But it was his coke-head sex pest "real-life" iteration in apocalypse comedy This is the End that went meta to best effect.
Along the way, he dispenses Coogan's own prescription for fighting depression: You know, those demons in your head are just pests taking a dump on your mental carpet.
Later, we meet a grandad on his deathbed, playing chicken with his life-support machine, and the audience are treated for head lice by a pest exterminator.
His longtime partner, Carol Nanning, is the handler for both dogs; Buchanan is currently the head trainer for all pest detection dogs and their handlers in the program.
The Chinese government has dispatched just the 33,000 exterminator personnel to Inner Mongolia to try to head off the hungry pests, so we must cross our fingers.
On another, more recent occasion, one of Buchanan's dogs found a rat hiding deep in the engine compartment of a van headed to a pest-free island.
Because of the uproar, because of the causes, a lightbulb's come on in the head of a lot of pest controllers who haven't got firearms and who want to make money without training.
Because of the uproar, because of the causes, a light bulb's come on in the head of a lot of pest controllers who haven't got firearms and who want to make money without training.
Chamberlain was immediately distracted during warm-ups, twitching and shaking his head, trying in vain to scare off the pests.
And, at the Chelsea Physic Garden, Nick Bailey, the head gardener, described his tireless battle with the pests.
