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1	[[quoteright:202:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bodymeetsbody.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:202:''"Now, be calm, fellas, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial like me]]. [[BlatantLies I ain't scared.]]"'']]
3	->'''Moe:''' Didn't you say you had an uncle?\
4	'''Curly:''' Yeah, Uncle [[PunnyName Bob O. Link]], but the family didn't speak to him. He had millions.\
5	'''Moe:''' That's it, [[GetRichQuickScheme we're rich]]!\
6	'''Larry:''' We're filthy with dough!\
7	'''Moe:''' [[ItsAllAboutMe You're filthy without it.]]
8	The Stooges' 86th entry goes on a more [[DarkerAndEdgier "frightening" premise]] if you may. In this short, Moe and Larry discover that Curly's an heir to his late uncle [[PunnyName Bob O. Link]], and it's their opportunity to [[GetRichQuickScheme receive easy money through his inheritance]]. Upon their arrival, they're brought into a murder plot when they discover that Link was murdered and [[CowardlyLion Curly]] becomes worried that they might be next.
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10	!!This short subject contains examples of:
11	* DarkerAndEdgier: This premise involves a murder plot, two off-screen deaths and having the trio in the dark.
12	* DemBones: One of the funnier bits in the short is when the boys get terrorized by a flying and talking (courtesy of the living parrot inside it) human skull.
13	* DownerEnding: The ending has the trio receiving the will [[spoiler:after finding out the maid was the murderer in disguise.]] Yet, as Curly reads it...
14	-->'''Curly:''' "To my nephew, Curly Q. link, I leave a sum total of [[spoiler:67 cents, net.]]"\
15	'''Larry:''' [[spoiler:67...!]]\
16	'''Curly:''' [[spoiler:Sixty...]]\
17	'''Moe:''' "[[spoiler:67 cents]]"?!
18	* EveryoneIsASuspect: When Detective Clancy mentions Bob O. Link's demise a guest is befuddled and thinks one of the guests was behind it.
19	-->'''Detective Clancy:''' Well, maybe you did and maybe you didn't. But you're not leaving here until I find out, see? Besides, some of you are still missing.
20	* GetRichQuickScheme: Per "Stooges-as-tramps-story" norm. They discover about Bob O. Link's passing in the paper and Curly's an heir to his fortune, so they plan to receive it. Yet, that was before they became victims to this murder plot.
21	* KilledOffForReal: Bob O. Link, then [[spoiler:his lawyer.]]
22	* PeekABooCorpse: Moe discovers Bob O. Link's corpse behind a hidden panel, which then pops up again along with [[spoiler:the lawyer's body]] as the Stooges try to flee the house.
23	* PunnyName:
24	** Curly Q. Link (Curlicue).
25	--->'''Larry:''' What's the 'Q' stand for; "Quincy"?\
26	'''Curly:''' Nope.\
27	'''Moe:''' "Quilip"?\
28	'''Curly:''' No.\
29	'''Moe:''' What does the 'Q' stand for?\
30	'''Curly:''' Quff.\
31	'''Larry:''' Oh, Quff Link.\
32	'''Moe:''' Oh... ''({{doubletake}})''
33	*** The middle name "Quff" was meant to reference cufflinks, [[DontExplainTheJoke a type of jewelry to secure dress shirt cuffs]].
34	** And let's not forget Bob O. Link (Bobolink, a species of blackbird).

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