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* [[Car Fu]]: Max storms the Baron's castle using the Hannibal 8; he rams down the main gates and uses the car's cannon and smoke dispenser to take on the Carpanian infantry.
* [[Car Fu]]: Max storms the Baron's castle using the Hannibal 8; he rams down the main gates and uses the car's cannon and smoke dispenser to take on the Carpanian infantry.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Professor Fate's "Push the button, Max!" (It even has its own [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.last.fm/music/Henry+Mancini/_/Push+The+Button,+Max! sample here].)
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Professor Fate's "Push the button, Max!" (It even has its own [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.last.fm/music/Henry+Mancini/_/Push+The+Button,+Max! sample here].)
** That music (more strictly a "theme" than a motif) is associated rather with Professor Fate himself than with the button. If you listen to the track called "A Royal Waltz," you'll hear the same theme transformed into a Viennese style waltz-tune, reflecting how Prince Hapnick is the ''mitteleuropäisch'' version of Professor Fate, in a context where there is no button and no Max.
** That music (more strictly a "theme" than a motif) is associated rather with Professor Fate himself than with the button. If you listen to the track called "A Royal Waltz," you'll hear the same theme transformed into a Viennese style waltz-tune, reflecting how Prince Hapnick is the ''mitteleuropäisch'' version of Professor Fate, in a context where there is no button and no Max.
** As well as his other catch phrase he screams whenever something goes wrong: '''[[Say My Name|"MAAAAAAAAAAAXXXXX!!!"]]'''
** As well as his other catch phrase he screams whenever something goes wrong: '''[[Say My Name|"MAAAAAAAAAAAXXXXX!!!"]]'''
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: The film early on sets Leslie up to be a master swordsman. Baron Von Stuppe as well is introduced as being a proficient duelist. A duel is imminent.
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: The film early on sets Leslie up to be a master swordsman. Baron Von Stuppe as well is introduced as being a proficient duelist. A duel is imminent.
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* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: Pretty much every scene with the Professor. Best example, though, is probably his [[Villainous Breakdown|rant]] at the end of the film.
* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: Pretty much every scene with the Professor. Best example, though, is probably his [[Villainous Breakdown|rant]] at the end of the film.
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Leslie, who can't resist the good will of any woman.
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Leslie, who can't resist the good will of any woman.
* [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]]: Leslie wears white and all his gear is white. Professor Fate wears black and his car is black.
* [[Color-Coded for Your Convenience]]: Leslie wears white and all his gear is white. Professor Fate wears black and his car is black.
* [[Conservation of Competence]]: Max is completely ineffectual as Professor Fate's sidekick. Though when he isn't by the Professor's side, he actually ''does'' display competence: namely, during the rescue mission for Professor Fate (and the others), he actually manages to effectively disguise himself as a <s> fryer</s> friar, go ninja on everyone, and defeat / distract 99% of the guards, thereby aiding the escape immensely.
* [[Conservation of Competence]]: Max is completely ineffectual as Professor Fate's sidekick. Though when he isn't by the Professor's side, he actually ''does'' display competence: namely, during the rescue mission for Professor Fate (and the others), he actually manages to effectively disguise himself as a <s> fryer</s> friar, go ninja on everyone, and defeat / distract 99% of the guards, thereby aiding the escape immensely.
* [[Cool Airship]]: Professor Fate has an exceptionally small one - two-person, pedal-powered. It works pretty well, except that the bomb-releasing mechanism is [[Stuff Blowing Up|slightly misplaced.]]
* [[Cool Airship]]: Professor Fate has an exceptionally small one - two-person, pedal-powered. It works pretty well, except that the bomb-releasing mechanism is [[Stuff Blowing Up|slightly misplaced.]]
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* [[Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat]]: Professor Fate in ''spades''.
* [[Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat]]: Professor Fate in ''spades''.
** In point of fact, Dick Dastardly was clearly ''based on'' Professor Fate, so this is fact the trope's origin.
** In point of fact, Dick Dastardly was clearly ''based on'' Professor Fate, so this is fact the trope's origin.
* [[Dirty Coward]]: The Sheriff of Boracho. Once the saloon fight starts, he pins his badge on a semi-conscious cowboy and quickly runs out the door.
* [[Dirty Coward]]: The Sheriff of Boracho. Once the saloon fight starts, he pins his badge on a semi-conscious cowboy and quickly runs out the door.
* [[Driven by Envy]]: Professor Fate's jealousy towards Leslie is his main motivation. He's driven to drive.
* [[Driven by Envy]]: Professor Fate's jealousy towards Leslie is his main motivation. He's driven to drive.
* [[The Edwardian Era]]
* [[The Edwardian Era]]
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* [[Kiss of Distraction]]: Leslie pulls one on Maggie early on; after she handcuffs herself to him and declares, essentially, that she's going to keep talking at him until he gets her into the race, he grabs her, kisses her, and uses the distraction to slip out of the cuff and put it on her other wrist.
* [[Kiss of Distraction]]: Leslie pulls one on Maggie early on; after she handcuffs herself to him and declares, essentially, that she's going to keep talking at him until he gets her into the race, he grabs her, kisses her, and uses the distraction to slip out of the cuff and put it on her other wrist.
* [[Laughably Evil]]: Professor Fate, yet again. The submarine gag and the iceberg scene are good examples.
* [[Laughably Evil]]: Professor Fate, yet again. The submarine gag and the iceberg scene are good examples.
* [[Laugh with Me]]: When The Great Leslie and Hezekiah meet Crown Prince Hoepnick. The prince makes several jokes, each time gesturing for the crowd to laugh, which they dutifully do. At one point Hezekiah keeps laughing after every one else stops, until The Great Leslie [[Be Quiet Nudge|elbows him in the ribs]]. Watch it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z81NmslTo4#t=0m20 here].
* [[Laugh with Me]]: When The Great Leslie and Hezekiah meet Crown Prince Hoepnick. The prince makes several jokes, each time gesturing for the crowd to laugh, which they dutifully do. At one point Hezekiah keeps laughing after every one else stops, until The Great Leslie [[Be Quiet Nudge|elbows him in the ribs]]. Watch it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z81NmslTo4#t=0m20 here].
* [[Literal Cliff Hanger]]: Early in the film, Professor Fate jumps out a window. When the horrified observers rush over and look down, they see him hanging from a pole below the window.
* [[Literal Cliff Hanger]]: Early in the film, Professor Fate jumps out a window. When the horrified observers rush over and look down, they see him hanging from a pole below the window.
* [[Man in White]]: Leslie.
* [[Man in White]]: Leslie.
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The motto of our town!}}
The motto of our town!}}
* [[Mister Big]]: Texas Jack, despite having a fearsome reputation and being the scourge of Boracho, is a tiny man. In fact, both the main characters and Jack's minions are bigger than he is.
* [[Mister Big]]: Texas Jack, despite having a fearsome reputation and being the scourge of Boracho, is a tiny man. In fact, both the main characters and Jack's minions are bigger than he is.
* [[Mobile Shrubbery]]: We get our first glimpse on Professor Fate and Max when he is following Leslie's latest deed inside a shrubbery.
* [[Mobile Shrubbery]]: We get our first glimpse on Professor Fate and Max when he is following Leslie's latest deed inside a shrubbery.
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: Professor Fate, once again. He does a disproportionate amount of shouting, and aims it at everyone.
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: Professor Fate, once again. He does a disproportionate amount of shouting, and aims it at everyone.
* [[Odd Couple]]: See [[Opposites Attract]] below.
* [[Odd Couple]]: See [[Opposites Attract]] below.
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* [[Pretty in Mink]]
* [[Pretty in Mink]]
* [[Prisoner of Zenda Exit]]: Parodied: after the evil Baron von Stuppe realizes that Leslie has defeated him, he says that he has a boat waiting, adds a [[We Will Meet Again]], and jumps out the window. Unfortunately the boat is right under the window, so he smashes through the boat and sinks it.
* [[Prisoner of Zenda Exit]]: Parodied: after the evil Baron von Stuppe realizes that Leslie has defeated him, he says that he has a boat waiting, adds a [[We Will Meet Again]], and jumps out the window. Unfortunately the boat is right under the window, so he smashes through the boat and sinks it.
* [[Put Their Heads Together]]: While The Great Leslie is infiltrating a castle he knocks out two guards by slamming their heads together.
* [[Put Their Heads Together]]: While The Great Leslie is infiltrating a castle he knocks out two guards by slamming their heads together.
* [[Road Runner vs. Coyote]]: Leslie and Professor Fate.
* [[Road Runner vs. Coyote]]: Leslie and Professor Fate.
* [[Ruritania]]: Prince Hapnik's country of Carpania.
* [[Ruritania]]: Prince Hapnik's country of Carpania.
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* [[Those Magnificent Flying Machines]]: Professor Fate uses a small ''pedal-powered'' airship to try and drop a bomb onto Leslie, with [[Hoist by His Own Petard|predictable results]].
* [[Those Magnificent Flying Machines]]: Professor Fate uses a small ''pedal-powered'' airship to try and drop a bomb onto Leslie, with [[Hoist by His Own Petard|predictable results]].
* [[Tongue on the Flagpole]]
* [[Tongue on the Flagpole]]
* [[Torches and Pitchforks]]: Subverted when Professor Fate arrives in Siberia. There are crowds of people holding torches lining the streets, all ominously silent. They don't respond when Fate speaks, but when Maggie greets them in Russian they throng the car, enthusiastically cheering.
* [[Torches and Pitchforks]]: Subverted when Professor Fate arrives in Siberia. There are crowds of people holding torches lining the streets, all ominously silent. They don't respond when Fate speaks, but when Maggie greets them in Russian they throng the car, enthusiastically cheering.
* [[Twinkle Smile]]: Leslie.
* [[Twinkle Smile]]: Leslie.
* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]: Maggie wears a different costume in every scene.
* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]: Maggie wears a different costume in every scene.
* [[Vehicular Sabotage]]: The villain's sidekick sabotages all the cars before the race... including their own. They realize it about a second before their engine falls out of the car.
* [[Vehicular Sabotage]]: The villain's sidekick sabotages all the cars before the race... including their own. They realize it about a second before their engine falls out of the car.
* [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story]]: There actually was [[wikipedia:1908 New York to Paris Race|NY to Paris Automobile Race in 1908]], and some of the more nonsensical aspects of the movie (crossing the Bering Strait on an ice floes, for instance) were actually considered for the actual race before common sense prevailed. Three cars finished and all still survive today in museums.
* [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story]]: There actually was [[wikipedia:1908 New York to Paris Race|NY to Paris Automobile Race in 1908]], and some of the more nonsensical aspects of the movie (crossing the Bering Strait on an ice floes, for instance) were actually considered for the actual race before common sense prevailed. Three cars finished and all still survive today in museums.
* [[Villain Exit Stage Left]]: Baron Von Stuppe pulls one of these on Leslie after the hero proves to be better than him in fencing / swordfighting. He bungles the exit somewhat.
* [[Villain Exit Stage Left]]: Baron Von Stuppe pulls one of these on Leslie after the hero proves to be better than him in fencing / swordfighting. He bungles the exit somewhat.
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