Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV
Movie, 2000, Troma, Set in Tromaville and Amortville
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV is #5 of 6 in release order and #5 of 6 in chronological order in the The Toxic Avenger.
The story
A horrific explosion creates a dimensional portal between Tromaville and its dimensional mirror image, Amortville. While the Toxie is trapped in the mirror dimension, Tromaville comes under the control of his evil doppelganger, the Noxious Offender.
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV recap
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000) throws Toxie into Amortville, an evil mirror of Tromaville, while his own double takes his place at home. Lloyd Kaufman directed it from a script by Trent Haaga, and Stan Lee's narration declares Parts II and III never happened. Toxie (David Mattey, voiced by Clyde Lewis) stops the Diaper Mafia from shooting up a school for special-needs students, but a bomb blast carries him to Amortville. There he meets Evil Kabukiman and Chester, the double of his late sidekick Lardass (Joe Fleishaker). Meanwhile his twin, the Noxious Offender, murders his way through Tromaville, becomes mayor and sleeps with Toxie's wife Sarah (Heidi Sjursen), who is blind. Sarah ends up carrying two babies by different fathers. Toxie and Chester click red shoes to get home. Follows the 1984 film and skips both earlier sequels.
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV ending explained
Citizen Toxie ends with Toxie returning to find Sarah in labor and the hospital full of the Noxious Offender's Nazi allies. He kills them, then fights Noxie inside Sarah's womb and tears his organs out; the evil Melvin who steps out of the body ends up in toxic waste and runs off burning. Sarah gives birth to Toxie's baby and to one fathered by Sgt. Kabukiman, and Toxie chases Kabukiman as the crowd laughs. Kaufman announced Toxic Twins: The Toxic Avenger V, but production never started.
Where to watch Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV is streaming on Prime Video, Philo, AMC+, Kanopy, Fandango at Home Free, and Shudder in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon and Fandango At Home.
Ratings
IMDb 5.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 64%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Toxic Crusaders, before The Toxic Avenger.
- Chronological order: after Toxic Crusaders, before The Toxic Avenger.
What to watch before Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV
In release order, the essentials before Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000) are The Toxic Avenger (1984), The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989), and The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989).
Cast
- David Mattey as Toxic Avenger / Noxious Offender
- Debbie Rochon as Ms. Weiner
- Clyde Lewis as Toxie (voice)
- Heidi Sjursen as Sarah / Claire
- Ron Jeremy as Mayor Goldberg
- Tom Fulp as Painter
- Paul Kyrmse as Sgt. Kabukiman / Evil Kabukiman
- Stan Lee as Prologue / Epilogue Narrator (voice)
- Joe Fleishaker as Chester / Lardass
- Dan Snow as Sgt. Kazinski
- Michael Budinger as Tito
- Lisa Terezakis as Sweetie Honey
Directed by Lloyd Kaufman.