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[[AC: ''Mexican Hayride'' (1948)]]
* ClearMyName: The goal of Costello's character, after Abbott's character left him holding the bag in a phony oil field scheme.
* InvoluntaryDance: Costello's character finds himself compelled to dance when he hears a samba after sambaing in a dance marathon for 68 hours to win the money to get to Mexico.
* MotorMouth: The reporter, who talks over Costello constantly and then tells him [[{{Hypocrite}} "Next time a reporter asks you for an interview, don't talk so much!"]]
* ReflexiveResponse: Costello can't help but dance uncontrollably every time he hears samba music.
* ClearMyName: The goal of Costello's character, after Abbott's character left him holding the bag in a phony oil field scheme.
* InvoluntaryDance: Costello's character finds himself compelled to dance when he hears a samba after sambaing in a dance marathon for 68 hours to win the money to get to Mexico.
* MotorMouth: The reporter, who talks over Costello constantly and then tells him [[{{Hypocrite}} "Next time a reporter asks you for an interview, don't talk so much!"]]
* ReflexiveResponse: Costello can't help but dance uncontrollably every time he hears samba music.
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[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion'' (1950)]]
* AccidentalBid: Lou accidentally wins a slave girl auction by repeatedly waving to a girl when he was just being friendly, not knowing that the auctioneer is misinterpreting him as bidding. When he and Lou try to get out of it, the auctioneer won't hear of it, noting that Lou's win is a good buy. To that, Lou responds "Good buy? Goodbye!" as he makes a break for it.
* DemBones: Lou hallucinates a talking skeleton while in the desert.
* HollywoodMirage: Lou has several. One is even a milkshake bar in the middle of the desert! When the boys stumble across an oasis, he takes several minutes to accept that it's real.
* LegionOfLostSouls: Bud and Lou somehow enlist with the Legion in Algiers by accident. They proceed to save the day by accident, and are rewarded with medals and honorable discharges.
* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: When Bud Jones (Abbott) thinks Lou Hotchkiss (Costello) has been blown up, he begins mourning and wishing he'd been nicer to Hotchkiss, only for Hotchkiss to show up and commiserate with him. Once Bud finally realizes that it's Hotchkiss crying on his shoulder, he immediately reverts back to his old self and [[AngerBornOfWorry slaps Hotchkiss]].
%%* SelfOffense: ''Abbott and Costello Join the Foreign Legion''
[[AC: ''Comin' Round the Mountain'' (1951)]]
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Wilbert warns Devil Dan Winfield that Winfield will "get the chair" when he tries to kill Wilbert. Devil Dan dismisses this, stating that every judge on the local circuit was a Winfield, only to find out Wilbert meant it literally when Dan's hit with a chair by Wilbert's companion.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Costello finds his grandfather's revolver and immediately starts pulling the trigger while aiming at the floor. Abbott takes it from Costello, but (still pointed at the floor) pulls the trigger himself several times, firing the one round loaded, unbeknownst to either. The result is more annoyance by Costello and their companion than anything else.
* LovePotion: Costello and several other characters accidentally drink one. HilarityEnsues.
* ShotgunWedding: Alluded to after Costello's love interest takes a LovePotion.
[[AC: ''Lost in Alaska'' (1952)]]
* FunWithForeignLanguages: Costello sees some Eskimos communicating in sign language and makes a few random hand gestures of his own. The Eskimo chief starts laughing, telling Costello, "You just told a funny joke!" Later, when Costello meets an attractive Eskimo lady, he tries to impress her by creating the same hand gestures he used before. She slaps him in the face; apparently it was ''that'' kind of joke.
* KitchenSinkIncluded: While throwing things at the bad guys to keep them from advancing, Abbott says they've thrown everything but the kitchen sink. Guess what Costello does.
* AccidentalBid: Lou accidentally wins a slave girl auction by repeatedly waving to a girl when he was just being friendly, not knowing that the auctioneer is misinterpreting him as bidding. When he and Lou try to get out of it, the auctioneer won't hear of it, noting that Lou's win is a good buy. To that, Lou responds "Good buy? Goodbye!" as he makes a break for it.
* DemBones: Lou hallucinates a talking skeleton while in the desert.
* HollywoodMirage: Lou has several. One is even a milkshake bar in the middle of the desert! When the boys stumble across an oasis, he takes several minutes to accept that it's real.
* LegionOfLostSouls: Bud and Lou somehow enlist with the Legion in Algiers by accident. They proceed to save the day by accident, and are rewarded with medals and honorable discharges.
* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: When Bud Jones (Abbott) thinks Lou Hotchkiss (Costello) has been blown up, he begins mourning and wishing he'd been nicer to Hotchkiss, only for Hotchkiss to show up and commiserate with him. Once Bud finally realizes that it's Hotchkiss crying on his shoulder, he immediately reverts back to his old self and [[AngerBornOfWorry slaps Hotchkiss]].
%%* SelfOffense: ''Abbott and Costello Join the Foreign Legion''
[[AC: ''Comin' Round the Mountain'' (1951)]]
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Wilbert warns Devil Dan Winfield that Winfield will "get the chair" when he tries to kill Wilbert. Devil Dan dismisses this, stating that every judge on the local circuit was a Winfield, only to find out Wilbert meant it literally when Dan's hit with a chair by Wilbert's companion.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Costello finds his grandfather's revolver and immediately starts pulling the trigger while aiming at the floor. Abbott takes it from Costello, but (still pointed at the floor) pulls the trigger himself several times, firing the one round loaded, unbeknownst to either. The result is more annoyance by Costello and their companion than anything else.
* LovePotion: Costello and several other characters accidentally drink one. HilarityEnsues.
* ShotgunWedding: Alluded to after Costello's love interest takes a LovePotion.
[[AC: ''Lost in Alaska'' (1952)]]
* FunWithForeignLanguages: Costello sees some Eskimos communicating in sign language and makes a few random hand gestures of his own. The Eskimo chief starts laughing, telling Costello, "You just told a funny joke!" Later, when Costello meets an attractive Eskimo lady, he tries to impress her by creating the same hand gestures he used before. She slaps him in the face; apparently it was ''that'' kind of joke.
* KitchenSinkIncluded: While throwing things at the bad guys to keep them from advancing, Abbott says they've thrown everything but the kitchen sink. Guess what Costello does.
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[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'' (1953)]]
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Lou falls in love with the Amazonian Queen of Venus, a love she reciprocates... until his inability to keep his hands off of her subjects, and his cohorts' foolish attempt at staging a palace revolt, gets them all shipped back to Earth. Insult is added to injury when the Queen looks at a hologram of the former King, who's one good-looking hunk, and both she and her court dismiss the dumpy Lou.
* ColdEquation: Spoofed. The spaceship has too much weight to take off so they have to leave behind... all the [[LadyLand gorgeous space-babes]] that [[AllMenArePerverts Orville is trying to sneak back to Earth]].
* LadyLand: Venus is home to an all-female society, including the Queen and cabinet. The men are treated as interesting curiosities, but in the end are rejected in favor of mere holograms of the former beefcake King.
* LieDetector: One is made using balloons and an electric chair that can read minds.
* MistakenForAliens: The boys [[ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans land in New Orleans during Mardi Gras]], and the locals' large papier-mâché costumes convince them that they're on Mars.
* NonIndicativeName: ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'' actually sends the title characters to ''Venus'', rather than Mars (though Mars ''was'' their original intended destination).
* NotSoRemote: At the end, Abbott and Costello's rocketship crashes outside New Orleans during Mardis Gras. They assume they're on Mars and the people in costumes are aliens.
* OneGenderRace: The Venusians are all female, having banished the males and claiming to have perfected immortality. One or two small girls are seen, so it's possible that some form of procreation goes on.
* SolarSystemNeighbors: ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'', despite the title, is actually about the duo going to ''Venus'' to meet space women.
* SpaceEpisode: The title says it all, really, as the pair launch into space to visit Mars, only to end up on Venus by mistake.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Lou falls in love with the Amazonian Queen of Venus, a love she reciprocates... until his inability to keep his hands off of her subjects, and his cohorts' foolish attempt at staging a palace revolt, gets them all shipped back to Earth. Insult is added to injury when the Queen looks at a hologram of the former King, who's one good-looking hunk, and both she and her court dismiss the dumpy Lou.
* ColdEquation: Spoofed. The spaceship has too much weight to take off so they have to leave behind... all the [[LadyLand gorgeous space-babes]] that [[AllMenArePerverts Orville is trying to sneak back to Earth]].
* LadyLand: Venus is home to an all-female society, including the Queen and cabinet. The men are treated as interesting curiosities, but in the end are rejected in favor of mere holograms of the former beefcake King.
* LieDetector: One is made using balloons and an electric chair that can read minds.
* MistakenForAliens: The boys [[ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans land in New Orleans during Mardi Gras]], and the locals' large papier-mâché costumes convince them that they're on Mars.
* NonIndicativeName: ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'' actually sends the title characters to ''Venus'', rather than Mars (though Mars ''was'' their original intended destination).
* NotSoRemote: At the end, Abbott and Costello's rocketship crashes outside New Orleans during Mardis Gras. They assume they're on Mars and the people in costumes are aliens.
* OneGenderRace: The Venusians are all female, having banished the males and claiming to have perfected immortality. One or two small girls are seen, so it's possible that some form of procreation goes on.
* SolarSystemNeighbors: ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'', despite the title, is actually about the duo going to ''Venus'' to meet space women.
* SpaceEpisode: The title says it all, really, as the pair launch into space to visit Mars, only to end up on Venus by mistake.
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* KitchenSinkIncluded: In one of their works:
--->'''Costello:''' ''You know –- you know, [[ButtMonkey they have hit me with everything but the kitchen sink]]''\\
'''Abbott:''' ''Oh, well –- we can fix that.''\\
''(Pulls the sink out of the wall, breaks it over Costello's head.)''
--->'''Costello:''' ''You know –- you know, [[ButtMonkey they have hit me with everything but the kitchen sink]]''\\
'''Abbott:''' ''Oh, well –- we can fix that.''\\
''(Pulls the sink out of the wall, breaks it over Costello's head.)''
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* KitchenSinkIncluded:
** While throwing things at the bad guys to keep them from advancing, Abbott says they've thrown everything but the kitchen sink. Guess what Costello does.
** Also this exchange:
--->'''Costello:''' ''You know –- you know, [[ButtMonkey they have hit me with everything but the kitchen sink]]''\\
'''Abbott:''' ''Oh, well –- we can fix that.''\\
''(Pulls the sink out of the wall, breaks it over Costello's head.)''
** While throwing things at the bad guys to keep them from advancing, Abbott says they've thrown everything but the kitchen sink. Guess what Costello does.
** Also this exchange:
--->'''Costello:''' ''You know –- you know, [[ButtMonkey they have hit me with everything but the kitchen sink]]''\\
'''Abbott:''' ''Oh, well –- we can fix that.''\\
''(Pulls the sink out of the wall, breaks it over Costello's head.)''
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* KitchenSinkIncluded:
**KitchenSinkIncluded: While throwing things at the bad guys to keep them from advancing, Abbott says they've thrown everything but the kitchen sink. Guess what Costello does.
** Also this exchange:
--->'''Costello:''' ''You know –- you know, [[ButtMonkey they have hit me with everything but the kitchen sink]]''\\
'''Abbott:''' ''Oh, well –- we can fix that.''\\
''(Pulls the sink out of the wall, breaks it over Costello's head.)''
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--->'''Costello:''' ''You know –- you know, [[ButtMonkey they have hit me with everything but the kitchen sink]]''\\
'''Abbott:''' ''Oh, well –- we can fix that.''\\
''(Pulls the sink out of the wall, breaks it over Costello's head.)''
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* InsaneTrollLogic: The "You're Not Here" routine, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh2E0z42RGA this video]]. In short, "If you aren't in Chicago, or in Philadelphia, or in St. Louis, then you must be someplace else... so you can't be ''here''."
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* InsaneTrollLogic: InsaneTrollLogic:
** The "You're Not Here" routine, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh2E0z42RGA this video]]. In short, "If you aren't in Chicago, or in Philadelphia, or in St. Louis, then you must be someplace else... so you can't be ''here''.""
** Also the basis of the sketch where Costello proves that 7 x 13 = 28.
** The "You're Not Here" routine, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh2E0z42RGA this video]]. In short, "If you aren't in Chicago, or in Philadelphia, or in St. Louis, then you must be someplace else... so you can't be ''here''.
** Also the basis of the sketch where Costello proves that 7 x 13 = 28.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: The basis of the sketch where Costello proves that 7 x 13 = 28.
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* ''[[Film/AbbottAndCostelloInHollywood Abbott and Costello in Hollywood]]'' ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloInHollywood'' (1945)
* InsaneTrollLogic: The "You're Not Here" routine, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh2E0z42RGA this video]]. In short, "If you aren't in Chicago, or in Philadelphia, or in St. Louis, then you must be someplace else... so you can't be ''here''."
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[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello in Hollywood'' (1945)]]
* ICantHearYou: In one sequence, Lou offers Bud earplugs so that he won't hear a sleep-inducing record Lou's using. Unfortunately, whoever's wearing them can't hear a thing.
* InsaneTrollLogic: The "You're Not Here" routine, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh2E0z42RGA when Abbott and Costello use this routine on Klondike Pete]]. In short, "If you aren't in Chicago, or in Philadelphia, or in St. Louis, then you must be someplace else... so you can't be ''here''."
* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: When Buzz Curtis (Abbott) thinks Abercrombie (Costello) has drowned, he begins mourning and wishing he'd been nicer to Abercrombie, only for Abercrombie to show up and commiserate with him. Once Buzz finally realizes that it's Abercrombie crying on his shoulder, he immediately reverts back to his old self and [[AngerBornOfWorry slaps Abercrombie]].
* ICantHearYou: In one sequence, Lou offers Bud earplugs so that he won't hear a sleep-inducing record Lou's using. Unfortunately, whoever's wearing them can't hear a thing.
* InsaneTrollLogic: The "You're Not Here" routine, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh2E0z42RGA when Abbott and Costello use this routine on Klondike Pete]]. In short, "If you aren't in Chicago, or in Philadelphia, or in St. Louis, then you must be someplace else... so you can't be ''here''."
* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: When Buzz Curtis (Abbott) thinks Abercrombie (Costello) has drowned, he begins mourning and wishing he'd been nicer to Abercrombie, only for Abercrombie to show up and commiserate with him. Once Buzz finally realizes that it's Abercrombie crying on his shoulder, he immediately reverts back to his old self and [[AngerBornOfWorry slaps Abercrombie]].
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* ''[[Film/LostInAHarem Lost in a Harem]]'' ''Film/LostInAHarem'' (1944)
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* InsaneTrollLogic:
** The basis of the sketch where [[https://youtu.be/lzxVyO6cpos Costello proves that 7 x 13 = 28!]]
** Also applies to the "You're Not Here" routine, like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh2E0z42RGA when Abbott and Costello use this routine on Klondike Pete]] in ''Abbott and Costello in Hollywood''.
** The basis of the sketch where [[https://youtu.be/lzxVyO6cpos Costello proves that 7 x 13 = 28!]]
** Also applies to the "You're Not Here" routine, like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh2E0z42RGA when Abbott and Costello use this routine on Klondike Pete]] in ''Abbott and Costello in Hollywood''.
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* InsaneTrollLogic:
**InsaneTrollLogic: The basis of the sketch where [[https://youtu.be/lzxVyO6cpos Costello proves that 7 x 13 = 28!]]
** Also applies to the "You're Not Here" routine, like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh2E0z42RGA when Abbott and Costello use this routine on Klondike Pete]] in ''Abbott and Costello in Hollywood''.28.
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** Also applies to the "You're Not Here" routine, like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh2E0z42RGA when Abbott and Costello use this routine on Klondike Pete]] in ''Abbott and Costello in Hollywood''.
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* ICantHearYou: In this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feykwAH_iI4 classic sequence]] (mislabeled on the site), Lou offers Bud earplugs so that he won't hear a sleep-inducing record Lou's using. Unfortunately, whoever's wearing them can't hear a thing.
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* ICantHearYou: In this one sequence, Lou offers Bud earplugs so that he won't hear a sleep-inducing record Lou's using. Unfortunately, whoever's wearing them can't hear a thing.
* InsaneTrollLogic: The "You're Not Here" routine, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feykwAH_iI4 classic sequence]] (mislabeled com/watch?v=Lh2E0z42RGA when Abbott and Costello use this routine on the site), Lou offers Bud earplugs Klondike Pete]]. In short, "If you aren't in Chicago, or in Philadelphia, or in St. Louis, then you must be someplace else... so that he won't hear a sleep-inducing record Lou's using. Unfortunately, whoever's wearing them you can't hear a thing.be ''here''."
* InsaneTrollLogic: The "You're Not Here" routine, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.
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* NonIndicativeName: ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'' sends the title characters to ''Venus'', rather than Mars (though that was their original intention).
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-->'''Costello lookalike:''' "HEY HEY ABBOT!\\
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* In ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963 The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #205, Black Cat burgles a museum guarded by two inept security officers named "Bud" and "Lou," who look and act like the duo.
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* In ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963 The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #205, Black Cat burgles a museum guarded by two inept security officers named "Bud" and "Lou," "Lou", who look and act like the duo.
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* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine
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* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutineBokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: In the majority of their works, Abbott (tsukkomi) plays the relative straight-man to Costello's (boke) antics.
* BrainChain: Virtually every character played by Lou Costello. Occasionally he will even lampshade ''himself'', such as when one of his characters in the film ''Who Done It?'' turns on a radio and hears "WhosOnFirst" (one of Abbott and Costello's most famous routines) and immediately turns it off, remarking how stupid the "short, chubby guy" (actually Costello himself) is.
* BrainChain: Virtually every character played by Lou Costello. Occasionally he will even lampshade ''himself'', such as when one of his characters in the film ''Who Done It?'' turns on a radio and hears "WhosOnFirst" (one of Abbott and Costello's most famous routines) and immediately turns it off, remarking how stupid the "short, chubby guy" (actually Costello himself) is.
* CharacterActionTitle: At least seven of their films have titles starting with the phrase ''Abbott and Costello Meet'', followed by a third character or group's name.
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* DerailedForDetails: The "Jonah and the Whale" sketch.
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* DerailedForDetails: The "Jonah and the Whale" sketch.sketch, where Lou's trying to impress a pretty girl with a joke, but Bud keeps interrupting with demands for details.
* TheDitz: Virtually every character played by Lou Costello. Occasionally he will even lampshade ''himself'', such as when one of his characters in the film ''Who Done It?'' turns on a radio and hears "WhosOnFirst" (one of Abbott and Costello's most famous routines) and immediately turns it off, remarking how stupid the "short, chubby guy" (actually Costello himself) is.
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* TheDitz: Costello's characters tend to be pretty dumb.
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* TheDitz: Costello's characters tend DropTheCow: Taken literally, sort of, during one of the pair's live TV performances in the 1950s. In the middle of performing one of their many army skits, what appeared to be pretty dumb.a cow (or a cow costume, to be more precise) suddenly falls from the rafters onto Costello, knocking him to the floor and causing Abbott and the rest of the cast to have a WTF? moment as Costello tosses the costume aside and the skit continues (all the while the audience is in hysterics). Since A&C occasionally incorporated faked flubs into their performances, it's unclear whether this was an actual mishap, or was intentional. It can be seen on a rare 1980s VHS release of A&C bloopers.
* EatTheCamera: The intro to ''The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show'' begins with an inversion, on [[NotQuiteStarring Costello's]] mouth as he's running screaming.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Bud and Lou's characters, and only on-screen. In real life, they were not particularly close (and at one point, at the height of their fame, spent a year not speaking to one another except when the cameras were rolling).
* HustlingTheMark: This happens in several of the pair's movies. Typically it's also [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in that [[ConMan Abbott]] 'tricks' seeming clueless innocent [[ObfuscatingStupidity Costello]] into a game of dice or poker, only for Lou to walk away with everyone's money.
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* IfItTastesBadItMustBeGoodForYou:
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* IfItTastesBadItMustBeGoodForYou:IfItTastesBadItMustBeGoodForYou: The "WhosOnFirst" routine has Bud try to convince Lou to go on a diet, resulting in this exchange:
* NotQuiteStarring: The ''The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show'' actually managed to get Bud Abbott to do his own voice (in a large part because he owed a lot of money to the IRS), but featured Stan Irwin as the voice of Lou Costello (the real Lou Costello being, unfortunately, deceased by this time).
* TheOperatorsMustBeCrazy: The episode "Who Done It" has a skit about a particularly bizarre and abusive operator.
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* TheOperatorsMustBeCrazy: The episode "Who Done It" has a skit about a particularly bizarre and abusive operator.
* PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo: In a routine involving a stolen necklace in one film and a spiked drink in a couple others.
* ThePratfall: Used regularly.
* PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo: In a routine involving a stolen necklace in one film and a spiked drink in a couple others.
* ThePratfall: Used regularly.
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* TheOperatorsMustBeCrazy: The PigLatin: In an episode "Who Done It" has a skit about a particularly bizarre of "The Abbott and abusive operator.
Costello Show", the duo are filming a movie with Dorothy Lamour, where they face off against an Arab sultan named [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Atfay Elli-bay]].
* PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo:In The duo sometimes did a routine involving variation: Lou gets a stolen necklace from a mysterious woman, detective comes by and says a mysterious woman just stole a necklace, then Lou tries to hide it in Bud's hamburger so they don't get blamed for it. Eventually, Lou ends up eating it, just as the detective comes back and mentions there's a reward for it.
* PottyDance: An outtake exists from one filmand of Costello stopping a spiked drink in a couple others.
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* ThePratfall: Usedregularly.regularly -- Lou was a master of the technique.
* PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo:
* PottyDance: An outtake exists from one film
* ThePratfall: Used
* PungeonMaster: Lou Costello, given that most of their humor was puns and deliberate misunderstandings of a punny nature.
* RandomEventsPlot: Many of the pair's films could qualify. If you were to tear out every scene that has little or nothing to do with the plot, you'd wind up with about twenty minutes of film per movie. Note that, of course, Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad; many of these gratuitous scenes, while not being plot-relevant, are still ''funny''.
* RandomEventsPlot: Many of the pair's films could qualify. If you were to tear out every scene that has little or nothing to do with the plot, you'd wind up with about twenty minutes of film per movie. Note that, of course, Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad; many of these gratuitous scenes, while not being plot-relevant, are still ''funny''.
* RichesToRags: In real life, Abbott and Costello got hit by the IRS demanding back taxes in the late fifties, forcing them to sell their homes and most of their assets, including the rights to most of their films.
* SadClown: Lou Costello himself, who suffered tragedy at the height of the duo's fame when his infant son accidentally drowned in his family pool. It's said he was a completely different person afterward, often clashing with partner Bud Abbott, which nearly led to the break-up of their act. Costello would later die of a heart attack at the age of 52, brought on by complications from chronic rheumatism.
* SadClown: Lou Costello himself, who suffered tragedy at the height of the duo's fame when his infant son accidentally drowned in his family pool. It's said he was a completely different person afterward, often clashing with partner Bud Abbott, which nearly led to the break-up of their act. Costello would later die of a heart attack at the age of 52, brought on by complications from chronic rheumatism.
* SitComic: ''The Abbott and Costello Show'' was produced by having the film and Vaudeville stars give their performances in camera-equipped area.
* SlippingAMickey: A regular routine, where Lou realizes his drink has been poisoned, so he distracts the bad guy ("HELLO! Steve, old boy!") so he can switch the glasses. HilarityEnsues, especially when the move was faked.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVlyR_0j-pM a sketch]] from ''The Colgate Comedy Hour''. The joke is that Costello is supposed to eat a hamburger on which a thief has secretly stashed a stolen diamond necklace. The only problem is, he finds it too hard to scarf down an entire burger for real and, being on live TV, suffers a total fit of {{corpsing}}. (At one point toward the end of the sketch, you can see him turn to Abbott, gesture helplessly at the burger, and between giggles clearly mouth the words, "I can't do it!")
* TraumaButtonEnding: Used in two classic routines that follow a similar path:
** The "Niagara Falls" routine (also made famous by ''Film/TheThreeStooges''), in which two men meet (one is implied to be a wanderer) and in casual conversation, Costello's character triggers Abbott's (the wanderer) BerserkButton ('''"NIAGARA FALLS!"'''), and he brutalizes Costello's character while reminiscing the time that he hunted down a man who stole his girlfriend to that location. Variations of the routine have Costello's character either reflexively wincing when someone else comes along and says the name after the wanderer leaves, being pummeled by the wanderer because of said button-pressing ([[SelectiveEnforcement but the newcomer stays safe]]), repeating the wanderer's irate rambling (and pummeling) to the newcomer, or discovering the hard way that the bitter rival the wanderer keeps reminiscing developed the same BerserkButton from those events and getting pummeled ''again''.
** The "Susquehanna Hat Company" routine has Costello's character wandering the streets trying to deliver straw hats to the titular hat company, only to find out that every person that he meets for one reason or another has the hat company as a BerserkButton (the company is rumored to be corrupt, their loved ones died wearing a hat from the company, a crazy guy (that thinks he's a ghost and is implied to be the one that a previous passerby considered "dead") was wearing one when he "died", etc) and they wreck a hat in a rage before storming off (to add insult to injury, they pluck it off Costello's character's head to do so -- and in one occasion even pulling it off the box he placed it in to ''prevent'' them from destroying it the moment he noticed they were starting to act crazy). The routine ends with Abbott's character (a fellow salesman) pointing out that Costello's character only has one hat remaining ("and what excuse are we gonna give the Susquehanna Hat Company?") and Costello's character wrecking the hat as he goes in a similar screaming fury.
* UniversalAdaptorCast: Abbott and Costello starred in several films where the pair acted in various genres. Probably the most notable were a series titled ''Abbott and Costello Meet...'' where they would indeed meet various horror monsters.
** The "Niagara Falls" routine (also made famous by ''Film/TheThreeStooges''), in which two men meet (one is implied to be a wanderer) and in casual conversation, Costello's character triggers Abbott's (the wanderer) BerserkButton ('''"NIAGARA FALLS!"'''), and he brutalizes Costello's character while reminiscing the time that he hunted down a man who stole his girlfriend to that location. Variations of the routine have Costello's character either reflexively wincing when someone else comes along and says the name after the wanderer leaves, being pummeled by the wanderer because of said button-pressing ([[SelectiveEnforcement but the newcomer stays safe]]), repeating the wanderer's irate rambling (and pummeling) to the newcomer, or discovering the hard way that the bitter rival the wanderer keeps reminiscing developed the same BerserkButton from those events and getting pummeled ''again''.
** The "Susquehanna Hat Company" routine has Costello's character wandering the streets trying to deliver straw hats to the titular hat company, only to find out that every person that he meets for one reason or another has the hat company as a BerserkButton (the company is rumored to be corrupt, their loved ones died wearing a hat from the company, a crazy guy (that thinks he's a ghost and is implied to be the one that a previous passerby considered "dead") was wearing one when he "died", etc) and they wreck a hat in a rage before storming off (to add insult to injury, they pluck it off Costello's character's head to do so -- and in one occasion even pulling it off the box he placed it in to ''prevent'' them from destroying it the moment he noticed they were starting to act crazy). The routine ends with Abbott's character (a fellow salesman) pointing out that Costello's character only has one hat remaining ("and what excuse are we gonna give the Susquehanna Hat Company?") and Costello's character wrecking the hat as he goes in a similar screaming fury.
* UniversalAdaptorCast: Abbott and Costello starred in several films where the pair acted in various genres. Probably the most notable were a series titled ''Abbott and Costello Meet...'' where they would indeed meet various horror monsters.
* VersusTitle: Many of the duo's later movies had titles of the form ''Abbott and Costello Meet (something else from Universal)''.
* WhatsAHenway: One of their recurring gags. For example, from the episode "Costello's Farm":
-->'''Abbott:''' What kind of cow have you? A heifer cow?
-->'''Costello:''' What?
-->'''Abbott:''' A heifer cow?
-->'''Costello:''' Nah, I gotta whole cow! I gotta whole flock o' cows!
-->'''Abbott:''' No, no, no, stupid! It's not flock, it's herd!
-->'''Costello:''' Herd o' what?
-->'''Abbott:''' Herd of cows.
-->'''Costello:''' Sure I've heard o' cows!
-->'''Abbott:''' No, no, no, I mean a ''cow herd.''
-->'''Costello:''' What do I care if a cow heard? I ain't said nothin' to be ashamed of!
-->'''Abbott:''' Oh, just forget it, Costello. I'm not in the mood.
-->'''Costello:''' Not in what mood?
-->'''Abbott:''' A cow mood.
-->'''Costello:''' Who cares if a cow mooed?!
** And of course, "WhosOnFirst".
-->'''Abbott:''' What kind of cow have you? A heifer cow?
-->'''Costello:''' What?
-->'''Abbott:''' A heifer cow?
-->'''Costello:''' Nah, I gotta whole cow! I gotta whole flock o' cows!
-->'''Abbott:''' No, no, no, stupid! It's not flock, it's herd!
-->'''Costello:''' Herd o' what?
-->'''Abbott:''' Herd of cows.
-->'''Costello:''' Sure I've heard o' cows!
-->'''Abbott:''' No, no, no, I mean a ''cow herd.''
-->'''Costello:''' What do I care if a cow heard? I ain't said nothin' to be ashamed of!
-->'''Abbott:''' Oh, just forget it, Costello. I'm not in the mood.
-->'''Costello:''' Not in what mood?
-->'''Abbott:''' A cow mood.
-->'''Costello:''' Who cares if a cow mooed?!
** And of course, "WhosOnFirst".
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* AccidentalAimingSkills: Oliver's (Lou's) final shot at the basket.
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* AccidentalAimingSkills: Oliver's (Lou's) final In completely the wrong direction -- Oliver Quackenbush (Lou Costello) loses a tied basketball game when his shot at goal misses, bounces of the basket.backboard and ''flies the entire length of the court'' to land in the opposition's basket.
* LineageLadder: Mr. Kirkland, the stuck-in-his-ways landlord of Bixby College, uses one of these to rebuke the newly appointed Dean's requests to modernize the school.
--> '''Dean Benson''': But, if you'd just let me make this a real school--\\
'''Mr. Kirkland''': Bixby was good enough for ''my'' mother. And her mother! And her mother's mother! And her mother's mother's mother!
* LineageLadder: Mr. Kirkland, the stuck-in-his-ways landlord of Bixby College, uses one of these to rebuke the newly appointed Dean's requests to modernize the school.
--> '''Dean Benson''': But, if you'd just let me make this a real school--\\
'''Mr. Kirkland''': Bixby was good enough for ''my'' mother. And her mother! And her mother's mother! And her mother's mother's mother!
* OwnGoal: Oliver (Costello) makes a shot at goal in a basketball game that bounces off the backboard, flies the full length of the court, and lands in the opposition's basket.
* SuperRinger: A professional women's basketball team is secretly brought in to play a women's college team. (There's heavy betting involved. The college's future is at stake.) One of the college players is injured, so Lou Costello puts on a dress and a wig and goes in as a sub. He's terrible, but after he's knocked out mid-game, he awakens with amnesia and is told, "You're Dolly Dimple, the world's greatest woman basketball player!" Living up to his billing, his team wins. At the end of the game, all of the ringers are revealed. The officials decide that "Five ringers are worse than one" and award the game to the college players (and Lou, who isn't in college.)
* SuperRinger: A professional women's basketball team is secretly brought in to play a women's college team. (There's heavy betting involved. The college's future is at stake.) One of the college players is injured, so Lou Costello puts on a dress and a wig and goes in as a sub. He's terrible, but after he's knocked out mid-game, he awakens with amnesia and is told, "You're Dolly Dimple, the world's greatest woman basketball player!" Living up to his billing, his team wins. At the end of the game, all of the ringers are revealed. The officials decide that "Five ringers are worse than one" and award the game to the college players (and Lou, who isn't in college.)
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* PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo: Costello's character ends up having a drink with a FemmeFatale. At one point Costello loses track of who has the poison, so he dumps it into a potted plant. ThatPoorPlant withers away and dies, prompting Costello to wipe his glass out ''very thoroughly.''
* ThatPoorPlant: In a hilarious scene, the BigBad and Costello's character Sebastian are put alone together in a private room in a theater, where she proceeds to poison his drink. They then do a PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo back and forth until ''he'' gets confused and opts to toss the drink in the fern next to him. Sebastian watches the fern die very slowly, and then wipes his glass ''very'' thoroughly on his tux.
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* ICantHearYou: In this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feykwAH_iI4 classic sequence]] (mislabeled on the site), Lou offers Bud earplugs so that he won't hear a sleep-inducing record Lou's using. Unfortunately, whoever's wearing them can't hear a thing.
* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: When Buzz Curtis (Abbott) thinks Abercrombie (Costello) has drowned, he begins mourning and wishing he'd been nicer to Abercrombie, only for Abercrombie to show up and commiserate with him. Once Buzz finally realizes that it's Abercrombie crying on his shoulder, he immediately reverts back to his old self and [[AngerBornOfWorry slaps Abercrombie]].
* ThatPoorPlant: In a hilarious scene, the BigBad and Costello's character Sebastian are put alone together in a private room in a theater, where she proceeds to poison his drink. They then do a PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo back and forth until ''he'' gets confused and opts to toss the drink in the fern next to him. Sebastian watches the fern die very slowly, and then wipes his glass ''very'' thoroughly on his tux.
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* ICantHearYou: In this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feykwAH_iI4 classic sequence]] (mislabeled on the site), Lou offers Bud earplugs so that he won't hear a sleep-inducing record Lou's using. Unfortunately, whoever's wearing them can't hear a thing.
* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: When Buzz Curtis (Abbott) thinks Abercrombie (Costello) has drowned, he begins mourning and wishing he'd been nicer to Abercrombie, only for Abercrombie to show up and commiserate with him. Once Buzz finally realizes that it's Abercrombie crying on his shoulder, he immediately reverts back to his old self and [[AngerBornOfWorry slaps Abercrombie]].
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* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Bud Abbott plays the head of a vacuum cleaner company and his much nicer cousin and head of a branch office, who explains the resemblance with a photo of their grandmother (Abbott in drag).
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* MistakenForTerrorist: Bud and Lou when demonstrating how the model of their friend's midget racer works to a bank manager. Lou revs it up backwards and it starts backfiring, making it look like he's firing a machine gun from outside the office.
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* IAmSpartacus: A six-year-old orphan named Evey is discovered hiding out in an Army troop ship. She's discovered by the hated Sgt. Collins who intends to turn her over to the authorities.
--> '''A soldier:''' How about pretending you didn't see her?\\
'''Sgt. Collins:''' Oh sure, sure. And lose my stripes for it. Then what?\\
'''Another soldier:''' You might become a regular guy\\
'''Sgt. Collins:''' ''[angrily]'' Who said that?\\
'''All the Soldiers:''' I did.\\
'''Evey:''' I did.
* MistakenForTerrorist:Bud Slicker (Bud) and Lou when demonstrating how the model of Herbie (Lou) apply for a bank loan for their friend's midget racer works to a bank manager. Lou revs it up backwards and it race car. When demonstrating the model of the car, Herbie starts backfiring, it in reverse, causing it to backfire, making it look like he's firing they were robbing the bank with a machine gun from outside the office.gun.
--> '''A soldier:''' How about pretending you didn't see her?\\
'''Sgt. Collins:''' Oh sure, sure. And lose my stripes for it. Then what?\\
'''Another soldier:''' You might become a regular guy\\
'''Sgt. Collins:''' ''[angrily]'' Who said that?\\
'''All the Soldiers:''' I did.\\
'''Evey:''' I did.
* MistakenForTerrorist:
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: After Costello rescues a gorilla from a trapper's pit, the gorilla follows him around, repeatedly saving him from other animals and cannibal natives and recovering a bag of diamonds Abbot had stolen from the natives. Later, after Costello makes it back to America (presumably with the Gorilla's help) he uses the diamonds to become head of the department store where he worked and appoints the Gorilla as his vice-president while Abbot (who used and abused Costello throughout the entire film before abandoning him after losing the diamonds) is reduced to working beneath them as an elevator operator.
* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: When Buzz Johnson (Abbott) thinks Stanley Livington (Costello) has been eaten by a lion, he begins mourning and wishing he'd been nicer to Livington, only for Livington to show up and commiserate with him. Once Buzz finally realizes that it's Livington crying on his shoulder, he immediately reverts back to his old self and [[AngerBornOfWorry slaps Livington]].
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* AccidentalBid: Costello buys a bunch of slave girls this way, because he thinks the other bidder is waving at him.
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* AccidentalBid: Costello buys Lou accidentally wins a bunch of slave girls this way, because he thinks the other bidder is girl auction by repeatedly waving at him.to a girl when he was just being friendly, not knowing that the auctioneer is misinterpreting him as bidding. When he and Lou try to get out of it, the auctioneer won't hear of it, noting that Lou's win is a good buy. To that, Lou responds "Good buy? Goodbye!" as he makes a break for it.
* DemBones: Lou hallucinates a talking skeleton while in the desert.
* DemBones: Lou hallucinates a talking skeleton while in the desert.
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* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: When Bud Jones (Abbott) thinks Lou Hotchkiss (Costello) has been blown up, he begins mourning and wishing he'd been nicer to Hotchkiss, only for Hotchkiss to show up and commiserate with him. Once Bud finally realizes that it's Hotchkiss crying on his shoulder, he immediately reverts back to his old self and [[AngerBornOfWorry slaps Hotchkiss]].
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Costello finds his grandfather's revolver and immediately starts pulling the trigger while aiming at the floor. Abbott takes it from Costello, but (still pointed at the floor) pulls the trigger himself several times, firing the one round loaded, unbeknownst to either. The result is more annoyance by Costello and their companion than anything else.
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* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Lou falls in love with the Amazonian Queen of Venus, a love she reciprocates... until his inability to keep his hands off of her subjects, and his cohorts' foolish attempt at staging a palace revolt, gets them all shipped back to Earth. It doesn't help that the Queen shows her subjects holograms of the previous King, an attractive hunk; the ladies immediately lose interest in the dumpy Lou.
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* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Lou falls in love with the Amazonian Queen of Venus, a love she reciprocates... until his inability to keep his hands off of her subjects, and his cohorts' foolish attempt at staging a palace revolt, gets them all shipped back to Earth. It doesn't help that Insult is added to injury when the Queen shows her subjects holograms looks at a hologram of the previous former King, an attractive hunk; the ladies immediately lose interest in who's one good-looking hunk, and both she and her court dismiss the dumpy Lou.Lou.
* ColdEquation: Spoofed. The spaceship has too much weight to take off so they have to leave behind... all the [[LadyLand gorgeous space-babes]] that [[AllMenArePerverts Orville is trying to sneak back to Earth]].
* ColdEquation: Spoofed. The spaceship has too much weight to take off so they have to leave behind... all the [[LadyLand gorgeous space-babes]] that [[AllMenArePerverts Orville is trying to sneak back to Earth]].
* NotSoRemote: At the end, Abbott and Costello's rocketship crashes outside New Orleans during Mardis Gras. They assume they're on Mars and the people in costumes are aliens.
* OneGenderRace: The Venusians are all female, having banished the males and claiming to have perfected immortality. One or two small girls are seen, so it's possible that some form of procreation goes on.
* OneGenderRace: The Venusians are all female, having banished the males and claiming to have perfected immortality. One or two small girls are seen, so it's possible that some form of procreation goes on.
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* SpaceEpisode: The title says it all, really, as the pair launch into space to visit Mars, only to end up on Venus by mistake.
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* AmbiguousGender: The hotel employee who constantly swindles Lou.
* AmbiguousGender: The hotel employee who constantly swindles Lou.
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* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Wilbert warns Devil Dan Winfield that he'll "get the chair" when he tries to kill Wilbert. Devil Dan dismisses this, stating that every judge on the local circuit was a Winfield, only to be hit with a chair by Wilbert's companion.
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* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Wilbert warns Devil Dan Winfield that he'll Winfield will "get the chair" when he tries to kill Wilbert. Devil Dan dismisses this, stating that every judge on the local circuit was a Winfield, only to be find out Wilbert meant it literally when Dan's hit with a chair by Wilbert's companion.
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%%* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: in In the romantic subplot in ''Jack and the Beanstalk''.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Moonbeam in ''Ride 'Em Cowboy'', and the widow in ''The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap''.
* AccidentalAimingSkills: Oliver's (Lou's) final shot at the basket in ''Here Come the Co-Eds''.
* AccidentalBid: Costello buys a bunch of slave girls in ''Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Leigon'' this way, because he thinks the other bidder is waving at him.
* AccidentalProposal: In ''Ride 'Em Cowboy'', Willoughby (Lou) accidentally shoots an arrow into an Indian maiden's teepee. Tribal custom says this is a proposal of marriage and Lou and Bud spend much of the rest of the film running away from the bride-to-be and her tribe.
* AdultsDressedAsChildren: Joe Besser as Stinky the SpoiledBrat, who would get into hilarious spats with the equally childish Costello.
* AdvertisedExtra: Abbott and Costello were supporting characters in their first film, ''One Night in the Tropics'', but the home video releases heavily feature them on the cover (and they weren't pictured on the original poster) and put their names above the title as if they are the stars.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules:
** In ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'', Lou falls in love with the Amazonian Queen of Venus, a love she reciprocates... until his inability to keep his hands off of her subjects, and his cohorts' foolish attempt at staging a palace revolt, gets them all shipped back to Earth.
** It didn't help that the Queen showed her subjects holograms of the previous King, an attractive hunk; the ladies immediately lost interest in the dumpy Lou.
* AmbiguousGender: The hotel employee in ''Who Done It'' who constantly swindles Lou.
* AncientEgypt: Although it was set in (then-)modern times, ''Abbott and Costello Meet The Mummy'' calls pretty heavily on this trope.
* AccidentalAimingSkills: Oliver's (Lou's) final shot at the basket in ''Here Come the Co-Eds''.
* AccidentalBid: Costello buys a bunch of slave girls in ''Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Leigon'' this way, because he thinks the other bidder is waving at him.
* AccidentalProposal: In ''Ride 'Em Cowboy'', Willoughby (Lou) accidentally shoots an arrow into an Indian maiden's teepee. Tribal custom says this is a proposal of marriage and Lou and Bud spend much of the rest of the film running away from the bride-to-be and her tribe.
* AdultsDressedAsChildren: Joe Besser as Stinky the SpoiledBrat, who would get into hilarious spats with the equally childish Costello.
* AdvertisedExtra: Abbott and Costello were supporting characters in their first film, ''One Night in the Tropics'', but the home video releases heavily feature them on the cover (and they weren't pictured on the original poster) and put their names above the title as if they are the stars.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules:
** In ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'', Lou falls in love with the Amazonian Queen of Venus, a love she reciprocates... until his inability to keep his hands off of her subjects, and his cohorts' foolish attempt at staging a palace revolt, gets them all shipped back to Earth.
** It didn't help that the Queen showed her subjects holograms of the previous King, an attractive hunk; the ladies immediately lost interest in the dumpy Lou.
* AmbiguousGender: The hotel employee in ''Who Done It'' who constantly swindles Lou.
* AncientEgypt: Although it was set in (then-)modern times, ''Abbott and Costello Meet The Mummy'' calls pretty heavily on this trope.
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* AccidentalAimingSkills: Oliver's (Lou's) final shot at the basket in ''Here Come the Co-Eds''.
* AccidentalBid: Costello buys a bunch of slave girls in ''Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Leigon'' this way, because he thinks the other bidder is waving at him.
* AccidentalProposal: In ''Ride 'Em Cowboy'', Willoughby (Lou) accidentally shoots an arrow into an Indian maiden's teepee. Tribal custom says this is a proposal of marriage and Lou and Bud spend much of the rest of the film running away from the bride-to-be and her tribe.
* AdultsDressedAsChildren: ''The Abbott and Costello Show'' features Joe Besser as Stinky the SpoiledBrat, who would get into hilarious spats with the equally childish
* AdvertisedExtra: Abbott and Costello were supporting characters in their first film, ''One Night in the Tropics'', but the home video releases heavily feature them on the cover (and they weren't pictured on the original poster) and put their names above the title as if they are the stars.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules:
** In ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'', Lou falls in love with the Amazonian Queen of Venus, a love she reciprocates... until his inability to keep his hands off of her subjects, and his cohorts' foolish attempt at staging a palace revolt, gets them all shipped back to Earth.
** It didn't help that the Queen showed her subjects holograms of the previous King, an attractive hunk; the ladies immediately lost interest in the dumpy Lou.
* AmbiguousGender: The hotel employee in ''Who Done It'' who constantly swindles Lou.
* AncientEgypt: Although it was set in (then-)modern times, ''Abbott and Costello Meet The Mummy'' calls pretty heavily on this trope.
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* BadBoss: Abbott's first character in ''Little Giant''.
* BankruptcyBarrel: Lou dons one at the end of ''Buck Privates''.
* BeanstalkParody: In ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', Eloise Larkin and her fiancé Arthur's plans to attend the rehearsal of a play are jeopardized because no one will babysit her obnoxious kid brother Donald. Eloise phones the Cosman Employment Agency, where Mr. Dinkel (Bud) and Jack (Lou) just happen to be seeking work. Jack flirts with Cosman employee Polly, but he is thwarted by the arrival of her boyfriend, a towering police officer. Polly sends Dinkle and Jack to babysit, but an attempt to lull the boy to sleep by reading the fairy tale ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (Jack's "favorite novel") aloud fails when Jack stumbles over the larger words. Bemused by Jack, Donald reads the story instead -- a role-reversal made complete when Jack falls asleep as Donald reads. In his slumber, Jack dreams that he is the young Jack of the fairy tale. HilarityEnsues as he [[AndYouWereThere the people he has met fill the various roles in the story]].
* BerserkButton / NeverSayThatAgain: The "Slowly I turned..." routine was used by Abbott and Costello several times: in the films ''Lost In a Harem'' with the trigger word "Pokomoko", and ''In Society'' with the trigger phrase "Susquehanna Hat Company", as well as in ''The Abbott and Costello Show'' on television, using the [[Film/TheThreeStooges more traditional]] "UsefulNotes/NiagaraFalls".
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Costello's not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he's not quite as stupid as he looks either. DependingOnTheWriter, he sometimes has scenes where he skillfully outwits people who think he's just a moron - ''Whodunit'' in particular has him do this several times during the climax.
* BankruptcyBarrel: Lou dons one at the end of ''Buck Privates''.
* BeanstalkParody: In ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', Eloise Larkin and her fiancé Arthur's plans to attend the rehearsal of a play are jeopardized because no one will babysit her obnoxious kid brother Donald. Eloise phones the Cosman Employment Agency, where Mr. Dinkel (Bud) and Jack (Lou) just happen to be seeking work. Jack flirts with Cosman employee Polly, but he is thwarted by the arrival of her boyfriend, a towering police officer. Polly sends Dinkle and Jack to babysit, but an attempt to lull the boy to sleep by reading the fairy tale ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (Jack's "favorite novel") aloud fails when Jack stumbles over the larger words. Bemused by Jack, Donald reads the story instead -- a role-reversal made complete when Jack falls asleep as Donald reads. In his slumber, Jack dreams that he is the young Jack of the fairy tale. HilarityEnsues as he [[AndYouWereThere the people he has met fill the various roles in the story]].
* BerserkButton / NeverSayThatAgain: The "Slowly I turned..." routine was used by Abbott and Costello several times: in the films ''Lost In a Harem'' with the trigger word "Pokomoko", and ''In Society'' with the trigger phrase "Susquehanna Hat Company", as well as in ''The Abbott and Costello Show'' on television, using the [[Film/TheThreeStooges more traditional]] "UsefulNotes/NiagaraFalls".
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Costello's not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he's not quite as stupid as he looks either. DependingOnTheWriter, he sometimes has scenes where he skillfully outwits people who think he's just a moron - ''Whodunit'' in particular has him do this several times during the climax.
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* BankruptcyBarrel: Lou dons one at the end of ''Buck Privates''.
* BeanstalkParody: In ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', Eloise Larkin and her fiancé Arthur's plans to attend the rehearsal of a play are jeopardized because no one will babysit her obnoxious kid brother Donald. Eloise phones the Cosman Employment Agency, where Mr. Dinkel (Bud) and Jack (Lou) just happen to be seeking work. Jack flirts with Cosman employee Polly, but he is thwarted by the arrival of her boyfriend, a towering police officer. Polly sends Dinkle and Jack to babysit, but an attempt to lull the boy to sleep by reading the fairy tale ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (Jack's "favorite novel") aloud fails when Jack stumbles over the larger words. Bemused by Jack, Donald reads the story instead -- a role-reversal made complete when Jack falls asleep as Donald reads. In his slumber, Jack dreams that he is the young Jack of the fairy tale. HilarityEnsues as he [[AndYouWereThere the people he has met fill the various roles in the story]].
* BerserkButton / NeverSayThatAgain: The "Slowly I turned..." routine was used by Abbott and Costello several times: in the films ''Lost In a Harem'' with the trigger word "Pokomoko", and ''In Society'' with the trigger phrase "Susquehanna Hat Company", as well as in ''The Abbott and Costello Show'' on television, using the [[Film/TheThreeStooges more traditional]] "UsefulNotes/NiagaraFalls".
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* {{Bowdlerization}}: The original movie poster for ''Africa Screams'' as well as some early home video releases show a racist caricature of an African stewing Abbott and Costello in a cauldron as he holds a cookbook. This is absent from modern video covers and streaming service thumbnails for obvious reasons.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: This exchange in ''It Ain't Hay'':
-->'''Abbott:''' Go answer the door. It might be Warner.\\
'''Costello:''' It won't do no good. We're all signed up with Universal.
* BungledSuicide: In ''Pardon My Sarong'', Bud convinces Lou to shoot himself rather than starve to death when they are marooned at sea without food or fresh water. Naturally, Lou pulls the trigger and misses.
* ButYouWereThereAndYouAndYou: ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' has Lou's character dreaming that he's Jack, with the other characters corresponding to people he knows in real life.
* ButtMonkey:
** Costello, most of the time. Abbott takes this role in ''The Time of Their Lives''.
** The fate of Sgt. Collins in ''Buck Privates Come Home''.
* CallBack: In ''Pardon My Sarong'', Costello refers to an egg-beater as an outboard motor. Towards the end of the film, he calls an outboard motor an egg-beater.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: This exchange in ''It Ain't Hay'':
-->'''Abbott:''' Go answer the door. It might be Warner.\\
'''Costello:''' It won't do no good. We're all signed up with Universal.
* BungledSuicide: In ''Pardon My Sarong'', Bud convinces Lou to shoot himself rather than starve to death when they are marooned at sea without food or fresh water. Naturally, Lou pulls the trigger and misses.
* ButYouWereThereAndYouAndYou: ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' has Lou's character dreaming that he's Jack, with the other characters corresponding to people he knows in real life.
* ButtMonkey:
** Costello, most of the time. Abbott takes this role in ''The Time of Their Lives''.
** The fate of Sgt. Collins in ''Buck Privates Come Home''.
* CallBack: In ''Pardon My Sarong'', Costello refers to an egg-beater as an outboard motor. Towards the end of the film, he calls an outboard motor an egg-beater.
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* {{Bowdlerization}}: The original movie poster for ''Africa Screams'' as well as some early home video releases show a racist caricature of an African stewing Abbott and Costello in a cauldron as he holds a cookbook. This is absent from modern video covers and streaming service thumbnails for obvious reasons.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: This exchange in ''It Ain't Hay'':
-->'''Abbott:''' Go answer the door. It might be Warner.\\
'''Costello:''' It won't do no good. We're all signed up with Universal.
* BungledSuicide: In ''Pardon My Sarong'', Bud convinces Lou to shoot himself rather than starve to death when they are marooned at sea without food or fresh water. Naturally, Lou pulls the trigger and misses.
* ButYouWereThereAndYouAndYou: ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' has Lou's character dreaming that he's Jack, with the other characters corresponding to people he knows in real life.
* ButtMonkey:
**ButtMonkey: Costello, most of the time. Abbott takes this role in ''The Time of Their Lives''.
** The fate of Sgt. Collins in ''Buck Privates Come Home''.
* CallBack: In ''Pardon My Sarong'', Costello refers to an egg-beater as an outboard motor. Towards the end of the film, he calls an outboard motor an egg-beater.time.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: This exchange in ''It Ain't Hay'':
-->'''Abbott:''' Go answer the door. It might be Warner.\\
'''Costello:''' It won't do no good. We're all signed up with Universal.
* BungledSuicide: In ''Pardon My Sarong'', Bud convinces Lou to shoot himself rather than starve to death when they are marooned at sea without food or fresh water. Naturally, Lou pulls the trigger and misses.
* ButYouWereThereAndYouAndYou: ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' has Lou's character dreaming that he's Jack, with the other characters corresponding to people he knows in real life.
* ButtMonkey:
**
** The fate of Sgt. Collins in ''Buck Privates Come Home''.
* CallBack: In ''Pardon My Sarong'', Costello refers to an egg-beater as an outboard motor. Towards the end of the film, he calls an outboard motor an egg-beater.
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* CantGetInTroubleForNuthin: In ''The Noose Hangs High'', Abbott and Costello try to commit a crime to GetIntoJailFree. It doesn't work out so well because they target the wrong people (e.g., stealing something from a guy who stole it himself).
* CassandraTruth: Played with in most of the horror spoofs - the monster or ghost (and in one case, Indian chief) terrorizes Lou, but only when Bud isn't around to see it. Naturally, Bud never believes Lou. At the end of ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'', Lou goes off like this:
* CassandraTruth: Played with in most of the horror spoofs - the monster or ghost (and in one case, Indian chief) terrorizes Lou, but only when Bud isn't around to see it. Naturally, Bud never believes Lou. At the end of ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'', Lou goes off like this:
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* CatchPhrase: "Heeeeeey, Abb-ott!"
* CelestialBureaucracy / YankTheDogsChain: The end of ''The Time of Their Lives''.
* ChainOfCorrections: Several of their routines fit this trope, none more famous than "WhosOnFirst." Played to perfection, the routine saw Abbott list the names of players on a baseball team to Costello, Costello constantly misinterpret the answers as non-responsive, Abbott correct him repeatedly and Costello becoming even more befuddled and confused to the point where, in the end he throws up his hands and says "I don't give a damn!" – unwittingly identifying the shortstop.
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: In ''Comin' Round the Mountain'', Wilbert warns Devil Dan Winfield that he'll "get the chair" when he tries to kill Wilbert. Devil Dan dismisses this, stating that every judge on the local circuit was a Winfield, only to be hit with a chair by Wilbert's companion.
* ClearMyName: The goal of Costello's character in ''Mexican Hayride'' after Abbott's character left him holding the bag in a phony oil field scheme.
* CloudCuckoolander: The "Pokomoko" guy in ''Lost in a Harem''.
* CelestialBureaucracy / YankTheDogsChain: The end of ''The Time of Their Lives''.
* ChainOfCorrections: Several of their routines fit this trope, none more famous than "WhosOnFirst." Played to perfection, the routine saw Abbott list the names of players on a baseball team to Costello, Costello constantly misinterpret the answers as non-responsive, Abbott correct him repeatedly and Costello becoming even more befuddled and confused to the point where, in the end he throws up his hands and says "I don't give a damn!" – unwittingly identifying the shortstop.
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: In ''Comin' Round the Mountain'', Wilbert warns Devil Dan Winfield that he'll "get the chair" when he tries to kill Wilbert. Devil Dan dismisses this, stating that every judge on the local circuit was a Winfield, only to be hit with a chair by Wilbert's companion.
* ClearMyName: The goal of Costello's character in ''Mexican Hayride'' after Abbott's character left him holding the bag in a phony oil field scheme.
* CloudCuckoolander: The "Pokomoko" guy in ''Lost in a Harem''.
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* CelestialBureaucracy / YankTheDogsChain: The end of ''The Time of Their Lives''.
*
* ClearMyName: The goal of
* CloudCuckoolander: The "Pokomoko" guy in ''Lost in a Harem''.
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* CountingSheep: In ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man'', when a psychiatrist tries to put Lou to sleep (the whole scene is one big ComicallyMissingThePoint), Lou starts counting.
-->'''Psychiatrist:''' What are you doing?\\
'''Lou:''' I'm counting cows.\\
'''Psychiatrist:''' ''COWS?''\\
'''Lou:''' I'm allergic to sheep.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Dr. Jekyll in ''Abbot and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''. Made all the more disturbing by the fact that the object of his affections is his ''niece''.
* DarkestAfrica: In their movie ''Africa Screams'', complete with a friendly gorilla, a safari, [[CannibalClan a cannibal tribe that wants to cook Bud and Lou in, respectively, a tall skinny and short round iron kettle]], and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou oodles of Costello-hating African wildlife]].
* DerailedForDetails: The "Jonah and the Whale" sketch
-->'''Psychiatrist:''' What are you doing?\\
'''Lou:''' I'm counting cows.\\
'''Psychiatrist:''' ''COWS?''\\
'''Lou:''' I'm allergic to sheep.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Dr. Jekyll in ''Abbot and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''. Made all the more disturbing by the fact that the object of his affections is his ''niece''.
* DarkestAfrica: In their movie ''Africa Screams'', complete with a friendly gorilla, a safari, [[CannibalClan a cannibal tribe that wants to cook Bud and Lou in, respectively, a tall skinny and short round iron kettle]], and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou oodles of Costello-hating African wildlife]].
* DerailedForDetails: The "Jonah and the Whale" sketch
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-->'''Psychiatrist:''' What are you doing?\\
'''Lou:''' I'm counting cows.\\
'''Psychiatrist:''' ''COWS?''\\
'''Lou:''' I'm allergic to sheep.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Dr. Jekyll in ''Abbot and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''. Made all the more disturbing by the fact that the object of his affections is his ''niece''.
* DarkestAfrica: In their movie ''Africa Screams'', complete with a friendly gorilla, a safari, [[CannibalClan a cannibal tribe that wants to cook Bud and Lou in, respectively, a tall skinny and short round iron kettle]], and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou oodles of Costello-hating African wildlife]].
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* DirtyOldMan: Dr. Jekyll, who wants to force his young niece to marry him.
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* TheDitz: Costello.
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* TheDitz: Costello.Costello's characters tend to be pretty dumb.
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* DynamiteCandle: The killer slips Costello one during the climax of ''Abbott and Costello Meet The Killer, Boris Karloff''.
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* TheFlappingDickey: In ''Hold That Ghost'', at the end of the film, the two main characters are running a party when Costello's character, Freddie Jones, encounters a maitre d', who had fired them from an earlier job, working as a temp waiter. Freddie tweaks the waiter's dignity by ordering him to fix his tie, fix his vest and to pull down his shirt, at which point, his dicky pops up and rolls up in classic scroll-like fashion.
* FunWithForeignLanguages: In ''Lost In Alaska'', Costello sees some Eskimos communicating in sign language and makes a few random hand gestures of his own. The Eskimo chief starts laughing, telling Costello, "You just told a funny joke!" Later, when Costello meets an attractive Eskimo lady, he tries to impress her by creating the same hand gestures he used before. She slaps him in the face; apparently it was ''that'' kind of joke.
* TheGayNineties: ''The Naughty Nineties'' is set in the 1890s, and involves Abbott and Costello's characters trying to help their boss regain ownership of his showboat after he loses it in a card game.
* GetIntoJailFree: Abbott and Costello try this in ''The Noose Hangs High'' because in jail they would be safe from the guy who wants them dead (protective custody hadn't really been established when the film was made). It becomes a case of CantGetInTroubleForNuthin.
* GhostlyGoals: In ''The Time Of Their Lives'', Lou and Melody, a pair of ghosts from the American Revolution, are trying to prove themselves innocent of the treachery they were unjustly cursed for. That is, when [[TheDogBitesBack Lou isn't tormenting his old enemy's descendant, Dr. Cuthbert Greenway]].
* GlamorousWartimeSinger: Music/TheAndrewsSisters (as themselves) in ''Buck Privates'' and ''In the Navy''.
* GreatWhiteHunter: Parodied in ''Africa Screams''.
* FunWithForeignLanguages: In ''Lost In Alaska'', Costello sees some Eskimos communicating in sign language and makes a few random hand gestures of his own. The Eskimo chief starts laughing, telling Costello, "You just told a funny joke!" Later, when Costello meets an attractive Eskimo lady, he tries to impress her by creating the same hand gestures he used before. She slaps him in the face; apparently it was ''that'' kind of joke.
* TheGayNineties: ''The Naughty Nineties'' is set in the 1890s, and involves Abbott and Costello's characters trying to help their boss regain ownership of his showboat after he loses it in a card game.
* GetIntoJailFree: Abbott and Costello try this in ''The Noose Hangs High'' because in jail they would be safe from the guy who wants them dead (protective custody hadn't really been established when the film was made). It becomes a case of CantGetInTroubleForNuthin.
* GhostlyGoals: In ''The Time Of Their Lives'', Lou and Melody, a pair of ghosts from the American Revolution, are trying to prove themselves innocent of the treachery they were unjustly cursed for. That is, when [[TheDogBitesBack Lou isn't tormenting his old enemy's descendant, Dr. Cuthbert Greenway]].
* GlamorousWartimeSinger: Music/TheAndrewsSisters (as themselves) in ''Buck Privates'' and ''In the Navy''.
* GreatWhiteHunter: Parodied in ''Africa Screams''.
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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: In ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops'', con man Joseph Gorman and his accomplice Leota Van Cleef swindle Harry (Abbott) and Willie (Costello) before fleeing to Hollywood to become a producer with Leota as leading lady. The head of the movie studio, Mr. Snavely, discovers who they really are, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure but since he consider Gorman a great producer he decide to let them keep their fake identities, but their salary will be used to pay back to the people they have swindled in the past]]. The two con artists starts to like the opportunity to make an honest living, but their hired accomplice blackmail them to rob the studio's safe.
* HeManWomanHater: In ''Keep 'Em Flying'', the boys try to form a "woman-haters union" to keep themselves on the straight and narrow since the military doesn't allow women. It barely lasts five seconds.
* HereWeGoAgain: In ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff'' after have getting rid of one of the many PeekaBooCorpse before getting blamed for the murder, Costello believes he can finally relax and go to bed, but once he open the closet he sees another dead body. His reaction; sighs to himself, calmly walks out to get the laundry cart that were used to remove the previous body and place it by the closet and proceeds to scream at the top of his lungs after Abbott.
* HeroAntagonist: The drill sergeant in ''Buck Privates'' and ''Buck Privates Come Home''.
* HollywoodMirage: Lou has several in ''Abbott and Costello Join the Foreign Legion''. One is even a milkshake bar in the middle of the desert! When the boys stumble across an oasis, he takes several minutes to accept that it's real.
* HomeAloneAntics: In ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff'', Costello rigs his hotel room with various booby traps to prevent the killer from murdering him or planting any more dead bodies in there.
* HonoraryUncle: The boys (Costello mostly) become this to an adorable French orphan girl in ''Buck Privates Come Home''.
* HowWouldYouLikeToDie: In ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff''. Karloff's character keeps trying to get Costello's to commit suicide, but fails; when he finally asks the question outright, Costello replies with "Old age."
* HeManWomanHater: In ''Keep 'Em Flying'', the boys try to form a "woman-haters union" to keep themselves on the straight and narrow since the military doesn't allow women. It barely lasts five seconds.
* HereWeGoAgain: In ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff'' after have getting rid of one of the many PeekaBooCorpse before getting blamed for the murder, Costello believes he can finally relax and go to bed, but once he open the closet he sees another dead body. His reaction; sighs to himself, calmly walks out to get the laundry cart that were used to remove the previous body and place it by the closet and proceeds to scream at the top of his lungs after Abbott.
* HeroAntagonist: The drill sergeant in ''Buck Privates'' and ''Buck Privates Come Home''.
* HollywoodMirage: Lou has several in ''Abbott and Costello Join the Foreign Legion''. One is even a milkshake bar in the middle of the desert! When the boys stumble across an oasis, he takes several minutes to accept that it's real.
* HomeAloneAntics: In ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff'', Costello rigs his hotel room with various booby traps to prevent the killer from murdering him or planting any more dead bodies in there.
* HonoraryUncle: The boys (Costello mostly) become this to an adorable French orphan girl in ''Buck Privates Come Home''.
* HowWouldYouLikeToDie: In ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff''. Karloff's character keeps trying to get Costello's to commit suicide, but fails; when he finally asks the question outright, Costello replies with "Old age."
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* InvoluntaryDance: Costello's character in ''Mexican Hayride'' finds himself compelled to dance when he hears a samba after sambaing in a dance marathon for 68 hours to win the money to get to Mexico.
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* KitchenSinkIncluded:
** In ''Lost in Alaska'', while throwing things at the bad guys to keep them from advancing, Abbott says they've thrown everything but the kitchen sink. Guess what Costello does.
** Also this exchange:
--->'''Costello:''' ''You know–-you know, [[ButtMonkey they have hit me with everything but the kitchen sink]]''\\
'''Abbott:''' ''Oh, well–-we can fix that.''\\
''(Pulls the sink out of the wall, breaks it over Costello's head.)''
* LadykillerInLove: Jinx in ''Keep 'Em Flying'' and Tommy in ''Pardon My Sarong'' both have character arcs like this.
* LadyLand: Venus, as depicted in ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars''.
** In ''Lost in Alaska'', while throwing things at the bad guys to keep them from advancing, Abbott says they've thrown everything but the kitchen sink. Guess what Costello does.
** Also this exchange:
--->'''Costello:''' ''You know–-you know, [[ButtMonkey they have hit me with everything but the kitchen sink]]''\\
'''Abbott:''' ''Oh, well–-we can fix that.''\\
''(Pulls the sink out of the wall, breaks it over Costello's head.)''
* LadykillerInLove: Jinx in ''Keep 'Em Flying'' and Tommy in ''Pardon My Sarong'' both have character arcs like this.
* LadyLand: Venus, as depicted in ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars''.
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* LegionOfLostSouls: ''Abbott and Costello Join the Foreign Legion''.
* LieDetector: The [[CoconutMeetsCranium "Tree of Truth"]] in ''Pardon My Sarong''. ''Go To Mars'' revisits this joke with balloons and an electric chair that can read minds.
* LieDetector: The [[CoconutMeetsCranium "Tree of Truth"]] in ''Pardon My Sarong''. ''Go To Mars'' revisits this joke with balloons and an electric chair that can read minds.
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* LovePotion: Costello and several other characters accidentally drink one in ''Comin' Round the Mountain''. HilarityEnsues.
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* MidBattleTeaBreak: In ''Pardon My Sarong'', when the bad guys are chasing Costello up a flight of stairs, they all stop to catch a breather halfway up.
* MistakenForAliens: In ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'', the boys [[ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans land in New Orleans during Mardi Gras]], and the locals' large papier-mâché costumes convince them that they're on Mars.
* MistakenForAnImposter: ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy''.
* MistakenForTerrorist: Bud and Lou in ''Buck Privates Come Home'' when demonstrating how the model of their friend's midget racer works to a bank manager. Lou revs it up backwards and it starts backfiring, making it look like he's firing a machine gun from outside the office.
* MotorMouth: The reporter in ''Mexican Hayride'' who talks over Costello constantly and then tells him [[{{Hypocrite}} "Next time a reporter asks you for an interview, don't talk so much!"]]
* MistakenForAliens: In ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'', the boys [[ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans land in New Orleans during Mardi Gras]], and the locals' large papier-mâché costumes convince them that they're on Mars.
* MistakenForAnImposter: ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy''.
* MistakenForTerrorist: Bud and Lou in ''Buck Privates Come Home'' when demonstrating how the model of their friend's midget racer works to a bank manager. Lou revs it up backwards and it starts backfiring, making it look like he's firing a machine gun from outside the office.
* MotorMouth: The reporter in ''Mexican Hayride'' who talks over Costello constantly and then tells him [[{{Hypocrite}} "Next time a reporter asks you for an interview, don't talk so much!"]]
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* NonIndicativeName:
** ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'', in which Abbott and Costello go to Venus (though their original plan was to go to Mars).
** Also ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff'', in which the killer [[spoiler:is ''not'' Creator/BorisKarloff's character.]]
** And perhaps ''Here Come the Co-Eds'', since the school in question is an all-girls school and so technically the girls there are not "co-eds."
* NoIndoorVoice: Captain Kidd.
* NoodleIncident: In ''In Society'', the "Susquehanna Hat Company" phrase makes men react in rage and anger against Costello and causes women to scream in terror and anguish. We never really discover why the mention of this company causes such wild and violent reactions in passersby, although one stranger accuses the company of employing child labor, and another blames their hats for her husband's death.
** ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'', in which Abbott and Costello go to Venus (though their original plan was to go to Mars).
** Also ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff'', in which the killer [[spoiler:is ''not'' Creator/BorisKarloff's character.]]
** And perhaps ''Here Come the Co-Eds'', since the school in question is an all-girls school and so technically the girls there are not "co-eds."
* NoIndoorVoice: Captain Kidd.
* NoodleIncident: In ''In Society'', the "Susquehanna Hat Company" phrase makes men react in rage and anger against Costello and causes women to scream in terror and anguish. We never really discover why the mention of this company causes such wild and violent reactions in passersby, although one stranger accuses the company of employing child labor, and another blames their hats for her husband's death.
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* NonIndicativeName:
** ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'',NeverSayThatAgain: The "Slowly I turned..." routine, in which a certain phrase causes a character to go berserk or otherwise react negatively, was used by Abbott and Costello go to Venus (though their original plan was to go to Mars).
** Also ''Abbottseveral times: in the films ''Lost In a Harem'' with the trigger word "Pokomoko", and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff'', in which the killer [[spoiler:is ''not'' Creator/BorisKarloff's character.]]
** And perhaps ''Here Come the Co-Eds'', since the school in question is an all-girls school and so technically the girls there are not "co-eds."
* NoIndoorVoice: Captain Kidd.
* NoodleIncident: In''In Society'', Society'' with the trigger phrase "Susquehanna Hat Company" phrase makes men react Company", as well as in rage ''The Abbott and anger against Costello and causes women to scream in terror and anguish. We never really discover why Show'' on television, using the mention of this company causes such wild and violent reactions in passersby, although one stranger accuses the company of employing child labor, and another blames their hats for her husband's death.[[Film/TheThreeStooges more traditional]] "UsefulNotes/NiagaraFalls".
** ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'',
** Also ''Abbott
** And perhaps ''Here Come the Co-Eds'', since the school in question is an all-girls school and so technically the girls there are not "co-eds."
* NoIndoorVoice: Captain Kidd.
* NoodleIncident: In
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* AnOddPlaceToSleep: In ''Buck Privates Come Home'', Herbie (Lou) finds it too hot to sleep inside the apartment, he rigs up a makeshift hammock on the clothes line that runs between the buildings.
* OldDarkHouse: The boys inherit an Old Dark Inn from a dead gangster in ''Hold That Ghost''.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: In ''Hit the Ice'', the boys boast to some gangsters that they make a living by "shooting people". They are referring to their job as photographers, but the gangsters think they are trigger-happy hitmen.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: In ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff'', Lou accidentally admits that he hid two dead bodies in an elevator, essentially confessing to the murders he's been wrongfully suspected of.
* OldDarkHouse: The boys inherit an Old Dark Inn from a dead gangster in ''Hold That Ghost''.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: In ''Hit the Ice'', the boys boast to some gangsters that they make a living by "shooting people". They are referring to their job as photographers, but the gangsters think they are trigger-happy hitmen.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: In ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff'', Lou accidentally admits that he hid two dead bodies in an elevator, essentially confessing to the murders he's been wrongfully suspected of.
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* AnOddPlaceToSleep: In ''Buck Privates Come Home'', Herbie (Lou) finds it too hot to sleep inside PeekABooCorpse: Happens several times in the apartment, he rigs up a makeshift hammock on the clothes line that runs between the buildings.
* OldDarkHouse: The boys inherit an Old Dark Inn from a dead gangster in ''Hold That Ghost''.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: In ''Hit the Ice'', the boys boast to some gangsters that they make a living by "shooting people". They are referring to their job as photographers, but the gangsters think they are trigger-happy hitmen.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: Inmurder mystery films, like ''Who Done It?'' and ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff'', Lou accidentally admits that he hid two dead bodies in an elevator, essentially confessing to Karloff''. Of course, when Costello alerts Abbott or the murders he's been wrongfully suspected of.authorities, the body is nowhere to be found.
* OldDarkHouse: The boys inherit an Old Dark Inn from a dead gangster in ''Hold That Ghost''.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: In ''Hit the Ice'', the boys boast to some gangsters that they make a living by "shooting people". They are referring to their job as photographers, but the gangsters think they are trigger-happy hitmen.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: In
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* {{Paparazzi}}: The lead side character in ''In The Navy'' is stalked by a nosy reporter throughout the movie and [[SlapSlapKiss eventually falls in love with her]].
* PeekABooCorpse:
** Happens several times in the murder mystery films, like ''Who Done It?'' and ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff''. Of course, when Costello alerts Abbott or the authorities, the body is nowhere to be found.
** Also happens in ''Hold That Ghost'', where Costello assumes the body is behind a hidden door, but actually falls out of the curtains ''next'' to the door.
* PeelingPotatoes: Following one of Lou's usual screw-ups in ''Buck Privates'', the DrillSergeantNasty tells him that he's going to make him an admiral. Lou says he didn't know the army had admirals, and the sergeant assures him he is going to be in charge of all of the army's vessels. Cut to Lou on K.P., washing a gigantic stack of dirty pots.
* PeekABooCorpse:
** Happens several times in the murder mystery films, like ''Who Done It?'' and ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff''. Of course, when Costello alerts Abbott or the authorities, the body is nowhere to be found.
** Also happens in ''Hold That Ghost'', where Costello assumes the body is behind a hidden door, but actually falls out of the curtains ''next'' to the door.
* PeelingPotatoes: Following one of Lou's usual screw-ups in ''Buck Privates'', the DrillSergeantNasty tells him that he's going to make him an admiral. Lou says he didn't know the army had admirals, and the sergeant assures him he is going to be in charge of all of the army's vessels. Cut to Lou on K.P., washing a gigantic stack of dirty pots.
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* PublicDomain: The film ''Africa Screams''; its rights were purchased in 1953 by independent distributor Robert Haggiag. However, he eventually lost interest in the film and failed to renew its copyright, resulting in it lapsing into public domain, the first and only Abbott and Costello film as of 2024 to do so.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: In ''Little Giant'', Benny Miller (Costello) is so incompetent in his job as a TravelingSalesman that his boss John Morrison transfers him to a remote regional branch: Morrison not wanting to fire him for it will expose that he has been StealingFromTheTill.
* ReassignmentBackfire: in ''Little Giant'', Benny Miller is transferred to a remote sales district following a disastrous first day as a TravelingSalesman. However, due in a large part to a prank played on him by his coworkers, he ends up becoming the company's Salesman of the Year.
* RedHerring: In ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff'', [[spoiler:the BigBad is actually the manager of the hotel where the film takes place, not Boris Karloff's character.]]
* ReassignmentBackfire: in ''Little Giant'', Benny Miller is transferred to a remote sales district following a disastrous first day as a TravelingSalesman. However, due in a large part to a prank played on him by his coworkers, he ends up becoming the company's Salesman of the Year.
* RedHerring: In ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff'', [[spoiler:the BigBad is actually the manager of the hotel where the film takes place, not Boris Karloff's character.]]
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* ReflexiveResponse: Used in ''Hold That Ghost''. Also ''Mexican Hayride'', where Costello can't help but dance uncontrollably every time he hears samba music.
* RuleOfPool: Played with in ''Hit the Ice''
* RuleOfPool: Played with in ''Hit the Ice''
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* SelfDeprecation: In ''Who Done It?'' the duo win a radio, and they turn it on, only to hear their infamous "WhosOnFirst" gag. They immediately turn it off because they don't find it funny.
* SelfOffense: in ''Abbott and Costello Join the Foreign Legion'' and ''Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''.
* {{Sequel}}: ''Buck Privates Come Home'' is, indeed, one of these to ''Buck Privates''.
* ShaveAndAHaircut: How the ghost (actually just a mobster in a sheet) reveals himself in ''Hold That Ghost''.
* ShotgunWedding: In ''Ride 'Em Cowboy'', the Indians suggest forcing Costello into a "bow-and-arrow wedding".
** Also alluded to in ''Comin' Round The Mountain'' after Costello's love interest takes a LovePotion.
* SelfOffense: in ''Abbott and Costello Join the Foreign Legion'' and ''Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''.
* {{Sequel}}: ''Buck Privates Come Home'' is, indeed, one of these to ''Buck Privates''.
* ShaveAndAHaircut: How the ghost (actually just a mobster in a sheet) reveals himself in ''Hold That Ghost''.
* ShotgunWedding: In ''Ride 'Em Cowboy'', the Indians suggest forcing Costello into a "bow-and-arrow wedding".
** Also alluded to in ''Comin' Round The Mountain'' after Costello's love interest takes a LovePotion.
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* SignsOfDisrepair: An intentional example in ''Who Done It?'' when Costello's character smashes an illuminated sign "VOTE FOR TOWNSEND PHELPS" so it reads "SEND HELP" while they're trapped on the roof of the radio station with the killer. Later, it gets smashed again to read "END".
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* SolarSystemNeighbors: ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'', despite the title, is actually about the duo going to ''Venus'' to meet space women.
* SpoiledBrat: Joe Besser as Stinky, dressed as a little boy and constantly in a SitcomArchNemesis rivalry with Costello.
* SpoiledBrat: Joe Besser as Stinky, dressed as a little boy and constantly in a SitcomArchNemesis rivalry with Costello.
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* TemptingFate: From ''Hit the Ice'': "If I ever fall in love with another girl, I hope they hang me". Cue Costello seeing a pretty girl and [[spoiler:the mail hook of a train catching him by the neck.]]
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: ''One Night in the Tropics'' features the "You're 40, She's 10" routine, where Abbott asks Costello to imagine a scenario where he's a forty-year-old man in love with a ten-year-old girl. Costello's reaction is that he's going to be in trouble.
-->'''Costello:''' This one's gonna be a pip...\\
'''Abbott:''' Well now, wait a minute while I finish!\\
'''Costello:''' Now, I'm goin' around with a ten-year-old girl.\\
'''Abbott:''' Well now, wait a minute.\\
'''Costello:''' I got a good idea where I'm gonna wind up...
* ThisWasHisTrueForm: After Mr. Hyde's DisneyVillainDeath, he transforms back into Dr. Jekyll in front of a crowd of people.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: ''One Night in the Tropics'' features the "You're 40, She's 10" routine, where Abbott asks Costello to imagine a scenario where he's a forty-year-old man in love with a ten-year-old girl. Costello's reaction is that he's going to be in trouble.
-->'''Costello:''' This one's gonna be a pip...\\
'''Abbott:''' Well now, wait a minute while I finish!\\
'''Costello:''' Now, I'm goin' around with a ten-year-old girl.\\
'''Abbott:''' Well now, wait a minute.\\
'''Costello:''' I got a good idea where I'm gonna wind up...
* ThisWasHisTrueForm: After Mr. Hyde's DisneyVillainDeath, he transforms back into Dr. Jekyll in front of a crowd of people.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Abbott's selfishness and cruelty to Costello is taken up to eleven in ''Africa Screams'', where is is nearly driven insane by greed upon discovering diamonds in the African jungle. He ends up being a victim of LaserGuidedKarma at the end when [[spoiler:a friendly gorilla gives Costello the diamonds and makes him filthy rich, and Abbott ends up working as his elevator operator]].
* TravelingSalesman: In ''Little Giant'', Lou plays a naïve country boy named Benny Miller, from Cucamonga, California, who has been taking correspondence phonograph lessons in salesmanship. Convinced of his own brilliance as a salesman, he gets a job as travelling salesman for the Hercules Vacuum Cleaner Company. He is so inept that after one day he gets [[ReassignedToAntarctica transferred to a remote regional branch where he can't do any harm]]. This becomes a ReassignmentBackfire when circumstances conspire to make him the company's Salesman of the Year.
* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: in the romantic subplot in ''Jack and the Beanstalk''
* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: In ''Here Come The Co-Eds'' Costello is about to sweap under the rug but as he lift it there's writing on it saying "Don't put it here" and when he lifts the other corner there's more writing saying "Not here ''either''".
* TheVillainSucksSong: Costello sings one in ''Buck Privates'', although it's more of a "The Army Sucks Song". Of course, the drill sergeant is [[RightBehindMe right behind him]].
* UnexpectedInheritance: ''Hold That Ghost'' plays with the trope. Abbott and Costello unexpectedly inherit a tavern not from a relative but from a guy they just met. The guy, a gangster named Moose Matson, had no idea who he could trust in life, so he left his property to whoever was with him when he died.
* TravelingSalesman: In ''Little Giant'', Lou plays a naïve country boy named Benny Miller, from Cucamonga, California, who has been taking correspondence phonograph lessons in salesmanship. Convinced of his own brilliance as a salesman, he gets a job as travelling salesman for the Hercules Vacuum Cleaner Company. He is so inept that after one day he gets [[ReassignedToAntarctica transferred to a remote regional branch where he can't do any harm]]. This becomes a ReassignmentBackfire when circumstances conspire to make him the company's Salesman of the Year.
* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: in the romantic subplot in ''Jack and the Beanstalk''
* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: In ''Here Come The Co-Eds'' Costello is about to sweap under the rug but as he lift it there's writing on it saying "Don't put it here" and when he lifts the other corner there's more writing saying "Not here ''either''".
* TheVillainSucksSong: Costello sings one in ''Buck Privates'', although it's more of a "The Army Sucks Song". Of course, the drill sergeant is [[RightBehindMe right behind him]].
* UnexpectedInheritance: ''Hold That Ghost'' plays with the trope. Abbott and Costello unexpectedly inherit a tavern not from a relative but from a guy they just met. The guy, a gangster named Moose Matson, had no idea who he could trust in life, so he left his property to whoever was with him when he died.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Dr. Jekyll in ''Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''.
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* WeakWilled: In ''Abbott and Costello meet the Invisible Man'', a psychologist tries to hypnotize Lou Costello. Lou proves to be completely immune, but the psychologist accidentally hypnotizes himself. Lou's efforts to explain how this happened lead to him putting half the local police force under as well. Then Lou wakes him up, and managed to accidentally hypnotizes him again mere seconds later.
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* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Parodied in ''The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap''.
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%%* LadykillerInLove: Tommy's character arc.
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[[AC: ''Who Done It?'' (1942)]]
*
[[AC: ''In Society'' (1944)]]
* NoodleIncident: The "Susquehanna Hat Company" phrase makes men react in rage and anger against Costello and causes women to scream in terror and anguish. We never really discover why the mention of this company causes such wild and violent reactions in passersby, although one stranger accuses the company of employing child labor, and another blames their hats for her husband's death.
%%[[AC: ''Lost in a Harem'' (1944)]]
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%%* CloudCuckoolander: The "Pokomoko" guy.
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[[AC: ''Here Come the Co-Eds'' (1945)]]
* AccidentalAimingSkills: Oliver's (Lou's) final shot at the basket.
* NonIndicativeName: The school in question is actually an all-girls school, so technically the girls there are not "co-eds."
* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: Costello is about to sweep under the rug but as he lift it there's writing on it saying "Don't put it here" and when he lifts the other corner there's more writing saying "Not here ''either''".
[[AC: ''The
* TheGayNineties: The film is set in the 1890s, and involves Abbott and Costello's characters trying to help their boss regain ownership of
[[AC: ''Little Giant'' (1946)]]
%%* BadBoss: Abbott's first character.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Benny Miller (Costello) is so incompetent in his job as a TravelingSalesman that his boss John Morrison transfers him to a remote regional branch: Morrison not wanting to fire him for it will expose that he has been StealingFromTheTill.
* ReassignmentBackfire: Benny Miller is transferred to a remote sales district following a disastrous first day as a TravelingSalesman. However, due in a large part to a prank played on him by his coworkers, he ends up becoming the company's Salesman of the Year.
* TravelingSalesman: Lou plays a naïve country boy named Benny Miller, from Cucamonga, California, who has been taking correspondence phonograph lessons in salesmanship. Convinced of his own brilliance as a salesman, he gets a job as travelling salesman for the Hercules Vacuum Cleaner Company. He is so inept that after one day he gets [[ReassignedToAntarctica transferred to a remote regional branch where he can't do any harm]]. This becomes a ReassignmentBackfire when circumstances conspire to make him the company's Salesman of the Year.
[[AC: ''Buck Privates Come Home'' (1947)]]
* ButtMonkey: The fate of Sgt. Collins.
* HonoraryUncle: The boys (Costello mostly) become this to an adorable French orphan girl.
* MistakenForTerrorist: Bud and Lou when demonstrating how the model of their friend's midget racer works to a bank manager. Lou revs it up backwards and it starts backfiring, making it look like he's firing a machine gun from outside the office.
* AnOddPlaceToSleep: Herbie (Lou) finds it too hot to sleep inside the apartment, so he rigs up a makeshift hammock on the clothesline that runs between the buildings.
* {{Sequel}}: ''Buck Privates Come Home'' is, indeed, one of these to ''Buck Privates''.
[[AC: ''The Noose Hangs High'' (1948)]]
* CantGetInTroubleForNuthin: Abbott and Costello try to commit a crime to GetIntoJailFree. It doesn't work out so well because they target the wrong people (e.g., stealing something from a guy who stole it himself).
* GetIntoJailFree: Abbott and Costello try this because in jail they would be safe from the guy who wants them dead (protective custody hadn't really been established when the film was made). It becomes a case of CantGetInTroubleForNuthin.
[[AC: ''Mexican Hayride'' (1948)]]
* ClearMyName: The goal of Costello's character, after Abbott's character left him holding the bag in a phony oil field scheme.
* InvoluntaryDance: Costello's character finds himself compelled to dance when he hears a samba after sambaing in a dance marathon for 68 hours to win the money to get to Mexico.
* MotorMouth: The reporter, who talks over Costello constantly and then tells him [[{{Hypocrite}} "Next time a reporter asks you for an interview, don't talk so much!"]]
* ReflexiveResponse: Costello can't help but dance uncontrollably every time he hears samba music.
[[AC: ''Africa Screams'' (1949)]]
* {{Bowdlerization}}: The original movie poster, as well as some early home video releases, shows a racist caricature of an African stewing Abbott and Costello in a cauldron as he holds a cookbook. This is absent from modern video covers and streaming service thumbnails for obvious reasons.
* DarkestAfrica: The setting of the film, complete with a friendly gorilla, a safari, [[CannibalClan a cannibal tribe that wants to cook Bud and Lou in, respectively, a tall skinny and short round iron kettle]], and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou oodles of Costello-hating African wildlife]].
%%* GreatWhiteHunter: Parodied.
* PublicDomain: The film ''Africa Screams''; its rights were purchased in 1953 by independent distributor Robert Haggiag. However, he eventually lost interest in the film and failed to renew its copyright, resulting in it lapsing into public domain, the first and only Abbott and Costello film as of 2024 to do so.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Abbott's selfishness and cruelty to Costello is taken up to eleven here, where he's nearly driven insane by greed upon discovering diamonds in the African jungle. He ends up being a victim of LaserGuidedKarma at the end when [[spoiler:a friendly gorilla gives Costello the diamonds and makes him filthy rich, and Abbott ends up working as his elevator operator]].
[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion'' (1950)]]
* AccidentalBid: Costello buys a bunch of slave girls this way, because he thinks the other bidder is waving at him.
* HollywoodMirage: Lou has several. One is even a milkshake bar in the middle of the desert! When the boys stumble across an oasis, he takes several minutes to accept that it's real.
%%* LegionOfLostSouls: ''Abbott and Costello Join the Foreign Legion''.
%%* SelfOffense: ''Abbott and Costello Join the Foreign Legion''
[[AC: ''Comin' Round the Mountain'' (1951)]]
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: Wilbert warns Devil Dan Winfield that he'll "get the chair" when he tries to kill Wilbert. Devil Dan dismisses this, stating that every judge on the local circuit was a Winfield, only to be hit with a chair by Wilbert's companion.
* LovePotion: Costello and several other characters accidentally drink one. HilarityEnsues.
* ShotgunWedding: Alluded to after Costello's love interest takes a LovePotion.
[[AC: ''Lost in Alaska'' (1952)]]
* FunWithForeignLanguages: Costello sees some Eskimos communicating in sign language and makes a few random hand gestures of his own. The Eskimo chief starts laughing, telling Costello, "You just told a funny joke!" Later, when Costello meets an attractive Eskimo lady, he tries to impress her by creating the same hand gestures he used before. She slaps him in the face; apparently it was ''that'' kind of joke.
* KitchenSinkIncluded:
** While throwing things at the bad guys to keep them from advancing, Abbott says they've thrown everything but the kitchen sink. Guess what Costello does.
** Also this exchange:
--->'''Costello:''' ''You know –- you know, [[ButtMonkey they have hit me with everything but the kitchen sink]]''\\
'''Abbott:''' ''Oh, well –- we can fix that.''\\
''(Pulls the sink out of the wall, breaks it over Costello's head.)''
[[AC: ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (1952)]]
* BeanstalkParody: Eloise Larkin and her fiancé Arthur's plans to attend the rehearsal of a play are jeopardized because no one will babysit her obnoxious kid brother Donald. Eloise phones the Cosman Employment Agency, where Mr. Dinkel (Bud) and Jack (Lou) just happen to be seeking work. Jack flirts with Cosman employee Polly, but he is thwarted by the arrival of her boyfriend, a towering police officer. Polly sends Dinkle and Jack to babysit, but an attempt to lull the boy to sleep by reading the fairy tale ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (Jack's "favorite novel") aloud fails when Jack stumbles over the larger words. Bemused by Jack, Donald reads the story instead -- a role-reversal made complete when Jack falls asleep as Donald reads. In his slumber, Jack dreams that he is the young Jack of the fairy tale. HilarityEnsues as he [[AndYouWereThere the people he has met fill the various roles in the story]].
* ButYouWereThereAndYouAndYou: Lou's character dreams that he's Jack, with the other characters corresponding to people he knows in real life.
%%* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: in the romantic subplot in ''Jack and the Beanstalk''.
%%[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd'' (1952)]]
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%%* NoIndoorVoice: Captain Kidd.
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[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'' (1953)]]
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Lou falls in love with the Amazonian Queen of Venus, a love she reciprocates... until his inability to keep his hands off of her subjects, and his cohorts' foolish attempt at staging a palace revolt, gets them all shipped back to Earth. It doesn't help that the Queen shows her subjects holograms of the previous King, an attractive hunk; the ladies immediately lose interest in the dumpy Lou.
* LadyLand: Venus is home to an all-female society, including the Queen and cabinet. The men are treated as interesting curiosities, but in the end are rejected in favor of mere holograms of the former beefcake King.
* LieDetector: One is made using balloons and an electric chair that can read minds.
* MistakenForAliens: The boys [[ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans land in New Orleans during Mardi Gras]], and the locals' large papier-mâché costumes convince them that they're on Mars.
* NonIndicativeName: ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'' sends the title characters to ''Venus'', rather than Mars (though that was their original intention).
* SolarSystemNeighbors: ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'', despite the title, is actually about the duo going to ''Venus'' to meet space women.
[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops'' (1955)]]
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Con man Joseph Gorman and his accomplice Leota Van Cleef swindle Harry (Abbott) and Willie (Costello) before fleeing to Hollywood to become a producer with Leota as leading lady. The head of the movie studio, Mr. Snavely, discovers who they really are, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure but since he consider Gorman a great producer he decide to let them keep their fake identities, but their salary will be used to pay back to the people they have swindled in the past]]. The two con artists starts to like the opportunity to make an honest living, but their hired accomplice blackmail them to rob the studio's safe.
%%[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1953)]]
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%%* SelfOffense: ''Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''.
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%%[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy'' (1955)]]
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%%* MistakenForAnImposter: ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy''.
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* ''Film/RioRita'' (1942)
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* ''Film/RioRita'' (1942)
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* ''In Society'' (1944)
* ''Lost in a Harem'' (1944)
* ''Abbott and Costello in Hollywood'' (1945)
* ''Here Come the Co-Eds'' (1945)
* ''The Naughty Nineties'' (1945)
* ''Little Giant'' (1946)
* ''Lost in a Harem'' (1944)
* ''Abbott and Costello in Hollywood'' (1945)
* ''Here Come the Co-Eds'' (1945)
* ''The Naughty Nineties'' (1945)
* ''Little Giant'' (1946)
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* ''In Society'' ''Film/InSociety'' (1944)
*''Lost ''[[Film/LostInAHarem Lost in a Harem'' Harem]]'' (1944)
*''Abbott ''[[Film/HereComeTheCoEds Here Come the Co-Eds]]'' (1945)
* ''Film/TheNaughtyNineties'' (1945)
* ''[[Film/AbbottAndCostelloInHollywood Abbott and Costello inHollywood'' Hollywood]]'' (1945)
*''Here Come the Co-Eds'' (1945)
* ''The Naughty Nineties'' (1945)
* ''Little Giant''''Film/LittleGiant'' (1946)
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* ''Film/TheNaughtyNineties'' (1945)
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* ''The Naughty Nineties'' (1945)
* ''Little Giant''
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* ''Buck Privates Come Home'' ''Film/BuckPrivatesComeHome'' (1947)
* ''Film/TheNooseHangsHigh'' (1948)
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* ''Mexican Hayride'' (1948)
* ''The Noose Hangs High'' (1948)
* ''The Noose Hangs High'' (1948)
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* ''Mexican Hayride'' ''Film/MexicanHayride'' (1948)
*''The Noose Hangs High'' (1948)''Film/AfricaScreams'' (1949) [[note]]Became public domain in 1977 due to the rights' owner having failed to renew its copyright. It has had numerous home video releases on VHS, DVD, etc over the years and can be freely viewed online nowadays.[[/note]]
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* ''Africa Screams'' (1949) [[note]]Became PublicDomain in 1977. It has had numerous home video releases on VHS, DVD, etc over the years and can be freely viewed online nowadays.[[/note]]
* ''Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion'' (1950)
* ''Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion'' (1950)
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* ''Africa Screams'' (1949) [[note]]Became PublicDomain in 1977. It has had numerous home video releases on VHS, DVD, etc over the years and can be freely viewed online nowadays.[[/note]]
* ''Abbott''[[Film/AbbottAndCostelloInTheForeignLegion Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion'' Legion]]'' (1950)
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* ''Comin' Round the Mountain'' (1951)
* ''Lost in Alaska'' (1952)
* ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (1952)
* ''Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd'' (1952)
* ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'' (1953)
* ''Lost in Alaska'' (1952)
* ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (1952)
* ''Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd'' (1952)
* ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'' (1953)
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* ''Comin' ''[[Film/CominRoundTheMountain Comin' Round the Mountain'' Mountain]]'' (1951)
*''Lost ''[[Film/LostInAlaska Lost in Alaska'' Alaska]]'' (1952)
*''Jack ''[[Film/JackAndTheBeanstalk1952 Jack and the Beanstalk'' Beanstalk]]'' (1952)
*''Abbott ''[[Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetCaptainKidd Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd'' Kidd]]'' (1952)
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!!Abbott and Costello works with their own trope pages:
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* ''Film/OneNightInTheTropics''
* ''Film/BuckPrivates''
* ''Film/InTheNavy''
* ''Film/HoldThatGhost''
* ''Film/KeepEmFlying''
* ''Film/RideEmCowboy''
* ''Film/PardonMySarong''
* ''Film/WhoDoneIt''
* ''Film/RioRita''
* ''Film/ItAintHay''
* ''Film/HitTheIce''
* ''Film/{{The Time of Their Lives|1946}}''
* ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein''
* ''Film/TheWistfulWidowOfWagonGap''
* ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheKillerBorisKarloff''
* ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheInvisibleMan''
* ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetDrJekyllAndMrHyde''
* ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheMummy''
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* ''Film/OneNightInTheTropics''
* ''Film/BuckPrivates''
* ''Film/InTheNavy''
* ''Film/HoldThatGhost''
* ''Film/KeepEmFlying''
* ''Film/RideEmCowboy''
* ''Film/PardonMySarong''
* ''Film/WhoDoneIt''
* ''Film/RioRita''
* ''Film/ItAintHay''
* ''Film/HitTheIce''
* ''Film/{{The Time of Their Lives|1946}}''
* ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein''
* ''Film/TheWistfulWidowOfWagonGap''
* ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheKillerBorisKarloff''
* ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheInvisibleMan''
* ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetDrJekyllAndMrHyde''
* ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheMummy''
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* PublicDomain: The film ''Africa Screams''; its rights were purchased in 1953 by independent distributor Robert Haggiag. However, he eventually lost interest in the film and failed to renew its copyright, resulting in it lapsing into public domain, the first and only Abbott and Costello film as of 2024 to do so.
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-->'''Abbott:''' Go answer the door. It might be Warner.
-->'''Costello:''' It won't do no good. We're all signed up with Universal.
-->'''Costello:''' It won't do no good. We're all signed up with Universal.
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-->'''Abbott:''' Go answer the door. It might be Warner.
-->'''Costello:'''Warner.\\
'''Costello:''' It won't do no good. We're all signed up with Universal.
-->'''Costello:'''
'''Costello:''' It won't do no good. We're all signed up with Universal.
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* CantGetInTroubleForNuthin: In ''The Noose Hangs High'', Abbott and Costello try to commit a crime to GetIntoJailFree. It doesn't out work so well because they target the wrong people (e.g. stealing something from a guy who stole it himself).
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* CantGetInTroubleForNuthin: In ''The Noose Hangs High'', Abbott and Costello try to commit a crime to GetIntoJailFree. It doesn't out work out so well because they target the wrong people (e.g. , stealing something from a guy who stole it himself).
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-->'''Psychiatrist''': What are you doing?
-->'''Lou''': I'm counting cows.
-->'''Psychiatrist''': ''COWS?''
-->'''Lou''': I'm allergic to sheep.
-->'''Lou''': I'm counting cows.
-->'''Psychiatrist''': ''COWS?''
-->'''Lou''': I'm allergic to sheep.
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-->'''Lou''':
'''Lou:''' I'm counting
-->'''Psychiatrist''': ''COWS?''
-->'''Lou''':
'''Psychiatrist:''' ''COWS?''\\
'''Lou:''' I'm allergic to sheep.
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-->'''Costello''' What time tomorrow are you going to tell me who's pitching?\\
'''Abbott''': Now listen. WHO is not PITCHING.\\
'''Costello''': *exasperated* I'll break your arm if you say [[WhosOnFirst Who's On First]]!
'''Abbott''': Now listen. WHO is not PITCHING.\\
'''Costello''': *exasperated* I'll break your arm if you say [[WhosOnFirst Who's On First]]!
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-->'''Costello:''' ''You know–-you know, [[ButtMonkey they have hit me with everything but the kitchen sink]]''\\
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--> '''Costello lookalike:''' "HEY ABBOT!
--> '''Abbot:''' I ''hate'' that guy...
--> '''Abbot:''' I ''hate'' that guy...
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'''Abbot:''' I ''hate'' that guy...
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' had "Who's on Stage?" in "Woodstock Slappy", ironically using the ''real names'' of various 60's rock bands such as Music/TheWho.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' had "Who's on Stage?" in "Woodstock Slappy", ironically using the ''real names'' of various 60's 60s rock bands such as Music/TheWho.
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-->''"I don't care ''who''[='=]s on first!''
--->''"Oh,first!\\
"Oh, that's our shortstop."''
--->''"Oh,
"Oh, that's our shortstop."''
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* ''Hit the Ice'' (1943)
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* ''Hit the Ice'' ''Film/HitTheIce'' (1943)
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* ''Film/HitTheIce''
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* ''Film/ItAintHay'' (1943)
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* ''Film/ItAintHay'' (1943)''Film/ItAintHay''
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* ''It Ain't Hay'' (1943)
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* ''It Ain't Hay'' ''Film/ItAintHay'' (1943)
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