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* GranolaGirl: (...or guy) [[GranolaGirl Granola Guy]]: Peter.
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** Mickey says the first thing the Monster/Android needs to be a rock musician is a Beatles haircut.
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* AGoodNameForARockBand: In ''Find the Monkees!'', a competing band is called The Four Agents. Oddly enough, its a trio.
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** In ''Find The Monkees!'', the band auditions over a pay phone as a Clark Kent Expy impatiently waits to use the booth.
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''The Monkees'' was about four incredibly clean cut aspiring young musicians with regrettable taste in clothes and haircuts who people on the show treated like they were pierced and tattooed Alternative Rockers. But hey, it was the Sities!
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''The Monkees'' was about four incredibly clean cut aspiring young musicians with regrettable taste in clothes and haircuts who people on the show treated like they were pierced and tattooed Alternative Rockers. But hey, it was the Sities!
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** Mike in "Fairy Tale" to both Peter and Mike: "Wow, what a great looking chick! She's the most beautiful thing I've ever laid eyes on! Look at those sideburns!"
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** Mike in "Fairy Tale" to both Peter and Mike: "Wow, what a great looking chick! She's the most beautiful thing I've ever laid eyes on! Look at those sideburns!"
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* CoolShades: Mike in later episodes and the movie ''Head''.
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* MarathonRunning: Antenna Tv aired every episode back-to-back followed by ''Head'' on March 3-4 2012 in honor of Davy Jones passing.
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** Monkees co-creator Bob Rafelson also appeared in a few episodes: Notably as �The World�s Oldest Flower Child� in �The Monkees Race Again�.
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* GirlOfTheWeek: More often than not, an episode will feature a girl after one (and in some cases, more than one) of the Monkees� affections. Mainly Davy, the cute ChickMagnet of the group.
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* GirlOfTheWeek: More often than not, an episode will feature a girl after one (and in some cases, more than one) of the Monkees� Monkees' affections. Mainly Davy, the cute ChickMagnet of the group.
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** More recent syndication packages have avoided the deletion of songs and interviews by [[AdrenalineTime Ramping]]; that is, randomly speeding up the film and songs to save time...except this gets extremely ANNOYING.
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** After ''The Monkees'', Dolenz was cast as Wally, the drummer of ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKids--who bore a passing resemblance to Dolenz.** Joey Forman guest starred in "Monkee Chow Mein" as The Dragonman, a parody of Forman's character Harry Hoo from ''GetSmart''.
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** Joey Forman guest starred in "Monkee Chow Mein" as The Dragonman, a parody of Forman's character Harry Hoo from ''GetSmart''.
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** After ''The Monkees'', Dolenz was cast as Wally, the drummer of ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKids--who bore a passing resemblance to Dolenz.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In "The Monkees Watch Their Feet", {{Narrator}} [[AsHimself Pat Paulson]] talks of the "[[StealthPun Alien-ation]]" of American Youth, as well as part of Micky's problems stemming from 'being forced to fight in an oversea war he didn't understand' (while showing him in World War I garb).
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In "The Monkees Watch Their Feet", {{Narrator}} [[AsHimself Pat Paulson]] talks of the "[[StealthPun Alien-ation]]" of American Youth, as well as part of Micky's problems stemming from 'being "being forced to fight in an oversea war he didn't understand' understand" (while showing him in World War I WorldWarI garb).
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* EditedForSyndication: The CBS/ABC reruns replaced some songs with tracks from the band's current releases.
** When the show went into syndication, MTV and NickAtNite kept the episodes intact, for the most part, but local stations tended to cut out stuff. The interview tags were always the first thing to go, and sometimes even a song would be cut if it was featured separately rather than integrated into the body of the episode.
** When the show went into syndication, MTV and NickAtNite kept the episodes intact, for the most part, but local stations tended to cut out stuff. The interview tags were always the first thing to go, and sometimes even a song would be cut if it was featured separately rather than integrated into the body of the episode.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Reruns of ''Monkees'' episodes often replaced the songs from those episodes with more current ones in order to promote the band's most recent releases. Some songs were replaced multiple times. The syndication versions sometimes have the original songs and sometimes have the replaced songs, with no real pattern to it. Thus while all ''Monkees'' episodes are currently available on DVD with original songs intact, there are some fans who insist on trying to obtain copies of every variation of each episode they can, leading to a thriving tape trading market.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In "The Monkees Watch Their Feet", {{Narrator}} [[AsHimself Pat Paulson]] talks of the "[[StealthPun Alien-ation]]" of American Youth, as well as part of Mickey's problems stemming from 'being forced to fight in an oversea war he didn't understand' (while showing him in World War I garb).
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In "The Monkees Watch Their Feet", {{Narrator}} [[AsHimself Pat Paulson]] talks of the "[[StealthPun Alien-ation]]" of American Youth, as well as part of Mickey's Micky's problems stemming from 'being forced to fight in an oversea war he didn't understand' (while showing him in World War I garb).
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* [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Everything's Better With Monkeys]]: Besides the name of the band, there's a stuffed monkey in the boys' beach house.
* PreciousPuppies: The romp to "Gonna Buy Me a Dog."
* PreciousPuppies: The romp to "Gonna Buy Me a Dog."
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* [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Everything's Better With Monkeys]]: EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Besides the name of the band, there's a stuffed monkey in the boys' beach house.
* PreciousPuppies: The romp to "Gonna Buy Me a Dog."house.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Series/BigTimeRush''. Also ''{{Jonas}}''. (It's been stated in {{Disney}} press releases that the series is directly inspired from The Monkees' TV concept.)
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Series/BigTimeRush''. Also ''{{Jonas}}''. (It's been stated in {{Disney}} press releases that the series is directly inspired from by The Monkees' TV concept.)
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* BloodlessCarnage: "Monkees à la Carte" ends with rival gangsters shooting each other, which is depicted by the actors simply falling over. The scene deliberately avoids realism.
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The series ran two seasons on {{NBC}} from 1966 to 1968. The show ended its initial run when the group and the network could not agree on a format for the third season. The band wanted to update the format and make it more like a variety show, while the network wanted to maintain the status quo. {{NBC}} decided to pull the plug, but did make an agreement with the band for three television specials to be produced. When the first, the extremely weird ''33 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee'', bombed in the ratings, plans for the other two specials were cancelled. However, Saturday morning reruns on {{CBS}} and {{ABC}} were successful. Then in 1986, a marathon showing of the series on {{MTV}} produced that network's best ratings to date, propelling the group back into the limelight. Over the next few years, the series would return to syndication on NickAtNite and a variety of local channels. It's largely been absent from the airwaves since the mid-1990s (though it does periodically resurface), but is available in its entirety on VHS and DVD. As of 2011 the series has been a weekend fixture on Digital Station Antenna TV which also occationally airs ''{{Head}}''.
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The series ran two seasons on {{NBC}} from 1966 to 1968. The show ended its initial run when the group and the network could not agree on a format for the third season. The band wanted to update the format and make it more like a variety show, while the network wanted to maintain the status quo. {{NBC}} decided to pull the plug, but did make an agreement with the band for three television specials to be produced. When the first, the extremely weird ''33 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee'', bombed in the ratings, plans for the other two specials were cancelled. However, Saturday morning reruns on {{CBS}} and {{ABC}} were successful. Then in 1986, a marathon showing of the series on {{MTV}} produced that network's best ratings to date, propelling the group back into the limelight. Over the next few years, the series would return to syndication on NickAtNite and a variety of local channels. It's largely been absent from the airwaves since the mid-1990s (though it does periodically resurface), but is available in its entirety on VHS and DVD. As of 2011 the series has been a weekend fixture on Digital Station Antenna TV TV, which also occationally airs ''{{Head}}''.
''Film/{{Head}}''.
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The series ran two seasons on {{NBC}} from 1966 to 1968. The show ended its initial run when the group and the network could not agree on a format for the third season. The band wanted to update the format and make it more like a variety show, while the network wanted to maintain the status quo. NBC decided to pull the plug, but did make an agreement with the band for three television specials to be produced. When the first, the extremely weird ''33 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee'', bombed in the ratings, plans for the other two specials were cancelled. However, a syndicated Saturday morning run on CBS and ABC was successful. Then in 1986, a marathon showing of the series on {{MTV}} produced that network's best ratings to date, propelling the group back into the limelight. Over the next few years, the series would return to syndication on NickAtNite and a variety of local channels. It's largely been absent from the airwaves since the mid-1990s (though it does periodically resurface), but is available in its entirety on VHS and DVD. As of 2011 the series has been a weekend fixture on Digital Station Antenna TV which also occationally airs ''{{Head}}''.
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The series ran two seasons on {{NBC}} from 1966 to 1968. The show ended its initial run when the group and the network could not agree on a format for the third season. The band wanted to update the format and make it more like a variety show, while the network wanted to maintain the status quo. NBC {{NBC}} decided to pull the plug, but did make an agreement with the band for three television specials to be produced. When the first, the extremely weird ''33 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee'', bombed in the ratings, plans for the other two specials were cancelled. However, a syndicated Saturday morning run reruns on CBS {{CBS}} and ABC was {{ABC}} were successful. Then in 1986, a marathon showing of the series on {{MTV}} produced that network's best ratings to date, propelling the group back into the limelight. Over the next few years, the series would return to syndication on NickAtNite and a variety of local channels. It's largely been absent from the airwaves since the mid-1990s (though it does periodically resurface), but is available in its entirety on VHS and DVD. As of 2011 the series has been a weekend fixture on Digital Station Antenna TV which also occationally airs ''{{Head}}''.
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The Monkees were two things.
1. The stars of an Emmy Award-winning series which ran from 1966 to 1968 on {{NBC}}, revolving around a band called the Monkees. The series relied on a lot of pseudo-slapstick, along with well-polished pop music (written by folks like Neil Diamond, Harry Nilsson and Carole King), which made it well known and iconic.
2. An initially FakeBand assembled by the TV show's creator/producers, Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider, to star in their project.
1. The stars of an Emmy Award-winning series which ran from 1966 to 1968 on {{NBC}}, revolving around a band called the Monkees. The series relied on a lot of pseudo-slapstick, along with well-polished pop music (written by folks like Neil Diamond, Harry Nilsson and Carole King), which made it well known and iconic.
2. An initially FakeBand assembled by the TV show's creator/producers, Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider, to star in their project.
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1. The stars of an Emmy Award-winning series which ran from 1966 to 1968 on {{NBC}}, revolving around a band called the Monkees. The series relied on a lot of pseudo-slapstick, along with well-polished pop music (written by folks like Neil Diamond, Harry Nilsson and Carole King), which made it well known and iconic.
2. An initially FakeBand assembled by the TV show's creator/producers, Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider, to star in their project.
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* NoPartyGiven: In "Monkee Mayor", when Mike runs for mayor in order to get the corrupt incumbent out of power, neither Mike's party nor that of the incumbent is ever mentioned. Mike can probably be assumed to be running as an independent, but the incumbent certainly belongs to a party, as evidenced by a line of dialogue where Mike threatens to take his complaint with the current mayor and "dump it in the opposing party's lap".
** During Mike's resignation speech, he states that he's running an independent candidate for mayor.
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* NoPartyGiven: In "Monkee Mayor", when Mike runs for mayor in order to get the corrupt incumbent out of power, neither Mike's party nor that of the incumbent is ever mentioned. Mike can probably be assumed to be running as an independent, but the incumbent certainly belongs to a party, as evidenced by a line of dialogue where Mike threatens to take his complaint with the current mayor and "dump it in the opposing party's lap".
** During Mike's resignation speech, he states that he's running an independent candidate for mayor.
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* PassThePopcorn: One episode has three of them robbing a bank after being tricked into thinking they're making a movie. When the police present them with the film from the surveillance cameras as evidence, they treat it as an actual movie, complete with being critical about their performance and popcorn.
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* PassThePopcorn: One episode "The Picture Frame" has three of them robbing a bank after being tricked into thinking they're making a movie. When the police present them with the film from the surveillance cameras as evidence, they treat it as an actual movie, complete with being critical about their performance and popcorn.
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The series ran two seasons on {{NBC}} from 1966 to 1968. The show ended its initial run when the group and the network could not agree on a format for the third season. The band wanted to update the format and make it more like a variety show, while the network wanted to maintain the status quo. NBC decided to pull the plug, but did make an agreement with the band for three television specials to be produced. When the first, the extremely weird ''33 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee'', bombed in the ratings, plans for the other two specials were cancelled. However, a syndicated Saturday morning run on CBS and ABC was successful. Then in 1986, a marathon showing of the series on {{MTV}} produced that network's best ratings to date, propelling the group back into the limelight. Over the next few years, the series would return to syndication on NickAtNite and a variety of local channels. It's largely been absent from the airwaves since the mid-1990s (though it does periodically resurface), but is available in its entirety on VHS and DVD.
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The series ran two seasons on {{NBC}} from 1966 to 1968. The show ended its initial run when the group and the network could not agree on a format for the third season. The band wanted to update the format and make it more like a variety show, while the network wanted to maintain the status quo. NBC decided to pull the plug, but did make an agreement with the band for three television specials to be produced. When the first, the extremely weird ''33 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee'', bombed in the ratings, plans for the other two specials were cancelled. However, a syndicated Saturday morning run on CBS and ABC was successful. Then in 1986, a marathon showing of the series on {{MTV}} produced that network's best ratings to date, propelling the group back into the limelight. Over the next few years, the series would return to syndication on NickAtNite and a variety of local channels. It's largely been absent from the airwaves since the mid-1990s (though it does periodically resurface), but is available in its entirety on VHS and DVD.
DVD. As of 2011 the series has been a weekend fixture on Digital Station Antenna TV which also occationally airs ''{{Head}}''.
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* MarathonRunning: Antenna Tv aired every episode back-to-back followed by ''Head'' on March 3-4 2012 in honor of Davy Jones passing.
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The series ran two seasons on {{NBC}} in the late 1960s and was periodically syndicated afterwards.
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The series ran two seasons on {{NBC}} from 1966 to 1968. The show ended its initial run when the group and the network could not agree on a format for the third season. The band wanted to update the format and make it more like a variety show, while the network wanted to maintain the status quo. NBC decided to pull the plug, but did make an agreement with the band for three television specials to be produced. When the first, the extremely weird ''33 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee'', bombed in the late 1960s ratings, plans for the other two specials were cancelled. However, a syndicated Saturday morning run on CBS and ABC was successful. Then in 1986, a marathon showing of the series on {{MTV}} produced that network's best ratings to date, propelling the group back into the limelight. Over the next few years, the series would return to syndication on NickAtNite and a variety of local channels. It's largely been absent from the airwaves since the mid-1990s (though it does periodically syndicated afterwards.
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The Monkees were two things.
1. The stars of an Emmy Award-winning series which ran from 1966 to 1968 on {{NBC}}, revolving around a band called the Monkees. The series relied on a lot of pseudo-slapstick, along with well-polished pop music (written by folks like Neil Diamond, Harry Nilsson and Carole King), which made it well known and iconic.
2. An initially FakeBand assembled by the TV show's creator/producers, Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider, to star in their project.
This article is about the show; the article about the band is [[Music/TheMonkees here]].
The series ran two seasons on NBC in the late 1960s and was periodically syndicated afterwards.
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!!''TheMonkees'' television series contains examples of:
* ActorAllusion: Micky sings the theme from ''CircusBoy'', the series he starred in as a child, in "Monkees at the Circus".
** After ''TheMonkees'', Dolenz was cast as Wally, the drummer of ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKids--who bore a passing resemblance to Dolenz.
** Joey Forman guest starred in "Monkee Chow Mein" as The Dragonman, a parody of Forman's character Harry Hoo from ''GetSmart''.
* {{Adorkable}}: Mike playing a folk song on a TV [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDgF-A_kGVg talent show]].
* AdultsDressedAsChildren: All (except Mike) take turns disguised as 11-13 year-olds in "Monkee vs. Machine", ultimately to throw a SpannerInTheWorks and disrupt a toy company's product testing session.
* AlienInvasion: "Monkees Watch Their Feet", "The Frodis Caper"
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Played with in "The Wild Monkees". The four boys try to adopt "tough" personas in order to impress some female bikers. They immediately become cowards again once the girls' actually tough biker boyfriends enter the picture.
* AndYouThoughtItWasAGame: In "The Picture Frame", the Monkees are hired to play bank robbers in a movie holdup scene, not knowing they will actually be robbing a bank.
** In "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers", a shady publicity agent (actually the manager of a rival band) convinces the Monkees to submit to a phony kidnapping as a publicity stunt. Only, he doesn't tell the band that it will be a ''real'' kidnapping.
* AnticlimacticParent: Davy's grandfather flies in from England for a visit, under the impression that Davy is a big star. Panicked, Davy convinces the rest of the band to pose as his chauffer, houseboy, and personal chef to keep up appearances. Of course, given what show we're talking about, it fails, but the grandfather allows him to stay (rather than taking him back to England) because he has "such loyal friends".
* AttractiveBentGender: Micky in "The Chaperone", at least to Davy's love interest's father.
** Also with Davy in "Some Like It Lukewarm" to radio personality Jerry Blavat.
* AudienceMurmurs: Parodied when at least one of the boys says "rhubarb" over and over in "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers".
* BANGFlagGun
* BeachBury: In "Here Come the Monkees", the boys (except Davy) are buried side by side up to their necks at the beach. Each has a bucket over his head, and Davy lifts the bucket off so each can sing a tune (to help the GirlOfTheWeek study for her history test).
* BeachEpisode: The Monkees lived in a shabby Southern California beach house, with scenes in many episodes taking place at the beach. The episode "Monkees at the Movies" takes place almost entirely on the beach.
* [[BillBillJunkBill Bill... Bill... Junk... Bill...]]
* BlandNameProduct: In one episode the boys take a bus to NewYorkCity on Blem Bus Lines
-->'''Mickey''': You know them - Ride Blem, and leave the driving to them.
* BookcasePassage: In the episode "The Spy Who Came In From the Cool", there is a secret exit from the pawn shop through a harp case. Micky jokes that he thought it was through the accordion.
* BottleEpisode: "Monkee Mother" and "A Coffin Too Frequent" both take place entirely in the Monkees' apartment. There's also the episode "Fairy Tale", which takes place on a minimalist cardboard set.
* BoundAndGagged: The boys were tied to chairs a few times, including in "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers" and "Monkees Chow Mein".
* TheBoxingEpisode: "Monkees in the Ring"
* BreakingTheFourthWall: The episode "Dance, Monkee, Dance" has a scene where Micky leaves the set and talks directly to the writers (who are portrayed as elderly Asian men).
** In "The Devil and Peter Tork", Micky insists that the prosecution call another witness, on the grounds that the television show isn't over and they need to fill more time.
** An episode set in the WildWest (despite still being in the 1960s) had Micky approached by a saloon girl. He hissed at her, "Not now; this is a family show!"
** ...and other examples too numerous to document. Most episodes contained at least one, if only an aside to the audience.
* {{Calvinball}}: In "The Frodis Caper", the boys make up a card game called "creebage" to escape from imprisonment.
* TheCameo: Liberace in one episode, smashing a piano to pieces with a sledgehammer as a performance piece, and Burgess Meredith in "Monkees Blow Their Minds" as the Penguin.
* TheCastShowoff: Davy was once a jockey in RealLife, a skill he gets to use on camera in "Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth".
* CelebrityEndorsement: The band appeared in advertisements for Kellogg's cereals and Yardley aftershave. When the show was placed in Saturday morning reruns in 1969-1970, Dolenz, Jones and Nesmith appeared in a series of Kool-Aid advertisements.
* ChannelHop: The show originally ran on {{NBC}}. The Saturday morning reruns were broadcast on both {{CBS}} (1969-72) and {{ABC}} (1972-73). Then came syndication, the 1986 {{MTV}} run, {{Nickelodeon}}/NickAtNite in the late 80's and 90's, more syndication, and as of 2010 Antenna T.V. ...
* ChaseScene: The kids chasing the band in "Captain Crocodile," among many others in Monkee "romps" that the series was well-known for.
* ChickMagnet: Davy Jones. One episode has them playing Spin The Bottle, with the bottle's mouth homing in on him every time. When he goes into another room, the bottle flies off the table and sticks to the door...
* ChristmasEpisode: "The Christmas Show."
* CoatCape: Micky did this when he was pretending to be a big-time movie producer.
* CodeName; In "Art, For Monkees' Sake": "Manchester Marauder" (Davy), "Connecticut Counterspy" (Peter), "Los Angeles Leopard" (Micky), and the "(Modest) but Towering Texan" (Mike).
* CombatBreakdown: The climactic fight in "Fairy Tale".
* ConcealingCanvas: A painting hiding a painting of a safe hiding an actual safe.
* CoolCar: The Monkeemobile, a Pontiac GTO modified for the TV series by celebrated car customizers George Barris and Dean Jeffries.
** ''Too'' modified; Jim Wengers, [[ProductPlacement then head of marketing for Pontiac]], was displeased with the result as it looked far too different from the cars he was trying to sell.
* CourtroomAntic: In "The Picture Frame", Mike, Micky, and Davy make a very thorough mockery of the court system.
* CrankyLandlord: Mr. Babbit.
* CreativeClosingCredits: The ChristmasEpisode has the behind-the-scenes crew and office workers saying hello to the camera during the closing credits.
* CreatorCameo: James Frawley, who directed many episodes of the series, also made cameo appearances in a handful of shows, including a Yugoslav diplomat in "Son of a Gypsy" and Oraculo's assistant Rudy in "Monkees Blow Their Minds".
** Monkees co-creator Bob Rafelson also appeared in a few episodes: Notably as �The World�s Oldest Flower Child� in �The Monkees Race Again�.
* CreditsGag: The second season credit sequence mistakenly names everyone Peter, cut to Peter with sad face, cut back to Monkee with his correct name.
* CriminalDoppelganger: In "Alias Micky Dolenz", Micky gets in a bit of trouble because he looks absolutely identical to a dangerous gangster wanted by the police.
* {{Crossdresser}}: All four Monkees appeared in drag on the show. In fact, with the exception of Peter, each of them had a drag role as the main focus of an episode. The topper might be Mike Nesmith playing the princess in "Fairy Tale".
* CrystalBall: The fortune teller in "Monkee See, Monkee Die" has one at the seance (& another one that's just a snowglobe).
* DadTheVeteran: In "The Chaperone", Davy tries to date the daughter of a military man, but has a difficult time finding time alone with her because he runs his household like a barracks.
* TheDanza: Each character was essentially a [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] version of the actor, with the exception of Peter, who played TheDitz on the show. However, they did all use their own names.
* DeadpanSnarker: Mike.
* DealWithTheDevil ("The Devil and Peter Tork")
* {{Defictionalization}}
* DirectedByCastMember: Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork directed TV episodes. Dolenz later had some success as a TV director in Britain.
* DisguisedInDrag: Several episodes
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In "The Monkees Watch Their Feet", {{Narrator}} [[AsHimself Pat Paulson]] talks of the "[[StealthPun Alien-ation]]" of American Youth, as well as part of Mickey's problems stemming from 'being forced to fight in an oversea war he didn't understand' (while showing him in World War I garb).
* DoorRoulette: Micky and Peter's peril in "Monkee Chow Mein."
* MrFanservice: All four boys, but especially Davy.
* EverybodyMustGetStoned: "Mijacogeo: The Frodis Caper."
* EverythingsBetterWithBunnies: Peter wearing his signature orange "footie" pajamas.
* [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Everything's Better With Monkeys]]: Besides the name of the band, there's a stuffed monkey in the boys' beach house.
* PreciousPuppies: The romp to "Gonna Buy Me a Dog."
* ExpositoryThemeTune[=/=]TitleThemeTune: The TV show had an iconic one, quoted above.
** Leading Micky to be quoted as complaining "The {{Beatles}} don't have to sing 'Hey, Hey, we're the Beatles'"
* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt ("The Devil and Peter Tork")
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption
* FakeFood: In the episode "Success Story", while pretending to be rich and successful, Davy is served rubber food while his grandfather gets the real stuff. Also, the fruit in the center of the table is plastic.
* FanService: Micky interrupts the climactic gunfight in "Monkees A La Carte" in order to parade an attractive woman across the screen. "[[BreakingTheFourthWall The producers thought we should have a pretty girl in the show.]]"
* FilmFelons: In "The Picture Frame", Mike, Davy, and Micky are tricked into robbing a bank, thinking they're acting in a movie.
* FingerPokeOfDoom: Played with in "Monkee See, Monkee Die" when Peter seemingly knocks out the bad guys by "shooting" at them with his finger. They really just happened to pass out at the exact moment Peter did that (from a drugged drink).
* TheFool: Peter. See also HairOfGold.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Mike is Choleric/Melancholic, Micky is Sanguine, Davy is Phlegmatic, and Peter is Supine.
* FracturedFairyTale: Appropriately named, "Fairy Tale."
* FrothyMugsOfWater: The boys have milk whenever they're at a bar.
* FundraiserCarnival: "Monkees Mind their Manor" has a medieval faire to raise money to buy Davy's inherited Manor for the local villagers.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: A guy randomly riding on the bumper of a backwards-moving car (with his arms out [[WalkLikeAnEgyptian like an Egyptian]]) in the beginning and end of "Monkees Marooned."
* GameShowAppearance : In "Captain Crocodile" the boys parody two classic game shows with "[[WhatsMyLine What's My Scene?]]" and "[[ToTellTheTruth To Tell A Fib]]"
-->'''Micky''': Will the real David Jones please stand up?
-->'''Davy''': I '''AM''' standing up!
* GayParee: "The Monkees In Paris."
* TheGenerationGap: Played straight (it was the 60's after all).
* GenieInABottle: In one episode, Davy rubs against a table lamp and a genie appears. He turns to the camera saying [[ShoutOut "Imagine That!]] [[IDreamOfJeannie Wrong show!"]]
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: in "Success Story":
--->'''Davy:''' Micky, as my chauffeur, how would you help a lady into the backseat of a car?"
--->'''Micky:''' As quick as I can.
** They sang "Cuddly Toy" in two different episodes. If you don't understand the magnitude of that, please see the entry for LyricalDissonance below in the musical-career tropes section.
** Some second season episodes (particularly "The Frodis Caper") include some drug-related humor, which is surprising given the level of censorship on TV during that period.
* GilliganCut: in "The Frodis Caper"
---> '''Mike:''' We made it awfully easy. You don't suppose it could be some kind of a trick, do you?
---> (cut to Mike and the others chained up in chairs)
---> '''Mike:''' It was some kind of a trick...
* GirlOfTheWeek: More often than not, an episode will feature a girl after one (and in some cases, more than one) of the Monkees� affections. Mainly Davy, the cute ChickMagnet of the group.
* GranolaGirl: (...or guy) Peter.
* GroupieBrigade
* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: The group was not only allowed, but ''encouraged'' to improvise, and gaps were often left in the script to facilitate this, especially where Micky Dolenz was concerned.
* HauntedHouse: Featured in "Monkee See, Monkee Die" and "Monstrous Monkee Mash".
* HaveAGayOldTime: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuGvCXDycEc "Don we now our GAY apparel!"]]
* HilariousOuttakes: In TheTag of "Monkees On the Wheel", Mike tries over and over to finish the line "Save the Texas Prairie Chicken", but ends up corpsing over and over. He finally gets the line down (to fake thunderous applause).
* HisNameIs: Micky attempts to invoke this in "Hitting the High Seas". When the captain is about to make the boys walk the plank, Micky tries to stall them by saying that if they're killed, the captain and his crew will never know about "the secret". It works, at first, until Peter blows it by revealing that he isn't aware of any secret.
* HypnoTrinket: the infamous magic necklace in "Monstrous Monkee Mash"
* IdenticalStranger: "Alias Micky Dolenz"- Micky looks exactly like a notorious criminal. The police recruit Micky to impersonate the crook in order to capture his gang and retrieve the merchandise they stole. Things go awry when said crook busts out of jail and catches Micky in the act.
* ICantHearYou: "The Wild Monkees", when Micky runs his motorcycle indoors and no one can hear anything.
* ImagineSpot: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] and combined with BreakingTheFourthWall in "Monstrous Monkee Mash" when the episode's villain intrudes on a fantasy scene that Micky and Davy are having. "Hey, what are you doing? This is ''our'' fantasy scene!"
* ImprobablyCoolCar: The Monkeemobile probably ''should have been'' an early '50s panel truck, since they were broke all the time...
* IncrediblyObviousBug: In the episode "The Spy Who Came In From the Cool", the bug is in a lamp at the center of the table which the guys blatantly move back and forth between them and the spies.
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: In "Monkees Get Out More Dirt", the four boys have all fallen in love with April Conquest and want to get away from the apartment to go see her. Micky suddenly declares that his aunt is ill and leaves. Mike announces he is going to the store to get dog food. When informed that they don't have a dog, he says that he'll pick up a dog too while he's out. Davy announces a desire to become a boxer and leaves immediately to start doing road work. Peter, who has believed every excuse, isn't sure what to do now that he's all alone, and decides without a hint of irony that he'll go visit April.
* InstantMessengerPigeon: Parodied in "Monkee See, Monkee Die".
* InterdimensionalTravelDevice: Mike turns the Monkeemobile into a dimension machine (and lowrider) in 1997's ''Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees.''
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: From "Monkees a la Carte"
-->'''Red O'Leary''': Fuselli, you're a two-timing, double crossing, cigar smoking rat!
-->'''Fuselli''': Watch what you're saying, Red! I don't smoke cigars!
* JuryOfTheDamned: "The Devil and Peter Tork"
* KarmaHoudini: The villains in "The Picture Frame". [[spoiler:The Monkees get off the hook for the robbery, but the real crooks aren't shown getting in trouble for it.]]
* KlaatuBaradaNikto: Said by Micky in one episode
* LameComeback: Micky: "You do and I'll be sorry!"
* LaughTrack: Dropped midway through the second season.
* LetsMockTheMonsters: Micky and Mike, confronted with a mummy, berate it for being dirty and smelly. The mummy retires discomfited. (Note that despite his bravado, Micky is actually terrified.)
* LipLockSunBlock: Peter and Miss Cartwright (the "GirlOfTheWeek") kiss this way in the episode "One Man Shy".
* LogicBomb: Mike confuses the computer interviewing him at the toy company and he gets the job.
* MartinVanBuren: The answer to a trivia question in "Dance, Monkee, Dance".
* MediumAwareness: One of the first television series to really play with this concept.
* MerchandiseDriven
* MickeyMousing: Slapstick gags are punctuated by the music.
* MindControl: "The Frodis Caper", "Monkees Blow Their Minds"
* MindScrew: The movie ''Film/{{Head}}'', as well as the TV special ''33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee''.
* MissingEpisode: The 2-part Japanese special "The Monkees In Japan." A concert performance from their Far East tour only aired once in October 1968, and hasn't been seen since. However, the audio from both parts can be heard in the bootleg ''Made In Japan.''
* MockMillionaire: Done twice; once so that Peter could romance a debutante, and another time to convince Davy's grandfather he is a success so he won't force Davy to return to England.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Every minor character seems to be completely incapable of pronouncing Mike Nesmith's last name. Among the variants: Nishwash, Nashmirth, Nipmop... Subverted in "The Monkees in Texas", when the villians refer to Mike and his aunt as "Nesters"...he starts to correct them before his aunt explains that the word means "farmer" and that they were correct in their word choice.
* [[NamesTheSame Name's The Same]]: The Monkees' Davy Jones is not a character from nautical folklore or ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean''. However, he was responsible for another Davy Jones changing his name to DavidBowie.
** This was referenced in the episode "Hitting the High Seas". The ship's captain learns that one of the boys is named Davy Jones and assumes he is the descendant of the famous character from folklore - Micky quickly plays into it: "...and when he's 25, he inherits the Locker!".
** This was also referenced in the SpongebobSquarepants episode "Spongebob Vs. The Big One", in which Davy guest stars.
** Also referenced in an episode of the '90s remake of the Pink Panther cartoon (in which the title character was voiced by Matt Frewer). The episode had a pirate theme, so upon being threatened with being sent to Davy Jones' locker, the Panther deadpanned, "wasn't he the lead singer of The Monkees?"
* NewJobEpisode: Besides episodes where the band gets a new gig to play, there's "Monkee vs. Machine" where Mike gets a job at a toy company, "Monkees on the Line" where all help work an answering service, and "Monkees at the Movies" where they are extras in a movie (among other episodes).
* NewTechnologyIsEvil: The episode "Monkees vs. Machine" is all about a JerkAss toy company executive who is in favor of firing all unnecessary humans and letting computers design and run most everything. Mike is seen as having a genuis level IQ for [[LogicBomb confusing the computer]] that interviews potential employees.
* NiceHat: Mike's iconic wool cap.
* NoFourthWall
* NoPartyGiven: In "Monkee Mayor", when Mike runs for mayor in order to get the corrupt incumbent out of power, neither Mike's party nor that of the incumbent is ever mentioned. Mike can probably be assumed to be running as an independent, but the incumbent certainly belongs to a party, as evidenced by a line of dialogue where Mike threatens to take his complaint with the current mayor and "dump it in the opposing party's lap".
* OnceAnEpisode
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In "Success Story", Davy (who is a born & raised Brit) states that he was raised by his grandfather, who is flying in from England to see his grandson. However, when we first hear the grandfather speak, his British accent is very mild-to-nonexistent, to the point of almost sounding American, and later, when the charade is falling apart, the grandfather starts sounding...Irish?
* TheOtherDarrin: FrankZappa (as Mike) interviews Mike (as FrankZappa).
* PassThePopcorn: One episode has three of them robbing a bank after being tricked into thinking they're making a movie. When the police present them with the film from the surveillance cameras as evidence, they treat it as an actual movie, complete with being critical about their performance and popcorn.
* PerpetualPoverty: There's often a threat of running out of food or being kicked out of the beach house for non-payment of rent, but [[StatusQuoIsGod the status quo is maintained]].
* PieInTheFace: The episode "Captain Crocodile".
* PirateParrot: The captain in "Hitting the High Seas" has one. His voice is provided by Micky Dolenz; this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Micky is called upon to impersonate the parrot because he is the only one of the boys with the skill to do so.
* PlungerDetonator: Usually, something else completely blows up instead.
* PortraitPaintingPeephole
* PrankInjuries: Mike has a fake arrow through his head in one of the romps.
* PrinceAndPauper: Davy impersonates a visiting prince in order to find him a wife.
* ReadTheFinePrint: Peter in "Dance, Monkee, Dance" is tricked into signing a lifetime contract at a dance studio after winning a free dance lesson.
* ReunionShow: ''Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees'' in 1997.
* {{Revival}}: The 1987 series/band ''The New Monkees'', which was intended to make the franchise relevant to the {{MTV}} era, was a revival InNameOnly. It featured none of the original band members, and it had only one tenuous connection to the 60s project: the executive producer was Steve Blauner, studio manager of Rafelson and Schneider's Raybert Productions, the company that made the original series and ''Film/{{Head}}''. LoveItOrHateIt, ''The New Monkees'' failed as quickly as the "old" Monkees had succeeded.
** One odd ShoutOut - we see them watching the tv - when they see Micky singing "Last Train to Clarksville" they all shout "Dad!"
* {{Ruritania}}: In "Royal Flush", the country of [[FictionalCountry Harmonica]], where the princess and soon-to-be queen is from.
* ScoobyDooHoax: "Monkee See, Monkee Die", though the fortune teller doesn't always try to hide her involvement in the scheme.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: No one was happy with the band's post-series TV special ''33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee'', least of all {{NBC}}, which buried it opposite the 1969 [[AcademyAward Oscars]]. On top of the hopeless scheduling, the network also managed to broadcast the show's segments out of order. No one noticed or cared, save for the boys themselves (especially Mike Nesmith, who was livid about the screw-up).
* SenselessViolins: Subverted in "Monkees A La Carte": "Boss! There's a guitar in this guitar case!"
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Parodied in "The Monkees in Texas" with Michael and his TV cousin, Lucy.
* ShirtlessScene: Parodied in "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers". When the band contest in which the Monkees are entered is won by a man who had his clothes torn off earlier in the episode, the group realizes that the key to success is having your clothes ripped off and proceed to do it to each other in a desperate grab for attention.
** Played straight with Davy in "Monkees in the Ring" during his boxing training.
* ShoutOut: The show contained frequent references to other popular artists of the period. At the end of the concert episode, Mike thanks the Lovin' Spoonful, the Mamas and Papas, and Music/TheBeatles for being such great groups.
** From "Randy Scouse Git": "''[[Music/TheBeatles The Four Kings of EMI]] are sitting stately on the floor...''"
** The final episode, "The Frodis Caper", begins with Music/TheBeatles song "Good Morning, Good Morning".
** In ''Film/{{Head}}'', Peter can be heard whistling Music/TheBeatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" in the bathroom scene.
** The group's advisor/dummy Mr. Schneider is named for the show's executive producer Bert Schneider.
** During the song "Papa Gene's Blues" Mike says "Oh, pick it, Winston!", John Lennon's middle name.
** In the ChristmasEpisode a quick cutaway shot of Micky at a chalkboard figuring out a math problem reveals the words "Beatles" and "Frodis" written in the corner.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Especially in the second and last season, with such things as a concert episode ("The Monkees on Tour"), a FairyTale spoof and guest appearances by other musicians, such as Tim Buckley and Music/FrankZappa.
* SomethingPerson: Monkee Men!
* SpinTheBottle: Played to help Peter's confidence in "One Man Shy."
* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Series/BigTimeRush''. Also ''{{Jonas}}''. (It's been stated in {{Disney}} press releases that the series is directly inspired from The Monkees' TV concept.)
* SpookySeance: "A Coffin Too Frequent".
* StandInPortrait
* StanFreberg: Guest starred in "Monkees vs. Machine" as a JerkAss toy company executive.
* StorybookEpisode: The appropriately titled "Fairy Tale".
* SuperheroEpisode: A couple episodes featured the boys dressed as Monkee Men and fighting crime (& sometimes flying to the rescue). In "Monkees Chow Mein", Davy & Mike's "powers" were limited to VolleyingInsults at their opponents.
* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic
* TheTag: every episode would have a tag scene or an additional musical number before the credits.
** [[{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]] and {{Lampshaded}} in the "tag" of "Monkees On the Wheel" (actually two scenes before the actual tag - see HilariousOuttakes).
* TakeThat: One of the first shots in the series was of the Monkees using a {{Beatles}} poster as a DartboardOfHate.
** This was probably also a ShoutOut to ''{{Help}}!'', which begins with a similar scene (except that it was a movie screen showing Beatles footage in the latter case).
* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: "Monkee See, Monkee Die" during the reading of the will [[VideoWills (on phonograph)]]
* TheTelevisionTalksBack: In "The Monkees Get Out More Dirt", the boys are watching an advice presenter on tv who reads a letter relating to them. Davy says, "So we did, what of it?" and the Presenter says, "I'll tell you what of it!".
* ThemeTuneCameo: Used for comedic effect in multiple episodes. One example is in "Monkees A La Mode", when after the group is proclaimed "typical young persons" by a chic magazine, the show cuts to a photo montage of the boys making goofy faces while the show's theme song plays in the background.
* ThisIsMySide: Happens in "Monkees Get Out More Dirt" when the four boys fight over a guest character played by Julie Newmar. The show plays with it, noting that each would have access to only one particular vital part of the apartment. Davy's side has the front door, implying he is the only one with the ability to come and go; however, he states that he would gladly trade Mike for the bathroom right away. Moments later, the whole arrangement is quickly forgotten when a show comes on TV that they want to see and everyone rushes to Peter's side (which contains the television set).
* ThrowItIn: Ad libs and outtakes were frequently left in the finished product. This was designed to be a part of the show from the very beginning; when they were casting the series, the producers made certain to hire actors with strong improvisational skills.
* ThrowTheBookAtThem: In "The Picture Frame", a police detective says "Throw the book at them!" while interrogating the boys; Mike catches the book and begins to read it.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Davy to the laundromat owner in "Monkees Get Out More Dirt".
** Davy and most girls, actually (he's quite short). In "Monkees at the Movies", he is paired up with a girl much taller than himself, and the height difference is played for laughs.
* TitleSequenceReplacement: Each season had a similar TitleSequence, with the second one adding some new clips. The second season opening replaced the first one in reruns.
* [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture Twenty Years Into The Future]]: The reason why the show was such a hit 20 years later on MTV.
* TwoWordsObviousTrope: In the episode, "Monkee vs. Machine"..., which is also a play on ThereIsNoRuleSix.
-->'''Mike''': Remember these three little words: "Don't argue."
-->'''Peter''': That's two words.
-->'''Mike''': You're starting already.
* UnsoundEffect: One episode parodies the fight scenes from the Adam West ''{{Series/Batman}}'' series.
* VacationEpisode: The (nearly) episode-long romp "The Monkees in Paris".
* VideoWills: An audio phonograph version in "Monkee See, Monkee Die".
-->'''Mike''': It'll never sell as a single.
-->'''Micky''': Depends....what's on the flip side?
* VisualPun: the tongue-lashing and the ants/aunts in "Monkees Marooned".
* VolleyingInsults: In "Monkees Chow Mein", Davy and Mike are dressed as Monkee Men and bruise egos as their "weapon":
-->'''Davy''': You're a nail biter. You're a nail biter and your mother never ''ever'' loved you.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: [[CrossDresser Mike]] plays a hilariously over the top version in the "Fairy Tale" episode.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the beginning of "Monkee See, Monkee Die", before the plot gets underway, the boys' landlord tells them that he is kicking them out. Once the actual story begins, this plot thread is completely forgotten about and never addressed further.
* WhoWritesThisCrap: A RunningGag that appears in several episodes.
* WidgetSeries
* WingdingEyes: Davy locks eyes with a beautiful girl in a couple episodes and both get starry-eyed.
* WrittenInAbsence: Davy was written out of a first season episode in order to attend his sister's wedding. Mike was written out of a few second season shows while he had a tonsillectomy.
* YellowPeril: In the episode "Monkee Chow Mein," the band faces off with the insidious Dragonman (played by Joey Forman, who also played "Harry Hoo," a CaptainErsatz version of CharlieChan, on ''GetSmart'').
* YouLookFamiliar: Many guest stars appeared in multiple episodes playing different characters.
** Monte Landis appeared seven times on the show, playing a different character each time. In six of his seven appearances, he played the episode's villain.
** Rose Marie appeared twice - once as a new tenant who moves into the Monkees' apartment, and once as "The Big Man".
** Rip Taylor appeared in "Monkees on the Wheel" as the croupier at a roulette table and in "The Frodis Caper" as the episode's villain, Wizard Glick.
** Lea Marmer played fraudulent psychic Madame Roselle in "Monkee See, Monkee Die" and Mrs. Smith the policeman's wife in "Monkees on the Line".
** Vic Tayback, best known as Mel Sharples from ''{{Alice}}'', appeared in three episodes as a henchman: "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers", "Son of a Gypsy", and "Art for Monkees' Sake".
** Joey Forman appeared in "Captain Crocodile" as the title character and "Monkees Chow Mein" as the villainous Dragonman.
** Vincent Beck played henchmen in "Royal Flush" and "Son of a Gypsy" and the main villain in "Card-Carrying Red Shoes".
** Henry Corden appeared in four first-season episodes as the boys' landlord Mr. Babbitt and Season Two's "The Wild Monkees" as hotelier Mr. Blauner.
* YouMeddlingKids: Involved in the plot of many episodes.
* ZanyScheme
1. The stars of an Emmy Award-winning series which ran from 1966 to 1968 on {{NBC}}, revolving around a band called the Monkees. The series relied on a lot of pseudo-slapstick, along with well-polished pop music (written by folks like Neil Diamond, Harry Nilsson and Carole King), which made it well known and iconic.
2. An initially FakeBand assembled by the TV show's creator/producers, Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider, to star in their project.
This article is about the show; the article about the band is [[Music/TheMonkees here]].
The series ran two seasons on NBC in the late 1960s and was periodically syndicated afterwards.
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!!''TheMonkees'' television series contains examples of:
* ActorAllusion: Micky sings the theme from ''CircusBoy'', the series he starred in as a child, in "Monkees at the Circus".
** After ''TheMonkees'', Dolenz was cast as Wally, the drummer of ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKids--who bore a passing resemblance to Dolenz.
** Joey Forman guest starred in "Monkee Chow Mein" as The Dragonman, a parody of Forman's character Harry Hoo from ''GetSmart''.
* {{Adorkable}}: Mike playing a folk song on a TV [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDgF-A_kGVg talent show]].
* AdultsDressedAsChildren: All (except Mike) take turns disguised as 11-13 year-olds in "Monkee vs. Machine", ultimately to throw a SpannerInTheWorks and disrupt a toy company's product testing session.
* AlienInvasion: "Monkees Watch Their Feet", "The Frodis Caper"
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Played with in "The Wild Monkees". The four boys try to adopt "tough" personas in order to impress some female bikers. They immediately become cowards again once the girls' actually tough biker boyfriends enter the picture.
* AndYouThoughtItWasAGame: In "The Picture Frame", the Monkees are hired to play bank robbers in a movie holdup scene, not knowing they will actually be robbing a bank.
** In "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers", a shady publicity agent (actually the manager of a rival band) convinces the Monkees to submit to a phony kidnapping as a publicity stunt. Only, he doesn't tell the band that it will be a ''real'' kidnapping.
* AnticlimacticParent: Davy's grandfather flies in from England for a visit, under the impression that Davy is a big star. Panicked, Davy convinces the rest of the band to pose as his chauffer, houseboy, and personal chef to keep up appearances. Of course, given what show we're talking about, it fails, but the grandfather allows him to stay (rather than taking him back to England) because he has "such loyal friends".
* AttractiveBentGender: Micky in "The Chaperone", at least to Davy's love interest's father.
** Also with Davy in "Some Like It Lukewarm" to radio personality Jerry Blavat.
* AudienceMurmurs: Parodied when at least one of the boys says "rhubarb" over and over in "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers".
* BANGFlagGun
* BeachBury: In "Here Come the Monkees", the boys (except Davy) are buried side by side up to their necks at the beach. Each has a bucket over his head, and Davy lifts the bucket off so each can sing a tune (to help the GirlOfTheWeek study for her history test).
* BeachEpisode: The Monkees lived in a shabby Southern California beach house, with scenes in many episodes taking place at the beach. The episode "Monkees at the Movies" takes place almost entirely on the beach.
* [[BillBillJunkBill Bill... Bill... Junk... Bill...]]
* BlandNameProduct: In one episode the boys take a bus to NewYorkCity on Blem Bus Lines
-->'''Mickey''': You know them - Ride Blem, and leave the driving to them.
* BookcasePassage: In the episode "The Spy Who Came In From the Cool", there is a secret exit from the pawn shop through a harp case. Micky jokes that he thought it was through the accordion.
* BottleEpisode: "Monkee Mother" and "A Coffin Too Frequent" both take place entirely in the Monkees' apartment. There's also the episode "Fairy Tale", which takes place on a minimalist cardboard set.
* BoundAndGagged: The boys were tied to chairs a few times, including in "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers" and "Monkees Chow Mein".
* TheBoxingEpisode: "Monkees in the Ring"
* BreakingTheFourthWall: The episode "Dance, Monkee, Dance" has a scene where Micky leaves the set and talks directly to the writers (who are portrayed as elderly Asian men).
** In "The Devil and Peter Tork", Micky insists that the prosecution call another witness, on the grounds that the television show isn't over and they need to fill more time.
** An episode set in the WildWest (despite still being in the 1960s) had Micky approached by a saloon girl. He hissed at her, "Not now; this is a family show!"
** ...and other examples too numerous to document. Most episodes contained at least one, if only an aside to the audience.
* {{Calvinball}}: In "The Frodis Caper", the boys make up a card game called "creebage" to escape from imprisonment.
* TheCameo: Liberace in one episode, smashing a piano to pieces with a sledgehammer as a performance piece, and Burgess Meredith in "Monkees Blow Their Minds" as the Penguin.
* TheCastShowoff: Davy was once a jockey in RealLife, a skill he gets to use on camera in "Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth".
* CelebrityEndorsement: The band appeared in advertisements for Kellogg's cereals and Yardley aftershave. When the show was placed in Saturday morning reruns in 1969-1970, Dolenz, Jones and Nesmith appeared in a series of Kool-Aid advertisements.
* ChannelHop: The show originally ran on {{NBC}}. The Saturday morning reruns were broadcast on both {{CBS}} (1969-72) and {{ABC}} (1972-73). Then came syndication, the 1986 {{MTV}} run, {{Nickelodeon}}/NickAtNite in the late 80's and 90's, more syndication, and as of 2010 Antenna T.V. ...
* ChaseScene: The kids chasing the band in "Captain Crocodile," among many others in Monkee "romps" that the series was well-known for.
* ChickMagnet: Davy Jones. One episode has them playing Spin The Bottle, with the bottle's mouth homing in on him every time. When he goes into another room, the bottle flies off the table and sticks to the door...
* ChristmasEpisode: "The Christmas Show."
* CoatCape: Micky did this when he was pretending to be a big-time movie producer.
* CodeName; In "Art, For Monkees' Sake": "Manchester Marauder" (Davy), "Connecticut Counterspy" (Peter), "Los Angeles Leopard" (Micky), and the "(Modest) but Towering Texan" (Mike).
* CombatBreakdown: The climactic fight in "Fairy Tale".
* ConcealingCanvas: A painting hiding a painting of a safe hiding an actual safe.
* CoolCar: The Monkeemobile, a Pontiac GTO modified for the TV series by celebrated car customizers George Barris and Dean Jeffries.
** ''Too'' modified; Jim Wengers, [[ProductPlacement then head of marketing for Pontiac]], was displeased with the result as it looked far too different from the cars he was trying to sell.
* CourtroomAntic: In "The Picture Frame", Mike, Micky, and Davy make a very thorough mockery of the court system.
* CrankyLandlord: Mr. Babbit.
* CreativeClosingCredits: The ChristmasEpisode has the behind-the-scenes crew and office workers saying hello to the camera during the closing credits.
* CreatorCameo: James Frawley, who directed many episodes of the series, also made cameo appearances in a handful of shows, including a Yugoslav diplomat in "Son of a Gypsy" and Oraculo's assistant Rudy in "Monkees Blow Their Minds".
** Monkees co-creator Bob Rafelson also appeared in a few episodes: Notably as �The World�s Oldest Flower Child� in �The Monkees Race Again�.
* CreditsGag: The second season credit sequence mistakenly names everyone Peter, cut to Peter with sad face, cut back to Monkee with his correct name.
* CriminalDoppelganger: In "Alias Micky Dolenz", Micky gets in a bit of trouble because he looks absolutely identical to a dangerous gangster wanted by the police.
* {{Crossdresser}}: All four Monkees appeared in drag on the show. In fact, with the exception of Peter, each of them had a drag role as the main focus of an episode. The topper might be Mike Nesmith playing the princess in "Fairy Tale".
* CrystalBall: The fortune teller in "Monkee See, Monkee Die" has one at the seance (& another one that's just a snowglobe).
* DadTheVeteran: In "The Chaperone", Davy tries to date the daughter of a military man, but has a difficult time finding time alone with her because he runs his household like a barracks.
* TheDanza: Each character was essentially a [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] version of the actor, with the exception of Peter, who played TheDitz on the show. However, they did all use their own names.
* DeadpanSnarker: Mike.
* DealWithTheDevil ("The Devil and Peter Tork")
* {{Defictionalization}}
* DirectedByCastMember: Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork directed TV episodes. Dolenz later had some success as a TV director in Britain.
* DisguisedInDrag: Several episodes
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In "The Monkees Watch Their Feet", {{Narrator}} [[AsHimself Pat Paulson]] talks of the "[[StealthPun Alien-ation]]" of American Youth, as well as part of Mickey's problems stemming from 'being forced to fight in an oversea war he didn't understand' (while showing him in World War I garb).
* DoorRoulette: Micky and Peter's peril in "Monkee Chow Mein."
* MrFanservice: All four boys, but especially Davy.
* EverybodyMustGetStoned: "Mijacogeo: The Frodis Caper."
* EverythingsBetterWithBunnies: Peter wearing his signature orange "footie" pajamas.
* [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Everything's Better With Monkeys]]: Besides the name of the band, there's a stuffed monkey in the boys' beach house.
* PreciousPuppies: The romp to "Gonna Buy Me a Dog."
* ExpositoryThemeTune[=/=]TitleThemeTune: The TV show had an iconic one, quoted above.
** Leading Micky to be quoted as complaining "The {{Beatles}} don't have to sing 'Hey, Hey, we're the Beatles'"
* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt ("The Devil and Peter Tork")
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption
* FakeFood: In the episode "Success Story", while pretending to be rich and successful, Davy is served rubber food while his grandfather gets the real stuff. Also, the fruit in the center of the table is plastic.
* FanService: Micky interrupts the climactic gunfight in "Monkees A La Carte" in order to parade an attractive woman across the screen. "[[BreakingTheFourthWall The producers thought we should have a pretty girl in the show.]]"
* FilmFelons: In "The Picture Frame", Mike, Davy, and Micky are tricked into robbing a bank, thinking they're acting in a movie.
* FingerPokeOfDoom: Played with in "Monkee See, Monkee Die" when Peter seemingly knocks out the bad guys by "shooting" at them with his finger. They really just happened to pass out at the exact moment Peter did that (from a drugged drink).
* TheFool: Peter. See also HairOfGold.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Mike is Choleric/Melancholic, Micky is Sanguine, Davy is Phlegmatic, and Peter is Supine.
* FracturedFairyTale: Appropriately named, "Fairy Tale."
* FrothyMugsOfWater: The boys have milk whenever they're at a bar.
* FundraiserCarnival: "Monkees Mind their Manor" has a medieval faire to raise money to buy Davy's inherited Manor for the local villagers.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: A guy randomly riding on the bumper of a backwards-moving car (with his arms out [[WalkLikeAnEgyptian like an Egyptian]]) in the beginning and end of "Monkees Marooned."
* GameShowAppearance : In "Captain Crocodile" the boys parody two classic game shows with "[[WhatsMyLine What's My Scene?]]" and "[[ToTellTheTruth To Tell A Fib]]"
-->'''Micky''': Will the real David Jones please stand up?
-->'''Davy''': I '''AM''' standing up!
* GayParee: "The Monkees In Paris."
* TheGenerationGap: Played straight (it was the 60's after all).
* GenieInABottle: In one episode, Davy rubs against a table lamp and a genie appears. He turns to the camera saying [[ShoutOut "Imagine That!]] [[IDreamOfJeannie Wrong show!"]]
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: in "Success Story":
--->'''Davy:''' Micky, as my chauffeur, how would you help a lady into the backseat of a car?"
--->'''Micky:''' As quick as I can.
** They sang "Cuddly Toy" in two different episodes. If you don't understand the magnitude of that, please see the entry for LyricalDissonance below in the musical-career tropes section.
** Some second season episodes (particularly "The Frodis Caper") include some drug-related humor, which is surprising given the level of censorship on TV during that period.
* GilliganCut: in "The Frodis Caper"
---> '''Mike:''' We made it awfully easy. You don't suppose it could be some kind of a trick, do you?
---> (cut to Mike and the others chained up in chairs)
---> '''Mike:''' It was some kind of a trick...
* GirlOfTheWeek: More often than not, an episode will feature a girl after one (and in some cases, more than one) of the Monkees� affections. Mainly Davy, the cute ChickMagnet of the group.
* GranolaGirl: (...or guy) Peter.
* GroupieBrigade
* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: The group was not only allowed, but ''encouraged'' to improvise, and gaps were often left in the script to facilitate this, especially where Micky Dolenz was concerned.
* HauntedHouse: Featured in "Monkee See, Monkee Die" and "Monstrous Monkee Mash".
* HaveAGayOldTime: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuGvCXDycEc "Don we now our GAY apparel!"]]
* HilariousOuttakes: In TheTag of "Monkees On the Wheel", Mike tries over and over to finish the line "Save the Texas Prairie Chicken", but ends up corpsing over and over. He finally gets the line down (to fake thunderous applause).
* HisNameIs: Micky attempts to invoke this in "Hitting the High Seas". When the captain is about to make the boys walk the plank, Micky tries to stall them by saying that if they're killed, the captain and his crew will never know about "the secret". It works, at first, until Peter blows it by revealing that he isn't aware of any secret.
* HypnoTrinket: the infamous magic necklace in "Monstrous Monkee Mash"
* IdenticalStranger: "Alias Micky Dolenz"- Micky looks exactly like a notorious criminal. The police recruit Micky to impersonate the crook in order to capture his gang and retrieve the merchandise they stole. Things go awry when said crook busts out of jail and catches Micky in the act.
* ICantHearYou: "The Wild Monkees", when Micky runs his motorcycle indoors and no one can hear anything.
* ImagineSpot: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] and combined with BreakingTheFourthWall in "Monstrous Monkee Mash" when the episode's villain intrudes on a fantasy scene that Micky and Davy are having. "Hey, what are you doing? This is ''our'' fantasy scene!"
* ImprobablyCoolCar: The Monkeemobile probably ''should have been'' an early '50s panel truck, since they were broke all the time...
* IncrediblyObviousBug: In the episode "The Spy Who Came In From the Cool", the bug is in a lamp at the center of the table which the guys blatantly move back and forth between them and the spies.
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: In "Monkees Get Out More Dirt", the four boys have all fallen in love with April Conquest and want to get away from the apartment to go see her. Micky suddenly declares that his aunt is ill and leaves. Mike announces he is going to the store to get dog food. When informed that they don't have a dog, he says that he'll pick up a dog too while he's out. Davy announces a desire to become a boxer and leaves immediately to start doing road work. Peter, who has believed every excuse, isn't sure what to do now that he's all alone, and decides without a hint of irony that he'll go visit April.
* InstantMessengerPigeon: Parodied in "Monkee See, Monkee Die".
* InterdimensionalTravelDevice: Mike turns the Monkeemobile into a dimension machine (and lowrider) in 1997's ''Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees.''
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: From "Monkees a la Carte"
-->'''Red O'Leary''': Fuselli, you're a two-timing, double crossing, cigar smoking rat!
-->'''Fuselli''': Watch what you're saying, Red! I don't smoke cigars!
* JuryOfTheDamned: "The Devil and Peter Tork"
* KarmaHoudini: The villains in "The Picture Frame". [[spoiler:The Monkees get off the hook for the robbery, but the real crooks aren't shown getting in trouble for it.]]
* KlaatuBaradaNikto: Said by Micky in one episode
* LameComeback: Micky: "You do and I'll be sorry!"
* LaughTrack: Dropped midway through the second season.
* LetsMockTheMonsters: Micky and Mike, confronted with a mummy, berate it for being dirty and smelly. The mummy retires discomfited. (Note that despite his bravado, Micky is actually terrified.)
* LipLockSunBlock: Peter and Miss Cartwright (the "GirlOfTheWeek") kiss this way in the episode "One Man Shy".
* LogicBomb: Mike confuses the computer interviewing him at the toy company and he gets the job.
* MartinVanBuren: The answer to a trivia question in "Dance, Monkee, Dance".
* MediumAwareness: One of the first television series to really play with this concept.
* MerchandiseDriven
* MickeyMousing: Slapstick gags are punctuated by the music.
* MindControl: "The Frodis Caper", "Monkees Blow Their Minds"
* MindScrew: The movie ''Film/{{Head}}'', as well as the TV special ''33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee''.
* MissingEpisode: The 2-part Japanese special "The Monkees In Japan." A concert performance from their Far East tour only aired once in October 1968, and hasn't been seen since. However, the audio from both parts can be heard in the bootleg ''Made In Japan.''
* MockMillionaire: Done twice; once so that Peter could romance a debutante, and another time to convince Davy's grandfather he is a success so he won't force Davy to return to England.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Every minor character seems to be completely incapable of pronouncing Mike Nesmith's last name. Among the variants: Nishwash, Nashmirth, Nipmop... Subverted in "The Monkees in Texas", when the villians refer to Mike and his aunt as "Nesters"...he starts to correct them before his aunt explains that the word means "farmer" and that they were correct in their word choice.
* [[NamesTheSame Name's The Same]]: The Monkees' Davy Jones is not a character from nautical folklore or ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean''. However, he was responsible for another Davy Jones changing his name to DavidBowie.
** This was referenced in the episode "Hitting the High Seas". The ship's captain learns that one of the boys is named Davy Jones and assumes he is the descendant of the famous character from folklore - Micky quickly plays into it: "...and when he's 25, he inherits the Locker!".
** This was also referenced in the SpongebobSquarepants episode "Spongebob Vs. The Big One", in which Davy guest stars.
** Also referenced in an episode of the '90s remake of the Pink Panther cartoon (in which the title character was voiced by Matt Frewer). The episode had a pirate theme, so upon being threatened with being sent to Davy Jones' locker, the Panther deadpanned, "wasn't he the lead singer of The Monkees?"
* NewJobEpisode: Besides episodes where the band gets a new gig to play, there's "Monkee vs. Machine" where Mike gets a job at a toy company, "Monkees on the Line" where all help work an answering service, and "Monkees at the Movies" where they are extras in a movie (among other episodes).
* NewTechnologyIsEvil: The episode "Monkees vs. Machine" is all about a JerkAss toy company executive who is in favor of firing all unnecessary humans and letting computers design and run most everything. Mike is seen as having a genuis level IQ for [[LogicBomb confusing the computer]] that interviews potential employees.
* NiceHat: Mike's iconic wool cap.
* NoFourthWall
* NoPartyGiven: In "Monkee Mayor", when Mike runs for mayor in order to get the corrupt incumbent out of power, neither Mike's party nor that of the incumbent is ever mentioned. Mike can probably be assumed to be running as an independent, but the incumbent certainly belongs to a party, as evidenced by a line of dialogue where Mike threatens to take his complaint with the current mayor and "dump it in the opposing party's lap".
* OnceAnEpisode
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In "Success Story", Davy (who is a born & raised Brit) states that he was raised by his grandfather, who is flying in from England to see his grandson. However, when we first hear the grandfather speak, his British accent is very mild-to-nonexistent, to the point of almost sounding American, and later, when the charade is falling apart, the grandfather starts sounding...Irish?
* TheOtherDarrin: FrankZappa (as Mike) interviews Mike (as FrankZappa).
* PassThePopcorn: One episode has three of them robbing a bank after being tricked into thinking they're making a movie. When the police present them with the film from the surveillance cameras as evidence, they treat it as an actual movie, complete with being critical about their performance and popcorn.
* PerpetualPoverty: There's often a threat of running out of food or being kicked out of the beach house for non-payment of rent, but [[StatusQuoIsGod the status quo is maintained]].
* PieInTheFace: The episode "Captain Crocodile".
* PirateParrot: The captain in "Hitting the High Seas" has one. His voice is provided by Micky Dolenz; this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Micky is called upon to impersonate the parrot because he is the only one of the boys with the skill to do so.
* PlungerDetonator: Usually, something else completely blows up instead.
* PortraitPaintingPeephole
* PrankInjuries: Mike has a fake arrow through his head in one of the romps.
* PrinceAndPauper: Davy impersonates a visiting prince in order to find him a wife.
* ReadTheFinePrint: Peter in "Dance, Monkee, Dance" is tricked into signing a lifetime contract at a dance studio after winning a free dance lesson.
* ReunionShow: ''Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees'' in 1997.
* {{Revival}}: The 1987 series/band ''The New Monkees'', which was intended to make the franchise relevant to the {{MTV}} era, was a revival InNameOnly. It featured none of the original band members, and it had only one tenuous connection to the 60s project: the executive producer was Steve Blauner, studio manager of Rafelson and Schneider's Raybert Productions, the company that made the original series and ''Film/{{Head}}''. LoveItOrHateIt, ''The New Monkees'' failed as quickly as the "old" Monkees had succeeded.
** One odd ShoutOut - we see them watching the tv - when they see Micky singing "Last Train to Clarksville" they all shout "Dad!"
* {{Ruritania}}: In "Royal Flush", the country of [[FictionalCountry Harmonica]], where the princess and soon-to-be queen is from.
* ScoobyDooHoax: "Monkee See, Monkee Die", though the fortune teller doesn't always try to hide her involvement in the scheme.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: No one was happy with the band's post-series TV special ''33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee'', least of all {{NBC}}, which buried it opposite the 1969 [[AcademyAward Oscars]]. On top of the hopeless scheduling, the network also managed to broadcast the show's segments out of order. No one noticed or cared, save for the boys themselves (especially Mike Nesmith, who was livid about the screw-up).
* SenselessViolins: Subverted in "Monkees A La Carte": "Boss! There's a guitar in this guitar case!"
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Parodied in "The Monkees in Texas" with Michael and his TV cousin, Lucy.
* ShirtlessScene: Parodied in "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers". When the band contest in which the Monkees are entered is won by a man who had his clothes torn off earlier in the episode, the group realizes that the key to success is having your clothes ripped off and proceed to do it to each other in a desperate grab for attention.
** Played straight with Davy in "Monkees in the Ring" during his boxing training.
* ShoutOut: The show contained frequent references to other popular artists of the period. At the end of the concert episode, Mike thanks the Lovin' Spoonful, the Mamas and Papas, and Music/TheBeatles for being such great groups.
** From "Randy Scouse Git": "''[[Music/TheBeatles The Four Kings of EMI]] are sitting stately on the floor...''"
** The final episode, "The Frodis Caper", begins with Music/TheBeatles song "Good Morning, Good Morning".
** In ''Film/{{Head}}'', Peter can be heard whistling Music/TheBeatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" in the bathroom scene.
** The group's advisor/dummy Mr. Schneider is named for the show's executive producer Bert Schneider.
** During the song "Papa Gene's Blues" Mike says "Oh, pick it, Winston!", John Lennon's middle name.
** In the ChristmasEpisode a quick cutaway shot of Micky at a chalkboard figuring out a math problem reveals the words "Beatles" and "Frodis" written in the corner.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Especially in the second and last season, with such things as a concert episode ("The Monkees on Tour"), a FairyTale spoof and guest appearances by other musicians, such as Tim Buckley and Music/FrankZappa.
* SomethingPerson: Monkee Men!
* SpinTheBottle: Played to help Peter's confidence in "One Man Shy."
* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Series/BigTimeRush''. Also ''{{Jonas}}''. (It's been stated in {{Disney}} press releases that the series is directly inspired from The Monkees' TV concept.)
* SpookySeance: "A Coffin Too Frequent".
* StandInPortrait
* StanFreberg: Guest starred in "Monkees vs. Machine" as a JerkAss toy company executive.
* StorybookEpisode: The appropriately titled "Fairy Tale".
* SuperheroEpisode: A couple episodes featured the boys dressed as Monkee Men and fighting crime (& sometimes flying to the rescue). In "Monkees Chow Mein", Davy & Mike's "powers" were limited to VolleyingInsults at their opponents.
* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic
* TheTag: every episode would have a tag scene or an additional musical number before the credits.
** [[{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]] and {{Lampshaded}} in the "tag" of "Monkees On the Wheel" (actually two scenes before the actual tag - see HilariousOuttakes).
* TakeThat: One of the first shots in the series was of the Monkees using a {{Beatles}} poster as a DartboardOfHate.
** This was probably also a ShoutOut to ''{{Help}}!'', which begins with a similar scene (except that it was a movie screen showing Beatles footage in the latter case).
* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: "Monkee See, Monkee Die" during the reading of the will [[VideoWills (on phonograph)]]
* TheTelevisionTalksBack: In "The Monkees Get Out More Dirt", the boys are watching an advice presenter on tv who reads a letter relating to them. Davy says, "So we did, what of it?" and the Presenter says, "I'll tell you what of it!".
* ThemeTuneCameo: Used for comedic effect in multiple episodes. One example is in "Monkees A La Mode", when after the group is proclaimed "typical young persons" by a chic magazine, the show cuts to a photo montage of the boys making goofy faces while the show's theme song plays in the background.
* ThisIsMySide: Happens in "Monkees Get Out More Dirt" when the four boys fight over a guest character played by Julie Newmar. The show plays with it, noting that each would have access to only one particular vital part of the apartment. Davy's side has the front door, implying he is the only one with the ability to come and go; however, he states that he would gladly trade Mike for the bathroom right away. Moments later, the whole arrangement is quickly forgotten when a show comes on TV that they want to see and everyone rushes to Peter's side (which contains the television set).
* ThrowItIn: Ad libs and outtakes were frequently left in the finished product. This was designed to be a part of the show from the very beginning; when they were casting the series, the producers made certain to hire actors with strong improvisational skills.
* ThrowTheBookAtThem: In "The Picture Frame", a police detective says "Throw the book at them!" while interrogating the boys; Mike catches the book and begins to read it.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Davy to the laundromat owner in "Monkees Get Out More Dirt".
** Davy and most girls, actually (he's quite short). In "Monkees at the Movies", he is paired up with a girl much taller than himself, and the height difference is played for laughs.
* TitleSequenceReplacement: Each season had a similar TitleSequence, with the second one adding some new clips. The second season opening replaced the first one in reruns.
* [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture Twenty Years Into The Future]]: The reason why the show was such a hit 20 years later on MTV.
* TwoWordsObviousTrope: In the episode, "Monkee vs. Machine"..., which is also a play on ThereIsNoRuleSix.
-->'''Mike''': Remember these three little words: "Don't argue."
-->'''Peter''': That's two words.
-->'''Mike''': You're starting already.
* UnsoundEffect: One episode parodies the fight scenes from the Adam West ''{{Series/Batman}}'' series.
* VacationEpisode: The (nearly) episode-long romp "The Monkees in Paris".
* VideoWills: An audio phonograph version in "Monkee See, Monkee Die".
-->'''Mike''': It'll never sell as a single.
-->'''Micky''': Depends....what's on the flip side?
* VisualPun: the tongue-lashing and the ants/aunts in "Monkees Marooned".
* VolleyingInsults: In "Monkees Chow Mein", Davy and Mike are dressed as Monkee Men and bruise egos as their "weapon":
-->'''Davy''': You're a nail biter. You're a nail biter and your mother never ''ever'' loved you.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: [[CrossDresser Mike]] plays a hilariously over the top version in the "Fairy Tale" episode.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the beginning of "Monkee See, Monkee Die", before the plot gets underway, the boys' landlord tells them that he is kicking them out. Once the actual story begins, this plot thread is completely forgotten about and never addressed further.
* WhoWritesThisCrap: A RunningGag that appears in several episodes.
* WidgetSeries
* WingdingEyes: Davy locks eyes with a beautiful girl in a couple episodes and both get starry-eyed.
* WrittenInAbsence: Davy was written out of a first season episode in order to attend his sister's wedding. Mike was written out of a few second season shows while he had a tonsillectomy.
* YellowPeril: In the episode "Monkee Chow Mein," the band faces off with the insidious Dragonman (played by Joey Forman, who also played "Harry Hoo," a CaptainErsatz version of CharlieChan, on ''GetSmart'').
* YouLookFamiliar: Many guest stars appeared in multiple episodes playing different characters.
** Monte Landis appeared seven times on the show, playing a different character each time. In six of his seven appearances, he played the episode's villain.
** Rose Marie appeared twice - once as a new tenant who moves into the Monkees' apartment, and once as "The Big Man".
** Rip Taylor appeared in "Monkees on the Wheel" as the croupier at a roulette table and in "The Frodis Caper" as the episode's villain, Wizard Glick.
** Lea Marmer played fraudulent psychic Madame Roselle in "Monkee See, Monkee Die" and Mrs. Smith the policeman's wife in "Monkees on the Line".
** Vic Tayback, best known as Mel Sharples from ''{{Alice}}'', appeared in three episodes as a henchman: "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers", "Son of a Gypsy", and "Art for Monkees' Sake".
** Joey Forman appeared in "Captain Crocodile" as the title character and "Monkees Chow Mein" as the villainous Dragonman.
** Vincent Beck played henchmen in "Royal Flush" and "Son of a Gypsy" and the main villain in "Card-Carrying Red Shoes".
** Henry Corden appeared in four first-season episodes as the boys' landlord Mr. Babbitt and Season Two's "The Wild Monkees" as hotelier Mr. Blauner.
* YouMeddlingKids: Involved in the plot of many episodes.
* ZanyScheme
