ZAPPED!
Man oh man, I always hated both Chachi and the little "Eight is Enough" douchebag Aames. I preferred Fonzie's other cousin, that little Spike. But anyway, I still enjoyed ZAPPED! for it's frank depiction of telekineses, pot humor, Scatman and gratuitous nudity. I can't remember but I imagine it was Heather Thomas that got me in the theater.
Chachi plays a nerd teen science whiz named Barney who does goofy experiments and grows pot for his annoying friend Peyton, played by douchebag Aames. It's worth mentioning that Aames played Bibleman later in his career as well as leeching off of Chachi's semi-hit for idiots, "Charles in Charge". They have both gone on to do reality shows because their careers were doing so well it was deemed necessary. But back to ZAPPED!. So Chachi gets caught up in a lab experiment explosion and gets "Carrie" like powers but without the humiliation of getting his period in the shower.
Peyton is the scheming cool guy who sees Barney's new abilities as a way to make money by rigging roulette games and other betting opportunities. Heather Thomas is the hot cheerleader Aames wants to fuck but she dates college guys. Barney starts to fall for a girl nerd, the kind that's hot without her glasses. Scatman has the best role as a coach who drinks some of Barney's weed juice and hallucinates that he's riding bikes with Einstein while Lawanda Page shoots sausages at him. In another nod to CARRIE, Barney's mom is convinced he's possessed by Satan and has an exorcism attempted. Another weird scene has Barney levitate a vaguely USS Enterprise model through his bedroom with a look -alike Spock and Company inside of it. Robert Mandan from TV's "Soap" is also in there as a horny principal. There's more telekinetic hijinks until we get to the big dance finale, once again with CARRIE moments except there is no pig blood or P.J. Soles and entirely no Travolta to speak of. There is a scene where douchebag Aames essentially date rapes a passed out Heather Thomas and takes pictures of the act which in today's mixed up world is no longer considered hilarious. You see what I did there kids? You can't really tell if I'm being sarcastic or just making a sick joke about fucking passed out cheerleader being hilarious. Maybe I meant our mixed up world is really sensible about fucking passed out cheerleaders being terribly unfunny? I don't know? Do you?
This whole movie really reminded me of an R-rated version of the Disney Dexter Riley movies with Kurt Russell. It really could've used a villain like A.J. Arno though. I suppose the biggest thing wrong with the flick is the fact that a body double was used for Thomas' titty work and that fact is prominently advertised in the credits. That stuck up bitch. I bet that 'Fall Guy" money ran out years ago. Remember how much happier you were when you didn't even know that hot actresses used body doubles? So, there's no denying ZAPPED! is stupid but it's a colorful, painless stupid and it does have Scatman. Oh yeah, it was directed by Robert Rosenthal.