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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Elwood, much to Veta and Myrtle Mae's dismay.
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Elwood does this several times throughout the story. Most notably:
{{quote| ''I started to walk down the street when I heard a voice saying: "Good evening, Mr. Dowd." I turned, and there was [[Not
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: "...And Uncle Elwood is my Uncle."
* [[Drink Order]]: "Two martinis!"
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{{quote| '''Attractive sales lady at a department store:''' What can I do for you, Mr. Dowd? <br />
'''Elwood P. Dowd:''' What did you have in mind? }}
* [[Hair
* [[Humans Are Bastards]]: [[Conversational Troping|Discussed]] by the cab driver when Elwood is about to receive his injection, and how said injection "transforms" pleasant, amiable human beings into irritable things who cannot be satisfied.
{{quote| "After this he'll be a perfectly normal human being. And you know what stinkers they are!"}}
* [[The Messiah]]: Dowd.
* [[My Card]]: Anyone, ''anyone'', Elwood meets, he gives them his card, telling them which number to call him at.
* [[Not
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: Elwood, but he's a friendly [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]], and it isn't brought up much.
** In fact, his sister and niece can be seen as this as well.
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