Guide Note

Ace Ventura is a comical character played by Jim Carrey in the films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995). In the films Ventura lives in Miami, Florida where he uses his sharp intellect and wacky techniques to solve crimes dealing with animals.

The film begins in Miami, with Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) struggling to make ends meet finding lost pets for wealthy patrons. That is, until the mascot of the Miami Dolphins, “Snowflake,” is kidnapped by unknown criminals days before the Dolphins are to play in the Superbowl. With the help of the Dolphins' Chief Publicist Melissa Robinson (Courtney Cox), Ventura discovers a stone from a Super Bowl ring in Snowflake's tank. The two then attempt to find the owner of a Super Bowl ring missing a stone.

1. Released: February 4, 1994
2. Directed by: Tom Shadyac
3. Starring: Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young, Tone Loc and Dan Marino
4. Distributed by: Warner Bros.
5. Buffalo Bills kicker Scott Norwood, who missed winning kick in Super Bowl XXV, was inspiration for Ray Finkle character

Shikaka, a great white bat worshiped by two warring tribes in “Nibia,” has been stolen, and Ventura given the task of finding the bat. Ventura spends the duration of the film conducting his investigation, spying on the tribes, and attempting to discover the bat thief. One of the recurring jokes involves the fact that Ventura is deathly terrified of bats.

1. Released: November 10, 1995
2. Directed by: Steve Oedekerk
3. Starring: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Maynard Eziashi, Bob Gunton, Sophie Okonedo and Tommy Davidson
4. Distributed by: Warner Bros.
5. Followed by: Ace Ventura Jr.