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** Background singing - in ''Man of Constant Sorrow'', Everett finishes singing a depressing stanza that ends in the line "perhaps I'll die upon this train..." and Delmar and Pete chime in with a cheery "Perhaps he'll die upon this train!"
* [[Genre Busting]]: It's a musical/comedy/social commentary/retelling of ''[[The Odyssey (Literature)|The Odyssey]]''... that's set in [[The Great Depression]].
* [[Go Out
* [[Historical In-Joke]]
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Office Space|Stephen]] [[King of the Hill|Root]] as Mr. Lund, the blind radio <s> DJ</s> RJ(?). This is probably an [[Actor Allusion]], [[News Radio|as well]].
** [[Malcolm in The Middle|Commadant Spangler]] (or [[Seinfeld|Mr. Kruger]]) plays Sheriff Cooley.
* [[Hobos]]
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** Also, Homer Stokes' reaction when he realizes that the town, after his attempt at getting the Soggy Bottom Boys arrested failed, is now going to run him out of town on a rail as revenge for interrupting the performance.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Toward the end of the movie, the fugitive "Soggy Bottom Boys" perform while disguised with false beards. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] later, when their performance wins over the crowd and Everett deliberately yanks his beard off for a moment.
* [[Politically
** Perhaps it was thanks to the [[Power of Rock|Power of Bluegrass]] that was able to sway their minds?
*** More likely that the townsfolk were more upset by Stokes interrupting the Soggy Bottom Boys' performance by trying to have them arrested and didn't care what else he said.
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* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Everett. Also Big Dan Teague. For example, from the [[Funny Background Event]] described above:
{{quote| "Say, any of you fellas happen to be smithies? If not smithies ''per se'', perhaps you trained in the [[The Blacksmith|metallurgical arts]] before straitened circumstances led you to a life of [[Hobos|aimless wandering]]?"}}
* [[Shout
** And [
** The title of the movie is itself a [[Shout
** The KKK scene is based off of the scene in the Wizard of Oz where the Scarecrow, Lion and Tin man try to sneak into the witches castle. The guards are chanting the way the KKK does and even doing a similar dance, and the three heroes steal disguises from the guards/kkk.
** The Soggy Bottom Boys are a reference to the Light Crust Doughboys, who were featured on the real-life [http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/characters/pappy.html Pappy O'Daniel's] radio show.
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* [[Stern Chase]]: The Warden's search for the three convicts.
* [[Surrounded By Idiots]] - Pappy O'Daniel's cronies and son are sycophantic yes-men who are a bit slow on the uptake, and Pappy is painfully aware of this. This is most likely the reason he tries to convince Vernon T. Waldrip to leave Stokes' campaign and join his.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: "Who is that man?" "Not my husband." Also doubles as a [[Shout
* [[The Vamp]]: The three sirens
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Pappy's two advisors, see the [[Seinfeldian Conversation]] above.
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