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->'''Jacques:''' "Are you Roland T. Flakfizer?"
->'''Flakfizer:''' "That all depends. Do I owe you money?"
->'''Jacques:''' "No."
->'''Flakfizer:''' "In a drunken stupor, did I promise to marry you?"
->'''Jacques:''' "No."
->'''Flakfizer:''' "Then I'm your man!"

''Brain Donors'' is a 1992 comedy film produced by [[Creator/ZuckerAbrahamsAndZucker David and Jerry Zucker]] and released by Paramount Pictures. It is [[TheRemake a modern remake]] of the Creator/MarxBrothers' ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'', starring Creator/JohnTurturro, Creator/MelSmith, and Bob Nelson as the {{Expy}} Marxes.

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->'''Jacques:''' "Are Are you Roland T. Flakfizer?"
->'''Flakfizer:''' "That
Flakfizer?\\
'''Flakfizer:''' That
all depends. Do I owe you money?"
->'''Jacques:''' "No."
->'''Flakfizer:''' "In
money?\\
'''Jacques:''' No.\\
'''Flakfizer:''' In
a drunken stupor, did I promise to marry you?"
->'''Jacques:''' "No."
->'''Flakfizer:''' "Then
you?\\
'''Jacques:''' No.\\
'''Flakfizer:''' Then
I'm your man!"

man!

''Brain Donors'' is a 1992 comedy film produced by [[Creator/ZuckerAbrahamsAndZucker David and Jerry Zucker]] and released by Paramount Pictures. It is [[TheRemake a modern remake]] of the Creator/MarxBrothers' ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'', ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera1935'', starring Creator/JohnTurturro, Creator/MelSmith, and Bob Nelson as the {{Expy}} Marxes.



-->'''Rocco:''' "Hi, Ed Breckman, Security. ({{Beat}}) There's a Mercedes on fire in the doctor's parking lot."
-->'''Doctors:''' "[[BigWhat WHAT!?!]]" (All the doctors run out of the break room)
* BookEnds: The claymation sequences.

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-->'''Rocco:''' "Hi, Hi, Ed Breckman, Security. ({{Beat}}) ''[{{Beat}}]'' There's a Mercedes on fire in the doctor's parking lot."
-->'''Doctors:''' "[[BigWhat WHAT!?!]]" (All
\\
'''Doctors:''' [[BigWhat WHAT!?]] ''[all
the doctors run out of the break room)
room]''
* BookEnds: {{Bookends}}: The claymation sequences.



-->"Please, call me what everyone else calls me: 'Your Royal Sex Machine.'"
* CloudCuckooLander / GeniusDitz: Jacques.

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-->"Please, -->''"Please, call me what everyone else calls me: 'Your Royal Sex Machine.'"
'"''
* CloudCuckooLander {{Cloudcuckoolander}} / GeniusDitz: Jacques.



-->'''Rocco:''' "We'll have to perform a full rectum-ology."
-->'''Roland:''' "Fondue, an epidemic! drop those pants... Not you, the patient."
-->'''Doctor:''' "I thought you were cardiologists..."
-->'''Rocco:''' "Uh, well, they're all connected, we enter the rectum and head north."
-->'''Roland:''' "Why do you think we have such long instruments?"

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-->'''Rocco:''' "We'll We'll have to perform a full rectum-ology."
-->'''Roland:''' "Fondue,
\\
'''Roland:''' Fondue,
an epidemic! drop those pants... Not you, the patient."
-->'''Doctor:''' "I
\\
'''Doctor:''' I
thought you were cardiologists..."
-->'''Rocco:''' "Uh,
\\
'''Rocco:''' Uh,
well, they're all connected, connected -- we enter the rectum and head north."
-->'''Roland:''' "Why
\\
'''Roland:''' Why
do you think we have such long instruments?"instruments?



-->'''Rocco:''' [as a dog rips his trouser leg] "What a ''charming'' little animal."
-->'''Lillian:''' "Do you know dogs, Mister Melonchek?"
-->'''Rocco:''' "Know dogs? I used to be a chef in a Korean restaurant!"

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-->'''Rocco:''' [as ''[as a dog rips his trouser leg] "What leg]'' What a ''charming'' little animal."
-->'''Lillian:''' "Do
\\
'''Lillian:''' Do
you know dogs, Mister Melonchek?"
-->'''Rocco:''' "Know
Melonchek?\\
'''Rocco:''' Know
dogs? I used to be a chef in a Korean restaurant!"restaurant!



* MockMillionaire: Flakfizer pulls this when he arrives at Lilian's yard party:
-->[Talking on cellular phone] "How did the market close? Uh-huh. Well, roll over my amalgamated, split my utilities, and double my capital venture overlays. Now call me in an hour, and tell me what the hell I'm talking about!"
** He plays a similar role when [[ShoutOut he inspects the theater before the premiere,]] complete with stretch limousine, pimp jacket, and bikini-clad admirers.

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* MockMillionaire: MockMillionaire:
**
Flakfizer pulls this when he arrives at Lilian's yard party:
-->[Talking
party, talking on a cellular phone] "How phone:
--->''"How
did the market close? Uh-huh. Well, roll over my amalgamated, split my utilities, and double my capital venture overlays. Now call me in an hour, and tell me what the hell I'm talking about!"
about!"''
** He plays a similar role when [[ShoutOut he inspects the theater before the premiere,]] premiere]], complete with stretch limousine, pimp jacket, and bikini-clad admirers.



-->'''Rocco:''' [grabbing magazines] "Charity work. I gather these for those less fortunate than myself who can't afford pornography."

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-->'''Rocco:''' [grabbing magazines] "Charity ''[grabbing magazines]'' Charity work. I gather these for those less fortunate than myself who can't afford pornography."



* TheRemake: Of ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera''

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* TheRemake: Of ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera''''Film/ANightAtTheOpera1935''.



-->'''Volare:''' "Do you realize what I was doing at the age of seven?"
-->'''Flakfizer:''' "I can imagine and you must be thankful you didn't go blind."
-->'''Volare:''' "I was dancing professionally!"
-->'''Flakfizer:''' "Whatever you call it. Flogging the carrot, polishing the cuestick, choking the chicken, clearing the snorkel..."
* ShoutOut: A number of gags and scenes are nods to ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'' and the Creator/MarxBrothers in general.

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-->'''Volare:''' "Do Do you realize what I was doing at the age of seven?"
-->'''Flakfizer:''' "I
seven?\\
'''Flakfizer:''' I
can imagine imagine, and you must be thankful you didn't go blind."
-->'''Volare:''' "I
\\
'''Volare:''' I
was dancing professionally!"
-->'''Flakfizer:''' "Whatever
professionally!\\
'''Flakfizer:''' Whatever
you call it. Flogging the carrot, polishing the cuestick, choking the chicken, clearing the snorkel..."
snorkel...
* ShoutOut: A number of gags and scenes are nods to ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'' ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera1935'' and the Creator/MarxBrothers in general.



--->'''Groucho:''' "You know the old saying: two's company, five's a crowd."\\
'''Flakfizer:''' "Two's company, three's an adult movie."

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--->'''Groucho:''' "You You know the old saying: two's company, five's a crowd."\\
\\
'''Flakfizer:''' "Two's Two's company, three's an adult movie."



-->'''Roland:''' (''to Edmund'') Let's step outside and settle this like men!\\

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-->'''Roland:''' (''to Edmund'') ''[to Edmund]'' Let's step outside and settle this like men!\\



* Totally18: At one point the trio is awakened suddenly, and the first thing out of Roland T. Flakfizer's mouth is "She looked eighteen, officer, I swear!"

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* Totally18: Totally18:
**
At one point point, the trio is awakened suddenly, and the first thing out of Roland T. Flakfizer's mouth is "She looked eighteen, officer, I swear!"



--->'''Flakfizer:''' "And she looks like she's about 15!"\\
'''Lazlo:''' "No, no, no!"\\
'''Flakfizer:''' "Okay, 14 then. In fact, I know she's 14 because I was dating her a year ago!"

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--->'''Flakfizer:''' "And And she looks like she's about 15!"\\
15!\\
'''Lazlo:''' "No, No, no, no!"\\
no!\\
'''Flakfizer:''' "Okay, Okay, 14 then. In fact, I know she's 14 because I was dating her a year ago!"ago!
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-->Rocco: "Hi, Ed Breckman, Security. ({{Beat}}) There's a Mercedes on fire in the doctor's parking lot."
-->Doctors: "[[BigWhat WHAT!?!]]" (All the doctors run out of the break room)

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-->Rocco: -->'''Rocco:''' "Hi, Ed Breckman, Security. ({{Beat}}) There's a Mercedes on fire in the doctor's parking lot."
-->Doctors: -->'''Doctors:''' "[[BigWhat WHAT!?!]]" (All the doctors run out of the break room)
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** Some gags from other Creator/MarxBrothers movies make their way in too: Producing a blank contract that one party states will be "filled in later" happened in ''Film/HorseFeathers'', and at one point the main trio impersonates doctors in a scene highly reminiscent of one in ''Film/ADayAtTheRaces''.

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** Some gags from other Creator/MarxBrothers movies make their way in too: Producing a blank contract that one party states will be "filled in later" happened in ''Film/HorseFeathers'', and at one point the main trio impersonates doctors in a scene highly reminiscent of one in ''Film/ADayAtTheRaces''.''Film/ADayAtTheRaces1937''.
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** Some gags from other Creator/MarxBrothers movies make their way in too: Producing a blank contract that one party states will be "filled in later" happened in ''Film/HorseFeathers'', and at one point the main trio impersonates doctors in a scene highly reminiscent of one in ''Film/ADayAtTheRaces''.

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** Groucho: "You know the old saying: two's company, five's a crowd."\\
Flakfizer: "Two's company, three's an adult movie."

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** Groucho: This joke:
--->'''Groucho:'''
"You know the old saying: two's company, five's a crowd."\\
Flakfizer: '''Flakfizer:''' "Two's company, three's an adult movie."
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** Groucho: "You know the old saying: two's company, five's a crowd."\\
Flakfizer: "Two's company, three's an adult movie."

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* MockMillionaire: Flakfizer plays the role when he inspects the theater before the premiere, complete with stretch limousine, pimp jacket, and bikini-clad admirers.

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* MockMillionaire: Flakfizer plays the role pulls this when he inspects the theater before the premiere, complete with stretch limousine, pimp jacket, and bikini-clad admirers.arrives at Lilian's yard party:


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** He plays a similar role when [[ShoutOut he inspects the theater before the premiere,]] complete with stretch limousine, pimp jacket, and bikini-clad admirers.


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** Flakfizer, Rocco, and Jacques (literally) splitting their contract 50-50 is a reference to the negotiation gag between Groucho and Chico in ''Opera''.
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'''Flakfizer:''' "Okay, 14 then. In fact, I know she's 14 because I was dating her a year ago!"\\

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'''Flakfizer:''' "Okay, 14 then. In fact, I know she's 14 because I was dating her a year ago!"\\ago!"

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* ShoutOut: A number of gags are nods to both ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'' and the Creator/MarxBrothers as a whole.

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* ShoutOut: A number of gags and scenes are nods to both ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'' and the Creator/MarxBrothers as a whole.in general.


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** The hotel-shuffling scene from ''Opera'' is recreated here with Lilian's mansion and a blonde sex kitten.


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** In ''Opera'', Lassparri quits after he is pelted with an apple. Here, Volare gets an entire produce section.


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** Inverted when Lazlo is caught in bed with a half-naked blonde woman.
--->'''Flakfizer:''' "And she looks like she's about 15!"\\
'''Lazlo:''' "No, no, no!"\\
'''Flakfizer:''' "Okay, 14 then. In fact, I know she's 14 because I was dating her a year ago!"\\
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* ShoutOut: A number of gags are nods to both ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'' and the Creator/MarxBrothers as a whole.
** Jacques' [[RingRingCRUNCH morning alarm clock routine]] is one to Harpo waking up the morning after he impersonated a pilot.
** Flakfizer's MockMillionaire inspection of the theater before the premiere mirrors Groucho's walk-through before the opera.
** TheStateroomSketch scene uses Volare's dressing room instead of Groucho's ship suite.
** Rocco and Jacques using the orchestra's harp to grate bread is a reference to Harpo's renown harp-playing skills. Meanwhile, their obviously fake beards are a nod to the air heroes from ''Opera''.
** Flakfizer calling the ballet as a baseball game is one to Chico and Harpo's improvised baseball game in the orchestra pit.
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* InstantCostumeChange: Done effortlessly by Flakfizer, Rocco, and Jacques at the premiere. Off-screen, they switch from ballerina tutus and basketball uniforms to hunting gear and ''a full-body duck suit'' without a break in the action.
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* DoubleEntendre: Flakfizer's got a million of these; good thing he's been vaccinated.

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