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The dualogy deals with the [[Scotland Yard]] inspectors Very Long (Pastewka) and Even Longer (Kalkofe), who are trying to arrest a masked super-criminal known as the Wixxer.

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* [[Affectionate Parody]]

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Sir John. While he does show interest in prostitutes, he also sculpts phalli in his spare time and seems to have gay friends.

* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: The Earl of Cockwood, although he only got the title by marriage. {{spoiler|Also Victoria Dickham in the second movie.}}

* [[Autopsy Snack Time]]: The coroner Dr. Brinkman lets his little son (plus a bunch of other kids) have a ''birthday party'' in the morgue.

* [[Bedlam House]]: The Bates Hospital

* [[Creator Provincialism]]: Although the story takes place in England, some jokes, most likely due to [[Rule of Funny|Reasons Of Funny]], are quite German-specific. (Even Longer attended the Bundesjugendspiele??)

* [[Da Chief]]: Sir John is a [[The Ditz|rather ditzy]] version of this.

* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]: Bicycles and ''stair lifts'' can also be Pintos!

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|After killing the original Wixxer, Longer's old partner Rather Short decides to abandon his dull life as policeman in order to become the new Wixxer.}}

* [[Fake Kill Scare]] {{spoiler|Rather Short fakes himself}} '' {{spoiler|being blown up!}}''

* [[German Dialects]]: The Dubinskys, being stereotypical East Germans, speak with the appropriate Saxon accent. Also, Hatler has the [[Black Speech|notorious accent]] of his [[Adolf Hitler|historical doppelgänger]].

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Considering the fact that [[Bilingual Bonus|English is not the target audience's native language]], names like Earl of Cockwood or Mrs. Drycunt do certainly count. While this is not especially hard to see through, the fact that it's English is probably the reason that the movie got away with this. This and the fact that Germans are a bit more relaxed when it comes to ratings.

* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: ANY name of any person or location. Aside of sexual allusions they also play with a German grocery store chain, hairstyles and whatnotever.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Inspector Very Long uses a yoyo to attack the Wixxer at the end of the first movie (Well, he ''is'' the champion of a yoyo-derby!), and turns a blackboard-sized ruler and set square into a makeshift set of sword and shield, in the second movie... and even manages to break his opponent's sword with said ruler.

** When Mrs. Pennymarket tells Chief Inspector Longer about how pugs ("Möpse") are bred at Blackwhite Castle ("Möpse" is also slang for "boobs".)

** And in another scene, Longer exclaims that he has a gigantic thing in his trousers! He means {{spoiler|the poisonous snake someone has smuggled into his clothes.}}

* [[Legacy Character]]: {{spoiler|You could consider the Wixxer to be one: Within two movies, 4 different people have been under this mask.}}

* [[Low Speed Chase]]: The stair lift chase in ''Neues vom Wixxer''.

* [[Motive Rant]]: After the Wixxer is finally unmasked in the first movie. {{spoiler|Poor Even Longer...}}

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Very odd example: [[Adolf Hitler|Alfons Hatler]].

'''Very Long:''' It was Heinz Drache. ''(another German actor, who played the inspector in 'Der Zinker'/'The Squeaker')''. }}

* [[Parallel Porn Titles]]: The title alludes to the Edgar Wallace movie ''Der Hexer'' (''The Warlock''). See [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]] to learn more.

* [[Parody Commercial]]: For annoying gag ring tones, useless SMS dating services and overprized mail-order CD collections.

* [[Pocket Protector]]: Very Long, Lord Dickham, and presumably other Scotland Yard employees wear a can of tomato soup in their breast pockets, just for that purpose.

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: That's how many of the gags work.

* [[Retraux]]: Basically the reason why Blackwhite Castle and St. Vokuhila are in this movies (most scenes there are in black & white, like the early Edgar Wallace movies).

* [[Rube Goldberg Hates Your Guts]]: Very Long and Dieter Dubinsky barely escape a [[Death Trap]] invoking this category.

* [[Scotland Yard]]

** Hard to spot, but just listen to the [[Das Boot|few tacts of music]] that plays when special agent Inge Lenzen gets out of the miniature submarine.

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: Adolf Hitler's doppelgänger singing "My Way" by Paul Anka. Compounds with [[Lyrical Dissonance]].

* [[Stating the Simple Solution]]: Very Long absent-mindedly asks why the villains don't just shoot ''him'' while being chained to an elaborate [[Death Trap]].

* [[Meaningful Name]], [[Stealth Pun]], and [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Ubiquitous. All the names: Very Long, Even Longer, Much Longer, Rather Short, Miss [[James Bond|Minipony]], Earl of Cockwood, Freddie Fartface, Cookie Dent (referring German dental maintenance brand ''Kukident''), Harry Smearlap (pun on the German word ''Schmierlappen'', meaning ''Greasy Slimeball''), ''Der Wixxer'' (a pun on the German word ''"The Wanker"''), Miss Drycunt, Pomeroy (Pommi) and Fitzgerald (Fritti) (a pun to ''Pommes Frites''), [[Adolf Hitler|Alfons Hatler]], Miss Pennymarket (a pun on the discounter "''Penny''"; ironically, she was adopted by an owner of a corner shop), Lord Dickham, RIP (Rest In Pieces), [[Psycho|Bates]] Hospital, and finally Vokuhila Monastery (pun on the abbrev. Vo.Ku.Hi.La.; the German slang term for mullet).

* [[The Butler Did It]]: {{spoiler|No, even though he looks like Hitler.}}

* [[Wire Dilemma]]: Solved by {{spoiler|switching to black & white, so that all the wires look the same}}.

* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: The title is a parody on ''Der Hexer'' (one x), one of the classic Edgar Wallace movies. ''Wixxer'' is a idiosyncratic spelling of ''Wichser'' (wanker).

 

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