Violent Is the Word for Curly (1938) Plot Summary Explained

After destroying the German passengers' Packard, the Stooges fled in an ice cream truck with their luggage. When they stopped to thaw Curly (who had frozen solid) and then cooled off in a lake, they rummaged through the abandoned suitcases for dry clothes and inadvertently put on the professors' attire. By the time they arrived at Mildew College, they were already dressed as the new Teutonic professors and were mistaken for them.

• stooges
• professors
• mistaken identity
• milde college
• clothes

The scheming professors sabotaged the basketball that the Stooges planned to use for their athletic demonstration. They tampered with it, and the ball was filled with nitroglycerin, causing it to explode during the demonstration in front of Mrs. Catsby and the student body.

• nitroglycerin
• basketball
• explosion
• professors
• sabotage

When the Stooges were introduced as the new professors, Moe led a musical performance of 'Swingin' the Alphabet' with Larry and Curly joining in. The routine started with a confident, seemingly competent presentation but quickly evolved into a lively, jazzy, offbeat rendition that showcased their comic timing and unexpected rhythm, delighting the student body.

• swingin the alphabet
• performance
• students
• comedy routine

Mrs. Catsby, the principal benefactor of Mildew College, was wary of promoting sports for girls. She preferred allocating funds toward the salaries of three incoming Teutonic professors rather than supporting an athletic program, which is why she initially chose to fund the professors over the college's athletic fund.

• mrs catasby
• funding
• professors
• athletics
• milde college

After the explosive basketball demonstration, the Stooges outwitted and apprehended the scheming professors who had sabotaged the event. By capturing the professors and exposing their plot to Mrs. Catsby, they turned the disastrous situation to their advantage, convincing her to approve the athletic fund she had previously resisted.

• athletic fund
• mrs catasby
• professors
• victory
• approval

After the Stooges fled the gas station destruction in an ice cream truck, they drove for hours until they ran out of gas. During this time, Curly froze solid inside the truck due to the cold. When Moe and Larry tried to thaw him with an improvised method, it backfired and burned him, forcing him to jump into a nearby lake to cool off.

• curly
• frozen
• ice cream truck
• thaw
• lake

The real Teutonic professors arrived at Mildew College during lunch and exposed the Stooges as impostors. When Mrs. Catsby demanded the Stooges leave, they proposed demonstrating athletic prowess to win her approval. The professors, wanting to maintain their positions and prevent the Stooges from succeeding, sabotaged the basketball to ruin the demonstration and discredit them further.

• professors
• sabotage
• jealousy
• basketball
• plot

When the real professors arrived during lunch and exposed the Stooges' disguise, they initially seemed to have the upper hand. However, after sabotaging the basketball and causing the explosive finale, the Stooges outwitted and apprehended them. The professors were captured in front of the student body and faculty, and their scheme was exposed to Mrs. Catsby.

• professors
• exposed
• captured
• defeat
• milde college

The Stooges were working as attendants at Acme Service Station where their famously inept service triggered a chain of mishaps. Their bungling culminated in the destruction of a chauffeur-driven Packard owned by three elderly German passengers. Panicked after the wreck, they fled the scene in an ice cream truck, taking the German passengers' luggage with them.

• gas station
• flee
• packard
• ice cream truck
• german passengers

Mildew College, a women's college, was pursuing funding for an athletic program. Mrs. Catsby, the principal benefactor, decided to allocate funds toward hiring three incoming Teutonic (German) professors rather than supporting athletics, which she was wary of promoting for girls.

• german professors
• milde college
• hiring
• teutonic
• funding