History Film / APainInThePullman

* {{Corpsing}}: The girl the Stooges drag into Paine's drawing room is clearly trying not to laugh when Curly coughs up a piece of crab shell.

* DoesNotLikeSpam: While Moe Howard enjoyed making the short, he had severe problems with the crab eating scene. For unelaborated reasons [[note]]whether due to Moe trying to keep to Kosher regulations, or due to allergies, or due to just sheer dislike isn't clear[[/note]], he recoiled at the thought of eating the crab or even putting it in his mouth. In the end, director Preston Black had the prop department make a replica crab claw out of sugar for Moe to eat, but according to Moe, he had a hard time even doing that, as he half-seriously suspected that Black just had the prop department coat the actual crab's claw in sugar to trick him. "I chewed that claw during the scene," Moe recounts, "but if you'll notice, I did it very gingerly." Meanwhile, Curley (who didn't share Moe's qualms) did happily chew on the crab's shell as per the script, though [[IAteWhat it tore up the inside of his mouth in the process]].

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: This is the Stooges intent with having Joe be part of their act, but...

* {{Corpsing}}: The girl the Stooges drag into Pain's drawing room is clearly trying not to laugh when Curly coughs up a piece of crab shell.

--'''Paul Pain'''

Released in 1936, in their 16th short film, [[Film/TheThreeStooges the Stooges]] are small-time actors who skip out on paying their rent to catch a train. Despite being told to keep their pet monkey Joe in the baggage car, they sneak inside with them. The train is also being occupied by the actor Paul Pain (James C. Morton), a temperamental man who hates the Stooges and their monkey. The stage manager and boss Mr. Johnson (Bud Jamison) is constantly annoyed at their antics, and the fact that he keeps hitting his head on the upper berth when someone calls his name (which, by the way, is shouted a total of 10 times). After mistakenly eating Pain's Dungeness crab, the Stooges struggle to get into their berth. Main/HilarityEnsues until Joe pulls the cord to stop the train. The other passengers have had enough, and proceed to throw the Stooges off the train.

* {{Jerkass}}: Pain again.

* MischiefMakingMonkey: Joe keeps sneaking off and getting the boys into trouble, and he's especially this to Pain (even if the guy's asking for it).

This is their longest short at 19 minutes and 46 minutes. This is also the first short where they're actually referred to as "The Three Stooges".

Released in 1936, in their 16th short film, [[Film/TheThreeStooges the Stooges]] are small-time actors who skip out on paying their rent to catch a train. Despite being told to keep their pet monkey Joe in the baggage car, they sneak inside with them. The train is also being occupied by the actor Paul Pain (James C. Morton), a temperamental man who hates the Stooges and their monkey. The stage manager and boss Mr. Johnson (Bud Jamison) is constantly annoyed at their antics, and the fact that he keeps hitting his head on the upper berth when someone calls his name (which, by the way, is shouted a total of 10 times). After mistakenly eating Pain's Dungeness crab, the trio struggle to get into their berth. Main/HilarityEnsues until Joe pulls the cord to stop the train. The other passengers have had enough, and proceed to throw the Stooges off the train.