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* CostumePorn: Louisa runs the gamut during the movie, wearing everything from furs to near-rags. Explicitly parodied during the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RGGZmgINQA Mitchum sequence]].

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* CostumePorn: Thanks to the famous costumer Edith Head, Louisa runs the gamut during the movie, wearing everything from furs to near-rags. Explicitly parodied during the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RGGZmgINQA Mitchum sequence]].



** Edgar suffers a heart attack due to excessive overworking. Ironically, it happens just as he tells Louisa "a little hard work never killed anybody".
** Larry is [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill attacked and blown up]] by his own painting robots.
** Rod gets kicked almost into orbit by an angry bull.
** Finally, Pinky is trampled to death by a mob of his crazed fans, complete with elephant noises and stock footage.

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** Edgar Hopper suffers a heart attack due to excessive overworking. Ironically, it happens just as he tells Louisa "a little hard work never killed anybody".
** Larry Flint is [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill attacked and blown up]] by his own painting robots.
** Rod Anderson Jr. gets kicked almost into orbit by an angry bull.
** Finally, Pinky Benson is trampled to death by a mob of his crazed fans, complete with elephant noises and stock footage.



* {{Slapstick}}: The film indulges in this a few time, such as when Louisa almost falls off the elevated Freudian Couch.

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* {{Slapstick}}: The film indulges in this a few time, such as when Louisa [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender almost falls off off]] the elevated Freudian Couch.Couch.
* SexyShirtSwitch: Louisa is seen wearing one of Rod's shirts during the Mitchum sequence.
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As Louisa relates her life-history to a psychiatrist, each of her marriages is depicted as a parody of a different film genre: with Creator/DickVanDyke as a silent movie, Creator/PaulNewman as a pretentious French film, Creator/RobertMitchum as a Hollywood romantic blockbuster and Creator/GeneKelly as a musical. And then there's Music/DeanMartin's Leonard Crawley...

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As Louisa relates her life-history to a psychiatrist, each of her marriages is depicted as a parody of a different film genre: with Creator/DickVanDyke as a silent movie, SilentMovie, Creator/PaulNewman as a pretentious [[FrenchFilms French film, film]], Creator/RobertMitchum as a Hollywood romantic blockbuster and Creator/GeneKelly as a musical.TheMusical. And then there's Music/DeanMartin's Leonard Crawley...
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* EverythingsBetterWithCows: An angry bull is the cause of Mitchum's character's death [[spoiler: after he drunkenly tries to milk it.]]
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* FamousLastWords:
** "A little hard work never killed anybody!" [[spoiler: Edgar Hopper]]
** "One hundred and fifty thou!" [[spoiler: Larry Flint]]
** "Melrose! Forgive me!" [[spoiler: Rod Anderson, Jr.]]
** "Look who's here! It's me! It's your Pinky!" [[spoiler: Pinky Benson]]

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** Larry is [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill dismembered and blown up]] by his own painting robots.
** Rod gets his spine snapped in two by an angry bull.
** Finally, Pinky is viciously trampled/beaten to death by a mob of his crazed fans.

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** Larry is [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill dismembered attacked and blown up]] by his own painting robots.
** Rod gets his spine snapped in two kicked almost into orbit by an angry bull.
** Finally, Pinky is viciously trampled/beaten trampled to death by a mob of his crazed fans.fans, complete with elephant noises and stock footage.



* KillerRobot: A group of them ''paint'' Newman's character to death....and explode.

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* KillerRobot: A group of them ''paint'' Newman's character to death....death... and explode.



* NeckSnap: Mitchum's character dies by getting kicked into mid-air by his bull and it's assumed the crash impact after hitting the Earth and splashing into a trough broke his neck (as well as possibly his spine and any other multiple bones in his body) and claimed his life.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Newman's character ends up on the receiving end of this by his painting machines before they explode which claimed his life due to him being within the radius.

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* NeckSnap: Mitchum's character dies by getting kicked into mid-air by his bull and it's assumed the crash impact after hitting the Earth and splashing into a trough broke his neck (as well as possibly his spine and any other multiple other bones in his body) and claimed his life.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Newman's character ends up on the receiving end of this by his painting machines before they explode which claimed his life due to him being within finish the radius.job by exploding.


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* PunnyName: Lush Budgett.
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* ActorAllusion: There is a reference to Creator/ShirleyMacLaine's ''Irma la Douce'' in the scene where Louisa arrives in Paris. On the bus, she passes "Maxim's", which is featured prominently in the beginning montage of that film.
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** Edgar suffers a heart attack due to excessive overworking. Ironically, it happens just as he tells Louisa "a little hard work never killed anybody".
** Larry is [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill dismembered and blown up]] by his own painting robots.
** Rod gets his spine snapped in two by an angry bull.
** Finally, Pinky is viciously trampled/beaten to death by a mob of his crazed fans.

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* FunWithSubtitles: During Larry's segment parodying French cinema, the subtitles seem to be slightly delayed and suspiciously short compared to the French dialogue. The reason? The spoken lines are actually quite sexual in nature while the subtitles translate it with a simple "She's pretty."



* LogoJoke: The 20th Century Fox logo is pink, because Kelly's character has ''everything'' painted that color.



* LogoJoke: The 20th Century Fox logo is pink, because Kelly's character has ''everything'' painted that color.


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* OverlyLongName: Following her numerous marriages, Louisa's full name by the end of the movie is Louisa May Foster Hopper Flint Anderson Benson [[spoiler: Crawley]].

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