It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World/Characters

Captain Culpepper
"Portrayed by: Spencer Tracy"


 * Big Screwed-Up Family: His wife and daughter.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Henpecked Husband: He is often being belittled by his wife on the phone.
 * Nice Hat

Melville Crump
"Portrayed by: Sid Caesar"


 * Butt Monkey
 * Covered in Gunge: He winds up getting covered with paint while in the hardware store.
 * Straight Man: Melville acted this way when trying to divvy up the money between himself and the others, before negotiations broke down.

Monica Crump
"Portrayed by: Edie Adams"


 * The Chick
 * Clothing Damage: Her dress gets ripped while her and Melville were stuck in the hardware store.
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Show Some Leg: Not in the romantic sense, but part of her dress gets ripped, showing some of her leg.

J. Russell Finch
"Portrayed by: Milton Berle"


 * The Chew Toy: He is often being belittled by his mother-in-law.
 * Honest Corporate Executive: He is the head of an edible seaweed company.
 * The Lancer
 * Nice Hat

Emmaline Marcus-Finch
"Portrayed by: Dorothy Provine"


 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Hair of Gold
 * Only Sane Woman: Keep in mind that she was the only one who wanted absolutely nothing to do with the whole search.
 * Tsundere

Mrs. Marcus
"Portrayed by: Ethel Merman"


 * Evil Matriarch
 * Handbag of Hurt: Mrs. Marcus has a habit of hitting other people with her purse when really mad.
 * Jerkass
 * Karma Houdini: A lot of viewers think her behavior warrants more than a final scene Pratfall.
 * Nice Hat
 * Perpetual Frowner: Not once in the entire movie does she smile.

Lennie Pike
"Portrayed by: Jonathan Winters"


 * Berserk Button: Never, ever make Pike mad, or else he will kill you.
 * The Big Guy
 * Butt Monkey
 * Dumb Muscle
 * Hair-Trigger Temper: Pike becomes really angry when he gets tricked by Meyer.
 * Nice Hat
 * Unstoppable Rage

Dingy Bell
"Portrayed by: Mickey Rooney"


 * Cool Shades: He wears these at the beginning of the film
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Dope Slap: Dingy did this a few times to Benjy.
 * Fat and Skinny: The skinny to Benjy's fat.
 * Those Two Guys: With Benjy

Benjy Benjamin
"Portrayed by: Buddy Hackett"


 * Alliterative Name: And the only one in the entire movie with one too.
 * Captain Obvious
 * Cowardly Sidekick
 * Fat and Skinny: The fat to Dingy's skinny.
 * Fat Idiot
 * Nice Hat
 * Those Two Guys: With Dingy

Otto Meyer
"Portrayed by: Phil Silvers"


 * Con Man
 * Jerkass
 * Nice Hat
 * Rage Against the Heavens: He does this before he drives his car into the river.
 * The Rival: To Pike

Col. Algernon Hawthorne
"Portrayed by: Terry-Thomas"


 * Brake Angrily: Hawthorne does this when Russell says something bad about England.
 * Funny Foreigner
 * Nice Hat
 * The Rival: To Russell, at first.
 * Servile Snarker

Sylvester Marcus
"Portrayed by: Dick Shawn"


 * Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny
 * Comically Missing the Point: Sylvester was more worried about the safety of his mother than actually joining in the search for the money.
 * Determinator: He was really determined to find out what happened to his mother.
 * Dumb Muscle
 * Momma's Boy