History Film / MysteryTeam

* InformedAbility: Lampshaded as supposedly, the three main characters are all major deals. Duncan is a "boy genius" , Jason is a MasterOfDisguise and Charlie is "the strongest kid in town." Except we quickly realize none of that is true. Duncan may have been smart as a little kid but is of average intelligence today and sometimes below that. Charlie can barely lift a half-empty box and can be beaten up by a five year old girl. And Jason's "disguises" amount to outrageous wigs and hats that do nothing to hide his appearance.

** Jason has the same outfit as [[Videogame/EarthBound Ness]], Duncan has the same hairstyle and outfit as [[Videogame/EarthBound Jeff]], and Charlie is basically [[VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings Teddy]].

* InsaneTrollLogic: Duncan's basic reasoning behind drinking dog urine as a method of sanitizing his hand after having reached into a filthy toilet: Dogs' mouths are cleaner than those of humans, dog urine is easier to procure than dog saliva and must be equally clean, and drinking it is more efficient than rubbing it on your hand.

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: To be fair, the trio did almost dies that night and came across two dead bodies.

* SkewedProrities: Jason seems more preoccupied with proving the Mystery Team can solve a real case then the Team's safety, which he gets called out on:

* AndTheAdventureContinues

* IronicEcho: When talking to his employer about having killed the Peters, he says " ''You'' take a fucking chill pill!" in response to said employer saying it to calm him down. When Jason spills some chocolate milk, [[spoiler: Robert]] says "everybody take a chill pill". This [[EurekaMoment clues Jason in that he's the mastermind behind the murders.]]

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: the kid the team keeps running into [[spoiler: and who Jason gives the Mystery Team stall to at the end of the movie]]

* OnlySaneMan: Duncan, again compared to the other two
* PaperThinDisguise: For most of the movie Jason's disguises don't work. [[spoiler: He disguises himself as a mexican plumber which basically means bandito with a plunger, but the security guard lets him pass because its a costume party.]]
* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure

When they were seven years old, the [[http://www.mysteryteam-movie.com/ Mystery Team]] were three kids living in the same neighborhood in Oakdale who played at being precocious pre-teen detectives. With Jason (Donald Glover) as "the Master of Disguise," Duncan (D.C. Pierson) as "the Boy Genius" and Charlie (Dominic Dierkes) as "the Strongest Kid in Town," they would spend their afternoons getting to the bottom of such crimes as missing tricycles and stolen pies, charging ten cents (or fruit roll-ups) for their services.

* InformedAbility: Lampshaded as supposedly, the three main characters are all major deals. Duncan is a "boy genius" , Jason is a MasterofDisguise and Charlie is "the strongest kid in town." Except we quickly realize none of that is true. Duncan may have been smart as a little kid but is of average intelligence today and sometimes below that. Charlie can barely lift a half-empty box and can be beaten up by a five year old girl. And Jason's "disguises" amount to outrageous wigs and hats that do nothing to hide his appearance.

* InformedAbility: Lampshaded as supposedly, the three main characters are all major deals. Duncan is a BoyGenius, Jason is a MasterofDisguise and Charlie is "the strongest kid in town." Except we quickly realize none of that is true. Duncan may have been smart as a little kid but is of average intelligence and sometimes below that. Charlie can barely lift a half-empty box and can be beaten up by a five year old girl. And Jason's "disguises" amount to outrageous wigs and hats that do nothing to hide his appearance.

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** "I wish they'd all disappear like the lost colony of Roanoke. But they'd probably go, 'What's Roanoke?' And I'd go, 'Shut up, ''Caleb.'' '"

* ShoutOut: The movie's first mystery involves the culprit sticking his fingers in a pie to see if it felt like a vagina [[AmericanPie like in that movie]].

* TheDitz: Charlie. They're ''all'' pretty dumb, but Charlie takes the cake. He did manage to get into college somehow, though he can't even keep straight which college.

* HollywoodDriving: Played in a more realistic way than usual. Leroy keeps turning around to yell at the protagonists, and in response, Duncan repeatedly requests for him to focus on the road. [[spoiler:It turns out to be good advice.]]

* DriverFacesPassenger: Played in a more realistic way than usual. Leroy keeps turning around to yell at the protagonists, and in response, Duncan repeatedly requests for him to focus on the road. [[spoiler:It turns out to be good advice.]]

** Jason has the same outfit as [[Videogame/EarthBound Ness]], Duncan has the same hairstyle and outfit as [[Videogame/EarthBound Jeff]], and Charlie is basically [[EarthboundZero Teddy]].

* TheDitz: Charlie. They're *all* pretty dumb, but Charlie takes the cake. He did manage to get into college somehow, though he can't even keep straight which college.

* BrickJoke: While talking to Kelly, Jason sees her Forensic Pathologist book and looks in and sees a photo of a victim, saying "[[FacialHorror Somebody stole that guys' face]]!". That line is uttered again when [[spoiler: the cop sees Robert after [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning Duncan takes him down with a slingshotted firecracker.]]]]

* BrickJoke: While talking to Kelly, Jason sees her Forensic Pathologist book and looks in and sees a photo of a victim, saying [[spoiler: "Somebody stole that guys' face!"]]. That line is uttered again when [[spoiler: the cop sees Robert after [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning Duncan takes him down with a slingshotted firecracker.]]]]