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* EyelashFluttering: Judy does a bit of this towards Howard at the very end of the movie.
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* HastilyHiddenMacGuffin: The thief who just stole the suitcase of jewels from the lady's hotel room gets startled in the corridor by an arriving elevator. He rushes into Howard's room and hastily hides the suitcase under the bed next to Howard's identical-looking suitcase with stones. Later when the thief tries to retrieve the case, he naturally grabs the wrong one.
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** Mrs. Van Hoskins initially calls Hans the hotel clerk "Fritz", believing he's another clerk that is not and has never been employed at the Bristol ("what a shame"). After a moment of distraction, her brain seems to split the difference, and she refers to him as "Franz".

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** Mrs. Van Hoskins initially calls Hans the hotel clerk "Fritz", believing he's another clerk that who is not and has never been employed at the Bristol ("what a shame"). After a moment of distraction, her brain seems to split the difference, and she refers to him as "Franz".



* AndStarring: Creator/MadelineKahn gets the "and introducing" treatment in the opening credits. Thankfully, it turned out to be one of the only situations where this intro was justified, as she had a long and fulfilling career afterwards unlike many other unfortunate actors premiered this way that were unable to replicate their initial success.

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* AndStarring: Creator/MadelineKahn gets the "and introducing" treatment in the opening credits. Thankfully, it turned out to be one of the only situations where this intro was justified, as she had a long and fulfilling career afterwards unlike many other unfortunate actors who premiered this way that and were unable to replicate their initial success.



* DoomMagnet: Judie attracts chaos wherever she goes while remaining unharmed and [[KarmaHoudini never gets held responsible]] for the damage she causes.

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* DoomMagnet: Judie Judy attracts chaos wherever she goes while remaining unharmed and [[KarmaHoudini never gets held responsible]] for the damage she causes.



-->'''Howard:''' What are you doing?! This is a one way street!\\

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-->'''Howard:''' What are you doing?! This is a one way one-way street!\\



* GetOut: Howard demands Judie to leave when he sees her taking a bath in his hotel room.

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* GetOut: Howard demands Judie Judy to leave when he sees her taking a bath in his hotel room.



* HiddenDepths: Judie initially comes across as a DumbBlond but quickly reveals that she is knowledgeable in many fields.

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* HiddenDepths: Judie Judy initially comes across as a DumbBlond but quickly reveals that she is knowledgeable in many fields.



* HookedUpAfterwards: Unsurprisingly, Eunice ends her engagement to Howard after their chaotic visit to San Francisco. But she won't be alone, as she and Mr. Larrabee have taken a liking to each other, and they go off together in the final airport scene.
* ICantLookGesture: When Judie drives the beetle during the CarChase, they face a junction where two trams are currently crossing. Howard screams and holds his right hand in front of his eyes as he can't bear to look at what seems to be impending doom. Luckily they make it through alive.

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* HookedUpAfterwards: Unsurprisingly, Eunice ends her engagement to with Howard after their chaotic visit to San Francisco. But she won't be alone, as she and Mr. Larrabee have taken a liking to each other, and they go off together in the final airport scene.
* ICantLookGesture: When Judie Judy drives the beetle during the CarChase, they face a junction where two trams are currently crossing. Howard screams and holds his right hand in front of his eyes as he can't bear to look at what seems to be impending doom. Luckily they make it through alive.



* IResembleThatRemark: During Judie and Howard's discussion under the table at the convention:
-->'''Judie''': You have got to stop repeating yourself.

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* IResembleThatRemark: During Judie Judy and Howard's discussion under the table at the convention:
-->'''Judie''': -->'''Judy''': You have got to stop repeating yourself.



* ObjectCeilingCling: Implied with the pizza dough that the baker throws in the air and which doesn't come down again when [[DoomMagnet Judie]] watches.

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* ObjectCeilingCling: Implied with the pizza dough that the baker throws in the air and which doesn't come down again when [[DoomMagnet Judie]] Judy]] watches.



* SittingSexyOnAPiano: Howard finds Judie sleeping on a piano, leading to them performing the romantic song "As Time Goes By".
* SplittingPants: Judie manages to rip Howard's jacket and pajama pants apart.

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* SittingSexyOnAPiano: Howard finds Judie Judy sleeping on a piano, leading to them performing the romantic song "As Time Goes By".
* SplittingPants: Judie Judy manages to rip Howard's jacket and pajama pants apart.



* YouExclamation: Howard exclaims "You!" when seeing Judie at the convention. She corrects him to mean "Eunice".

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* YouExclamation: Howard exclaims "You!" when seeing Judie Judy at the convention. She corrects him to mean "Eunice".

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* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering: This exchange between Eunice and Howard when they discuss their future and don't quite seem to connect:
-->'''Eunice''': As the years go by, romance fades and something else takes its place. Do you know what that is?
-->'''Howard''': Senility.
-->'''Eunice''': Trust!
* AsideComment: Twice when Judy's various charades are spinning beyond his attempts to reel them in, Howard turns to the audience; once to simply say, "Help...", and later to say, "I'm having a nightmare."



* AsideComment: Twice when Judy's various charades are spinning beyond his attempts to reel them in, Howard turns to the audience; once to simply say, "Help...", and later to say, "I'm having a nightmare."

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* AsideComment: Twice when Judy's various charades are spinning beyond BrandishmentBluff: Mr. Smith threatens the people at Mr. Larrabee's house with a finger in his attempts to reel them in, jacket pocket.
* BrokenLeverOfDoom:
Howard turns to accidentally breaks the audience; once to simply say, "Help...", volume knob on his hotel room TV and later while trying to say, "I'm having a nightmare."mute the blaring TV by pulling the cable from the wall, he sets the room on fire.



* DoomMagnet: Judie attracts chaos wherever she goes while remaining unharmed and [[KarmaHoudini never gets held responsible]] for the damage she causes.
* EekAMouse: Invoked by Fritz who gets Eunice to move into the bathroom after claiming a pet snake is on the loose.



* FunnyForeigner: Hugh Simon is an excentric Yugoslavian.



* GetOut: Howard demands Judie to leave when he sees her taking a bath in his hotel room.



* HeistClash: The two criminals at the hotel trying to steal the secret government documents and Mrs. Van Hoskins' jewels respectively, unwittingly cross paths and thus foil each other's heist.



* HiddenDepths: Judie initially comes across as a DumbBlond but quickly reveals that she is knowledgeable in many fields.



* InsanityDefense: Discussed at court. Howard mentions that the whole plot started when he bumped his head in the car from the airport. The judge promptly asks if he is pleading insanity or amnesia.
* IResembleThatRemark: During Judie and Howard's discussion under the table at the convention:
-->'''Judie''': You have got to stop repeating yourself.
-->'''Howard''': I am not repeating myself. I am not repeating myself. ({{Beat}}) Oh, God, I'm repeating myself.



* ListOfTransgressions: At the end, Mrs. Van Hoskins reads out a long list of damages the heroes caused which she paid for.



* ObjectCeilingCling: Implied with the pizza dough that the baker throws in the air and which doesn't come down again when [[DoomMagnet Judie]] watches.



* PicturePerfectPresentation: The opening scene transitions from a book's illustration of a suitcase to a live-action suitcase at the airport.
* PieInTheFace: Hugh gets two (by accident, of course) during the climactic fight scene.



* PieInTheFace: Hugh gets two (by accident, of course) during the climactic fight scene.


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* ShirtlessScene: There is a fanservice scene at Howard's hotel room when he undresses and moves around bare-chested for a couple of scenes.


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* SittingSexyOnAPiano: Howard finds Judie sleeping on a piano, leading to them performing the romantic song "As Time Goes By".
* SplittingPants: Judie manages to rip Howard's jacket and pajama pants apart.
* StorybookOpening: The opening and closing credits are of a book with its pages being flipped through.


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* TearUpTheContract: At the end when Hugh Simon is found out, Mr. Larrabee tears up the cheque and announces Howard to be the winner of the contest.
* ThatsAllFolks: The movie ends with footage of the line from an old ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short.


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* VideoCredits: The end credits feature video footage of each major character while providing their actor and character name.


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* YouExclamation: Howard exclaims "You!" when seeing Judie at the convention. She corrects him to mean "Eunice".

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