Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit (The Test-tube Adult

Artificial insemination

Artificial insemination, or AI, is the process by which sperm is placed into the reproductive tract of a female for the purpose of impregnating the female by using means other than sexual intercourse or natural insemination...

 and Simo's Angels

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men...

) is a 1979 comedy directed, written and starring Spede Pasanen

Spede Pasanen

Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, humorist, inventor, TV personality and practitioner of gags....

, along with the typical comic-cast of Simo Salminen

Simo Salminen

Simo Salminen is a Finnish comic-actor best known for his many performances in movies and television shows by Spede Pasanen. He, Vesa-Matti Loiri and Pasanen himself are the three important players in almost all of Spede's productions...

, Vesa-Matti Loiri

Vesa-Matti Loiri

Vesa-Matti "Vesku" Loiri is a Finnish actor, musician and comedian, best known for his role as Uuno Turhapuro, whom he portrayed in a total of 20 movies between the years 1973 and 2004....

, Tapio Hämäläinen

Tapio Hämäläinen

Eemil Tapio "Tapsa" Hämäläinen was a Finnish actor. He was a theater counsellor....

 and Olavi Ahonen

Olavi Ahonen

Olavi Ahonen was a Finnish film actor.Ahonen first appeared in film in 1954 and made many appearances in Finnish film between then and 1997 appearing in films such as the Rauni Mollberg historical film Aika hyvä ihmiseksi in 1977. He has also appeared in many films by Spede Pasanen...

.

Similar to his debut film X-Paroni

X-Paroni

X-Paroni is a 1964 Finnish comedy and the debut of Spede Pasanen as a leading male role and debut as a co-director of a full-length film...

, Pasanen portrays a dual-role.

Plot summary

Mathematician Mauno Mutikainen (Pasanen) is accidentally pronounced dead as a result of an operation where a splinter is being removed from his finger (which he got by scratching his head). He is then cloned into a test-tube adult (a play on the phrase test-tube child) named Richard Ilyevitch Jyrä by his creator (father and mother) Dr. Jyrä (Hämäläinen) (his name is intended to appeal to both American and Soviet sensibilities).

Loiri and Ahonen play the roles of gangster attempting to kidnap Jyrä and/or Mutikainen, thinking they are the same person. Both would reprise their roles for 1980's Tup-akka-lakko. Additionally Loiri portrays a slew of characters such as a drunk hockey-fan attempting to get to Moscow

Moscow

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 and making a guest-appearance as Uuno Turhapuro

Uuno Turhapuro

Uuno Turhapuro is a Finnish comedy character created by Spede Pasanen and played by Vesa-Matti Loiri. Originally appeared in Spede Show during 1971–1973, the character gained popularity through the Uuno Turhapuro films....

 at the end.

Simo Salminen once more plays a character named after himself who is the head of a detective agency called Simon Enkelit (an obvious take on Charlie's Angels). The angels were portrayed by Rita Polster

Rita Polster

Rita Polster is a Finnish film actress.Polster began acting in Finnish film in 1976 and has made a number of appearances in Finnish film throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, appearing in many films such as the 1983 James Bond spoof Agentti 000 ja kuoleman kurvit where she acted alongside actors...

, Kirsti Wallasvaara, Ritva Vepsä and Merja Tammi.