| “ | Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk! | „ |
| ~ Curly's laughing phrase. |
| “ | Spread Out! | „ |
| ~ One of Moe's catchphrases. |
| “ | Oh! My Stradivarius! Oh! My Beautiful Stradivarius! | „ |
| ~ Larry's phrase when he destroys his violin by mistake. |
| “ | Hey MOE! HEY LARRY! | „ |
| ~ One of Curly or Shemp's catchphrases |
| “ | Heep! Eep! Eep! Eep! Eep! Eep! Eep! Eep! | „ |
| ~ Shemp's catchphrase whenever he is scared or surprised. |
The Three Stooges are the protagonists of several short films, and a feature film directed by the Farrelly Brothers.
They are Moe, Larry, Curly, "Curly" Joe De Rita, Joe Besser, and Shemp.
They are a team of well-meaning bumblers who find themselves holding different jobs across different places and different time periods.
According to the Farrelly Bros. movie, the four of them are brothers, having being raised in an orphanage not knowing their birth parents.
Despite their idiocy, they often suceed in their tasks, and get even with the ones that try to harm them or otherwise do them wrong.
They possess a degree of invulnerability and immortality, as they are able to shrug off injuries that would kill a normal human.
Moe is the leader of the team and the voice of reason among the four, and the one that usually keeps the other four in line.
Shemp is the second in command, but he is not as smart or level-headed as Moe, although he is just as gruff and irascible.
Larry is the most mellow and chipper of the four.
Curly is the ditziest of the four, with an almost childlike mind. He is also the strongest of the four, having once being a champion boxer.
The Stooges teamed up with Scooby-Doo and the Scooby Gang in The New Scooby-Doo Movies.
In 1932, with Moe now acting as business manager, Healy reached a new agreement with his former Stooges, and they were booked in a production of Jacob J. Shubert's The Passing Show of 1932. During rehearsals, Healy received a more lucrative offer and found a loophole in his contract allowing him to leave the production. Shemp, fed up with Healy's abrasiveness, decided to quit the act and found work almost immediately, in Vitaphone movie comedies produced in Brooklyn, New York.
With Shemp gone, Healy and the two remaining stooges (Moe and Larry) needed a replacement, so Moe suggested his younger brother Jerry Howard. Healy reportedly took one look at Jerry, who had long chestnut red locks and a handlebar mustache, and remarked that he did not look like he was funny. Jerry left the room and returned a few moments later with his head shaved (though his mustache remained for a time), and then quipped "Boy, do I look girly." Healy heard "Curly," and the name stuck. (There are varying accounts as to how the Curly character actually came about.
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