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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Elwood, but he's a friendly RichIdiotWithNoDayJob, and it isn't brought up much.
** In fact, his sister and niece can be seen as this as well.
** In fact, his sister and niece can be seen as this as well.
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: In this case, absurdly youthful brother. Elwood's age is revealed to be forty-two while Josephine Hull, who played his sister, was 31 years older.
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* CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure: you can see here you can see how the boundaries between patient and therapist gradually merge [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sq-g-UXuMk Poor, poor thing]]. The movie’s ending seems to suggest that the therapist went insane with an inexistent Harvey and if you believe that Harvey is RealAfterAll, Elwood ends with the real Harvey… [[MindScrew or… something]]
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* CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure: you You can see here you can see how the boundaries between patient and therapist gradually merge [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sq-g-UXuMk Poor, poor thing]]. The movie’s ending seems to suggest that the therapist went insane with an inexistent Harvey and if you believe that Harvey is RealAfterAll, Elwood ends with the real Harvey… [[MindScrew or… something]]
* DumbIsGood: Discussed by Elwood.
-->'''Elwood P. Dowd:''' Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this world, Elwood, you must be" -- she always called me Elwood -- "In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me.
-->'''Elwood P. Dowd:''' Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this world, Elwood, you must be" -- she always called me Elwood -- "In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me.
* FreudianCouch: Dr. Chumley ends up on his own couch.
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* HospitalHottie: Miss KellyKelly.
* MyBelovedSmother: We are told Elwood had a close relationship with his mother and they lived together until his mother died.
* RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear: In his first scene at his [[MyLocal local pub]], Elwood repeats what Harvey says so we can follow their conversation more easily.
* SecondaryCharacterTitle: Harvey.
* SeeminglyProfoundFool: Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey describes this as essentially his job. He goes to a bar, people sit down and tell him their worries, and he introduces them to Harvey. By the time they're done talking, the people walk away feeling better and never talk to him again.
* SeeminglyProfoundFool: Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey describes this as essentially his job. He goes to a bar, people sit down and tell him their worries, and he introduces them to Harvey. By the time they're done talking, the people walk away feeling better and never talk to him again.
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** Six feet three and a half inches, now let's stick to the facts.
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** The rabbit's only 6' 6'3 in the play, in the movie it was changed to 7' because Jimmy Stewart was too tall to look up to a 6' 6'3 bunny the way he needed to.
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** Six feet three and a half inches, now let's stick to the facts.
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* UrbanFantasyUnclePennybags: Elwood is kind to all people including the poor and he constantly invites strangers to his home for dinner.
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* VideoCredits: In the closing credits all major characters are shown along with the actor's names.
* VisibleInvisibility: Harvey is present only through his action on the environment, such as opening doors.
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* GuardianAngel: Harvey, if you believe him to be a bona fide spirit, appears to function as one of these to Elwood. Every time others are conspiring against him, however good-heartedly, a series of [[ContrivedCoincidence contrived coincidences]] occur to just let Elwood wander around as free as a daisy, such as Judge Gaffney's assistant immediately incapacitating himself when sent out to bring Elwood in or Dr. Sanderson completely misunderstanding Veta and committing her instead of her brother.
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* GuardianAngel: Harvey, if you believe him to be a bona fide spirit, appears to function as one of these to Elwood. Every time others are conspiring against him, however good-heartedly, a series of [[ContrivedCoincidence contrived coincidences]] occur to just let Elwood wander around as free as a daisy, such as Judge Gaffney's assistant immediately incapacitating himself when sent out to bring Elwood in or Dr. Sanderson completely misunderstanding Veta and committing her instead of her brother.
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* GuardianAngel: Harvey, if you believe him to be a bona fide spirit, appears to function as one of these to Elwood. Every time others are conspiring against him, however good-heartedly, a series of [[ContrivedCoincidence contrived coincidences]] occur to just let Elwood wander around as free as a daisy, such as Judge Gaffney's assistant immediately incapacitating himself when sent out to bring Elwood in or Dr. Sanderson completely misunderstanding Veta and committing her instead of her brother.
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* HalfEmptyTwoShot: To keep Harvey in-frame.
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-->''Elwood P. Dowd. Let me give you one of my cards.''
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-->''Elwood P. Dowd. Let me give you one of my cards. Now, use this number, not that one. That's the old one.''
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* TheMessiah: Dowd.
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** It could be a self-portrait, the movie never mentioned if Elwood could in fact paint, he may be very good and painted himself and Harvey. After all the movie outright admitted Elwood has "a lot" of free time on his hands.
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** It could be a self-portrait, the movie never mentioned if Elwood could in fact paint, he may be very good and painted himself and Harvey.
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The Screw This I\'mOuttaHere trope I used may not be the correct context, but it was the closest I could find for the point I was trying to get across.
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* RunningGag: Elwood offering his "Card" to people who simply ignore it.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The reason Harvey stayed with Elwood instead of the Asylum Director at the end, seems implied to be that he was turned off by the Director's fetish wish.
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* WeWantOurJerkBack: Veta wants his brother as he is, even she had to tolerate Harvey.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Well, at least if you're a perfectly normal human being.
--> '''The Taxi Driver:''' ''...I've been driving this route for 15 years. I've brought 'em out here to get that stuff, and I've drove 'em home after they had it. It changes them... On the way out here, they sit back and enjoy the ride. They talk to me; sometimes we stop and watch the sunsets, and look at the birds flyin'. Sometimes we stop and watch the birds when there ain't no birds. And look at the sunsets when its raining. We have a swell time. And I always get a big tip. But afterwards, oh oh...''
--> '''Veta Louise Simmons:''' ''"Afterwards, oh oh"? What do you mean, "afterwards, oh oh"?''
--> '''The Taxi Driver:''' ''"They crab, crab, crab. They yell at me. Watch the lights. Watch the brakes, Watch the intersections. They scream at me to hurry. They got no faith in me, or my buggy. Yet, it's the same cab, the same driver. and we're going back over the very same road. It's no fun. And no tips... After this he'll be a perfectly normal human being. And you know what stinkers they are!"''
--> '''The Taxi Driver:''' ''...I've been driving this route for 15 years. I've brought 'em out here to get that stuff, and I've drove 'em home after they had it. It changes them... On the way out here, they sit back and enjoy the ride. They talk to me; sometimes we stop and watch the sunsets, and look at the birds flyin'. Sometimes we stop and watch the birds when there ain't no birds. And look at the sunsets when its raining. We have a swell time. And I always get a big tip. But afterwards, oh oh...''
--> '''Veta Louise Simmons:''' ''"Afterwards, oh oh"? What do you mean, "afterwards, oh oh"?''
--> '''The Taxi Driver:''' ''"They crab, crab, crab. They yell at me. Watch the lights. Watch the brakes, Watch the intersections. They scream at me to hurry. They got no faith in me, or my buggy. Yet, it's the same cab, the same driver. and we're going back over the very same road. It's no fun. And no tips... After this he'll be a perfectly normal human being. And you know what stinkers they are!"''
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-->'''Wilson:''' [reading from an encyclopedia] ''"P O O K A - Pooka - from old Celtic mythology - a fairy spirit in animal form - always very large. The pooka appears here and there - now and then - to this one and that one - a benign but mischievous creature - very fond of rumpots, crackpots, and how are you, Mr. Wilson?"'' {{Beat}}.'' 'How are you, Mr. Wilson?' Who in the encyclopedia wants to know?''
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-->'''Wilson:''' [reading from an encyclopedia] ''"P O O K A - Pooka - from old Celtic mythology - a fairy spirit in animal form - always very large. The pooka appears here and there - now and then - to this one and that one - a benign but mischievous creature - very fond of rumpots, crackpots, and how are you, Mr. Wilson?"'' {{Beat}}.'' 'How are you, Mr. Wilson?' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Who in the encyclopedia wants to know?''know?]]''
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* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: The movie shows an example with a book. Justified if you want to believe Harvey is real:
-->'''Wilson:''' [reading from an encyclopedia] ''"P O O K A - Pooka - from old Celtic mythology - a fairy spirit in animal form - always very large. The pooka appears here and there - now and then - to this one and that one - a benign but mischievous creature - very fond of rumpots, crackpots, and how are you, Mr. Wilson?"'' {{Beat}}.'' 'How are you, Mr. Wilson?' Who in the encyclopedia wants to know?''
-->'''Wilson:''' [reading from an encyclopedia] ''"P O O K A - Pooka - from old Celtic mythology - a fairy spirit in animal form - always very large. The pooka appears here and there - now and then - to this one and that one - a benign but mischievous creature - very fond of rumpots, crackpots, and how are you, Mr. Wilson?"'' {{Beat}}.'' 'How are you, Mr. Wilson?' Who in the encyclopedia wants to know?''
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: If you don’t count some things like the GhostButler or TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat, all the things that happens in the movie can be explained by mundane means and by believing Elwood is crazy, as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA24Kv0ApTc Veta show us here]], but the thought that Harvey is a real supernatural pooka makes it more… logical?
--> '''Wilson:''' ''Is he alone?''
--> '''Mr. Cracker, the Bartender:''' ''Well, there's two schools of thought, sir.''
--> '''Wilson:''' ''Is he alone?''
--> '''Mr. Cracker, the Bartender:''' ''Well, there's two schools of thought, sir.''
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* CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure: you can see here you can see how the boundaries between patient and therapist gradually merge [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sq-g-UXuMk Poor, poor thing]]. The movie’s ending seems to suggest that the therapist went insane with an inexistent Harvey and if you believe that Harvey is RealAfterAll, Elwood ends with the real Harvey… [[MindScrew or… something]]
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: ''Attempted'' by Sanderson, but perhaps one of the only times where it completely fails.
--> '''Dr.Sanderson:''' Mr. Elwood...what was your father's name?
--> '''Elwood:''' John.
--> '''Dr.Sanderson:''' Mr. Elwood...what was your father's name?
--> '''Elwood:''' John.
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* WideEyedIdealist: Mr. Dowd
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* HestitationEqualsDishonesty: Dr. Sanderson quizzes Elwood on his extended family in the hopes of getting him to admit that Harvey was based on and named after one of them as a sort of coping mechanism; Elwood noticeably hesitates before he replies each time. [[spoiler:But Harvey turns out to be real anyway.]]
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* HestitationEqualsDishonesty: HesitationEqualsDishonesty: Dr. Sanderson quizzes Elwood on his extended family in the hopes of getting him to admit that Harvey was based on and named after one of them as a sort of coping mechanism; Elwood noticeably hesitates before he replies each time. [[spoiler:But Harvey turns out to be real anyway.]]
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* HestitationEqualsDishonesty: Dr. Sanderson quizzes Elwood on his extended family in the hopes of getting him to admit that Harvey was based on and named after one of them as a sort of coping mechanism; Elwood noticeably hesitates before he replies each time. [[spoiler:But Harvey turns out to be real anyway.]]
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* NiceGuy: Elwood is pretty much the nicest, friendliest guy in the world.
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** He's also delighted to meet new people, even if they aren't as nice as he is (or even nice to him).
-->''I want you to know that I'm glad to have met you.''
-->''I want you to know that I'm glad to have met you.''
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* AskAStupidQuestion
--> '''Dr. Sanderson''': "How did you come to call him Harvey?"
--> '''Elwood''': "Well, Harvey's his name."
--> '''Dr. Sanderson''': "How did you come to call him Harvey?"
--> '''Elwood''': "Well, Harvey's his name."
* ForHappiness: Elwood makes friends with everyone he can, and believes in being pleasant to all; he wins over a lot of people by being sweet to them, most everyone by the end of the movie is happier.
* SanitySlippage: Veta progressively becomes more unbalanced as the story progressive, as if she's losing contact with reality and cannot make up her mind if Harvey is real or not. [[spoiler: She gets better at the end, in that she can accept Harvey so long as Elwood stays as nice as he always is.]]
--> '''Dr. Chumley''': "I want to observe his face as he talks to the rabbit. He does talk to it, doesn't he?"
--> '''Veta''': "Yes, they discuss all things together."
--> '''Dr. Chumley''': "What?"
--> '''Veta''': (''without changing her expression or tone from her last line'') "I said yes, he does talk to it."
--> '''Dr. Chumley''': "I want to observe his face as he talks to the rabbit. He does talk to it, doesn't he?"
--> '''Veta''': "Yes, they discuss all things together."
--> '''Dr. Chumley''': "What?"
--> '''Veta''': (''without changing her expression or tone from her last line'') "I said yes, he does talk to it."
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* SpookyPainting: PlayedForLaughs in this case. Somehow, the painter who did Elwood's portrait also saw Harvey and included him in the picture, too.
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** Six feet three and a half inches, now let's stick to the facts..
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* SpookyPainting: PlayedForLaughs in this case. Somehow, the painter who did Elwood's portrait also saw Harvey and included him in the picture, too. It's used as a joke when Veta gives Dr. Chumley a lecture about paintings showing the reality of life, her being unaware Harvey's painting is standing where her mother's painting was.
--> '''Veta''': (''points at painting of Harvey'') "Doctor, that is NOT my mother!"
--> '''Dr. Chumley''': "Yes, well, I'm very glad to hear that."
* SpookyPainting: PlayedForLaughs in this case. Somehow, the painter who did Elwood's portrait also saw Harvey and included him in the picture, too. It's used as a joke when Veta gives Dr. Chumley a lecture about paintings showing the reality of life, her being unaware Harvey's painting is standing where her mother's painting was.
--> '''Veta''': (''points at painting of Harvey'') "Doctor, that is NOT my mother!"
--> '''Dr. Chumley''': "Yes, well, I'm very glad to hear that."
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--> "You don't believe that story about the doctor sitting here, talking to a big white rabbit, do ya?"
--> "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Well why not? Harvey was here.]]"
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->''"Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be' - she always called me Elwood - 'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."''
A classic play which has been made into a film starring JimmyStewart and a TV Movie starring Harry Anderson.
Harvey himself is a giant rabbit who is also a Pooka and who is InvisibleToNormals. (To those who can see him, he is white.) He is quite friendly. He may or may not have several StockSuperpowers...
Of course, since he is invisible and usually unobtrusive, his existence is frequently doubted.
His best friend is Elwood P. Dowd, who is the local useless eccentric who is living off his inheritance. He spends his days in bars, drinking and introducing people to Harvey. He wants everyone to meet Harvey, including the local socialites whom his sister wants to impress so her daughter can get married. His attempts to get everyone to meet Harvey tend to disturb the socialites, though.
After one garden party too many is wrecked this way, his sister calls an insane asylum so that she can cure Elwood of seeing and recognizing Harvey. This is made difficult because Elwood is a nice man who charms most of the hospital staff and who doesn't understand that there might be a problem. It also doesn't help that she herself also isn't quite sure whether Harvey is real or not -- she just wants Harvey gone.
The questions: Does Harvey exist? Can Elwood be cured of believing in him? And is it worth it?
While the 1950 version is the most popular over five other film versions have been made and a sixth was abandoned in 2009/2010.
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!!''{{Harvey}}'' contains examples of:
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Myrtle Mae becomes romantically attached to Wilson, a rather {{Jerkass}} caretaker at the asylum, who uses necessary force when dealing with patients, and who appalls her mother because of this.
* BasementDweller: Subverted. Early on, Myrtle Mae complains that Elwood is this, as he lives with his sister and won't move out or get a job. Veta at once reminds her that, since Elwood got the entire family fortune, ''they're'' the ones living with ''him.''
* BowtiesAreCool: Harvey seems to think so, if the portrait is to be believed.
* CatchPhrase: Elwood is always introducing himself:
-->''Elwood P. Dowd. Let me give you one of my cards.''
* CharacterAsHimself: Harvey.
* CloudCuckoolander: Elwood, much to Veta and Myrtle Mae's dismay.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Elwood does this several times throughout the story. Most notably:
-->''I started to walk down the street when I heard a voice saying: "Good evening, Mr. Dowd." I turned, and there was [[NotSoImaginaryFriend this big white rabbit]] leaning against a lamp-post. Well, I thought nothing of that, because when you've lived in a town as long as I've lived in this one, you get used to the fact that everybody knows your name.''
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "...And Uncle Elwood is my Uncle."
* DrinkOrder: "Two martinis!"
* TheFairFolk: Harvey is a pooka, a type of Celtic fairy/spirit that take the form of various animals.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
-->'''Attractive sales lady at a department store:''' What can I do for you, Mr. Dowd?
-->'''Elwood P. Dowd:''' What did you have in mind?
* HairRaisingHare: Harvey, to Dr. Chumley.
* HumansAreBastards: [[ConversationalTroping Discussed]] by the cab driver when Elwood is about to receive his injection, and how said injection "transforms" pleasant, amiable human beings into irritable things who cannot be satisfied.
--> "After this he'll be a perfectly normal human being. And you know what stinkers they are!"
* TheMessiah: Dowd.
* MyCard: Anyone, ''anyone'', Elwood meets, he gives them his card, telling them which number to call him at.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: Harvey.
* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Elwood, but he's a friendly RichIdiotWithNoDayJob, and it isn't brought up much.
** In fact, his sister and niece can be seen as this as well.
* ShipperOnDeck: Elwood is so ''completely'' on board the Dr. Sanderson/Ms. Kelly train that he even believes they're together when he's first meeting them when they insist they're just coworkers. Once Wilson and Myrtle Mae are seen together, he's endorsing their pairing, too.
* ASimplePlan: Early on it's established Elwood sees a 6 foot rabbit no one else can see and his sister and niece decide to send him to the insane asylum. Given Elwood's behaviour and accepting demeanor you'd think nothing could go wrong with that strategy... and you'd be mistaken. Minor subversion is that there's an indication that Harvey himself might have something to do with things not quite going to plan.
** The rabbit's only 6' in the play, in the movie it was changed to 7' because Jimmy Stewart was too tall to look up to a 6' bunny the way he needed to.
** Six feet three and a half inches, now let's stick to the facts..
* SpookyPainting: PlayedForLaughs in this case. Somehow, the painter who did Elwood's portrait also saw Harvey and included him in the picture, too.
* TookALevelInKindness: Spelled out in the scene between Elwood and Dr. Chumley. The page quote sums it up nicely.
** Also Veta throughout the play, as she learns to stop fussing about her social status and being "respectable" and try to make people happy.
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->''"Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be' - she always called me Elwood - 'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."''
A classic play which has been made into a film starring JimmyStewart and a TV Movie starring Harry Anderson.
Harvey himself is a giant rabbit who is also a Pooka and who is InvisibleToNormals. (To those who can see him, he is white.) He is quite friendly. He may or may not have several StockSuperpowers...
Of course, since he is invisible and usually unobtrusive, his existence is frequently doubted.
His best friend is Elwood P. Dowd, who is the local useless eccentric who is living off his inheritance. He spends his days in bars, drinking and introducing people to Harvey. He wants everyone to meet Harvey, including the local socialites whom his sister wants to impress so her daughter can get married. His attempts to get everyone to meet Harvey tend to disturb the socialites, though.
After one garden party too many is wrecked this way, his sister calls an insane asylum so that she can cure Elwood of seeing and recognizing Harvey. This is made difficult because Elwood is a nice man who charms most of the hospital staff and who doesn't understand that there might be a problem. It also doesn't help that she herself also isn't quite sure whether Harvey is real or not -- she just wants Harvey gone.
The questions: Does Harvey exist? Can Elwood be cured of believing in him? And is it worth it?
While the 1950 version is the most popular over five other film versions have been made and a sixth was abandoned in 2009/2010.
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!!''{{Harvey}}'' contains examples of:
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Myrtle Mae becomes romantically attached to Wilson, a rather {{Jerkass}} caretaker at the asylum, who uses necessary force when dealing with patients, and who appalls her mother because of this.
* BasementDweller: Subverted. Early on, Myrtle Mae complains that Elwood is this, as he lives with his sister and won't move out or get a job. Veta at once reminds her that, since Elwood got the entire family fortune, ''they're'' the ones living with ''him.''
* BowtiesAreCool: Harvey seems to think so, if the portrait is to be believed.
* CatchPhrase: Elwood is always introducing himself:
-->''Elwood P. Dowd. Let me give you one of my cards.''
* CharacterAsHimself: Harvey.
* CloudCuckoolander: Elwood, much to Veta and Myrtle Mae's dismay.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Elwood does this several times throughout the story. Most notably:
-->''I started to walk down the street when I heard a voice saying: "Good evening, Mr. Dowd." I turned, and there was [[NotSoImaginaryFriend this big white rabbit]] leaning against a lamp-post. Well, I thought nothing of that, because when you've lived in a town as long as I've lived in this one, you get used to the fact that everybody knows your name.''
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "...And Uncle Elwood is my Uncle."
* DrinkOrder: "Two martinis!"
* TheFairFolk: Harvey is a pooka, a type of Celtic fairy/spirit that take the form of various animals.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
-->'''Attractive sales lady at a department store:''' What can I do for you, Mr. Dowd?
-->'''Elwood P. Dowd:''' What did you have in mind?
* HairRaisingHare: Harvey, to Dr. Chumley.
* HumansAreBastards: [[ConversationalTroping Discussed]] by the cab driver when Elwood is about to receive his injection, and how said injection "transforms" pleasant, amiable human beings into irritable things who cannot be satisfied.
--> "After this he'll be a perfectly normal human being. And you know what stinkers they are!"
* TheMessiah: Dowd.
* MyCard: Anyone, ''anyone'', Elwood meets, he gives them his card, telling them which number to call him at.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: Harvey.
* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Elwood, but he's a friendly RichIdiotWithNoDayJob, and it isn't brought up much.
** In fact, his sister and niece can be seen as this as well.
* ShipperOnDeck: Elwood is so ''completely'' on board the Dr. Sanderson/Ms. Kelly train that he even believes they're together when he's first meeting them when they insist they're just coworkers. Once Wilson and Myrtle Mae are seen together, he's endorsing their pairing, too.
* ASimplePlan: Early on it's established Elwood sees a 6 foot rabbit no one else can see and his sister and niece decide to send him to the insane asylum. Given Elwood's behaviour and accepting demeanor you'd think nothing could go wrong with that strategy... and you'd be mistaken. Minor subversion is that there's an indication that Harvey himself might have something to do with things not quite going to plan.
** The rabbit's only 6' in the play, in the movie it was changed to 7' because Jimmy Stewart was too tall to look up to a 6' bunny the way he needed to.
** Six feet three and a half inches, now let's stick to the facts..
* SpookyPainting: PlayedForLaughs in this case. Somehow, the painter who did Elwood's portrait also saw Harvey and included him in the picture, too.
* TookALevelInKindness: Spelled out in the scene between Elwood and Dr. Chumley. The page quote sums it up nicely.
** Also Veta throughout the play, as she learns to stop fussing about her social status and being "respectable" and try to make people happy.
* UrbanFantasy
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