History Series / TheMonkees

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* UnfortunateNames: In "Monkees a La Mode", fashion photographer Rob Roy Fingerhead.

** In the opening sequence, Peter gets increasingly upset when each of the others is mis-identified as him, then smiles once the credits get his name right.

* 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.

** In one episode there's a joke contrasting Music/BobDylan and [[Series/{{Gunsmoke}} Marshal Matt Dillon]]. This is a little HilariousInHindsight because it's been speculated that Bobby Zimmerman might have taken his stage name in honor of Marshal Dillon but chose Dylan because it was a cooler spelling.[[note]]Dylan has {{Jossed}} this but has confirmed that he only liked the spelling of the name of Creator/DylanThomas and didn't really consider him an influence[[/note]]

** The ButtMonkey - Peter is the goofball of the group a;and is often a victim of hilarity.

** TheSmartGuy - Micky is usually the one who comes up with all the plans.

* Foil: Part of why the group's personalities work so well. There are contrasts between the individuals and the pairs.

* Main/Foil: Part of why the group's personalities work so well. There are contrasts between the individuals and the pairs.

* Foil: Part of why the group's personalities work so well. There are contrasts between the individuals and the pairs.

** The Pervert - Davy tends to attract a lot of women and even gets distracted by girls himself sometimes.

* {{Expy}}: While not blatant, the series clearly used Music/TheBeatles as templates for the characters. Peter/Ringo is the most obvious one, with Davy/Paul and Mike/John working pretty well too. Micky doesn't match with George with at all, however. Alternately, you can say that Peter is a CompositeCharacter of Ringo and George, while John got [[DecompositeCharacter Decomposited]] into Mike (DeadpanSnarker) and Micky (John's sillier side).

** "The Champ" of UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli in "Monkees in the Ring".

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In "The Monkees At The Movies", the teen idol/beach party movie star was an obvious spoof of Frankie Avalon. [[note]] That Frankie found absolutely ''hilarious'' to the point of seeking out the boys and praising them for it, and even later becoming a good friend of both Davy and Peter. [[/note]] His name, Frankie Catalina, was even a StealthPun of Avalon's name (the largest town on Catalina Island is Avalon).

** Defied in "The Frodis Caper[=/=]Mijacogeo" when Davy, Micky and Mike attempt to change into the Monkeemen, only to encounter a sign that prohibits using a Main/PhoneBooth for changing into superhero costumes:

* NiceHat: Mike's iconic wool cap. He rode his motorcycle to the audition and was wearing it to keep his hair out of his face. The producers used this as shorthand to describe him ("Let's see Wool Hat again"), so he kept it for the show.

* NiceHat: Mike's iconic wool cap.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In "The Monkees At The Movies", the teen idol/beach party movie star was an obvious spoof of Frankie Avalon. His name, Frankie Catalina, was even a StealthPun of Avalon's name (the largest town on Catalina Island is Avalon).

* HereWeGoAgain: ''Broken down'' at the end of "Monkees on the Wheel", "and then we give the camera a pained look" when one of them is seen back at the slot machines.

* GayParee: "The Monkees In Paris."

* {{Adorkable}}: Mike playing a folk song on a TV [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDgF-A_kGVg talent show]].
** Peter was Adorkableness Personified!

* AbsenteeActor: Davy was written out of "Alias Micky Dolenz" so he could attend his sister's wedding. Mike Nesmith is absent from "The Card Carrying Red Shoes". Nesmith also disappears from "Hitting the High Seas" a few minutes in, reportedly because Mike became genuinely seasick.

* DistressedDude: Either Peter or Micky get kidnapped pretty often. Davy just tends to agree to situations that are [[StealthPun over his head]], and Mike is only involved when someone captures all four of them.