That Viral Hot Dog Moment From Weapons Has a Heartfelt and Subtle Meaning For Director Zach Cregger

Did you spot Weapons this past weekend? Better yet, did you spot each the Weapons memes this past weekend? Whether oregon not you ended up astatine the theater, you astir apt saw a lot of hilarious posts astir the movie — possibly adjacent 1 peculiar 1 astir a sizable dispersed of blistery dogs. Well, it turns retired that blistery canine infinitesimal successful Zach Cregger’s caller fearfulness movie is really a subtle and heartfelt motion to his precocious person and collaborator, Trevor Moore.

Warning! Spoilers for Weapons follow:

In the fearfulness mystery, the blistery canine infinitesimal comes conscionable earlier a definite idiosyncratic (keeping spoilers to a min present to support the innocent, AKA those who person yet to deed their section multiplex) arrives astatine the location of Marcus, the Maybrook Elementary School main who is 1 of the cardinal figures successful the story.

His hubby prepared a luncheon tray for the mates to stock which consists of 7 blistery dogs with lone mustard, a steadfast fistful of chips, 4 cocoa spot cookies, a vessel of earthy carrots, and a immense broadside of ranch dip. Pretty coagulated midday dispersed if I bash accidental truthful myself. But the circumstantial prime to usage 7 blistery dogs — and not thing much even-keeled similar six oregon 8 — is simply a notation to a Whitest Kids U'Know sketch from Season 3 of the show.

The sketch, which was portion of the 2nd occurrence of that season, is called Hot Dog Timmy. In the skit, Trevor Moore — who was 1 of 5 members of the beloved drama radical alongside Cregger — plays a doc who reads a man’s trial results.

Shortly aft helium reveals helium has the results of a test, helium asks Timmy (played by Timmy Williams) however galore blistery dogs helium eats a day. Shockingly, the antheral gives him an mean of 7 blistery dogs. Naturally, he’s taken aback by that admission. “Is that bad?” Timmy asks, to which Trevor’s doc quality hilariously responds, “It’s not good.”

The 7 blistery dogs happening successful #Weapons / #WeaponsMovie is simply a tribute to Trevor Moore. pic.twitter.com/8T95v4TuDv

The sketch radical was created by Cregger and Moore and went connected to go a fashionable TV series. The amusement ran for 5 seasons connected Fuse and aboriginal IFC with Cregger and Moore joined by different members Williams, Sam Brown, and Darren Trumeter.

Moore unexpectedly died connected August 7, 2021 aft falling from a balcony astatine his Los Angeles home. Cregger has revealed connected the property circuit for Weapons that the movie arsenic a full was inspired by his friend’s untimely passing, but it seems the movie’s merchandise day and cardinal acceptable portion of 2:17am are besides connected to him. With the preview time included, Weapons was released connected August 7, and Moore was said to person died astir 2:30am.

"I wanted to bash thing honest," Cregger precocious told Rolling Stone astir processing his grief done this project. "And I recovered that arsenic I kept writing, and the much I identified with each of the radical I was penning about, the much this became thing similar an honorable diary of my interior shit."

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.