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* BilingualBackfire: Bates is found by an Italian policeman, who tells Bates he doesn't speak English. Bates then insults him repeatedly and admits that he's broken the law. The policeman, in perfect English, then arrests him.

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* BilingualBackfire: Bates is found by an Italian policeman, who tells Bates [[LanguageFluencyDenial he doesn't speak English.English]]. Bates then insults him repeatedly and admits that he's broken the law. The policeman, in perfect English, then arrests him.
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HilarityEnsues as Dale continues to mistake Jerry for Horace, as he continues to win her admirations. Then it turns out that Madge has been trying to set up Dale and Jerry for a while. All the while, Dale is modelling dresses for Alberto Beddini (Erik Rhodes), a man who is equally trying to win her affection.

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HilarityEnsues as Dale continues to mistake Jerry for Horace, as he continues to win her admirations.admiration. Then it turns out that Madge has been trying to set up Dale and Jerry for a while. All the while, Dale is modelling dresses for Alberto Beddini (Erik Rhodes), a man who is equally trying to win her affection.



* AmusingInjuries: Horace putting a cooked steak on his black eye.

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* AmusingInjuries: Horace putting a cooked steak [[BeefBandage steak]] on his black eye.



* HappilyEverAfter: After it's revealed that Alberto and Dale's marriage was void, because the priest was Bates in disguise, Dale and Jerry reprise their "The Piccolino" dance and dance into the sunset.

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* HappilyEverAfter: After it's revealed that Alberto and Dale's marriage was void, void because the priest was Bates in disguise, Dale and Jerry reprise their "The Piccolino" dance and dance into the sunset.



** Alberto and Madge both believe Horace is attempting to cheat with Dale, because she keeps telling them so. He did in fact have an affair, but with another girl.

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** Alberto and Madge both believe Horace is attempting to cheat with Dale, Dale because she keeps telling them so. He did in fact have an affair, affair but with another girl.



* PimpedOutDress: Dale's famous ostrich-feather dress

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* PimpedOutDress: Dale's famous ostrich-feather dressdress.

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* EverythingHasRhythm: When Dale comes upstairs to complain about the noise, she finds Jerry dancing with a statue from Horace's interior decoration.



* FourthDateMarriage:
** Jerry wants to marry Dale after only knowing her for a couple of days.
** Dale decides to marry Alberto spontaneously.



* HappyDance: "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" is all about how great it is to be single, [[TemptingFate which is how he ends up meeting Dale]].

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* HappyDance: "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" Fancy-Free)" is all about how great it is to be single, [[TemptingFate which is how he ends up meeting Dale]].


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* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: Bates mentions that he wanted to do this since childhood when he starts what he thought was a ForeignLanguageTirade to the Italian policeman. Too bad, the man [[BilingualBackfire understood every word]].


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* TelegraphGagStop: A telegram is read off by [[FunnyForeigner Beddini]] containing confusing Stop cues and leading [[DeadpanSnarker Dale]] to comment that it "sounds like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Stein Gertrude Stein]]."


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* WakeupMakeup: When Dale wakes up from Jerry's tap dancing upstairs, her face looks impeccable with makeup applied.

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* HappyEnding: After it's revealed that Alberto and Dale's marriage was void, because the priest was Bates in disguise, Dale and Jerry reprise their "The Piccolino" dance and dance into the sunset.

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* HappyEnding: HappilyEverAfter: After it's revealed that Alberto and Dale's marriage was void, because the priest was Bates in disguise, Dale and Jerry reprise their "The Piccolino" dance and dance into the sunset.



* TheyDo: See HappyEnding.
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* NiceHat: Not only is in the title, but there's a song about it.

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