The Monkees (TV series): Difference between revisions

** Also with Davy in "Some Like It Lukewarm" to radio personality Jerry Blavat.

** Mike in "Fairy Tale" to both Peter and Mike!

* [[Audience Murmurs]]: Parodied when at least one of the boys says "rhubarb" over and over in "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers".

* [["BANG!" Flag Gun]]

* [[Bill, Bill, Junk, Bill|Bill... Bill... Junk... Bill...]]

* [[Bland-Name Product]]: In one episode the boys take a bus to [[New York City]] on Blem Bus Lines

* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: "Monkees à la Carte" ends with rival gangsters shooting each other, which is depicted by the actors simply falling over. The scene deliberately avoids realism.

* [[Bookcase Passage]]: In the episode "The Spy Who Came In From the Cool", there is a secret exit from the pawn shop through a harp case. Micky jokes that he thought it was through the accordion.

* [[Funny Background Event]]: A guy randomly riding on the bumper of a backwards-moving car (with his arms out [[Walk Like an Egyptian|like an Egyptian]]) in the beginning and end of "Monkees Marooned."

* [[Game Show Appearance]] : In "Captain Crocodile" the boys parody two classic game shows with "[[What's My Line?|What's My Scene?]]" and "[[To Tell the Truth|To Tell A Fib]]"

'''Davy''': I '''AM''' standing up! }}

* [[Gay Paree]]: "The Monkees In Paris."

* [[Genie in a Bottle]]: In one episode, Davy rubs against a table lamp and a genie appears. He turns to the camera saying [[Shout-Out|"Imagine That!]] [[I Dream of Jeannie|Wrong show!"]]

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: in "Success Story":

'''Micky:''' As quick as I can. }}

** They sang "Cuddly Toy" in two different episodes. If you don't understand the magnitude of that, please see the entry for [[Lyrical Dissonance]] below in the musical-career tropes section.

** Some second season episodes (particularly "The Frodis Caper") include some drug-related humor, which is surprising given the level of censorship on TV during that period.

* [[Gilligan Cut]]: in "The Frodis Caper"

'''Mike:''' It was some kind of a trick... }}

* [[Girl of the Week]]: More often than not, an episode will feature a girl after one (and in some cases, more than one) of the Monkees' affections. Mainly Davy, the cute [[Chick Magnet]] of the group.

* [[Interdimensional Travel Device]]: Mike turns the Monkeemobile into a dimension machine (and lowrider) in 1997's ''Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees.''

* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: From "Monkees a la Carte"

'''Fuselli''': Watch what you're saying, Red! I don't smoke cigars! }}

* [[Jury of the Damned]]: "The Devil and Peter Tork"

* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|Twenty Years Into The Future]]: The reason why the show was such a hit 20 years later on MTV.

* [[Two Words: Obvious Trope]]: In the episode, "Monkee vs. Machine"..., which is also a play on [[There Is No Rule Six]].

'''Mike''': You're starting already. }}

* [[Unsound Effect]]: One episode parodies the fight scenes from the Adam West ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' series.

* [[Vacation Episode]]: The (nearly) episode-long romp "The Monkees in Paris".

* [[Video Wills]]: An audio phonograph version in "Monkee See, Monkee Die".

'''Micky''': Depends....what's on the flip side? }}

* [[Visual Pun]]: the tongue-lashing and the ants/aunts in "Monkees Marooned".

* [[Volleying Insults]]: In "Monkees Chow Mein", Davy and Mike are dressed as Monkee Men and bruise egos as their "weapon":

* [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]]: [[Cross Dresser|Mike]] plays a hilariously over the top version in the "Fairy Tale" episode.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: At the beginning of "Monkee See, Monkee Die", before the plot gets underway, the boys' landlord tells them that he is kicking them out. Once the actual story begins, this plot thread is completely forgotten about and never addressed further.