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{{quote|''And now, on with the opera. Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor. [[The Jack Benny Show|Play, Don.]]''
|'''Otis B. Driftwood'''}}
''[[A Night
Not to be confused with the [[Queen]] album, which was named after the movie. (Or with the [[
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* [[
* [[The Stateroom Sketch]]
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* [[At the Opera Tonight]]
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: The scene on the boat where Chico plays the piano? That's not dubbed in. He was actually that good.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Take a guess...
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Contract clauses:
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"The party of the second part shall be know in this contract as the party of the second part." }}
* [[Emergency Impersonation]]: Harpo, Chico and Jones gag three famous airmen and impersonate them. They are later required to give a speech. Bizarre quotes and hilarity ensues --[[The Speechless|Chico plays a mute]]-- and their [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] doesn't last for long.
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* [[Gaslighting]]
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]:
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* [[Grande Dame]]: Mrs. Claypool
* [[Homage]]: The 1992 film ''[[Brain Donors]]'' is a lovingly-crafted tribute that often equals and once or twice ''tops'' the original.
▲* [[Ill Take Two Beers Too]]: If not the [[Trope Namer]], than at least the [[Ur Example]].
* [[Jerkass]]: The full-of-it Lassparri.
* [[Jerk
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Those who object to the MGM films, even [[A Night
* [[Literal Metaphor]]
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'''Mrs. Claypool: '''Yes.
'''Driftwood: ''' Well stop following me or I'll have you arrested! }}
* [[Logical Fallacies]]: Half of the hilarity comes from Groucho's elaborate wordplay and mind games.
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'''Mrs. Claypool''': Really?
'''Driftwood''': Of course, that's why I'm sitting here with you. Because you remind me of you. Your eyes, your throat, your lips! Everything about you reminds me of you. Except you. How do you account for that? ''(beat)'' If she figures that one out, she's good. }}
* [[Malaproper]]
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'''Fiorello: ''' You can't fool me! There ain't no [[Santa Claus|Sanity Claus]]! }}
* [[Nice to
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Subverted. They simply didn't have the budget for one. Everyone - even the straight-laced lovers and the evil [[Jerkass]] - gets sucked into the Marx Brothers' madness.
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: "And two hard-boiled eggs!" ". . . and two hard-boiled eggs."
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*** "Make that three hard-boiled eggs."
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: From the very first lines -
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'''Driftwood:''' Nine dollars and forty-eight cents...?! This is an outrage! ''(throws the bill to the woman)'' If I were you, I wouldn't pay it! ''(walks away)'' }}
* [[The Remake]]: ''[[Brain Donors]]'', an all-but-the-name retelling of ''Opera''.
** All but the name and the opera, that is.
* [[Shout
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'''Driftwood''': Why that's the fire escape. And that's a table, and this is a room, and there's the door and I wish you'd use it. I... [[Grand Hotel|I vant to be alone.]] }}
* [[The Show Must Go On]]: The confused and increasingly frustrated Lassparri keeps singing, even when the scenes behind and in front of him change rapidly.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: the following [[Marx Brothers]] film ''[[A Day
* [[Straight Man|Straight Woman]]: Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Claypool, as always the prim foil to Groucho's antics.
* [[Tap
* [[This Means War]]: Used by Driftwood after the three fake airmen are confronted and leave. A [[Shout
* [[Tough Room]]: Driftwood gives an opening speech at the opera that in real life would have brought the house down, but the only response he gets is stony silence.
* [[You Get What You Pay For]]: Drifwood overhears that Lasparri is going to be paid one thousand dollars per night and decides to skim the deal somehow. He is clueless and assumes Fiorelos is Lasparri's manager, so he is willing to ''pay'' 10 dollars per night. He learns later that he was hiring Ricardo Baroni instead. It turns out Ricardo Baroni is an excellent singer, just unknown by the public.
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