diff --git a/moto/core/botocore_stubber.py b/moto/core/botocore_stubber.py
index 387fd41f7..1338f8a9c 100644
--- a/moto/core/botocore_stubber.py
+++ b/moto/core/botocore_stubber.py
@@ -2,15 +2,17 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 from io import BytesIO
 from botocore.awsrequest import AWSResponse
 from moto.core.exceptions import HTTPException
+from typing import Any, Dict, Callable, List, Tuple, Union, Pattern
+from .responses import TYPE_RESPONSE
 
 
 class MockRawResponse(BytesIO):
-    def __init__(self, response_input):
+    def __init__(self, response_input: Union[str, bytes]):
         if isinstance(response_input, str):
             response_input = response_input.encode("utf-8")
         super().__init__(response_input)
 
-    def stream(self, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    def stream(self, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
         contents = self.read()
         while contents:
             yield contents
@@ -18,18 +20,22 @@ class MockRawResponse(BytesIO):
 
 
 class BotocoreStubber:
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.enabled = False
-        self.methods = defaultdict(list)
+        self.methods: Dict[
+            str, List[Tuple[Pattern[str], Callable[..., TYPE_RESPONSE]]]
+        ] = defaultdict(list)
 
-    def reset(self):
+    def reset(self) -> None:
         self.methods.clear()
 
-    def register_response(self, method, pattern, response):
+    def register_response(
+        self, method: str, pattern: Pattern[str], response: Callable[..., TYPE_RESPONSE]
+    ) -> None:
         matchers = self.methods[method]
         matchers.append((pattern, response))
 
-    def __call__(self, event_name, request, **kwargs):
+    def __call__(self, event_name: str, request: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> AWSResponse:
         if not self.enabled:
             return None
 
@@ -41,7 +47,7 @@ class BotocoreStubber:
         matchers = self.methods.get(request.method)
 
         base_url = request.url.split("?", 1)[0]
-        for i, (pattern, callback) in enumerate(matchers):
+        for i, (pattern, callback) in enumerate(matchers):  # type: ignore[arg-type]
             if pattern.match(base_url):
                 if found_index is None:
                     found_index = i
@@ -62,10 +68,10 @@ class BotocoreStubber:
                 )
 
             except HTTPException as e:
-                status = e.code
-                headers = e.get_headers()
+                status = e.code  # type: ignore[assignment]
+                headers = e.get_headers()  # type: ignore[assignment]
                 body = e.get_body()
-            body = MockRawResponse(body)
-            response = AWSResponse(request.url, status, headers, body)
+            raw_response = MockRawResponse(body)
+            response = AWSResponse(request.url, status, headers, raw_response)
 
         return response
diff --git a/moto/core/common_models.py b/moto/core/common_models.py
index 8c875aad7..613c9f3ad 100644
--- a/moto/core/common_models.py
+++ b/moto/core/common_models.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 from abc import abstractmethod
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 from .base_backend import InstanceTrackerMeta
 
 
 class BaseModel(metaclass=InstanceTrackerMeta):
-    def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    def __new__(
+        cls, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    ) -> "BaseModel":
         instance = super(BaseModel, cls).__new__(cls)
-        cls.instances.append(instance)
+        cls.instances.append(instance)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
         return instance
 
 
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ class CloudFormationModel(BaseModel):
 
     @classmethod
     @abstractmethod
-    def create_from_cloudformation_json(
+    def create_from_cloudformation_json(  # type: ignore[misc]
         cls,
         resource_name: str,
         cloudformation_json: Dict[str, Any],
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ class CloudFormationModel(BaseModel):
 
     @classmethod
     @abstractmethod
-    def update_from_cloudformation_json(
+    def update_from_cloudformation_json(  # type: ignore[misc]
         cls,
         original_resource: Any,
         new_resource_name: str,
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ class CloudFormationModel(BaseModel):
 
     @classmethod
     @abstractmethod
-    def delete_from_cloudformation_json(
+    def delete_from_cloudformation_json(  # type: ignore[misc]
         cls,
         resource_name: str,
         cloudformation_json: Dict[str, Any],
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ class CloudFormationModel(BaseModel):
 
 
 class ConfigQueryModel:
-    def __init__(self, backends):
+    def __init__(self, backends: Any):
         """Inits based on the resource type's backends (1 for each region if applicable)"""
         self.backends = backends
 
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ class ConfigQueryModel:
         backend_region: Optional[str] = None,
         resource_region: Optional[str] = None,
         aggregator: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ):
+    ) -> Tuple[List[Dict[str, Any]], str]:
         """For AWS Config. This will list all of the resources of the given type and optional resource name and region.
 
         This supports both aggregated and non-aggregated listing. The following notes the difference:
@@ -195,5 +197,5 @@ class ConfigQueryModel:
 class CloudWatchMetricProvider(object):
     @staticmethod
     @abstractmethod
-    def get_cloudwatch_metrics(account_id: str) -> Any:
+    def get_cloudwatch_metrics(account_id: str) -> Any:  # type: ignore[misc]
         pass
diff --git a/moto/core/common_types.py b/moto/core/common_types.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a27c8404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/moto/core/common_types.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from typing import Dict, Tuple, TypeVar
+
+
+TYPE_RESPONSE = Tuple[int, Dict[str, str], str]
+TYPE_IF_NONE = TypeVar("TYPE_IF_NONE")
diff --git a/moto/core/custom_responses_mock.py b/moto/core/custom_responses_mock.py
index 3fff7ddf7..7402303e2 100644
--- a/moto/core/custom_responses_mock.py
+++ b/moto/core/custom_responses_mock.py
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ import responses
 import types
 from io import BytesIO
 from http.client import responses as http_responses
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple, Optional
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from werkzeug.wrappers import Request
+from .responses import TYPE_RESPONSE
 
 from moto.utilities.distutils_version import LooseVersion
 
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ class CallbackResponse(responses.CallbackResponse):
     Need to subclass so we can change a couple things
     """
 
-    def get_response(self, request):
+    def get_response(self, request: Any) -> responses.HTTPResponse:
         """
         Need to override this so we can pass decode_content=False
         """
@@ -58,20 +60,22 @@ class CallbackResponse(responses.CallbackResponse):
             raise result
 
         status, r_headers, body = result
-        body = responses._handle_body(body)
+        body_io = responses._handle_body(body)
         headers.update(r_headers)
 
         return responses.HTTPResponse(
             status=status,
             reason=http_responses.get(status),
-            body=body,
+            body=body_io,
             headers=headers,
             preload_content=False,
             # Need to not decode_content to mimic requests
             decode_content=False,
         )
 
-    def _url_matches(self, url, other, match_querystring=False):
+    def _url_matches(
+        self, url: Any, other: Any, match_querystring: bool = False
+    ) -> bool:
         """
         Need to override this so we can fix querystrings breaking regex matching
         """
@@ -83,16 +87,18 @@ class CallbackResponse(responses.CallbackResponse):
                 url = responses._clean_unicode(url)
                 if not isinstance(other, str):
                     other = other.encode("ascii").decode("utf8")
-            return self._url_matches_strict(url, other)
+            return self._url_matches_strict(url, other)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
         elif isinstance(url, responses.Pattern) and url.match(other):
             return True
         else:
             return False
 
 
-def not_implemented_callback(request):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+def not_implemented_callback(
+    request: Any,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+) -> TYPE_RESPONSE:
     status = 400
-    headers = {}
+    headers: Dict[str, str] = {}
     response = "The method is not implemented"
 
     return status, headers, response
@@ -106,10 +112,12 @@ def not_implemented_callback(request):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
 #
 # Note that, due to an outdated API we no longer support Responses <= 0.12.1
 # This method should be used for Responses 0.12.1 < .. < 0.17.0
-def _find_first_match(self, request):
+def _find_first_match(
+    self: Any, request: Any
+) -> Tuple[Optional[responses.BaseResponse], List[str]]:
     matches = []
     match_failed_reasons = []
-    all_possibles = self._matches + responses._default_mock._matches
+    all_possibles = self._matches + responses._default_mock._matches  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
     for match in all_possibles:
         match_result, reason = match.matches(request)
         if match_result:
@@ -132,7 +140,7 @@ def _find_first_match(self, request):
     return None, match_failed_reasons
 
 
-def get_response_mock():
+def get_response_mock() -> responses.RequestsMock:
     """
     The responses-library is crucial in ensuring that requests to AWS are intercepted, and routed to the right backend.
     However, as our usecase is different from a 'typical' responses-user, Moto always needs some custom logic to ensure responses behaves in a way that works for us.
@@ -152,13 +160,13 @@ def get_response_mock():
         )
     else:
         responses_mock = responses.RequestsMock(assert_all_requests_are_fired=False)
-        responses_mock._find_match = types.MethodType(_find_first_match, responses_mock)
+        responses_mock._find_match = types.MethodType(_find_first_match, responses_mock)  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
     responses_mock.add_passthru("http")
     return responses_mock
 
 
-def reset_responses_mock(responses_mock):
+def reset_responses_mock(responses_mock: responses.RequestsMock) -> None:
     if LooseVersion(RESPONSES_VERSION) >= LooseVersion("0.17.0"):
         from .responses_custom_registry import CustomRegistry
 
diff --git a/moto/core/exceptions.py b/moto/core/exceptions.py
index a5b0630f3..afc7e98fa 100644
--- a/moto/core/exceptions.py
+++ b/moto/core/exceptions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException
 from jinja2 import DictLoader, Environment
-from typing import Any, Optional
+from typing import Any, List, Tuple, Optional
 import json
 
 # TODO: add "<Type>Sender</Type>" to error responses below?
@@ -67,14 +67,18 @@ class RESTError(HTTPException):
             )
             self.content_type = "application/xml"
 
-    def get_headers(self, *args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-        return {
-            "X-Amzn-ErrorType": self.error_type or "UnknownError",
-            "Content-Type": self.content_type,
-        }
+    def get_headers(
+        self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    ) -> List[Tuple[str, str]]:
+        return [
+            ("X-Amzn-ErrorType", self.error_type or "UnknownError"),
+            ("Content-Type", self.content_type),
+        ]
 
-    def get_body(self, *args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-        return self.description
+    def get_body(
+        self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    ) -> str:
+        return self.description  # type: ignore[return-value]
 
 
 class DryRunClientError(RESTError):
@@ -86,19 +90,19 @@ class JsonRESTError(RESTError):
         self, error_type: str, message: str, template: str = "error_json", **kwargs: Any
     ):
         super().__init__(error_type, message, template, **kwargs)
-        self.description = json.dumps(
+        self.description: str = json.dumps(
             {"__type": self.error_type, "message": self.message}
         )
         self.content_type = "application/json"
 
-    def get_body(self, *args, **kwargs) -> str:
+    def get_body(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
         return self.description
 
 
 class SignatureDoesNotMatchError(RESTError):
     code = 403
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
         super().__init__(
             "SignatureDoesNotMatch",
             "The request signature we calculated does not match the signature you provided. Check your AWS Secret Access Key and signing method. Consult the service documentation for details.",
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@ class SignatureDoesNotMatchError(RESTError):
 class InvalidClientTokenIdError(RESTError):
     code = 403
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
         super().__init__(
             "InvalidClientTokenId",
             "The security token included in the request is invalid.",
@@ -118,7 +122,7 @@ class InvalidClientTokenIdError(RESTError):
 class AccessDeniedError(RESTError):
     code = 403
 
-    def __init__(self, user_arn, action):
+    def __init__(self, user_arn: str, action: str):
         super().__init__(
             "AccessDenied",
             "User: {user_arn} is not authorized to perform: {operation}".format(
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@ class AccessDeniedError(RESTError):
 class AuthFailureError(RESTError):
     code = 401
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
         super().__init__(
             "AuthFailure",
             "AWS was not able to validate the provided access credentials",
@@ -142,9 +146,12 @@ class AWSError(JsonRESTError):
     STATUS = 400
 
     def __init__(
-        self, message: str, exception_type: str = None, status: Optional[int] = None
+        self,
+        message: str,
+        exception_type: Optional[str] = None,
+        status: Optional[int] = None,
     ):
-        super().__init__(exception_type or self.TYPE, message)
+        super().__init__(exception_type or self.TYPE, message)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
         self.code = status or self.STATUS
 
 
@@ -153,7 +160,7 @@ class InvalidNextTokenException(JsonRESTError):
 
     code = 400
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
         super().__init__(
             "InvalidNextTokenException", "The nextToken provided is invalid"
         )
@@ -162,5 +169,5 @@ class InvalidNextTokenException(JsonRESTError):
 class InvalidToken(AWSError):
     code = 400
 
-    def __init__(self, message="Invalid token"):
+    def __init__(self, message: str = "Invalid token"):
         super().__init__("Invalid Token: {}".format(message), "InvalidToken")
diff --git a/moto/core/models.py b/moto/core/models.py
index 862164b1e..a0789bb5a 100644
--- a/moto/core/models.py
+++ b/moto/core/models.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import unittest
 from types import FunctionType
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional, Set, TypeVar
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import boto3
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ from botocore.config import Config
 from botocore.handlers import BUILTIN_HANDLERS
 
 from moto import settings
-from moto.core.base_backend import BackendDict
+from .base_backend import BackendDict
 from .botocore_stubber import BotocoreStubber
 from .custom_responses_mock import (
     get_response_mock,
@@ -24,13 +25,14 @@ from .custom_responses_mock import (
 )
 
 DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_ID = "123456789012"
+CALLABLE_RETURN = TypeVar("CALLABLE_RETURN")
 
 
 class BaseMockAWS:
     nested_count = 0
     mocks_active = False
 
-    def __init__(self, backends):
+    def __init__(self, backends: BackendDict):
         from moto.instance_metadata import instance_metadata_backends
         from moto.moto_api._internal.models import moto_api_backend
 
@@ -55,25 +57,25 @@ class BaseMockAWS:
             "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "foobar_key",
             "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": "foobar_secret",
         }
-        self.ORIG_KEYS = {}
+        self.ORIG_KEYS: Dict[str, Optional[str]] = {}
         self.default_session_mock = patch("boto3.DEFAULT_SESSION", None)
 
         if self.__class__.nested_count == 0:
-            self.reset()
+            self.reset()  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
-    def __call__(self, func, reset=True):
+    def __call__(self, func: Callable[..., Any], reset: bool = True) -> Any:
         if inspect.isclass(func):
             return self.decorate_class(func)
         return self.decorate_callable(func, reset)
 
-    def __enter__(self):
+    def __enter__(self) -> "BaseMockAWS":
         self.start()
         return self
 
-    def __exit__(self, *args):
+    def __exit__(self, *args: Any) -> None:
         self.stop()
 
-    def start(self, reset=True):
+    def start(self, reset: bool = True) -> None:
         if not self.__class__.mocks_active:
             self.default_session_mock.start()
             self.mock_env_variables()
@@ -84,9 +86,9 @@ class BaseMockAWS:
             for backend in self.backends.values():
                 backend.reset()
 
-        self.enable_patching(reset)
+        self.enable_patching(reset)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
-    def stop(self):
+    def stop(self) -> None:
         self.__class__.nested_count -= 1
 
         if self.__class__.nested_count < 0:
@@ -102,10 +104,12 @@ class BaseMockAWS:
                     pass
                 self.unmock_env_variables()
                 self.__class__.mocks_active = False
-            self.disable_patching()
+            self.disable_patching()  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
-    def decorate_callable(self, func, reset):
-        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+    def decorate_callable(
+        self, func: Callable[..., CALLABLE_RETURN], reset: bool
+    ) -> Callable[..., CALLABLE_RETURN]:
+        def wrapper(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> CALLABLE_RETURN:
             self.start(reset=reset)
             try:
                 result = func(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -114,10 +118,10 @@ class BaseMockAWS:
             return result
 
         functools.update_wrapper(wrapper, func)
-        wrapper.__wrapped__ = func
+        wrapper.__wrapped__ = func  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
         return wrapper
 
-    def decorate_class(self, klass):
+    def decorate_class(self, klass: type) -> object:
         direct_methods = get_direct_methods_of(klass)
         defined_classes = set(
             x for x, y in klass.__dict__.items() if inspect.isclass(y)
@@ -181,7 +185,7 @@ class BaseMockAWS:
                 continue
         return klass
 
-    def mock_env_variables(self):
+    def mock_env_variables(self) -> None:
         # "Mock" the AWS credentials as they can't be mocked in Botocore currently
         # self.env_variables_mocks = mock.patch.dict(os.environ, FAKE_KEYS)
         # self.env_variables_mocks.start()
@@ -189,7 +193,7 @@ class BaseMockAWS:
             self.ORIG_KEYS[k] = os.environ.get(k, None)
             os.environ[k] = v
 
-    def unmock_env_variables(self):
+    def unmock_env_variables(self) -> None:
         # This doesn't work in Python2 - for some reason, unmocking clears the entire os.environ dict
         # Obviously bad user experience, and also breaks pytest - as it uses PYTEST_CURRENT_TEST as an env var
         # self.env_variables_mocks.stop()
@@ -200,7 +204,7 @@ class BaseMockAWS:
                 del os.environ[k]
 
 
-def get_direct_methods_of(klass):
+def get_direct_methods_of(klass: object) -> Set[str]:
     return set(
         x
         for x, y in klass.__dict__.items()
@@ -232,7 +236,7 @@ botocore_stubber = BotocoreStubber()
 BUILTIN_HANDLERS.append(("before-send", botocore_stubber))
 
 
-def patch_client(client):
+def patch_client(client: botocore.client.BaseClient) -> None:
     """
     Explicitly patch a boto3-client
     """
@@ -254,7 +258,7 @@ def patch_client(client):
         raise Exception(f"Argument {client} should be of type boto3.client")
 
 
-def patch_resource(resource):
+def patch_resource(resource: Any) -> None:
     """
     Explicitly patch a boto3-resource
     """
@@ -267,11 +271,13 @@ def patch_resource(resource):
 
 
 class BotocoreEventMockAWS(BaseMockAWS):
-    def reset(self):
+    def reset(self) -> None:
         botocore_stubber.reset()
         reset_responses_mock(responses_mock)
 
-    def enable_patching(self, reset=True):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    def enable_patching(
+        self, reset: bool = True  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    ) -> None:
         # Circumvent circular imports
         from .utils import convert_flask_to_responses_response
 
@@ -313,7 +319,7 @@ class BotocoreEventMockAWS(BaseMockAWS):
                 )
             )
 
-    def disable_patching(self):
+    def disable_patching(self) -> None:
         botocore_stubber.enabled = False
         self.reset()
 
@@ -330,14 +336,13 @@ class ServerModeMockAWS(BaseMockAWS):
 
     RESET_IN_PROGRESS = False
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any):
         self.test_server_mode_endpoint = settings.test_server_mode_endpoint()
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def reset(self):
+    def reset(self) -> None:
         call_reset_api = os.environ.get("MOTO_CALL_RESET_API")
-        call_reset_api = not call_reset_api or call_reset_api.lower() != "false"
-        if call_reset_api:
+        if not call_reset_api or call_reset_api.lower() != "false":
             if not ServerModeMockAWS.RESET_IN_PROGRESS:
                 ServerModeMockAWS.RESET_IN_PROGRESS = True
                 import requests
@@ -345,14 +350,14 @@ class ServerModeMockAWS(BaseMockAWS):
                 requests.post(f"{self.test_server_mode_endpoint}/moto-api/reset")
                 ServerModeMockAWS.RESET_IN_PROGRESS = False
 
-    def enable_patching(self, reset=True):
+    def enable_patching(self, reset: bool = True) -> None:
         if self.__class__.nested_count == 1 and reset:
             # Just started
             self.reset()
 
         from boto3 import client as real_boto3_client, resource as real_boto3_resource
 
-        def fake_boto3_client(*args, **kwargs):
+        def fake_boto3_client(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> botocore.client.BaseClient:
             region = self._get_region(*args, **kwargs)
             if region:
                 if "config" in kwargs:
@@ -364,7 +369,7 @@ class ServerModeMockAWS(BaseMockAWS):
                 kwargs["endpoint_url"] = self.test_server_mode_endpoint
             return real_boto3_client(*args, **kwargs)
 
-        def fake_boto3_resource(*args, **kwargs):
+        def fake_boto3_resource(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
             if "endpoint_url" not in kwargs:
                 kwargs["endpoint_url"] = self.test_server_mode_endpoint
             return real_boto3_resource(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -374,7 +379,7 @@ class ServerModeMockAWS(BaseMockAWS):
         self._client_patcher.start()
         self._resource_patcher.start()
 
-    def _get_region(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def _get_region(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Optional[str]:
         if "region_name" in kwargs:
             return kwargs["region_name"]
         if type(args) == tuple and len(args) == 2:
@@ -382,7 +387,7 @@ class ServerModeMockAWS(BaseMockAWS):
             return region
         return None
 
-    def disable_patching(self):
+    def disable_patching(self) -> None:
         if self._client_patcher:
             self._client_patcher.stop()
             self._resource_patcher.stop()
@@ -394,9 +399,9 @@ class base_decorator:
     def __init__(self, backends: BackendDict):
         self.backends = backends
 
-    def __call__(self, func=None):
+    def __call__(self, func: Optional[Callable[..., Any]] = None) -> BaseMockAWS:
         if settings.TEST_SERVER_MODE:
-            mocked_backend = ServerModeMockAWS(self.backends)
+            mocked_backend: BaseMockAWS = ServerModeMockAWS(self.backends)
         else:
             mocked_backend = self.mock_backend(self.backends)
 
diff --git a/moto/core/responses.py b/moto/core/responses.py
index 76c42908e..5776a1e33 100644
--- a/moto/core/responses.py
+++ b/moto/core/responses.py
@@ -11,11 +11,22 @@ import xmltodict
 
 from collections import defaultdict, OrderedDict
 from moto import settings
+from moto.core.common_types import TYPE_RESPONSE, TYPE_IF_NONE
 from moto.core.exceptions import DryRunClientError
 from moto.core.utils import camelcase_to_underscores, method_names_from_class
 from moto.utilities.utils import load_resource
 from jinja2 import Environment, DictLoader, Template
-from typing import Dict, Union, Any, Tuple, TypeVar
+from typing import (
+    Dict,
+    Union,
+    Any,
+    Tuple,
+    Optional,
+    List,
+    Set,
+    ClassVar,
+    Callable,
+)
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, parse_qsl, urlparse
 from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException
 from xml.dom.minidom import parseString as parseXML
@@ -23,29 +34,19 @@ from xml.dom.minidom import parseString as parseXML
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-JINJA_ENVS = {}
-
-TYPE_RESPONSE = Tuple[int, Dict[str, str], str]
-TYPE_IF_NONE = TypeVar("TYPE_IF_NONE")
+JINJA_ENVS: Dict[type, Environment] = {}
 
 
-def _decode_dict(d):
-    decoded = OrderedDict()
+def _decode_dict(d: Dict[Any, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    decoded: Dict[str, Any] = OrderedDict()
     for key, value in d.items():
         if isinstance(key, bytes):
             newkey = key.decode("utf-8")
-        elif isinstance(key, (list, tuple)):
-            newkey = []
-            for k in key:
-                if isinstance(k, bytes):
-                    newkey.append(k.decode("utf-8"))
-                else:
-                    newkey.append(k)
         else:
             newkey = key
 
         if isinstance(value, bytes):
-            newvalue = value.decode("utf-8")
+            decoded[newkey] = value.decode("utf-8")
         elif isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
             newvalue = []
             for v in value:
@@ -53,18 +54,18 @@ def _decode_dict(d):
                     newvalue.append(v.decode("utf-8"))
                 else:
                     newvalue.append(v)
+            decoded[newkey] = newvalue
         else:
-            newvalue = value
+            decoded[newkey] = value
 
-        decoded[newkey] = newvalue
     return decoded
 
 
 class DynamicDictLoader(DictLoader):
-    def update(self, mapping):
-        self.mapping.update(mapping)
+    def update(self, mapping: Dict[str, str]) -> None:
+        self.mapping.update(mapping)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
-    def contains(self, template):
+    def contains(self, template: str) -> bool:
         return bool(template in self.mapping)
 
 
@@ -73,12 +74,12 @@ class _TemplateEnvironmentMixin(object):
     RIGHT_PATTERN = re.compile(r">[\s\n]+")
 
     @property
-    def should_autoescape(self):
+    def should_autoescape(self) -> bool:
         # Allow for subclass to overwrite
         return False
 
     @property
-    def environment(self):
+    def environment(self) -> Environment:
         key = type(self)
         try:
             environment = JINJA_ENVS[key]
@@ -94,11 +95,11 @@ class _TemplateEnvironmentMixin(object):
 
         return environment
 
-    def contains_template(self, template_id):
-        return self.environment.loader.contains(template_id)
+    def contains_template(self, template_id: str) -> bool:
+        return self.environment.loader.contains(template_id)  # type: ignore[union-attr]
 
     @classmethod
-    def _make_template_id(cls, source):
+    def _make_template_id(cls, source: str) -> str:
         """
         Return a numeric string that's unique for the lifetime of the source.
 
@@ -117,47 +118,49 @@ class _TemplateEnvironmentMixin(object):
                 xml = re.sub(
                     self.RIGHT_PATTERN, ">", re.sub(self.LEFT_PATTERN, "<", source)
                 )
-            self.environment.loader.update({template_id: xml})
+            self.environment.loader.update({template_id: xml})  # type: ignore[union-attr]
         return self.environment.get_template(template_id)
 
 
 class ActionAuthenticatorMixin(object):
 
-    request_count = 0
+    request_count: ClassVar[int] = 0
 
-    def _authenticate_and_authorize_action(self, iam_request_cls):
+    def _authenticate_and_authorize_action(self, iam_request_cls: type) -> None:
         if (
             ActionAuthenticatorMixin.request_count
             >= settings.INITIAL_NO_AUTH_ACTION_COUNT
         ):
             iam_request = iam_request_cls(
-                account_id=self.current_account,
-                method=self.method,
-                path=self.path,
-                data=self.data,
-                headers=self.headers,
+                account_id=self.current_account,  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+                method=self.method,  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+                path=self.path,  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+                data=self.data,  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+                headers=self.headers,  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
             )
             iam_request.check_signature()
             iam_request.check_action_permitted()
         else:
             ActionAuthenticatorMixin.request_count += 1
 
-    def _authenticate_and_authorize_normal_action(self):
+    def _authenticate_and_authorize_normal_action(self) -> None:
         from moto.iam.access_control import IAMRequest
 
         self._authenticate_and_authorize_action(IAMRequest)
 
-    def _authenticate_and_authorize_s3_action(self):
+    def _authenticate_and_authorize_s3_action(self) -> None:
         from moto.iam.access_control import S3IAMRequest
 
         self._authenticate_and_authorize_action(S3IAMRequest)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def set_initial_no_auth_action_count(initial_no_auth_action_count):
+    def set_initial_no_auth_action_count(initial_no_auth_action_count: int) -> Callable[..., Callable[..., TYPE_RESPONSE]]:  # type: ignore[misc]
         _test_server_mode_endpoint = settings.test_server_mode_endpoint()
 
-        def decorator(function):
-            def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        def decorator(
+            function: Callable[..., TYPE_RESPONSE]
+        ) -> Callable[..., TYPE_RESPONSE]:
+            def wrapper(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> TYPE_RESPONSE:
                 if settings.TEST_SERVER_MODE:
                     response = requests.post(
                         f"{_test_server_mode_endpoint}/moto-api/reset-auth",
@@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ class ActionAuthenticatorMixin(object):
                 return result
 
             functools.update_wrapper(wrapper, function)
-            wrapper.__wrapped__ = function
+            wrapper.__wrapped__ = function  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
             return wrapper
 
         return decorator
@@ -213,12 +216,12 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
     )
     aws_service_spec = None
 
-    def __init__(self, service_name=None) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, service_name: Optional[str] = None):
         super().__init__()
         self.service_name = service_name
 
     @classmethod
-    def dispatch(cls, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+    def dispatch(cls, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:  # type: ignore[misc]
         return cls()._dispatch(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def setup_class(
@@ -227,7 +230,7 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
         """
         use_raw_body: Use incoming bytes if True, encode to string otherwise
         """
-        querystring = OrderedDict()
+        querystring: Dict[str, Any] = OrderedDict()
         if hasattr(request, "body"):
             # Boto
             self.body = request.body
@@ -292,7 +295,7 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
         self.data = querystring
         self.method = request.method
         self.region = self.get_region_from_url(request, full_url)
-        self.uri_match = None
+        self.uri_match: Optional[re.Match[str]] = None
 
         self.headers = request.headers
         if "host" not in self.headers:
@@ -307,11 +310,11 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
         mark_account_as_visited(
             account_id=self.current_account,
             access_key=self.access_key,
-            service=self.service_name,
+            service=self.service_name,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
             region=self.region,
         )
 
-    def get_region_from_url(self, request, full_url):
+    def get_region_from_url(self, request: Any, full_url: str) -> str:
         url_match = self.region_regex.search(full_url)
         user_agent_match = self.region_from_useragent_regex.search(
             request.headers.get("User-Agent", "")
@@ -329,7 +332,7 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
             region = self.default_region
         return region
 
-    def get_access_key(self):
+    def get_access_key(self) -> str:
         """
         Returns the access key id used in this request as the current user id
         """
@@ -339,11 +342,11 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
                 return match.group(1)
 
         if self.querystring.get("AWSAccessKeyId"):
-            return self.querystring.get("AWSAccessKeyId")[0]
+            return self.querystring["AWSAccessKeyId"][0]
         else:
             return "AKIAEXAMPLE"
 
-    def get_current_account(self):
+    def get_current_account(self) -> str:
         # PRIO 1: Check if we have a Environment Variable set
         if "MOTO_ACCOUNT_ID" in os.environ:
             return os.environ["MOTO_ACCOUNT_ID"]
@@ -358,11 +361,11 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
 
         return get_account_id_from(self.get_access_key())
 
-    def _dispatch(self, request, full_url, headers):
+    def _dispatch(self, request: Any, full_url: str, headers: Any) -> TYPE_RESPONSE:
         self.setup_class(request, full_url, headers)
         return self.call_action()
 
-    def uri_to_regexp(self, uri):
+    def uri_to_regexp(self, uri: str) -> str:
         """converts uri w/ placeholder to regexp
           '/cars/{carName}/drivers/{DriverName}'
         -> '^/cars/.*/drivers/[^/]*$'
@@ -372,7 +375,7 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
 
         """
 
-        def _convert(elem, is_last):
+        def _convert(elem: str, is_last: bool) -> str:
             if not re.match("^{.*}$", elem):
                 return elem
             name = (
@@ -394,7 +397,9 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
         )
         return regexp
 
-    def _get_action_from_method_and_request_uri(self, method, request_uri):
+    def _get_action_from_method_and_request_uri(
+        self, method: str, request_uri: str
+    ) -> str:
         """basically used for `rest-json` APIs
         You can refer to example from link below
         https://github.com/boto/botocore/blob/develop/botocore/data/iot/2015-05-28/service-2.json
@@ -406,7 +411,9 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
 
         # make cache if it does not exist yet
         if not hasattr(self, "method_urls"):
-            self.method_urls = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(str))
+            self.method_urls: Dict[str, Dict[str, str]] = defaultdict(
+                lambda: defaultdict(str)
+            )
             op_names = conn._service_model.operation_names
             for op_name in op_names:
                 op_model = conn._service_model.operation_model(op_name)
@@ -419,9 +426,9 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
             self.uri_match = match
             if match:
                 return name
-        return None
+        return None  # type: ignore[return-value]
 
-    def _get_action(self):
+    def _get_action(self) -> str:
         action = self.querystring.get("Action", [""])[0]
         if action:
             return action
@@ -433,7 +440,7 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
         # get action from method and uri
         return self._get_action_from_method_and_request_uri(self.method, self.path)
 
-    def call_action(self):
+    def call_action(self) -> TYPE_RESPONSE:
         headers = self.response_headers
 
         try:
@@ -449,9 +456,11 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
             try:
                 response = method()
             except HTTPException as http_error:
-                response_headers = dict(http_error.get_headers() or [])
-                response_headers["status"] = http_error.code
-                response = http_error.description, response_headers
+                response_headers: Dict[str, Union[str, int]] = dict(
+                    http_error.get_headers() or []
+                )
+                response_headers["status"] = http_error.code  # type: ignore[assignment]
+                response = http_error.description, response_headers  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
             if isinstance(response, str):
                 return 200, headers, response
@@ -466,7 +475,7 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
         )
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _send_response(headers, response):
+    def _send_response(headers: Dict[str, str], response: Any) -> Tuple[int, Dict[str, str], str]:  # type: ignore[misc]
         if response is None:
             response = "", {}
         if len(response) == 2:
@@ -480,7 +489,7 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
             headers["status"] = str(headers["status"])
         return status, headers, body
 
-    def _get_param(self, param_name, if_none=None) -> Any:
+    def _get_param(self, param_name: str, if_none: Any = None) -> Any:
         val = self.querystring.get(param_name)
         if val is not None:
             return val[0]
@@ -503,7 +512,7 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
         return if_none
 
     def _get_int_param(
-        self, param_name, if_none: TYPE_IF_NONE = None
+        self, param_name: str, if_none: TYPE_IF_NONE = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
     ) -> Union[int, TYPE_IF_NONE]:
         val = self._get_param(param_name)
         if val is not None:
@@ -511,7 +520,7 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
         return if_none
 
     def _get_bool_param(
-        self, param_name, if_none: TYPE_IF_NONE = None
+        self, param_name: str, if_none: TYPE_IF_NONE = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
     ) -> Union[bool, TYPE_IF_NONE]:
         val = self._get_param(param_name)
         if val is not None:
@@ -522,12 +531,15 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
                 return False
         return if_none
 
-    def _get_multi_param_dict(self, param_prefix) -> Dict:
+    def _get_multi_param_dict(self, param_prefix: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         return self._get_multi_param_helper(param_prefix, skip_result_conversion=True)
 
     def _get_multi_param_helper(
-        self, param_prefix, skip_result_conversion=False, tracked_prefixes=None
-    ):
+        self,
+        param_prefix: str,
+        skip_result_conversion: bool = False,
+        tracked_prefixes: Optional[Set[str]] = None,
+    ) -> Any:
         value_dict = dict()
         tracked_prefixes = (
             tracked_prefixes or set()
@@ -589,11 +601,13 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
                 if len(parts) != 2 or parts[1] != "member":
                     value_dict[parts[0]] = value_dict.pop(k)
         else:
-            value_dict = list(value_dict.values())[0]
+            value_dict = list(value_dict.values())[0]  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
         return value_dict
 
-    def _get_multi_param(self, param_prefix, skip_result_conversion=False) -> Any:
+    def _get_multi_param(
+        self, param_prefix: str, skip_result_conversion: bool = False
+    ) -> List[Any]:
         """
         Given a querystring of ?LaunchConfigurationNames.member.1=my-test-1&LaunchConfigurationNames.member.2=my-test-2
         this will return ['my-test-1', 'my-test-2']
@@ -616,7 +630,7 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
 
         return values
 
-    def _get_dict_param(self, param_prefix) -> Dict:
+    def _get_dict_param(self, param_prefix: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """
         Given a parameter dict of
         {
@@ -630,7 +644,7 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
             "instance_count": "1",
         }
         """
-        params = {}
+        params: Dict[str, Any] = {}
         for key, value in self.querystring.items():
             if key.startswith(param_prefix):
                 params[camelcase_to_underscores(key.replace(param_prefix, ""))] = value[
@@ -638,7 +652,7 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
                 ]
         return params
 
-    def _get_params(self) -> Any:
+    def _get_params(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """
         Given a querystring of
         {
@@ -674,12 +688,12 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
             ]
         }
         """
-        params = {}
+        params: Dict[str, Any] = {}
         for k, v in sorted(self.querystring.items()):
             self._parse_param(k, v[0], params)
         return params
 
-    def _parse_param(self, key, value, params):
+    def _parse_param(self, key: str, value: str, params: Any) -> None:
         keylist = key.split(".")
         obj = params
         for i, key in enumerate(keylist[:-1]):
@@ -713,7 +727,7 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
         else:
             obj[keylist[-1]] = value
 
-    def _get_list_prefix(self, param_prefix: str) -> Any:
+    def _get_list_prefix(self, param_prefix: str) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
         """
         Given a query dict like
         {
@@ -752,7 +766,9 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
             param_index += 1
         return results
 
-    def _get_map_prefix(self, param_prefix, key_end=".key", value_end=".value"):
+    def _get_map_prefix(
+        self, param_prefix: str, key_end: str = ".key", value_end: str = ".value"
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         results = {}
         param_index = 1
         while 1:
@@ -774,7 +790,9 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
 
         return results
 
-    def _get_object_map(self, prefix, name="Name", value="Value"):
+    def _get_object_map(
+        self, prefix: str, name: str = "Name", value: str = "Value"
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """
         Given a query dict like
         {
@@ -822,19 +840,16 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
         return object_map
 
     @property
-    def request_json(self):
+    def request_json(self) -> bool:
         return "JSON" in self.querystring.get("ContentType", [])
 
-    def error_on_dryrun(self):
+    def error_on_dryrun(self) -> None:
         self.is_not_dryrun()
 
-    def is_not_dryrun(self, action=None):
-        action = action or self._get_param("Action")
+    def is_not_dryrun(self, action: Optional[str] = None) -> bool:
         if "true" in self.querystring.get("DryRun", ["false"]):
-            message = (
-                "An error occurred (DryRunOperation) when calling the %s operation: Request would have succeeded, but DryRun flag is set"
-                % action
-            )
+            a = action or self._get_param("Action")
+            message = f"An error occurred (DryRunOperation) when calling the {a} operation: Request would have succeeded, but DryRun flag is set"
             raise DryRunClientError(error_type="DryRunOperation", message=message)
         return True
 
@@ -842,20 +857,20 @@ class BaseResponse(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
 class _RecursiveDictRef(object):
     """Store a recursive reference to dict."""
 
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.key = None
-        self.dic = {}
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.key: Optional[str] = None
+        self.dic: Dict[str, Any] = {}
 
-    def __repr__(self):
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return "{!r}".format(self.dic)
 
-    def __getattr__(self, key):
-        return self.dic.__getattr__(key)
+    def __getattr__(self, key: str) -> Any:
+        return self.dic.__getattr__(key)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
-    def __getitem__(self, key):
+    def __getitem__(self, key: str) -> Any:
         return self.dic.__getitem__(key)
 
-    def set_reference(self, key, dic):
+    def set_reference(self, key: str, dic: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         """Set the RecursiveDictRef object to keep reference to dict object
         (dic) at the key.
 
@@ -877,7 +892,7 @@ class AWSServiceSpec(object):
         self.operations = spec["operations"]
         self.shapes = spec["shapes"]
 
-    def input_spec(self, operation):
+    def input_spec(self, operation: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         try:
             op = self.operations[operation]
         except KeyError:
@@ -887,7 +902,7 @@ class AWSServiceSpec(object):
         shape = self.shapes[op["input"]["shape"]]
         return self._expand(shape)
 
-    def output_spec(self, operation):
+    def output_spec(self, operation: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Produce a JSON with a valid API response syntax for operation, but
         with type information. Each node represented by a key has the
         value containing field type, e.g.,
@@ -904,11 +919,13 @@ class AWSServiceSpec(object):
         shape = self.shapes[op["output"]["shape"]]
         return self._expand(shape)
 
-    def _expand(self, shape):
-        def expand(dic, seen=None):
+    def _expand(self, shape: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        def expand(
+            dic: Dict[str, Any], seen: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+        ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
             seen = seen or {}
             if dic["type"] == "structure":
-                nodes = {}
+                nodes: Dict[str, Any] = {}
                 for k, v in dic["members"].items():
                     seen_till_here = dict(seen)
                     if k in seen_till_here:
@@ -932,7 +949,7 @@ class AWSServiceSpec(object):
 
             elif dic["type"] == "map":
                 seen_till_here = dict(seen)
-                node = {"type": "map"}
+                node: Dict[str, Any] = {"type": "map"}
 
                 if "shape" in dic["key"]:
                     shape = dic["key"]["shape"]
@@ -958,12 +975,12 @@ class AWSServiceSpec(object):
         return expand(shape)
 
 
-def to_str(value, spec):
+def to_str(value: Any, spec: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     vtype = spec["type"]
     if vtype == "boolean":
         return "true" if value else "false"
     elif vtype == "long":
-        return int(value)
+        return int(value)  # type: ignore[return-value]
     elif vtype == "integer":
         return str(value)
     elif vtype == "float":
@@ -984,7 +1001,7 @@ def to_str(value, spec):
         raise TypeError("Unknown type {}".format(vtype))
 
 
-def from_str(value, spec):
+def from_str(value: str, spec: Dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
     vtype = spec["type"]
     if vtype == "boolean":
         return True if value == "true" else False
@@ -1001,7 +1018,9 @@ def from_str(value, spec):
     raise TypeError("Unknown type {}".format(vtype))
 
 
-def flatten_json_request_body(prefix, dict_body, spec):
+def flatten_json_request_body(
+    prefix: str, dict_body: Dict[str, Any], spec: Dict[str, Any]
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Convert a JSON request body into query params."""
     if len(spec) == 1 and "type" in spec:
         return {prefix: to_str(dict_body, spec)}
@@ -1030,10 +1049,12 @@ def flatten_json_request_body(prefix, dict_body, spec):
     return dict((prefix + k, v) for k, v in flat.items())
 
 
-def xml_to_json_response(service_spec, operation, xml, result_node=None):
+def xml_to_json_response(
+    service_spec: Any, operation: str, xml: str, result_node: Any = None
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Convert rendered XML response to JSON for use with boto3."""
 
-    def transform(value, spec):
+    def transform(value: Any, spec: Dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
         """Apply transformations to make the output JSON comply with the
         expected form. This function applies:
 
@@ -1047,7 +1068,7 @@ def xml_to_json_response(service_spec, operation, xml, result_node=None):
         if len(spec) == 1:
             return from_str(value, spec)
 
-        od = OrderedDict()
+        od: Dict[str, Any] = OrderedDict()
         for k, v in value.items():
             if k.startswith("@"):
                 continue
@@ -1099,7 +1120,7 @@ def xml_to_json_response(service_spec, operation, xml, result_node=None):
         for k in result_node or (operation + "Response", operation + "Result"):
             dic = dic[k]
     except KeyError:
-        return None
+        return None  # type: ignore[return-value]
     else:
         return transform(dic, output_spec)
     return None
diff --git a/moto/core/responses_custom_registry.py b/moto/core/responses_custom_registry.py
index 2e87dd6ab..30f800b51 100644
--- a/moto/core/responses_custom_registry.py
+++ b/moto/core/responses_custom_registry.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # This will only exist in responses >= 0.17
 import responses
+from typing import Any, List, Tuple, Optional
 from .custom_responses_mock import CallbackResponse, not_implemented_callback
 
 
@@ -10,11 +11,12 @@ class CustomRegistry(responses.registries.FirstMatchRegistry):
      - CallbackResponses are not discarded after first use - users can mock the same URL as often as they like
     """
 
-    def add(self, response):
+    def add(self, response: responses.BaseResponse) -> responses.BaseResponse:
         if response not in self.registered:
             super().add(response)
+        return response
 
-    def find(self, request):
+    def find(self, request: Any) -> Tuple[Optional[responses.BaseResponse], List[str]]:
         all_possibles = responses._default_mock._registry.registered + self.registered
         found = []
         match_failed_reasons = []
diff --git a/moto/core/utils.py b/moto/core/utils.py
index d803fb6d1..29d8fabb8 100644
--- a/moto/core/utils.py
+++ b/moto/core/utils.py
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ import datetime
 import inspect
 import re
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Any, Optional, List, Callable, Dict
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
+from .common_types import TYPE_RESPONSE
 
 
-def camelcase_to_underscores(argument: Optional[str]) -> str:
+def camelcase_to_underscores(argument: str) -> str:
     """Converts a camelcase param like theNewAttribute to the equivalent
     python underscore variable like the_new_attribute"""
     result = ""
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ def camelcase_to_underscores(argument: Optional[str]) -> str:
     return result
 
 
-def underscores_to_camelcase(argument):
+def underscores_to_camelcase(argument: str) -> str:
     """Converts a camelcase param like the_new_attribute to the equivalent
     camelcase version like theNewAttribute. Note that the first letter is
     NOT capitalized by this function"""
@@ -48,17 +49,17 @@ def underscores_to_camelcase(argument):
     return result
 
 
-def pascal_to_camelcase(argument):
+def pascal_to_camelcase(argument: str) -> str:
     """Converts a PascalCase param to the camelCase equivalent"""
     return argument[0].lower() + argument[1:]
 
 
-def camelcase_to_pascal(argument):
+def camelcase_to_pascal(argument: str) -> str:
     """Converts a camelCase param to the PascalCase equivalent"""
     return argument[0].upper() + argument[1:]
 
 
-def method_names_from_class(clazz):
+def method_names_from_class(clazz: object) -> List[str]:
     predicate = inspect.isfunction
     return [x[0] for x in inspect.getmembers(clazz, predicate=predicate)]
 
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ def convert_regex_to_flask_path(url_path: str) -> str:
     for token in ["$"]:
         url_path = url_path.replace(token, "")
 
-    def caller(reg):
+    def caller(reg: Any) -> str:
         match_name, match_pattern = reg.groups()
         return '<regex("{0}"):{1}>'.format(match_pattern, match_name)
 
@@ -83,11 +84,11 @@ def convert_regex_to_flask_path(url_path: str) -> str:
 
 
 class convert_to_flask_response(object):
-    def __init__(self, callback):
+    def __init__(self, callback: Callable[..., Any]):
         self.callback = callback
 
     @property
-    def __name__(self):
+    def __name__(self) -> str:
         # For instance methods, use class and method names. Otherwise
         # use module and method name
         if inspect.ismethod(self.callback):
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ class convert_to_flask_response(object):
             outer = self.callback.__module__
         return "{0}.{1}".format(outer, self.callback.__name__)
 
-    def __call__(self, args=None, **kwargs):
+    def __call__(self, args: Any = None, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         from flask import request, Response
         from moto.moto_api import recorder
 
@@ -118,11 +119,11 @@ class convert_to_flask_response(object):
 
 
 class convert_flask_to_responses_response(object):
-    def __init__(self, callback):
+    def __init__(self, callback: Callable[..., Any]):
         self.callback = callback
 
     @property
-    def __name__(self):
+    def __name__(self) -> str:
         # For instance methods, use class and method names. Otherwise
         # use module and method name
         if inspect.ismethod(self.callback):
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ class convert_flask_to_responses_response(object):
             outer = self.callback.__module__
         return "{0}.{1}".format(outer, self.callback.__name__)
 
-    def __call__(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __call__(self, request: Any, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> TYPE_RESPONSE:
         for key, val in request.headers.items():
             if isinstance(val, bytes):
                 request.headers[key] = val.decode("utf-8")
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ class convert_flask_to_responses_response(object):
         return status, headers, response
 
 
-def iso_8601_datetime_with_milliseconds(value: datetime) -> str:
+def iso_8601_datetime_with_milliseconds(value: datetime.datetime) -> str:
     return value.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f")[:-3] + "Z"
 
 
@@ -163,22 +164,22 @@ def iso_8601_datetime_without_milliseconds_s3(
 RFC1123 = "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT"
 
 
-def rfc_1123_datetime(src):
+def rfc_1123_datetime(src: datetime.datetime) -> str:
     return src.strftime(RFC1123)
 
 
-def str_to_rfc_1123_datetime(value):
+def str_to_rfc_1123_datetime(value: str) -> datetime.datetime:
     return datetime.datetime.strptime(value, RFC1123)
 
 
-def unix_time(dt: datetime.datetime = None) -> int:
+def unix_time(dt: Optional[datetime.datetime] = None) -> float:
     dt = dt or datetime.datetime.utcnow()
     epoch = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(0)
     delta = dt - epoch
     return (delta.days * 86400) + (delta.seconds + (delta.microseconds / 1e6))
 
 
-def unix_time_millis(dt: datetime = None) -> int:
+def unix_time_millis(dt: Optional[datetime.datetime] = None) -> float:
     return unix_time(dt) * 1000.0
 
 
@@ -193,28 +194,33 @@ def path_url(url: str) -> str:
 
 
 def tags_from_query_string(
-    querystring_dict, prefix="Tag", key_suffix="Key", value_suffix="Value"
-):
+    querystring_dict: Dict[str, Any],
+    prefix: str = "Tag",
+    key_suffix: str = "Key",
+    value_suffix: str = "Value",
+) -> Dict[str, str]:
     response_values = {}
     for key in querystring_dict.keys():
         if key.startswith(prefix) and key.endswith(key_suffix):
             tag_index = key.replace(prefix + ".", "").replace("." + key_suffix, "")
-            tag_key = querystring_dict.get(
+            tag_key = querystring_dict[
                 "{prefix}.{index}.{key_suffix}".format(
                     prefix=prefix, index=tag_index, key_suffix=key_suffix
                 )
-            )[0]
+            ][0]
             tag_value_key = "{prefix}.{index}.{value_suffix}".format(
                 prefix=prefix, index=tag_index, value_suffix=value_suffix
             )
             if tag_value_key in querystring_dict:
-                response_values[tag_key] = querystring_dict.get(tag_value_key)[0]
+                response_values[tag_key] = querystring_dict[tag_value_key][0]
             else:
                 response_values[tag_key] = None
     return response_values
 
 
-def tags_from_cloudformation_tags_list(tags_list):
+def tags_from_cloudformation_tags_list(
+    tags_list: List[Dict[str, str]]
+) -> Dict[str, str]:
     """Return tags in dict form from cloudformation resource tags form (list of dicts)"""
     tags = {}
     for entry in tags_list:
@@ -225,7 +231,7 @@ def tags_from_cloudformation_tags_list(tags_list):
     return tags
 
 
-def remap_nested_keys(root, key_transform):
+def remap_nested_keys(root: Any, key_transform: Callable[[str], str]) -> Any:
     """This remap ("recursive map") function is used to traverse and
     transform the dictionary keys of arbitrarily nested structures.
     List comprehensions do not recurse, making it tedious to apply
@@ -252,7 +258,9 @@ def remap_nested_keys(root, key_transform):
     return root
 
 
-def merge_dicts(dict1, dict2, remove_nulls=False):
+def merge_dicts(
+    dict1: Dict[str, Any], dict2: Dict[str, Any], remove_nulls: bool = False
+) -> None:
     """Given two arbitrarily nested dictionaries, merge the second dict into the first.
 
     :param dict dict1: the dictionary to be updated.
@@ -275,7 +283,7 @@ def merge_dicts(dict1, dict2, remove_nulls=False):
                 dict1.pop(key)
 
 
-def aws_api_matches(pattern, string):
+def aws_api_matches(pattern: str, string: str) -> bool:
     """
     AWS API can match a value based on a glob, or an exact match
     """
@@ -296,7 +304,7 @@ def aws_api_matches(pattern, string):
         return False
 
 
-def extract_region_from_aws_authorization(string):
+def extract_region_from_aws_authorization(string: str) -> Optional[str]:
     auth = string or ""
     region = re.sub(r".*Credential=[^/]+/[^/]+/([^/]+)/.*", r"\1", auth)
     if region == auth:
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f7cf76cbe..65755c267 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ disable = W,C,R,E
 enable = anomalous-backslash-in-string, arguments-renamed, dangerous-default-value, deprecated-module, function-redefined, import-self, redefined-builtin, redefined-outer-name, reimported, pointless-statement, super-with-arguments, unused-argument, unused-import, unused-variable, useless-else-on-loop, wildcard-import
 
 [mypy]
-files= moto/a*,moto/b*,moto/ce,moto/cloudformation,moto/cloudfront,moto/cloudtrail,moto/codebuild,moto/cloudwatch,moto/codepipeline,moto/codecommit,moto/cognito*,moto/comprehend,moto/config,moto/core/base_backend.py
+files= moto/a*,moto/b*,moto/c*
 show_column_numbers=True
 show_error_codes = True
 disable_error_code=abstract