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1	[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/whats_up_tiger_lily.jpg]]
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3	''What's Up, Tiger Lily?'' is a 1966 comedy film written and directed by Creator/WoodyAllen in his directorial debut.
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5	The film, featuring a soundtrack by Music/TheLovinSpoonful, is a GagDub of the 1965 Japanese {{spy\|fiction}} film[=/=]''Film/JamesBond'' [[FollowTheLeader clone]] ''International Secret Police: Key of Keys'', in which superspy Phil Moscowitz searches for a secret egg salad recipe stolen from the leader of a "real-sounding but non-existent" country ("We're on the waiting list. As soon as a spot opens up on the map, we're in.").
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7	The idea of a gag dub was so new that Allen appears in an interview segment at the beginning to explain the concept.
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10	!!This version of the film contains examples of:
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12	* AndCallHimGeorge: Quoted verbatim from the original.
13	* AnimatedCreditsOpening: Sort of. A cartoon version of Allen cavorts amongst various quick-edited cheesecake stills of original Japanese cast member (and [[Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice future Bond girl]]) Mie Hama.
14	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: "They kill, they maim, and they call information for numbers they could easily look up in the phone book."
15	* AudienceParticipation: Phil asks the audience to [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve believe in his gun having bullets]] so that he can shoot the villain.
16	* {{Bowdlerized}}: There are edited versions that remove the more risque jokes.
17	* BreakingTheFourthWall:
18	-->'''Phil Moscowitz:''' Nothing much to report -- oh, somebody tried to shoot me before the opening credits.
19	* FloweryInsults: "Russian snake!" "Anglo-Saxon hun!" "Spartan dog!" "Turkish taffy!" "Spanish Fly!"
20	* GagDub: Woody Allen's comedic dialogue over a Japanese spy film.
21	* InterchangeableAsianCultures: The poster pictured above refers to a "[[{{Pun}} Chinese fortune 'KOOKIE']]". But the film being dubbed over is not Chinese, it's Japanese.
22	* LamePunReaction: Hero Phil Moskowitz and his girl assistant, tied up, think they've been abducted by bad guy Shepard Wong, but it turns out to be a second bad guy, Wing Fat, who introduces himself: "I am Wong's competitor." Phil quips, "Well...two Wongs don't make a wight!" Wing Fat smiles and says, "For that joke you should only drop dead."
23	* MsFanservice: ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' Playmate China Lee, who does a [[YouCanLeaveYourHatOn striptease]] during the closing credits. She also appears in the poster art shown above.
24	-->'''Woody Allen:''' I promised her I'd put her in the film...somewhere.
25	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A bartender character is given a Creator/PeterLorre voice. Eventually lampshaded:
26	-->'''Snake Man:''' Ugh, my throat. This Peter Lorre impersonation is ''keeling'' me!
27	* NoodleImplements:
28	-->'''Phil:''' Meet me in the bedroom in five minutes and bring a cattle prod.
29	* NotMyDriver: Parodied: the main characters hop into a random taxi and then ask the driver to kidnap them, to which he obliges (seeing as the scene was a straight example in the original film).
30	* PunnyName: Teri Yaki and Suki Yaki.
31	* SoundtrackDissonance: Music/TheLovinSpoonful's upbeat folk-rock soundtrack provides a complement to the GagDub dialogue in keeping things light, in spite of all the serious cloak-and-dagger action onscreen.
32	* StopBeingStereotypical: One character's cry of "Banzai!" is met with groans of disgust from the other characters.
33	--> "Oh, God. Would somebody please tell him?"
34	* ViewersAreMorons: Defied for comedy. Midway through, the film cuts back to the interviewer.
35	-->'''Interviewer:''' Woody, since the story is a bit difficult to follow, would you mind giving the audience and myself a brief rundown on what's gone on so far?\
36	'''Allen:''' ''(flatly)'' No.

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