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Duck Soup
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Duck Soup was the Marx Brothers' fifth film and, for most fans, in tough competition with A Night at the Opera as the best film they ever made. Directed by Leo McCarey and released in 1933, it was also the brothers' final film for Paramount Pictures. It's also notable as one of the first films to openly mock the rising fascism in Europe.The story takes place in the vaguely European country of Freedonia, which is nearly bankrupt due to national mismanagement. Wealthy dowager Mrs. Teasdale (Margaret Dumont) agrees to loan the country $20 million, but only if Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) is appointed as its leader. Meanwhile, Ambassador Trentino (Louis Calhern) of the neighboring nation of Sylvania plots to take over Freedonia, sending his best spies Chicolini (Chico Marx) and Pinky (Harpo Marx) to do his dirty work. But between Firefly's womanizing antics, Firefly's incompetent policies, and Firefly's wanton insults to the Ambassador, Freedonia is soon on the fast track to war with Sylvania.In the Marx Brothers' repertoire, this movie is notable for being Zeppo Marx's final appearance with the act. | |
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Incessant Chorus | |
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Incessant Chorus: The Freedonian national anthem. | |
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For the Funnyz | |
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For the Funnyz: Pretty much the only reason for anything Firefly, Chicolini, or Pinky did. | |
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Mirror Routine | |
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Mirror Routine: One of the most famous and best-executed examples in the history of cinema. | |
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You Fool! | |
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You Fool!: The Sylvanian ambassador uses a few lines in response to the insults from Groucho. The one that sets off the slap is "You upstart". | |
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Ding-Dong-Ditch Distraction | |
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Ding-Dong-Ditch Distraction: Discussed. Later, Chicolini and Pinky use this to try to infiltrate Mrs. Teasdale's house. | |
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Black Comedy | |
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Black Comedy: The film skirts with this a bit, most notably in Freedonia using a musical number to declare war. | |
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Russian Reversal | |
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Russian Reversal: | |
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Funny Background Event | |
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Funny Background Event: During Firefly's song about how he'll govern Fredonia (see Hail to the Thief below), several of the extras playing, presumably, government officials grow tense at the mention of graft, and then visibly relax and in some cases even nod and smile when Firefly mentions the need for him to get a cut. | |
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Hurricane of Puns | |
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Hurricane of Puns: Chicolini's trial. The above quote is just the tip of the iceberg. | |
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Deadly Euphemism | |
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Deadly Euphemism/Disproportionate Retribution: Played for Laughs: | |
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Not Helping Your Case | |
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Not Helping Your Case: At the start of Chicolini's trial, Firefly places the odds of Chicolini being convicted at 8 to 1; he increases the odds to 20 to 1 when Chicolini admits to selling "a code and two pairs of plans". | |
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When the Clock Strikes Twelve | |
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When the Clock Strikes Twelve: The musical number "When the Clock on the Wall Strikes Ten" is about how Firefly will make his entrance when...well see the title. | |
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Silly Reason for War | |
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Silly Reason for War: The war between Freedonia and Sylvania begins because Rufus T. Firefly took offense at getting called an "upstart". | |
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This Means War! | |
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This Means War!: Not the trope creator, but possibly the Trope Namer. Firefly declares war after insulting himself and blaming it on the other country's ambassador. And then there's a big musical number about it. | |
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That Was Objectionable | |
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That Was Objectionable: During the treason trial; Judge Firefly even sustains it. | |
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Bedmate Reveal | |
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Bedmate Reveal: Harpo is in bed with a woman...and a horse. | |
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| Duck Soup / int_3c0a4666 | type |
Noodle Incident | |
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Noodle Incident: Bob Roland (Zeppo) tells Firefly a joke that gets him slapped in the face; we never find out what the joke was: | |
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Pick a Card | |
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Pick a Card: Parodied and subverted. | |
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Malaproper | |
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Malaproper: | |
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On Second Thought | |
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On Second Thought: "I could dance with you until the cows come home. On second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows until you came home." | |
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Have We Met? | |
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Have We Met?: | |
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Pretty in Mink | |
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Pretty in Mink: Mrs. Teasdale wears a couple, given she's rich enough to bail out a bankrupt country. | |
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Animated Tattoo | |
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Animated Tattoo: Harpo shows a tattoo of a doghouse - and a live-action dog sticks his head out of it and barks. | |
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GratuitousYiddish | |
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Gratuitous Yiddish: When Chicolini plays a variant of "eeny meeny miney moe" to determine who will go out to the battlefield: | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: The lemonade vendor, whose only crime was to have the misfortune of having his cart next to Chicolini's roasted peanuts cart. | |
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Stock Footage | |
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Stock Footage: Played for laughs... played for rolling-on-the-floor laughs when Rufus T. Firefly calls in the reserves! | |
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Spontaneous Skeet Shooting | |
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Spontaneous Skeet Shooting: When Trentino asks Pinky to show him his past record, he takes out a phonograph record, prompting the angry dictator to toss it up. Pinky shoots it in mid-air with a pistol, and Chicolini rewards him with a cigar. | |
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The Caligula | |
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The Caligula: What do you get when Groucho Marx becomes the uncontested leader of your country? You get a Deadpan Snarker who's late to his own inauguration (granted, not for lack of trying), fires and hires you at the drop of a hat, proclaims on his first day that he'll outlaw various leisurely activities (while doing half of them) and declares war over an insult (and being called "upstart", of all insults). If he was anyone other than Groucho Marx, it would be terrifying. | |
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Mathematician's Answer | |
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Mathematician's Answer: | |
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You Are Fat | |
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You Are Fat: Margaret Dumont is not fat, especially not by 1933's standards, but that doesn't keep Firefly from saying this of Mrs. Teasdale: | |
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Ambiguous Syntax | |
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Ambiguous Syntax: When Chico gets into a fight with a lemonade stand owner. | |
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Go, Ye Heroes, Go and Die | |
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Go, Ye Heroes, Go and Die: An intentional version as Pinky is "volunteered" to break through enemy lines in the final battle between Freedonia and Sylvania: | |
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Ruritania | |
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Ruritania: Freedonia, land of the brave and free! In a clear-cut case of Western Imperialism, the wealthy Mrs. Teasdale insists running dog Rufus T. Firefly be appointed President in return for half her husband's fortune to avoid an impending liberation by neighboring Sylvania. (It's not clear whether this is the same Sylvania portrayed in the 1929 film The Love Parade, in which Maurice Chevalier plays a Millionaire Playboy who becomes prince consort to Sylvania's Queen Louise.) | |
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I Take Offense to That Last One | |
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I Take Offense to That Last One: "That's right, 'upstart'!" | |
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Premature Aggravation | |
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Premature Aggravation: Firefly imagines Ambassador Trentino rejecting his handshake and is so worked up about it that when Trentino arrives, he slaps him before he's even said a word. | |
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Only One Name | |
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Only One Name: Chicolini and Pinky. | |
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Produce Pelting | |
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Produce Pelting: Firefly and company do this to Trentino at the end of the movie. Then they do this to Mrs. Teasdale when she insists on singing the Freedonian national anthem again. | |
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Rejection Projection | |
| Duck Soup / int_6bbacd33 | comment |
Rejection Projection: Played for Laughs, of course. Firefly imagines Ambassador Trentino rejecting his handshake and is so worked up about it that when Trentino arrives, he slaps him before he's even said a word. | |
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Insult to Rocks | |
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Insult to Rocks: After calling the Sylvanian ambassador a baboon, Firefly apologizes, saying "That isn't fair to the rest of the baboons." | |
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National Anthem | |
| Duck Soup / int_6cac9d40 | comment |
National Anthem: Hail! Hail Freedonia! Land of the brave! And! Free! | |
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Fiction 500 | |
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Fiction 500: Mrs. Teasdale is rich enough to solve a nation's debt, even a small one, and declare who is to lead it. | |
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Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs | |
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Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: The war sequence drops a reference to Paul Revere with the "one if by land, two if by sea" lantern signal. The result? Three lights! | |
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Senseless Violins | |
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Senseless Violins: Firefly does this in the climactic battle sequence. Naturally, he's shooting in the wrong direction. | |
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Strange Salute | |
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Strange Salute: The soldiers of Freedonia salute by placing their arm horizontally, with a down-facing open palm, across their chest. | |
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Rejected Apology | |
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Rejected Apology: | |
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Handshake Refusal | |
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Handshake Refusal: Rufus T. Firefly imagines Ambassador Trentino won't shake his hand, and builds up resentment towards him so much that as soon as Trentino enters, Firefly Glove Slaps him for the refusal which hadn't actually happened. | |
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Rapid-Fire Comedy | |
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Rapid-Fire Comedy: And how! After the short introduction it's hard to find a single moment in the film that's devoid of gags. This was one of the group's trademarks, of course. | |
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Hail to the Thief | |
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Hail to the Thief: Firefly sings a song at the beginning, outlining Freedonia's new administration: | |
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Confirmed capital crimes in Firefly's Freedonia include high treason, graft (unless he gets his share), and not being your wife's favorite. | |
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Silence Is Golden | |
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Silence Is Golden: The Mirror Routine is performed entirely without sound. | |
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Motor Mouth | |
| Duck Soup / int_82518cf7 | comment |
Firefly caps a long Motor Mouthed monologue with "Do you know you haven't stopped talking since I got here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle." | |
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Duck Soup / int_82518cf7 | |
| Duck Soup / int_842426f3 | type |
Grande Dame | |
| Duck Soup / int_842426f3 | comment |
Grande Dame: Mrs. Teasdale. | |
| Duck Soup / int_842426f3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_842426f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_842426f3 | |
| Duck Soup / int_85bcc5a8 | type |
Lampshaded Double Entendre | |
| Duck Soup / int_85bcc5a8 | comment |
Lampshaded Double Entendre: "Can't you see what I'm trying to tell you? I love you." Spoken by Firefly twice when propositioning Mrs. Teasdale. | |
| Duck Soup / int_85bcc5a8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_85bcc5a8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_85bcc5a8 | |
| Duck Soup / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
| Duck Soup / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: After sneaking Chicolini and Pinky into Mrs. Teasdale's manor, Trentino's accomplice Vera Marcal just sort of disappears from the film without explanation (despite actress Raquel Torres being credited second in the supporting cast, after Margaret Dumont and before Louis Calhern [Trentino]). | |
| Duck Soup / int_863fa679 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_863fa679 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_863fa679 | |
| Duck Soup / int_878d235d | type |
Couldn't Find a Lighter | |
| Duck Soup / int_878d235d | comment |
Couldn't Find a Lighter/Mundane Utility: Harpo uses a blowtorch to light a cigar. | |
| Duck Soup / int_878d235d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_878d235d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_878d235d | |
| Duck Soup / int_898ff050 | type |
Villain Protagonist | |
| Duck Soup / int_898ff050 | comment |
Villain Protagonist: Let's face it: Rufus T. Firefly isn't exactly the most noble of rulers. | |
| Duck Soup / int_898ff050 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_898ff050 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_898ff050 | |
| Duck Soup / int_91489a9a | type |
Wacky Americans Have Wacky Names | |
| Duck Soup / int_91489a9a | comment |
Wacky Americans Have Wacky Names: Rufus T. Firefly. Wacky? Check (played by Groucho). American? Check, probably. Wacky name? It fits! | |
| Duck Soup / int_91489a9a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_91489a9a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_91489a9a | |
| Duck Soup / int_91b31f6b | type |
Please Select New City Name | |
| Duck Soup / int_91b31f6b | comment |
Please Select New City Name: The city of Fredonia, NY complained about the name "Freedonia," worrying that it might negatively affect them. Groucho, of course, replied, "Change the name of your town. It is hurting our picture." | |
| Duck Soup / int_91b31f6b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_91b31f6b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_91b31f6b | |
| Duck Soup / int_91c001 | type |
Cute Mute | |
| Duck Soup / int_91c001 | comment |
Cute Mute: Harpo, although this is one of the films that does address the fact that he is mute by choice and used to talk. (Chicolini can't understand why he won't talk to him.) | |
| Duck Soup / int_91c001 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_91c001 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_91c001 | |
| Duck Soup / int_9600368d | type |
Behind the Black | |
| Duck Soup / int_9600368d | comment |
Behind the Black: Harpo hides in an ordinary bathtub... from the man who's bathing in it. | |
| Duck Soup / int_9600368d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_9600368d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_9600368d | |
| Duck Soup / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
| Duck Soup / int_970c790a | comment |
Big Bad: Trentino, Sylvania's ambassador who tries to start a war with Freedonia and succeeds when Firefly gets so worked up over being called an upstart, he refuses Trentino's apology. | |
| Duck Soup / int_970c790a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_970c790a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_970c790a | |
| Duck Soup / int_99c36bb5 | type |
Ironic Nursery Tune | |
| Duck Soup / int_99c36bb5 | comment |
Ironic Nursery Tune: Newly installed President Firefly lays down the law in a peppy tune: | |
| Duck Soup / int_99c36bb5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_99c36bb5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_99c36bb5 | |
| Duck Soup / int_9ae69919 | type |
Indignant Slap | |
| Duck Soup / int_9ae69919 | comment |
Indignant Slap: Played for laughs - Fredonia leader Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) is asking his advisor Bob Roland (Zeppo Marx) for a way to get rid of the Sylvanian ambassador. | |
| Duck Soup / int_9ae69919 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_9ae69919 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_9ae69919 | |
| Duck Soup / int_9c6da551 | type |
SpotTheImpostor | |
| Duck Soup / int_9c6da551 | comment |
Spot the Impostor: During the Mirror Routine, the jig is up for Pinky as soon as Firefly sees a second impostor (Chicolini) on the other side of the doorway. | |
| Duck Soup / int_9c6da551 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_9c6da551 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_9c6da551 | |
| Duck Soup / int_9d184483 | type |
Changing Clothes Is a Free Action | |
| Duck Soup / int_9d184483 | comment |
Changing Clothes Is a Free Action: In the climactic battle scene, Rufus' uniform changes almost every time the camera switches, to a variety of increasingly improbable outfits. | |
| Duck Soup / int_9d184483 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_9d184483 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_9d184483 | |
| Duck Soup / int_9d473705 | type |
Official Presidential Transport | |
| Duck Soup / int_9d473705 | comment |
Official Presidential Transport: "His Excellency's Car" is a motorcycle with a sidecar. Twice the motorcycle takes off without the sidecar, which has President Firefly. The third time the President gets on the motorcycle and has his driver get in the sidecar, which then drives off without the motorcycle. | |
| Duck Soup / int_9d473705 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_9d473705 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_9d473705 | |
| Duck Soup / int_a0cdb351 | type |
Transforming Vehicle | |
| Duck Soup / int_a0cdb351 | comment |
Transforming Vehicle: Firefly has as his personal vehicle a motorcycle (driven by Harpo) with a sidecar. The first two times Firefly gets in the sidecar, Harpo drives off without him. The third time Firefly gets on the bike and has Harpo get in the sidecar. Harpo drives off in the sidecar, leaving Firefly on the motorcycle. | |
| Duck Soup / int_a0cdb351 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_a0cdb351 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_a0cdb351 | |
| Duck Soup / int_a0efb4e7 | type |
It's Probably Nothing | |
| Duck Soup / int_a0efb4e7 | comment |
It's Probably Nothing: After all this, Firefly dismisses the sudden noise by saying "Sounds to me like mice!" | |
| Duck Soup / int_a0efb4e7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_a0efb4e7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_a0efb4e7 | |
| Duck Soup / int_a13b608f | type |
Cool Sidecar | |
| Duck Soup / int_a13b608f | comment |
Cool Sidecar: His Excellency's "car". After being twice left behind by Harpo in the detached sidecar, Groucho insists that this time he's driving. Cue Harpo driving off in the sidecar, leaving Groucho on the immobile motorcycle. | |
| Duck Soup / int_a13b608f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_a13b608f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_a13b608f | |
| Duck Soup / int_a60e3252 | type |
Rule of Funny | |
| Duck Soup / int_a60e3252 | comment |
Rule of Funny: The plot makes absolutely no sense if you think about it for more than a minute, but you'll probably be laughing too hard to care. How is one rich heiress powerful enough to decide the leader of an entire country by herself? How does a fast-talking huckster with no political experience get appointed the leader of a country? Why is said country identical to 1930's America? How did a frizzy-haired mute and a guy with an incomprehensible Italian accent get jobs as spies? Just go with it. | |
| Duck Soup / int_a60e3252 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_a60e3252 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_a60e3252 | |
| Duck Soup / int_a6cda066 | type |
Rule of Three | |
| Duck Soup / int_a6cda066 | comment |
Rule of Three: The motorcycle gag. Also, Firefly slapping Trentino. | |
| Duck Soup / int_a6cda066 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_a6cda066 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_a6cda066 | |
| Duck Soup / int_aaece264 | type |
Rousing Speech | |
| Duck Soup / int_aaece264 | comment |
Rousing Speech: Parodied (naturally) by Groucho: "And remember, while you're out there risking your life and limb through shot and shell, we'll be in here thinking what a sucker you are!" | |
| Duck Soup / int_aaece264 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_aaece264 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_aaece264 | |
| Duck Soup / int_b1961af1 | type |
Offscreen Crash | |
| Duck Soup / int_b1961af1 | comment |
Offscreen Crash: | |
| Duck Soup / int_b1961af1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_b1961af1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_b1961af1 | |
| Duck Soup / int_b1d44353 | type |
Courtroom Antics | |
| Duck Soup / int_b1d44353 | comment |
Courtroom Antics: Chicolini's trial involves the Marx Brothers performing courtroom antics not to prevent/assure convictions, but simply because their characters are...well...who they are. Cases in point: offering the witness bets on whether there's a conviction; objecting on the grounds of "I couldn't think of anything else to say"; sustaining objections on the grounds of "I couldn't think of anything else to say either"; and a pun or two. Also, Firefly can't seem to decide whether he's prosecuting or defending Chicolini. | |
| Duck Soup / int_b1d44353 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_b1d44353 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_b1d44353 | |
| Duck Soup / int_b486877f | type |
Squick | |
| Duck Soup / int_b486877f | comment |
Squick: Invoked by Pinky. After the lemonade vendor overturns the peanut stand, Pinky takes off his shoes and socks and jogs in place in the lemonade tank. | |
| Duck Soup / int_b486877f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_b486877f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_b486877f | |
| Duck Soup / int_b707726f | type |
Hypocritical Humor | |
| Duck Soup / int_b707726f | comment |
Hypocritical Humor: A staple for Firefly. Firefly's secretary Bob Roland (played by Zeppo) whispers to him a story that he'd told to Vera Marcal, which caused her and Ambassador Trentino to slap him. Firefly immediately slaps Zeppo. In his first number, Firefly declares that "Whistling is forbidden" and then starts whistling. He also declares that chewing gum would be forbidden, and is seen visibly chewing gum. Firefly caps a long Motor Mouthed monologue with "Do you know you haven't stopped talking since I got here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle." | |
| Duck Soup / int_b707726f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_b707726f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_b707726f | |
| Duck Soup / int_b9d334b2 | type |
Aerith and Bob | |
| Duck Soup / int_b9d334b2 | comment |
Aerith and Bob: The Marx brothers play Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho), Chicolini (Chico), Pinky (Harpo)... and Firefly's Secretary, Bob Roland (Zeppo). | |
| Duck Soup / int_b9d334b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_b9d334b2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_b9d334b2 | |
| Duck Soup / int_bb6c96a7 | type |
Culture Police | |
| Duck Soup / int_bb6c96a7 | comment |
Culture Police: Firefly, as the newly installed ruler of Freedonia, lays down the law in a jaunty tune: | |
| Duck Soup / int_bb6c96a7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_bb6c96a7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_bb6c96a7 | |
| Duck Soup / int_bc74ef27 | type |
Berserk Button | |
| Duck Soup / int_bc74ef27 | comment |
Berserk Button: President Rufus T. Firefly is prepared to go to war over Ambassador Trentino calling him an "upstart." Later Firefly has calmed down and he and Trentino patch things up, realizing that neither of them can remember the word that set things off. Trentino jokingly tries several possibilities, and unfortunately hits on the right one, which starts the war all over again. | |
| Duck Soup / int_bc74ef27 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_bc74ef27 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_bc74ef27 | |
| Duck Soup / int_beb9a361 | type |
Anti-Hero | |
| Duck Soup / int_beb9a361 | comment |
Anti-Hero: Rufus T. Firefly, as summed up with the song lyrics included at the top of the page. | |
| Duck Soup / int_beb9a361 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_beb9a361 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_beb9a361 | |
| Duck Soup / int_c2c15b23 | type |
Bait-and-Switch Comment | |
| Duck Soup / int_c2c15b23 | comment |
Bait-and-Switch Comment: Firefly on Chicolini: | |
| Duck Soup / int_c2c15b23 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_c2c15b23 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_c2c15b23 | |
| Duck Soup / int_c3448a6f | type |
Informed Attribute | |
| Duck Soup / int_c3448a6f | comment |
Informed Attribute: Rufus T. Firefly was given the position of Leader of Freedonia on the request of Mrs. Teasdale because he apparently is the perfect man for the job, waxing on about how he has the right mental and moral fortitude to lead Freedonia. Keep in mind that this is Groucho Marx she's talking about. He is formally introduced coming late to his inauguration after everyone says that one of the things he's known for is his punctuality (to his credit, not for lack of trying, as he's got his alarm clock set for 10:00 and quickly enters through a back road upon realizing he's running a bit later than usual), and for the rest of the film he is shown to be somewhere between indifferent and insane to the otherwise serious nature of his profession. Though considering he declared war on a allied nation over flimsy context after becoming leader of a financially unstable country and won, perhaps there is something we're not seeing. Or maybe he just buttered up Mrs. Teasdale enough that she was swayed into recommending him for the job. | |
| Duck Soup / int_c3448a6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_c3448a6f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_c3448a6f | |
| Duck Soup / int_c3e5c40d | type |
The Hilarity of Hats | |
| Duck Soup / int_c3e5c40d | comment |
The Hilarity of Hats: There is a scene in the movie where Harpo and Chico mess with a lemonade stand owner by knocking his hat off and then swapping it around with their hats when he tries to pick it up and put it back on. | |
| Duck Soup / int_c3e5c40d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_c3e5c40d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_c3e5c40d | |
| Duck Soup / int_cb0743c0 | type |
Lame Pun Reaction | |
| Duck Soup / int_cb0743c0 | comment |
Lame Pun Reaction: Chicolini's suggestion that Freedonia maintain a standing army, "because then we save money on chairs", provokes Firefly to give him the bum's rush from the room (and apparently worse, judging by the Offscreen Crash that follows). This is a pun so bad that Groucho, the man who once took pictures of the native girls and was waiting for them to develop, felt it necessary to chase Chico. | |
| Duck Soup / int_cb0743c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_cb0743c0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_cb0743c0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_cbf04bf6 | type |
Funny Phone Misunderstanding | |
| Duck Soup / int_cbf04bf6 | comment |
Funny Phone Misunderstanding: Occurs when Firefly is calling for help as an invading army is attacking. He tries to tell the operator that he needs to get to headquarters, but the message is at first confused with referring to "hindquarters". | |
| Duck Soup / int_cbf04bf6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_cbf04bf6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_cbf04bf6 | |
| Duck Soup / int_cc82b744 | type |
It Won't Turn Off | |
| Duck Soup / int_cc82b744 | comment |
It Won't Turn Off: At Mrs. Teasdale's manor, Pinky mistakes a radio for a safe, which plays a very loud and energetic rendition of "Stars And Stripes Forever". He tries to muffle the radio with pillows, to no effect. He then throws it on the floor and smashes it to pieces; again, the radio continues to play. Pinky has to settle for throwing what's left of the radio out the window. | |
| Duck Soup / int_cc82b744 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_cc82b744 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_cc82b744 | |
| Duck Soup / int_d34cbda2 | type |
Implausible Deniability | |
| Duck Soup / int_d34cbda2 | comment |
Implausible Deniability: "Who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?" Ironically, this quotation is often incorrectly attributed to Groucho, while the person who says it is Chico disguised as Groucho. | |
| Duck Soup / int_d34cbda2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_d34cbda2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_d34cbda2 | |
| Duck Soup / int_d3510138 | type |
Right on the Tick | |
| Duck Soup / int_d3510138 | comment |
Right on the Tick: Firefly is supposed to turn up when the clock strikes 10. Subverted for laughs: he sneaks in from the back. By fire pole, no less. | |
| Duck Soup / int_d3510138 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Duck Soup / int_d3510138 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_d3510138 | |
| Duck Soup / int_d61c0620 | type |
Joker Jury | |
| Duck Soup / int_d61c0620 | comment |
Joker Jury: Played for laughs, when Chicolini, the spy for the rival country of Sylvania, is put on trial by the Freedonian courts, with Firefly even volunteering to be Chicolini's attorney, and Chicolini's testimony consisting of a Hurricane of Puns throughout the trial. | |
| Duck Soup / int_d61c0620 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_d61c0620 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_d61c0620 | |
| Duck Soup / int_d9e9ad7e | type |
The Cavalry | |
| Duck Soup / int_d9e9ad7e | comment |
The Cavalry: Parodied in the form of a platoon of firefighters, motorcycle police, track runners, rowers, competitive swimmers, monkeys, elephants and dolphins. | |
| Duck Soup / int_d9e9ad7e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_d9e9ad7e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_d9e9ad7e | |
| Duck Soup / int_db1ab4b1 | type |
Just a Stupid Accent | |
| Duck Soup / int_db1ab4b1 | comment |
Just a Stupid Accent: Parodied when Chicolini (Chico) has disguised himself as Firefly (Groucho), and when Mrs. Teasdale (Margaret Dumont) asks why he's talking like that, he replies, "Well, I think maybe sometime I go to Italy, and I'm practicing the language." Impressed, Mrs. Teasdale gushes, "Your dialect is perfect." | |
| Duck Soup / int_db1ab4b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_db1ab4b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_db1ab4b1 | |
| Duck Soup / int_dfa15af2 | type |
Hair Memento | |
| Duck Soup / int_dfa15af2 | comment |
Hair Memento: Parodied. When Firefly (Groucho Marx) asks Mrs. Teasdale for a lock of her hair. | |
| Duck Soup / int_dfa15af2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_dfa15af2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_dfa15af2 | |
| Duck Soup / int_e1311c40 | type |
Romancing the Widow | |
| Duck Soup / int_e1311c40 | comment |
Romancing the Widow: Both Firefly and Ambassador Trentino do this with Mrs. Teasdale. | |
| Duck Soup / int_e1311c40 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_e1311c40 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_e1311c40 | |
| Duck Soup / int_e22dae0a | type |
Pretext for War | |
| Duck Soup / int_e22dae0a | comment |
Pretext for War: Essentially just bankruptcy and personal slights. Some of which were hypothetical slights that didn't actually happen, at that. | |
| Duck Soup / int_e22dae0a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_e22dae0a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_e22dae0a | |
| Duck Soup / int_e2a41c3b | type |
Literal-Minded | |
| Duck Soup / int_e2a41c3b | comment |
Literal-Minded: | |
| Duck Soup / int_e2a41c3b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_e2a41c3b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_e2a41c3b | |
| Duck Soup / int_e65d7f25 | type |
Drawing Straws | |
| Duck Soup / int_e65d7f25 | comment |
Drawing Straws: Chicolini decides who will join the battle with a variant of "Eeny meeny miny moe": | |
| Duck Soup / int_e65d7f25 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_e65d7f25 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_e65d7f25 | |
| Duck Soup / int_ea4df380 | type |
Meaningful Titles | |
| Duck Soup / int_ea4df380 | comment |
Meaningful Titles: Played with. | |
| Duck Soup / int_ea4df380 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_ea4df380 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_ea4df380 | |
| Duck Soup / int_ee0c2c3c | type |
Fictional Country | |
| Duck Soup / int_ee0c2c3c | comment |
Fictional Country: Freedonia and Sylvania. | |
| Duck Soup / int_ee0c2c3c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_ee0c2c3c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup | hasFeature |
Duck Soup / int_ee0c2c3c | |
| Duck Soup / int_f10d3363 | type |
Distracted by the Sexy | |
| Duck Soup / int_f10d3363 | comment |
Distracted by the Sexy: Firefly sends Pinky out to warn the country that the Sylvanians are coming, which he does, in a Paul Revere-esque manner, until... he sees a woman about to take a bath. And yet he prefers to share her bed with his horse. | |
| Duck Soup / int_f10d3363 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Duck Soup / int_f10d3363 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Crowd Song | |
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Crowd Song: "To war, to war, to war we gotta go!" It eventually devolves into a minstrel show. (No Blackface, though.) | |
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Easily Forgiven | |
| Duck Soup / int_f36c4f98 | comment |
Easily Forgiven: Chicolini, the Sylvanian spy who enlists his services with Freedonia. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Duck Soup / int_f36c4f98 | |
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Pungeon Master | |
| Duck Soup / int_f46fb603 | comment |
Pungeon Master: Firefly is full of them, though Chicolini isn't far behind. | |
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1.0 | |
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Gold Digger | |
| Duck Soup / int_f6b2bfb7 | comment |
Gold Digger: A running gag throughout the movie is that Firefly wants to marry Miss Teasdale for her money despite finding her unattractive, starting with this exchange: | |
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1.0 | |
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| Duck Soup / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
| Duck Soup / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: Harpo pulls up in a motorcycle, Groucho gets into the sidecar, Harpo drives off. Invariably, Groucho is left behind. Later subverted as Groucho gets clever and insists on riding on the motorcycle portion. Cue Harpo driving off in the sidecar. Groucho's changing uniforms during the actual war sequence. Harpo's half-kleptomania, where he steals half-items by snipping them off with scissors. | |
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-0.3 | |
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Gondor Calls for Aid | |
| Duck Soup / int_fe5e40e2 | comment |
Gondor Calls for Aid: All seems lost! Luckily, Rufus T. Firefly can call in the reserves! (Cue a crowning moment of Stock Footage.) | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Duck Soup |
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