The Three Stooges

The Three Stooges is a game for the Nintendo Entertainment System released in 1989, and later ported for the Game Boy Advance in 2002. It was a single-player adventure game based off of the comedy team of the same name. The game featured Moe, Larry and Curly in different mini-games that are based off of many of the Stooges short films.

Story
The Three Stooges come across an orphanage that is in danger or being shut down. So in order to help save the children, the Stooges set out to earn money to keep the orphanage open.

Mini-games
Each of the mini-games are based off of different Stooges short films.

Hospital
In this game, the Stooges help out at a hospital. A nurse who is rushing to the operating room keeps dropping items off of her cart. The Stooges are to race through the hospital after the nurse and pick up the supplies she drops. This mini-game is loosely based off of the short films Men in Black and Calling All Curs.

Boxing
Curly is fighting in a boxing match. But the only way he'll fight is if he hears the "Pop Goes the Weasel" song. Since Larry's Stradivarius is broken, he has to run across town, find a radio playing that song, and race back to the boxing match. This mini-game is based off of the short film Punch Drunks.

Pie-Throwing
The Stooges are hired at a restaurant, but the patrons dislike them. A pie-throwing fight ensues. Points are earned for every patron that's hit.

Radio Quiz
This mini-game is a multiple choice trivia about the Three Stooges. Picking the correct answer will earn the player money.

Dough in the Soup
Curly is meant to pick the chunks out of the oyster stew. This mini-game is loosely based off of the short film Dutiful but Dumb.

Trivia
The game makes a cameo appearance in one of the Lethal Weapon films, starring Mel Gibson who is a fan of the Three Stooges.