Shave and a Haircut: Difference between revisions

== Anime & Manga ==

== Film ==

* ''[[West Side Story|West Side Story:]]'' "Gee Of-fi-cer Krup-ke, ''Krup You!''"

* Several ''[[Three Stooges]]'' short subject films have them. Usually a stooge (usually [[Too Dumb to Live|Curly]]) would tap something (usually a wall) and get a response from whatever is on the other side ([[Rule of Three|usually some kind of monster]]). They would mirror it perfectly until the "shave and a haircut" part was tapped out. A delay, a "nyuk nyuk", a "two bits" response, and you know the rest.

* ''[[Ace Ventura]]'' used this in the [[Animated Adaptation]]: He suspects he's being followed and does the "Shave and Haircut" on his car, since the other car responded with the two bits, he knows he's being followed.

* Del Griffith clears his throat to this tune in ''Planes, Trains and Automobiles''.

* This tune shows up in [[You've Got Mail]] at the end of the scene where Joe and Kathleen meet (physically) for the first time.

* In the scene in ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' where Forrest goes on ''Captain Kangaroo'', Forrest has recently played ping-pong in China. As Forrest enters the studio, the (in-movie) band plays a jingle starting with an asian-sounding tune and ending with Shave and a haircut.

* In a scene in ''[[Spy Kids]]'', Juni accidentally handcuffs himself to a metal lunchbox. He walks away from Carmen, trying to shake it off, and the soundtrack drum plays "Shave and a Haircut". Juni responds with "two bits" by smashing the lunchbox into the wall, and the lunchbox rebounds and slams into his head.

* Known on ''[[Discworld]]'' as "Shave and a haircut, no legs" being the jingle of the Guild of Barber Surgeons.

** Used as a secret knock ("The <s>Hairdressers</s> Barber-Surgeon's Knock") in ''[[Discworld|Making Money]]''.

{{quote| Lias: Shave and haircut good deal for two pence.}}

* According to John McCain's autobiography, Vietnamese people are incapable of tapping out Shave and a Haircut, and he and other American POWs would use it to hail each other through walls.

* Most Muppet sketches on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' have these.

** The ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'' version of the "Mana-mana" sketch (where the pink... ''things'' have been appearing whenever Kermit says "phenomena") ends with Sandra Bullock's psychiatrist character saying "you should see what happens whenever I say "Shave and a haircut"... Cue a giant furry monster appearing out of nowhere, lounged across her desk: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Mc55P1i9g "Two bits!"]

* Mexican viewers are usually amused by its use on American TV, because the Shave and a Haircut in Mexico means "fuck your mother, asshole".

** This has turned into an American [[Urban Legend]] which says that if you honk the tune on your horn in a Mexican neighborhood, you'll likely be shot dead.

* Forms the theme of the Fugue in D minor from "The Short-Tempered Clavier" by [[PDQ Bach]].

** The first aria of the [[PDQ Bach]] cantata "Blaues Gras" ends with "Rasieren und Haarschneiden, zwei bitte." Which means, of course: "Shave and a haircut, two please."

* At the end of Michelle Shocked's version of "The Arkansas Traveler"(?) the old man playing the farmer in the dialogue parts ends up flubbing the classic ending, "Shave and a haircut: two bits!" by saying "six bits" instead. [[Throw It In|This is followed by]] his and Michelle's raucous laughter, and the old man muttering the quip, "Six bits?...I'll saw you in half for six bits...."

* It happens at the end of "Unsquare Dance" by ''Dave Brubeck"

== Video Games ==

* In [[Half Life]] 2, Alyx plays this on the buttons of a vending machine, and bangs on it twice for the "two bits" part. It's her way of signaling to Dr. Kleiner that it's her, and opens the door to the secret lab behind the vending machine.

* In the beginning of ''[[Earthbound]]'', Pokey/Porky knocks on the door in a very annoying fashion. In the middle of the knocks is the classic "Shave and a Haircut".

* [[Um Jammer Lammy]]: "I Am A Master, and You!", [[Um Jammer]] Lammy's version of the Master Onion stage, eventually evolves into this quite subtly, eventually--unsurprisingly--finishing off with it.

* [[Steamboat Willie]] uses this to end the "Turkey in the Straw" sequence.

* Too many ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoons to name right now.

** The end of the theme song to [[Pinky and The Brain]]. "Narf!"

* Used at the end of most ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'' episodes.

* [[Cute Bruiser|To]][[Little Miss Badass|ph]] of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' knocked on a door this way in the [[Grand Finale]], but instead of ''knocking'' the "bits" part she {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|knocked said steel door down. She then turned it into armor, and used it to defeat multiple superpowered firebenders in a couple seconds]]}}.

* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' had it at the end of the Presidents Day assembly's song for "lesser" President.

* Played by Owen in the ''[[Total Drama Island]]'' episode "I Triple Dog Dare You" on his freebie bottles.