TRICKS AND PRANKS

"The little boy's room has got to be right out here. I'll be back in just a second, huh."
(Blindfold)

Non-Food pranks on Dobey
• Hutch fakes amnesia to get a vacation. (Partners)
• Starsky and Hutch play with a three way phone call. (Death Notice)
• Starsky and Hutch print and pass bogus business cards. (Running)
• Starsky and Hutch rig the candy machine buzzer and bet each other. (Hostages)
• Starsky and Hutch set him up to samba in front of the squad room. (Discomania)
• Starsky fakes being ill to go on a vacation. (A Coffin for Starsky)
• Starsky and Hutch pretend the car radio doesn’t work. (Pilot, Savage Sunday)
• Starsky says, “Good morning, Captain” when it is “middle of the afternoon,” perhaps hoping to fool him about Hutch’s absence (Fix)
• The department gives Dobey a toilet for Christmas. (Little Girl Lost)

Huggy’s schemes
• a self-described hustler (Blindfold)
• bills himself as the Great Huggarino (Murder at Sea)
• Buck the Panhandle Bear, a bogus record producer (Quadromania)
• cook at Collandra’s, apprenticing to be a psychic (Psychic)
• goes on a game show with a shill (Death Ride)
• got out of the old neighborhood (Huggy Can’t Go Home)

• has shoe shine stands (Gillian, Losing Streak)
• is a noted food expert (Savage Sunday)
• is a pimp or dressed like one (Iron Mike)
• is a taxi driver (Playboy Island)
• is a travel agent (A Coffin for Starsky)
• is Starsky’s “coach” (Golden Angel)
• poses as a doctor, “Dr. Bear, Dr. Bear, call your service.” (Partners)
• poses as Hutch’s date at the Green Parrot (Death in a Different Place)
• poses as mortgage salesman, Lawrence Taylor (Targets 3)
• poses as West African potentate (Dandruff)
• registers voters (Death in a Different Place)
• runs a magic shop (Murder at Sea)
• runs Huggy’s Ark Pet Shop and his African canary (Nightmare)
• runs Rodent/Huggy’s Mouse Downs (Omaha Tiger and Tap Dancing)
• sells Dingle Dolls and other motorized toys (Hostages)
• sells glow in the dark crucifixes and mezuzahs (Jojo)
• a fence for hot watches and televisions (Death Ride, Blindfold)
• sells pet rocks (The Committee)
• sells vampire keep-away kits (The Vampire)
• takes care of the Play Pen (Vampire)
• weights darts (Bust Amboy)

Starsky and Hutch’s non-food tricks on each other
also see, Food Actions, Messing with Each Other's Food
• Hutch “steals” Roxy from Starsky (Moonshine)
• Hutch asks a watch-less Starsky what time it is. (Death Ride)
• Hutch buys Starsky a tree, rather than what Starsky really wanted. (Little Girl Lost)
• Hutch doesn’t follow Starsky to chili place on Broadway. (Pilot)
• Hutch doesn’t tell Starsky the truth about Chris Phelps marital status. (Heroes)
• Hutch hoots like an owl and tricks Starsky. (Satan’s Witches)
• Hutch kicks Starsky’s cane out from under him. (Trap)
• Hutch makes Starsky pay Hutch's gym dues. (Pilot)
• Hutch orders Starsky the tuna burger with lots of mushrooms at Moon’s Café. (Committee)
• Hutch pours a glass of water on Starsky’s head. (A Coffin for Starsky)
• Hutch pretends to have amnesia. (Partners)
• Hutch psyches Starsky out with the astrological biorhythm calendar. (Avenger)
• Hutch says Starsky made him “look like a jerk in front of the jury.” (Moonshine)
• Hutch takes the last chair at the Backwoods Inn, forcing Starsky to awkwardly stand. (Moonshine)
• Hutch taps Starsky’s back to scare him as he unpacks the car. (Satan’s Witches)
• Hutch tells the Lasagna Queen that Starsky is “available.” (Photo Finish)
• Hutch tricks Starsky by not telling truth about Lisa in his bathroom. (Foxy Lady)
• Hutch tricks Starsky by pretending Abigail Crabtree is old, and gets the girl. (Deadly Imposter)
• Hutch tricks Starsky into closing his eyes so Hutch can meet Alison first. (Targets 2)
• Hutch tricks Starsky into drinking health shake. (Pariah)
• Hutch tricks Starsky into looking in fridge at dead rat. (Vendetta)
• Hutch tricks Starsky into paying for drinks at Fever, then dancing with Lizzie first. (Discomania)
• Hutch tricks Starsky into paying the breakfast bill. (Foxy Lady)
• Hutch tricks Starsky into putting his finger into hot coffee. (Heavyweight)
• Hutch tricks Starsky out of dancing with Lizzie Thorpe. (Discomania)
• Starsky drops a bag of hot bagels into Hutch’s lap to wake him up. (Huggy Can’t Go Home)
• Starsky hangs a blouse on Hutch in front of Iron Mike, making him look silly. (Iron Mike)
• Starsky sneaks up behind Hutch in alley behind warehouses. (Velvet Jungle)
• Starsky steals Dolly from Hutch at the Backwoods Inn. (Moonshine)
• Starsky taps cowboy in bar to make him think Hutch was trying to pick him up. (Long Walk)
• Starsky tips a beer into Hutch’s lap. (Heavyweight)
• Starsky tricks Hutch by enticing Lisa away from him. (Foxy Lady)
• Starsky tricks Hutch into falling down stairs. (Blindfold)
• Starsky tricks Hutch into paying for Mexican dinner for three. (Fatal Charm)
• Starsky tricks Hutch out of dating Melinda so he can move in on her. (Groupie)
• Starsky tricks Hutch out of Julie’s attentions. (Action)
• Starsky tries to trick Hutch about a fake spider. (Satan’s Witches)
• They fake each other out about seeing any “foxes.” (Groupie)