* AdaptationDisplacement: The movie is arguably more well-known than the novels.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
** Fletch's ImagineSpot in the first film where he's a star player for the Lakers.
** He has another in the sequel, where he's a Southern plantation owner, with his boss and his ex-wife's attorney as his slaves. With animated birds, no less.
* HarsherInHindsight: Fletch's ImagineSpot in the second film parodying ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'', both in light of increasing dislike of the film because of ValuesDissonance and Creator/ChevyChase's increasing infamy as a complete jackass on the set of ''Series/{{Community}}'', even being racist to Creator/DonaldGlover.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Crossing with an [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments awesome moment]], [[spoiler:Jimmy Lee Farnsworth pulling a [[GoThroughMe "shoot through me"]] when Ham has Fletch at gunpoint on Jimmy Lee's show.]]
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Creator/JamesAvery plays one of the crooked detectives who bust Fletch on a bogus narcotics charge.
** Creator/JoeDonBaker would later find fame appearing as the villainous General Whittaker in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' and later appearing as CIA operative Jack Wade in ''Film/GoldenEye'' and ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies''.
* ValuesDissonance: The joke about all of the doctors having a Jewish "Rosensomething" name falls a little flat these days.
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