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* [[Double Vision]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by the film when the heads of Dr. Lao's various ''personæ'' all sprout at once from from the neck of the Loch Ness monster.
* [[Eccentric Townsfolk]]: The townsfolk of Abalone, to be exact.
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* [[Fake Nationality]]: The Chinese Lao (not to mention the Turkish Apollonius, British Merlin, Greek Pan and Medusa, and Nepalese Snowman) are all played by European-American Randall. No wonder his accent (''See'' [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]], ''below'') "comes and goes."
** It's implied that Lao is a near-immortal [[Every Man]] who can shapeshift and gendershift as the role requires to teach much-needed Aesops.
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* [[Grumpy Bear]]: In his youth, Stark was a [[Wide Eyed Idealist]], but first-hand experience with human nature drove him to the opposite (yet equally wrong) end of the spectrum.
* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Mr. Lindquist; happily, his wife appears to take Dr. Lao's lesson to heart.
* [[Hey
* [[Hot Librarian]]: Angela
* [[Hobbes Was Right]] / [[Rousseau Was Right]]: The central debate of the story. Stark champions the former, while Lao argues persuasively for the latter.
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* [[Not That Kind of Doctor]]: As Lao tells Mike, "My specialty is wisdom."
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]]; Cunningham notes that Dr. Lao suddenly switches from a heavy, stereotypical Chinese accent to perfect English. Dr. Lao replies, "Oh, it comes and goes. Whatever dialect the mood requires."
* [[Politically
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Actually, seven thousand, three hundred, and twenty-two, next October.
* [[Romancing the Widow]]: Angela is still grieving the loss of her husband, and doesn't notice (or doesn't want to) the interest Cunningham has for her.
* [[Shout Out]]: Dr. Lao refers to his "yellow jackass" as the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Ass Golden Ass of Apuleius]."
* [[Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids]]: Stark, to Cunningham.
* [[Stock Ness Monster]]: Dr. Lao keeps the Loch Ness Monster in a fishbowl. As long as it's in the fishbowl, it stays tiny. Don't let it out.
* [[Surrounded By Idiots]]: Stark has a pair of cowboy mooks; he orders one to read a newspaper article, starting at the third paragraph. "Third ''what''?"
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