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* CoveredInGrunge: Not as much as her husband, but...

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* CoveredInGrunge: CoveredInGunge: Not as much as her husband, but...

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* ClothingDamage: Her dress gets ripped while her and Melville were stuck in the hardware store.

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* ClothingDamage: Her She rips her dress gets ripped while boarding (and then unboarding) the rickety biplane.
* CoveredInGrunge: Not as much as
her and Melville were stuck in the hardware store.husband, but...
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* AlliterativeName: And the only one in the entire movie with one too.

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* AlliterativeName: And the only one in the entire movie with one too.one, oddly enough.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: With Benjy

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* PunnyName
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Benjy
Benjy.
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** JerkassHasAPoint: She suggest simply splitting the $350,000, but if anybody listened to her, we wouldn't have had a movie.

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** JerkassHasAPoint: She suggest She's the one that suggests simply splitting the $350,000, but if anybody listened to her, we wouldn't have had a movie.
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** JerkassHasAPoint: She suggest simply splitting the $350,000, but if anybody listened to her, we wouldn't have had a movie.
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* HardHead
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* MotorMouth: She NEVER shuts up.
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* OnlySaneMan: [[spoiler:Subverted]]
* [[spoiler:TemptingFate: All of his comments on how everything will go right for him today. By the end of the day, he loses his job, pension, and family.]]
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* [[spoiler:TragicVillain]]

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* BigBad

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* BigBad[[spoiler:AntiVillain]]
* BigBad: In the sense that he'll intercept the winner. [[spoiler: Played straight in the end.]]



* HenpeckedHusband: He is often being belittled by his wife on the phone.
* LawmanGoneBad: Becomes this in the climax.

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* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]
* [[spoiler:FallenHero: At the end.]]
* HenpeckedHusband: He is often being belittled by his wife on the phone.
phone. [[spoiler: This leads to his Face Heel Turn.]]
* LawmanGoneBad: [[spoiler:LawmanGoneBad: Becomes this in the climax.]]
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* RagAgainstTheHeavens: He does this before he drives his car into the river.

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* RagAgainstTheHeavens: RageAgainstTheHeavens: He does this before he drives his car into the river.
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* ThoseTwGuys: With Benjy

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* ThoseTwGuys: ThoseTwoGuys: With Benjy

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* {{Big Screwed Up Family}}: His wife and daughter.
* {{Cool Old Guy}}
* {{Henpecked Husband}}: He is often being belittled by his wife on the phone.
* {{Nice Hat}}

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* {{Big Screwed Up Family}}: BigScrewedUpFamily: His wife and daughter.
* {{Cool Old Guy}}
CoolOldGuy
* {{Henpecked Husband}}: HenpeckedHusband: He is often being belittled by his wife on the phone.
* {{Nice Hat}}
LawmanGoneBad: Becomes this in the climax.
* NiceHat



* {{Butt Monkey}}
* {{Covered In Gunge}}: He winds up getting covered with paint while in the hardware store.
* {{Straight Man}}: Melville acted this way when trying to divvy up the money between himself and the others, before negotiations broke down.

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* {{Butt Monkey}}
ButtMonkey
* {{Covered In Gunge}}: CoveredInGunge: He winds up getting covered with paint while in the hardware store.
* {{Straight Man}}: StraightMan: Melville acted this way when trying to divvy up the money between himself and the others, before negotiations broke down.



* {{The Chick}}
* {{Clothing Damage}}: Her dress gets ripped while her and Melville were stuck in the hardware store.
* {{Ms Fanservice}}
* {{Show Some Leg}}: Not in the romantic sense, but part of her dress gets ripped, showing some of her leg.

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* {{The Chick}}
TheChick
* {{Clothing Damage}}: ClothingDamage: Her dress gets ripped while her and Melville were stuck in the hardware store.
* {{Ms Fanservice}}
MsFanservice
* {{Show Some Leg}}: ShowSomeLeg: Not in the romantic sense, but part of her dress gets ripped, showing some of her leg.



* {{The Chew Toy}}: He is often being belittled by his mother-in-law.
* {{Honest Corporate Executive}}: He is the head of an edible seaweed company.
* {{The Lancer}}
* {{Nice Hat}}

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* {{The Chew Toy}}: TheChewToy: He is often being belittled by his mother-in-law.
* {{Honest Corporate Executive}}: HonestCorporateExecutive: He is the head of an edible seaweed company.
* {{The Lancer}}
TheLancer
* {{Nice Hat}}
NiceHat



* {{Deadpan Snarker}}
* {{Only Sane Woman}}: Keep in mind that she was the only one who wanted absolutely nothing to do with the whole search.

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* {{Deadpan Snarker}}
DeadpanSnarker
* {{Only Sane Woman}}: OnlySaneWoman: Keep in mind that she was the only one who wanted absolutely nothing to do with the whole search.



* {{Evil Matriarch}}
* {{Handbag Of Hurt}}: Mrs. Marcus has a habit of hitting other people with her purse when really mad.
* {{Jerk Ass}}
* {{Karma Houdini}}: A lot of viewers think her behavior warrants more than a final scene {{pratfall}}.

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* {{Evil Matriarch}}
EvilMatriarch
* {{Handbag Of Hurt}}: HandbagOfHurt: Mrs. Marcus has a habit of hitting other people with her purse when really mad.
* {{Jerk Ass}}
JerkAss
* {{Karma Houdini}}: KarmaHoudini: A lot of viewers think her behavior warrants more than a final scene {{pratfall}}.



* {{Nice Hat}}
* {{Perpetual Frowner}}: Not once in the entire movie does she smile.

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* {{Nice Hat}}
NiceHat
* {{Perpetual Frowner}}: PerpetualFrowner: Not once in the entire movie does she smile.



* {{Berserk Button}}: Never, ever make Pike mad, or else he will kill you.
* {{The Big Guy}}
* {{Butt Monkey}}
* {{Dumb Muscle}}
* {{Hair Trigger Temper}}: Pike becomes really angry when he gets tricked by Meyer.
* {{Nice Hat}}
* {{Unstoppable Rage}}

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* {{Berserk Button}}: BerserkButton: Never, ever make Pike mad, or else he will kill you.
* {{The Big Guy}}
TheBigGuy
* {{Butt Monkey}}
ButtMonkey
* {{Dumb Muscle}}
DumbMuscle
* {{Hair Trigger Temper}}: HairTriggerTemper: Pike becomes really angry when he gets tricked by Meyer.
* {{Nice Hat}}
NiceHat
* {{Unstoppable Rage}}
ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Most notably during the scene where everyone is scrambling back into the taxis after finding out that Culpepper double-crossed them.
* UnstoppableRage



* {{Cool Shades}}: He wears these at the beginning of the film
* {{Deadpan Snarker}}
* {{Dope Slap}}: Dingy did this a few times to Benjy.
* {{Fat And Skinny}}: The skinny to Benjy's fat.
* {{Those Two Guys}}: With Benjy

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* {{Cool Shades}}: CoolShades: He wears these at the beginning of the film
* {{Deadpan Snarker}}
DeadpanSnarker
* {{Dope Slap}}: DopeSlap: Dingy did this a few times to Benjy.
* {{Fat And Skinny}}: FatAndSkinny: The skinny to Benjy's fat.
* {{Those Two Guys}}: ThoseTwGuys: With Benjy



* {{Alliterative Name}}: And the only one in the entire movie with one too.
* {{Captain Obvious}}
* {{Cowardly Sidekick}}
* {{Fat And Skinny}}: The fat to Dingy's skinny.
* {{Fat Idiot}}
* {{Nice Hat}}
* {{Those Two Guys}}: With Dingy

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* {{Alliterative Name}}: AlliterativeName: And the only one in the entire movie with one too.
* {{Captain Obvious}}
CaptainObvious
* {{Cowardly Sidekick}}
CowardlySidekick
* {{Fat And Skinny}}: FatAndSkinny: The fat to Dingy's skinny.
* {{Fat Idiot}}
FatIdiot
* {{Nice Hat}}
NiceHat
* {{Those Two Guys}}: ThoseTwoGuys: With Dingy



* {{Con Man}}
* {{Jerk Ass}}
* {{Nice Hat}}
* {{Rage Against The Heavens}}: He does this before he drives his car into the river.
* {{The Rival}}: To Pike

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* {{Con Man}}
ConMan
* {{Jerk Ass}}
JerkAss
* {{Nice Hat}}
NiceHat
* {{Rage Against The Heavens}}: RagAgainstTheHeavens: He does this before he drives his car into the river.
* {{The Rival}}: TheRival: To Pike



* {{Brake Angrily}}: Hawthorne does this when Russell says something bad about England.

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* {{Brake Angrily}}: BrakeAngrily: Hawthorne does this when Russell says something bad about England.



* {{Funny Foreigner}}
* {{Nice Hat}}
* {{The Rival}}: To Russell, at first.
* {{Servile Snarker}}

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* {{Funny Foreigner}}
DeadpanSnarker
* {{Nice Hat}}
FunnyForeigner
* {{The Rival}}: NiceHat
* TheRival:
To Russell, at first.
* {{Servile Snarker}}



* {{Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny}}
* {{Comically Missing The Point}}: Sylvester was more worried about the safety of his mother than actually joining in the search for the money.

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* {{Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny}}
AttentionDeficitOohShiny
* {{Comically Missing The Point}}: ComicallyMissingThePoint: Sylvester was more worried about the safety of his mother than actually joining in the search for the money.



* {{Dumb Muscle}}

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* {{Dumb Muscle}}DumbMuscle



* {{Mommas Boy}}

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* {{Mommas Boy}}MommasBoy
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* BerserkButton: Insulting England in front of him.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He takes ''a lot'' of verbal abuse from other characters before he finally loses his temper.
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* [[MyBelovedSmother My Beloved Smother-In-Law]]
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* {{Karma Houdini}}: A lot of viewers thinks her behavior warrants more than a final scene {{pratfall}}.

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* {{Karma Houdini}}: A lot of viewers thinks think her behavior warrants more than a final scene {{pratfall}}.
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* {{Karma Houdini}}: After slipping on the banana peel, she gets taken away in the end.

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* {{Handbag Of Hurt}}: Mrs. Marcus has a habit of hitting other people with her purse when really mad.
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* {{Tsundere}}

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* {{Karma Houdini}}: After slipping on the banana peel, she gets taken away in the end.




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* {{Perpetual Frowner}}: Not once in the entire movie does she smile.


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-->Portrayed by: Sid Caesar

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-->Portrayed by: Edie Adams

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-->Portrayed by: Milton Berle

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-->Portrayed by: Dorothy Provine

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-->Portrayed by: Ethel Merman

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-->Portrayed by: Jonathan Winters

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-->Portrayed by: Mickey Rooney

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-->Portrayed by: {{Buddy Hackett}}

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-->Portrayed by: Phil Silvers

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-->Portrayed by: Terry-Thomas

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-->Portrayed by: Dick Shawn

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* {{Big Screwed-Up Family}}: His wife and daughter.

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* {{Big Screwed-Up Screwed Up Family}}: His wife and daughter.



* {{Only Straight Man}}: Melville acted this way when trying to divvy up the money between himself and the others, before negotiations broke down.

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* {{Only Straight {{Straight Man}}: Melville acted this way when trying to divvy up the money between himself and the others, before negotiations broke down.



-->Portrayed by: {{Jonathan Winters}}

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-->Portrayed by: {{Jonathan Winters}}
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* {{Attention Defecit Ooh Shiny}}

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* {{Mamas Boy}}

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* {{Mamas {{Mommas Boy}}
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!Main Characters

!!Captain Culpepper
-->Portrayed by: Spencer Tracy

* {{Big Screwed-Up Family}}: His wife and daughter.
* {{Cool Old Guy}}
* {{Henpecked Husband}}: He is often being belittled by his wife on the phone.
* {{Nice Hat}}

!!Melville Crump
-->Portrayed by: Sid Caesar

* {{Butt Monkey}}
* {{Covered In Gunge}}: He winds up getting covered with paint while in the hardware store.
* {{Only Straight Man}}: Melville acted this way when trying to divvy up the money between himself and the others, before negotiations broke down.

!!Monica Crump
-->Portrayed by: Edie Adams

* {{The Chick}}
* {{Clothing Damage}}: Her dress gets ripped while her and Melville were stuck in the hardware store.
* {{Ms Fanservice}}
* {{Show Some Leg}}: Not in the romantic sense, but part of her dress gets ripped, showing some of her leg.

!!J. Russell Finch
-->Portrayed by: Milton Berle

* {{The Chew Toy}}: He is often being belittled by his mother-in-law.
* {{Honest Corporate Executive}}: He is the head of an edible seaweed company.
* {{The Lancer}}
* {{Nice Hat}}

!!Emmaline Marcus-Finch
-->Portrayed by: Dorothy Provine

* {{Deadpan Snarker}}
* {{Hair Of Gold}}
* {{Only Sane Woman}}: Keep in mind that she was the only one who wanted absolutely nothing to do with the whole search.

!!Mrs. Marcus
-->Portrayed by: Ethel Merman

* {{Evil Matriarch}}
* {{Jerk Ass}}
* {{Nice Hat}}

!!Lennie Pike
-->Portrayed by: {{Jonathan Winters}}

* {{Berserk Button}}: Never, ever make Pike mad, or else he will kill you.
* {{Butt Monkey}}
* {{Dumb Muscle}}
* {{Hair Trigger Temper}}: Pike becomes really angry when he gets tricked by Meyer.
* {{Nice Hat}}
* {{Unstoppable Rage}}

!!Dingy Bell
-->Portrayed by: Mickey Rooney

* {{Cool Shades}}: He wears these at the beginning of the film
* {{Deadpan Snarker}}
* {{Dope Slap}}: Dingy did this a few times to Benjy.
* {{Fat And Skinny}}: The skinny to Benjy's fat.
* {{Those Two Guys}}: With Benjy

!!Benjy Benjamin
-->Portrayed by: {{Buddy Hackett}}

* {{Alliterative Name}}: And the only one in the entire movie with one too.
* {{Captain Obvious}}
* {{Cowardly Sidekick}}
* {{Fat And Skinny}}: The fat to Dingy's skinny.
* {{Fat Idiot}}
* {{Nice Hat}}
* {{Those Two Guys}}: With Dingy

!!Otto Meyer
-->Portrayed by: Phil Silvers

* {{Con Man}}
* {{Jerk Ass}}
* {{Nice Hat}}
* {{Rage Against The Heavens}}: He does this before he drives his car into the river.
* {{The Rival}}: To Pike

!!Col. Algernon Hawthorne
-->Portrayed by: Terry-Thomas

* {{Brake Angrily}}: Hawthorne does this when Russell says something bad about England.
* {{Funny Foreigner}}
* {{Nice Hat}}
* {{The Rival}}: To Russell, at first.
* {{Servile Snarker}}

!!Sylvester Marcus
-->Portrayed by: Dick Shawn

* {{Attention Defecit Ooh Shiny}}
* {{Comically Missing The Point}}: Sylvester was more worried about the safety of his mother than actually joining in the search for the money.
* {{Determinator}}: He was really determined to find out what happened to his mother.
* {{Dumb Muscle}}
* {{Mamas Boy}}

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