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** Although he comforts Trentino immediately after by telling him that they ''did'' shadow Firefly all day. Which day? ''[[IncrediblyLamePun Shadowday]]!''

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** Although he comforts Trentino immediately after by telling him that they ''did'' shadow Firefly all day. Which day? ''[[IncrediblyLamePun ''[[{{Pun}} Shadowday]]!''
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-->'''Rufus''': (''aside to the camera'') [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall How do you like that? I haven't been on the job five minutes and already she's making advances to me.]] (''to Mrs. Teasdale'') Not that I care, but where is your husband?

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-->'''Rufus''': (''aside to the camera'') [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall [[BreakingTheFourthWall How do you like that? I haven't been on the job five minutes and already she's making advances to me.]] (''to Mrs. Teasdale'') Not that I care, but where is your husband?
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-->'''Rufus''': (aside to the camera) [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall How do you like that? I haven't been on the job five minutes and already she's making advances to me.]] (to Mrs. Teasdale) Not that I care, but where is your husband?
-->'''Mrs. Teasdale''': (sadly) Why, he's dead.

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-->'''Rufus''': (aside (''aside to the camera) camera'') [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall How do you like that? I haven't been on the job five minutes and already she's making advances to me.]] (to (''to Mrs. Teasdale) Teasdale'') Not that I care, but where is your husband?
-->'''Mrs. Teasdale''': (sadly) (''sadly'') Why, he's dead.



-->'''Rufus''': (suddenly friendly) Is that so? [[RomancingTheWidow Can't you see what I'm trying to tell you, I love you!]]

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-->'''Rufus''': (suddenly friendly) (''suddenly friendly'') Is that so? [[RomancingTheWidow Can't you see what I'm trying to tell you, I love you!]]
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** FridgeLogic leads to a slightly gross realization when Groucho comments "Last time this happened to me I was crawling under a bed!" Remember, a lot of people of that generation still used [[ToiletHumor chamber pots...]]
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* The whole bit where Groucho makes Chico Secretary of War, from start ("You want to be a public nuisance?" "Sure! How much does the job pay?") to end with Harpo showing off his tattoos to Groucho. ("Well, I know one thing. I bet you don't have a picture of my grandfather." Harpo starts to remove clothes.)

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* The whole bit where Groucho makes Chico Secretary of War, from start ("You want to be a public nuisance?" "Sure! How much does the job pay?") to end with Harpo showing off his tattoos to Groucho. ("Well, I know one thing. I bet you don't have a picture of my grandfather." Harpo starts to remove clothes.take off his pants.)
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* RealLife example: There was a village in UsefulNotes/NewYork called Freedonia who asked the filmmakers to change the name of the town in the film, as it would hurt their image. Groucho wrote back saying, "Change the name of your town, it's hurting our picture".
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNSNLXNnx-o Chicolini and Pinky's introduction]]. To show Trentino what brilliant spies they are, they walk into his office wearing ridiculous-looking {{Paper Thin Disguise}}s--Pinky even walks in backwards, [[CrazyAwesome wearing a fake beard and a pair of hypno-glasses on the back of his head]]. Trentino just stares at them dumbfounded. Then they throw off their disguises, and Chicolini proudly yells, "We fool you good, eh?"

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNSNLXNnx-o Chicolini and Pinky's introduction]]. To show Trentino what brilliant spies they are, they walk into his office wearing ridiculous-looking {{Paper Thin Disguise}}s--Pinky even walks in backwards, [[CrazyAwesome [[CrazyEnoughToWork wearing a fake beard and a pair of hypno-glasses on the back of his head]]. Trentino just stares at them dumbfounded. Then they throw off their disguises, and Chicolini proudly yells, "We fool you good, eh?"
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* '''The mirror sequence.''' It's generally agreed to be the single greatest comedy scene ever committed to celluloid.

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* '''The mirror sequence.''' It's generally agreed to be One of the single greatest comedy scene scenes, if not ''the'' greatest, ever committed to celluloid.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Just so you know, that's Chico and Harpo pretending to be mirror reflections of Groucho.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Just so you know, that's Chico and Harpo Pinkie (Harpo) pretending to be a mirror reflections reflection of Groucho.Firefly (Groucho).]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:]][[caption-width-right:350:Just so you know, that's Chico and Harpo pretending to be mirror reflections of Groucho.]]
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* The mirror sequence.

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* The '''The mirror sequence.''' It's generally agreed to be the single greatest comedy scene ever committed to celluloid.

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** Trentino gets a telegram - Pinky intercepts it, looks it over, furiously wads it up and throws it to the floor. Chicolini: "He gets mad 'cause he can't read!"

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** Trentino gets a telegram - Pinky intercepts it, looks it over, furiously wads it up and throws it to the floor. Chicolini: floor.
-->'''Chicolini''':
"He gets mad 'cause he can't read!"



* Firefly changing outfits in every single shot during the final battle, starting in his regular black coattails while wearing a confederate hat, then in full confederate garb, then as ''Davy Crocket''.

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* Firefly changing outfits in every single shot during the final battle, starting in his regular black coattails while wearing a confederate hat, then in full confederate garb, then as ''Davy Crocket''.Crockett''.

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* The mirror sequence is the funniest scene ever put to celluloid. There, I said it.

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* The mirror sequence is the funniest scene ever put to celluloid. There, I said it.sequence.



* The encounter with the lemonade vendor.
** Especially this exchange:

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* The encounter with the lemonade vendor.
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vendor. Especially this exchange:

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