In the first scene Rudy informs us that this time around he is Petey Wheatstraw, and he was born during an infamous Miami Hurricane. The Sheriff from The Human Tornado is a doctor who deliver the titular character during the storm in a dilapidated shack. During birth the first thing that comes out is a watermelon. Yep, a watermelon. Then of course Petey is pulled out. He is a young boy already, possibly 7 and starts beating up the doctor, and then his dad for waking him up every night. I assume with romantic interludes with Petey's mamma.
We are then treated to a funky theme about Petey and we see teen-ish Petey being picked on and beaten up in the streets. An old man named Bantu offers to teach him martial arts and we get a montage filled with things like Petey breaking bricks or slicing up a watermelon with a katana. That's two watermelons in ten minutes. Well it turns out that young Petey wants to save the world from misery with the power of stand up comedy so Bantu gives him his blessing.
Shortly after we see a very brief scene of adult Wheatstraw doing Rudy's regular comedy of being vulgar and insulting people. Then two overweight comedians named Leroy and Skillet are borrowing money to open a swingin' club from a mafia guy named Mr. White who is a bad guy and threatens them even before they get the money. But they should be fine as no events are scheduled around the time the club will open... or so they think. It turns out that the infamous Petey Wheatstraw is doing a show in a place called Steve's Den on their opening night.
Petey travels to Steve's Den and hangs out with his business partners for a bit as well as the owner. When he leaves, some guys are trying to steal parts of his car, so Petey Kung Fus them and forces them to put it all back together after a slapstick chase segment. One of Petey's business associates, Sheila wants to bang him and he agrees after cautioning her about his moral issue of mixing business with pleasure. Then the phone rings and it is Leroy who attempts to convince Petey to move the show's date. Petey says no, so the logical step is for Leroy and Skillet to send cronies led by a dude called Scarface Willie to intimidate Petey's friend and business partner Ted. Things go awry and they kill Ted's brother Larry which seems a bit over the top until you see what happens next.
So at Larry's funeral at a Baptist church Willie and the crew pull out a tommy gun and wipe out everyone there, including all of Larry's family and Petey Wheatstraw himself. But suddenly a man named Lucifer wakes up Petey and offers to bring everyone (except Larry) back to life as well as Petey so he can get revenge and do his stand up. In return the Devil wants Petey to marry his hideous daughter and give her a child. Petey reluctantly agrees because he doesn't want to spend eternity in a red room for developing film but with a few couches and a mini bar in it.
Immediately after coming back, Petey tells this story to his friends including Ted who goes out to get revenge for his brother. Petey follows and when Ted gets in over his head, Petey makes an appearance and scares the bad guys. So Petey goes back to hang out with Sheila. Before they can bang, the Devil calls and tells him he needs to go get Lucifer's cane from a graveyard where it resides hidden under a tire and some yard waste. But first he needs to Kung Fu the bad guys that showed up to kill him.
With his new found powers, Petey goes to the club the next day. The cane leads him to the restroom where he discovers a bomb has been planted. After a short slapsticky game of hot potato during a bad audition at the club, Petey manages to take it outside and throw it in the back of a truck full of watermelons which explode all over the place. Man I really want some watermelon now.
So Leroy and Skillet open their club and Petey sneaks in with the help of a flamboyant costume and a vague accent. I guess Leroy and Skillet were successful at getting Petey to move the date. Anyway Petey messes with the performance with the help of his newfound demonic powers and starts blowing up the place. Ted chases after Willie Scarface who decides to stab himself during the scuffle to rob Ted of the satisfaction of revenge.
Then Petey abuses his powers of Satan to help the neighborhood by doing things like turning a cheating husband into a puppy at the request of his wife who was about to murder him, or saving a kid from an oncoming car. Lucifer informs Petey that his wedding is tomorrow and he should give the cane back. Well, Petey still needs to use it so he says he will later. He also convinces Lucifer that he will be meditating just before the wedding so he won't be responsive. This is so he can go out and kidnap a homeless drunk on the street, drug him up, and put a Petey Wheatstraw mask on him so they can't tell the difference until Petey has driven across the US to escape. The mask looks good when it's on because of the power of cutting to footage of Rudy on the couch.
So the day of the wedding arrives and Lucifer comes a bit early to give his Son-In-Law a present. He takes him to a hidden bachelor pad in a condemned building and summons a bunch of devil women for him to bang ON HIS WEDDING DAY! After banging them to unconsciousness Petey does his switcheroo and shortly after the homeless guy gets in the car, he wakes up and is discovered for a fraud.
Lucifer and his daughter use their powers to create an earthquake which Petey fights back with the cane. So Lucifer sends some devils after them, but Petey makes them go away again with the cane. Maybe Lucifer should've taken that cane. Petey and company attempt to make an escape but it comes down to a rooftop battle with Petey and the Devil. Petey stops him with the cane, lights the Devil on fire, throws him off the building, and breaks the cane. However Lucifer can't be killed so he forces Petey Wheatstraw to marry his daughter anyway.
Man this is a weird movie. If you like The Human Tornado, you will probably like this. It is essentially, comedy, Kung Fu, and clubs. The Satan angle makes it unique and thank god because otherwise I would have been bored having just watched a Dolemite movie two days ago. I would say, if the things I described sound great to you and you don't mind low budget black comedies, this is for you. Otherwise it really wouldn't work well for you. I like bad Kung Fu, funky tunes, and Satan so it works well for me. I think I'll get myself a watermelon now.
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