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* EightiesHair: Monica's blonde hair is very voluminous, especially in the finale, where it surrounds her head like a six-inch-thick cloud.
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* WeddingFinale: Part of the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, the last scene before the sequel hook is Clifford and Karen's Jewish wedding.
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''Doctor Detroit'' is a 1983 FishOutOfWater comedy directed by Michael Pressman and starring Creator/DanAykroyd.

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''Doctor Detroit'' is a 1983 FishOutOfWater comedy movie directed by Michael Pressman and starring Creator/DanAykroyd.



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* LineOfSightName: This is how the title character is named. A pimp named Smooth Walker is in the office of Mom, a competitor, and he convinces her that he's leaving because "the Doctor" has forced him out.
-->'''Mom:''' "Doctor?"\\
'''Smooth:''' "Yeah. Doctor...''(Looks around frantically, spies a travel poster for Detroit behind her head)'' Detroit."

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* LineOfSightName: This is how How the title character is named. A pimp named When Smooth Walker is in the called into Mom's office of Mom, a competitor, and given an offer to fork over everything and get out of Chicago with his life, he convinces tries to convince her that he's already leaving the territory because "the Doctor" has forced his "partner" is forcing him out.
-->'''Mom:''' "Doctor?"\\
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-->'''Smooth:''' This guy, this... dude, from...\\
''[He looks suddenly at a wall calendar for the "Detroit Differential Company"]''\\
'''Smooth:''' ...Detroit, is -- uh, he just moved in on me.\\
'''Mom:''' Detroit? Boy, you kiddin'? I ''know'' people in Detroit.\\
'''Smooth:''' "Yeah.Not this guy. I mean, h-he's too big, he's too ''bad''. He's as bad as you are, maybe even BADDER!\\
''[He sees a framed photo of Mom after her colon transplant, with get-well messages from her doctors]''\\
'''Smooth:''' I'm scared, Mom. And that's why I go along with... the Doctor.\\
'''Mom:''' "The Doctor"?\\
'''Smooth:''' Yeah. Doctor.
Doctor...''(Looks around frantically, spies a travel poster for Detroit behind her head)'' ''[looks at the calendar again]'' ...Detroit."
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* WhoWearsShortShorts: Cliff wears some ''alarmingly'' tiny shorts while power-walking during the theme song sequence. When the call girls in the limo see him, they can't help but laugh. But it also means they recognize Clifford later at the restaurant and point him out to Smooth, who's desperate to find a patsy...
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: There really is an annual gathering of Chicago's pimps [[https://www.chicagomag.com/style-shopping/December-2017/Players-Ball-2017/ known as "The Players' Ball."]] The screenwriters found out about it and wrote it into the plot.
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* AuthorAppeal: Of course one of the [[Film/TheBluesBrothers Blues Brothers]] would show off Music/JamesBrown.

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* AuthorAppeal: Of course one of the [[Film/TheBluesBrothers Blues Brothers]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmgbbT_Eruc would show off off]] Music/JamesBrown.
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* AuthorAppeal: Of course one of the [[Film/TheBluesBrothers Blues Brothers]] would show off Music/JamesBrown.
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* TitleThemeTune: Performed by Music/{{Devo}}.
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Adorkable cleansing


* {{Adorkable}}: When not in character as the eponymous Doctor, Clifford really is.
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* Administrivia/TropesAreTools: Being a professor of literature, Clifford is aware enough of tropes to rely on them to play the role of the Good Doctor.

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* ShoutOut: ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Dr. Detroit II: The Wrath of Mom]]'', which Aykroyd was writing til the film bombed.

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''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Dr. Detroit II: The Wrath of Mom]]'', which Aykroyd was writing til the film bombed.bombed.
** The one metal glove was indeed a shout out to Music/MichaelJackson's one white sequined glove.
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* ShoutOut: ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Dr. Detroit II: The Wrath of Mom]]''.

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* ShoutOut: ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Dr. Detroit II: The Wrath of Mom]]''.Mom]]'', which Aykroyd was writing til the film bombed.

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