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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: "Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid" has a recent parolee take a job as a MallSanta. He hates the job, and his parole officer has no faith in him. He catches a troubled kid who wants to be a pilot try to steal a toy airplane from the store. He warns him he can't be a pilot with a criminal record and agrees to get him the plane if he doesn't steal again. The parolee steals the plane from the store since his officer took his money to the bank. Right as he's about to be sent back to jail for stealing the plane, the parole officer comes in. Turns out the bank closed before she could make it and claims he intended to pay for it, there was just a miscommunication and they agree to drop the charges provided he pay for the plane. He does, and the parole officer believes her client has truly changed.
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This trope does not apply; the series theme music is an arrangement of Charles Gounod's "Funeral March of a Marionette" written in the 19th century, predating Old Daddy Peg Leg


* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The theme is this to an obscure piece of music called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-G0K7KGqek&t=27s Old Daddy Peg Leg]]" whose recording predates the series by almost 50 years.
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** In "The Hatbox", Professor Jarvis denies murdering his wife by listing out why certain methods are impossible for him. His final example is of hydrofluoric acid, which he describes as ineffective because it would [[Series/BreakingBad melt through a bathtub.]]
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* CompleteMonster: "Specialty of the House": Ms. Sbirro is the owner of the luxurious Sbirro's restaurant. Famed for her "[[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies specialty of the house]]", the incredible lamb, Sbirro is in truth cooking patrons into the meal. When Harry Laffler finds himself invited to the kitchen, Sbirro locks him in with her cleaver-armed chef and gleefully adds Laffler's picture to many other "absent friends" before adding she believes she can promise the specialty will be available the following week.
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* JerkassWoobie: Aunt Nell from "Where the Woodbine Twineth" who loves her six-year-old niece Eva but is too stern and old fashioned to connect with her [[spoiler: with tragic consequences]].
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* {{Narm}}: The scene in "The Belfry" where the killer breaks into the classroom and writes "I'll git you to" (sic) on the chalkboard.

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* {{Narm}}: The scene in "The Belfry" where the killer breaks into the classroom and writes "I'll git you to" (sic) [sic] on the chalkboard.
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* {{Narm}}: The scene in "The Belfry" where the killer breaks into the classroom and writes "I'll git you to" (sic) on the chalkboard.

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** Quite a number of actors who would become distinguished later on had acted in episodes of the original 1955-1965 series. Just a few to mention include Creator/RobertRedford, Creator/RobertDuvall, Creator/BurtReynolds, Creator/JamesCoburn, and Creator/JohnCassavetes.

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** Quite a number of actors who would become distinguished later on had acted in episodes of the original 1955-1965 series. Just a few to mention include Creator/RobertRedford, Creator/RobertDuvall, Creator/BurtReynolds, Creator/JamesCoburn, Creator/MartinLandau, and Creator/JohnCassavetes.Creator/JohnCassavetes.
** "A Matter of Murder" pits Creator/DarrenMcGavin against Creator/TellySavalas. That's right, it's Series/{{Kolchak|The Night Stalker}} versus Series/{{Kojak}}!
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The theme is this to an obscure piece of music called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-G0K7KGqek Old Daddy Peg Leg]]" whose recording predates the series by almost 50 years.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The theme is this to an obscure piece of music called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-G0K7KGqek com/watch?v=v-G0K7KGqek&t=27s Old Daddy Peg Leg]]" whose recording predates the series by almost 50 years.
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* ValuesResonance: The very first episode "Revenge" brilliantly encapsulated both the harm of a FalseRapeAccusation (even in a case of mistaken identity), and the dangers of going the VigilanteMan route.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped / ValuesResonance: The very first episode "Revenge" brilliantly encapsulated both the harm of a FalseRapeAccusation (even in a case of mistaken identity), and the dangers of going the VigilanteMan route.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/RobertLoggia starred in one episode with an actress named Pilar Seurat. Seurat's son became the producer Dean Devlin, who produced ''Film/IndependenceDay'' which included Loggia in the cast.



* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/YannickBisson of Series/MurdochMysteries fame appears in the episode “Twisted Sisters”.

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** Quite a number of actors who would become distinguished later on had acted in episodes of the original 1955-1965 series. Just a few to mention include Creator/RobertRedford, Creator/RobertDuvall, Creator/BurtReynolds, Creator/JamesCoburn, and Creator/JohnCassavetes.
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Creator/YannickBisson of Series/MurdochMysteries fame appears in the episode “Twisted Sisters”.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/YannickBisson of Series/MurdochMysteries fame appears in the episode “Twisted Sisters”.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The theme is this to obscure piece of music called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-G0K7KGqek Old Daddy Peg Leg]]" whose recording predates the series by almost 50 years.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The theme is this to an obscure piece of music called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-G0K7KGqek Old Daddy Peg Leg]]" whose recording predates the series by almost 50 years.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The theme is this to obscure piece of music called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-G0K7KGqek Old Daddy Peg Leg]]" whose recording predates the series by almost 50 years.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped / ValuesResonance: The very first episode "Revenge" brilliantly encapsulated both the harm of a FalseRapeAccusation (even in a case of mistaken identity), and the dangers of the court of public opinion.

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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped / ValuesResonance: The very first episode "Revenge" brilliantly encapsulated both the harm of a FalseRapeAccusation (even in a case of mistaken identity), and the dangers of going the court of public opinion. VigilanteMan route.
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* HarsherInHindsight: In "Design for Loving," the robot replica or marionette version of Charles Brailing [[spoiler:(whom he has just murdered)]] says to his neighbor "These are strange times in which strange machines are moving into our lives and taking over."

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* HarsherInHindsight: In "Design for Loving," the robot replica or marionette version of Charles Brailing Braling [[spoiler:(whom he has just murdered)]] says to his neighbor "These are strange times in which strange machines with even stranger functions are moving into our lives and taking over."
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* HarsherInHindsight: In "Design for Loving," The robot replica or marionette version of Charles Brailing [[spoiler:(whom he has just murdered)]] says to his neighbor "These are strange times in which strange machines are moving into our lives and taking over."

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* HarsherInHindsight: In "Design for Loving," The the robot replica or marionette version of Charles Brailing [[spoiler:(whom he has just murdered)]] says to his neighbor "These are strange times in which strange machines are moving into our lives and taking over."
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*HarsherInHindsight: In "Design for Loving," The robot replica or marionette version of Charles Brailing [[spoiler:(whom he has just murdered)]] says to his neighbor "These are strange times in which strange machines are moving into our lives and taking over."
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* EarWorm: The theme song.

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* HollywoodHomely: In "Behind the Locked Door," Bonnie (Lynn Loring) says that her parents thought she wasn't beautiful, but her new husband says he thinks she is. [[spoiler:After she dies, he looks at a picture of her and says she really was "plain as paper."]] Viewers might disagree.
** In "Night Fever," the quite attractive Colleen Dewhurst plays a nurse who is considered hopelessly plain by everyone, including herself.
* MemeticMutation: The "Good evening" opening with Hitchcock's profile has been parodied countless times.

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In "Behind the Locked Door," Door", Bonnie (Lynn Loring) says that her parents thought she wasn't beautiful, but her new husband says he thinks she is. [[spoiler:After she dies, he looks at a picture of her and says she really was "plain as paper."]] Viewers might disagree.
** In "Night Fever," Fever", the quite attractive Colleen Dewhurst plays a nurse who is considered hopelessly plain by everyone, including herself.
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The "Good evening" opening with Hitchcock's profile has been parodied countless times.



* TakeThat: Alfred's "cure" for fascism...
-->'''Alfred''': I've just come into possession of a cure for fascism. ''(displays several bullets on his desk)'' They come in capsule form. For best results, they must be taken internally. Here is the handy applicator. ''(brandishes a revolver)''
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* TakeThat: Alfred's "cure" for fascism...
-->'''Alfred''': I've just come into possession of a cure for fascism. ''(displays several bullets on his desk)'' They come in capsule form. For best results, they must be taken internally. Here is the handy applicator. ''(brandishes a revolver)''
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped/ValuesResonance: The very first episode "Revenge" brilliantly encapsulated both the harm of a FalseRapeAccusation (even in a case of mistaken identity), and the dangers of the court of public opinion.

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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped/ValuesResonance: SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped / ValuesResonance: The very first episode "Revenge" brilliantly encapsulated both the harm of a FalseRapeAccusation (even in a case of mistaken identity), and the dangers of the court of public opinion.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped/ValuesResonance: The very first episode "Revenge" brilliantly encapsulated both the harm of a FalseRapeAccusation (even in a case of mistaken identity), and the dangers of the court of public opinion.
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**In "Night Fever," the quite attractive Colleen Dewhurst plays a nurse who is considered hopelessly plain by everyone, including herself.
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* BrokenAesop: The closing monologue would frequently say that a character who seems to not be punished in-story was later put in prison or executed. But in "Behind the Locked Door" and "An Out for Oscar", the 'murder' is the KarmicDeath of an actual murderer who was not otherwise punished for their crime, and the 'murderers' did nothing illegal.
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* HollywoodHomely: In "Behind the Locked Door," Bonnie (Lynn Loring) says that her parents thought she wasn't beautiful, but her new husband says he thinks she is. [[spoiler:After she dies, he looks at a picture of her and says she really was "plain as paper."]] Viewers might disagree.
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** The theme song is also pretty popular amongst Creator/{{cs188}} followers due to its usage in several of his poops.
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* BrokenAesop: The closing monologue would frequently say that a character who seems to not be punished in-story was later put in prison or executed. But in "Behind the Locked Door" and "An Out for Oscar", the 'murder' is the KarmicDeath of an actual murderer who was not otherwise punished for their crime, and the 'murderers' did nothing illegal.
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* EarWorm: The theme song.

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