History Film / DerWixxer

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Considering the fact that [[BilingualBonus English is not the target audience's native language]], names like Earl of Cockwood or Mrs. Drycunt do certainly count. While this is not especially hard to see through, the fact that it's English is probably the reason that the movie got away with this. This and the fact that Germans are a bit more relaxed when it comes to ratings.
** Not to mention that the title translates into "The Wanker".
** They actually downplayed it (from their perspective) with "Earl of Cockwood" – they couldn't secure funding for a movie featuring the "Earl of Fistfuck"...

* PunnyName: Almost everyone. See GettingCrapPastTheRadar. A special mention goes to Harry Smearlap in the first movie. The character is a ShoutOut to Creator/KlausKinski's parts in the original Wallace movies. His aliases, as mentioned by Even Longer: [[Creator/KlausKinski Laus Linski]], [[Film/{{Fitzcarraldo}} Fritz Carraldo]] and [[Film/{{Nosferatu}} Horst Ferratu]].

* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: The ScareCord when they find the Wixxer's logo on the truck was just the police's marching band that was on the scene.

* SeriousBusiness: How Tabletop/{{Monopoly}} is treated at the "Fishy Fingers".

--> '''Hello, this is Edgar Wallace his neighbor!'''

In [[UsefulNotes/WestGermany Germany of the 1950s and 1960s]], a [[Film/EdgarWallaceFilms popular movie series, based upon the crime stories of British author Edgar Wallace]], was produced, and it still has a cult following. Catering to this cult following (while still remaining funny for people not knowing these movies) the [[GermanHumour German comedians]] Oliver Kalkofe, Oliver Welke and Bastian Pastewka produced the AffectionateParody ''Der Wixxer'' in 2004 and its sequel, ''Neues vom Wixxer'', in 2007.

--> '''Sir John:''' ''*Looking at a pinboard with profile pictures, three of whom are grey placeholder silhouettes*'' And who are those three [[NobleBigotWithABadge niggers]]? They all look the same...

-->'''Even Longer''': Did you check the license plate?
-->'''Doctor Brinkman''': Yeah, sure, but... it's just painted metal, these are abundant. Almost every car has one of those.

-->'''Very Long''': Don't you realize [[{{Metaphorgotten}} you stuck your heart into a fridge of your own feelings]]?!

-->'''Very Long''': Why ''did'' you run in slow motion, Sir?

---> ''Upon meeting Lord Dickham (played by Joachim Fuchsberger, who also starred in many crime movies, including 'Der Hexer'):''
--->'''Even Longer:''' It is an honour to meet a man who personally caught The Squeaker.
--->'''Very Long:''' It was Heinz Drache. ''(another German actor, who played the inspector in 'Der Zinker'/'The Squeaker')''.

* BritainIsOnlyLondon: Averted: Although many scenes take place in LondonTown (UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard being there and all), Blackwhite Castle and St. Vokuhila are clearly not in the inner city. This is lampshaded when Blackwhite Castle is described as "Not in London, but in England."

* RetroUniverse: Also when in colour, the movies try to aesthetically come close to the Wallace films of TheSixties they are spoofing, via the costumes, cars, ect. Except when the RuleOfFunny comes into play. Just one example: Dieter Dubinsky's allusions to the [[EastGermany GDR]] in past tense would suggest the story being set at a time after 1989.