History Film / AbbottAndCostelloMeetDrJekyllAndMrHyde

->'''Slim:''' Can I do anything for you?\\

* CassandraTruth: When the boys tell the inspector that Tubby transformed into a mouse in a pub, he naturally attributes their claim to drunkenness and kicks them out of his office.

* {{Animorphism}}: While messing around in Dr. Jekyll’s lab, Tubby drinks a concoction that temporarily turns him into a man-sized, bipedal mouse, but he retains his human intelligence and doesn’t even seem to notice he’s changed at first.

A series of brutal murders has terrorized Victorian London, and the police seem stumped as to the identity of the killer. Some eyewitnesses blame a monster. Meanwhile, Tubby and Slim, two American policemen in London studying British police methods, end up interfering in a suffragette rally that turns into a riot. In the commotion, Tubby, Slim, reporter Bruce Adams, and young suffragette Vicky Edwards are all arrested and thrown in the same jail cell. Tubby and Slim are thrown off the force, but Bruce and Vicky are bailed out by Vicky’s guardian and uncle, Dr. Henry Jekyll. Unbeknownst to anyone, Jekyll has developed a mysterious chemical formula that can transform him into the malevolent monster who has been terrorizing London – his evil alter ego, Edward Hyde. Tubby and Slim are determined to catch the mysterious killer to regain their jobs and good standing. Jekyll grows envious of the adoration Vicky is feeling for Bruce, and decides to use Hyde to take Bruce out. Tubby and Slim pursue the monster, whose true identity is closer than they think.

The film is generally seen as a somewhat middle-of-the-road Abbott and Costello picture, though it was a financial and critical success at the time. Despite being lighthearted and goofy by modern standards, it was given an “X” rating in Britain due to some scenes with Mr. Hyde.

''Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' is a 1953 American HorrorComedy, starring [[Creator/AbbottAndCostello Bud Abbott and Lou Costello]], and Creator/BorisKarloff as Dr. Henry Jekyll.

Of course, HilarityEnsues.

* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Slim, looking for the chemical that turned Tubby into a mouse, finds a bottle labeled "Moselle" (he thinks it's "Mouse-ul"). Tubby drains it, and promptly gets drunk off his ass on the expensive wine, insisting that SLIM has turned into a mouse. And when Tubby drunkenly falls into a cage, we get this:
->'''Slim''': Can I do anything for you?\\
'''Tubby''': Yea...gimme a piece of cheese.

* AnimalReactionShot: After being transformed into a man-sized mouse, Tubby goes to a bar for a drink. He notices a real mouse peering out from a hole. The mouse looks up at him, and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere rockets right the hell back into the hole.]]

* TheBigBoard: When Mr. Hyde (and a transformed Tubby) goes on a rampage through London at the climax, the police stick pins in a map behind the lead sergeant’s desk to represent sightings of Hyde. This ends in confusion as the two monsters run in opposite directions, while the police are unaware there’s more than one monster.

* BookcasePassage: One of these in Dr. Jekyll’s house leads to his secret laboratory, where he created the serum to turn him into Hyde.

* IntrepidReporter: Bruce Adams, who gets involved in the plot when he happens to find one of Mr. Hyde’s victims, a prominent doctor.

* JekyllAndHyde: Albeit a rather unusual example; Jekyll is a soft-spoken doctor with excellent manners and an impeccable public reputation, but has serious anger issues in private, lusts after his much younger niece, and abuses his assistant. Hyde is vicious and monstrous to the point of being basically feral, and is largely used as a blunt instrument by Jekyll to destroy anyone he doesn’t like. Jekyll justifies it to himself by claiming that Hyde is responsible for everything, but unlike most interpretations, he’s clearly making excuses. Both Jekyll and Hyde are bad, Jekyll is just better at hiding it. That said, when Tubby turns into a Hyde-like monster, he’s effectively identical to the transformed Jekyll (albeit as clumsy as his normal self), showing that the formula will also turn a decent person into a monster.

* PowderKegCrowd: The suffragette rally turns into a riot when a bunch of obnoxious StayInTheKitchen-type hecklers attack them. The suffragettes fight back, and things go out of control when the police on the scene fail to contain the situation (That said, it’s more PlayedForLaughs and slapstick humor).

* StrawFeminist: One of the suffragettes who works with Vicky is seen giving a speech towards the end about how women are the stronger sex. Then Tubby!Hyde shows up, she sees him, screams and drops over in a faint.

* SuddenDownerEnding: [[spoiler: Though PlayedForLaughs: The transformed Tubby bites several bobbies while being hauled into police custody, and after he transforms back, the bobbies abruptly transform into monsters themselves, and chase Tubby and Slim out into the street.]]

* ThisWasHisTrueForm: [[spoiler: After Hyde's DisneyVillainDeath, he transforms back into Jekyll in front of onlookers.]]

* ThereIsAnother: After getting a dose of Jekyll’s formula, Tubby is transformed into a Hyde-like monster who rampages across London at the same time as the real Hyde.

* TheUnintelligible: Batley generally “speaks” in low grunts and swift gestures, though Jekyll seems to have no problem understanding him.

* TheVirus: [[spoiler: It turns out this version of Hyde can “infect” others by biting them, temporarily transforming them into Hyde-like monsters themselves.]]

* EvilDetectingDog: At one point, a pack of stray dogs chase Hyde down the street. Hyde snarls at them, and the dogs turn and flee in unison!

* StrawFeminist: One of the suffragettes who works with Vicky is seen giving a speech towards the end about how women are the stronger sex.

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1953 American HorrorComedy, starring [[Creator/AbbottAndCostello Bud Abbott and Lou Costello]], and Creator/BorisKarloff as Dr. Henry Jekyll.

* BalefulPolymorph: While messing around in Dr. Jekyll’s lab, Tubby drinks a concoction that temporarily turns him into a man-sized, bipedal mouse, but he retains his human intelligence and doesn’t even seem to notice he’s changed at first.

* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Slim, looking for the chemical that turned Tubby into a mouse, finds a bottle labeled "Moselle". Tubby drains it, and promptly gets sloshed on the expensive wine, insisting that SLIM has turned into a mouse.

* AnimalReactionShot: After being transformed into a man-sized mouse, Tubby goes to a bar for a drink. He notices a real mouse peering out from a hole. The mouse looks up at him, and rockets right the hell back into the hole.

* JekyllAndHyde: Albeit a rather unusual example; Jekyll is a soft-spoken doctor with excellent manners and an impeccable public reputation, but has serious anger issues in private, lusts after his much younger niece, and abuses his assistant. Hyde is vicious and monstrous to the point of being basically feral, and is largely used as a blunt instrument by Jekyll to destroy anyone he doesn’t like. Jekyll justifies it to himself by claiming that Hyde is responsible for everything, but unlike most interpretations, he’s clearly making excuses. Both Jekyll and Hyde are bad, Jekyll is just better at hiding it. That said, when Tubby turns into a Hyde-like monster, he’s effectively identical to the transformed Jekyll, showing that the formula will also turn a decent person into a monster.

* AlchoholInducedIdiocy: Slim, looking for the chemical that turned Tubby into a mouse, finds a bottle labeled "Moselle". Tubby drains it, and promptly gets sloshed on the expensive wine, insisting that SLIM has turned into a mouse.

* FreakyFridaySwitch: Most of Jekyll's experiments involve swapping the brains of different animals. For example, a rabbit snaps at Tubby like a dog.

* SuddenDownerEnding: [[spoilers: Though PlayedForLaughs: The transformed Tubby bites several bobbies while being hauled into police custody, and after he transforms back, the bobbies abruptly transform into monsters themselves, and chase Tubby and Slim out into the street.]]

* ThatWasHisTrueForm: [[spoiler: After Hyde's DisneyVillainDeath, he transforms back into Jekyll in front of onlookers.]]

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1953 American HorrorComedy, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, and Boris Karloff as Dr. Henry Jekyll.

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1953 American Horror Comedy, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, and Boris Karloff as Dr. Henry Jekyll.