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* TwoScenesOneDialogue: In the restaurant, the Beatles encounter the Eastern cultists. Clang and Bhuta explain the ring's significance to Ringo, George and John, while Ahme does the same to Paul.
-->'''Bhuta:''' Pardon me, sir. That's a very fascinating ring you've got there. Unless I'm mistaken, is it...?
-->'''Ahme:''' ...the dreaded sacred sacrificial ring of the dread Kaili.
-->'''Paul:''' Say no more.
-->'''Ahme:''' I can say no more.
-->'''Ahme:''' A victim is offered to the dread Kaili everyday. All are happy to go. He who wins is privileged to wear the sacred ring from sun to moon, from moon to sun. And at the end of the happy day, he is slaughtered jolly with a knife...
-->'''Clang:''' ...and sacrificed jolly with a knife, so I'm told, with that ring.
-->'''Bhuta:''' Pardon me, sir. That's a very fascinating ring you've got there. Unless I'm mistaken, is it...?
-->'''Ahme:''' ...the dreaded sacred sacrificial ring of the dread Kaili.
-->'''Paul:''' Say no more.
-->'''Ahme:''' I can say no more.
-->'''Ahme:''' A victim is offered to the dread Kaili everyday. All are happy to go. He who wins is privileged to wear the sacred ring from sun to moon, from moon to sun. And at the end of the happy day, he is slaughtered jolly with a knife...
-->'''Clang:''' ...and sacrificed jolly with a knife, so I'm told, with that ring.
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* {{Corpsing}}:
** When the Eastern cult members are breaking into the Beatles' home, John hits one of them with a telephone, saying "Oh, sorry, I hit him..."
** In the "Another Girl" scene, Paul pretends to play bass by using a girl. While "strumming", [[ThanksForTheMammaries his hand briefly skims her top]], and he visibly chuckles.
** When the Eastern cult members are breaking into the Beatles' home, John hits one of them with a telephone, saying "Oh, sorry, I hit him..."
** In the "Another Girl" scene, Paul pretends to play bass by using a girl. While "strumming", [[ThanksForTheMammaries his hand briefly skims her top]], and he visibly chuckles.
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--> '''Algernon:''' I work better with animals. They trust me, you see. [[BaitAndSwitch I should have gone into vivisection]].
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* GenreShift: ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' was a mockumentary. ''Help!'' is an action/adventure comedy.
* NoodleIncident: Ringo once got his head stuck in some railings.
-->'''Ringo:''' The fire brigade once got my head out of some railings.
-->'''John:''' Did you want them to?
-->'''Ringo:''' No. I left it there when not at school. You can see a lot of the world from railings.
-->'''Ringo:''' The fire brigade once got my head out of some railings.
-->'''John:''' Did you want them to?
-->'''Ringo:''' No. I left it there when not at school. You can see a lot of the world from railings.
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--> I can't understand - they kept pullin' at me nose! And mine of all noses!
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* SdrawkcabName: In a deleted scene, the Beatles go to The Sam Ahab School of Transcendental Elocution. "Sam Ahab" is Bahamas spelled backwards.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "Two lagers and lime, and two lagers and lime."
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In the pub, Ringo orders "Two lagers and lime, and two lagers and lime." for themselves.
** After the fourth attempt in the bathroom, Paul says "Hey, my skin's soaked right through to the skin."
** After the fourth attempt in the bathroom, Paul says "Hey, my skin's soaked right through to the skin."
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** The naked Paul from The Exciting Adventure of Paul On The Floor.
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** The naked Paul from The "The Exciting Adventure of Paul On The Floor.Floor".
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** When Ringo is kidnapped and [[SayMyName the other Beatles are calling for him]], George beats his chest like Franchise/{{Tarzan}} while looking for him.
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NotToBeConfusedWith ''Film/TheHelp''.
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Miserly and spendthrift have opposite meanings.
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** The film versions of the band were supposed to exhibit exaggerated versions of their own personalities: John as a snarky smartaleck, Paul as a smooth lady killer, George as a miserly spendthrift, and Ringo as... well, Ringo. Most of this gets lost in the finished version, though.
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** The film versions of the band were supposed to exhibit exaggerated versions of their own personalities: John as a snarky smartaleck, Paul as a smooth lady killer, George as a miserly spendthrift, cheapskate, and Ringo as... well, Ringo. Most of this gets lost in the finished version, though.
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* IsItSomethingYouEat: There is a scene where George is holding a cymbal. He then takes a bite out of it.
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* StrangeSalute: Klang and Ahme do one on the airport tarmac involving sticking their elbows and wrists out at right angles.
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* ShortDistancePhoneCall: Foot Algernon are rigging up an exploding curling stone; Algernon describes his progress on a headset to Foot, who is standing right beside him.
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* ShortDistancePhoneCall: Foot and Algernon are rigging up an exploding curling stone; Algernon describes his progress on a headset to Foot, who is standing right beside him.him.
-->''Algernon (when walking):''"I am now moving my left leg....I am now moving my right leg...."
-->''Algernon (when walking):''"I am now moving my left leg....I am now moving my right leg...."
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* HarsherInHindsight: One of the men points a gun at John, but the gun jams/is empty. Without realization, this hints at John's AuthorExistenceFailure in 1980.
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* HarsherInHindsight: One of the men points a gun at John, but the gun jams/is empty. Without realization, this hints at John's AuthorExistenceFailure in 1980.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Clang's true motive for retrieving the ring and/or sacrificing whoever has it is that he needs the ritual sacrifice to keep the Cult of Kaili going, and his power comes from leading the cult.
-->"Without the ring, there is no sacrifice. No sacrifice, no congregation. No congregation, no me."
-->"Without the ring, there is no sacrifice. No sacrifice, no congregation. No congregation, no me."
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In the mid-1960s, Music/TheBeatles were the hottest thing since sliced bread. The four guys from Liverpool not only topped the charts with their music, but they topped the box office with their movie ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' in 1964. So, in 1965, they, director Richard Lester, and producer Walter Shenson got back together to make another movie for Creator/UnitedArtists. The result was ''Help!'
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In the mid-1960s, Music/TheBeatles were the hottest thing since sliced bread. The four guys from Liverpool not only topped the charts with their music, but they topped the box office with their movie ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' in 1964. So, in 1965, they, director Richard Lester, and producer Walter Shenson got back together to make another movie for Creator/UnitedArtists. The result was ''Help!'
''Help!''
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!!'''So these are the famous tropes, eh?''':
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* BadImpressionists: Superintendent Gluck does a bad impression of Ringo over the phone: "Hello, this is the famous Ringo, gear, fab. What can I do for you, as it were, gear, fab?"
** Not a bit like Cagney.
** Not a bit like Cagney.
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* BadImpressionists: Superintendent Gluck does a bad impression of Ringo over the phone: phone after boasting of his ability as a James Cagney impersonator: "Hello, this is the famous Ringo, gear, fab. What can I do for you, as it were, gear, fab?"
** -->'''George:''' Not a bit like Cagney.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: When Ringo tries to escape from the tiger pit:
--> *looks directly into the camera* "[[CaptainObvious All the rungs have been neatly sawed through the middle]]."
** And before that, there was...
--> '''Ahme''': *looks directly into the camera* "[[ReverseMole I am not what I seem]]."
* BrickJoke: About halfway through the film the scientists' bomb goes off and breaks a hole in an ice rink, with a cross-channel swimmer emerging from beneath and asking the way to the White Cliffs of Dover. He can be seen at the end emerging on a beach in the Bahamas and being redirected again by the Beatles.
--> *looks directly into the camera* "[[CaptainObvious All the rungs have been neatly sawed through the middle]]."
** And before that, there was...
--> '''Ahme''': *looks directly into the camera* "[[ReverseMole I am not what I seem]]."
* BrickJoke: About halfway through the film the scientists' bomb goes off and breaks a hole in an ice rink, with a cross-channel swimmer emerging from beneath and asking the way to the White Cliffs of Dover. He can be seen at the end emerging on a beach in the Bahamas and being redirected again by the Beatles.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: BreakingTheFourthWall:
** When Ringo tries to escape from the tiger pit:
--> *looks --->'''Ringo:''' ''[looks directly into the camera* "[[CaptainObvious camera]'' [[CaptainObvious All the rungs have been neatly sawed through the middle]]."
middle]].
**And before that, there was...
--> '''Ahme''': *looksAs Ahme switches off the hand dryer/industrial strength vacuum cleaner:
--->'''Ahme''': ''[looks directly into thecamera* "[[ReverseMole camera]'' [[ReverseMole I am not what I seem]]."
seem]].
*BrickJoke: BrickJoke:
** About halfway through the film the scientists' bomb goes off and breaks a hole in an ice rink, with a cross-channel swimmer emerging from beneath and asking the way to the White Cliffs of Dover. He can be seen at the end emerging on a beach in the Bahamas and being redirected again by the Beatles.
** When Ringo tries to escape from the tiger pit:
**
--> '''Ahme''': *looks
--->'''Ahme''': ''[looks directly into the
*
** About halfway through the film the scientists' bomb goes off and breaks a hole in an ice rink, with a cross-channel swimmer emerging from beneath and asking the way to the White Cliffs of Dover. He can be seen at the end emerging on a beach in the Bahamas and being redirected again by the Beatles.
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* FakeOutOpening: The ColdOpen in which the cult is about to sacrifice the woman to ''Kalili''. It's this cool, solemn, proto-''Franschise/IndianaJones''-like bit with elaborate CostumePorn....[[MoodWhiplash but then the ring's discovered to be missing....cue the Beatles singing ''HELP!''....]]
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* FakeOutOpening: The ColdOpen in which the cult is about to sacrifice the woman to ''Kalili''. It's this cool, solemn, proto-''Franschise/IndianaJones''-like bit with elaborate CostumePorn....[[MoodWhiplash but then the ring's discovered to be missing....cue the Beatles singing ''HELP!''....'"Help!"....]]
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: George spends most of the movie doing funny or awkward things in the background, like putting things in his pockets in the jewellery shop or eating his cymbals in the Alps.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** George spends most of the movie doing funny or awkward things in the background, like putting things in his pockets in the jewellery shop or eating his cymbals in theAlps.Alps.
** Audio version: after the cultists forcibly abduct the in-house musicians at the restaurant and take their places and their instruments, they begin playing... "A Hard Day's Night".
** George spends most of the movie doing funny or awkward things in the background, like putting things in his pockets in the jewellery shop or eating his cymbals in the
** Audio version: after the cultists forcibly abduct the in-house musicians at the restaurant and take their places and their instruments, they begin playing... "A Hard Day's Night".
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** ''You've Got To Hide Your Love Away'', a song InTheStyleOf Music/BobDylan addressing homosexuality.
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** ''You've "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away'', Away", a song InTheStyleOf Music/BobDylan addressing homosexuality.
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* InTheStyleOf:
** "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" is very [[Music/BobDylan Dylanesque]].
** "I've Just Seen A Face" is pure country.
** "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" is very [[Music/BobDylan Dylanesque]].
** "I've Just Seen A Face" is pure country.
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* InTheStyleOf:
**InTheStyleOf: "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" is very [[Music/BobDylan Dylanesque]].
** "I've Just Seen A Face" is pure country.Dylanesque]].
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** "I've Just Seen A Face" is pure country.
* LivingMacGuffin: Ringo when wearing the ring, since the cult are not so much trying to take the ring from him as trying to sacrifice him because he's wearing the ring. ([[ReligionOfEvil It's a different religion from ours. I think]].)
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** LivingMacGuffin: Ringo when wearing the ring, since the cult are not so much trying to take the ring from him as trying to sacrifice him because he's wearing the ring. ([[ReligionOfEvil It's a different religion from ours. I think]].)
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--> "With a ring like that I could, dare I say it, rule the world! I must have that ring! Algernon, the laser!"
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--> '''Man (as his waiter is dragged off):''' Oh, rather a jolly place!
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* WhamLine: Algernon, assistant to the scientist Foot:
-->"It's more than my job's worth to stop him when he's out like this. He's out to rule the world, if he can get a government grant." Following the revelation that the Beatles made a big mistake getting help from Foot, he saw what the ring that Ringo wore could do: "Fantastic! With a ring like that I could—dare I say it—rule the world."
-->"It's more than my job's worth to stop him when he's out like this. He's out to rule the world, if he can get a government grant." Following the revelation that the Beatles made a big mistake getting help from Foot, he saw what the ring that Ringo wore could do: "Fantastic! With a ring like that I could—dare I say it—rule the world."
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* WhamLine: Algernon, assistant to the scientist Foot:
-->"It'sFoot: "It's more than my job's worth to stop him when he's out like this. He's out to rule the world, if he can get a government grant." Following the revelation that the Beatles made a big mistake getting help from Foot, he saw what the ring that Ringo wore could do: "Fantastic! With a ring like that I could—dare I say it—rule the world."
-->"It's
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* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Clang pronounces "Beatle" to rhyme with "Seattle".
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* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Clang pronounces "Beatle" to rhyme with "Seattle".
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** The main reason the mad scientists want the ring. Exactly how they would take over the world with an indestructible but otherwise ordinary ring is unexplained. It's mad science, [[{{Narbonic}} common sense would be cheating]].
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** The main reason the mad scientists want the ring. Exactly how they would take over the world with an indestructible but otherwise ordinary ring is unexplained. It's mad science, [[{{Narbonic}} [[{{Webcomic/Narbonic}} common sense would be cheating]].
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* AchillesPowerChord: Algernon has a lab full of assorted devices, but keeps having to change the plugs to work with the power supply.
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* AchillesPowerChord: AchillesPowerCord: Algernon has a lab full of assorted devices, but keeps having to change the plugs to work with the power supply.
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* GrievousBotteleyHarm: The Beatles hide from danger in a riverside pub, where a booby trap drops Ringo into the cellar. Clang, posing as a bartender, threatens the others with a broken bottle and they flee through the window.
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* GrievousBotteleyHarm: GrievousBottleyHarm: The Beatles hide from danger in a riverside pub, where a booby trap drops Ringo into the cellar. Clang, posing as a bartender, threatens the others with a broken bottle and they flee through the window.
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* LargeHam: John Lennon is the hammiest of The Beatles, but the villains take the cake (Leo McKeren as a Thuggee priest, Victor Spinetti's Mad Scientist...).
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* LatexPerfection: The bad guys get captured when they knock Ringo unconscious, then find it's Paul, and then John (but not George?) in a Ringo mask as bait for a police ambush.
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsEdition: The film was released in a special collectors' edition (costing £50 as opposed to £15 for the standard edition) which came in an A4 (210mm*297mm)*50mm box; for that extra £35 one got reproductions of the lobby cards, publicity posters and shooting script, plus a "Making Of" book.
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsEdition: The film was released in a special collectors' edition (costing £50 as opposed to £15 for the standard edition) which came in an A4 (210mm*297mm)*50mm box; for that extra £35 one got reproductions of the lobby cards, publicity posters and shooting script, plus a "Making Of" book.
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: The film was released in a special collectors' edition (costing £50 as opposed to £15 for the standard edition) which came in an A4 (210mm*297mm)*50mm box; for that extra £35 one got reproductions of the lobby cards, publicity posters and shooting script, plus a "Making Of" book.
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* MindControlWindow: In an scene dropped from the final movie, Music/TheBeatles, at an acting school, are put into a trance by droning music played by Clang and his thugs. A scene that was used has them trying again, all crammed in a phone booth calling the band up while they're in Scotland Yard. Clang intones "Go... to... the... ''window!''... Go... to... the... ''window!''"
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* MindControlWindow: MindControlMusic: In an scene dropped from the final movie, Music/TheBeatles, at an acting school, are put into a trance by droning music played by Clang and his thugs. A scene that was used has them trying again, all crammed in a phone booth calling the band up while they're in Scotland Yard. Clang intones "Go... to... the... ''window!''... Go... to... the... ''window!''"
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* SuperWindowDive: The Beatles dive out the window in a pub to get away from bad guys. And earlier, bad guys dive in the window of the Beatles' flat, taking them by surprise.
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* SuperWindowDive: SuperWindowJump: The Beatles dive out the window in a pub to get away from bad guys. And earlier, bad guys dive in the window of the Beatles' flat, taking them by surprise.
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* ThemeMusicCameo: Clang and his thugs attempt to ambush The Beatles in an Indian restaurant, first nabbing the house musicians and replacing them, playing an instrumental medley of tunes from ''A Hard Day's Night'' on Eastern instruments.
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* ThemeMusicCameo: ThemeTuneCameo: Clang and his thugs attempt to ambush The Beatles in an Indian restaurant, first nabbing the house musicians and replacing them, playing an instrumental medley of tunes from ''A Hard Day's Night'' on Eastern instruments.
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* [[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle]]: Clang pronounces "Beatle" to rhyme with "Seattle".
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-->"All this American rig. Wrong
* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Clang pronounces "Beatle" to rhyme with
* AffectionateParody: Of the Frachise/JamesBond films.
* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The film is sometimes erroneously taken to be an example of this trope, because it features the goddess Kaili which is "obviously" a misspelling of Kali. However, according to the DVDCommentary, this was done deliberately to avoid UnfortunateImplications; they wanted a goddess who sounded like Kali without actually being her.
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* BadBadActing: The Beatles indulge in this occasionally, particularly any time they're supposed to be acting like they're having a carefree, fun time and instead just deliver the most stilted laughs humanly possible. (as mentioned above, they were usually stoned, to the point that many times they disregarded memorizing the script at all)
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* BadBadActing: The Beatles indulge in this occasionally, particularly any time they're supposed to be acting like they're having a carefree, fun time and instead just deliver the most stilted laughs humanly possible. (as (As mentioned above, they were usually stoned, to the point that many times they disregarded memorizing the script at all)all).
* BadHumorTruck: The Eastern death cult tails Ringo in a "Yippee! It's Mister Whippy!" ice-cream van. As thugs exit from the truck, one is eating a cone.
* BadImpressionists: Superintendent Gluck does a bad impression of Ringo over the phone: "Hello, this is the famous Ringo, gear, fab. What can I do for you, as it were, gear, fab?"
** Not a bit like Cagney.
* BadHumorTruck: The Eastern death cult tails Ringo in a "Yippee! It's Mister Whippy!" ice-cream van. As thugs exit from the truck, one is eating a cone.
* BadImpressionists: Superintendent Gluck does a bad impression of Ringo over the phone: "Hello, this is the famous Ringo, gear, fab. What can I do for you, as it were, gear, fab?"
** Not a bit like Cagney.
* TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse: Played for laughs when John uses this to prank the other Beatles with an alarm clock.
* {{Caltrops}}: Parodied. The Kaili cult's disguised Harrods van has a front headlight which issues forth a stream of thumbtacks.
* {{Caltrops}}: Parodied. The Kaili cult's disguised Harrods van has a front headlight which issues forth a stream of thumbtacks.
* CircularDriving: In-movie variation - in the Bahamas, the police chief welcomes the Scotland Yard detective and presents a squad of policemen for inspection - the squad consists of only four men, the last in the row ducking and heading to the front of the row as the other two pass by.
* ClothingDamage: A male, and hilariously gratuitous, version occurs when the villains attack the boys with a booby-trapped hand dryer that starts sucking away their clothes.
* CoconutMeetsCranium: In the Bahamas, one of Clang's mooks waits up in a tree and hurls a coconut at Ringo (actually Paul in a Ringo mask), knocking him out.
* CoconutMeetsCranium: In the Bahamas, one of Clang's mooks waits up in a tree and hurls a coconut at Ringo (actually Paul in a Ringo mask), knocking him out.
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* CrazyPrepared: The cult dons (sometimes) elaborate disguises and rigs up Scooby-Doo-like traps in places they anticipate the Beatles will wander into.
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* CrazyConsumption: There's a moment where The Beatles are hiding in an alpine brass band and George takes a bite out of a cymbal he's holding.
* CrazyPrepared: The cult dons (sometimes) elaborate disguises and rigs upScooby-Doo-like ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''-like traps in places they anticipate the Beatles will wander into.into.
* CreativeClosingCredits: During the end credits, a many-faceted gem filters the cast members into multiple images as they file past - on the soundtrack "The Barber of Seville" overture plays as The Beatles hum, laugh, and talk over it.
* CrazyPrepared: The cult dons (sometimes) elaborate disguises and rigs up
* CreativeClosingCredits: During the end credits, a many-faceted gem filters the cast members into multiple images as they file past - on the soundtrack "The Barber of Seville" overture plays as The Beatles hum, laugh, and talk over it.
* {{Dedication}}: The film is dedicated to Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine. It's an idiosyncratic film.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The film made a big deal of being in color - then, at the beginning, the scene shifts from a death-cult sacrifice being cut short to the band playing the title tune in black-and-white...turns out it's a film the cult is watching.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: It may seem disconcerting to see The Beatles (especially Lennon, although it's very obvious from his facial expression and tone of voice that he is mocking such attitudes) referring to "filthy Eastern ways" regarding their cultist pursuers, but all the deliberately stilted dialog in the movie is meant to invoke old movie and adventure novel cliches.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The film made a big deal of being in color - then, at the beginning, the scene shifts from a death-cult sacrifice being cut short to the band playing the title tune in black-and-white...turns out it's a film the cult is watching.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: It may seem disconcerting to see The Beatles (especially Lennon, although it's very obvious from his facial expression and tone of voice that he is mocking such attitudes) referring to "filthy Eastern ways" regarding their cultist pursuers, but all the deliberately stilted dialog in the movie is meant to invoke old movie and adventure novel cliches.
* DullSurprise: Played for laughs when The Beatles fall victim to a hand-dryer trap, Ringo declares "There's more here than meets the eye!" Over the caption "Everyone laughs at Ringo's sudden apprehension", John and George exchange a long run of flat ho-hos. They all retain this quiet reaction to most every bizarre event through the movie.
* EasyImpersonation: While the Beatles are at Scotland Yard, the bad guys telephone for them. The Inspector plays Ringo, bragging at being "a bit of a mimic, you know, Creator/JamesCagney..." and proceeds with a ludicrous impression peppered with 'gear, fab'...George smirks "Not a bit like Cagney!"
* EverythingIsLouderWithBagpipes: The Beatles once again run afoul of the pursuing Eastern thug cult at the London riverfront, disguised as a Highland band, with a bagpipe that spews sacrificial red paint.
* EasyImpersonation: While the Beatles are at Scotland Yard, the bad guys telephone for them. The Inspector plays Ringo, bragging at being "a bit of a mimic, you know, Creator/JamesCagney..." and proceeds with a ludicrous impression peppered with 'gear, fab'...George smirks "Not a bit like Cagney!"
* EverythingIsLouderWithBagpipes: The Beatles once again run afoul of the pursuing Eastern thug cult at the London riverfront, disguised as a Highland band, with a bagpipe that spews sacrificial red paint.
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* FakeOutOpening: The ColdOpen in which the cult is about to sacrifice the woman to ''Kalili''. It's this cool, solemn, proto-''Indiana Jones''-like bit with elaborate CostumePorn....[[MoodWhiplash but then the ring's discovered to be missing....cue the Beatles singing ''HELP!''....]]
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* FakeOutOpening: The ColdOpen in which the cult is about to sacrifice the woman to ''Kalili''. It's this cool, solemn, proto-''Indiana Jones''-like proto-''Franschise/IndianaJones''-like bit with elaborate CostumePorn....[[MoodWhiplash but then the ring's discovered to be missing....cue the Beatles singing ''HELP!''....]]
* TheFilmOfTheSong
* FrickinLaserBeams: Algernon has Foot turn a laser on the Beatles...but seconds later a fuse blows. The flunky stammers "...wrong plug. Just give me five minutes..."
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: George spends most of the movie doing funny or awkward things in the background, like putting things in his pockets in the jewelry shop or eating his cymbals in the Alps.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: George spends most of the movie doing funny or awkward things in the background, like putting things in his pockets in the jewelry jewellery shop or eating his cymbals in the Alps.Alps.
* GetOut: A gang of death-cult thugs burst into the Beatles' home, and after a drag-out brawl are run out by a gun-wielding mad scientist, who turns the gun on the band, and it misfires. At this point John quietly growls "Get out." And they do.
* GetOut: A gang of death-cult thugs burst into the Beatles' home, and after a drag-out brawl are run out by a gun-wielding mad scientist, who turns the gun on the band, and it misfires. At this point John quietly growls "Get out." And they do.
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* {{Irony}}: While the Beatles were too stoned off their head most of the time during recording this film they do have a song aptly titled ''Act Naturally''.
* {{Irony}}: While the Beatles were too stoned off their head most of the time during recording this film they do have a song aptly titled ''Act Naturally''.
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* GroupieBrigade: Amusingly inverted - the Beatles
* HesGotAWeapon: "It's a thingie! A fiendish thingie!"
* HesitantSacrifice: The plot revolves around Ringo being marked as a cult's human sacrifice - after some hair's breadth escapes, the others suggest over his objections that he should 'take one for the team'.
-->'''Paul:''' That bloke with Scott - I always admired how he went out into the snow for his mates.
* HighPriest: Clang, who at one point chats amicably with an Anglican priest about the importance of human sacrifice to focus the congregation.
* HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure: As The Beatles record a song in the middle of Salisbury Plain with the Army protecting them, the bad guys burrow underneath, setting a massive amount of explosives labelled in military-grade stencil "Equal to exactly one millionth of the
* HumanSacrifice: Played for laughs. Spending the whole movie trying to kill Ringo, who has a sacrificial ring stuck on his finger, the cult leader muses to himself "Perhaps if we gave away free tickets to the youth organization annual sacrifice and dinner dance, all this
* IdenticalLookingAsians: Inverted when Swami Clang can't tell the Beatles apart: "They look all the same in their similarity and language!"
* ImprovisedClothes: After Paul accidentally gets shrunk, he improvises a wrap out of a discarded Wrigley's gum wrapper.
* {{Irony}}: While the Beatles were too stoned off their head most of the time during recording this film they do have a song aptly titled ''Act Naturally''.
* IsItSomethingYouEat: There is a scene where George is holding a cymbal. He then takes a bite out of it.
* IveNeverSeenAnythingLikeThisBefore: [[NoNameGiven The Jeweler]] says the trope name after breaking all his tools trying to remove Ringo's ring.
-->"Jeweler, you've ''failed!''"
* KnockoutGas: A sinister red gas takes out all of the Buckingham Palace guards in a matter of seconds.
-->'''Ringo:''' It must be their tea break.
* LatexPerfection: The bad guys get captured when they knock Ringo unconscious, then find it's Paul, and then John (but not George?) in a Ringo mask as bait for a police ambush.
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsEdition: The film was released in a special collectors' edition (costing £50 as opposed to £15 for the standard edition) which came in an A4 (210mm*297mm)*50mm box; for that extra £35 one got reproductions of the lobby cards, publicity posters and shooting script, plus a "Making Of" book.
* IsItSomethingYouEat: There is a scene where George is holding a cymbal. He then takes a bite out of it.
* IveNeverSeenAnythingLikeThisBefore: [[NoNameGiven The Jeweler]] says the trope name after breaking all his tools trying to remove Ringo's ring.
-->"Jeweler, you've ''failed!''"
* KnockoutGas: A sinister red gas takes out all of the Buckingham Palace guards in a matter of seconds.
-->'''Ringo:''' It must be their tea break.
* LatexPerfection: The bad guys get captured when they knock Ringo unconscious, then find it's Paul, and then John (but not George?) in a Ringo mask as bait for a police ambush.
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsEdition: The film was released in a special collectors' edition (costing £50 as opposed to £15 for the standard edition) which came in an A4 (210mm*297mm)*50mm box; for that extra £35 one got reproductions of the lobby cards, publicity posters and shooting script, plus a "Making Of" book.
* MagicPants: An odd variation occurs where Paul is accidentally injected with a short-term shrinking solution - he shrinks out of his clothes and uses a gum wrapper as a ModestyTowel, then he manages to grow back completely inside his suit without as much as a skewed tie.
* MindControlWindow: In an scene dropped from the final movie, Music/TheBeatles, at an acting school, are put into a trance by droning music played by Clang and his thugs. A scene that was used has them trying again, all crammed in a phone booth calling the band up while they're in Scotland Yard. Clang intones "Go... to... the... ''window!''... Go... to... the... ''window!''"
* MindControlWindow: In an scene dropped from the final movie, Music/TheBeatles, at an acting school, are put into a trance by droning music played by Clang and his thugs. A scene that was used has them trying again, all crammed in a phone booth calling the band up while they're in Scotland Yard. Clang intones "Go... to... the... ''window!''... Go... to... the... ''window!''"
* NonActorVehicle
* NotAMask: After the cult members get rounded up in a snare knocking out who they think is Ringo (but is first Paul, then John in a latex mask) Algernon finds the ''real'' Ringo, first pulling at his face a few times before yanking him away by the nose.
--> I can't understand - they kept pullin' at me nose! And mine of all noses!
--> I can't understand - they kept pullin' at me nose! And mine of all noses!
* PaperThinDisguise: The Beatles go to the airport in fake beards and mustaches to avoid being noticed by Cult members. John even went so far as to stay in a wheelchair to avoid recognition, far from simply wearing a cloth cap.
* PhoneBooth: The cult calls the Beatles in Scotland Yard from a phone booth across the street - several of them are jammed inside playing instruments as the leader hypnotically chants "Go-o-o to the ''window!''...Go-o-o to the ''window!''"
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* PortalPool: The boys escape capture through one of these.
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* PortalPool: The boys escape capture through one by jumping into a hidden hatch within the temple, and wind up in the swimming pool of these.a nearby hotel.
* PottyEmergency: As Algernon makes his way to the Beatles in a motorized rubber raft he tells his lackey "You should've thought of that before we left!"
* PottyEmergency: As Algernon makes his way to the Beatles in a motorized rubber raft he tells his lackey "You should've thought of that before we left!"
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The film was a showcase for a lot of Beatles songs, and much of the soundtrack was their tunes done in a Franchise/JamesBond style—but then they also used Wagner's 'Lohengrin', Tchaikovsky's '1812 Overture', Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy', and Rossini's 'Barber of Seville'.
* RidiculouslyLongPhoneNumber: In a surreal comedy bit, John dials one of these from his below-ground resting area in the Beatles' house to set off Paul, George and Ringo's alarm clocks late at night.
* ShirtlessScene: The Beatles, taking refuge in a bathroom, get attacked by a hand-dryer that conveniently sucks up most of their clothing, George's shirt in particular. And that's not even getting into the part where Paul shrinks and his clothes don't...
* ShortDistancePhoneCall: Foot Algernon are rigging up an exploding curling stone; Algernon describes his progress on a headset to Foot, who is standing right beside him.
* ShortDistancePhoneCall: Foot Algernon are rigging up an exploding curling stone; Algernon describes his progress on a headset to Foot, who is standing right beside him.
* SimSimSalabim: The country of the "Easterners".
* StickyFingers: The Beatles visit a jeweller seeking help to remove a ring stuck on Ringo's finger - in the background, George casually pockets several bits of merchandise.
* StonerFlick: The Beatles were stoned off their asses during the making of it, and the non sequiturs and other ridiculous bits are far more entertaining.
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: In an attempt to remove a stuck ring from his finger, Ringo goes to a MadScientist who straps him to a device that runs current through him to enlarge the molecules of metal objects. When it doesn't work the scientist opts for surgery, but is thwarted, then, toward movie's end, he has Ringo strapped down on a yacht, ready to try again.
* StonerFlick: The Beatles were stoned off their asses during the making of it, and the non sequiturs and other ridiculous bits are far more entertaining.
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: In an attempt to remove a stuck ring from his finger, Ringo goes to a MadScientist who straps him to a device that runs current through him to enlarge the molecules of metal objects. When it doesn't work the scientist opts for surgery, but is thwarted, then, toward movie's end, he has Ringo strapped down on a yacht, ready to try again.
* SuperWindowDive: The Beatles dive out the window in a pub to get away from bad guys. And earlier, bad guys dive in the window of the Beatles' flat, taking them by surprise.
* ThemeMusicCameo: Clang and his thugs attempt to ambush The Beatles in an Indian restaurant, first nabbing the house musicians and replacing them, playing an instrumental medley of tunes from ''A Hard Day's Night'' on Eastern instruments.
* TitledAfterTheSong
* TitleThemeTune
* TitleThemeTune
* TrapDoor: Ringo falls through at least two trapdoors. One of them is in a pub and uses a beer glass (glued to its coaster) as a switch; fortunately for those trying to rescue Ringo, its seams are just visible. Another one is inside the area covered by an electrified cage somewhere in the Bahamas...
* TwoFacedAside: When Ringo is about to have his finger shrunk with a potion so a magic ring can be removed, George speculates that there might be some insurance they could get out of it. John indignantly says "I wouldn't think of such a thing!", before whispering "Find out, eh?"
* TwoFacedAside: When Ringo is about to have his finger shrunk with a potion so a magic ring can be removed, George speculates that there might be some insurance they could get out of it. John indignantly says "I wouldn't think of such a thing!", before whispering "Find out, eh?"
* WeaponsThatSuck: A hand dryer in a washroom is rigged to vacuum at high intensity to pull the coveted ring off Ringo's hand - it rips off bits of the guys' clothing and pulls the plumbing off the walls before it's shut down.
* WhamLine: Algernon, assistant to the scientist Foot:
-->"It's more than my job's worth to stop him when he's out like this. He's out to rule the world, if he can get a government grant." Following the revelation that the Beatles made a big mistake getting help from Foot, he saw what the ring that Ringo wore could do: "Fantastic! With a ring like that I could—dare I say it—rule the world."
* WhamLine: Algernon, assistant to the scientist Foot:
-->"It's more than my job's worth to stop him when he's out like this. He's out to rule the world, if he can get a government grant." Following the revelation that the Beatles made a big mistake getting help from Foot, he saw what the ring that Ringo wore could do: "Fantastic! With a ring like that I could—dare I say it—rule the world."
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* YouLookFamiliar: Victor Spinetti and John Bluthal also appeared in ''Film/AHardDaysNight''.
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* YouLookFamiliar: Victor Spinetti WheresTheKaboom: Algernon hands a curling stone with an explosive charge into a game. When it's seen to be 'a fiendish thingie' everyone scatters...and John Bluthal also appeared in ''Film/AHardDaysNight''.the ticking stone clicks to a stop. The scientist fumes "Useless. Ex-army rubbish - I can't get the equipment!" and it explodes before he can finish talking.
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* YouLookFamiliar: Victor Spinetti and John Bluthal also appeared in ''AHardDaysNight''.
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* YouLookFamiliar: Victor Spinetti and John Bluthal also appeared in ''AHardDaysNight''.''Film/AHardDaysNight''.
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* TookALevelInBadass: George in the Bahamas. After spending the entire time [[FunnyBackgroundEvent messing around in the background]], cheating at cards, and just sort of going with things, he fights off four cultists and [[BadAss very nonchalantly]] leaps on top of the scientists' car to rescue Ringo.
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* TookALevelInBadass: George in the Bahamas. After spending the entire time [[FunnyBackgroundEvent messing around in the background]], cheating at cards, and just sort of going with things, he fights off four cultists and [[BadAss very nonchalantly]] nonchalantly leaps on top of the scientists' car to rescue Ringo.
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* PortalPool: The boys escape capture through one of these.
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* NoSenseOfDirection: The Beatles' Road Manager [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_Evans Mal Evans]], does a cameo as a swimmer who has this, looking for the White Cliffs of Dover while under some ice (in Switzerland -- [[MST3KMantra just roll with it)]] and again at the end in a BrickJoke in the Caribbean Sea.
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* NoSenseOfDirection: The Beatles' Road Manager road manager [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_Evans Mal Evans]], does a cameo as a swimmer who has this, looking for the White Cliffs of Dover while under some ice (in Switzerland -- [[MST3KMantra just roll with it)]] and again at the end in a BrickJoke in the Caribbean Sea.
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* ProductPlacement: John is seen reading his own book ''A Spaniard In The Works'' in his house. It's PlayedForLaughs, since it's saying he's a narcissist.
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* ProductPlacement: John is seen reading his own book ''A Spaniard In The Works'' in his house. It's PlayedForLaughs, since it's saying the obvious implication is that he's a narcissist.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The Beatles have admitted they more or less wanted a paid vacation, which is why they suggested some of the film's more exotic locations (The Bahamas, the Alps). Also, the song ''Help!'' perfectly summarized Lennon's feelings about the whole Beatlemania at this point.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The Beatles have admitted they more or less wanted a paid vacation, which is why they suggested some of the film's more exotic locations (The Bahamas, the Alps). Also, the song ''Help!'' perfectly summarized Lennon's feelings about the whole Beatlemania thing at this point.point, and filming the movie got them away from their fans for a while.
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-->'''Chief Superintendent:''' So, this is the famous ring? And this is the famous Beatles.
-->'''John:''' So, this is the famous Scotland Yard.
-->'''Chief Superintendent:''' And how long do you think you'll last?
-->'''John:''' Can't say fairer than that--Great Train Robbery, eh, how's that going?
-->'''John:''' So, this is the famous Scotland Yard.
-->'''Chief Superintendent:''' And how long do you think you'll last?
-->'''John:''' Can't say fairer than that--Great Train Robbery, eh, how's that going?
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-->'''Chief Superintendent:''' So, this is the famous ring? And this is the famous Beatles.
-->'''John:'''Beatles.\\
'''John:''' So, this is the famous ScotlandYard.
-->'''ChiefYard.\\
'''Chief Superintendent:''' And how long do you think you'lllast?
-->'''John:'''last?\\
'''John:''' Can't say fairer thanthat--Great that -- Great Train Robbery, eh, how's that going?
-->'''John:'''
'''John:''' So, this is the famous Scotland
-->'''Chief
'''Chief Superintendent:''' And how long do you think you'll
-->'''John:'''
'''John:''' Can't say fairer than
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--> '''John:''' What's this?
--> '''Ringo:''' It's a season ticket. What did you think it is?
--> '''John:''' Oh, I like a lot of seasoning in me soup.
--> '''Ringo:''' It's a season ticket. What did you think it is?
--> '''John:''' Oh, I like a lot of seasoning in me soup.
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'''Ringo:''' It's a season ticket. What did you think it
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'''John:''' Oh, I like a lot of seasoning in me soup.
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* FakeNationality[=/=]{{Fauxreigner}}: All the cultists from 'the East' are played by English actors. This is {{Lampshaded}} when the Beatles visit the Indian Restaurant "seeking enlightenment as to rings" from someone from "the mystic East" but quickly learn that everyone working there is English.
--> '''Ringo:''' He's from the ''West''!
--> '''Restaurant Host:''' No, the East... [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepney Stepney.]]
--> '''Ringo:''' He's from the ''West''!
--> '''Restaurant Host:''' No, the East... [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepney Stepney.]]
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* FakeNationality[=/=]{{Fauxreigner}}: All FakeOutOpening: The ColdOpen in which the cultists from 'the East' are played by English actors. This cult is {{Lampshaded}} when about to sacrifice the woman to ''Kalili''. It's this cool, solemn, proto-''Indiana Jones''-like bit with elaborate CostumePorn....[[MoodWhiplash but then the ring's discovered to be missing....cue the Beatles visit the Indian Restaurant "seeking enlightenment as to rings" from someone from "the mystic East" but quickly learn that everyone working there is English.
--> '''Ringo:''' He's from the ''West''!
--> '''Restaurant Host:''' No, the East... [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepney Stepney.singing ''HELP!''....]]
--> '''Ringo:''' He's from the ''West''!
--> '''Restaurant Host:''' No, the East... [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepney Stepney.
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* CoverSong: ''Dizzy Miss Lizzy'', written by Larry Williams.
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* CoverSong: CoverVersion: ''Dizzy Miss Lizzy'', written by Larry Williams.
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