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** On the History official Youtube channel, he even does one of the How To segments regarding how to tell real gold jewelery from an imitation, so even if he is that goofy, he knows how to do his job.

** In an episode, he brought a broken RC car to full functionality, including rewiring it.

* [[The Cameo]]: George Stephanopolous (Good Morning America, This Week with George Stephanopolous) bought a first-edition of "For Whom The Bell Tolls" for $675 (though when they shook, Rick slipped in that offer; the original offer was $625).

* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: Rick and Chumlee visit a cute redheaded college student who wants to sell them her Baldwin piano. Rick decides against buying the piano because it'll take up too much space for too long a time in his shop, but the real entertainment is in watching Chumlee try (and fail) to ask the girl out.

* [[Merchandise-Driven]]: Needless to say, our heroes have played up this trope for all it's worth. You can buy everything from T-shirts to bobblehead dolls to DVDs. One shirt in particular advocates Chumlee for President, which would probably put the Old Man in his grave if it ever really happened.

* [[The Millstone]]: Chumlee, so very much. One [[Eyecatch]] reveals that he once broke a $15,000 Bass violin. He's gotten more competent as the show has gone on, though.

* [[Missed Moment of Awesome]]: Several of them:

** A customer brings in a figurine of the ancient Greek hero Perseus, and goes crazy when Rick tells him it's a fake. This prompts Rick's security guard [[Scary Black Man|Antwaun]] to come marching up, ready to lay down the law...and Rick waves him off.

* [[Sharp-Dressed Man]]: Everyone else in the store wears the typical black Polo with the company logo on it. Old Man on the other hand always wears a black dress shirt, tie and vest.

* [[Skewed Priorities]]: [[Played for Laughs]] when demonstrating the homemade mortar cannon. Chumlee is tasked with lighting the fuse. Rick is worried about the cannon misfiring and/or blowing up, citing he doesn't want another workman's compensation claim on his business.

{{quote|'''Rick''': You didn't even go fast enough to mess up your hair!

'''Old Man''': At least I have hair! }}

** At times Hoss isn't much less of a liability than Chumlee. While Chumlee as mentioned is a [[Genius Ditz]], Hoss is often plain clueless on the true value of items people bring in, and thus makes them offers far below what the item is actually worth and what he could make selling it because he doesn't know any better. He also often makes deals without consulting experts or discussing it with Rick or the Old Man, and the two usually get furious when he does.

** The guy who, unable to deal with the fact that he'd ruined his Porsche engine by being too big of an idiot to store it properly, kept insisting the Count was wrong and that Rick should call in a "real" or "professional" mechanic. He was lucky that the Count is either a lot nicer than he looks or that the cameras were on him. The tension in the air when he says it makes it look like Rick's wondering why the Count hasn't beaten the crap out of him already.

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Old Man loves him some chicken wings.

* [[Trophy Room]]: In a way, the entire shop. There are a select few items that Rick is proud of owning and will not sell them unless it's for absurd amounts of money, like his prized Patriots Super Bowl ring. Sometimes Rick is also tempted to keep choice items for himself, such as a jukebox that he could sell at a $1,400 profit but that plays some of his favorite music.

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