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* RunningGag: Tearjerker's exasperation with the shoddy work Mike the contractor did on his lair.
-->'''Tearjerker''': Never hire a contractor just because he's gorgeous.
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* MandatoryLine: Both Hayley and Steve only appear in one scene.

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* MandatoryLine: Both Hayley and Steve only appear in one scene.scene each.
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* OscarBait: Tearjerker's film ''Oscar Gold'' is contrived to combine all the traditional ingredients of Oscar Bait in a single feature: child protagonist, fighting disability and addiction, death of a loved one and subsequent epiphany, all within the context of a DeliberatelyMonochrome PeriodPiece set during UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust.

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* OscarBait: Tearjerker's film ''Oscar Gold'' is contrived to combine all the traditional ingredients of Oscar Bait in a single feature: child protagonist, fighting disability and addiction, death of a loved one and subsequent epiphany, all within the context of a DeliberatelyMonochrome PeriodPiece [[DeliberatelyMonochrome black-and-white]] [[PeriodPiece period drama]] set during UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust.UsefulNotes/{{the Holocaust}}.
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* OscarBait: Tearjerker's four-hour film is about a mentally disabled alcoholic Jewish boy and his cancer-ridden puppy during the Holocaust, a film so sad that audiences will cry themselves to death. Fittingly enough it's called ''Oscar Gold''.

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* OscarBait: Tearjerker's four-hour film is about a mentally disabled alcoholic Jewish boy and his cancer-ridden puppy during the Holocaust, a film so sad that audiences will cry themselves to death. Fittingly enough it's called ''Oscar Gold''.Gold'' is contrived to combine all the traditional ingredients of Oscar Bait in a single feature: child protagonist, fighting disability and addiction, death of a loved one and subsequent epiphany, all within the context of a DeliberatelyMonochrome PeriodPiece set during UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust.
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* CelibateHero: Stan is a virgin and saving himself for marriage. Sexpun is shocked to find that it's true when they have sex on their wedding night.
-->'''Sexpun:''' Oh my God, you really are a virgin.
-->'''Stan:''' What? That's not good?
-->'''Sexpun:''' No. It's awful.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: After Sexpun's BreastExpansion, Stan keeps getting distracted by her cleavage to the point Sexpun has to snap him out of it.

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* TheGhost: Mike, the bad contractor Tearjerker hired just because he was attractive, is never seen or heard. At one point, Tearjerker has a NewhartPhonecall with him.



* StabThePicture: PlayedForLaughs when one of the villain's henchmen throws a knife at a picture of Stan.

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* StabThePicture: PlayedForLaughs when one of the villain's henchmen Sexpun throws a knife at a picture of Stan.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: Bullock has himself and Stan dressed as geishas so that they could be "secret Asians." Stan lampshades how bad the pun was, and the fact that he spent a 16 hour flight to get to Japan, and then approves of the joke.

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* IncrediblyLamePun: LamePunReaction: Bullock has himself and Stan dressed as geishas so that they could be "secret Asians." Stan lampshades how bad the pun was, and the fact that he spent a 16 hour 16-hour flight to get to Japan, and then approves of the joke.



* StabThePicture: PlayedForLaughs when one of the villain's henchman throws a knife at a picture of Stan.

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* StabThePicture: PlayedForLaughs when one of the villain's henchman henchmen throws a knife at a picture of Stan.
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* LiteralMinded: Sexpun asks Stan if he has a light, ie a cigarette lighter, to which he takes out a flashlight and says she has a cigarette.

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* LiteralMinded: Sexpun asks Stan if he has a light, ie a cigarette lighter, to which he takes out a flashlight and says she has a shines it on her cigarette.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: Bullock has himself and Stan dressed as geishas so that they could be "secret Asians." Stan lampshades how bad the pun was, and the fact that he spent a 16 hour flight to get to Japan, and then approves of the joke.
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* FemmeFatale: Sexpun is one of Tearjerker's henchmen and he tries to use her to kill Stan. However, she's caught off-guard when Stan suddenly proposes to her as he's saving himself for marriage.


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* LiteralMinded: Sexpun asks Stan if he has a light, ie a cigarette lighter, to which he takes out a flashlight and says she has a cigarette.


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* PunnyName: Keeping in line with the James Bond theme, Francine's name is Sexpun T'Come.

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* HighClassGlass: Tearjerker is always shown wearing a monocle.



-->'''Tearjerker''': Oh, you can throw a knife. You know what you ''can't'' throw? A birthday party. For me! Last week! ''[starts crying]'' I remembered yours!

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-->'''Tearjerker''': Oh, you can throw a knife. You know what you ''can't'' throw? A birthday party. For me! Last week! my birthday! Which was Wednesday! ''[starts crying]'' I remembered yours!
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* StabThePicture: PlayedForLaughs when one of the villain's henchman throws a knife at a picture of Stan.
-->'''Tearjerker''': Oh, you can throw a knife. You know what you ''can't'' throw? A birthday party. For me! Last week! ''[starts crying]'' I remembered yours!
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* OscarBait: Tearjerker's four-hour film is about a mentally disabled Jewish boy and his cancer-ridden puppy during the Holocaust, a film so sad that audiences will cry themselves to death.

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* OscarBait: Tearjerker's four-hour film is about a mentally disabled alcoholic Jewish boy and his cancer-ridden puppy during the Holocaust, a film so sad that audiences will cry themselves to death.death. Fittingly enough it's called ''Oscar Gold''.
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* BreastExpansion: Sexpun (Francine) puts on one of S's breast enlarging rings, which causes her breasts to grow large enough to break the rope she was tied to.
* ChekhovsGun: S only appears in one scene and his gadgets only seem useful for enlarging women's breasts. Later on, the ring he gives Stan helps Sexpun break out of her rope, allowing her and Stan to foil Tearjerker's plan.


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* FormulaBreakingEpisode: The entire episode plays out like a James Bond movie.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Tearjerker wants to make the whole world cry itself to death just because he had one bad audition in Hollywood.
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In this parody of the James Bond films, Agent Stan Smith is sent to investigate the mysterious Tearjerker (played by Roger) who is abducting the world's celebrities.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: All of S's (Steve) gadgets are about making women's breasts bigger.
* DieLaughing: While everyone is crying themselves to death over ''Oscar Gold'', audiences in Tehran are laughing hysterically, implying that they will laugh themselves to death.
* TheEndOrIsIt: Subverted. At the end of the episode, Tearjerker's hand rises out of the volcano, with "The End" getting a question mark. After a moment, his hand goes limp and falls back in, removing the question mark.
* {{Foil}}: Stan serves as one for James Bond. Whereas Bond is a suave, intelligent lady's man, Stan is a complete idiot who is also a virgin.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When audiences around the world are leaving the movie theaters to see pictures of celebrity babies, a crocodile can be seen leaving the theater in Australia.
* MandatoryLine: Both Hayley and Steve only appear in one scene.
* OscarBait: Tearjerker's four-hour film is about a mentally disabled Jewish boy and his cancer-ridden puppy during the Holocaust, a film so sad that audiences will cry themselves to death.
* PleaseWakeUp: As he tries to make his escape, Tearjerker tells Stan that he has another film that's even ''sadder'' than ''Oscar Gold'', which is just six hours of a baby chimp trying to revive its dead mother.
* SupervillainLair: Tearjerker's island. A RunningGag shows the shoddy construction such as a tour that ends in Tearjerker's office and poles in the middle of the hallway. At one point, Tearjerker calls his contractor to complain about his work.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Tearjerker sends the Professor (Chuck White) into a death pool for failing to solve the problem with the robots drinking milk.
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