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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Otto forcing Ken to watch him eat his beloved fish.
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* FryingPanOfDoom: How Otto subdues Archie thinking he's a robber.
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* TestosteronePoisoning: Otto, and he ''revels'' in it, such as ''snorting his own armpits''.
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Wanda intends to betray everyone to get the jewels - but actually ''falls'' for Archie.
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* BilingualBonus: Knowing some Italian and/or Russian makes some scenes all the more hilarious.

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* BilingualBonus: Knowing some Italian and/or Russian makes some scenes all the more hilarious.hilarious, especially simce Otto is just prattling off random Italian words.
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** Crichton is also a veteran of the Ealing bank heist comedies.
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* MI6: Otto isn't fooling Archie's wife with his cockamamy story about being a CIA Operative...
-->'''Wendy:''' My father used to work for the Secret Service Mr. Manfriendshendenden...
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* BritishStuffiness: This film delightfully exploits and deconstructs this stereotype to the hilt. Archie's wife Wendy plays it pretty straight along with the Judge and the Old Lady with the dogs.

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''A Fish Called Wanda'' is a 1988 British comedy film starring KevinKline, JamieLeeCurtis, [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus John Cleese and Michael Palin]]. The film is the final--and best known--film of legendary British comedy director Charles Crichton and its screenplay was written by Cleese and Crichton.

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''A Fish Called Wanda'' is a 1988 British comedy film starring KevinKline, JamieLeeCurtis, [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus John Cleese and Michael Palin]]. The film is the final--and best known--film of legendary British comedy director Charles Crichton and its screenplay was written by Cleese and Crichton.



** [[GeoffreyPalmer Geoffrey Palmer]] also appears, as the Judge in George's trial.

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** [[GeoffreyPalmer Geoffrey Palmer]] GeoffreyPalmer also appears, as the Judge in George's trial.



* DieLaughing: Read BrownNote



-->'''Otto:''' I love watching your ass when you walk! Is that beautiful or what? '''[[LargeHam Don't go near him, he's MINE!]]'''

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-->'''Otto:''' I love watching your ass when you walk! Is that beautiful or what? '''[[LargeHam Don't go near him, he's MINE!]]''' MINE!]]'''



* InsultToRocks
-->'''Otto''': Don't call me stupid!\\
'''Wanda''': Oh, right! To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people!



* InsultToRocks
-->'''Otto''': Don't call me stupid!\\
'''Wanda''': Oh, right! To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people!



* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Otto.

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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Otto.



* DieLaughing: Read BrownNote



* OneMarioLimit: This trope (or the reaction to its aversion) is one of the many examples of Otto's stupidity. When he hears that Archie's daughter is named Portia (a homophone of "Porsche"), he asks why on earth he would name her after a car.

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* OneMarioLimit: This trope (or the reaction to its aversion) is one of the many examples of Otto's stupidity. When he hears that Archie's daughter is named Portia (a homophone of "Porsche"), he asks why on earth he would name her after a car.



* SpeechImpediment: Ken's, much mocked by Otto.
-->"Look, it's K-k-k-Ken, c-c-c-c-coming to k-k-k-k-kill me! [[FamousLastWords How are you gonna c-c-c-c-catch me, K-k-k-k-ken??]]"

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* SpeechImpediment: Ken's, much mocked by Otto.
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-->"Look, it's K-k-k-Ken, c-c-c-c-coming to k-k-k-k-kill me! [[FamousLastWords How are you gonna c-c-c-c-catch me, K-k-k-k-ken??]]" K-k-k-k-ken??]]"



* WilliamTelling: In the bank heist in the beginning, as the four thieves are about to get away with their bank heist, Otto pulls an apple out of his sack and places it on a bystander's head. He readies his crossbow, scaring the bystander, but he's stopped by Wanda (not the fish) before he can pull the trigger.

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* WilliamTelling: In the bank heist in the beginning, as the four thieves are about to get away with their bank heist, Otto pulls an apple out of his sack and places it on a bystander's head. He readies his crossbow, scaring the bystander, but he's stopped by Wanda (not the fish) before he can pull the trigger.
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Later followed by a [[SpiritualSuccessor not-sequel]] with the same cast, ''FierceCreatures''.

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Later followed by a [[SpiritualSuccessor not-sequel]] with the same cast, ''FierceCreatures''.
''Film/FierceCreatures''.
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-->'''Wanda:''' "Now let me correct you on a couple of things, okay? Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not 'Every man for himself.' And the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked them up."

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-->'''Wanda:''' "Now let me correct you on a couple of things, okay? Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not 'Every man for himself.' And the London Underground UsefulNotes/TheLondonUnderground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked them up."

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* GeneHuntInterrogationTechnique: Otto stuffs food up Ken's nose while holding him prisoner. He then speaks at length about philosophy, and then starts to eat Ken's fish raw so he'll tell him what he wants. Hilarious.


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* TortureForFunAndInformation: Otto stuffs food up Ken's nose while holding him prisoner. He then speaks at length about philosophy, and then starts to eat Ken's fish raw so he'll tell him what he wants. Hilarious.

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** They didn't explicitly reveal what happened to him, but Archie told George that Wanda's statements in court meant that he was now certain to be jailed for a long time, and that only implicating Wanda, Ken and Otto in the robbery could reduce the sentence. Since Archie never brought them to account, we can assume that George got the original, very long sentence.
*** Then again, since it was quite apparent that his barrister was having a "relationship" with the key witness, it's possible that a mistrial could've been declared.

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** They didn't explicitly reveal what happened to him, but Archie told George that Wanda's statements in court meant that he was now certain to be jailed for a long time, and that only implicating Wanda, Ken and Otto in the robbery could reduce the sentence. Since Archie never brought them to account, we can assume that George got the original, very long sentence.
*** Then again,
sentence. On the other hand, since it was quite apparent that his barrister was having a "relationship" with the key witness, it's possible that a mistrial could've been declared.declared. And with basically no evidence left against George (Wanda having left for South America) he certainly would have gotten off.

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* KindHeartedAnimalLover: Ken, sort of. He certainly seems to be the nicest of the four criminals, but he does try to kill the old woman. He's appropriately horror-struck every time he accidentally kills one of her dogs instead. (And [[BerserkButton don't eat his fish,either]])


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* PetTheDog: Ken's love of animals


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** "What was the middle part?"

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* ContrivedClumsiness: Otto, angry with Wanda, picks up a framed photo of her and smashes it with his fist. He then hands it to the owner, and flatly says "Oh, sorry".

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* ContrivedClumsiness: Otto, angry with Wanda, picks up a framed photo of her and smashes it with his fist. He then hands it to the owner, Ken, and flatly says "Oh, sorry".


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* KindHeartedAnimalLover: Ken, sort of. He certainly seems to be the nicest of the four criminals, but he does try to kill the old woman. He's appropriately horror-struck every time he accidentally kills one of her dogs instead. (And [[BerserkButton don't eat his fish,either]])
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** And that poor dog.

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** And that those poor dog.dogs.
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* TheUnfairSex: Subverted with Archie and his.

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* TheUnfairSex: Subverted with Archie and his.his wife.
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* TheUnfairSex: Subverted with Archie and his icy shrew of a wife.

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* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: During the character introductions, the film cuts back to George's flat just as he's finished explaining his plan, so we only get to hear about "the middle bit... about the police". The rest of the plan goes off almost without a hitch.
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** MichaelPalin researched stuttering extensively so as to not needlessly offend stutterers in the name of comedy.

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* DiedLaughing: A rare real life example. The "chips up nose" scene actually killed someone by laughing too hard. For more info see trope page.

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* DiedLaughing: A rare real life example. The "chips up nose" scene actually killed someone by laughing too hard. For more info see trope page.DieLaughing: Read BrownNote
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* DiedLaughing: A rare real life example. The "chips up nose" scene actually killed someone by laughing too hard. For more info see trope page.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Fish on poster may be deceptively sexy. You have been warned.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Fish on poster may be [[FurryFandom deceptively sexy.sexy]]. You have been warned.]]
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*** Palin's father had a stammer, and Palin himself helped set up the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children in London. He is Vice President of the chairty Action for Stammering Children.

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''A Fish Called Wanda'' is a 1988 British comedy film starring KevinKline, JamieLeeCurtis, [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus John Cleese and Michael Palin]]. The film is the final--and best known--film of legendary British comedy director Charles Crichton and its screenplay was written by Cleese and Crichton.

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''A Fish Called Wanda'' is a 1988 British comedy film starring KevinKline, JamieLeeCurtis, [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus John Cleese and Michael Palin]]. The film is the final--and best known--film of legendary British comedy director Charles Crichton and its screenplay was written by Cleese and Crichton.
Crichton.'''Vandalism rain from teh heavens!'''
[[folder: Teh (b)(a)(b)(a)]]


[[quoteright:350:[[SilentHill4 http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s23115_pc_23.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:L͏҉0̷Ǫ͠K̷͏ ̷҉͜B3̸́H̛͜1̛͜n̵D ̶̸̕Ỳ͜OƯ̷͞ ̶1͘T͞͏̸'̸$̷̡ ́T̢3̶̷H ̸͟͝B̸҉a̴͘8a ͘͞͝AH̛͟҉H̡͢H́H͢H̸͟HḨ́!̧!̕͜!̕]]


!!!Voiced by: Osama Bin Laden (Afghanistanese), The Great Khali (English), The Slender man (scarynese), George W Bush (Engrish, stupidnese), David Bowie (Sexinese)

TEH (b)(a)(b)(a){GAR}33b!11!!1!one!
Teh (b)(a)(b)(a) cann0t bee st0pp3d!1!11!1!


::MY POME::
I hath come from a world that is very elastic,
shiny dung beetles like the eyes of a captain black and blue,
ride the TIGGER ride the TIGGER like a horse made of plastic,
All across the nation come a tidal wave red and like glue,
You has been treacherous to me in a way that is nostalgic,
So prepare to be put in a zoo


something associated with teh (b)(a)(b)(a)!1!!!

* I once jumped off a plane without a parachute and fell on mount everest and exploded, but did not flinch. I quickly regenerated and jumped off the mountain while wearing a pink dress doing ballet and I landed on my head. This time only my head exploded but I quickly replaced it with a rock and ran into the ocean and wrestled with sharks all night long. After causing the extinction of the sharks I had also had my arms bitten off but I replaced those with shark heads and declared war on the world. Every country with nuclear weapons dropped a atom bomb on me but I shrugged them all off and used my shark hands to do a forbidden technique and dropped the moon on the earth which caused it to be knocked off balance and crash into the sun which caused a super nova so big it created a blackhole so large which sucked the entire universe but my rock/head. Now all alone my rock/head floats in space but I did not flinch and went to sleep forever. The End.


'''Associated tropes:'''
* AttemptedRape: One time teh (b)(a)(b)(a) looked at it's reflection and thought it was sexy so it tore teh reflection out of teh mirror and attempted to raep it but instead it ate teh reflection because teh (b)(a)(b)(a) did not have lunch that day and was vely hungly
* TheBerserker: averted teh (b)(a)(b)(a) is never mad but can still berserk
* BADASS: U KNOW IT
* DisneyDeath: Teh (b)(a)(b)(a) threw Walt Disney off a cliff and to this day it is unknown if he is dead or alive
* FourIsDeath: and so is five,six,seven,eight,nine,ten,eleven..........
* HealingFactor: heals so fast that it r unpossible to woundify
* HighPressureBlood
* HolyHalo: has a holy parallelogram instead of a circle thingie
* LivingWeapon
* MeaningfulName: Teh (b)(a)(b)(a) has an meaningfilled name
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Teh (b)(a)(b)(a) is powered on aborted fetuses.
* RestrainingBolt: there is a bolt in it's head that is preventing it from killing everything.
* SlasherSmile: Even when not smiling
* SuperPrototype: of humanity
* UnstoppableRage
* YourSizeMayVary: size varies from 0 to infinity.
* The End of the World as U Know It: What happen if u angur teh (b)(a)(b)(a)

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Mai-Chan's Wonderfully Incredible Awesometastic Life]]

Recommended for children aged 12 and below This is the most light hearted and sweetest thing I have ever read. This manga truly lets us know that what kind of beautiful kindness humans are capable of. Waita Uziga is now my role model and I will try my best to be like the good characters in this good manga. The best character is probably the president of America, he was kind enough to have sex with a new born(Not many people are capable of this kind of kindness "BABY FUCK, BABY FUCK!!!!! IT'SSS AWWRIGHTTT!!!~~~~~" It's AWWRIGHTTT alright) and then give it teh best death evur!11!1! Death by being blended by a blender!!11!!1(I WANT TO DIE LIKE THAT) Unfortunately for him no good deed goes unpunished and he died for YOUR sins. Also the tile should be renamed to the "Mai-Chan's Wonderfully Incredible Awesometastic Life". OH Mai-chan how I envy you!!!!!!!I guess she kind of deserved the death she had at the end. It was like heaven on earth and killing her was Kaede's worst and only sin!!!!!!I cant beleive Kaede did that!She was such a kind and gentle soul who would never think of doing any evul(Maybe it was teh trauma of being one eyed). Anyway if your looking to be a nicer person take tips from this beautiful work!!!
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Fate Stay the fuck away!!!]]

Gilgamesh and King Aurthur would make such a wonderful couple

It's not good if you want to get aroused, you'll become asexual if see it's horrible and disgusting sex scenes and you wont be able to eat food again evur! so just turn the sex scenes off or if you want that this is not the game for you and if you do get aroused tear your genitals off and eat them because there's something very wrong with you. Poor king Aurthur was turned into a slutty girl so he could have sex with a perverted hero wannabe lozer who's sadly immortal and doesn't pay for his stupid decisions and comes back to life for more stupidity. Stupid Shirou(whatever his name is) also calls poor Kirie who just wants to destroy the world evul! and doesn't call Medusa and Medea(Both of whom are actually evul! in real mythology and not perverted nasulogy) evul! even though they kill people for mana but there not really evul cause then shirou would have trouble fantasizing having sex with them. Medea even put poor king Aurthur in a dress and got aroused by it the evul lesbian!(Kirie never did any thing like that to anyone). Gilgamesh is supposed to be a douche so thats alright but he wants to rape poor king Aurthur! Thats just crazy!! also the Assassins that are Arabic have been turned evul and suck the most among all servants (even in fate zero assassin sucks) and want to become immortal for no reason. The only good thing is that there is a lot of raep(I like raep!!) but horribly they present raep AS A BAD THING!!!!! Sakura that stupid bitch who gets to have her hair and eyes dyed purple and have her body violated by sexy worms and her evul brother Shinji(Who is Shinji Ikari again another person turned evul for no reason, okay so he did masturbate over a coma state girl once but I don't think evun he would go as far as to raep a worm filled girl "ewww") she enjoys teh best life evur(I'd do any thing to switch places with her) but all this is not enough for her and she wants the lozer Shirou too and in one path she doesn't get him so she kills her poor loving grandfather and brother who gave her such a wonderful life although if you get the true ending for her path she redeems herself by letting her sister experience the same joy she felt all those years and in the end raeps and cannibalizes the stupid Shirou. Only because of this heartwarming yet awesome(Even more awesome then Mai-Chan's Daily Life) ending I give this game a 20/10.
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YOU CANT BAN ME [smile]

Fast Eddie is a faggot and a fisherman

[[CodeGeass http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bad_Suzaku_Sub-1.jpg]]
[[caption-width:350: BEFORE:The start of darkness of Fast Eddie's fish raeping carrier, Fast Eddie in his youth about to raep his first fish or shove it up his ass(I don't know what he means by "Proceeding to pleasure himself with this fish").]]














[[CodeGeass http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rotflguy_221.gif]]
[[caption-width:350: AFTER:[[FanDisservice Fast Eddie]] today, decades of fish raeping and drug abuse lead to this (It's sad I know).]]
















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->'''Otto''': "''You know your problem? [[TallPoppySyndrome You don't like winners.]]''"
->'''Archie''': "''Winners?''"
->'''Otto''': "Winners."
->'''Archie''': "''Winners like... [[VietnamWar North Vietnam]]?''"

''A Fish Called Wanda'' is a 1988 British comedy film starring KevinKline, JamieLeeCurtis, [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus John Cleese and Michael Palin]]. The film is the final--and best known--film of legendary British comedy director Charles Crichton and its screenplay was written by Cleese and Crichton.

The film features a gang of criminals who double-cross each other and involves the comedic use of a steamroller.

Nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, the film is literally lethally funny (see below). Kline, who plays the eccentric thief Otto in the film, won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, a rare accomplishment for a comedic performance.

There are actually two characters called Wanda in the film. One is a fish. The other is Jamie Lee Curtis.

Later followed by a [[SpiritualSuccessor not-sequel]] with the same cast, ''FierceCreatures''.

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!!This film contains examples of:
* AmusingInjuries: Poor Ken.
** And that poor dog.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[TagLine "A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood."]]
* AuthorAppeal: Cleese and Crichton both had scenes they specifically wanted included, whatever form the final film took: a stutterer [[CannotSpitItOut trying to spit out vital information]], and a character [[SquashedFlat being run over by a steamroller]].
* AxCrazy: Otto, but it's more PlayedForLaughs.
* BerserkButton: Don't call Otto stupid, or hurt Wanda (the fish).
** Otto isn't pleased with the prospect of Wanda touching Archie's dick, either.
* BilingualBonus: Knowing some Italian and/or Russian makes some scenes all the more hilarious.
** And Latin.
** The film's ending title card, "[[StealthPun FIN]]," also counts, as it is the French equivalent of "TheEnd."
* BriefAccentImitation: Archie and Otto exchange dueling examples
* BrownNote: The film is unique in cinema in that it is actually so funny as to prove a RealLife example. In 1989 a Danish audiologist named Ole Bentzen died of laughter watching it. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20080412072030/http://www.canongate.net/Lists/Death/9PeopleWhoDiedLaughing The film made him laugh so hard that his heart lethally beat upwards up 500 beats a minute.]]
* TheCameo: StephenFry has a 30 second part towards the climax as a man at the airport Otto mugs for his ticket.
** [[GeoffreyPalmer Geoffrey Palmer]] also appears, as the Judge in George's trial.
* ContrivedClumsiness: Otto, angry with Wanda, picks up a framed photo of her and smashes it with his fist. He then hands it to the owner, and flatly says "Oh, sorry".
* CrazyJealousGuy: Otto over Wanda
* DeadpanSnarker: Trademark dry delivery of humorous lines by John Cleese.
* {{Eagleland}}: Otto is every American stereotype rolled into one.
* EmotionallyTongueTied: Otto and the word "sorry".
* EnemyEatsYourLunch / InterrogationByVandalism: PlayedWith when Otto torments K-k-ken by eating his fishes... alive.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: In this case GratuitousItalian. Or GratuitousRussian.
* FauxYay: Otto pulls this on Ken to distract him from Wanda's activities.
-->'''Otto:''' I love watching your ass when you walk! Is that beautiful or what? '''[[LargeHam Don't go near him, he's MINE!]]'''
* FemmeFatale: Wanda, who is planning on stabbing every guy she gets involved with in the back (even Otto -- when they think the loot is safely locked in the safe at the lock-up, she's seconds away from koshing Otto and running off with it before they realize it's empty). Then she ends up falling in love with Archie for real.
* FreudianSlip: "They're so fucking lawyer--uh, superior", as well as Archie's "Wanda" and "Darling!" in the courtroom scene.
--> '''Judge''': Mr. Leach... ''Darling?''
--> '''Archie''': Yes, sweetie?
* GambitPileup: The robbers' conflicting plans to [[OutGambitted outgambit each other]].
* GeneHuntInterrogationTechnique: Otto stuffs food up Ken's nose while holding him prisoner. He then speaks at length about philosophy, and then starts to eat Ken's fish raw so he'll tell him what he wants. Hilarious.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: John Cleese covers his genitals with a photograph when the owners of a flat arrive unexpectedly.
* IResembleThatRemark:
-->'''Archie:''' You are a true vulgarian, aren't you?\\
'''Otto:''' ''You're'' the vulgarian, you fuck!
* InsultToRocks
-->'''Otto''': Don't call me stupid!\\
'''Wanda''': Oh, right! To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people!
* JerkAss: Otto.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Otto.
-->'''Wanda:''' "Now let me correct you on a couple of things, okay? Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not 'Every man for himself.' And the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked them up."
* LargeHam: Kevin Kline gleefully chews the scenery in the movie, winning an Oscar in the process.
* LaughablyEvil: Again, Otto.
* MsFanservice: Jamie Lee Curtis
* MutilationInterrogation: The fish tank scene.
* NervousWreck: Ken.
* NietzscheWannabe: Otto, literally.
** Ironically, he seems to be more knowledgable about the subject then most other wannabes, and indeed it seems to be the one thing he ''isn't'' a SmallNameBigEgo about.
* OminousLatinChanting: "Have mercy, O Lord, the dog is dead".
* OneMarioLimit: This trope (or the reaction to its aversion) is one of the many examples of Otto's stupidity. When he hears that Archie's daughter is named Portia (a homophone of "Porsche"), he asks why on earth he would name her after a car.
* OrderedApology
* PlethoraOfMistakes: The robbery goes off without a hitch. After that...
* RuleOfThree: Otto is repeatedly involved in car crashes or near crashes, the first two times running the same dark red car off the road, and the third time having a minor collision with a light blue car - at the same time alerting Archie that Otto is escaping with his car. In each occasion he calls the other driver an asshole, followed - or preceded in the actual crash - with a metallic crunching noise. (Being an American, he keeps forgetting to drive on the left.)
* RunningGag: ''"ASSHOLE!"''
* ShoutOut[=/=]GeniusBonus: John Cleese's character is called Archie Leach, which was Cary Grant's real name.
* SleepingSingle (See Unfair Sex below)
* SpeechImpediment: Ken's, much mocked by Otto.
-->"Look, it's K-k-k-Ken, c-c-c-c-coming to k-k-k-k-kill me! [[FamousLastWords How are you gonna c-c-c-c-catch me, K-k-k-k-ken??]]"
** MichaelPalin researched stuttering extensively so as to not needlessly offend stutterers in the name of comedy.
* StealthPun: Most movies have "The End". This one has "Fin".
** "Fucking Limey cement!"
* SympatheticAdulterer: Archie.
* TapOnTheHead: "Ciao, stupidissimo!"
** Otto does the same thing later to StephenFry.
* TooDumbToLive: How did someone as stupid as Otto ever work for the CIA?
** Like most things, he's probably lying.
* TheUnfairSex: Subverted with Archie and his icy shrew of a wife.
* UnpronounceableAlias: Mr. Manfrenjensen...den
** Made hilarious when the person it's being given to goes on to pronounce it perfectly.
* VideoCredits: Over the opening credits, to introduce the main players.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Archie & Wanda (and Ken) get their happily ever afters, while Otto goes to work for the South African government... but they just left George sitting in jail.
** They didn't explicitly reveal what happened to him, but Archie told George that Wanda's statements in court meant that he was now certain to be jailed for a long time, and that only implicating Wanda, Ken and Otto in the robbery could reduce the sentence. Since Archie never brought them to account, we can assume that George got the original, very long sentence.
*** Then again, since it was quite apparent that his barrister was having a "relationship" with the key witness, it's possible that a mistrial could've been declared.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Parodied: [[spoiler: Archie & Wanda move to Rio, have 17 kids, and fund a leper colony; Ken becomes Master of Ceremonies at London Sea World; Otto emigrates to South Africa (in the late 80s) and becomes Minister of Justice.]]
* WilliamTelling: In the bank heist in the beginning, as the four thieves are about to get away with their bank heist, Otto pulls an apple out of his sack and places it on a bystander's head. He readies his crossbow, scaring the bystander, but he's stopped by Wanda (not the fish) before he can pull the trigger.
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