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* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]
{{quote|'''Volare:''' "Do you realize what I was doing at the age of seven?"
'''Flakfizer:''' "I can imagine and you must be thankful you didn't go blind."
'''Volare:''' "I was dancing professionally!"
'''Flakfizer:''' "Whatever you call it. Flogging the carrot, polishing the cuestick, choking the chicken, clearing the snorkel..." }}
* [[Disguised in Drag]]: Jacques dresses up as a ballerina during Volare's premiere.
* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]: Flakfizer ''et al'' dress up as doctors to infiltrate a hospital and recover an incriminating letter from Lazlo.
{{quote|'''Rocco:''' "We'll have to perform a full rectum-ology."
'''Roland:''' "Fondue, an epidemic! drop those pants... Not you, the patient."
'''Doctor:''' "I thought you were cardiologists..."
'''Rocco:''' "Uh, well, they're all connected, we enter the rectum and head north."
'''Roland:''' "Why do you think we have [[If You Know What I Mean|such long instruments?"]] }}
* [[Executive Meddling]] / [[Screwed by the Network|Screwed By The Studio]]: The movie was originally filmed as ''Lame Ducks'' by Paramount. However, when the Zuckers left for another studio, Paramount scrapped the planned publicity campaign, changed the title, and withdrew the film after its initial screenings (though the film did make it onto home video months later and has even seen a DVD release).
* [[Extended Disarming]] / [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: Done in montage when the heroes have been arrested. During jail processing, Jacques empties the pockets of his pants and longcoat, revealing an ever-growing pile of odd items including a baby bottle, fire extinguisher, rubber alligator, bicycle pump, a feather duster, and what might be ''his own foot''.
* [[Foreign Queasine]]: Referenced in passing.
{{quote|'''Rocco:''' [as a dog rips his trouser leg] "What a ''charming'' little animal."
'''Lillian:''' "Do you know dogs, Mister Melonchek?"
'''Rocco:''' "Know dogs? I used to be a chef in a Korean restaurant!" }}
* [[Grande Dame]]: Lillian Oglethorpe, in true Margaret Dumont fashion.
* [[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress]]: As noted in the ''Extended Disarming'' entry above, Jacques' disarming montage ends when he pulls out a human foot. However, it's not until he looks down to confirm that it is, in fact, his that he falls over for lack of it.
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* [[Pillow Pregnancy]]: Done as part of Flakfizer's introduction. When he arrives at the scene of a minor car accident and sees a woman passenger, he immediately sticks an instant-inflating pillow under her dress and yells loudly about the liability due to her condition.
* [[Porn Stash]]: Jacques sets one up for Lazlo during the reading of the Oglethorpe will.
{{quote|'''Rocco:''' [grabbing magazines] "Charity work. I gather these for those less fortunate than myself who can't afford pornography."}}
* [[Rapid-Fire Comedy]]: Very much so.
* [[Ring Ring CRUNCH]]: Part of Jacques' morning routine. He even has a dresser drawer full of broken alarm clock parts and a closet full of new clocks for this purpose.
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* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: Rocco is not only a cab driver, but also cleans swimming pools and runs his own toupee business. In fact, he's only driving the cab as a sideline -- as soon as he gets his driver's license, he's out of there.
* [[With a Capital T]]
{{quote|'''Flakfizer:''' "And that spells cash with a capital..."
'''Jacques:''' "K!"
'''Flakfizer:''' "You should go back to school."
'''Jacques:''' "I hated teaching."}}
 
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