Running Gags
One running joke has Frankie breaking the Fourth Wall by talking into the camera after a spat with Dolores/Dee Dee.
However, the most popular running gag of the beach party series is "The Himalayan Suspender" technique, originated by Professor Sutwell in Beach Party, in which the forefinger is pressed against a certain part of the skull, rendering the victim paralyzed. The victim of this move (aka "The finger" (forefinger)) was always Eric Von Zipper, who learned it from Sutwell and threatened people with it in subsequent films, calling it "The Rats' Revenge". However, Von Zipper's finger never worked on others, only himself. Once Von Zipper became paralyzed (usually with a big open-mouthed smile on his face), the Rats & Mice would carry him out and declare "Eric Von Zipper will return!"
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“Sense is a line, the mind is a circle. Sense is like a line which is the flux of a point running out from itself, but intellect like a circle that keeps within itself.”
—Ralph J. Cudworth (1617–1688)