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** Additionally, the fact the movie seemingly takes place in the 1940's allows for some interesting parody and social commentary on the period, if one pays close attention to the subtext.
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: Pretty much the entire movie is this for Ernie and Lars.
* [[I Ate What?]]: The mayor, before {{spoiler|dying of a heart attack}}. The answer? {{spoiler|A cockroach. Specifically, the front half of it}}.
* [[Iron Butt Monkey]]: Lars and Ernie survive getting blown up, rocketed into a frozen lake, and getting hit by a bus, among other things.
* [[It Always Rains At Funerals]]
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* [[Nail Em]]
* [[Never Recycle a Building]]: Justified as the mouse drove out everyone who tried to live in the house.
* [[Non
* [[Odd Couple]]: Ernie is tight-fisted and practical while Lars is dumber and more idealistic.
* [[One
* [[Pounds Are Animal Prisons]]: You ''wish'' it were a prison. A little girl is forced to leave her beloved kitten at the pound where it's ''[[Dead Baby Comedy|immediately gassed to death for absolutely no reason]]''. [[Dude, Not Funny|This is]] [[Played for Laughs]]!
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: The brothers both throw this at each other, [[Failed Attempt At Drama|in a naturally poorly handled fashion]], after realizing each were making different arrangements for the factory without informing the other, as well as a particularly brutal defeat by the mouse.
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: The entire film seems to run on this, but moments of particular note would be the very opening scene with [[The Fun in Funeral|the funeral]], the over-the-top reaction to {{spoiler|the cockroach}} that results in Ernie's restaurant going out of business, and of course the ending--both the false climax where the [[Escalating War]] finally takes out the mouse (it seems) and the real one with the [[Auction]].
* [[Retro Universe]]: The film has a 1940s look, but seems to take place in the present day.
* [[Rube Goldberg Hates Your Guts]]: This makes up a lot of the physical comedy.
* [[Self
* [[Shout Out]]: If the whole plot wasn't reference enough, the Catzilla scene is basically a live-action [[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]] cartoon, even sporting some of the slapstick from there.
** "I know some people who used a mouse as a spokesperson. It turned out pretty well." Doubly funny when you realize that this movie was one of Dreamworks' first films, and they're one of Disney's main competitors.
* [[Sniff Sniff Nom]]: The mouse exterminator character mentioned above does this to judge the dietary habits of the titular mouse.
* [[Tempting Fate]]: "Now you know this house will last forever!" {{spoiler|just before it implodes right behind Ernie.}}
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Ernie views his relationship with his father as such, never managing to gain much approval for his cooking profession, outside the string that ties the food together of course.
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