The director said that if any of these darker scenes made it into the film, they wouldn’t have jived with the comedic vibe he was going for. This was one of the points detailed by Film School Rejects in a feature on Shadyac’s commentary. It turned out that the culprit was Einhorn, who was actually a vengeful former Dolphins footballer named Ray Finkle before he underwent gender reassignment.Īnother scene deemed too dark for the final cut involved a dream sequence: Ace dreams a flock of pigeons swoops in and dismembers him. The animal is the mascot for the Miami Dolphins and was snatched just two weeks before the big Super Bowl game.
The private investigator is hired to find a missing Bottlenose dolphin named Snowflake. You can read snippets from both of the scenes at the link here.Īce Ventura: Pet Detective featured Carrey’s first appearance as the absurdly iconic character with a supporting cast that included Courteney Cox and Sean Young. He remarks, "Can’t get anything done around here…" According to the director’s commentary, Ace returns later to find a blood splotch on the wall. After Ace leaves the gas station, Fern tries again but is interrupted by another customer. The man wants to commit suicide, though the pet detective foils his first attempt. The second scene in question details an interaction between Ace and a gas station attendant named Fern. Hopefully the reason this scene was cut is fairly obvious. As blood is spurting from their headless corpses, Ace starts freaking out before claiming (to God) it was all self-defense, and wiping his fingerprints off the hook.
metal hook attached to a chain from the ceiling, Ace "gently releases" the hook, which inadvertently decapitates his assailants. Standing on top of a machine and brandishing a 200 lb. The first scene details how different the pet detective's encounter with Lt. A Reddit user found the original script at and took a screenshot of these scenes, which was then posted to the content-sharing platform through Imgur.