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Like all ZAZ works, parody is highly valued, and the fourth wall is almost nonexistent.
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* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: The song used in the opening and closing credits is an actual recording from a somewhat obscure '30s dance craze, not a parody song written for the movie.
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: The ultraorthodox Jew in ''Cleopatra Schwartz''.
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* [[Bowdlerise]]: There is an edited for TV version that shows up on [[Comedy Central]] sometimes. Of course, all the nudity in the 11:00 News sketch is edited out with pan and scan tricks, and "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble" is simply excised completely, even though credits for the sketch still show up at the end.
* [[The Cameo]] (In ''That's Armageddon!'', "[[Donald Sutherland]] as the clumsy waiter!")
** Not to mention [[Leave It to Beaver|Wally Cleaver]], [[The Incredible Hulk|Bruce Banner]], [[The Blues Brothers|The Head Illinois Nazi]], [[
* [[Catholic School Girls Rule]] (''Catholic High School Girls in Trouble'')
* [[Courtroom Antic]]
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* [[Game Show Appearance]]: 2. Parodies of the Dating Game in Fistful of Yen as well as What's My Line? in the courtroom scene.
* [[Happy Birthday to You]]: The use of this song in the film cost the filmmakers $10,000.
* [[Hey
* [[Homage]]
* Housewife: A parody of educational films features one tortured by an omnipotent narrator because she took zinc for granted.
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* [[Mega Corp]]: Argon Oil. "At Argon, we're working to keep your money."
* [[No Fourth Wall]]
* [[N
** Apparently, said black guys volunteered to be in the sketch, and took no offense at its concept, averting it in a meta sense.
* [[Pants Free]]
* [[Rapid
* [[Real Trailer Fake Movie]]: ''Catholic High School Girls in Trouble'', ''That's Armageddon!'' and ''Cleopatra Schwartz''.
** The DVD commentary reveals that the actress playing Cleopatra would take the job only if there was a contractual obligation that she would play the character in any full-length version of the material.
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* [[Salt and Pepper]]: Cleopatra Schwartz is married to an ultraorthodox Jew.
* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Cleopatra Schwartz.
* [[Take That]]: Makeup artist and occasional gorilla portrayer Rick Baker plays a grouchy, [[The Loins Sleep Tonight|sexually impotent]] [[
* [[The Television Talks Back]]: TV news anchormen get distracted by the characters making out in front of the TV.
* [[They Fight Crime]]: Cleopatra Schwartz and her Hasidic Jew husband.
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* [[All Just a Dream]]
** [[And You Were There|And Jake was there, and Slim and Ben...]]
*** [[Or Was It a Dream?]] (as the doctor's flamethrower briefly comes into the frame)
** [[It Was With You All Along]]: Dorothy's ruby slippers, which Pennington falsely claims were with Loo all along.
* [[Bluff the Eavesdropper]]: While in Dr. Klahn's headquarters, Loo is about to discuss escape plans with Ada Gronick when she shows him a listening device. They make polite conversation as she shows him the rest of the devices and spies.
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* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: A bowler hat throwing range is seen.
* [[Incredibly Obvious Bug]]: Several of increasing flagrancy.
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Dr. Khlan is played by Bong Soo Han, one of the foremost practitioners of Hapkido and by all accounts one of the nicest guys on the entire shoot.
* [[Punny Name]]: Long Wang and Hung Well. Lampshaded by naming a character Enormous Genitals.
* [[Running Gag]]: "You have... our gratitude!"
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** When facing their [[You Have Failed Me|punishment]], they are forced to play a version of ''The Dating Game''.
* [[Throw It In]]: The gong beater breaking in a take, sending the head off to the camera, swearing when a flag is broken.
* [[Whole
* [[Yellow Peril]]
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