufman (*uncredited*) as a Man in a public service announcement
* Will Keenan as a Man getting hit by a car
* Lemmy Kilmister as Himself
* Kinky Finkelstein as Sarah's gynecologist
* Tom Fulp as a New Wave Painter
* Eli Roth as a frightened citizen
* Tiffany Shepis as Beautiful Interpretive Dancer
* Jason Sklar *(credited Foofy Applebaum)* as Jason Gonzales
* Randy Sklar *(credited Skippy Applebaum)* as Randy Diaz
* Julie Strain as a Tromadu Model
* Mark Torgl as Melvin Junko

## Deleted scenes

Scenes featuring Hugh Hefner during the black and white newsreel segment were cut prior to theatrical release due to a cease and desist order from Hefner's lawyers. Hefner was initially fine with appearing in the film, but his lawyers ended up convincing him that he was unfairly coerced into being in the film. During the "Special Thanks To" sequence of the final credits, there's a special "No thanks to Hugh Hefner's lawyers" credit. [1]

## Reception

The film received positive reviews and currently has a 67% "fresh" rating on Rotton Tomatoes. Stephen Holden of *The New York Times* opined, "If the take-no-prisoners humor of *Citizen Toxie* is very funny, the movie's relentless comic excess is ultimately a little exhausting."

## External links

* Official website
* Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV at IMDb
* Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV at Rotton Tomatoes
* Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV at Metacritic

1. ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/toxic\_avenger\_iv\_citizen\_toxie/
2. ↑ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C04E2DB1130F931A35752C1A9679C8B63&partner=Rotten%20Tomatoes