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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: What TheReveal usually revealed. For modern audiences, ''After the Thin Man'' fits this trope best.
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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: What TheReveal usually revealed. [[spoiler:Start with a murder, present a colorful parade of suspects, end by revealing the killer to be someone the audience had no reason to suspect.]] For modern audiences, ''After the Thin Man'' fits this trope best.
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** In the book, if you can believe it, they drink ''even more.''
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** This is a public service announcement: Do not, I repeat, do ''not'' attempt to have a drink every time Nick or Nora have one. You ''will'' die.
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[[caption-width-right:315:Nick and Nora Charles and Asta]]
[[caption-width-right:315:Nick and Nora Charles and Asta]]
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Any relation to TheSlenderManMythos is purely speculative. Also spawned a short-lived TV series, and was one of the franchises parodied in ''MurderByDeath''.
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[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Any relation to to]] TheSlenderManMythos [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial is purely speculative. speculative.]] Also spawned a short-lived TV series, and was one of the franchises parodied in ''MurderByDeath''.
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* PlayingAgainstType: The first film in the series helped Loy finally escape from the "Villainous Foreign [[TheVamp Vamp]]" ghetto she'd been stuck in for years; ironically, she then became best known for playing wholesome-mother roles.
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* GenreSavvy: By ''The Thin Man Goes Home'', Nora has been through enough of these movies that she {{Lampshades}} the whole climax ahead of time; the SummationGathering, TheReveal, ThePerryMasonMethod, even the guilty party's eventual attempt to shoot their way out ("I usually hide under the table for that part"). She's actually disappointed when Nick has the suspects searched for guns, because that means the last part won't happen. She still guesses the wrong suspect, though.
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* GenreSavvy: By ''The Thin Man Goes Home'', Nora has been through enough of these movies that she {{Lampshades}} the whole climax ahead of time; the SummationGathering, TheReveal, ThePerryMasonMethod, even the guilty party's eventual attempt to shoot their way out ("I usually hide under the table for that part"). She's actually disappointed when Nick has the suspects searched for guns, because that means the last part won't happen.happen (though it does). She still guesses the wrong suspect, though.
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* GenreSavvy: By ''The Thin Man Goes Home'', Nora has been through enough of these movies that she {{Lampshades}} the whole climax ahead of time; the SummationGathering, TheReveal, The PerryMasonMethod, even the guilty party's eventual attempt to shoot their way out ("I usually hide under the table for that part"). She's actually disappointed when Nick has the suspects searched for guns, because that means the last part won't happen. She still guesses the wrong suspect, though.
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* GenreSavvy: By ''The Thin Man Goes Home'', Nora has been through enough of these movies that she {{Lampshades}} the whole climax ahead of time; the SummationGathering, TheReveal, The PerryMasonMethod, ThePerryMasonMethod, even the guilty party's eventual attempt to shoot their way out ("I usually hide under the table for that part"). She's actually disappointed when Nick has the suspects searched for guns, because that means the last part won't happen. She still guesses the wrong suspect, though.
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* GenreSavvy: By ''The Thin Man Goes Home'', Nora has been through enough of these movies that she {{Lampshades}} the whole climax ahead of time; the SummationGathering, TheReveal, The PerryMasonMethod, even the guilty party's eventual attempt to shoot their way out ("I usually hide under the table for that part"). She's actually disappointed when Nick has the suspects searched for guns, because that means the last part won't happen. She still guesses the wrong suspect, though.
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* BarBrawl: Nora starts one intentionally in the fifth movie, so she has an excuse to have two suspects arrested.
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* WalkThisWay: ''After'' does this gag at one point with Nick and an elderly butler.
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* WalkThisWay: ''After'' does this gag at one point with Nick and an elderly butler.butler.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Nick in the fifth movie. Nora claims that if he ever got a pat on the back from his father, he'd burst a vest-button. It literally happens in the final scene.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Nick in the fifth movie. Nora claims that if he ever got a pat on the back from his father, he'd burst a vest-button. It literally happens in the final scene.
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** Later on they leave while the fight is still going on, with one wrestler in a painful looking hold, and groaning with discomfort. As she passes the ring, Nora tells him that she hopes he gets out of it okay. The wrestler stops groaning and thanks her for her concern in a perfectly normal tone of voice.
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** Later on they leave while the fight is still going on, with one wrestler in a painful looking hold, hold and groaning with discomfort. As she passes the ring, Nora tells him that she hopes he gets out of it okay. The wrestler stops groaning and thanks her for her concern in a perfectly normal tone of voice.
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** He quit by movie five, but circumstances make him look like he's off the wagon.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Myrna Loy was a natural redhead.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Myrna Loy was a natural redhead. Although she wore a dark wig in many of her early roles, as Nora she always had her real hair color.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Myrna Loy was a natural redhead.
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* BusmansHoliday: Nick and Nora never look for crimes to solve. In fact, Nick repeatedly insists that he is retired from detective work. He and Nora always stumble across murders while on vacation or simply socializing.
** Lampshaded in ''Shadow'' by Lt. Abrams: "Funny, I meet you two at all my homicides."
** Lampshaded in ''Shadow'' by Lt. Abrams: "Funny, I meet you two at all my homicides."
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* {{Kayfabe}}: ''Shadow of the Thin Man'' has Nick and Nora attend a wrestling match. When the man running it says that they are in for a great match, Nick quips "Why, were you at the rehearsal?".
** Later on they leave while the fight is still going on, with one wrestler in a painful looking hold, and groaning with discomfort. As she passes the ring, Nora tells him that she hopes he gets out of it okay. The wrestler stops groaning and thanks her for her concern in a perfectly normal tone of voice.
** Later on they leave while the fight is still going on, with one wrestler in a painful looking hold, and groaning with discomfort. As she passes the ring, Nora tells him that she hopes he gets out of it okay. The wrestler stops groaning and thanks her for her concern in a perfectly normal tone of voice.
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-->'''Party Guest (upon seeing Maureen O'Sulivan's character):'''Say, who's the little brunette?
-->'''Nick (unamused):'''[[YoungerThanTheyLook I used to bounce her on my knee]].
-->'''Nick (unamused):'''[[YoungerThanTheyLook I used to bounce her on my knee]].
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-->'''Party Guest (upon seeing Maureen O'Sulivan's character):'''Say, character):''' Say, who's the little brunette?
-->'''Nick(unamused):'''[[YoungerThanTheyLook (unamused):''' [[YoungerThanTheyLook I used to bounce her on my knee]].
-->'''Nick
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
-->'''Party Guest (upon seeing Maureen O'Sulivan's character):'''Say, who's the little brunette?
-->'''Nick (unamused):'''[[YoungerThanTheyLook I used to bounce her on my knee]].
-->'''Party Guest:''' Which knee? Can I touch it?
-->'''Party Guest (upon seeing Maureen O'Sulivan's character):'''Say, who's the little brunette?
-->'''Nick (unamused):'''[[YoungerThanTheyLook I used to bounce her on my knee]].
-->'''Party Guest:''' Which knee? Can I touch it?
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* TheAlcoholic: Count how many times Nick had a drink. Or better yet, have a drink yourself whenever he does.
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* TakingYouWithMe: ''After''. "I've got six bullets in this gun. One for her, one for myself. One for myself, and the rest for anyone who tries to stop me."
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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: What TheReveal usually revealed. For modern audiences, ''After the Thin Man'' fits this trope best.
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* TheReveal: The movies always ended with these.
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** Though he actually quits drinking by movie five.
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** Though he actually quits drinking by movie five. Sobriety doesn't change his behavior very much.
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** Though he actually quits drinking by movie five.
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* NewYearsResolution
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* NewYearsResolutionNewYearsResolution: "Must scold, must nag, mustn't look too pretty in the morning.."
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* ValuesDissonance: To a modern eye Nick comes off as a hopeless alcoholic.
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Though popular opinion had that "The Thin Man" referred to Nick Charles, so much so that it was included as part of the title for the later sequel films, it was really a reference to the fugitive lead suspect in the first film's murder. (It turns out [[spoiler: he was actually the victim...]])
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Though popular opinion had that "The Thin Man" referred to Nick Charles, so much so that it was included as part of the title for the later sequel films, it was really a reference to the fugitive lead suspect in the first film's murder. (It turns out [[spoiler: he was actually the victim...]]) \n
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: A suspect in ''After'' claims he didn't shoot a murder victim...before it was revealed he was shot. [[spoiler: Subverted in that this particular suspect ''didn't'' do it, though he was far from innocent.]]
