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* ''[[Film/RideEmCowboy Ride 'Em Cowboy]]

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* ''[[Film/RideEmCowboy Ride 'Em Cowbow]]

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* ''Film/LostInAHarem'' (1944)

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* ''Film/LostInAHarem'' ''Lost in a Harem'' (1944)
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* ''[[Film/KeepEmFlying Keep 'Em Flying]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Film/RideEmCowboy Ride 'Em Cowboy]]'' (1942)

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* ''[[Film/KeepEmFlying Keep 'Em Flying]]'' ''Film/KeepEmFlying'' (1941)
* ''[[Film/RideEmCowboy Ride 'Em Cowboy]]'' ''Film/RideEmCowboy'' (1942)



* ''[[Film/LostInAHarem Lost in a Harem]]'' (1944)

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* ''[[Film/LostInAHarem Lost in a Harem]]'' ''Film/LostInAHarem'' (1944)
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* 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.

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* ''Ride 'Em Cowboy'' (1942)

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* ''Ride ''[[Film/RideEmCowboy Ride 'Em Cowboy'' Cowboy]]'' (1942)


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* 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.

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* ''Keep 'Em Flying'' (1941)

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* ''Keep ''[[Film/KeepEmFlying Keep 'Em Flying'' Flying]]'' (1941)


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* {{Corpsing}}: It's possible to hear the crew failing to stifle laughter during the "Who's on First" routine in ''The Naughty Nineties''.
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* ''In the Navy'' (1941)

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* ''In the Navy'' ''Film/InTheNavy'' (1941)


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* 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.


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* StockScream: Costello's screams from the wax museum scene in ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'' became this through their following movies.

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* 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 one film, Lou goes off like this:
-->'''Costello:''' And another thing, the next time I tell you that I saw something when I saw it, YOU BELIEVE ME that I SAW it!

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* 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 one film, ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'', Lou goes off like this:
-->'''Costello:''' And another thing, Mr. Chick Young, the next time I tell you that I saw something when I saw it, YOU BELIEVE ME that I SAW it!


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* 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.


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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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* SignsOfDisrepair: [[AC:vote for townSEND pHELPs]] in ''Who Done It?''

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* SignsOfDisrepair: [[AC:vote for townSEND pHELPs]] An intentional example in ''Who Done It?''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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* ''Buck Privates'' (1941)

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William Alexander "Bud" Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) and Louis Francis "Lou" Costello (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959) were an American ComedyDuo who worked together from 1935 to 1957, starting out in {{burlesque}} theatre and expanding into radio, television and films. They're best known for their signature routine, [[WhosOnFirst in which Abbott attempts to tell Costello about a baseball team whose players have confusing nicknames like "Who" and "What"]]. ("[[TropeNamer Who's on first?]]" "[[MathematiciansAnswer Yes.]]")

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William Alexander "Bud" Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) and Louis Francis "Lou" Costello (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959) were an American ComedyDuo who worked together from 1935 to 1957, starting out in {{burlesque}} theatre and expanding into radio, television and films. They're best known for their signature routine, [[WhosOnFirst in which Abbott attempts to tell Costello about a baseball team whose players have confusing nicknames like "Who" and "What"]]. ("[[TropeNamer ("[[TropeNamers Who's on first?]]" "[[MathematiciansAnswer Yes.]]")

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* ''Hold That Ghost'' (1941)

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* ''One Night in the Tropics'' (1940)

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* 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.



* LadykillerInLove: Jinx in ''Keep Em Flying'' and Tommy in ''Pardon My Sarong'' both have character arcs like this.

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* LadykillerInLove: Jinx in ''Keep Em 'Em Flying'' and Tommy in ''Pardon My Sarong'' both have character arcs like this.
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* LadykillerInLove: Jinx in ''Keep Em Flying'' and Tommy in ''Pardon My Sarong'' both have character arcs like this.
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* OpenMouthInsertFoot: In ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer'', 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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* ReflexiveResponse: Used in ''Hold That Ghost''

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* ReflexiveResponse: Used in ''Hold That Ghost''Ghost''. Also ''Mexican Hayride'', where Costello can't help but dance uncontrollably every time he hears samba music.
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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]].
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* ''Film/LostInAHarem'' (1944)

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* ''Film/LostInAHarem'' ''[[Film/LostInAHarem Lost in a Harem]]'' (1944)
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* ''Lost in a Harem'' (1944)

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* CompilationMovie: ''The World of Abbott and Costello'' (1965) features various scenes from eighteen of their films.

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* HollywoodMirage: in ''Abbott and Costello Join the Foreign Legion''.

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* HollywoodMirage: Lou has several in ''Abbott and Costello Join the Foreign Legion''.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'', Costello rigs his hotel room with various booby traps to prevent the killer from murdering him or planting any more dead bodies in there.



* HydeAndSeek: In ''Abbot and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', during a struggle, Jekyll's serum needle is dropped into a couch cushion, which Tubby (Costello) accidentally falls onto, transforming him also into a Hyde-like monster. A mad-cap chase ensues, with Bruce chasing Jekyll's monster and Slim (Abbott) pursuing Tubby's monster (both believing they are after Jekyll).

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* HydeAndSeek: In ''Abbot ''Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', during a struggle, Jekyll's serum needle is dropped into a couch cushion, which Tubby (Costello) accidentally falls onto, transforming him also into a Hyde-like monster. A mad-cap chase ensues, with Bruce chasing Jekyll's monster and Slim (Abbott) pursuing Tubby's monster (both believing they are after Jekyll).

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