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The Producers

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The Producers	type	TVTItem
The Producers	label	The Producers
The Producers	page	TheProducers
The Producers	comment	The Producers is a 1967 comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks; it stars Zero Mostel as failed Broadway producer Max Bialystock and Gene Wilder as fearful accountant Leo Bloom. The film, now considered a comedy classic, launched Brooks' long film career; several decades later, he adapted it into a Broadway musical starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick (as Bialystock and Bloom, respectively) which won twelve Tony Awards (the most Tonys a Broadway production has ever received). The show and original film also won two Grammy Awards (Best Long Form Music Video and Best Musical Show Album) and an Academy Award for best screenplay, making this production responsible for six of Mel Brooks' collection of eleven major awards in the entertainment industry. The Broadway adaptation was itself adapted into a film in 2005 (featuring Lane and Broderick in the primary roles), but this adaptation wasn't as well-received as the original film or the Broadway production.In all versions, the story depicts Bialystock and Bloom meeting for the first time and immediately falling into a get-rich-quick scheme: realizing that the IRS never investigate the financial books of failed plays, they plan to oversell shares in a Broadway production by a wide margin, then deliberately produce a horrific flop which closes in one night, leaving them free to flee the country with the remainder of the massive initial investment.The two schemers choose as their Broadway bomb Springtime for Hitler, a "love letter" to the German dictator written by unrepentant Nazi Franz Liebkind. In the original film, their chosen director is Roger DeBris, who is wholly untalented and flamboyantly gay, while Hitler is played by Lorenzo St. DuBois ("LSD"), a charismatic but seriously brain-damaged hippie. In the musical, Liebkind is chosen for the role of Hitler, but breaks his leg at the last minute and is replaced by DeBris.Bialystock and Bloom's plan culminates in a production which the opening night audience finds funny (they think it's satire), and since the play is announced to be a smash success, things only go downhill from there.
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The Producers / int_11efa116	type	Prayer of Malice
The Producers / int_11efa116	comment	Prayer of Malice: Max theatrically calls upon God to smite his landlord. The landlord tells God not to listen, Max is crazy.
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The Producers / int_127fc252	type	Creator Cameo
The Producers / int_127fc252	comment	Mel Brooks appears at the very end telling the audience to "get out!"
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The Producers / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
The Producers / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: Roger De Bris was based on Ed Wood.
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The Producers / int_135c6de7	type	Cannot Tell a Joke
The Producers / int_135c6de7	comment	Cannot Tell a Joke: Roger De Bris can't seem to make a good joke when greeting Leo and Max.
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The Producers / int_14180452	type	Instantly Proven Wrong
The Producers / int_14180452	comment	Instantly Proven Wrong: Upon hearing the play getting praise from people during the intermission, Max tells Leo not to panic as there are lots of musicals on Broadway, so it wouldn't necessarily be theirs...until somebody mentions the play by name.
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The Producers / int_141a6acb	type	Madness Mantra
The Producers / int_141a6acb	comment	Madness Mantra: After Springtime for Hitler becomes a surprise smash, Leo constantly babbles "no way out..." every time Max reads the positive critical reviews.
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The Producers / int_144ec68f	type	Negated Moment of Awesome
The Producers / int_144ec68f	comment	Negated Moment of Awesome: Bialystock and Bloom's efforts to profit from the biggest flop on Broadway ends with their chosen musical becoming a surprise smash, dooming the scheme.
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The Producers / int_1484dba1	type	Foreshadowing
The Producers / int_1484dba1	comment	Foreshadowing: During 'We Can Do It', Bloom sings to Max "You see Rio, I see jail". By the third act, Max is in jail and Bloom is in Rio...so if they were to look toward each other, what would they see?
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The Producers / int_148e222c	type	Crosses the Line Twice
The Producers / int_148e222c	comment	Crosses the Line Twice: In-universe. This is why the audience loves Springtime for Hitler: they think it's satire and irreverent political commentary instead of a pro-Nazi musical, because it's too over-the-top offensive for them to take it at face value.
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The Producers / int_159e16f1	type	Misplaced a Decimal Point
The Producers / int_159e16f1	comment	Misplaced a Decimal Point: Invoked. When begging Leo to not report his small scale embezzlement at the beginning, Max tells him he should just misplace a few decimals.
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The Producers / int_15b2cab3	type	Tempting Fate
The Producers / int_15b2cab3	comment	Tempting Fate: In the remake, Bialystock tells Bloom, "Nothing is going to come between us." Enter Ulla.
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The Producers / int_1994ba0b	type	Gone Horribly Right
The Producers / int_1994ba0b	comment	Gone Horribly Right: Max and Leo produce an extremely offensive musical, hoping that people will hate it and they can make off with the massively-oversold backing shares. The show crosses the line so thoroughly that it comes back again, and audiences find it hysterical. Max even invokes the trope outright:
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The Producers / int_1b65dfad	type	The Cameo
The Producers / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: Mel Brooks appears at the very end telling the audience to "get out!" Brooks' voice is dubbed into the "Springtime for Hitler" number (it's the same line recorded for the 1967 version).
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The Producers / int_1bf94a24	type	The Movie
The Producers / int_1bf94a24	comment	The Movie of the musical alludes to this in the credits song, "Nothin' Like A Broadway Show":
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The Producers / int_1ccad9a3	type	Villain Song
The Producers / int_1ccad9a3	comment	Villain Song: The opening number of Springtime for Hitler is a cheerful paean to Nazi Germany attacking the rest of Europe. There's also "Heil Myself". It may be gay and over-the-top, but it still counts as this trope if you consider who's technically singing the song.
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The Producers / int_1d2400e9	type	Green-Eyed Monster
The Producers / int_1d2400e9	comment	Green-Eyed Monster: When seeing a white Rolls drop off a man in an expensive tux, Max yells with a mixture of jealousy and admiration: "That's it, baby! When you got it, flaunt it. FLAUNT IT!"
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The Producers / int_1d7d1b93	type	Remake Cameo
The Producers / int_1d7d1b93	comment	Remake Cameo: Brad Oscar, who played Franz Liebkind in the Broadway version, later appeared in the movie musical as a taxi driver.
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The Producers / int_1e7487cd	type	Breaking the Fourth Wall
The Producers / int_1e7487cd	comment	Breaking the Fourth Wall: Bialystock does this when he turns to the camera saying "This man [Leo] should be in a straitjacket." This leads to a neat outtake in the musical film, where Max instead says the line to a statue. Nathan Lane delivers it to the camera, then realizes "That's the first one."
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The Producers / int_207e000c	type	Reveal Shot
The Producers / int_207e000c	comment	Reveal Shot: After the theater explodes, the scene switches to a bunch of old ladies weeping at what looks like a funeral service, but then the camera zooms out to show the protagonists actually are alive (if battered) and being tried at court.
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The Producers / int_23330a99	type	Immediate Self-Contradiction
The Producers / int_23330a99	comment	Immediate Self-Contradiction: Roger complains that he's bored of musicals, all those "dopey showgirls in gooey dresses" going "two, three, kick, turn, turn, turn, kick, turn", and wants to do straight drama. He then notes that the play is depressing, and some showgirls going "two, three, kick, turn, turn, turn, kick, turn" will liven it right up. Max promises to the judge at his trial "And may I humbly add, your Honor, that we've learned our lesson and that we'll never do it again." Cue Prisoners of Love.
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The Producers / int_23473ae7	type	Adaptation Expansion
The Producers / int_23473ae7	comment	Adaptation Expansion: The 2005 and theater version run almost an hour longer than the original 1967 film. Part of this is due to the musical numbers, but there are also plot points that were either fleshed out in the remake or added entirely, such as Leo and Ulla's romance.
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The Producers / int_23781532	type	Ironic Name
The Producers / int_23781532	comment	Ironic Name: The Producers was chosen specifically as a Sarcastic Title, given Max and Leo are really bad at this stage production thing...
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The Producers / int_24b88e85	type	Unwanted Assistance
The Producers / int_24b88e85	comment	Unwanted Assistance: invokedMax to Leo at the trial (whose "defense" of Max begins with a list of all of Max's faults) in both movies; Max then says it again to the off-key chorus of old ladies at the trial in the musical remake. Also Max trying to calm Leo down; he responds to being splashed with water and being slapped by adding to his hysteria:
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The Producers / int_26eb6287	type	Funny Background Event
The Producers / int_26eb6287	comment	Funny Background Event: Carmen is really affected by LSD's song "Love Power" and is grasping Roger's hand romantically. While the audience is staring in gobsmacked horror at the play's opening number, Franz is grinning like a loon.
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The Producers / int_28bf2393	type	Prisoner Performance
The Producers / int_28bf2393	comment	Prisoner Performance: Leo and Max get sent to prison at the end, where they put together a new musical play with their fellow inmates as performers called Prisoners of Love.
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The Producers / int_28f852ea	type	Wholesome Crossdresser
The Producers / int_28f852ea	comment	Wholesome Crossdresser: Roger DeBris, who is supposed to be in costume as the Grand Duchess Anastasia, to which he claims that he thinks he looks more like "the Chrysler Building."
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The Producers / int_2916334d	type	It's What I Do
The Producers / int_2916334d	comment	It's What I Do: Max's conversation with his landlord early on:
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The Producers / int_294ed981	type	Bilingual Bonus
The Producers / int_294ed981	comment	The "Good Luck" song, where Max yells "guten lachen" in his string of good luck yells. Guten lachen roughly translates to "good laughs."
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The Producers / int_2b5ea43c	type	Bland-Name Product
The Producers / int_2b5ea43c	comment	The ending has Bialystock and Bloom putting on several familiar-sounding productions, which include: ''A Streetcar Named Murray''; ''She Shtupps to Conquer''; ''High Button Jews''; ''South Passaic''; ''Katz''; ''Maim''; and Death of a Salesman — On Ice!
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The Producers / int_2bc0fc4d	type	Ice-Cream Koan
The Producers / int_2bc0fc4d	comment	Ice-Cream Koan:
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The Producers / int_2be15316	type	Ambiguously Jewish
The Producers / int_2be15316	comment	Ambiguously Jewish: Bloom and Bialystock, which tells you how much they're willing to do just to get the play produced. Both of them spit on the Nazi armbands when they throw them away.
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The Producers / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
The Producers / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: It's subtle, but it's there. Ulla comes off as a bit flighty and sort of a space cadet (albeit partially because she's in a country where she barely speaks the language), but she did manage to write "When You've Got It, Flaunt It" all by herself in less than a day. Roger de Bris ends up ensuring that the play is a success because of this. Despite being hired as the "worst" director they could find, Roger is actually a good director who gets along with his crew, is a hilarious actor, tap-dancer, and singer when he shows off, and has a sense of humor. Max and Leo are very upset after opening night.
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The Producers / int_2f36d97	type	Older Than They Look
The Producers / int_2f36d97	comment	Older Than They Look: "Hold Me, Touch Me" was played by Estelle Winwood, who lied about her age (she was 85 during filming) to get herself cast, and was surprisingly agile during the physical comedy. Considering the woman died at age 101, she was one hearty dame.
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The Producers / int_302fd82f	type	Unconventional Courtroom Tactics
The Producers / int_302fd82f	comment	Unconventional Courtroom Tactics: Leo tries to appeal to the judge's compassion and sympathy, "no harm done", the old ladies concur with an applause, and Max shows a deep remorse. An uplifting music accompanies the scene, it looked like a convincing defense, right? Smash Cut to the exterior of the jail where the duo is imprisoned.
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The Producers / int_31a2a33c	type	Stuff Blowing Up
The Producers / int_31a2a33c	comment	Stuff Blowing Up: ZE KVICK FUSE!?! (To a massive amount of kaboom.)
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The Producers / int_3618ebb9	type	TheSixties
The Producers / int_3618ebb9	comment	The '60s: Lorenzo, baby! Lorenzo St. Dubois! (But his friends call him "LSD")
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The Producers / int_364b9be6	type	Flipping the Bird
The Producers / int_364b9be6	comment	Flipping the Bird: When Franz makes Leo and Max raise their pointer fingers to take the Siegfried Oath, they quickly switch to middle fingers behind his back.
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The Producers / int_38bb862f	type	Don't You Dare Pity Me!
The Producers / int_38bb862f	comment	Don't You Dare Pity Me!: "You have exactly ten seconds to replace that look of disgusting pity with one of enormous respect!"
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The Producers / int_38d02d44	type	Batman Gambit
The Producers / int_38d02d44	comment	Batman Gambit: The scheme, which hinges on the assumption everyone will hate it. Unfortunately, everyone hates it too much, causing them to see it as satire when it accidentally turns funny.
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The Producers / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
The Producers / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: Franz Liebkind breaks one leg, then later breaks the other, just like Mustafa in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. A (sadly deleted) scene, fortunately on the DVD, features Max and Leo singing a duet that turns into a trio when a random stranger joins in. The actor playing said stranger is Ernie Sabella, which means that Timon, Pumbaa, and Simba were briefly reunited for a song.note Although Matthew Broderick did not provide Simba's singing voice in the film. At the end of the movie, Mel Brooks tells the audience that it's over and time to go home just like Matthew Broderick did in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
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The Producers / int_3950c1f0	type	Poe's Law
The Producers / int_3950c1f0	comment	Poe's Law: Surprisingly Inverted In-Universe — instead of mistaking satire for the real thing, Roger De Bris's last-minute stand-in as an overly-camp Hitler makes the audience mistake pro-Nazi propaganda for an anti-Nazi satire.
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The Producers / int_3c51db1c	type	Zany Scheme
The Producers / int_3c51db1c	comment	Zany Scheme: Once Max gets pointed out by Leo that he made a profit of $2,000 due to Funny Boy closing on opening night, Max gets his idea (per the musical):
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The Producers / int_3cb1d38d	type	Bad Boss
The Producers / int_3cb1d38d	comment	Bad Boss: Mr. Marks, Bloom's CPA boss, is a demeaning boss who wastes no time insulting and demoralizing his employees, including Leo himself.
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The Producers / int_3d038b36	type	Rhetorical Question Blunder
The Producers / int_3d038b36	comment	Rhetorical Question Blunder: Max Bialystock likes to ask rhetorical questions. It frequently doesn't go well. Right after Bloom meets Bialystock at the beginning of the movie: Later:
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The Producers / int_3ee1eced	type	Sexy Scandinavian
The Producers / int_3ee1eced	comment	Sexy Scandinavian: Ulla in both versions, but perhaps more so in the original.
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The Producers / int_3eee0728	type	Captain Obvious
The Producers / int_3eee0728	comment	Captain Obvious:
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The Producers / int_3fb6b526	type	Delayed Reaction
The Producers / int_3fb6b526	comment	The actors who were onstage when Franz lowered the curtain get their revenge, but thanks to his helmet it takes a few seconds for it to work.
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The Producers / int_3fca462c	type	Deus ex Machina
The Producers / int_3fca462c	comment	Deus ex Machina: Bialystock and Bloom are completely pardoned for the serious fraud they have committed; the reason given is their play "brought joy and laughter into the hearts of every murderer, rapist, and sex maniac in Sing Sing".
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The Producers / int_4023b8c8	type	First-Name Basis
The Producers / int_4023b8c8	comment	First-Name Basis: In Bloom's intro to "'Till Him" speech, he says that Max was the first to ever call him "Leo" since before kindergarten.
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The Producers / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The Producers / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Max and Leo are jailed for their attempt at a scam, even though the investors he tried to swindle argue for their release and no one was hurt. Even so, they make a new musical in jail while trying to enact the same scheme, while reasserting their friendship.
The Producers / int_40cc0c7e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_40cc0c7e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_40cc0c7e
The Producers / int_415b3315	type	Stylistic Suck
The Producers / int_415b3315	comment	Stylistic Suck: Max and Leo try to make pure suck and accidentally end up with So Bad, It's Good hilarity instead...which is bad because success is exactly how their attempt to pull off a scam will get them caught.
The Producers / int_415b3315	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_415b3315	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_415b3315
The Producers / int_443f9d8a	type	Ask a Stupid Question...
The Producers / int_443f9d8a	comment	Ask a Stupid Question...: How the judge's request for a verdict is treated by the jury foreman.
The Producers / int_443f9d8a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_443f9d8a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_443f9d8a
The Producers / int_44606d14	type	Becoming the Mask
The Producers / int_44606d14	comment	Becoming the Mask: A rare negative example. Springtime for Hitler was intended to be a flop that would allow the titular producers to make off with the investment funds and flee the country. Unfortunately, the play was a success due to the audience thinking it was a political satire, which spelled doom for Max and Leo's entire scheme.
The Producers / int_44606d14	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_44606d14	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_44606d14
The Producers / int_469e3e2f	type	In-Universe
The Producers / int_469e3e2f	comment	In-Universe, Roger de Bris has issues with the third act.
The Producers / int_469e3e2f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_469e3e2f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_469e3e2f
The Producers / int_46ee4d3	type	Eye Take
The Producers / int_46ee4d3	comment	Eye Take: The reaction shot of the audience after the opening number of "Springtime for Hitler". (They paid to see a Broadway musical titled "Springtime for Hitler"! What did they expect?)
The Producers / int_46ee4d3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_46ee4d3	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_46ee4d3
The Producers / int_48081842	type	The Stinger
The Producers / int_48081842	comment	The Stinger: Right after the credits in the 2005 movie, the "Goodbye" song from the Broadway musical plays. During the song, the cast thanks the audience for watching the movie and tells them to leave. It even has a Creator Cameo from Mel Brooks himself at the very end of the song.
The Producers / int_48081842	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_48081842	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_48081842
The Producers / int_48384f95	type	Intermission
The Producers / int_48384f95	comment	When Jason Alexander took over as Bialystock, he adlibbed in "Betrayed." Bialystock calls out Intermission and is scripted to sit down for a moment before continuing the show. Instead, Jason pulls out a playbill, flipping through it and said to the audience, "He's good, but he's no Lane." (Nathan Lane, of course, being the original player of Bialystock for the musical.)
The Producers / int_48384f95	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_48384f95	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_48384f95
The Producers / int_4b1afa0d	type	Spiteful Spit
The Producers / int_4b1afa0d	comment	Spiteful Spit: When Liebkind gives them Nazi armbands, Bialystock and Bloom throw them away in evident disgust and spit on them.
The Producers / int_4b1afa0d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_4b1afa0d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_4b1afa0d
The Producers / int_4bfcfa7c	type	Kansas City Shuffle
The Producers / int_4bfcfa7c	comment	Kansas City Shuffle: Max and Leo's scheme hinges on this. They plan to make their money by overselling shares to their investors (i.e. borrowing much more money than they actually need to make the play). They intentionally try to produce a bomb in the hopes that their investors won't expect a return on their investment, assuming that all of their money was lost when the play flopped—not realizing that Max and Leo already made a tidy profit before the play even premiered. As a bonus: they bank on the assumption that the IRS won't think to investigate a play that didn't make any money, assuming that it doesn't have any profits to tax.
The Producers / int_4bfcfa7c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_4bfcfa7c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_4bfcfa7c
The Producers / int_4c851777	type	Black Comedy Rape
The Producers / int_4c851777	comment	Black Comedy Rape:
The Producers / int_4c851777	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_4c851777	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_4c851777
The Producers / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
The Producers / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: In-Universe, Roger de Bris has issues with the third act. Also inverted with the movie's actual ending. Even though the protagonists go to jail for fraud and blowing up the theater, they take advantage of the situation by staging a new musical in prison.
The Producers / int_4e3d253b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_4e3d253b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_4e3d253b
The Producers / int_4e7bdeff	type	Loves Me Not
The Producers / int_4e7bdeff	comment	Loves Me Not: This sets up a bilingual joke in the Show Within a Show:
The Producers / int_4e7bdeff	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_4e7bdeff	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_4e7bdeff
The Producers / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
The Producers / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: When Max and Leo find their guaranteed flop: The audience is about to walk out en mass after the opening number of Springtime for Hitler when one member says three words about Hitler that utterly ruin the producer's plans:
The Producers / int_4e7c4536	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_4e7c4536	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_4e7c4536
The Producers / int_4e7f703c	type	Wham Shot
The Producers / int_4e7f703c	comment	Wham Shot: Similar to the original film, the moment when Roger as Hitler poses in a campy fashion is when the stage production takes a complete 180 with the audience, with a few of them chuckling.
The Producers / int_4e7f703c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_4e7f703c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_4e7f703c
The Producers / int_4f4372e9	type	Early-Installment Weirdness
The Producers / int_4f4372e9	comment	Early-Installment Weirdness: This being Mel Brooks' first movie, it's a bit straight-forward compared to his later comedies.
The Producers / int_4f4372e9	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_4f4372e9	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_4f4372e9
The Producers / int_52d1f46e	type	Not What It Looks Like
The Producers / int_52d1f46e	comment	Not What It Looks Like: In the 2005 version, after "Springtime for Hitler" is a success, Bloom and Max fight over the bank account books. Roger and Carmen walk in when Bloom and Max have hit the floor, with one on top of the other, and are saying "Give it to me!" Roger remarks, "Now, that's what I call celebrating!"
The Producers / int_52d1f46e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_52d1f46e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_52d1f46e
The Producers / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
The Producers / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: The 2005 movie begins and ends outside the Schubert Theater, where Max Bialystock presents a Broadway musical.
The Producers / int_5313c266	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_5313c266	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_5313c266
The Producers / int_56515a39	type	Artistic License â€“ History
The Producers / int_56515a39	comment	Artistic License â€“ History: An in-universe example, where Roger tells Max and Leo to have the second act of Springtime for Hitler rewritten so the Germans win the Second World War.
The Producers / int_56515a39	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_56515a39	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_56515a39
The Producers / int_58154a14	type	Bribe Backfire
The Producers / int_58154a14	comment	Bribe Backfire: Invoked by Bialystock to insult a well-respected reviewer, thus guaranteeing a bad review.
The Producers / int_58154a14	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_58154a14	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_58154a14
The Producers / int_58510e2b	type	Sexy Packaging
The Producers / int_58510e2b	comment	Sexy Packaging \ Covers Always Lie: The poster basically sold it as if it were some sort of strange, softcore, porn by including nothing but a line drawing of Ulla sporting a Hitler-style moustache. No mention of its being a comedy or the premise or even of Mel Brooks (who was already known as a comedy writer), just an attempt at offbeat sex-appeal. Not surprisingly, the film flopped.
The Producers / int_58510e2b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_58510e2b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_58510e2b
The Producers / int_5a40d6a	type	Adaptation Distillation
The Producers / int_5a40d6a	comment	Adaptation Distillation: As funny as LSD was, the hippie jokes wouldn't translate as well to a modern audience. Plus, the Roger De Bris character from the original film was rather undeveloped since they couldn't get away with as much gay humor in the 1960s. Having De Bris play Hitler solves a lot of problems and makes the later versions even funnier.
The Producers / int_5a40d6a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_5a40d6a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_5a40d6a
The Producers / int_5a852047	type	Sliding Scale of Adaptation Modification
The Producers / int_5a852047	comment	Sliding Scale of Adaptation Modification: The 2005 version lands on the Type 5 end of the scale (Identical Adaptation).
The Producers / int_5a852047	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_5a852047	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_5a852047
The Producers / int_5aa2b7c8	type	Powder Trail
The Producers / int_5aa2b7c8	comment	Powder Trail: "Ahah! Zis is an example of smartness. I have said zat zis is ze kvick fuse, und zis is ze kvick fuse! ...Ze kvick fuse!?!"
The Producers / int_5aa2b7c8	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_5aa2b7c8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_5aa2b7c8
The Producers / int_5c98d100	type	One of the Boys
The Producers / int_5c98d100	comment	One of the Boys: Shirley Markowitz, Roger's Butch Lesbian lighting designer, in comparison to the rest of his Camp Gay production team. Ironically, Shirley dresses and looks the most manly of all of them.
The Producers / int_5c98d100	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_5c98d100	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_5c98d100
The Producers / int_5ce2c9c6	type	Suddenly Shouting
The Producers / int_5ce2c9c6	comment	Suddenly Shouting: Leo, prior to getting his confidence, has a tendency to scream without warning.
The Producers / int_5ce2c9c6	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_5ce2c9c6	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_5ce2c9c6
The Producers / int_5d777251	type	That's All, Folks!
The Producers / int_5d777251	comment	That's All, Folks!: After the curtain call (or in The Stinger for the film), the entire cast sings "Goodbye" to thank the audience for coming to see their show before telling them to leave.
The Producers / int_5d777251	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_5d777251	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_5d777251
The Producers / int_5da37ab5	type	Triumphant Reprise
The Producers / int_5da37ab5	comment	Triumphant Reprise: "I Wanna Be A Producer" returns a few times over the story arc to highlight Leo gradually getting closer to fulfilling his lifelong dream to become a Broadway producer. The final time it plays is when Leo finally earns his producer's hat to celebrate Leo's dream finally coming true. In the Act 1 Finale, nearly every major song up till that point is sung simultaneously as Max and Leo celebrate how close they are to achieving their scheme.
The Producers / int_5da37ab5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_5da37ab5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_5da37ab5
The Producers / int_5e2e55e4	type	The Casanova
The Producers / int_5e2e55e4	comment	This scene also lampshades his previous The Casanova experiences.
The Producers / int_5e2e55e4	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_5e2e55e4	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_5e2e55e4
The Producers / int_5eb3a0a0	type	Audience-Alienating Premise
The Producers / int_5eb3a0a0	comment	Audience-Alienating Premise: In-Universe, Springtime for Hitler is picked for this reason.
The Producers / int_5eb3a0a0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_5eb3a0a0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_5eb3a0a0
The Producers / int_603f1a80	type	Pragmatic Adaptation
The Producers / int_603f1a80	comment	Pragmatic Adaptation: The role of LSD doesn't translate well in the 21st century, and that, coupled with a society more open about homosexuality, allowed Roger De Bris to get a larger (and funnier) role in the play. One critic pointed out that the LSD character could still have worked in the remake since the story is now set in 1958 and the character in retrospect seems more like a Fifties beatnik than a New-Age Retro Hippie.
The Producers / int_603f1a80	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_603f1a80	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_603f1a80
The Producers / int_6115944d	type	Fruit of the Loon
The Producers / int_6115944d	comment	Fruit of the Loon: Watch for the banana at the end of LSD's audition.
The Producers / int_6115944d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_6115944d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_6115944d
The Producers / int_6163afd9	type	Reliably Unreliable Guns
The Producers / int_6163afd9	comment	Reliably Unreliable Guns: Franz Liebkind's Luger jams and fires when dropped, with great comedic timing. The classic Luger's toggle action actually is somewhat temperamental.
The Producers / int_6163afd9	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_6163afd9	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_6163afd9
The Producers / int_61b8f9e2	type	Bunny-Ears Lawyer
The Producers / int_61b8f9e2	comment	Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Max and Leo assume that Roger deBris is the worst director they could find. They are very put out to learn that Roger is actually a good director because, for all his quirks, he knows how to stage a decent story from a bad script.
The Producers / int_61b8f9e2	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_61b8f9e2	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_61b8f9e2
The Producers / int_62434fe2	type	Sanity Slippage
The Producers / int_62434fe2	comment	Sanity Slippage: Franz was already loopy, but Springtime for Hitler makes him Go Postal. Funnily enough, he's a co-conspirator in Prisoners of Love.
The Producers / int_62434fe2	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_62434fe2	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_62434fe2
The Producers / int_62f9d08e	type	Freeze-Frame Bonus
The Producers / int_62f9d08e	comment	Freeze-Frame Bonus: During the final scene in the prison, a poster can be briefly glimpsed advertising the new play, with everybody involved using their official prisoner number rather than their name.
The Producers / int_62f9d08e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_62f9d08e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_62f9d08e
The Producers / int_63b02752	type	Hair-Trigger Temper
The Producers / int_63b02752	comment	Hair-Trigger Temper: In a sense — Leo Bloom has numerous triggers but they cause him to fall non-violently to pieces. He gets better as the movie progresses. He does show a violent temper during the Gutentag Hop Clop, where Max has to hold him back from assaulting Liebkind for striking him throughout the song.
The Producers / int_63b02752	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_63b02752	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_63b02752
The Producers / int_6563aeb6	type	Shameless Fanservice Girl
The Producers / int_6563aeb6	comment	Shameless Fanservice Girl: Ulla is not shy about showing off her physical beauty. Hell, "When You've Got It, Flaunt It" is practically a love letter to this trope, with Ulla singing about how, if a girl wants to get anywhere in show business, she better be ready and willing to show some skin.
The Producers / int_6563aeb6	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_6563aeb6	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_6563aeb6
The Producers / int_680f950	type	Gilligan Cut
The Producers / int_680f950	comment	Gilligan Cut: As the protagonists are about to be sentenced:
The Producers / int_680f950	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_680f950	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_680f950
The Producers / int_68424916	type	Eating the Eye Candy
The Producers / int_68424916	comment	Eating the Eye Candy: Max when looking at Ulla.
The Producers / int_68424916	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_68424916	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_68424916
The Producers / int_687d991e	type	Security Blanket
The Producers / int_687d991e	comment	Security Blanket: Leo keeps a bit of his baby blanket on him in his jacket pocket.
The Producers / int_687d991e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_687d991e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_687d991e
The Producers / int_69204ab8	type	Hired for Their Looks
The Producers / int_69204ab8	comment	Hired for Their Looks: Ulla can't do anything secretarial and is hired simply because she's hot.
The Producers / int_69204ab8	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_69204ab8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_69204ab8
The Producers / int_697b5232	type	Those Wacky Nazis
The Producers / int_697b5232	comment	Those Wacky Nazis: Liebkind, as well as Roger's portrayal of Hitler in the musical; it becomes Unintentionally Sympathetic during a slower bit in "Heil Myself".
The Producers / int_697b5232	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_697b5232	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_697b5232
The Producers / int_69cce3dc	type	Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!
The Producers / int_69cce3dc	comment	Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!:
The Producers / int_69cce3dc	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_69cce3dc	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_69cce3dc
The Producers / int_69fb91e8	type	Chewing the Scenery
The Producers / int_69fb91e8	comment	Chewing the Scenery: Leo in the "blue blanket" scene, where he frantically tries to grab at his blue blanket in a fit of hysteria.
The Producers / int_69fb91e8	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_69fb91e8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_69fb91e8
The Producers / int_6a937b9f	type	Kinky Role-Playing
The Producers / int_6a937b9f	comment	Kinky Role-Playing: The favorite pastime of "Hold Me, Touch Me", who wants Max to play such games as "the innocent milkmaid and the naughty stableboy", "the contessa and the chauffeur," and of course "the abduction and cruel rape of Lucretia."
The Producers / int_6a937b9f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_6a937b9f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_6a937b9f
The Producers / int_6d7026fa	type	Punny Name
The Producers / int_6d7026fa	comment	Punny Name: Roger De Bris's surname is taken from the word "debris". Carmen Ghia's name is taken from the Karmann Ghia sports car made by Volkswagen.
The Producers / int_6d7026fa	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_6d7026fa	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_6d7026fa
The Producers / int_6edc54d5	type	Here We Go Again!
The Producers / int_6edc54d5	comment	Here We Go Again!: At the end of the movie, Leo and Max have been thrown in prison for fraud. Max is producing a new musical entitled "Prisoners of Love" with a cast selected entirely from the inmates...and Leo has already sold at least 150% of the proceeds to the prisoners and guards — and the prison warden.
The Producers / int_6edc54d5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_6edc54d5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_6edc54d5
The Producers / int_6ff7c60e	type	Queer People Are Funny
The Producers / int_6ff7c60e	comment	Queer People Are Funny: Roger De Bris and his entourage, particularly during "Keep It Gay".
The Producers / int_6ff7c60e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_6ff7c60e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_6ff7c60e
The Producers / int_7089d02e	type	All Germans Are Nazis
The Producers / int_7089d02e	comment	All Germans Are Nazis: Exploited. This fact is part of what compels Max to pick Springtime for Hitler in the first place; the script contains such a viewpoint. And since Max's intention is to get a play so jaw-droppingly offensive that it closes in one night, it's perfect.
The Producers / int_7089d02e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_7089d02e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_7089d02e
The Producers / int_722b3319	type	Camp Gay
The Producers / int_722b3319	comment	Camp Gay: De Bris and his team living with them, save for one just-as-over-the-top Butch Lesbian. They even sing a song about it. In fact, after Springtime for Hitler (starring De Bris as the Fuhrer himself) becomes a smash, Leo Bloom sings, during "Where Did We Go Right?", "Our leading man was so gay, he nearly flew away!"
The Producers / int_722b3319	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_722b3319	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_722b3319
The Producers / int_72455542	type	Adaptational Intelligence
The Producers / int_72455542	comment	Adaptational Intelligence: While she's still ditzy, Ulla is much smarter here, she's able to speak in full English sentences, seems to actually do receptionist work, and ends up as the female lead in Springtime for Hitler and Leo's love interest.
The Producers / int_72455542	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_72455542	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_72455542
The Producers / int_72e1bd14	type	Bungled Suicide
The Producers / int_72e1bd14	comment	Bungled Suicide: Toward the end, Franz Liebkind attempts to shoot himself, but the gun fails to go off.
The Producers / int_72e1bd14	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_72e1bd14	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_72e1bd14
The Producers / int_738eef3a	type	Theatre is True Acting
The Producers / int_738eef3a	comment	Theatre is True Acting: Played for Laughs in the credits song, "There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway". Movies and TV are boring, so go to the theater and experience the unique magic of a play or musical...even if it is terribly expensive, uncomfortable, and liable to miscastings and bad audiences.
The Producers / int_738eef3a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_738eef3a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_738eef3a
The Producers / int_7426107	type	The Cast Showoff
The Producers / int_7426107	comment	The Cast Showoff: In-universe in the original Broadway production, Gary Beach shines as Roger when the director has to play Hitler, surprising Max and Leo in-universe as they go Oh, Crap! after the show thanks to it being a hit. He not only sings and dances as a comedic Hitler, but also does a long tap-dance routine as part of ''Springtime for Hitler''. No wonder that in-universe, his performance brought down the house.
The Producers / int_7426107	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_7426107	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_7426107
The Producers / int_762b9223	type	Played for Laughs
The Producers / int_762b9223	comment	If the name didn't tip you off, this it is most definitely more of a snark at these kinds of songs than a straight example.
The Producers / int_762b9223	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_762b9223	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_762b9223
The Producers / int_7738b710	type	Crisis Makes Perfect
The Producers / int_7738b710	comment	Crisis Makes Perfect: This is what ends up dooming the scheme. Leo and Max think Roger is a terrible director after attending the rehearsals while noting that he's seriously dedicated to the craft. Then Franz breaks his leg with no understudy, and Max gets the idea for Roger to play Hitler instead on opening night. Even though Roger freaks out about being onstage as the star, his boyfriend gives up a pep talk that he can do it. Cue Roger bringing down the house. To add insult to injury, the original Broadway show had him do an extended tap-dancing routine, all while in-character as Hitler.
The Producers / int_7738b710	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_7738b710	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_7738b710
The Producers / int_78c895c8	type	Amusing Injuries
The Producers / int_78c895c8	comment	Amusing Injuries/Bandage Mummy: What the protagonists end up suffering at the end; Franz is the mummy, still wearing his Nazi helmet.
The Producers / int_78c895c8	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_78c895c8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_78c895c8
The Producers / int_78e8eba5	type	"I Am" Song
The Producers / int_78e8eba5	comment	"I Am" Song: The beginning of "I Wanna Be a Producer" describes Leo's boring, backbreaking job as an accountant with many of his colleagues groaning over checks and numbers to crunch. 'Heil Myself' expresses Hitler's comical rise to power to being FÃ¼hrer, especially with De Bris's Judy Garland monologue. "Keep it Gay" shows off Roger De Bris's flamboyant and gay character, while also showing the queerness of his troupe and his boyfriend. "When You got it, Flaunt it" is Ulla explaining her fan-service and sexiness. In the stage version, "In Old Balverdia" shows who Franz is in about 5 seconds.
The Producers / int_78e8eba5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_78e8eba5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_78e8eba5
The Producers / int_7aa989ea	type	Token Evil Teammate
The Producers / int_7aa989ea	comment	Token Evil Teammate: Not that Leo and Max are saints, but Franz being a Nazi (while they're just conmen committing a mostly Victimless Crime) definently puts him as this for their team. He's even still working with them by the end!
The Producers / int_7aa989ea	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_7aa989ea	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_7aa989ea
The Producers / int_7b5c69c8	type	Dirty Old Woman
The Producers / int_7b5c69c8	comment	Dirty Old Woman: "Hold Me, Touch Me," as well as most of Bialystock's other conquests.
The Producers / int_7b5c69c8	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_7b5c69c8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_7b5c69c8
The Producers / int_7b7d3b91	type	Twinkle Smile
The Producers / int_7b7d3b91	comment	Twinkle Smile: Ulla during "That Face".
The Producers / int_7b7d3b91	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_7b7d3b91	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_7b7d3b91
The Producers / int_7bfa91bf	type	Failure Gambit
The Producers / int_7bfa91bf	comment	Failure Gambit: The core of the plot is of course a Failure Gambit that... fails.
The Producers / int_7bfa91bf	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_7bfa91bf	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_7bfa91bf
The Producers / int_7df83695	type	Walking Out on the Show
The Producers / int_7df83695	comment	Walking Out on the Show: A few people walk out of Springtime For Hitler before the rest think it's a comedy.
The Producers / int_7df83695	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_7df83695	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_7df83695
The Producers / int_7fc6f416	type	Nerds Are Naïve
The Producers / int_7fc6f416	comment	Nerds Are NaÃ¯ve: The biggest difference between the Musical's version of Leo and the original Film's version of Leo is that the musical Leo is more naive and in some ways fascinated by all the strange things around him even as they frighten him, often staring while Max is looking away as in the entire first meeting with Roger and Carmen. Matthew Broderick exploits his capacity for childlike wide open eyes to the maximum in this role.
The Producers / int_7fc6f416	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_7fc6f416	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_7fc6f416
The Producers / int_8042e814	type	Actually Pretty Funny
The Producers / int_8042e814	comment	Actually Pretty Funny: In the stage play, given that the Springtime for Hitler show is shown to the actual audience, everyone laughs immediately at the first ridiculous costume. Thanks to Roger's Hitler, who is flamboyant with a heavy country accent, the audience starts returning to their seats and laughing their hearts out when he gives a coy wink to his main Nazi.
The Producers / int_8042e814	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_8042e814	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_8042e814
The Producers / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
The Producers / int_823c6e3e	comment	There's also "Heil Myself". It may be gay and over-the-top, but it still counts as this trope if you consider who's technically singing the song.
The Producers / int_823c6e3e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_823c6e3e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_823c6e3e
The Producers / int_8338de89	type	"I Want" Song
The Producers / int_8338de89	comment	"I Wanna Be A Producer" returns a few times over the story arc to highlight Leo gradually getting closer to fulfilling his lifelong dream to become a Broadway producer. The final time it plays is when Leo finally earns his producer's hat to celebrate Leo's dream finally coming true.
The Producers / int_8338de89	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_8338de89	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_8338de89
The Producers / int_85557b38	type	Reality Is Unrealistic
The Producers / int_85557b38	comment	Reality Is Unrealistic: Mel Brooks based Roger DeBris' elevator on a real friend's. It, too, was tiny and could barely handle three people. And yes, he did tell people to remove their shoes before entering, too.
The Producers / int_85557b38	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_85557b38	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_85557b38
The Producers / int_856a425a	type	TheFifties
The Producers / int_856a425a	comment	The '50s: Set in 1958, but there aren't that many blatant period markers and Anachronism Stew abounds (such as when the Village People show up during the "Keep It Gay" number).
The Producers / int_856a425a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_856a425a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_856a425a
The Producers / int_8605f0c0	type	Promoted to Love Interest
The Producers / int_8605f0c0	comment	Promoted to Love Interest: Ulla now gets together with (and even marries!) Leo.
The Producers / int_8605f0c0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_8605f0c0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_8605f0c0
The Producers / int_86ee8070	type	World of Ham
The Producers / int_86ee8070	comment	World of Ham: Throughout, though especially prevalent in the post-production scene:
The Producers / int_86ee8070	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_86ee8070	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_86ee8070
The Producers / int_875615dd	type	Truth in Television
The Producers / int_875615dd	comment	Truth in Television: Because homophobia was so virulent in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, it was not uncommon for powerful gay men to "camp it up" and/or "play dumb" around powerful straight men who wanted to work with them as a way to test who would be safe for them to work with and who would end up becoming a potentially lethal problem for them. In this case, Max and Leo pass the test in proving that despite their obvious discomfort they will treat Roger and Carmen with respect (for the most part) and never prove to be a danger to them.
The Producers / int_875615dd	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_875615dd	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_875615dd
The Producers / int_8797239c	type	Bait-and-Switch
The Producers / int_8797239c	comment	Bait-and-Switch: At Max's trial, Leo and the old ladies show up to defend him. Leo says that Max believed in him when no one else did, and the old ladies assert that they don't care about the scheme. Even Roger says they gave him the best show he ever did. The judge seems touched...and then sentences Leo and Max to prison time. A scam is still a scam and they would have defrauded the IRS.
The Producers / int_8797239c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_8797239c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_8797239c
The Producers / int_8829dfa0	type	What the Hell Is That Accent?
The Producers / int_8829dfa0	comment	What the Hell Is That Accent?: Lee Meredith has said that Scandinavian viewers attribute her supposedly Swedish accent to Scandinavian countries other than the ones they're from â€” Danes say it's Swedish, Swedes say it's Norwegian, and so forth.
The Producers / int_8829dfa0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_8829dfa0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_8829dfa0
The Producers / int_884e513b	type	Medium Awareness
The Producers / int_884e513b	comment	Medium Awareness: One song in the play ("Betrayed!") has Bialystock summarizing the events of the play up until that point, including an Intermission. Ulla says in the play at one point, "Why Bloom go so far stage right?" In the movie, this is "Why Bloom go so far camera right?" At the start of the play's second act, Ulla says she painted the office white during the intermission.note Unfortunately, the joke couldn't translate to film, so there she simply skips lunch. The Movie of the musical alludes to this in the credits song, "Nothin' Like A Broadway Show": Max comments on Leo's singing voice.
The Producers / int_884e513b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_884e513b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_884e513b
The Producers / int_898ff050	type	Villain Protagonist
The Producers / int_898ff050	comment	Villain Protagonist: Leo and Max are trying to defraud their investors and run a flop so that they can go to Rio. Such a scheme would, if it had worked, hurt a bunch of people in the crossfire such as the actors. The audience roots for the duo nonetheless.
The Producers / int_898ff050	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_898ff050	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_898ff050
The Producers / int_8a07e085	type	Denser and Wackier
The Producers / int_8a07e085	comment	Denser and Wackier: While the original was pretty wacky when it wanted to be, it was fairly tame compared to what Mel Brooks would later direct. The 2005 version takes more of the larger-than-life aspects of the stage-musical; bombastic musical numbers, colorfully surreal set design, Surreal Humor, exaggerated characters and Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick ham it up harder than Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder ever did.
The Producers / int_8a07e085	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_8a07e085	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_8a07e085
The Producers / int_8a33317d	type	Norse by Norsewest
The Producers / int_8a33317d	comment	Norse by Norsewest: Ulla is a Swede and a blonde Sexy Scandinavian.
The Producers / int_8a33317d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_8a33317d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_8a33317d
The Producers / int_8aa0f76	type	Deconstructed Trope
The Producers / int_8aa0f76	comment	Max and Leoâ€™s scheme could be described as an example of "too much audacity, not enough refuge", though, in that it failed and when the IRS and the police got involved, they were found "incredibly guilty".
The Producers / int_8aa0f76	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_8aa0f76	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_8aa0f76
The Producers / int_8ab096bd	type	Dehumanization
The Producers / int_8ab096bd	comment	Dehumanization:
The Producers / int_8ab096bd	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_8ab096bd	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_8ab096bd
The Producers / int_8c681acc	type	Third-Person Person
The Producers / int_8c681acc	comment	Third-Person Person: Ulla mentions her name instead of using "I" when describing her daily schedule.
The Producers / int_8c681acc	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_8c681acc	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_8c681acc
The Producers / int_8cf6aa	type	Literal Metaphor
The Producers / int_8cf6aa	comment	Literal Metaphor: "Quick, darling; back in the closet!"
The Producers / int_8cf6aa	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_8cf6aa	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_8cf6aa
The Producers / int_8e4a0f15	type	Dumb Blonde
The Producers / int_8e4a0f15	comment	Dumb Blonde: Ulla. See Comically Missing the Point above for one example.
The Producers / int_8e4a0f15	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_8e4a0f15	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_8e4a0f15
The Producers / int_8f900ccd	type	Overly Long Name
The Producers / int_8f900ccd	comment	Overly Long Name: Ulla Inga Hansen-Bensen-Janson-Tallen-Hallen-Svaden-Swanson (A name that will soon be up in lights - if they can find enough bulbs). And that is just her first name. We don't get to hear her last name, because they "don't have the time" to hear it. The courtroom scene briefly appears to build up towards it, only to reveal that she's married Leo and taken his last name instead.
The Producers / int_8f900ccd	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_8f900ccd	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_8f900ccd
The Producers / int_9006ff70	type	Sorry to Interrupt
The Producers / int_9006ff70	comment	Sorry to Interrupt: Leo interrupts Max "feeling up the old lady", but Max has to prompt him to fulfill this trope.
The Producers / int_9006ff70	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_9006ff70	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_9006ff70
The Producers / int_95324d09	type	Sexy Coat Flashing
The Producers / int_95324d09	comment	Sexy Coat Flashing: Ulla does this at one point.
The Producers / int_95324d09	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_95324d09	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_95324d09
The Producers / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
The Producers / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: In "Betrayed", Max, having read a postcard from Leo, who, on Ulla's urging, ran away to Rio with her and the two million dollars, loses it and angrily sings about being betrayed by his partner in crime. In "Where Did We Go Right?", Max and Leo panic as they discover that their plan to make Springtime for Hitler a massive flop has failed and the musical has become "a surprise smash" instead.
The Producers / int_957e5fc2	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_957e5fc2	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_957e5fc2
The Producers / int_95ac8056	type	Wild Take
The Producers / int_95ac8056	comment	Wild Take: Zero Mostel plays Max as a living cartoon. Even the opening credits freeze frame on one of his wild takes.
The Producers / int_95ac8056	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_95ac8056	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_95ac8056
The Producers / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
The Producers / int_970c790a	comment	The Siegfried Oath is named for Conrad Siegfried, the Big Bad of Get Smart, a TV show Brooks co-created with Buck Henry in the 1960s.
The Producers / int_970c790a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_970c790a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_970c790a
The Producers / int_973d220f	type	Never My Fault
The Producers / int_973d220f	comment	Never My Fault: The song "betrayed" is nothing but Max rants his frustrations about Leo when he was also to blame for starting up their scheme to profit from the biggest Broadway flop.
The Producers / int_973d220f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_973d220f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_973d220f
The Producers / int_99244825	type	Screen-to-Stage Adaptation
The Producers / int_99244825	comment	Screen-to-Stage Adaptation: Not the first, but easily one of the most well-regarded, arguably kick-starting a trend that continued into the following decades.
The Producers / int_99244825	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_99244825	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_99244825
The Producers / int_99ddfcec	type	Unwitting Instigator of Doom
The Producers / int_99ddfcec	comment	Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Lorenzo St. Dubois's performance unravels everything.
The Producers / int_99ddfcec	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_99ddfcec	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_99ddfcec
The Producers / int_9afd34de	type	Slow Clap
The Producers / int_9afd34de	comment	Slow Clap: Beautifully subverted when the lone clapper is rounded upon by the rest of the audience.
The Producers / int_9afd34de	featureApplicability	-0.3
The Producers / int_9afd34de	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_9afd34de
The Producers / int_9c4a7090	type	Springtime for Hitler
The Producers / int_9c4a7090	comment	Springtime for Hitler: Just like the original 1967 film, Max and Leo attempt to profit from the biggest Broadway flop by producing a pro-Nazi musical. Max gets his two million from "old ladies" without intending to give any of that back since he and Leo intended to close the musical on opening night as a massive failure and claim the profits since the IRS doesn't investigate failed musicals. They initially have Franz cast as Hitler, but after Franz is injured, Roger Debris takes over the lead role...and his outrageous, over-the-top and campy portrayal of Hitler causes the musical to be mistaken for anti-Nazi satire and become a surprise smash, causing Max and Leo's scheme to fail and leaving them doomed to be charged for fraud since they can't pay back their investors.
The Producers / int_9c4a7090	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_9c4a7090	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_9c4a7090
The Producers / int_9dd2cbc2	type	CloudCuckooLander
The Producers / int_9dd2cbc2	comment	Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Ulla's idea of "tidying up" the office is to paint everything white. Including the furniture, appliances, and the numbers on the safe. Some of the things Franz believes about his beloved FÃ¼hrer are truly bizarre. Max and Leo mostly just go with it.
The Producers / int_9dd2cbc2	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_9dd2cbc2	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_9dd2cbc2
The Producers / int_9e09fbd7	type	New-Age Retro Hippie
The Producers / int_9e09fbd7	comment	New-Age Retro Hippie: Lorenzo St. Dubois.
The Producers / int_9e09fbd7	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_9e09fbd7	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_9e09fbd7
The Producers / int_9f6198cb	type	What Is This Feeling?
The Producers / int_9f6198cb	comment	What Is This Feeling?: It's an erection, Leo. It's either that or Malaria. There are pills for everything these days, so don't worry.
The Producers / int_9f6198cb	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_9f6198cb	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_9f6198cb
The Producers / int_9f6fb586	type	Leitmotif
The Producers / int_9f6fb586	comment	Leitmotif: "I Wanna Be A Producer" and "We Can Do It" occur frequently, notably with the latter occuring grimly when the plan fails and the former triumphantly when Leo earns his producer's hat.
The Producers / int_9f6fb586	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_9f6fb586	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_9f6fb586
The Producers / int_9fbf8969	type	Cut Lex Luthor a Check
The Producers / int_9fbf8969	comment	Cut Lex Luthor a Check: Part of what makes Max and Leo's downfall so ironic; Springtime for Hitler easily could have made them filthy rich if they had treated it as a legitimate business venture. But since they try to get rich by dishonestly swindling their investors, they get sent to prison and wind up with nothing.
The Producers / int_9fbf8969	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_9fbf8969	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_9fbf8969
The Producers / int_a0797fb3	type	Stunned Silence
The Producers / int_a0797fb3	comment	Stunned Silence: The audience after the opening number of Springtime for Hitler.
The Producers / int_a0797fb3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_a0797fb3	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_a0797fb3
The Producers / int_a188ac4b	type	Overly Long Gag
The Producers / int_a188ac4b	comment	Overly Long Gag: "Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss...sss?!"
The Producers / int_a188ac4b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_a188ac4b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_a188ac4b
The Producers / int_a1b27125	type	Nervous Wreck
The Producers / int_a1b27125	comment	Nervous Wreck: Leo Bloom.
The Producers / int_a1b27125	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_a1b27125	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_a1b27125
The Producers / int_a1d48853	type	Stupid Crooks
The Producers / int_a1d48853	comment	Stupid Crooks: After Max and Leo pull their Springtime for Hitler, they decide to blow up the theater with a little help from Franz. However, they're not sure if they used the short fuse or the long fuse for their bomb detonator, and their way of testing to find out which one they used is to light the fuse they already primed for the bomb. And then they discuss how the fuse they lit is behaving like the quick fuse, which wouldn't have given them enough time to leave the building. And just before that: "Don't shoot! It's the dynamite! If you shoot it, it will get mad at us and blow us all up!"
The Producers / int_a1d48853	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_a1d48853	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_a1d48853
The Producers / int_a3912d0e	type	Sexy Discretion Shot
The Producers / int_a3912d0e	comment	Sexy Discretion Shot
The Producers / int_a3912d0e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_a3912d0e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_a3912d0e
The Producers / int_a3eae597	type	Award-Bait Song
The Producers / int_a3eae597	comment	Award-Bait Song: In the movie musical, Will Ferrell's soulful and heartfelt rendition of the "Gutentag Hop Clop" plays over the end credits. If the name didn't tip you off, this it is most definitely more of a snark at these kinds of songs than a straight example. A more straight example, however, would probably be Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane's "Nothing Like a Show on Broadway", which celebrates the magic of Broadway.
The Producers / int_a3eae597	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_a3eae597	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_a3eae597
The Producers / int_a65288e2	type	Ascended Extra
The Producers / int_a65288e2	comment	Ascended Extra: In the original movie, Ulla was in roughly two scenes and had only a few lines which were nothing more than a few single words. In the musical and the movie-version of the musical, she's a major character.
The Producers / int_a65288e2	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_a65288e2	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_a65288e2
The Producers / int_a6c99b08	type	Shoot Out the Lock
The Producers / int_a6c99b08	comment	Shoot Out the Lock: Franz does this to gain access to Max's place.
The Producers / int_a6c99b08	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_a6c99b08	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_a6c99b08
The Producers / int_a6ff7243	type	Hates Being Touched
The Producers / int_a6ff7243	comment	Hates Being Touched: Leo has a panic attack, screaming "Don't touch me! Don't touch me!" when Max tries to calm him down.
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The Producers / int_a7189582	type	Parallel Porn Titles
The Producers / int_a7189582	comment	Parallel Porn Titles: At one point, Max escorts a stunned, thumb-sucking Leo from a theater showing "War and Piece".
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The Producers / int_a7aef9ff	type	Obfuscating Stupidity
The Producers / int_a7aef9ff	comment	Obfuscating Stupidity: Considering how much Roger reveals himself to know throughout the movie, his various odd statements when they first meet seem far more like a test to see how Max and Leo will respond, something gay men in power did in real life during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s as a way to see who they could trust and who they could not during the violent homophobia of the time (and despite their conniving, Max and Leo are never cruel or threatening to Roger or his entourage).
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The Producers / int_a7e47a11	type	Your Approval Fills Me with Shame
The Producers / int_a7e47a11	comment	Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: Max isn't liking the positive reviews. Not because he doesn't respect the reviewers, but because he was hoping for a flop.
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The Producers / int_a8980828	type	Homeless Pigeon Person
The Producers / int_a8980828	comment	Homeless Pigeon Person: Subversion: Franz Liebkind, the crazy ex-Nazi playwright. Here, the pigeons prove that he is one of the Crazy Homeless People beyond a reasonable doubt. Mainly because he uses them for his crazy Nazi hijinks.
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The Producers / int_aa83d0d6	type	Sub-Par Supremacist
The Producers / int_aa83d0d6	comment	Sub-Par Supremacist: Franz Liebkind is a proudly card-carrying NSDAP member and ex-German Army soldier... who lives in a dingy apartment in New York City raising pigeons, drinking schnapps, and writing odes to Hitler's glory, all while living in terror of investigation by the US government. Even his attempted murder of Max and Leo for inadvertently turning Springtime for Hitler into a comedy satirizing Nazi Germany is Played for Laughs because he's so incredibly bad at it.
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The Producers / int_aa9fcfed	type	Embarrassing Middle Name
The Producers / int_aa9fcfed	comment	Embarrassing Middle Name: It is claimed that Hitler's middle name was "Elizabeth." DeBris' name is also Elizabeth, but he doesn't seem too embarrassed by it. It's more there so Max and Leo can do a quick Aside Glance.
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The Producers / int_acf33d00	type	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain
The Producers / int_acf33d00	comment	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Max and Leo convince Roger to sub in for Franz when the latter breaks his leg on opening night. Roger at first understandably says no, until his boyfriend tells him he can do it and Max and Leo cheer. Cue a showstopper Hitler that brings down the house with his hilarious interpretation, ensuring that the scheme fails.
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The Producers / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
The Producers / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: When Max and Leo overhear the opening-night audience's reactions to Springtime for Hitler.
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The Producers / int_aef5c283	type	Off-into-the-Distance Ending
The Producers / int_aef5c283	comment	Off-into-the-Distance Ending: The musical and 2005 movie end with Leo and Max walking off into the sunset.
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The Producers / int_af2547c9	type	Informed Flaw
The Producers / int_af2547c9	comment	Informed Flaw: Roger DeBris is supposed to be "the worst director in town", but subject matter aside, he puts on one hell of a musical. The only real criticism that could be said about his directing is that the aesthetic he prefers is a bit too campy.
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The Producers / int_b02f21f	type	Digital Destruction
The Producers / int_b02f21f	comment	Digital Destruction: At least on the Shout! Factory Blu-ray and DVD, the 5.1 remix replaces "Springtime for Hitler" with the soundtrack's version, resulting in the loss of some sound effects.
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The Producers / int_b032e4ed	type	Ms. Fanservice
The Producers / int_b032e4ed	comment	Ms. Fanservice: Ulla, stripperiffic dance included.
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The Producers / int_b09c818	type	"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word
The Producers / int_b09c818	comment	"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word: Averted intentionally.
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The Producers / int_b1961af1	type	Offscreen Crash
The Producers / int_b1961af1	comment	Offscreen Crash: Franz "breaking a leg".
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The Producers / int_b1a7cd14	type	Tap on the Head
The Producers / int_b1a7cd14	comment	Tap on the Head: The actors who were onstage when Franz lowered the curtain get their revenge, but thanks to his helmet it takes a few seconds for it to work.
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The Producers / int_b3f4b615	type	Raging Stiffie
The Producers / int_b3f4b615	comment	Raging Stiffie:
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The Producers / int_b4a6ae4c	type	Everyone Has Standards
The Producers / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: Bialystock hopes to invoke this from the audience, that they would walk out due to sheer outrage at the glorification of Nazis. It nearly works, until Hitler appears onstage. Bloom draws the line at wearing Liebkind's gift of a Nazi armband in public: "Look, I'm just not wearing this arm band. I don't care how big the deal is." Bialystock agrees and they pull them off and throw them in the trash with a Spiteful Spit.
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The Producers / int_b4eff8a8	type	Epic Fail
The Producers / int_b4eff8a8	comment	Epic Fail: After the scam is exposed, Max tries to blow up the theater as a last desperate gambit to avoid consequences. Not only do the explosives not go off, he's so obvious about what he's doing that he gets immediately arrested. It gets him found "incredibly guilty" by the jury and thrown in jail.
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The Producers / int_b5049d76	type	Added Alliterative Appeal
The Producers / int_b5049d76	comment	Added Alliterative Appeal:
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The Producers / int_b53077b3	type	Take That!
The Producers / int_b53077b3	comment	The entire concept behind Springtime for Hitler is Mel Brooks' Take That! aimed right at Hitler and the Nazis.
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The Producers / int_b532f68b	type	Everybody Has Lots of Sex
The Producers / int_b532f68b	comment	Everybody Has Lots of Sex: Averted with Bloom. He's treated like a loser for wanting to wait until marriage.
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The Producers / int_ba32d232	type	Busby Berkeley Number
The Producers / int_ba32d232	comment	Busby Berkeley Number: Springtime for Hitler's opening, complete with the dancers forming a swastika.
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The Producers / int_ba75d291	type	StepThreeProfit
The Producers / int_ba75d291	comment	Step Three: Profit: Subverted, in that Bialystock's six steps actually detail the route to profit — though he skips step 5, saying step 6 is that they'll be gone before step 5 happens.
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The Producers / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
The Producers / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Whatever you do, do not take away or mess around with Leo's blue blanket. Max learns this the hard way when he messes with Leo's blanket, causing the accountant to become hysterical
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The Producers / int_bcb452a9	type	Weirdness Magnet
The Producers / int_bcb452a9	comment	Weirdness Magnet: Max considers himself one. It seems Leo only makes the situation worse.
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The Producers / int_bcba27a1	type	Putting on the Reich
The Producers / int_bcba27a1	comment	Bloom draws the line at wearing Liebkind's gift of a Nazi armband in public: "Look, I'm just not wearing this arm band. I don't care how big the deal is." Bialystock agrees and they pull them off and throw them in the trash with a Spiteful Spit.
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The Producers / int_be01ccb	type	Freeze-Frame Introduction
The Producers / int_be01ccb	comment	Freeze-Frame Introduction: A freeze-frame intro is utilized in the opening Video Credits, complete with a Wild Take by Zero Mostel.
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The Producers / int_be6f7ae7	type	Brief Accent Imitation
The Producers / int_be6f7ae7	comment	Brief Accent Imitation: Frequent with Liebkind and Ulla. When Liebkind does a Winston Churchill impersonation to condemn Churchill's parodic pronunciation of the word "Nazis". Also with Liebkind: And again, when Max passes the blame to Roger de Bris:
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The Producers / int_bfc2ec8a	type	That Makes Me Feel Angry
The Producers / int_bfc2ec8a	comment	That Makes Me Feel Angry: "I'm in pain, and I'm wet...and I'm still hysterical!"
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The Producers / int_c07e2029	type	Europeans Are Kinky
The Producers / int_c07e2029	comment	Europeans Are Kinky: At eleven o'clock, Ulla, a Swede, likes to have sex.
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The Producers / int_c0b01	type	Set Behind the Scenes
The Producers / int_c0b01	comment	Set Behind the Scenes: It's about the making of a play.
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The Producers / int_c0d32460	type	Sexy Secretary
The Producers / int_c0d32460	comment	Sexy Secretary: The reason Ulla got hired.
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The Producers / int_c2393191	type	Show Within a Show
The Producers / int_c2393191	comment	Show Within a Show: The production of "Springtime for Hitler" that is the eponym of one notable trope here on this very wiki.
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The Producers / int_c25c7890	type	Fun with Acronyms
The Producers / int_c25c7890	comment	Fun with Acronyms: "Lorenzo, baby! Lorenzo St. DuBois!" He even says outright that his friends call him "LSD" as a nickname.
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The Producers / int_c3c18143	type	Hope Spot
The Producers / int_c3c18143	comment	Hope Spot: On the opening night of Springtime for Hitler in the remake, for a few minutes it looks like Leo and Max's plan worked perfectly: the audience is disgusted and offended beyond belief and even physically assaults the one person who claps after the opening number. But then just as people are really starting to leave in droves, Roger as Hitler shows up, and his ridiculous appearance and mannerisms instantly convince everyone that the entire thing is a camp anti-Nazi satire, and they start laughing hysterically. Another is when Franz is cast as Hitler. It's hinted that, if he hadn't broken his leg, the show would have flopped as planned because he was taking the bad show seriously.
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The Producers / int_c3d6c819	type	Counterpoint Duet
The Producers / int_c3d6c819	comment	Counterpoint Duet: "We Can Do It" ends with Max trying to encourage Leo to help him with his scheme while, at the same time, Leo despondently refuses Max's offer while singing that the plan will fail.
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The Producers / int_c5f0119c	type	Insane Troll Logic
The Producers / int_c5f0119c	comment	Insane Troll Logic: "If everyone had a flower instead of a gun, there would be no wars!" Played for Laughs as part of LSD's hilariously insane musical number.
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The Producers / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Producers / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The ending has Bialystock and Bloom putting on several familiar-sounding productions, which include: ''A Streetcar Named Murray''; ''She Shtupps to Conquer''; ''High Button Jews''; ''South Passaic''; ''Katz''; ''Maim''; and Death of a Salesman — On Ice! Going through a list of potential candidates for the worst play ever written, Bialystock comes across a synopsis for Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis. ("Nah, it's too good.") A Karmann Ghia is a model of Volkswagen. Leopold Bloom is the protagonist of James Joyce's novel Ulysses. At one point, Max refers to Leo as "Prince Myshkin"; this is the protagonist of Dostoyevsky's novel The Idiot. Leo's line "When's it going to be Bloom's day?" is another reference to Ulysses; in fact, according to Word of God, that particular scene takes place on Bloom's Day. Tom and Mel were very surprised at how many people got the joke. In the 2005 movie, a calendar in Max's office sets the scene on Bloom's Day, June 16. When Jason Alexander took over as Bialystock, he adlibbed in "Betrayed." Bialystock calls out Intermission and is scripted to sit down for a moment before continuing the show. Instead, Jason pulls out a playbill, flipping through it and said to the audience, "He's good, but he's no Lane." (Nathan Lane, of course, being the original player of Bialystock for the musical.) Nathan Lane's understudy did something similar during the original run of the play. During "intermission," he turned to an imaginary companion and said, "I like the other guy better." In the 2005 movie, during "I Want To Be A Producer", Leo descends a flight of stairs lit with his name. The lettering and border are identical to the Spaceballs logo. The "Yiddish" which translates as "Who do you have to fuck to get a break in this town?" comes from a speech given by Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator. The Siegfried Oath is named for Conrad Siegfried, the Big Bad of Get Smart, a TV show Brooks co-created with Buck Henry in the 1960s. Bloom reminds Bialystock that actors are not animals, which Bialystock angrily disputes. Zero Mostel was critically acclaimed for his transformation sequence, without the benefit of makeup, into a rhinoceros in the play of the same name. In an inversion of this trope, Wilder would join Mostel in an ill-fated comedic movie adaptation of Rhinoceros. When Ulla walks through the door and Max announces that they're casting today, Leo inquires about this and Max replies, "Just once, I'd like to see someone on that couch who's under 85." Hold Me Touch Me's original actress, Estelle Winwood, was 85 at the time of filming the original movie. During the song "The King of Broadway", a man says "It's good to be the king", a line from History of the World Part I. After the end credits of the 2005 movie, Mel Brooks says "Get out! It's over!". "Heil Myself" was taken from the Mel Brooks film To Be or Not to Be.
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The Producers / int_c82e751f	type	Unspoken Plan Guarantee
The Producers / int_c82e751f	comment	Unspoken Plan Guarantee: When Bialystock tells Bloom all about his plan to produce a box office bomb. Naturally, it would fail.
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The Producers / int_c87660d5	type	Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!
The Producers / int_c87660d5	comment	Also Max trying to calm Leo down; he responds to being splashed with water and being slapped by adding to his hysteria:
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The Producers / int_ca3e24dc	type	Monkey Morality Pose
The Producers / int_ca3e24dc	comment	Monkey Morality Pose: Max, Leo, and "Failure" briefly form the cliche for a moment in the bar across the street during intermission.
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The Producers / int_ca6e23c7	type	Bromantic Comedy
The Producers / int_ca6e23c7	comment	Bromantic Comedy: Basically what the main story of this film is.
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The Producers / int_caa28b82	type	Cloudcuckoolander
The Producers / int_caa28b82	comment	Cloudcuckoolander: Franz Liebkind. Even aside from his blatant Nazism, he's more than a little strange. We first see him on the roof hanging out with his birds, who are apparently his friends...who he talks to. Then he attends the opening night performance of "Springtime for Hitler" wearing his Nazi helmet and what's more, he goes up on stage in the middle of the show to berate the audience for laughing at his beloved Fuhrer. Lorenzo Saint Dubois is seemingly unaware of why he's nicknamed LSD, and has an acid flashback during his audition.
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The Producers / int_cb8880a5	type	Soul-Crushing Desk Job
The Producers / int_cb8880a5	comment	Soul-Crushing Desk Job: Leo Bloom complains about his job as a CPA.
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The Producers / int_cbd2bfa3	type	Glory Days
The Producers / int_cbd2bfa3	comment	Glory Days: Before his fall from grace, Max Bialystock was a renowned Broadway producer with plenty to show for it. He spends the entire show trying to get his fame back and start living it up again with his scheme.
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The Producers / int_cbde3dfd	type	Took the Bad Film Seriously
The Producers / int_cbde3dfd	comment	Another is when Franz is cast as Hitler. It's hinted that, if he hadn't broken his leg, the show would have flopped as planned because he was taking the bad show seriously.
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The Producers / int_cc4b45f6	type	Word of God
The Producers / int_cc4b45f6	comment	Leo's line "When's it going to be Bloom's day?" is another reference to Ulysses; in fact, according to Word of God, that particular scene takes place on Bloom's Day. Tom and Mel were very surprised at how many people got the joke. In the 2005 movie, a calendar in Max's office sets the scene on Bloom's Day, June 16.
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The Producers / int_cdd835ce	type	Dude, Not Funny!
The Producers / int_cdd835ce	comment	Dude, Not Funny!: The production's use of Hitler and WWII for comedy. Of course, that's the point. In-Universe, Max tries to invoke this and make the show flop, but instead succeeds via Crosses the Line Twice.
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The Producers / int_ce165390	type	Casting Couch
The Producers / int_ce165390	comment	Casting Couch: Ulla benefits from it, of course, although it's only because she's attractive — no actual sex occurs. This scene also lampshades his previous The Casanova experiences.
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The Producers / int_ce6555f0	type	Lighter and Softer
The Producers / int_ce6555f0	comment	Lighter and Softer: Both the musical and film based on it compared to the original dark comic film: Given how Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick treat Max and Leo they've done a wonderful job to make it work. Roger De Bris and his entire team, but he gets top props through his portrayal of Hitler. Instead of Franz, Max, and Leo trying to blow up the theater, Max and Leo get into a fight over the books, and Franz wants to get them both for breaking the "Sigfried Oath" with a pistol. Franz gets his legs broken, Max gets arrested, and Leo escapes. "Prisoners of Love" also gets worked in at Sing Sing and we see it hit Broadway after Max, Leo and Franz are pardoned in The Musical. We are also treated to the Reprise, "Leo and Max," which also has the page quote.
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The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_ce6555f0
The Producers / int_ceee5c14	type	Actually Quite Catchy
The Producers / int_ceee5c14	comment	Actually Quite Catchy: Leo starts singing along with "Springtime for Hitler" when it seems their scheme is going right. His head is bobbing along to the rhythm. One of the theater patrons is singing "Springtime for Hitler" off-key during intermission. This, combined with another patron cheerily asking others, "Would you believe in a million years you'd ever love a show called 'Springtime for Hitler'?!" alerts Max that something is not right.
The Producers / int_ceee5c14	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_ceee5c14	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_ceee5c14
The Producers / int_cf511248	type	All Part of the Show
The Producers / int_cf511248	comment	All Part of the Show: Liebkind's causing a commotion in the audience and then his storming onto the stage in an effort to end the production.
The Producers / int_cf511248	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_cf511248	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_cf511248
The Producers / int_d129e13e	type	"Eureka!" Moment
The Producers / int_d129e13e	comment	"Eureka!" Moment: Bialystock's face when Leo muses about his "creative accounting idea".
The Producers / int_d129e13e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_d129e13e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_d129e13e
The Producers / int_d148b019	type	Mundane Made Awesome
The Producers / int_d148b019	comment	Mundane Made Awesome:
The Producers / int_d148b019	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_d148b019	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_d148b019
The Producers / int_d3427bf9	type	PerpetualTourist
The Producers / int_d3427bf9	comment	Perpetual Tourist: Discussed. The most recent version also has Leo Bloom (temporarily) end up somewhere vaguely South American.
The Producers / int_d3427bf9	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_d3427bf9	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_d3427bf9
The Producers / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
The Producers / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: There's an entire song number where everyone tells Bloom that wishing them "good luck" is actually bad luck, so while they sing it to him, Bialystock wishes all of the actors good luck, even putting a ladder over the back entrance and smashes a prop mirror, hoping that it would further jinx the play. Since his was intentionally trying to make a flop, the fact that it ends up becoming a smash hit can still be considered rotten luck.
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The Producers / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
The Producers / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?/Even Evil Has Standards: Leo to Max when he is contemplating killing the actors to save their necks:
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The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_d39e327f
The Producers / int_d45c0b86	type	Refuge in Audacity
The Producers / int_d45c0b86	comment	Refuge in Audacity: The film itself. Roger Ebert liked to tell a story of a time he overheard a woman confront Mel Brooks in an elevator, saying, "Your film was nothing but vulgar!" Brooks responded, "Madam, my film rises below vulgarity." Max and Leoâ€™s scheme could be described as an example of "too much audacity, not enough refuge", though, in that it failed and when the IRS and the police got involved, they were found "incredibly guilty".
The Producers / int_d45c0b86	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Producers / int_d48a141b	type	Fake Irish
The Producers / int_d48a141b	comment	Fake Irish: In-Universe. When the Irish Cops arrive at Max's office following Franz firing his gun, Max pretends to be Irish as well so he can bluff his way past them before they discover the evidence of his fraud. It doesn't work.
The Producers / int_d48a141b	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Producers / int_d7b34c31	type	Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
The Producers / int_d7b34c31	comment	Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": "Hold Me, Touch Me". Also, The Bartender is called "innkeeper" by Bialystock while he and Bloom celebrate the expected failure of Springtime for Hitler.
The Producers / int_d7b34c31	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_d7b34c31	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_d7b34c31
The Producers / int_d820f28	type	Reaction Shot
The Producers / int_d820f28	comment	Reaction Shot: Used to great effect during the premiere of "Springtime for Hitler". The audience is at first shocked and disgusted, while Liebkind, Max, and Leo are delighted for different reasons. And then Roger De Bris comes into play with his goofy Hitler and the faces of everyone begin to show an opposite reaction. Roger and Carmen stare in wide-eyed facepalm at Scott when he shows up during the "Keep it Gay" number with an enormous . . . ah, personality.
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The Producers / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
The Producers / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In the 2005 movie, Max and Leo slip out of the theater during the performance of "Springtime for Hitler" and, in a deleted scene, head over to a bar across the street to celebrate the show's "failure".
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The Producers / int_d9cf40fa	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_d9cf40fa
The Producers / int_db7efdaf	type	Adolf Hitlarious
The Producers / int_db7efdaf	comment	The entire concept behind Springtime for Hitler is Mel Brooks taking a gargantuan jab at Hitler and the Nazis.
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The Producers / int_db7efdaf	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_db7efdaf
The Producers / int_dc2f86b9	type	Argentina Is Nazi-Land
The Producers / int_dc2f86b9	comment	Argentina Is Nazi Land: Liebkind has been training pigeons to deliver messages to his Nazi friends in Argentina, only for the pigeons to fly the opposite direction. Later, when Liebkind is told that his play will be produced on Broadway, he exclaims:
The Producers / int_dc2f86b9	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_dc2f86b9	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Producers / int_dca97045	type	Just Following Orders
The Producers / int_dca97045	comment	Just Following Orders: Franz Liebkind defaults to this mode when he realizes he's been blurting out his Nazi sympathies a little too loudly:
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The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_dca97045
The Producers / int_dda99fa8	type	Despair Event Horizon
The Producers / int_dda99fa8	comment	Despair Event Horizon: Bloom staring into space when the play is a hit.
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The Producers / int_dda99fa8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_dda99fa8
The Producers / int_ddb220f5	type	GetAholdOfYourselfMan
The Producers / int_ddb220f5	comment	Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: Yeah, this doesn't work on Leo.
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The Producers / int_de2848f4	type	A Round of Drinks for the House
The Producers / int_de2848f4	comment	A Round of Drinks for the House: Max does this while celebrating with Leo...to the delight of the one other patron currently in the bar.
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The Producers / int_de2848f4	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Producers / int_df4b69d6	type	Uncomfortable Elevator Moment
The Producers / int_df4b69d6	comment	Uncomfortable Elevator Moment: Driven by the fact that the cabin is very tight for three people.
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The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_df4b69d6
The Producers / int_dfa71e43	type	Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
The Producers / int_dfa71e43	comment	Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: As "sympathetic" as a Nazi can be; Liebken worships Hitler and attempts to produce a propaganda piece aggrandizing him, but is completely incompetent and until the climax harmless in the present day. He's also hilarious as a character.
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The Producers / int_dfa71e43	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Producers / int_dfb71617	type	Male Gaze
The Producers / int_dfb71617	comment	Male Gaze: Half of Ulla's screentime in the original. Also, in-universe, Leo can't glance away for a second.
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The Producers / int_dfb71617	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_dfb71617
The Producers / int_dfe57573	type	Historical In-Joke
The Producers / int_dfe57573	comment	Historical In-Joke: Franz sends a carrier pigeon to Argentina — a notorious haven for Nazis after WWII.
The Producers / int_dfe57573	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_dfe57573	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_dfe57573
The Producers / int_e0aed924	type	No Antagonist
The Producers / int_e0aed924	comment	No Antagonist: Just like the original.
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The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_e0aed924
The Producers / int_e0f41c94	type	Delayed "Oh, Crap!"
The Producers / int_e0f41c94	comment	Delayed "Oh, Crap!": Franz after noting "And zis IS ze quick fuse." — ZE QUICK FUSE?!
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The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_e0f41c94
The Producers / int_e18a3c59	type	Hilarious Outtakes
The Producers / int_e18a3c59	comment	Hilarious Outtakes: Good lord. The reel on the DVD is a quarter of an hour long and will reduce you to tears. Apparently, when Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick are in the same room together, they induce chronic laughing in each other.
The Producers / int_e18a3c59	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Producers / int_e25ae563	type	Final Love Duet
The Producers / int_e25ae563	comment	Final Love Duet: Subverted with "Till Him," which basically resembles a Final Love Duet, except for the fact that they're Heterosexual Life-Partners.
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The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_e25ae563
The Producers / int_e28f88b8	type	Last-Name Basis
The Producers / int_e28f88b8	comment	In Leo Bloom's "Whom Has He Hurt" speech, he says that Max Bialystock was the first to ever call him "Leo", which he finds refreshing after being called "Bloom" even when he was in kindergarten.
The Producers / int_e28f88b8	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_e28f88b8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_e28f88b8
The Producers / int_e313bcdc	type	Ignore the Fanservice
The Producers / int_e313bcdc	comment	Ignore the Fanservice: As Max and Leo return to their office after the premiere of Springtime for Hitler, Ulla approaches Max in a zebra stripe bikini, and excitedly asks, "We make love?" Dejected over the failure of his Zany Scheme, Max rejects Ulla's offer, and tells her, "Go to work." She then turns on a record player and breaks out into a sexy dance, as Max trained her to do whenever he said that phrase, but he and Leo don't stick around to watch.
The Producers / int_e313bcdc	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_e313bcdc	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_e313bcdc
The Producers / int_e3767b53	type	Leaving Audience
The Producers / int_e3767b53	comment	Leaving Audience: Max and Leo want this to happen when they create Springtime for Hitler. The entire audience is on the verge of doing this right after the end of the opening number. Then LSD's Hitler appears on stage...
The Producers / int_e3767b53	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_e3767b53	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_e3767b53
The Producers / int_e3c20140	type	As Long as It Sounds Foreign
The Producers / int_e3c20140	comment	As Long as It Sounds Foreign: The "Good Luck" song, where Max yells "guten lachen" in his string of good luck yells. Guten lachen roughly translates to "good laughs." Ulla's catch-phrase "God dag min vÃ¤nnen". Technically, all words are correct, but the grammar is shot to hell. She's actually saying "Good day my the friend." Correct phrasing would have been "God dag min vÃ¤n".
The Producers / int_e3c20140	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_e3c20140	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_e3c20140
The Producers / int_e4965307	type	Composite Character
The Producers / int_e4965307	comment	Composite Character: Due to LSD being Adapted Out him being Max's choice for the role of Hitler is given to Franz and his performance in said role saving the play is given to Roger.
The Producers / int_e4965307	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_e4965307	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_e4965307
The Producers / int_e4f05faa	type	Jaw Drop
The Producers / int_e4f05faa	comment	Jaw Drop: The entire audience is seen doing it.
The Producers / int_e4f05faa	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_e4f05faa	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_e4f05faa
The Producers / int_e5400274	type	Ahem
The Producers / int_e5400274	comment	Ahem: Leo does this while going over Max's account. When he actually switches to saying "cough, cough", Max delivers this precious insult:
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The Producers / int_e5400274	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_e5400274
The Producers / int_e540d1e6	type	Camp
The Producers / int_e540d1e6	comment	Camp: The production of "Springtime For Hitler" is over-the-top flamboyant, featuring Chorus Girls and tap dancers in Nazi uniforms, models in skimpy outfits inspired by German pretzels and beer, and pyrotechnics being shot from World War II tanks. This is, unfortunately for the protagonists, exactly what makes it so popular.
The Producers / int_e540d1e6	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_e540d1e6	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Producers / int_e603890a	type	Artistic License â€“ Music
The Producers / int_e603890a	comment	Artistic License â€“ Music: LSD's backing band onstage for "Love Power" consists of a keyboard, a saxophone, and a guitar, but the song is clearly accompanied by a full orchestra with drums and bass and horns and even an extended flute solo.
The Producers / int_e603890a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_e603890a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_e603890a
The Producers / int_e624f0e8	type	Suspiciously Specific Denial
The Producers / int_e624f0e8	comment	Suspiciously Specific Denial:
The Producers / int_e624f0e8	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Producers / int_e63d04b6	type	Sub-Par Supremacist
The Producers / int_e63d04b6	comment	Subpar Supremacist: Franz Liebkind is a devoted Nazi. But rather than living up to the Nazi ideal, he's a nutcase who befriends pigeons and is a lousy playwright whose work can only be taken seriously if marketed as silly satire. Even Bloom and Bialystock hate being around him.
The Producers / int_e63d04b6	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_e63d04b6	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_e63d04b6
The Producers / int_e7e558	type	The Oner
The Producers / int_e7e558	comment	The Oner: Some scenes in the 2005 movie are made as these, especially in certain scenes when Max is singing. Most notable examples include the opening of Along Came Bialy.
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The Producers / int_e7e558	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_e7e558
The Producers / int_e91cc721	type	In the Style of
The Producers / int_e91cc721	comment	In the Style of: "When You Got It, Flaunt It" clearly borrows a lot from burlesque.
The Producers / int_e91cc721	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_e91cc721	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_e91cc721
The Producers / int_eb0df85e	type	Ham-to-Ham Combat
The Producers / int_eb0df85e	comment	Ham-to-Ham Combat: The film exists in a World of Ham, so this is only to be expected, but worth particular mention is the opening sequence Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder's characters first meet. Bialystock goes on a screaming rampage and Bloom has a full freak-out panic attack.
The Producers / int_eb0df85e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_eb0df85e	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Producers / int_ebe5d89c	type	Disco Dan
The Producers / int_ebe5d89c	comment	Disco Dan: A darkly comedic example in Franz Liebkind, an unrepentant Nazi who acts as if it was still the 1930's/40's and the Third Reich was still at the height of its power, speaking fondly of figures like Hitler and Goebbels as if they were still alive or in power, and trashing Allied political figures such as Winston Churchill even after they had died or were no longer relevant in current politics.
The Producers / int_ebe5d89c	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Producers / int_ec9d3eb7	type	Explosive Stupidity
The Producers / int_ec9d3eb7	comment	Explosive Stupidity: The result of using the quick fuse.
The Producers / int_ec9d3eb7	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_ec9d3eb7	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_ec9d3eb7
The Producers / int_ef7cae6f	type	Ditzy Secretary
The Producers / int_ef7cae6f	comment	Ditzy Secretary: Ulla, the receptionist hired by Max. She can't type, knows little English, and spends most of her time dancing on her desk. Max clearly hired her exclusively for her looks (and is also implied to be sleeping with her). In the stage version, she becomes lead actress in Springtime for Hitler. The ditziness is also toned down a bit in the stage show — Ulla's definitely a bit "out there," but most of her apparent airheadedness is a result of her barely speaking English, and not being able to phrase things the way she means. There are also no signs she's actually a bad secretary/receptionist, either.
The Producers / int_ef7cae6f	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Producers / int_f0e85546	type	Unbuilt Trope
The Producers / int_f0e85546	comment	Unbuilt Trope: The film is a Trope Namer for Springtime for Hitler. However, the films shows how such a scheme is also a very serious legal gamble: Bloom and Bialystock oversell shares of their play, and intend to make a flop so that no one will expect to get a return on their investment. The play finds unexpected success because the ineptitude of the hippie actor makes the audience think the musical is a satire of Nazism. Having oversold shares in the production of the play, they now have obligations they can't pay back, and face charges of fraud. Finally, in a last desperate attempt to avoid responsibility, they try to blow up the theater, and that doesn't work either. Their impassioned plea in court is ignored, they are found "incredibly guilty" by the jury, and both of them go to prison.
The Producers / int_f0e85546	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Producers / int_f1007689	type	"I Am Becoming" Song
The Producers / int_f1007689	comment	"I Am Becoming" Song: The final part of "I Wanna Be a Producer" has Leo quitting his current job to fulfil his lifelong dream of becoming a musical producer and join Max in producing a Broadway musical. The song reappears in instrumental lines as the musical progresses as Leo draws closer to fulfilling his dream.
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The Producers / int_f1007689	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Producers / int_f15c2859	type	NO INDOOR VOICE
The Producers / int_f15c2859	comment	No Indoor Voice: Max Bialystock when he gets angry.
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The Producers / int_f15c2859	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_f15c2859
The Producers / int_f165cf2c	type	Last-Second Word Swap
The Producers / int_f165cf2c	comment	Last-Second Word Swap: When Max looks through his old lady photos: Notably averted in the stage production.
The Producers / int_f165cf2c	featureApplicability	-1.0
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The Producers / int_f36c4f98	type	Easily Forgiven
The Producers / int_f36c4f98	comment	Easily Forgiven: Franz has apparently gotten over Max and Leo making a mockery of Hitler, since he helps them with Prisoners of Love.
The Producers / int_f36c4f98	featureApplicability	1.0
The Producers / int_f36c4f98	featureConfidence	1.0
The Producers	hasFeature	The Producers / int_f36c4f98
The Producers / int_f3d84bc4	type	Giftedly Bad
The Producers / int_f3d84bc4	comment	Giftedly Bad: Subverted with Roger de Bris. He actually is a great director, and the man can sing and dance.
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The Producers / int_f3fd818b	type	Dark Reprise
The Producers / int_f3fd818b	comment	Dark Reprise: "We Can Do It/I Can't Do It" notably echoes when the play is a success and Bialystock and Bloom argue over the plan's failure.
The Producers / int_f3fd818b	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Producers / int_f5e6ed44	type	No Sense of Humor
The Producers / int_f5e6ed44	comment	No Sense of Humor: Max Bialystock, apparently. Anyone with any sense of humour could tell "where he had gone right."
The Producers / int_f5e6ed44	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Producers / int_f64a9cf7	type	Earn Your Happy Ending
The Producers / int_f64a9cf7	comment	Earn Your Happy Ending: In both the musical and its movie version, nearly everyone gets a happy ending. Examples include: Max gets his fame back and starts producing smash hits again after Prisoners of Love goes to Broadway. Leo gets to be a Broadway producer working alongside Max, producing more and more smash hits and is happily married to Ulla.. Roger DeBris gets to put on a smash hit Broadway musical and even star in it! After being freed with Max and Leo, Franz gets to see his new musical, Prisoners of Love go to Broadway and be successful in the way he intended.
The Producers / int_f64a9cf7	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Producers / int_f6624c30	type	Together in Death
The Producers / int_f6624c30	comment	Together in Death: Just before Franz tries to shoot himself, he rhapsodizes about how he will soon be reunited with his FÃ¼hrer.
The Producers / int_f6624c30	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Producers / int_f6b30338	type	Murder Is the Best Solution
The Producers / int_f6b30338	comment	Murder Is the Best Solution: Max suggests killing the actors may be the best solution to their problem.
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The Producers / int_f6b698ac	comment	Complexity Addiction: Bialystock (and Bloom's) plan would have worked — if he had just produced Liebkind's script exactly as written, in all its illiterate, appalling, Nazi propaganda "glory". But Max just had to keep adding more schlock to it to ensure that the play failed (because a play written by an unrepentant Nazi trying to burnish Hitler's reputation might find a receptive audience on Broadway...). In the end, what should have been an occasion for shocked silence and tomatoes ran smack into Crosses the Line Twice because Max Bialystock just could not get out of his own way.
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The Producers / int_f75cf3bd	comment	Terrible Interviewees Montage: And even for Springtime, Roger rejects the singing Hitlers as awful even for him (such as the bald Hitler warbling a horrible rendition of "Beautiful Dreamer"). LSD is hired because 1) he's completely inappropriate, so Max and Leo want him, and 2) stirs Roger and Carmen's hearts with a sincere love song.
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The Producers / int_fc151e9d	comment	Department of Redundancy Department: "This is wine, women, and song. And women." Also:
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The Producers / int_fc43b10f	comment	Dear Negative Reader: In-Universe example. Liebkind orders an audience member to stop laughing at the show, screaming, "You are the audience! I am the author! I OUTRANK you!"
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The Producers / int_fc65fb63	type	Audience-Alienating Era
The Producers / int_fc65fb63	comment	Audience-Alienating Era: Max Bialystock appears to be going through an in-universe case of this at the time he meets Leo. By the end of the film he's implied to have come out of it.
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The Producers / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: Liebken is affectionate toward his pigeons, despite worshipping probably the most evil dictator of the 20th century.
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