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Maybe this is a prequel

posted 9 years ago by blbbg1
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Since his hi-tech house, dog, girlfriend, rival, and bike don't appear in this film. Maybe this takes place a few years before Big Adventure. He never mentions anything from the previous film so maybe he lived on a farm before moving to the city as seen in the first film. However in the first film, Francis recalls the times when Pee-wee rode his bike as a kid, so I doubt this is a prequel after all but a standalone film with completely different continuity. Still, it really doesn't make sense why he would move from the city to a farm in the first place and not have his dog or bike. Did he sell his bike and give away his dog?

[–] Dan_Garten 9 years ago

Interesting.

[–] ExplorerDS6789 9 years ago

It's like the Ernest movies. Same character, different scenarios, events of the previous movies NEVER mentioned, as if they never happened.

[–] blbbg1 8 years ago

This could be true. They did this same crap with Medea and Fred Figglehorn!

[–] dperth-33500 8 years ago

I definitely look at Big Top Pee-Wee as a prequel. It apparently takes place years before Big Adventure in what looks like the 1950's. And it shows how Pee-Wee got his start as an inventor.

Francis is a known liar, therefore Francis's comment in Big Adventure about knowing Pee-Wee as a kid doesn't have any merit.

There is definitely a lack of continuity between both movies in either direction though. But for reasons of continuity I think it's fair to look at it as a prequel.

Pee-Wee's new movie Pee-Wee's Big Holiday also apparently takes place in the 1950's. It goes to show that is a common theme in his movies.

[–] Down_South 8 years ago

I don't see it as a prequel. I imagine it was written as one of Pee-Wee's dreams or fantasies.

Know what I mean?