1. Police officer
   Reporter
2. Chef
   Teacher

As the film opens, Fletch reveals that he is an undercover reporter for the "Los Angeles Times." He writes under the pen name Jane Doe and spends his time investigating the seedy underbelly of L.A.

1. Auto theft
   Child trafficking
2. Drugs
   Tax evasion

When the film opens, the audience is introduced to Fletch for the first time as he poses as a junkie on an L.A. beach. He's spent weeks pretending to be a homeless addict as he investigates a drug trafficking ring for the paper.

1. To set him up with his daughter
   To murder him
2. To work as a gardener
   To buy his car

Thinking Fletch is just a transient, Alan Stanwyk invites Fletch to his swanky mansion. He offers Fletch a cool $50,000 to kill him with a gun so that Stanwyk doesn't have to go through with committing suicide.

1. Basketball
   Football
2. Soccer
   Hockey

Fletch sports a Lakers jersey during his time undercover on the beaches of L.A. Viewers later learn that he keeps a basketball hoop in his apartment to keep his skills fresh. B-ball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Lakers announcer Chick Hearn also make an appearance in the flick.

1. Aviation
   Food processing
2. Farming
   Computers

Stanwyk and his wife are living large thanks to the millions they've made in the aviation industry. Of course, all that money actually come's from Stanwyk's wife, Gail, whose parents own mega corporation Boyd Aviation.

1. Mary J. Blige
   Stephanie Mills
2. Anita Baker
   Patti LaBelle

As the audience settles into their seats at the beginning of "Fletch," Stephanie Mills' "Bit by Bit" plays over the opening credits. You may remember Ms. Mills as Dorothy from the original '70s Broadway production of "The Wiz."

1. Kirstie Alley
   Morgan Fairchild
2. Kelly Preston
   Geena Davis

Fletch loves nothing more than to annoy his boss, often with the help of co-worker and pal Larry. The role was played by a young Geena Davis, who later went on to play the housewife with a heart of gold Thelma in the 1991 classic "Thelma and Louise."

1. He has cancer.
   He deserves to die.
2. His wife needs the money.
   He's dying of old age.

When approaching Fletch with a crazy murder plot, Stanwyk tells Fletch that he is dying of bone cancer and would prefer to get past the pain by dying via gunshot. Not realizing Fletch is a reporter, Stanwyk has no way of knowing that Fletch is willing to go to great lengths -- including a rectal exam -- to find out the truth -- that Stanwyk isn't really ill.

1. Addict
   Taxi driver
2. Airplane mechanic
   FCC agent

Fletch is a master of taking on roles to win people's trust and find the information he needs. Throughout the film, he plays a doctor, and airplane mechanic, an insurance auditor and an FCC agent, but never poses as a taxi driver.

1. Utah
   Florida
2. Maine
   New York

After learning that Gail Stanwyk had liquidated stock so her husband could purchase a ranch in Provo, Fletch heads to Utah to investigate. While there, he finds out that the property is only worth $3,000 -- not the $3 million Gail had given her hubby.

1. Armed guards
   Nosy neighbors
2. Police show up
   Scary dog

Determined to get to the bottom of the Stanwyk mystery, Fletch breaks into a real estate office in Provo to investigate the transaction. While he does pick up some useful info, he's discouraged from staying too long by the appearance of a very angry Doberman.

1. Drugs
   Burglary
2. Car theft
   Embezzlement

A pair of L.A.P.D. goons show up in Fletch's apartment, tossing a bag of heroin on the floor as an excuse to arrest him. From there he's taken straight to the station to face L.A.P.D. Chief Jerry Karlin.

1. To kill his story
   The name of his drug supplier
2. His cooperation on a murder investigation
   Fletch's real name

L.A.P.D. Chief Karlin insists Fletch kill his story on the drug trafficking on L.A. beaches. To convince Fletch to comply, Karlin puts him in a jail cell and threatens to shoot him.

1. He's gay.
   He's a wanted man.
2. He's secretly married.
   He's adopted.

In yet another of his personas, Fletch poses as an insurance agent to interview Stanwyk's parents. This interview breaks the case wide open as Stanwyk's parents reveal that their son has secretly been married for years, and not to Gail.

1. Hawaii
   Brazil
2. China
   Australia

By the end of the film, Fletch has figured out that Stanwyk always meant to kill Fletch in a plot to fake his own death. This would leave him free to head off to Brazil with his wife -- and with Gail's millions.

1. Charge up his account.
   Steal his Ferrari.
2. Steal his wife.
   Get him fired.

One repeated gag in the film has Fletch taking revenge on a rude member of the tennis club. Each time he heads to the club, he orders expensive items -- like a $400 lunch -- and charges them to the Underhill account.

1. Counterfeit money
   Exotic pets
2. Babies
   Cocaine

Thanks to his dogged investigation, Fletch eventually blows the whole case open. He discovers Stanwyk was smuggling cocaine aboard his private jet, then passing it on to Chief Karlin, who was blackmailing criminals to sell the drugs.

1. Fletch
   Karlin
2. Gail
   Sam

When he learns that Stanwyk is planning to fly off to Brazil with a pile of his cash, L.A.P.D. Chief Karlin shoots and kills Stanwyk -- and then turns his rage to Fletch.

1. Cash
   Gun
2. Karate
   Tennis raquet

After killing Stanwyk, crooked L.A.P.D. Chief Karlin turns his rage -- and his gun -- toward Fletch. Fortunately, Gail saves the day when she hits Karlin over the head with her tennis racquet. Guess all that time on the court paid off.

1. Brazil
   London
2. Paris
   Texas

Now that Gail is single, Fletch is quick to take her on a date. The pair head to Rio de Janiero -- courtesy of Underhill's credit card, which Fletch shares with viewers in the film's final scene.

1. "The Wizard of Oz"
   "Gone with the Wind"
2. "Citizen Kane"
   "Mary Poppins"

The poster for the 1989 film "Fletch Lives" was a perfect parody for the famous "Gone with the Wind" posters. They show Chevy Chase as Fletch carrying a woman in his arms, wearing identical clothes to those Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh wore to play Scarlett and Rhett in the epic Civil War tale.

1. Gambling ring
   Escort service
2. Auto theft ring
   Human trafficking

Fletch just can't stay out of trouble. When "Fletch Lives" begins, the reporter is working undercover as a waitress at a Greek restaurant. Dressing in drag, he hopes to pick up information about a local gambling ring.

1. A child
   A car
2. Cash
   A mansion

Just as he's fighting with his boss at the newspaper office, Fletch receives a call that's he's inherited a mansion from his aunt. "Fletch Lives" is largely set in Louisiana, where the splendid plantation home -- Belle Isle -- is located.

1. Sinus
   Monument
2. Whirly
   Calculus

When Fletch arrives at Belle Isle in the film "Fletch Lives," he is met by the seemingly simple Calculus Entropy. Good old Calc served as caretaker of Belle Isle for Fletch's aunt, and he hopes to do the same for Fletch.

1. Carla
   Mary
2. Amanda
   Sally

When he arrives in the South, Fletch quickly falls for attorney Amanda Ross. While the pair are spending the night together, Amanda ends up dead, and Fletch is blamed for her murder.

1. Ben Dover
   I.P. Freely
2. Al Coholic
   Seymour Butz

When Fletch is locked up, accused of Amanda's murder, he finds himself with a cellmate named Ben Dover. After learning that Ben is both a transvestite and a necrophiliac -- and looking for new relationships -- Fletch is relieved to be released from the slammer by new lawyer Hamilton Johnson.

1. The Black Panthers
   The Ku Klux Klan
2. The League of Women Voters
   A local football team

White supremacist group the KKK shows up in their infamous robes after being hired to scare Fletch away from his new property. Fortunately, caretaker Calculus is there to scare them away with his shotgun.

1. Calculus
   The reverend
2. The mayor
   His boss at the newspaper

When Fletch arrives at his new plantation in Louisiana, he learns that Reverend Jimmy Lee Farnsworth is something of a local celebrity. In addition to serving his congregation at the church, Farnsworth runs a park called Bibleland, and he wants Fletch's property to expand the park.

1. Morgue
   Restaurant
2. Library
   Hospital

After escaping Ben Dover's advances at the jail, Fletch is shocked when he runs into him again at the local morgue. Fletch and Calculus have gone to the morgue to investigate Amanda's death. While there, Ben steals Fletch's beloved Lakers watch.

1. To open a hotel
   To build houses
2. For farming
   To dump toxic waste

In "Fletch Lives," Fletch learns that the Bluebird corporation is behind the plot to buy his land. The company is looking for a new site to dump toxic waste, a fact which Fletch learns from his boss at the newspaper office.

1. Handyman
   Faith healer
2. Reverend's brother
   The Pope

Believing the reverend is involved with Amanda's death and the attacks on his own life, Fletch disguises himself as a faith healer to sneak into Bibleland. Unfortunately, he gets caught and is forced to "heal" a member of the audience to avoid blowing his cover.

1. Reverend Farnswoth
   Fletch
2. Calculus
   Hamilton Johnson

Turns out Hamilton "Ham" Johnson wasn't such a good guy. He was the one who murdered Amanda as part of a ploy to get revenge on Reverend Farnsworth, who Ham felt took advantage of his mother in her dying days.

1. Becky
   Gail
2. Joy
   Molly

Becky Culpepper is Fletch's romantic interest in the 1989 sequel. Unfortunately, this relationship leads her into trouble when she is kidnapped by Ben Dover -- escaping only when she throws Hamilton Johnson's mother's ashes in the air.

1. Becky
   Calculus
2. Larry
   Fletch

Turns out Calculus is more than a caretaker -- he's an undercover FBI Agent named Goldstein. When Hamilton Johnson threatens to shoot Fletch, Goldstein is forced to kill Hamilton to save Fletch's life.

1. $1,000
   His dog
2. A car
   Belle Isle

"Fletch Lives" ends with his ex-wife's lawyer demanding that he sign over Belle Isle to her as alimony. Fletch happily does so with a wink to the audience -- knowing the property has just burned down and he's already received the insurance settlement.