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The Three Stooges' comedy routines have inspired generations of tributes in other media. The following information is a partial list of such tributes. Depending on the form of media used, there are direct and indirect references to the Three Stooges. Beginning with the Stooges themselves as the trio did make small guest appearances in movies or in small bumper clips for their cartoon series. Clips from the Stooges shorts are sometimes featured in the actual footage of a movie, TV show, or advertisement, or the line from the short Men in Black (1934 film), “Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard” is used. Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard (Or Curly Joe DeRita) appeared as cartoon versions of themselves. The indirect references are harder to spot. These are the ones that fans of the shorts would instantly recognize, but another viewer not familiar with the series may not recognize. A careful viewing of all the original shorts reveals that each of the Stooges had their own signature haircut, catchphrase, and action. The easiest reference would be simply talking about the Stooges, or accusing another character of acting or reminding them of the Stooges. Each Stooge had his own signature insult or catchphrase. While very rarely did any of the other Stooges insult Moe or injure him, Moe did come up with the most insults of the entire group. He frequently called Larry a porcupine. He used other insults such as mongoose, dope, hyena, applehead, soft-boiled egghead, grapehead, frizzletop, and birdbrain. While the catchphrases for each Stooges such as Moe's use of "Remind me to kill you later", Curly's with "Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk" or "woob, woob, woob", Shemp Howard's noise babbling, and Joe Besser's "Not so hard!", are nearly always paired with the signature haircut of the same Stooge. For their haircuts, Moe had a bowl cut, Larry was bald on the top of his head with his remaining hair frizzled out, Shemp had a more loose hairstyle (It frequently fell into his face), while Curly, Joe, and Curly-Joe were all bald. Characters may appear in groups of three, sporting the signature haircuts. Each Stooge developed their own signature action and reaction. Moe would frequently eye-poke the others, to which they developed a signature hand block. He always slapped one of the others. Curly had a shuffle where he would spin on the floor. Larry played the violin. Joe would always give a soft punch to the arm while using his catchphrase. So characters may also act like the Stooges using their signature phrases and actions. The hardest references to spot are the ones where only the names may be used such as a group of three being called Moe, Larry, and Curly. Places and buildings might have one of the Stooges names or the actors’ names. And perhaps the hardest of all, a character having a slight Stooge-like tone such as the elephant in ''Rabbit Fire''. ==Film== In the film list, the action varies depending on the scene. If the Stooges themselves were used, clips from their shorts were shown such as in ''Lethal Weapon'' and ''Flubber''. However, in some cases, due to copyright demands of ''Columbia Pictures'', most often these scenes are edited out or the scene only uses the voices and sounds from the clips. Several scenes use the famous line “Calling Doctor Howard, Doctor Fine, Doctor Howard” from the 1934 short, ''Men in Black'', which can be heard in the background. Most often characters would be seen acting like Curly such as barking at people, using both hands to repeatedly clean the face, or using his catchphrase of “Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.”. Although the simplest reference used is when one character refers to another as the Three Stooges. The Stooge antic that is most often used in movies is the eye-poke. This was the usual punishment Moe delivered to all the other Stooges. Usually, Moe would “hit” the target, but other times, they would use a hand-block to stop him. The hand block involves holding the hand perpendicular to the face, against the nose. The fingers are blocked from “poking” the eyes. (A careful viewer of the shorts can see that Moe never really pokes anyone in the eyes. A combination of the face twitching, the head moving, and a loud noise, disguises the fact that Moe is actually hitting the eyebrows or forehead.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Three Stooges in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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