History Film / TheMadAdventuresOfRabbiJacob

* CharacterDevelopment: Blatant in Pivert's case. He starts out as a racist {{Jerkass}} with HairTriggerTemper. He gets better over the course of the movie.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Pivert, although he's not exactly a hero at first. An overt racist (horrified by a mixed-marriage), chauvinistic (praise a loud-mouthed and rude driver as a "True Frenchman") and somewhat prejudiced against Jews (the BrickJoke implies he "keeps anyways" his Jewish chauffeur, though he actually doesn't display much outright antisemitism). When forced to disguise himself as a Rabbi, he discovers that Judaism and Catholicism have more things in common and [[CharacterDevelopment becomes more open-minded]] over the movie.

* StandardSnippet: What the music for the Hassidic dance has become. It wasn't an authentic one but specially made for the movie, though still inspired by traditional Hassidic music. Still, it has been readily adopted by the French Jew community, and you can often hear it at Bar Mitzvah or Jewish weddings.

* JewishMother:
** Rabbi Jacob's wife is this ''for her husband'', bombarding him with advices for his stay in France before he leaves New York City.
** Esther Schmoll.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Pivert, although he's not exactly a hero at first. An overt racist (horrified by a mixed-marriage), chauvinistic (praise a loud-mouthed and rude driver as a "True Frenchman") and somewhat antisemitic (the BrickJoke implies he "keeps anyways" his Jewish chauffeur). When forced to disguise himself as a Rabbi, he discovers that Judaism and Catholicism have more things in common and [[CharacterDevelopment becomes more tolerant]] over the movie.

** Rabbi Jacob's wife is this ''for her husband'', bombarding him with advices for his stay in France before he leaves New York.
** Esther Schmoll

* {{Qurac}}: Slimane's fictional Arab country.

* {{Nerd}}: Alexandre, the groom.

* InstantExpert: Pivert is dragged into a Hassidic dance and keeps up surprisingly well, despite being quite a clumsy individual and obviously never doing it before. It was "A miracle" according to him.

* SecondaryCharacterTitle: All in all, the eponymous Rabbi Jacob doesn't have much screentime, it's all really about Pivert impersonating him.

* StickySituation: After falling into a vat of liquid bubblegum, Pivert has some trouble with stuff sticking to him, including the buttons of a phone or the chair he sits into.

* {{Nice Hat}}s:
** Traditional Hassidic hats.
** The shtreimel offered to Pivert.

** Rabbi Jacob's wife is this ''for her husband''.

* AshFace: When expressing his disapproval with [[MilkingTheGiantCow gestures]] at the sight of the mixed marriage he just bumped into, Pivert stands behind the married couple's car. They start the car and the bursting tailpipe covers him in ash. It results in a {{Blackface}} gag, with a wedding guest thinking he's the married black woman's father. It also qualifies as a short ColorMeBlack moment, considering Pivert's slightly racist outlook on things.

* AshFace: When expressing his disapproval with gestures at the sight of the mixed marriage he just bumped into, Pivert stands behind the married couple's car and makes gestures. They start the car and the bursting tailpipe covers him in ash. It results in a {{Blackface}} gag, with a wedding guest thinking he's the married black woman's father. It also qualifies as a short ColorMeBlack moment, considering Pivert's slightly racist outlook on things.

* AshFace: When expressing his disapproval with gestures at the sight of the mixed marriage he just bumped into, Pivert stands behind the married couple's car. They start the car and the bursting tailpipe covers him in ash. It results in a BlackFace gag, with a wedding guest thinking he's the married black woman's father. It also qualifies as a short ColorMeBlack moment, considering Pivert's slightly racist outlook on things.

* CoveredInGunge: The bubblegum factory sequence. First Pivert falls in a vat full of green liquid gum [[spoiler:twice]]. Despite being greatly incapacitated by the gum, he still manages to [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass use the factory machinery to his advantage and send his pursuers to the same vat]].

* AlterKocker: No surprise, in a movie full of Jewish characters, the older ones evoke this archetype. Most notably stand-up comedian Popeck, for whom it was a trademark, in the minor role of Moishe Schmoll (even though he was only 38 at the time, he would keep many mannerisms of that character in his trademark stage persona as he got older).

* AlterKocker: No surprise, in a movie full of Jewish characters, the older ones evoke this archetype. Most notably stand-up comedian Popeck, for whom it was a trademark, in the minor role of Moishe Schmoll.

* AshFace: When expressing his disapproval with gestures at the sight of the mixed marriage he just bumped into, Pivert stands behind the married couple's car. They start the car and the bursting tailpipe covers him in ash. It results in a BlackFace gag, with a wedding guest thinking he's the married black woman's father. That gag would have probably been offensive with any other actor, but De Funès made it work. It also qualifies as a short ColorMeBlack moment, considering Pivert's slightly racist outlook on things.

* SecondaryCharacterTitle

** When forced to do a hassidic dance, he executes it flawless and is even amazed by his own prowess.

* JapaneseTourist: When Pivert emerges from the luggage carrousel at the airport, a bunch of Japanese tourists immediately start taking pictures.

* NotSoDifferent: As much he is a racist {{Jerkass}}, Pivert points out that the NiceJewishBoy is antagonistic toward the Muslim Slimane and bring us this small little gem:

'''Slimane:''' Distanced... Thanks. [''both shake hands]''
** That was a sorta AuthorTract from the Jewish director Gérard Oury when the movie came out during the [[UsefulNotes/ArabIsraeliConflict Yom Kippur War]].

* SenselessViolins: subverted. Commissaire Andréani is convinced that the violin cases carried by Rabbis Jacob and Seligman hide firearms, they are in actuality used for violins.

''Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob'' (''The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob''), often shortened to ''Rabbi Jacob'', is a 1973 French cult comedy directed by Gérard Oury. It stars Creator/LouisDeFunes in one of his most famous roles.

Now on the run from both Farès and the French police, Pivert and Slimane bound and gag two rabbis at the very airport Jacob is awaited to by the Schmoll family and take their clothes to disguise. Pivert is then mistaken for Jacob by the Schmolls, and brought into the Jewish community of the Pletzl, in Paris. HilarityEnsues.

[[caption-width-right:300:When you manage to make a racist funny AND likable, you know you are a great actor]]

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Pivert, although he's not exactly a hero at first. An overt racist ([[spoiler:horrified by a mixed-marriage]]), chauvinistic ([[spoiler:praise a loud-mouthed and rude driver as a "True Frenchman"]]) and anti-semitic ([[spoiler:the BrickJoke implies he "keeps anyways" his Jewish chauffeur]]). When forced to disguise himself as a Rabbi, he discovers that Judaism and Catholicism have more things in common and becomes more tolerant over the movie.
-->'''Victor Pivert:''' ''[to his wife on the phone]'' Yes; I have Jewish friends! WHAT DOES IT'S SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

** Special mention goes to the guys who accompany Rabbi Jacob to the airport. Their cab ends up stuck in a traffic jam and time is running out, so what do they do? ''Lift'' the cab and ''carry'' it to the free part of the road.

* FacePalm: Slimane at the sight of Pivert/Rabbi Jacob dragged into the dance.

-->'''Victor Pivert:''' ''[to his wife on the phone] Yes; I have Jewish friends! WHAT DOES IT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

-->--'''The BrickJoke showing Pivert CharacterDevelopment'''