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The Monkees
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This article is about The Monkees' TV show; the article about the music is here.The Monkees was about four incredibly clean cut aspiring young musicians with regrettable taste in clothes and haircuts who people on the show treated like they were pierced and tattooed Alternative Rockers. But hey, it was The '60s!This is one of the first American TV series to rely on Meta Fiction and Fourth Wall humor. Some jokes work better when you know a little about each actor's real life. An important part of the show itself was the tension between the cast's need to be taken seriously by their peers and the series' younger-skewing fantasy of being an independent, cool band of best friends. It was a refreshing change from typical TV for many kids in the audience.The series ran two seasons on NBC from 1966 to 1968. The show ended its initial run when the group and the network could not agree on a format for the third season. The band wanted to update the format and make it more like a variety show, while the network wanted to maintain the status quo. NBC decided to pull the plug, but did make an agreement with the band for three television specials to be produced. When the first, the extremely weird 33 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee, bombed in the ratings, plans for the other two specials were cancelled. However, Saturday morning reruns on CBS and ABC were successful. Then in 1986, a marathon showing of the series on MTV produced that network's best ratings to date, propelling the group back into the limelight. Over the next few years, the series would return to syndication on Nick at Nite and a variety of local channels. It's available in its entirety on VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray, and as of 2011 the series has been a weekend fixture on over-the-air digital subchannel network Antenna TV, which also occasionally airs Head. | |
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Beach Bury | |
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Beach Bury: In "Here Come the Monkees", the boys (except Davy) are buried side by side up to their necks at the beach. Each has a bucket over his head, and Davy lifts the bucket off so each can sing a tune (to help the Girl of the Week study for her history test). | |
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Creator Cameo | |
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Creator Cameo: James Frawley, who directed many episodes of the series (and had previously been an actor), also made cameo appearances in a handful of shows, including a Yugoslav diplomat in "Son of a Gypsy" and Oraculo's assistant Rudy in "Monkees Blow Their Minds". Monkees co-creator Bob Rafelson also appeared in a few episodes: Notably as "The World's Oldest Flower Child" in "The Monkees Race Again." He also does the voiceover about "soul" at the end of the cold open for "The Devil and Peter Tork". Besides writing the pilot episode, Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker also appeared in the opening scene (Mazursky conducting a man-on-the-street interview with Tucker). | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed: The creators used Will Rogers, Jerry Lewis and Huntz Hall as archetypes for Mike, Micky and Peter. As the chipper, boyish Limey, Davy also recalled Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits, to the extent that when Noone first saw an episode of the show, he remarked "He does me better than I do!" In "The Monkees At The Movies", the teen idol/beach party movie star was an obvious spoof of Frankie Avalon. note That Frankie found absolutely hilarious to the point of seeking out the boys and praising them for it, and even later becoming a good friend of both Davy and Peter. His name, Frankie Catalina, was even a Stealth Pun of Avalon's name (the largest town on Catalina Island is Avalon). "The Champ" is Muhammad Ali in "Monkees in the Ring". The Monkees Get Out More Dirt briefly features a fellow musician whose appearance seems to be based on Roger McGuinn of The Byrds (the rectangular "Ben Franklin" sunglasses are a dead giveaway). | |
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Bloodless Carnage | |
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Bloodless Carnage: "Monkees à la Carte" ends with rival gangsters shooting each other, which is depicted by the actors simply falling over. The scene deliberately avoids realism. | |
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Nerds Are Sexy | |
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Nerds Are Sexy: Micky spends most of "I Was A 99lb. Weakling" trying to win the Girl of the Week away from a Jerk Jock by working out, only for her to go for a nerdy guy reading Marcel Proust. | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything? | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything?: In "The Monkees Watch Their Feet", Narrator Pat Paulson talks of the "Alien-ation" of American Youth, as well as part of Micky's problems stemming from "being forced to fight in an oversea war he didn't understand" (while showing him in World War I garb). | |
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Title Sequence Replacement | |
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Title Sequence Replacement: Each season had a similar Title Sequence, with the second one adding some new clips. The second season opening replaced the first one in reruns, but was restored for the DVDs. | |
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Calvinball | |
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Calvinball: In "The Frodis Caper", the boys make up a card game called "creebage" to escape from imprisonment. | |
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Frothy Mugs of Water | |
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Frothy Mugs of Water: The boys have milk whenever they're at a bar. | |
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Read the Fine Print | |
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Read the Fine Print: Peter in "Dance, Monkee, Dance" is tricked into signing a lifetime contract at a dance studio after winning a free dance lesson. | |
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The Trickster | |
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The Trickster: Micky, in spades. If you’re rude to his friends, or try to scam them, he’ll get you back using a disguise and a fake voice, and he’ll enjoy every minute of it. Frankie Catalina and Bernie Class found that out the hard way. | |
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Lovable Coward | |
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Lovable Coward: All four of the boys have shades of this. | |
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Diegetic Soundtrack Usage | |
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Diegetic Soundtrack Usage: Used for comedic effect in multiple episodes. One example is in "Monkees A La Mode", when after the group is proclaimed "typical young persons" by a chic magazine, the show cuts to a photo montage of the boys making goofy faces while the show's theme song plays in the background. | |
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Say My Name | |
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Say My Name: When one of the other three is in distress, he’ll usually call out for Mike. | |
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You Meddling Kids | |
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You Meddling Kids: Involved in the plot of many episodes. | |
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Mr. Fanservice | |
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Mr. Fanservice: All four boys, but especially Davy. | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Liberace in one episode, smashing a piano to pieces with a sledgehammer as a performance piece, and Burgess Meredith in "Monkees Blow Their Minds" as The Penguin. | |
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Visual Pun | |
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Visual Pun: the tongue-lashing and the ants/aunts in "Monkees Marooned". | |
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The Svengali | |
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The Svengali: Oraculo, a washed-up stage magician in "Monkees Blow Their Minds", who brainwashes Peter to use him as his unwilling assistant for his stage act. | |
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Dad the Veteran | |
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Dad the Veteran: In "The Chaperone", Davy tries to date the daughter of a military man, but has a difficult time finding time alone with her because he runs his household like a barracks. | |
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Cool Shades | |
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Cool Shades: Mike in later episodes and the movie Head. | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall | |
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The Peter Tork-directed "The Monkees Mind Their Manor" is his only directorial credit of any kind. It's actually a pretty entertaining episode, with one of the more memorable supporting characters of the series (Lance Kibbee the Sot) and a Breaking the Fourth Wall moment with Davy confronting series prop man Jack Williams about his cameo as the customs agent. | |
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Stealth Pun | |
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In "The Monkees At The Movies", the teen idol/beach party movie star was an obvious spoof of Frankie Avalon. note That Frankie found absolutely hilarious to the point of seeking out the boys and praising them for it, and even later becoming a good friend of both Davy and Peter. His name, Frankie Catalina, was even a Stealth Pun of Avalon's name (the largest town on Catalina Island is Avalon). | |
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Stand-In Portrait | |
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Stand-In Portrait | |
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Deal with the Devil | |
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Deal with the Devil: "The Devil and Peter Tork" | |
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Laugh Track | |
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Laugh Track: Dropped midway through the second season. | |
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Share Phrase | |
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Share Phrase: "Don't do that!" | |
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Cordon Bleugh Chef | |
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Cordon Bleugh Chef: Peter invents cream of root beer soup. A single bite has Mike complimenting him on reaching a new low, and Micky feigning a dramatic werewolf transformation. Based on Peter’s exasperated reaction, this is hardly the first time. | |
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Only Sane Man | |
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The Only Sane Man: Mike is considered the leader of the group and has the most common sense of the four. | |
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Failure Is the Only Option | |
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Failure Is the Only Option | |
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This Is My Side | |
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This Is My Side: Happens in "Monkees Get Out More Dirt" when the four boys fight over a guest character played by Julie Newmar. The show plays with it, noting that each would have access to only one particular vital part of the apartment. Davy's side has the front door, implying he is the only one with the ability to come and go; however, he states that he would gladly trade Mike for the bathroom right away. Moments later, the whole arrangement is quickly forgotten when a show comes on TV that they want to see and everyone rushes to Peter's side (which contains the television set). | |
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Funny Background Event | |
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Funny Background Event: A guy randomly riding on the bumper of a backwards-moving car (with his arms out like an Egyptian) in the beginning and end of "Monkees Marooned." What makes it funnier is that, in both times, it's a Blink-and-You-Miss-It moment in a way that one might question, "Did I see that?". It's so random and has NOTHING to do with anything going on in the scene or plot. | |
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Spiritual Successor | |
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Spiritual Successor: Big Time Rush. Also Jonas. (It's been stated in Disney press releases that the series is directly inspired by The Monkees' TV concept.) Garfunkel and Oates, especially with the music video cutaways, the stars playing Flanderized versions of themselves, and plots dealing with the struggles of being a professional musician. | |
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Incorruptible Pure Pureness | |
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Incorruptible Pure Pureness: In "The Devil and Peter Tork", the only reason Peter wanted to play the harp wasn't for fame or fortune, but merely because he just wanted to play the harp. Zero decides to test this by seemingly taking away the ability, which Mike says that Peter always possessed, and Peter gives a touching performance of beautiful harp music, which leads Judge Roy Bean to declare Peter not guilty. | |
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Hurricane of Puns | |
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Hurricane of Puns: In "The Picture Frame/The Bank Robbery", when Mike, Davy and Micky are being interrogated by the police: | |
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Stage Mom | |
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Stage Mom: "Too Many Girls" finds one of these trying to pair her daughter with Davy in the hopes they'll rocket to stardom together. The other Monkees' individual acts are so cheesy, they go onstage as a group, only for the stage mom to achieve an unexpected win when the poorly coordinated dance number with her daughter and Davy wins with one vote. | |
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Bland-Name Product | |
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Bland-Name Product: In one episode the boys take a bus to New York City on Blem Bus Lines. | |
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Ice-Cream Koan | |
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Ice-Cream Koan: In "The Prince and The Paupers" | |
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She Is All Grown Up | |
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She Is All Grown Up: Parodied in "The Monkees in Texas". Michael marvels at how beautiful his TV cousin Lucy turned out to be, given how awkward and unattractive she was when they were younger. Aunt Kate points out that Michael is thinking of his other cousin, Clara, who still looks the same. | |
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I Know You Know I Know | |
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I Know You Know I Know: Lampshaded in "Monkees Marooned", after big game hunter Major Pshaw catches the Monkees hiding in his hut: | |
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The Baby of the Bunch | |
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The Baby of the Bunch: Peter. Although the actor was the oldest in the group, his character seems to be the youngest. He's good-natured, gets emotional easily and is the most likely to fall for an obvious rip-off scheme. | |
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Superhero Episode | |
The Monkees / int_2ec5862b | comment |
Superhero Episode: A few episodes feature the guys dressed as Monkee Men and fighting crime (& sometimes flying to the rescue). In "Monkee Chow Mein", Davy & Mike's "powers" were limited to Volleying Insults at their opponents. In Find The Monkees, the band auditions over a pay phone as a Clark Kent Expy impatiently waits to use the booth. Defied in "The Frodis Caper/Mijacogeo" when Davy, Micky and Mike attempt to change into the Monkeemen, only to encounter a sign that prohibits using a phone booth for changing into superhero costumes: | |
The Monkees / int_2ec5862b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_2ec5862b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_2ec5862b | |
The Monkees / int_2f62653b | type |
Borrowed Catchphrase | |
The Monkees / int_2f62653b | comment |
Borrowed Catchphrase: In "The Devil and Peter Tork", when Mike calls Mr. Zero to take the stand: | |
The Monkees / int_2f62653b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_2f62653b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_2f62653b | |
The Monkees / int_31083edb | type |
Logic Bomb | |
The Monkees / int_31083edb | comment |
Logic Bomb: Mike confuses the computer interviewing him at the toy company and he gets the job. Worth noting that he starts off using exactly the sequence of lines that the computer used earlier to confuse Peter. | |
The Monkees / int_31083edb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_31083edb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_31083edb | |
The Monkees / int_3149c4b0 | type |
It Will Never Catch On | |
The Monkees / int_3149c4b0 | comment |
It Will Never Catch On: In "Monkees' Paw", Micky makes a wish and loses his voice. One of the acts the Monkees try until Micky gets his voice back is a Marx Brothers style routine, with Micky dressed as Harpo. The club manager isn't happy, so he dismisses them. Later on at the apartment: | |
The Monkees / int_3149c4b0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_3149c4b0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_3149c4b0 | |
The Monkees / int_319e4a2f | type |
Even Evil Has Standards | |
The Monkees / int_319e4a2f | comment |
Even Evil Has Standards: "Monkees in Texas" plays this for laughs in a Western pastiche, where Black Bart plans to give the owners of the ranch one last chance to give it up, failing which they'll kill her and forge her signature, but, "Of course, we'll fight the clean way first... I hate to resort to forgery!" and his accomplice cackles. | |
The Monkees / int_319e4a2f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_319e4a2f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_319e4a2f | |
The Monkees / int_347c2 | type |
Inkblot Test | |
The Monkees / int_347c2 | comment |
Inkblot Test: In "The Monkee's Paw" a German psychiatrist (played by an uncredited Severn Darden) administers one to Micky, who can't talk. The doctor insists that the inkblot shows "a bunny and a chicken" and gets in an argument with the other Monkees over it (Mike sees flowers, Peter says it's a ketchup stain and Davy thinks it looks like a bunch of dancing women). | |
The Monkees / int_347c2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_347c2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_347c2 | |
The Monkees / int_35b241c0 | type |
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping | |
The Monkees / int_35b241c0 | comment |
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: In "Success Story", Davy (who is a born & raised Brit) states that he was raised by his grandfather, who is flying in from England to see his grandson. However, when we first hear the grandfather speak, his British accent is very mild-to-nonexistent, to the point of almost sounding American, and later, when the charade is falling apart, the grandfather starts sounding...Irish? Ben Wright, who played the grandfather, was a London native, but his father was American. | |
The Monkees / int_35b241c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_35b241c0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_35b241c0 | |
The Monkees / int_38424ebb | type |
Genie in a Bottle | |
The Monkees / int_38424ebb | comment |
Genie in a Bottle: In one episode, Davy rubs against a table lamp and a genie appears. He turns to the camera saying "Imagine That! Wrong show!" | |
The Monkees / int_38424ebb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_38424ebb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_38424ebb | |
The Monkees / int_392372f9 | type |
Actor Allusion | |
The Monkees / int_392372f9 | comment |
Actor Allusion: Micky sings the theme from Circus Boy, the series he starred in as a child, in "Monkees at the Circus." He also mentions that "I haven't been to the circus since I was a kid!" After The Monkees, Dolenz was cast as Wally, the drummer of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids—who bore a passing resemblance to Dolenz. Joey Forman guest starred in "Monkee Chow Mein" as The Dragonman, a parody of Forman's character Harry Hoo from Get Smartnote who in turn is a parody of Charlie Chan. In "The Monkees in a Ghost Town", they meet a character played by Lon Chaney Jr. named Lenny (who's the sidekick of a guy named George). | |
The Monkees / int_392372f9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_392372f9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_392372f9 | |
The Monkees / int_3946634e | type |
The Smart Guy | |
The Monkees / int_3946634e | comment |
The Smart Guy: Micky is usually the one who comes up with all the plans, loopholes and technical repairs. | |
The Monkees / int_3946634e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_3946634e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_3946634e | |
The Monkees / int_3a6a7b0a | type |
Starving Artist | |
The Monkees / int_3a6a7b0a | comment |
Starving Artist: Despite the Cool Car and the nice beach house, the boys fit this trope to a T. To the point that they're happy to eat spaghetti off of Micky's head. Their having no food in the house is a Running Gag. In fact, apart from the issues concerning food and rent, they seem more like Informed Poverty. Even the house seems kind of eccentric and cool. | |
The Monkees / int_3a6a7b0a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_3a6a7b0a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_3a6a7b0a | |
The Monkees / int_3b4f620a | type |
No Fourth Wall | |
The Monkees / int_3b4f620a | comment |
No Fourth Wall: Even supporting characters sometimes talk to the camera. | |
The Monkees / int_3b4f620a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_3b4f620a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_3b4f620a | |
The Monkees / int_3c0bf189 | type |
Adults Dressed as Children | |
The Monkees / int_3c0bf189 | comment |
Adults Dressed as Children: All (except Mike) take turns disguised as 11-13 year-olds in "Monkee vs. Machine", ultimately to throw a Spanner in the Works and disrupt a toy company's product testing session. And again in "Captain Crocodile," Davy and Peter barge in on the studio board meeting disguised as children demanding to see The Monkees perform. Even the studio head (who is a child) is fooled. | |
The Monkees / int_3c0bf189 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_3c0bf189 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_3c0bf189 | |
The Monkees / int_3c51db1c | type |
Zany Scheme | |
The Monkees / int_3c51db1c | comment |
Zany Scheme | |
The Monkees / int_3c51db1c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_3c51db1c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_3c51db1c | |
The Monkees / int_3e92ed3e | type |
Groupie Brigade | |
The Monkees / int_3e92ed3e | comment |
Groupie Brigade: "The Monkees in Paris". | |
The Monkees / int_3e92ed3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_3e92ed3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_3e92ed3e | |
The Monkees / int_41435fc2 | type |
Pie in the Face | |
The Monkees / int_41435fc2 | comment |
Pie in the Face: In "Captain Crocodile", the boys are invited onto a children's TV show, presumably to perform. However, the host, who is deliberately trying to sabotage them, has them hit in the face with pies instead. The group refuses to appear again unless they're promised they won't be hit with any more pies. However, this doesn't stop the eventual new host from spraying them with seltzer water. | |
The Monkees / int_41435fc2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_41435fc2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_41435fc2 | |
The Monkees / int_4179d411 | type |
Spooky Séance | |
The Monkees / int_4179d411 | comment |
Spooky Séance: "Monkee See, Monkee Die" and "A Coffin Too Frequent". | |
The Monkees / int_4179d411 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_4179d411 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_4179d411 | |
The Monkees / int_420c50b7 | type |
A.I. Is a Crapshoot | |
The Monkees / int_420c50b7 | comment |
A.I. Is a Crapshoot: When Peter applies for a job in "Monkee vs. Machine", he gets confused when the computer interviews him: Mike later turns the tables on the computer when he uses this interview as a Logic Bomb. | |
The Monkees / int_420c50b7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_420c50b7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_420c50b7 | |
The Monkees / int_42839f8b | type |
Sound-Effect Bleep | |
The Monkees / int_42839f8b | comment |
Sound-Effect Bleep: In "The Devil and Peter Tork", after the Monkees imagine what hell might be like: | |
The Monkees / int_42839f8b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_42839f8b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_42839f8b | |
The Monkees / int_42cd1d02 | type |
Fundraiser Carnival | |
The Monkees / int_42cd1d02 | comment |
Fundraiser Carnival: "Monkees Mind their Manor" has a medieval faire to raise money to buy Davy's inherited Manor for the local villagers. | |
The Monkees / int_42cd1d02 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_42cd1d02 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_42cd1d02 | |
The Monkees / int_4330f7eb | type |
Sitcom Character Archetypes | |
The Monkees / int_4330f7eb | comment |
Sitcom Character Archetypes: The Wisecracker: Mike The Charmer: Davy The Goofball: Micky The Dork: Peter (as the Genius Ditz who can do surprising things like play the harp, he straddles the line between Dork and a more childlike Goofball. Tork rhyming with Dork also helps.) | |
The Monkees / int_4330f7eb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_4330f7eb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_4330f7eb | |
The Monkees / int_43b154c9 | type |
Not Even Bothering with the Accent | |
The Monkees / int_43b154c9 | comment |
Not Even Bothering with the Accent: In "Everywhere a Sheik, Sheik", Donna Loren, playing the princess of a fictional Middle Eastern country, makes no attempt to sound even remotely Arabian. | |
The Monkees / int_43b154c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_43b154c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_43b154c9 | |
The Monkees / int_4435aa66 | type |
Attractive Bent-Gender | |
The Monkees / int_4435aa66 | comment |
Attractive Bent-Gender: Micky in "The Chaperone", at least to Davy's love interest's father. Also with Davy in "Some Like It Lukewarm" to radio personality Jerry Blavat. Mike in "Fairy Tale" to both Peter and Mike! | |
The Monkees / int_4435aa66 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_4435aa66 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_4435aa66 | |
The Monkees / int_44f6517d | type |
Beach Episode | |
The Monkees / int_44f6517d | comment |
Beach Episode: The Monkees lived in a shabby Southern California beach house, with scenes in many episodes taking place at the beach. The episode "Monkees at the Movies" takes place almost entirely on the beach. | |
The Monkees / int_44f6517d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_44f6517d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_44f6517d | |
The Monkees / int_4583a262 | type |
Shirtless Scene | |
The Monkees / int_4583a262 | comment |
Shirtless Scene: Parodied in "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers". When the band contest in which the Monkees are entered is won by a man who had his clothes torn off earlier in the episode, the group realizes that the key to success is having your clothes ripped off and proceed to do it to each other in a desperate grab for attention. Played straight with Davy in "Monkees in the Ring" during his boxing training. In "Monkees a la Mode", when asked what they have to lose by being featured in the magazine, the group replies, "Our shirts!", at which point Micky and Peter are suddenly shirtless. | |
The Monkees / int_4583a262 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_4583a262 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_4583a262 | |
The Monkees / int_46f464b | type |
Well, Excuse Me, Princess! | |
The Monkees / int_46f464b | comment |
Well, Excuse Me, Princess!: Mike plays a hilariously over the top version in the "Fairy Tale" episode. | |
The Monkees / int_46f464b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_46f464b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_46f464b | |
The Monkees / int_4766ca14 | type |
Volleying Insults | |
The Monkees / int_4766ca14 | comment |
Volleying Insults: In "Monkees Chow Mein", Davy and Mike are dressed as Monkee Men and bruise egos as their "weapon": | |
The Monkees / int_4766ca14 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_4766ca14 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_4766ca14 | |
The Monkees / int_47fea76b | type |
Butt-Monkey | |
The Monkees / int_47fea76b | comment |
The Butt-Monkey: Peter is the goofball of the group and is often a victim of hilarity. | |
The Monkees / int_47fea76b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_47fea76b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_47fea76b | |
The Monkees / int_4856ac40 | type |
Stock Footage | |
The Monkees / int_4856ac40 | comment |
Stock Footage: The musical segments tend to reuse footage from previous musical segments or from other episodes. | |
The Monkees / int_4856ac40 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_4856ac40 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_4856ac40 | |
The Monkees / int_48d464ca | type |
Interdimensional Travel Device | |
The Monkees / int_48d464ca | comment |
Interdimensional Travel Device: Mike turns the Monkeemobile into a dimension machine (and lowrider) in 1997's Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees. | |
The Monkees / int_48d464ca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_48d464ca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_48d464ca | |
The Monkees / int_499499e6 | type |
Written-In Absence | |
The Monkees / int_499499e6 | comment |
Written-In Absence: Davy was written out of a first season episode in order to attend his sister's wedding. Mike was written out of a few second season shows while he had a tonsillectomy. | |
The Monkees / int_499499e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_499499e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_499499e6 | |
The Monkees / int_4af55b78 | type |
Credits Gag | |
The Monkees / int_4af55b78 | comment |
Credits Gag: The second season credit sequence mistakenly names everyone Peter, cut to Peter with sad face, cut back to Monkee with his correct name... and, finally, Peter smiling when the credits get his name right. | |
The Monkees / int_4af55b78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_4af55b78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_4af55b78 | |
The Monkees / int_4b9a8e96 | type |
"Scooby-Doo" Hoax | |
The Monkees / int_4b9a8e96 | comment |
"Scooby-Doo" Hoax: "Monkee See, Monkee Die", though the fortune teller doesn't always try to hide her involvement in the scheme. | |
The Monkees / int_4b9a8e96 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_4b9a8e96 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_4b9a8e96 | |
The Monkees / int_4c49b8f7 | type |
Hot as Hell | |
The Monkees / int_4c49b8f7 | comment |
Hot as Hell: The "Salesman" sequence in "The Devil and Peter Tork" shows the boys in Hell, tormented by a bunch of pitchfork-wielding sexy female demons clad in leotards with horns and tails. | |
The Monkees / int_4c49b8f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_4c49b8f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_4c49b8f7 | |
The Monkees / int_4c6205c5 | type |
New Technology Is Evil | |
The Monkees / int_4c6205c5 | comment |
New Technology Is Evil: The episode "Monkees vs. Machine" is all about a Jerkass toy company executive who is in favor of firing all unnecessary humans and letting computers design and run most everything. Mike is seen as having a genuis level IQ for confusing the computer that interviews potential employees. | |
The Monkees / int_4c6205c5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_4c6205c5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_4c6205c5 | |
The Monkees / int_4c70b4a9 | type |
*Bleep*-dammit! | |
The Monkees / int_4c70b4a9 | comment |
*Bleep*-dammit!: NBC wouldn't let them say "Hell" in "The Devil and Peter Tork", even though they were talking about the place and not just cursing. Cue a magnificent bit of Biting-the-Hand Humor where they Lampshade this by saying "Hell" over and over, bleeped out with a whistle sound. | |
The Monkees / int_4c70b4a9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_4c70b4a9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_4c70b4a9 | |
The Monkees / int_4c961994 | type |
Acquired Situational Narcissism | |
The Monkees / int_4c961994 | comment |
Acquired Situational Narcissism: In "Monkees At The Movies," after the guys spend the majority of the episode getting Frankie Catalina to leave the set in order to land Davy the lead role, Davy gets cast and immediately starts acting the same as Frankie. He snaps out of it fairly quickly and quits, telling the director that becoming a movie star was spoiling his character. | |
The Monkees / int_4c961994 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_4c961994 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_4c961994 | |
The Monkees / int_4f4372e9 | type |
Early-Installment Weirdness | |
The Monkees / int_4f4372e9 | comment |
Early-Installment Weirdness: The tenth episode "Here Come the Monkees" was meant to be the pilot and contains oddities like the only appearance of the band's manager, Mike being referred to as "Woolly Hat" and the guys arriving at the party in a red-and-yellow "woodie" station wagon instead of the Monkeemobile. | |
The Monkees / int_4f4372e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_4f4372e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_4f4372e9 | |
The Monkees / int_52989fee | type |
Narrator | |
The Monkees / int_52989fee | comment |
Narrator: The Japanese broadcast of the series added one, to explain elements of the story that might not otherwise make sense to the viewing audience. | |
The Monkees / int_52989fee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_52989fee | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_52989fee | |
The Monkees / int_52fbbe7 | type |
Yellow Peril | |
The Monkees / int_52fbbe7 | comment |
Yellow Peril: In the episode "Monkee Chow Mein," the band faces off with the insidious Dragonman (played by Joey Forman, who also played "Harry Hoo," a Captain Ersatz version of Charlie Chan, on Get Smart). | |
The Monkees / int_52fbbe7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_52fbbe7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_52fbbe7 | |
The Monkees / int_53c3fa83 | type |
Granola Girl | |
The Monkees / int_53c3fa83 | comment |
Granola Guy: Peter. | |
The Monkees / int_53c3fa83 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_53c3fa83 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_53c3fa83 | |
The Monkees / int_550f2108 | type |
Combat Breakdown | |
The Monkees / int_550f2108 | comment |
Combat Breakdown: The climactic fight in "Fairy Tale". | |
The Monkees / int_550f2108 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_550f2108 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_550f2108 | |
The Monkees / int_565ce678 | type |
Game Show Appearance | |
The Monkees / int_565ce678 | comment |
Game Show Appearance : In "Captain Crocodile" the boys parody two classic game shows with "What's My Scene?" and "To Tell A Fib" | |
The Monkees / int_565ce678 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_565ce678 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_565ce678 | |
The Monkees / int_58626d87 | type |
Genius Ditz | |
The Monkees / int_58626d87 | comment |
The Dork: Peter (as the Genius Ditz who can do surprising things like play the harp, he straddles the line between Dork and a more childlike Goofball. Tork rhyming with Dork also helps.) | |
The Monkees / int_58626d87 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_58626d87 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_58626d87 | |
The Monkees / int_58e117b4 | type |
Pirate Parrot | |
The Monkees / int_58e117b4 | comment |
Pirate Parrot: The captain in "Hitting the High Seas" has one. His voice is provided by Micky Dolenz; this is lampshaded when Micky is called upon to impersonate the parrot because he is the only one of the boys with the skill to do so. | |
The Monkees / int_58e117b4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_58e117b4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_58e117b4 | |
The Monkees / int_5aa4ec8a | type |
Ambiguous Syntax | |
The Monkees / int_5aa4ec8a | comment |
Ambiguous Syntax: In "Monkee Chow Mein", Dragonman sends Toto to recover part of the formula hidden in a fortune cookie: | |
The Monkees / int_5aa4ec8a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_5aa4ec8a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_5aa4ec8a | |
The Monkees / int_5abe5b74 | type |
Everybody Must Get Stoned | |
The Monkees / int_5abe5b74 | comment |
Everybody Must Get Stoned: "Mijacogeo: The Frodis Caper." | |
The Monkees / int_5abe5b74 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_5abe5b74 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_5abe5b74 | |
The Monkees / int_5c0a51f7 | type |
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The Monkees / int_5c0a51f7 | comment |
"Bang!" Flag Gun: In the second season/syndicated opening credits. In "Monkees à la Carte", Peter, disguised as a member of the Purple Flower Gang, is stopped by one of the Mooks: | |
The Monkees / int_5c0a51f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_5c0a51f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_5c0a51f7 | |
The Monkees / int_5cfaad8a | type |
Audience Murmurs | |
The Monkees / int_5cfaad8a | comment |
Audience Murmurs: Parodied when at least one of the boys says "rhubarb" over and over in "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers". | |
The Monkees / int_5cfaad8a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_5cfaad8a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_5cfaad8a | |
The Monkees / int_5e032315 | type |
One-Book Author | |
The Monkees / int_5e032315 | comment |
One-Book Author: The pilot episode is director Mike Elliot's sole credit on IMDB. He was actually a highly-regarded director of TV commercialsnote among his most notable commercials was the Daisy ad for LBJ, the Keep America Beautiful "Crying Indian" spot, the AMC Rebel "Driving School" spot and Alka-Seltzer's "Spicy Meatball" ad who was hired because the producers wanted a fast-paced show with lots of quick cuts like in a commercial. The Peter Tork-directed "The Monkees Mind Their Manor" is his only directorial credit of any kind. It's actually a pretty entertaining episode, with one of the more memorable supporting characters of the series (Lance Kibbee the Sot) and a Breaking the Fourth Wall moment with Davy confronting series prop man Jack Williams about his cameo as the customs agent. | |
The Monkees / int_5e032315 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_5e032315 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_5e032315 | |
The Monkees / int_5e4fa749 | type |
Crossdresser | |
The Monkees / int_5e4fa749 | comment |
Crossdresser: All four Monkees appeared in drag on the show. In fact, with the exception of Peter, each of them had a drag role as the main focus of an episode. The topper might be Mike Nesmith playing the princess in "Fairy Tale". | |
The Monkees / int_5e4fa749 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_5e4fa749 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_5e4fa749 | |
The Monkees / int_5f91efd9 | type |
Creative Closing Credits | |
The Monkees / int_5f91efd9 | comment |
Creative Closing Credits: The Christmas Episode has the behind-the-scenes crew and office workers saying hello to the camera during the closing credits. | |
The Monkees / int_5f91efd9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_5f91efd9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_5f91efd9 | |
The Monkees / int_60cc14ba | type |
Ruritania | |
The Monkees / int_60cc14ba | comment |
Ruritania: In "Royal Flush", the country of Harmonica, where the princess and soon-to-be queen is from. "Card Carrying Red Shoes" is about a traveling ballet company from Druvania, a fictional version of Russia. | |
The Monkees / int_60cc14ba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_60cc14ba | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_60cc14ba | |
The Monkees / int_61b576af | type |
I Take Offense to That Last One | |
The Monkees / int_61b576af | comment |
I Take Offense to That Last One: From "Monkees a la Carte" | |
The Monkees / int_61b576af | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_61b576af | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_61b576af | |
The Monkees / int_62907b90 | type |
Bottle Episode | |
The Monkees / int_62907b90 | comment |
Bottle Episode: "Monkee Mother" and "A Coffin Too Frequent" both take place entirely in the Monkees' apartment. There's also the episode "Fairy Tale", which takes place on a minimalist cardboard set. | |
The Monkees / int_62907b90 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_62907b90 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_62907b90 | |
The Monkees / int_64cd4494 | type |
Myspeld Rökband | |
The Monkees / int_64cd4494 | comment |
Myspeld Rökband: They were called The Monkeys in the pilot script, but this trope prevailed once it was picked up for series. | |
The Monkees / int_64cd4494 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_64cd4494 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_64cd4494 | |
The Monkees / int_65bc92fc | type |
Four-Temperament Ensemble | |
The Monkees / int_65bc92fc | comment |
Four-Temperament Ensemble: Davy is Sanguine, Micky is Choleric, Mike is Melancholic and Peter is Phlegmatic. | |
The Monkees / int_65bc92fc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_65bc92fc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_65bc92fc | |
The Monkees / int_6644ad99 | type |
Exploiting the Fourth Wall | |
The Monkees / int_6644ad99 | comment |
Exploiting the Fourth Wall: In "Dance, Monkee, Dance", Micky exits the set and goes to the writers' room note A room full of elderly "19th Century Chinaman" stereotypes held captive by a hunky, shirtless slavemaster and asks them to write a way to escape their current predicament. The trope is subverted when upon returning to the set, Micky reads what they have written and tosses it aside, commenting, "This is terrible! Those guys are really overpaid." | |
The Monkees / int_6644ad99 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
The Monkees / int_6644ad99 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_6644ad99 | |
The Monkees / int_670db7d7 | type |
Formula-Breaking Episode | |
The Monkees / int_670db7d7 | comment |
Formula-Breaking Episode: Apart from the concert episode, "The Monkees on Tour", the first season generally stuck to the usual formula. Things became a lot more unconventional in the second season, with such things as a Fairy Tale spoof, a plotless romp through Paris ("The Monkees in Paris"), and guest appearances by other musicians, such as Tim Buckley and Frank Zappa. | |
The Monkees / int_670db7d7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_670db7d7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_670db7d7 | |
The Monkees / int_680f950 | type |
Gilligan Cut | |
The Monkees / int_680f950 | comment |
Gilligan Cut: in "The Frodis Caper" | |
The Monkees / int_680f950 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_680f950 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_680f950 | |
The Monkees / int_681a8210 | type |
Film Felons | |
The Monkees / int_681a8210 | comment |
Film Felons: In "The Picture Frame", Mike, Davy, and Micky are tricked into robbing a bank, thinking they're acting in a movie. | |
The Monkees / int_681a8210 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_681a8210 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_681a8210 | |
The Monkees / int_69681e01 | type |
Big Brother Instinct | |
The Monkees / int_69681e01 | comment |
Big Brother Instinct: Mike has this for the rest of the band, and it's implied that he's the oldest (in the show's universe, anyway). Possibly explained in "Monkee Mother," where he said that he was the oldest of Massive Numbered Siblings and had to help take care of them (even though in real life Mike Nesmith was an only child). | |
The Monkees / int_69681e01 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_69681e01 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_69681e01 | |
The Monkees / int_6bf93fc7 | type |
FanService | |
The Monkees / int_6bf93fc7 | comment |
Fanservice: Micky interrupts the climactic gunfight in "Monkees A La Carte" in order to parade an attractive woman across the screen. "The producers thought we should have a pretty girl in the show." The Monkees, themselves were often Mr. Fanservice. | |
The Monkees / int_6bf93fc7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_6bf93fc7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_6bf93fc7 | |
The Monkees / int_6d5ab39e | type |
Fractured Fairy Tale | |
The Monkees / int_6d5ab39e | comment |
Fractured Fairy Tale: Appropriately named, "Fairy Tale." | |
The Monkees / int_6d5ab39e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_6d5ab39e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_6d5ab39e | |
The Monkees / int_6d9c238 | type |
Fake Food | |
The Monkees / int_6d9c238 | comment |
Fake Food: In the episode "Success Story", while pretending to be rich and successful, Davy is served rubber food while his grandfather gets the real stuff. Also, the fruit in the center of the table is plastic. | |
The Monkees / int_6d9c238 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_6d9c238 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_6d9c238 | |
The Monkees / int_6dcfd275 | type |
Theme Tune Extended | |
The Monkees / int_6dcfd275 | comment |
Theme Tune Extended: A bit of an aversion, because the longer take included on the debut album was actually recorded first. The shorter TV version was recorded a few weeks later and has an extra little part that was missing from the first version ("we may be comin' to your town!") | |
The Monkees / int_6dcfd275 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_6dcfd275 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_6dcfd275 | |
The Monkees / int_6edc54d5 | type |
Here We Go Again! | |
The Monkees / int_6edc54d5 | comment |
Here We Go Again!: Broken down at the end of "Monkees on the Wheel", "and then we give the camera a pained look" when Micky is seen back at the slot machines. | |
The Monkees / int_6edc54d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_6edc54d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_6edc54d5 | |
The Monkees / int_6ef9d3fe | type |
Christmas Episode | |
The Monkees / int_6ef9d3fe | comment |
In the Christmas Episode a quick cutaway shot of Micky at a chalkboard figuring out a math problem reveals the words "Beatles" and "Frodis" written in the corner. | |
The Monkees / int_6ef9d3fe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_6ef9d3fe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_6ef9d3fe | |
The Monkees / int_72852a93 | type |
Henpecked Husband | |
The Monkees / int_72852a93 | comment |
Henpecked Husband: The Monkees find Millie a husband in "Monkee Mother" and he quickly becomes this. | |
The Monkees / int_72852a93 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_72852a93 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_72852a93 | |
The Monkees / int_735e71c2 | type |
Recursive Canon | |
The Monkees / int_735e71c2 | comment |
Recursive Canon: Says Mike in "The Frodis Caper": "Hey! It's 7:30, 6:30 Central time! Time for The Monkees!" | |
The Monkees / int_735e71c2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_735e71c2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_735e71c2 | |
The Monkees / int_737d7dbc | type |
Senseless Violins | |
The Monkees / int_737d7dbc | comment |
Senseless Violins: Subverted in "Monkees A La Carte": "Boss! There's a guitar in this guitar case!" | |
The Monkees / int_737d7dbc | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
The Monkees / int_737d7dbc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_737d7dbc | |
The Monkees / int_738f4473 | type |
Documentary Episode | |
The Monkees / int_738f4473 | comment |
Documentary Episode: "The Monkees on Tour" | |
The Monkees / int_738f4473 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_738f4473 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_738f4473 | |
The Monkees / int_738fa379 | type |
New Job Episode | |
The Monkees / int_738fa379 | comment |
New Job Episode: Besides episodes where the band gets a new gig to play, there's "Monkee vs. Machine" where Mike gets a job at a toy company, "Monkees on the Line" where all help work an answering service, and "Monkees at the Movies" where they are extras in a movie (among other episodes). | |
The Monkees / int_738fa379 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_738fa379 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_738fa379 | |
The Monkees / int_775a1af6 | type |
Married to the Job | |
The Monkees / int_775a1af6 | comment |
Married to the Job: If Mike shows any interest in a girl, it'll either be for a joke or part of the Monkees' plan to beat a scammer. | |
The Monkees / int_775a1af6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_775a1af6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_775a1af6 | |
The Monkees / int_779a531f | type |
Improbably Cool Car | |
The Monkees / int_779a531f | comment |
Improbably Cool Car: The Monkeemobile probably should have been an early '50s panel truck, since they were broke all the time... | |
The Monkees / int_779a531f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_779a531f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_779a531f | |
The Monkees / int_7808eb5f | type |
Gag Series | |
The Monkees / int_7808eb5f | comment |
Gag Series | |
The Monkees / int_7808eb5f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_7808eb5f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_7808eb5f | |
The Monkees / int_78f6bb9b | type |
Translation: "Yes" | |
The Monkees / int_78f6bb9b | comment |
Translation: "Yes": Kimba's 'Kretch!' in "Monkees Marooned": | |
The Monkees / int_78f6bb9b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_78f6bb9b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_78f6bb9b | |
The Monkees / int_795002b2 | type |
Puddle-Covering Chivalry | |
The Monkees / int_795002b2 | comment |
Puddle-Covering Chivalry: Used in "One Man Shy" as part of Peter's dating etiquette training. Instead of using his coat, Peter uses his girlfriend's. | |
The Monkees / int_795002b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_795002b2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_795002b2 | |
The Monkees / int_79b16b48 | type |
Japanese Ranguage | |
The Monkees / int_79b16b48 | comment |
Chinese Ranguage: In "Monkee Chow Mein", when Peter shows up at the Dragonman's lair: | |
The Monkees / int_79b16b48 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_79b16b48 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_79b16b48 | |
The Monkees / int_7a54c458 | type |
Mock Millionaire | |
The Monkees / int_7a54c458 | comment |
Mock Millionaire: Done twice; once so that Peter could romance a debutante, and another time to convince Davy's grandfather he is a success so he won't force Davy to return to England. | |
The Monkees / int_7a54c458 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_7a54c458 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_7a54c458 | |
The Monkees / int_7bb576f1 | type |
Grease Monkey | |
The Monkees / int_7bb576f1 | comment |
Grease Monkee: Micky. He usually handles anything to do with cars, radios or tech. | |
The Monkees / int_7bb576f1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_7bb576f1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_7bb576f1 | |
The Monkees / int_7c4f6612 | type |
Comic-Book Adaptation | |
The Monkees / int_7c4f6612 | comment |
Comic-Book Adaptation: It was published by Dell Comics and lasted 17 issues. It matched the slapstick tone of the TV series, and the artist depicted Mike with Pointy Ears. | |
The Monkees / int_7c4f6612 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_7c4f6612 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_7c4f6612 | |
The Monkees / int_7c58fe32 | type |
Louis Cypher | |
The Monkees / int_7c58fe32 | comment |
Louis Cypher: S. Zero, the pawn shop owner in "The Devil and Peter Tork", who comes to the Monkees' door to collect Peter's soul in exchange for the harp. | |
The Monkees / int_7c58fe32 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_7c58fe32 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_7c58fe32 | |
The Monkees / int_7d6cda49 | type |
I Can't Hear You | |
The Monkees / int_7d6cda49 | comment |
I Can't Hear You: "The Wild Monkees", when Micky runs his motorcycle indoors and no one can hear anything. | |
The Monkees / int_7d6cda49 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_7d6cda49 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_7d6cda49 | |
The Monkees / int_7dbfa45b | type |
Spy Speak | |
The Monkees / int_7dbfa45b | comment |
Spy Speak: In "The Spy Who Came In From the Cool", Davy inadvertently says the spy's secret phrase at a pawn shop, as he's actually looking for a pair of red maracas. In "Royal Flush", the henchman Sigmund, trying to dial his boss, dials a number and exchanges several cryptic phrases with the caller on the other end until the other man responds differently than expected, leaving Sigmund to realize that he called the wrong number. He then dials the correct number and tries to start the sequence again, only for his boss to cut him off and insist they just talk normally. | |
The Monkees / int_7dbfa45b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_7dbfa45b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_7dbfa45b | |
The Monkees / int_7f298d3d | type |
Lame Comeback | |
The Monkees / int_7f298d3d | comment |
Lame Comeback: Micky: "You do and I'll be sorry!" | |
The Monkees / int_7f298d3d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_7f298d3d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_7f298d3d | |
The Monkees / int_80595ee2 | type |
Prince and Pauper | |
The Monkees / int_80595ee2 | comment |
Prince and Pauper: Davy impersonates a visiting prince in order to find him a wife. | |
The Monkees / int_80595ee2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_80595ee2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_80595ee2 | |
The Monkees / int_827e747 | type |
Finger Poke of Doom | |
The Monkees / int_827e747 | comment |
Finger Poke of Doom: Played with in "Monkee See, Monkee Die" when Peter seemingly knocks out the bad guys by "shooting" at them with his finger. They really just happened to pass out at the exact moment Peter did that (from a drugged drink). | |
The Monkees / int_827e747 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_827e747 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_827e747 | |
The Monkees / int_836a968e | type |
Plunger Detonator | |
The Monkees / int_836a968e | comment |
Plunger Detonator: Usually, something else completely blows up instead. | |
The Monkees / int_836a968e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_836a968e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_836a968e | |
The Monkees / int_85832a47 | type |
Gay Paree | |
The Monkees / int_85832a47 | comment |
Gay Paree: "The Monkees In Paris." The opening has the guys flat out saying they don't want to do the episode's spy story but just take a vacation in France. | |
The Monkees / int_85832a47 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_85832a47 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_85832a47 | |
The Monkees / int_85c1004b | type |
Incredibly Obvious Bug | |
The Monkees / int_85c1004b | comment |
Incredibly Obvious Bug: In the episode "The Spy Who Came In From the Cool", the bug is in a lamp at the center of the table which the guys blatantly move back and forth between them and the spies. | |
The Monkees / int_85c1004b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_85c1004b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_85c1004b | |
The Monkees / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
The Monkees / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: At the beginning of "Monkee See, Monkee Die", before the plot gets underway, the boys' landlord tells them that he is kicking them out. Once the actual story begins, this plot thread is completely forgotten about and never addressed further. In "Hitting the High Seas", Mike goes down below after getting seasick from taking seasickness medicine and is never heard from again in that story. note Mike's appearance in the video afterwards is unrelated to the storyline. | |
The Monkees / int_863fa679 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_863fa679 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_863fa679 | |
The Monkees / int_8792383c | type |
Censorship by Spelling | |
The Monkees / int_8792383c | comment |
Censorship by Spelling: This little gem from Peter: | |
The Monkees / int_8792383c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_8792383c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_8792383c | |
The Monkees / int_884e513b | type |
Medium Awareness | |
The Monkees / int_884e513b | comment |
Medium Awareness: One of the first television series to really play with this concept. | |
The Monkees / int_884e513b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_884e513b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_884e513b | |
The Monkees / int_8a295a46 | type |
Cool Car | |
The Monkees / int_8a295a46 | comment |
Cool Car: The Monkeemobile, a Pontiac GTO modified for the TV series by celebrated car customizers George Barris and Dean Jeffries. Too modified; Jim Wengers, then head of marketing for Pontiac, was displeased with the result as it looked far too different from the cars he was trying to sell. | |
The Monkees / int_8a295a46 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_8a295a46 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_8a295a46 | |
The Monkees / int_8ae880f7 | type |
Deconstruction | |
The Monkees / int_8ae880f7 | comment |
Deconstructed and Lampshaded in the "tag" of "Monkees On the Wheel" (actually two scenes before the actual tag - see Hilarious Outtakes). | |
The Monkees / int_8ae880f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_8ae880f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_8ae880f7 | |
The Monkees / int_8c30ad0 | type |
The Television Talks Back | |
The Monkees / int_8c30ad0 | comment |
The Television Talks Back: In "The Monkees Get Out More Dirt", the boys are watching an advice presenter on tv who reads a letter relating to them. | |
The Monkees / int_8c30ad0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Monkees / int_8c30ad0 | featureConfidence |
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Out-of-Character Moment | |
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Out-of-Character Moment: Peter usually plays "the dummy". But then you see him expertly spinning a bandit's gun and translating for an island native. This may be a lampshading on how Tork was actually very intelligent and intellectual in real life. In "The Devil and Peter Tork", Mike and Peter drop a lot of the usual gags from their acting and leave the silliness to the bad guys. | |
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I Need to Go Iron My Dog | |
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I Need to Go Iron My Dog: In "Monkees Get Out More Dirt", the four boys have all fallen in love with April Conquest and want to get away from the apartment to go see her. Micky suddenly declares that his aunt is ill and leaves. Mike announces he is going to the store to get dog food. When informed that they don't have a dog, he says that he'll pick up a dog too while he's out. Davy announces a desire to become a boxer and leaves immediately to start doing road work. Peter, who has believed every excuse, isn't sure what to do now that he's all alone, and decides without a hint of irony that he'll go visit April. | |
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Helicopter Parents | |
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Helicopter Parents: General Vandenburgh in "The Chaperone", who refuses to allow his daughter to attend parties without a chaperone. When he overhears Davy telling Leslie that Micky is dressed as the hostess because the real chaperone is passed out drunk, he shuts the party down and forces the guests to leave in military march style. | |
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Revival | |
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Revival: The 1987 series/band The New Monkees, which was intended to make the franchise relevant to the MTV era, was a revival In Name Only. It featured none of the original band members, and it had only one tenuous connection to the 60s project: the executive producer was Steve Blauner, studio manager of Rafelson and Schneider's Raybert Productions, the company that made the original series and Head. The New Monkees failed as quickly as the "old" Monkees had succeeded. One odd Shout-Out - we see them watching the tv - when they see Micky singing "Last Train to Clarksville" they all shout "Dad!" | |
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The Tape Knew You Would Say That | |
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The Tape Knew You Would Say That: "Monkee See, Monkee Die" during the reading of the will (on phonograph) | |
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WildWest | |
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An episode set in the Wild West (despite still being in the 1960s) had Micky approached by a saloon girl. He hissed at her, "Not now; this is a family show!" | |
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Tuckerization | |
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Tuckerization: The group's advisor/dummy Mr. Schneider is named for the show's executive producer Bert Schneider. | |
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Chick Magnet | |
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Chick Magnet: Davy Jones. The episode "One Man Shy" has them playing Spin The Bottle, with the bottle's mouth homing in on him every time. When he goes into another room, the bottle flies off the table and sticks to the door. | |
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Springtime for Hitler | |
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Springtime for Hitler: In "Too Many Girls", Fern's manipulative Stage Mom gets Fern signed up in a talent show with Davy. Peter, Mike and Micky each come up with individually inferior acts with Peter as an inept stage musician, Mike as a mumbling poor off-key imitation of Bob Dylan, and Micky appears as a "comedian of 1000 voices", which all consist of bad James Cagney impressions. The other Monkees give Davy a throat spray that leaves him temporarily unable to sing as he goes onstage to dance with Fern. The group finishes off the show with "I'm a Believer", but in the end, the winners of the amateur hour are Davy and Fern's dance number (with no help from Davy's temporary laryngitis), moments after Fern's mother had given up on them. | |
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Tiny Guy, Huge Girl | |
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Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Davy to the laundromat owner in "Monkees Get Out More Dirt". Davy and most girls, actually (he's quite short). In "Monkees at the Movies", he is paired up with a girl much taller than himself, and the height difference is played for laughs. | |
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No-Hoper Repeat | |
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No-Hoper Repeat: 33 and 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee was broadcast opposite the Academy Awards. As a further indicator of how seriously NBC regarded the special, its segments were aired out of order. | |
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Mind Control | |
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Mind Control: "The Frodis Caper", "Monkees Blow Their Minds" | |
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Merchandise-Driven | |
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Merchandise-Driven | |
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong? | |
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?: Lampshaded in "Monkees à la Carte", after Peter (disguised as one of the Purple Flower Gang) has left the meeting to fetch the cops: | |
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Coat Cape | |
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Coat Cape: Micky did this when he was pretending to be a big-time movie producer. | |
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And You Thought It Was a Game | |
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And You Thought It Was a Game: In "The Picture Frame", the Monkees are hired to play bank robbers in a movie holdup scene, not knowing they will actually be robbing a bank. In "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers", a shady publicity agent (actually the manager of a rival band) convinces the Monkees to submit to a phony kidnapping as a publicity stunt. Only, he doesn't tell the band that it will be a real kidnapping. | |
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Circus Episode | |
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Circus Episode: In "The Monkees at the Circus" the band goes to a bankrupt circus and pretend to be a French trapeze act in order to help them drum up business. | |
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Celebrity Endorsement | |
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Celebrity Endorsement: The band appeared in advertisements for Kellogg's cereals and Yardley aftershave. When the show was placed in Saturday morning reruns in 1969-1970, Dolenz, Jones and Nesmith appeared in a series of Kool-Aid advertisements. | |
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Klaatu Barada Nikto | |
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Klaatu Barada Nikto: Said by Micky (or, to be exact, a robotic duplicate of Micky created by aliens) in "The Monkees Watch Their Feet", along with the other catchphrase from The Day the Earth Stood Still, "Gort baringa". | |
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Karma Houdini | |
The Monkees / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: The villains in "The Picture Frame". The Monkees get off the hook for the robbery, but the real crooks aren't shown getting in trouble for it. | |
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Imagine Spot | |
The Monkees / int_a7382a73 | comment |
Imagine Spot: Lampshaded and combined with Breaking the Fourth Wall in "Monstrous Monkee Mash" when the episode's villain intrudes on a fantasy scene that Micky and Davy are having. "Hey, what are you doing? This is our fantasy scene!" | |
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Code Name | |
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Code Name; In "Art, For Monkees' Sake": "Manchester Marauder" (Davy), "Connecticut Counterspy" (Peter), "Los Angeles Leopard" note ....also known as "The Peoria Panther"(Micky), and the "(Modest) but Towering Texan" (Mike). All four's cat burglar-like caper is known as "Operation: Ridiculous". | |
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Hanging Judge | |
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Hanging Judge: The episode "The Devil vs. Peter Tork" uses Roy Bean as the judge for the trial, and explicitly calls him this. | |
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Concealing Canvas | |
The Monkees / int_ac8b2810 | comment |
Concealing Canvas: A painting hiding a painting of a safe hiding an actual safe. | |
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Borrowing the Beatles | |
The Monkees / int_ae06d09b | comment |
Borrowing the Beatles: The band was conceived as a television version of the Beatles, a fact not unnoticed by observers at the time given that the group gained the disparaging nickname "The Pre-Fab Four." Both groups are named after living creatures in Myspeld Rökband fashion. Although their characters were, by and large, exaggerated versions of their real personalities (with the notable exception of Peter), they also correlated loosely to the four Beatles. Most obviously, Davy was the boyish heartthrob analogue to Paul McCartney, and Peter was the goofy Buttmonkey parallel to Ringo Starr. George Harrison and John Lennon both were subject to Decomposite Character treatment: George's status as the "quiet one" was given to Peter, while Mike took on his stoic, sardonic nature. Mike also got John's role as group leader, while Micky picked up on his other side as chief prankster and chaos agent. The show has several Beatles shout-outs. In "Mijacogeo," the foursome wakes up to an alarm clock/radio blaring the song "Good Morning, Good Morning." In "Success Story," Davy's British grandfather pays a visit, echoing a major plot point in A Hard Day's Night. Many of the song interludes in the show feature the foursome jumping and running around in sped-up fashion, also mirroring the "Can't Buy Me Love" sequences in A Hard Day's Night. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
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Deadpan Snarker: Mike. | |
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Expository Theme Tune | |
The Monkees / int_aec3d8b2 | comment |
Expository Theme Tune/Title Theme Tune: The TV show had an iconic one, quoted above. Leading Micky to be quoted as complaining "The Beatles don't have to sing 'Hey, Hey, we're the Beatles'" | |
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Accidental Misnaming | |
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Accidental Misnaming: Every minor character seems to be completely incapable of pronouncing Mike Nesmith's last name. Among the variants: Nishwash, Nashmirth, Nipmop... Subverted in "The Monkees in Texas", when the villians refer to Mike and his aunt as "Nesters"...he starts to correct them before his aunt explains that the word means "farmer" and that they were correct in their word choice. In the season 2 opening sequence, Peter gets increasingly upset when each of the others is mis-identified as him, then smiles once the credits get his name right. In "Monkee vs. Machine", when Peter gets flustered in an interview, the computer identifies him as "Notwhat" and "Nitwit". | |
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Reunion Show | |
The Monkees / int_afab5e94 | comment |
Reunion Show: Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees in 1997. | |
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Unsound Effect | |
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Unsound Effect: One episode parodies the fight scenes from the Adam West Batman series. | |
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Catchphrase | |
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Catchphrase stuff like "He/She/They/It's GONE!", "Don't do that!", Davy's "You must be joking" and "Save the Texas Prairie Chicken". | |
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Mickey Mousing | |
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Micky Mousing: Slapstick gags are punctuated by the music. | |
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Be Careful What You Wish For | |
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Be Careful What You Wish For: Micky's wishes give him and the guys bad luck in the episode "The Monkee's Paw" in their version of the classic story. | |
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Courtroom Antics | |
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Courtroom Antics: In "The Picture Frame", Mike, Micky, and Davy make a very thorough mockery of the court system. | |
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Rearrange the Song | |
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Rearrange the Song: In the 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee special, Micky sings a slowed-down, funkier version of "I'm a Believer". "Words" and "Valleri" were two songs featured in the show's first season. Reworked versions of those songs would be featured in Season Two. The pilot featured two different versions of "I Wanna Be Free": a midtempo, bright version sung by Davy and Micky, and a slow, poignant version featuring just Davy.note The latter was released on their debut album in 1966, while the former stayed in the vault until Missing Links Vol. 2 in 1990. | |
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Like a Surgeon | |
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Like a Surgeon: This ad for Kellogg's Rice Krispies, where Mike, Davy, and Micky, dressed as surgeons, perform an "operation" on Peter, who's lying on an operating table. Said operation consists of pouring him a bowl of Rice Krispies. | |
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Take That! | |
The Monkees / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: One of the first shots in the series was of the Monkees using a Beatles poster as a Dartboard of Hate. In the "Here Come the Monkees" pilot episode, Mike throws a dart which lands on Ringo Starr. This was probably also a Shout-Out to Help!, which begins with a similar scene (except that it was a movie screen showing Beatles footage in the latter case). At the end of Episode 19, the boys give an interview regarding The Sunset Strip Riotsnote In 1966, residents and business owners on the Sunset Strip had enforced a 10 pm curfew, which didn't sit with the youth. The curfew was met with rallies and demonstrations on November 12, 1966 with crowds as big as 1,000, including Jack Nicholson and Peter Fonda, who was actually arrested. and when asked about it, the boys spoke their minds, especially with Micky chiming in, “There haven’t really been riots. In actuality, since I was there, there have been demonstrations. But I guess a lot of people, uh, journalists don’t know how to spell ‘demonstration’ so they use 'riot' because it only has four letters.� | |
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Confusion Fu | |
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Confusion Fu: In "Monkee Chow Mein", Micky tries to confuse Toto when the Dragonman gives him instructions: | |
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The Tag | |
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The Tag: every episode would have a tag scene or an additional musical number before the credits. Deconstructed and Lampshaded in the "tag" of "Monkees On the Wheel" (actually two scenes before the actual tag - see Hilarious Outtakes). | |
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Ballet Episode | |
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Ballet Episode: "The Card Carrying Red Shoes" centers on a prima ballerina who tries to defect to America as she gets caught up in a spy game and falls for Peter. | |
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DidNotThinkThisThrough | |
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Did Not Think This Through: In "Mijacogeo / The Frodis Caper", after Peter gets captured with the other Monkees by Wizard Glick, Peter hops over to the telephone and calls the police, telling them they're being held captive by weird people who plan to take over the world, Glick's henchmen who resemble evil versions of the Monkees. Mike unsuccessfully tried to tell Peter he already untied himself and could have saved them the trouble. This backfires when the Monkees tie up their evil counterparts, and the police arrive, setting Wizard Glick and his evil Monkee henchmen free and arresting the real Monkees, whom the police mistake for the weird people Peter told them about earlier. | |
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Wrong Insult Offence | |
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Wrong Insult Offence: In "One Man Shy" | |
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Grade-School C.E.O. | |
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Grade-School C.E.O.: In "Captain Crocodile" the owner of the studio is a kid. | |
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Hypno Trinket | |
The Monkees / int_b8499e1c | comment |
Hypno Trinket: The infamous magic necklace in "Monstrous Monkee Mash". | |
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The Monkees / int_b8499e1c | |
The Monkees / int_b892dd2d | type |
Girl of the Week | |
The Monkees / int_b892dd2d | comment |
Girl of the Week: More often than not, an episode will feature a girl after one (and in some cases, more than one) of the Monkees' affections. Mainly Davy, the cute Chick Magnet of the group. | |
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The Monkees / int_b892dd2d | |
The Monkees / int_ba652cb | type |
Video Wills | |
The Monkees / int_ba652cb | comment |
Video Wills: An audio phonograph version in "Monkee See, Monkee Die". | |
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The Monkees / int_ba652cb | |
The Monkees / int_ba8b13ad | type |
Catch-22 Dilemma | |
The Monkees / int_ba8b13ad | comment |
Catch-22 Dilemma: In "The Monkee's Paw", Micky is trying to talk things out with their union agent: | |
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The Monkees / int_ba8b13ad | |
The Monkees / int_bd29e069 | type |
PreciousPuppies | |
The Monkees / int_bd29e069 | comment |
Precious Puppies: The romp to "Gonna Buy Me a Dog." | |
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The Monkees / int_bd29e069 | |
The Monkees / int_bd5e9702 | type |
His Name Is... | |
The Monkees / int_bd5e9702 | comment |
His Name Is...: Micky attempts to invoke this in "Hitting the High Seas". When the captain is about to make the boys walk the plank, Micky tries to stall them by saying that if they're killed, the captain and his crew will never know about "the secret". It works, at first, until Peter blows it by revealing that he isn't aware of any secret. | |
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The Monkees / int_bd5e9702 | |
The Monkees / int_bef696dd | type |
Mind Screw | |
The Monkees / int_bef696dd | comment |
Mind Screw: The movie Head, as well as the TV special 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee. | |
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The Monkees / int_bef696dd | |
The Monkees / int_c02925f0 | type |
Wingding Eyes | |
The Monkees / int_c02925f0 | comment |
Wingding Eyes: Davy locks eyes with a beautiful girl in many episodes and both get starry-eyed. | |
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The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_c02925f0 | |
The Monkees / int_c13fe9b0 | type |
Spin the Bottle | |
The Monkees / int_c13fe9b0 | comment |
Spin the Bottle: Played to help Peter's confidence in "One Man Shy." Unfortunately for him, the bottle always points to Davy, even when the latter leaves the room. | |
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The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_c13fe9b0 | |
The Monkees / int_c313d43a | type |
True Companions | |
The Monkees / int_c313d43a | comment |
True Companions: For all the snark, the boys really would do anything for each other. | |
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The Monkees / int_c313d43a | |
The Monkees / int_c3245c20 | type |
I Lied | |
The Monkees / int_c3245c20 | comment |
I Lied: In "Monkee Chow Mein", Dragonman tells Micky and Peter that three doors lead to sudden death, and the fourth will lead to freedom. When Micky and Peter detect the first three doors are booby-trapped, they go for the fourth door, only to find the Dragonman waiting inside. When Micky reminds the Dragonman of his words, the Dragonman dismisses this with "I didn't say positively." | |
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The Monkees / int_c3245c20 | |
The Monkees / int_c36cba70 | type |
Mooks | |
The Monkees / int_c36cba70 | comment |
In "Monkees à la Carte", Peter, disguised as a member of the Purple Flower Gang, is stopped by one of the Mooks: | |
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The Monkees / int_c36cba70 | |
The Monkees / int_c49d8da4 | type |
Portrait Painting Peephole | |
The Monkees / int_c49d8da4 | comment |
Portrait Painting Peephole | |
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The Monkees / int_c49d8da4 | |
The Monkees / int_c5f0119c | type |
Insane Troll Logic | |
The Monkees / int_c5f0119c | comment |
Insane Troll Logic: In 'The Devil and Peter Tork", Micky has a dialogue with Attila the Hun consisting of indecipherable gibberish with his sword drawn, and Mike suddenly stands up and says something at random, to which Attila respectfully bows away. | |
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The Monkees / int_c5f0119c | |
The Monkees / int_c6aca700 | type |
Jury of the Damned | |
The Monkees / int_c6aca700 | comment |
Jury of the Damned: The jury in "The Devil and Peter Tork" are all prisoners from Devil's Island. The judge is Hanging Judge Roy Bean. | |
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The Monkees / int_c6aca700 | |
The Monkees / int_c6b4b048 | type |
Dropped After the Pilot | |
The Monkees / int_c6b4b048 | comment |
Dropped After the Pilot: Rudy Gunther, the band's manager, played by Bing Russell.note Kurt Russell's dad The producers decided the character wasn't necessary, an important decision since the depiction of four young men without an authority figure was unheard-of on American television at the time. Since the pilot was originally aired as the 10th episode of the series, Rudy's sudden appearance and disappearance made him seem more like a One-Shot Character. | |
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The Monkees / int_c6b4b048 | |
The Monkees / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
The Monkees / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: The show contained frequent references to other popular artists of the period. At the end of the concert episode, Mike thanks the Lovin' Spoonful, the Mamas and Papas, and The Beatles for being such great groups. From "Randy Scouse Git": "The Four Kings of EMI are sitting stately on the floor..." The final episode, "The Frodis Caper", begins with The Beatles song "Good Morning, Good Morning".note Not a random choice. Micky attended a Sgt. Pepper recording session during his first visit to London and they played him a rough mix of "Good Morning, Good Morning". In Head, Peter can be heard whistling The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" in the bathroom scene. During the song "Papa Gene's Blues" Mike says "Oh, pick it, Luther!", meaning Johnny Cash guitarist Luther Perkins. In the Christmas Episode a quick cutaway shot of Micky at a chalkboard figuring out a math problem reveals the words "Beatles" and "Frodis" written in the corner. Micky says the first thing the Monster/Android needs to be a rock musician is a Beatles haircut. In the song "Gonna Buy Me A Dog," Davy's line "You can't teach a dog to do that; you can only train elephants" is a reference to Micky's childhood role in the series Circus Boy. In one episode there's a joke contrasting Bob Dylan and Marshal Matt Dillon. Micky Dolenz has mentioned many times that the word "Mijacogeo" is a Shout-Out to the names of himself and his immediate family: Micky, his mother Janelle, sister Coco and father George. invoked In "The Monkees Race Again" Micky says "Curse you, Red Baron!" | |
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The Monkees / int_c75df49a | |
The Monkees / int_c87737d9 | type |
Vacation Episode | |
The Monkees / int_c87737d9 | comment |
Vacation Episode: The (nearly) episode-long romp "The Monkees in Paris". | |
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The Monkees / int_c87737d9 | |
The Monkees / int_cb538ca3 | type |
Let's Mock the Monsters | |
The Monkees / int_cb538ca3 | comment |
Let's Mock the Monsters: Micky and Mike, confronted with a mummy, berate it for being dirty and smelly. The mummy retires discomfited. (Note that despite his bravado, Micky is actually terrified.) | |
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The Monkees / int_cb538ca3 | |
The Monkees / int_cbaa9102 | type |
Signature Headgear | |
The Monkees / int_cbaa9102 | comment |
Signature Headgear: Mike's wool cap. He rode his motorcycle to the audition and was wearing it to keep his hair out of his face. The producers used this as an easy way to remember him ("Let's see Wool Hat again"), so he kept it for the show. | |
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The Monkees / int_cbaa9102 | |
The Monkees / int_cc4b45f6 | type |
Word of God | |
The Monkees / int_cc4b45f6 | comment |
Micky Dolenz has mentioned many times that the word "Mijacogeo" is a Shout-Out to the names of himself and his immediate family: Micky, his mother Janelle, sister Coco and father George. invoked | |
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The Monkees / int_cc4b45f6 | |
The Monkees / int_cd01a310 | type |
LampShade | |
The Monkees / int_cd01a310 | comment |
The song performed by the all-female band The Westminster Abbeys in "Some Like It Lukewarm" is just a sped-up "Last Train To Clarksville", which they Lampshade by interspersing a few quick cuts of sped-up footage of The Monkees performing it. | |
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The Monkees / int_cd01a310 | |
The Monkees / int_cd0637d2 | type |
Extra! Extra! Read All About It! | |
The Monkees / int_cd0637d2 | comment |
Extra! Extra! Read All About It! ("The Devil and Peter Tork") | |
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The Monkees / int_cd0637d2 | |
The Monkees / int_cd7f2d9a | type |
Lip-Lock Sun-Block | |
The Monkees / int_cd7f2d9a | comment |
Lip-Lock Sun-Block: Peter and Miss Cartwright (the "Girl of the Week") kiss this way in the episode "One Man Shy". | |
The Monkees / int_cd7f2d9a | featureApplicability |
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The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_cd7f2d9a | |
The Monkees / int_d02585dd | type |
Ending Theme | |
The Monkees / int_d02585dd | comment |
Ending Theme: The second season replaced the theme song in the closing credits with "For Pete's Sake", a Peter Tork-penned song from Headquarters sung by Micky. | |
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The Monkees / int_d02585dd | |
The Monkees / int_d28eb9e1 | type |
Serial Romeo | |
The Monkees / int_d28eb9e1 | comment |
Serial Romeo: Davy. | |
The Monkees / int_d28eb9e1 | featureApplicability |
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The Monkees / int_d28eb9e1 | |
The Monkees / int_d2b8cd85 | type |
Idea Bulb | |
The Monkees / int_d2b8cd85 | comment |
Idea Bulb: Another running gag. In one episode, Peter holds one above Micky's head, and smiles to the camera. | |
The Monkees / int_d2b8cd85 | featureApplicability |
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The Monkees / int_d2b8cd85 | |
The Monkees / int_d4d8d831 | type |
Feuding Families | |
The Monkees / int_d4d8d831 | comment |
Feuding Families: In "Hillbilly Honeymoon", the Monkees find themselves in a rural mountain town, caught in a feud between the Chubbers and the Weskitts (a parody of the real-life feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys). The clan leaders order the boys to stay on the line that divides the town in two, until Ella Mae Chubber pulls Davy to the side to romance him, prompting her pa to declare that Davy will be Ella Mae's groom in a Shotgun Wedding, at which point Judd Weskitt (who is in love with Ella Mae) kidnaps Davy and takes him back to his cabin. Mike and Micky pretend to be relatives of Judd and Maw Weskitt with a pig as a peace offering to rescue Davy, while Peter stays behind at the Chubbers' place, before later dressing as a mountain man to coach Judd in manners so he can properly court Ella Mae. When Judd shows up at the wedding, a gunfight ensues, and during the crossfire, he and Ella Mae tie the knot, ending the feud. | |
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The Monkees / int_d4d8d831 | |
The Monkees / int_d6b19eef | type |
Introductory Opening Credits | |
The Monkees / int_d6b19eef | comment |
Introductory Opening Credits: The opening shows the boys with their names. In the Season Two intro, they are all first misidentified as Peter, then by their actual names, except for the actual Peter. | |
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The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_d6b19eef | |
The Monkees / int_db2f3581 | type |
All Girls Want Bad Boys | |
The Monkees / int_db2f3581 | comment |
All Girls Want Bad Boys: Played with in "The Wild Monkees". The four boys try to adopt "tough" personas in order to impress some female bikers. They immediately become cowards again once the girls' actually tough biker boyfriends enter the picture. | |
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The Monkees / int_db2f3581 | |
The Monkees / int_dd891949 | type |
Who Writes This Crap?! | |
The Monkees / int_dd891949 | comment |
Who Writes This Stuff?!: A Running Gag that appears in several episodes. An episode parodying Robinson Crusoe starts with the Crusoe and Man Friday characters watching The Monkees, and Friday saying, "Who writes this stuff?'' Once the band arrives, he would repeat this frequently while watching their antics. A more subtle example occurs in "Monkees a la Mode", which features a character named Rob Roy Fingerhead. Whenever his name is mentioned, Mike and Micky look at each other in disbelief and mouth the words "Rob Roy Fingerhead??" to each other. Not exactly this trope, but in "Dance, Monkee, Dance", Micky is frustrated by a turn of events and stomps off the sound stage, past the cameras and crew, into a back room, and demands that the writers give him an idea to resolve the plot. They do, but he rejects it and returns to the set, complaining that the writers are really overpaid. | |
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The Monkees / int_dd891949 | |
The Monkees / int_e0443d9a | type |
Criminal Doppelgänger | |
The Monkees / int_e0443d9a | comment |
Criminal Doppelgänger: In "Alias Micky Dolenz", Micky gets in a bit of trouble because he looks absolutely identical to a dangerous gangster wanted by the police. | |
The Monkees / int_e0443d9a | featureApplicability |
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The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_e0443d9a | |
The Monkees / int_e135b3de | type |
Pass the Popcorn | |
The Monkees / int_e135b3de | comment |
Pass the Popcorn: "The Picture Frame" has three of them robbing a bank after being tricked into thinking they're making a movie. When the police present them with the film from the surveillance cameras as evidence, they treat it as an actual movie, complete with being critical about their performance and popcorn. | |
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The Monkees / int_e135b3de | |
The Monkees / int_e18a3c59 | type |
Hilarious Outtakes | |
The Monkees / int_e18a3c59 | comment |
Hilarious Outtakes: In The Tag of "Monkees On the Wheel", Mike tries over and over to finish the line "Save the Texas Prairie Chicken", but ends up corpsing over and over. He finally gets the line down (to fake thunderous applause). | |
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The Monkees / int_e18a3c59 | |
The Monkees / int_e2de05e8 | type |
Throw the Book at Them | |
The Monkees / int_e2de05e8 | comment |
Throw the Book at Them: In "The Picture Frame", a police detective says "Throw the book at them!" while interrogating the boys; Mike catches the book and begins to read it. | |
The Monkees / int_e2de05e8 | featureApplicability |
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The Monkees / int_e2de05e8 | |
The Monkees / int_e303d198 | type |
Whole-Plot Reference | |
The Monkees / int_e303d198 | comment |
Whole-Plot Reference: "The Devil and Peter Tork" doesn't slavishly follow The Devil and Daniel Webster, but it still hits most of the same story beats. | |
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The Monkees / int_e303d198 | |
The Monkees / int_e3585b3d | type |
No Party Given | |
The Monkees / int_e3585b3d | comment |
No Party Given: In "Monkee Mayor", Mike threatens to take his complaint with the current mayor and "dump it in the opposing party's lap". It's never stated which party the mayor belongs to or which party would be the opposing party. | |
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The Monkees / int_e3585b3d | |
The Monkees / int_e37f19 | type |
Disguised in Drag | |
The Monkees / int_e37f19 | comment |
Disguised in Drag: Several episodes | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_e37f19 | |
The Monkees / int_e3d2f2 | type |
The Fool | |
The Monkees / int_e3d2f2 | comment |
The Fool: Peter. | |
The Monkees / int_e3d2f2 | featureApplicability |
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The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_e3d2f2 | |
The Monkees / int_e453ef50 | type |
Crystal Ball | |
The Monkees / int_e453ef50 | comment |
Crystal Ball: The fortune teller in "Monkee See, Monkee Die" has one at the seance (& another one that's just a snowglobe). | |
The Monkees / int_e453ef50 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Monkees | hasFeature |
The Monkees / int_e453ef50 | |
The Monkees / int_e4bb68b8 | type |
The Charmer | |
The Monkees / int_e4bb68b8 | comment |
The Charmer: Davy tends to attract a lot of women and even gets distracted by girls himself sometimes. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Monkees / int_e4bb68b8 | |
The Monkees / int_e5421161 | type |
Expy | |
The Monkees / int_e5421161 | comment |
In Find The Monkees, the band auditions over a pay phone as a Clark Kent Expy impatiently waits to use the booth. | |
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The Monkees / int_e5421161 | |
The Monkees / int_e6b5d22f | type |
Catchphrase | |
The Monkees / int_e6b5d22f | comment |
Catchphrase: "HE/SHE'S GONE!" Said by all four in unison whenever someone disappeared or pulled a Stealth Hi/Bye. | |
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The Monkees / int_e6b5d22f | |
The Monkees / int_e6c6d3ea | type |
Something Person | |
The Monkees / int_e6c6d3ea | comment |
Something Person: Monkee Men! | |
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1.0 | |
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The Monkees / int_e6c6d3ea | |
The Monkees / int_e7b0229a | type |
Laser-Guided Amnesia | |
The Monkees / int_e7b0229a | comment |
Laser-Guided Amnesia: A henchman attempts to Kill Peter to Uphold a Masquerade, but his plan is quickly shot down by his boss. They opt to brainwash him instead. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Monkees / int_e7b0229a | |
The Monkees / int_e825295c | type |
End-of-Episode Silliness | |
The Monkees / int_e825295c | comment |
End-of-Episode Silliness: The interviews of the guys by an off-camera Bob Rafelson whenever episodes ran short. While usually silly, sometimes they'd have a thoughtful discussion about youth culture concerns (like the Sunset Strip riots or the co-option of hippie rhetoric by mainstream culture). Occasionally they'd end episodes with the group saying goodbye or with Hilarious Outtakes. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Monkees / int_e825295c | |
The Monkees / int_ea0d06f0 | type |
Bookcase Passage | |
The Monkees / int_ea0d06f0 | comment |
Bookcase Passage: In the episode "The Spy Who Came In From the Cool", there is a secret exit from the pawn shop through a harp case. Micky jokes that he thought it was through the accordion. | |
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Bound and Gagged | |
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Bound and Gagged: The boys were tied to chairs a few times, including in "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers" and "Monkees Chow Mein". | |
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Two Words: I Can't Count | |
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Two Words: I Can't Count: In the episode, "Monkee vs. Machine"..., which is also a play on There Is No Rule Six. | |
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The Generation Gap | |
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The Generation Gap: Played straight (it was the 60's after all). | |
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One-Steve Limit | |
The Monkees / int_ee7a60e9 | comment |
One-Steve Limit: Slightly averted by Robert Michael "Mike" Nesmith and George Michael "Micky" Dolenz. | |
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Heroic Self-Deprecation | |
The Monkees / int_efbc288f | comment |
Heroic Self-Deprecation: When Peter is smitten with a beautiful socialite, and her snobbish suitor takes notice. | |
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Anti-Climactic Parent | |
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Anti-Climactic Parent: Davy's grandfather flies in from England for a visit, under the impression that Davy is a big star. Panicked, Davy convinces the rest of the band to pose as his chauffeur, houseboy, and personal chef to keep up appearances. Of course, given what show we're talking about, it fails, but the grandfather allows him to stay (rather than taking him back to England) because he has "such loyal friends". | |
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Distracted by the Sexy | |
The Monkees / int_f10d3363 | comment |
Distracted by the Sexy: Usually as part of the Girl of the Week plots, topped off by the guest appearance of Julie Newmar whose mere presence stuns each of the boys into incoherence at a laundromat. | |
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Identical Stranger | |
The Monkees / int_f27ec906 | comment |
Identical Stranger: "Alias Micky Dolenz"- Micky looks exactly like a notorious criminal. The police recruit Micky to impersonate the crook in order to capture his gang and retrieve the merchandise they stole. Things go awry when said crook busts out of jail and catches Micky in the act. | |
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20 Minutes into the Future | |
The Monkees / int_f32d85ab | comment |
Twenty Years Into The Future: The reason why the show was such a hit 20 years later on MTV. | |
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Instant Messenger Pigeon | |
The Monkees / int_f32dadad | comment |
Instant Messenger Pigeon: Parodied in "Monkee See, Monkee Die". | |
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Finger-Forced Smile | |
The Monkees / int_f3347d41 | comment |
Finger-Forced Smile: Melvin does this in the Christmas Episode when Mike tells him to smile, as he is seemingly incapable of actually smiling. | |
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Cranky Landlord | |
The Monkees / int_f3c801ef | comment |
Cranky Landlord: Mr. Babbit. | |
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Product Placement | |
The Monkees / int_f511ea9b | comment |
Too modified; Jim Wengers, then head of marketing for Pontiac, was displeased with the result as it looked far too different from the cars he was trying to sell. | |
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Alien Invasion | |
The Monkees / int_f56aeb67 | comment |
Alien Invasion: "Monkees Watch Their Feet", "The Frodis Caper"note Though in the latter, the alien is benevolent and kidnapped by the villain for an evil scheme. | |
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Storybook Episode | |
The Monkees / int_f6bf66a2 | comment |
Storybook Episode: The appropriately titled "Fairy Tale". | |
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Stop Trick | |
The Monkees / int_f8b3482c | comment |
Stop Trick | |
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Haunted House | |
The Monkees / int_f9439c84 | comment |
Haunted House: Featured in "Monkee See, Monkee Die" and "Monstrous Monkee Mash". | |
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CutAwayGag | |
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Cut Away Gag: Usually a couple or so per episode. | |
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Distressed Dude | |
The Monkees / int_f9e16ef | comment |
Distressed Dude: Either Peter or Micky get kidnapped pretty often. Davy just tends to agree to situations that are over his head, and Mike is only kidnapped when someone captures all four of them. | |
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Running Gag | |
The Monkees / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: Many of them. Some were contained within a single episode, while others spanned several shows. A common example of the second type involves someone telling Davy that he needs to stand up, whereupon Davy (the shortest of the four) or another Monkee comments that he is standing up. Davy Jones "Is standing up." Several Monkees trying to enter a threshold at once (getting stuck). Davy's cute little "Ooh!" noise. Catchphrase stuff like "He/She/They/It's GONE!", "Don't do that!", Davy's "You must be joking" and "Save the Texas Prairie Chicken". The Monkees deciding on who'll do something with "Shooting Fingers"note "....One, Two, Three, Shoot!...One, Two, Three, Shoot!....etc. until the "odd" finger is out/in.. Singing some variation of their Opening Theme (complete with imitating the drum noise in the beginning). | |
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Door Roulette | |
The Monkees / int_fa675f27 | comment |
Door Roulette: Micky and Peter's peril in "Monkee Chow Mein." | |
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Have a Gay Old Time | |
The Monkees / int_fa6bfde9 | comment |
Have a Gay Old Time: "Don we now our GAY apparel!" | |
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Informed Poverty | |
The Monkees / int_fa9b0b5c | comment |
In fact, apart from the issues concerning food and rent, they seem more like Informed Poverty. Even the house seems kind of eccentric and cool. | |
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Team Dad | |
The Monkees / int_fb9e0265 | comment |
Team Dad: Mike | |
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Dragged by the Collar | |
The Monkees / int_fcd37f0a | comment |
Dragged by the Collar: Peter is often on the receiving end. | |
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Four-Man Band | |
The Monkees / int_fe3bf3a4 | comment |
Four-Man Band: The Only Sane Man: Mike is considered the leader of the group and has the most common sense of the four. The Smart Guy: Micky is usually the one who comes up with all the plans, loopholes and technical repairs. The Charmer: Davy tends to attract a lot of women and even gets distracted by girls himself sometimes. The Butt-Monkey: Peter is the goofball of the group and is often a victim of hilarity. | |
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Failed Audition Plot | |
The Monkees / int_ff473450 | comment |
Failed Audition Plot: Spoofed in "Find the Monkees", when Hubbell Benson sends out audition invites to local groups and hears a tape with the Monkees' music. Just when it looks like the Monkees are about to be signed, the homely secretary hums a few bars of Mr. Benson's theme song, and he hires his secretary as the sound he was looking for, leaving the Monkees and other groups disappointed and confused. | |
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Perpetual Poverty | |
The Monkees / int_ffb1df90 | comment |
Perpetual Poverty: There's often a threat of running out of food or being kicked out of the beach house for non-payment of rent, but the status quo is maintained. | |
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