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* [[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.
* [[Herr Doktor]]: By the time of the second movie, Hatler got a medical degree and now runs an [[Bedlam House|insane asylum]] in Britain.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: From the two main protagonists down to the smallest [[The Cameo|cameos]], many characters are played by well known German TV personalities.
* [[His Name Is--]]: [[Played for Laughs]] with the Earl of Cockwood offering to reveal the Wixxer's identity, only to proclaim with his last breath that he hasn't time for that anymore. In the sequel, Eddie the Informant is killed short of revealing Wixxer's whereabouts and Chucky Norris is accidentally hit on the head and drowns before revealing Wixxer's identity.
* [[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.
* [[Innocent Innuendo]]:
** 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.}}
* [[Latex Perfection]]: Spoofed several times. In the first movie, the Wixxer wears the face of a [[The Cameo|well-known talk- and quiz-show host]] over his bulky expressionless skull mask. In the second movie, Even's brother Much Longer wears a mask that looks exactly like his own face, just with a moustache.
* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]: Although being a human in a costume instead of a puppet (just like the homonymous Edgar Wallace character he is a parody of), the Frog with the Mask looks like [[The Muppets|Kermit]], has ''the same voice actor'' as Kermit, and at one point even says: [[Catch Phrase|"Applause!"]]
* [[Legacy Character]]: {{spoiler|You could consider the Wixxer to be one: Within two movies, 4 different people have been under this mask.}}
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