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* StuffBlowingUp: [[DoubleSubvertedTrope Double subverted]]. Shemp, as "Independence Day," holds up a lit stick of dynamite. He smiles for a moment as he delivers his line, but then [[ThisIsGonnaSuck closes his eyes in worried anticipation of the kaboom]]. The fuse merely burns out. He moves the stick of dynamite out of frame, saying to [[BreakingTheFourthWall the audience]] "Ha! Fooled you!". Just then, the stick explodes in his hand off screen. "[[OhCrap Fooled me, too.]]"
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* StuffBlowingUp: [[DoubleSubvertedTrope Double subverted]]. Shemp, as "Independence Day," holds up a lit stick of dynamite. He smiles for a moment as he delivers his line, but then [[ThisIsGonnaSuck closes his eyes in worried anticipation of the kaboom]]. The fuse merely burns out. He moves the stick of dynamite out of frame, saying to [[BreakingTheFourthWall the audience]] "Ha! Fooled you!". Just then, the stick explodes in his hand off screen. "[[OhCrap Fooled me, too.]]"]]"
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Their names are Howard, Fine, and Howard. They're cops. They're hot on the trail of the gem thief The Eel. [[OhCrap God help us all.]]
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!!Just the tropes, Ma'am:
* AttackPatternAlpha: As part of his chastisement of Larry and Shemp, Moe orders them to get ready for 81C. Both of them are [[AnythingButThat horrified]], but have to go through with it -- it consists of them running full tilt at Moe, poised to give them eyepokes.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Shemp, constantly. Their pursuit of The Eel takes them to a women's sauna. When Moe orders them to find something, Shemp runs across a woman in a bathing suit, to which he exclaims "Ooh, I found something!" Later, when they have to go DisguisedInDrag to get out of the bathhouse as quickly and innocuously as possible, Shemp bollixes it by wanting to tarry with the ladies.
* ExpospeakGag: When the Stooges explain why they went into criminology:
-->'''Shemp:''' We chose criminology because it's scientific.
-->'''Larry:''' Indeed! In a lexicon of crime, it is theoretically propounded that passion, inhibition, and delinquency are the major contributing factors.
-->'''Moe:''' Not to mention corruption of mind, detestations, and schizophrenia, if I may be so sesquipedalian.
-->'''Shemp:''' A jerk with a quirk may do the work. Or, a Turk with a dirk may stick a clerk.
* JugglingLoadedGuns: Moe in one of the introduction gag segments (see RunningGag below) looks down the barrel of his service revolver before the theme plays.
* PinPullingTeeth: Larry does this by accident during a wartime flashback sequence, thinking he's biting into an apple.
* RunningGag: The parody of [[Franchise/{{Dragnet}} Joe Friday's iconic introduction]] has a periodic gag throughout the short: "I'm Halliday" (Moe), "I'm Terriday" (Larry), "I'm St. Patrick's Day/Groundhog Day/New Year's Day/Christmas Day/Independence Day/Labor Day" (Shemp), with the other two getting increasingly tired of his antics.
* ShoutOut: To ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'', from the ComicallySerious narration to Moe stamping the "Mark VII [[spoiler: 1/2]]" VanityPlate on Larry's forehead at the end. Rather than the iconic Dragnet theme, of course, the production uses the first four notes of ''[[StandardSnippet The Song of the Volga Boatmen]]''.
* StealthPun: Shemp, as "Groundhog Day", holds up a package of pork sausage. Ground ''hog'' day, [[DontExplainTheJoke geddit?]]
* StuffBlowingUp: [[DoubleSubvertedTrope Double subverted]]. Shemp, as "Independence Day," holds up a lit stick of dynamite. He smiles for a moment as he delivers his line, but then [[ThisIsGonnaSuck closes his eyes in worried anticipation of the kaboom]]. The fuse merely burns out. He moves the stick of dynamite out of frame, saying to [[BreakingTheFourthWall the audience]] "Ha! Fooled you!". Just then, the stick explodes in his hand off screen. "[[OhCrap Fooled me, too.]]"
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!!Just the tropes, Ma'am:
* AttackPatternAlpha: As part of his chastisement of Larry and Shemp, Moe orders them to get ready for 81C. Both of them are [[AnythingButThat horrified]], but have to go through with it -- it consists of them running full tilt at Moe, poised to give them eyepokes.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Shemp, constantly. Their pursuit of The Eel takes them to a women's sauna. When Moe orders them to find something, Shemp runs across a woman in a bathing suit, to which he exclaims "Ooh, I found something!" Later, when they have to go DisguisedInDrag to get out of the bathhouse as quickly and innocuously as possible, Shemp bollixes it by wanting to tarry with the ladies.
* ExpospeakGag: When the Stooges explain why they went into criminology:
-->'''Shemp:''' We chose criminology because it's scientific.
-->'''Larry:''' Indeed! In a lexicon of crime, it is theoretically propounded that passion, inhibition, and delinquency are the major contributing factors.
-->'''Moe:''' Not to mention corruption of mind, detestations, and schizophrenia, if I may be so sesquipedalian.
-->'''Shemp:''' A jerk with a quirk may do the work. Or, a Turk with a dirk may stick a clerk.
* JugglingLoadedGuns: Moe in one of the introduction gag segments (see RunningGag below) looks down the barrel of his service revolver before the theme plays.
* PinPullingTeeth: Larry does this by accident during a wartime flashback sequence, thinking he's biting into an apple.
* RunningGag: The parody of [[Franchise/{{Dragnet}} Joe Friday's iconic introduction]] has a periodic gag throughout the short: "I'm Halliday" (Moe), "I'm Terriday" (Larry), "I'm St. Patrick's Day/Groundhog Day/New Year's Day/Christmas Day/Independence Day/Labor Day" (Shemp), with the other two getting increasingly tired of his antics.
* ShoutOut: To ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'', from the ComicallySerious narration to Moe stamping the "Mark VII [[spoiler: 1/2]]" VanityPlate on Larry's forehead at the end. Rather than the iconic Dragnet theme, of course, the production uses the first four notes of ''[[StandardSnippet The Song of the Volga Boatmen]]''.
* StealthPun: Shemp, as "Groundhog Day", holds up a package of pork sausage. Ground ''hog'' day, [[DontExplainTheJoke geddit?]]
* StuffBlowingUp: [[DoubleSubvertedTrope Double subverted]]. Shemp, as "Independence Day," holds up a lit stick of dynamite. He smiles for a moment as he delivers his line, but then [[ThisIsGonnaSuck closes his eyes in worried anticipation of the kaboom]]. The fuse merely burns out. He moves the stick of dynamite out of frame, saying to [[BreakingTheFourthWall the audience]] "Ha! Fooled you!". Just then, the stick explodes in his hand off screen. "[[OhCrap Fooled me, too.]]"
