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This is the screwiest picture I was ever in.

—one of the camels

Bing Crosby and Bob Hope reprise their earlier success with the third in their series of "Road To" pictures. In Road to Morocco, the hapless duo are castaways on a desert shore where they employ snappy dialog, asides to the camera, and a little song and dance as they woo Dorothy Lamour across the dunes, but not before encountering a spitting camel.

Road to Morocco was added to the National Film Registry in 1996.

Tropes used in Road to Morocco include:

Be Careful What You Wish For: Hope's character gets his hands on a magic ring.
Book Ends: The movie starts and ends with the boys adrift at sea.
Breaking the Fourth Wall: Too many to list them all.
- At one point, they need to disguise themselves as locals, and Hope says something about, "No problem; Special Effects will take care of it." Then he calls out, "Hey, Special Effects!" and their clothing is immediately transformed into local garb.
- From the song "Road to Morocco":

For any villains we may meet
We haven't any fear
Paramount will protect us 'cause
We're signed for five more years.

- After Bob's recap exposition:

Bing: "I know all that!"
Bob: "Yeah, but the people who came in the middle of the picture don't."
Bing: "You mean they missed my song?"

Funny Aneurysm Moment: The entire picture, which was released just days after Allied troops invaded North Africa.
Incredibly Lame Pun

"Like Webster's dictionary, we're Morocco bound"

Oscar Bait: Lampshaded and spoofed, to the point that an exchange from the movie serves as the page quote for Academy Award.
- Award Bait Song: "Moonlight Becomes You". It has its own page on The Other Wiki.
Throw It In: The spitting camel scene.

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 * [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: Hope's character gets his hands on a magic ring.
 * [[Book Ends]]: The movie starts and ends with the boys adrift at sea.
+* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Too many to list them all.
-* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: At one point, they need to disguise themselves as locals, and Hope says something about, "No problem; [[Special Effects]] will take care of it." Then he calls out, "Hey, Special Effects!" and their clothing is immediately transformed into local garb.
+** At one point, they need to disguise themselves as locals, and Hope says something about, "No problem; [[Special Effects]] will take care of it." Then he calls out, "Hey, Special Effects!" and their clothing is immediately transformed into local garb.
+** From the song [[Title Drop|"Road to Morocco"]]:
+{{quote|''For any villains we may meet''
+''We haven't any fear''
+''[[Paramount]] will protect us 'cause''
+''[[Golden Age of Hollywood#Studio control of artists, and censorship|We're signed for five more years]].''}}
+** After Bob's recap exposition:
+{{quote|'''Bing''': "I know all that!"
+'''Bob''': "Yeah, but the people who came in the middle of the picture don't."
+'''Bing''': [[Comically Missing the Point|"You mean they missed my song?"]]}}
+* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: The entire picture, which was released just days after [[World War II|Allied troops invaded North Africa]].
 * [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]
 {{quote|''"Like Webster's dictionary, we're Morocco bound"''}}
 * [[Oscar Bait]]: Lampshaded and spoofed, to the point that an exchange from the movie serves as the page quote for [[Academy Award]].
 ** [[Award Bait Song]]: "Moonlight Becomes You". It has [[w:Moonlight Becomes You (song)|its own page]] on [[The Other Wiki]].
+* [[Throw It In]]: The spitting camel scene.
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