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Beverly Hills Cop
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Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American buddy action comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a hip, street-smart detective in mid-1980s Detroit; as something of a loose cannon, he's not well respected by Da Chief, but the other guys on the force love him. One day, an old friend of his visits — then ends up killed by hitmen just outside Axel's apartment. Determined to find out what happened despite being warned away from the case, Axel takes vacation time and follows the killers' trail back to Beverly Hills, California.Hilarity Ensues as Axel adjusts to the more straight-laced world of Beverly Hills, using his comedic timing and unflappability to get himself out of some sticky situations. As he tries to build a case against the Mooks that killed his friend back in Detroit, he manages to talk his way into (and out of) the Beverly Hills jail, his hotel, a bonded warehouse, a country club, and more. Just when he's about to crack the case, the Big Bad Victor Maitland (Steven Berkoff) arrives and kidnaps his not-quite-love-interest, Jenny Summers (Lisa Eilbacher), forcing the Beverly Hills police detectives he's been trying to win over to come and help. The movie ends in a massive, scenery-chewing shootout at the villain's huge mansion, with the local detectives learning that sometimes bending the rules isn't so bad after all.The film that cemented Eddie Murphy as a megastar, it was followed by Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) and Beverly Hills Cop III (1994). After a long period of Development Hell, a fourth film, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, is currently being produced by Netflix. | |
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Creator Cameo: Director Martin Brest appears at the end of the movie as the clerk who checks Axel out of the hotel. | |
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Human Shield: When Axel confronts Maitland at the climax, he holds Jenny Summers in front of him. | |
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If I Wanted You Dead...: Inspector Todd points out to Axel that Mikey was killed by professionals, and that they weren't worried about Axel. "If they were, you'd be lying beside him in that meat wagon." Justified — Axel was knocked out by the killers, who then put two bullets in Mikey's head. As Axel hadn't seen their faces (and they didn't know he was a policeman), they left him alone. | |
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Title Drop: "Billy's a Beverly Hills Cop". | |
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Non-Specifically Foreign: Serge. What the heck was that accent supposed to be? | |
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Soft Glass: Axel gets thrown through a window. Naturally, he's fine. | |
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Ignoring by Singing: After messing up the cigarette sting operation Axel is bothered by Jeffrey. Axel uses the "la la la" version while trying to get Jeffrey to stop. | |
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The Stoic | |
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The Stoic: Zack never changes his expression or voice. Well, almost never... Not So Stoic: After Axel flips him into the buffet table, Zack looks pissed and has to be talked down by Maitland. | |
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Those Two Guys | |
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Those Two Guys: Rosewood and Taggart, as well as Foster and McCabe. | |
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Villain Ball | |
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Villain Ball: Much of the plot depends on Victor Maitland being a moron. If he had just played dumb and told Axel that he had no idea who would want to kill his friend Mikey, that, yes, he uses bearer bonds in his business all the time, which is completely normal in the art world, and no, he has no idea why Mikey would have brought bearer bonds with him to Detroit, that would have been the end of the movie, as Axel at that point had no real basis of suspicion against him. Instead, he calls in a group of thugs to his office to have Axel literally thrown out of a window, at which point Axel is quite suspicious of Maitland. When Maitland catches Axel and Jenny in one of his warehouses, having discovered 80 kilos of cocaine, he could have had them killed on the spot. Instead, he takes Jenny hostage to his mansion, leaving Axel behind to get roughed up by his henchmen. That, of course, allowed Rosewood to rescue Axel, and for the two of them, with Taggart in tow, to go rescue Jenny. If Maitland had had any common sense, the movie would have been much shorter. | |
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Obstructive Bureaucrat: The Beverly Hills Police have some traits of this, but come around in the end. | |
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Cult Soundtrack: The soundtrack with music by the Pointer Sisters and Harold Faltermeyer became a hit album by itself. | |
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Try and Follow | |
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Try and Follow: While he’s out driving, Axel sees Foster and McCabe tailing him in his rear view mirror. He stops at a traffic light and waits through the green and yellow cycles, confusing the duo behind him. Just as the light turns red, Axel speeds through the intersection. By the time Foster and McCabe recover from their surprise and try to give chase, they're cut off by the cross traffic. | |
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No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Zack does this to Axel after revealing that he murdered Mikey. When he leaves with Maitland, he leaves Casey to take over for him. | |
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Lemming Cops: When the Beverly Hills cops are driving en masse into Maitland's mansion, some of his mooks try a getaway only to crash and cause the entire line of police cars to get into a chain of rear-end collisions, and Bogomil to break his By-the-Book Cop face to exclaim, "Oh, shit!" | |
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Guile Hero: Axel may be a good shot, but the majority of the headway he makes in the course of his investigations comes from his ability to talk his way through a situation and influence people who have something he needs. | |
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Stealing from the Hotel: Axel loves his hotel's bathrobes. When Taggart offers to buy him one to take home, he tells them he's already got a couple in his bags. | |
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Destination Defenestration | |
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Destination Defenestration: Axel: "I was thrown. Through. A fucking. Window!" | |
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Hollywood Law | |
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Hollywood Law: An interesting example, because, instead of ignoring Maitland's fourth amendment rights, Axel is actually needlessly sensitive to them. When he and Jenny go to search Maitland's warehouse for drugs, Billy asks why he can't come along; Axel explains that, because Billy is a cop in that jurisdiction, and they don't have probable cause, the judge would rule the search illegal and deem it inadmissible in court. Of course, realistically, any judge with a single digit IQ would also hold that Axel was acting as an agent of the Beverly Hills police, so that justification is unnecessary. The real reason they could legally search the warehouse is that Jenny is the manager of Maitland's gallery and has a key, given to her by Maitland himself, to the gallery's warehouse, where the incriminating crate is simply sitting on the floor. If the police are admitted to a place with the consent of a person who would normally have access, then they do not need a warrant if there's probable cause. If the manager of a business willingly permits the police to search said business, the police do not need a warrant. | |
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Not Helping Your Case | |
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Not Helping Your Case: Lampshaded by Jenny. All things considered, it wasn't the best look for Axel to barge into Victor Maitland's office unannounced and ask very pointed questions in a way that would guarantee any reasonable person have him thrown out. Subverted, of course, when Maitland turns out to be the one behind Mikey's killing in the first place. | |
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Axel must have learned it from Inspector Todd, who doesn't just Cluster F-Bomb, he CARPET F-Bombs. | |
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I'll Kill You! | |
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I'll Kill You!: After Maitland has Jenny dragged out and put in his car: | |
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Black and Nerdy: Detective Foster, one-half of the second team assigned to shadow Axel, who has no problem lampshading it: | |
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Actor Allusion | |
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Actor Allusion: While walking through Beverly Hills for the first time, Foley spots two guys in very goofy, ostentatious red-and-black leather suits — the exact kind of outfit◊ that Delirious helped popularize in fashion. Axel cracks up. | |
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Character Development: Both Rosewood and Taggart have moments when they are forced to abandon their By-the-Book Cop methods in order to rescue Axel and Jenny, respectively. | |
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Pistol-Whipping | |
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Pistol-Whipping: When Zack comes to kill Mikey, his associate clubs Axel with his pistol. | |
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Cowboy Cop | |
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Axel finally lets Bogomil, Rosewood, and Taggart in on why he's investigating Victor Maitland and reveals that he's found evidence of Maitland being a drug smuggler. Bogomil believes him, but because Axel's out of his jurisdiction, all his evidence is circumstantial. Not only that, but thanks to all of Axel's off-the-book, Cowboy Cop antics, including damaging a police car with bananas, wrecking a private event, and playing pranks on four different police officers, Chief Hubbard demands that Axel is to be escorted outside the city limits, or he'll be arrested for all his crimes against the Beverly Hills Police Department. Thankfully, it doesn't stick as Taggart, Rosewood, and Foley go after Maitland on their own, especially after he's kidnapped Jenny. | |
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Sherlock Scan: At the strip bar, Axel is able to determine that two guys are about to rob the place solely on the fact that they were wearing overcoats in the middle of June. | |
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: For a goofy, almost comedic cop movie, a lot of things end up having very real and unfun consequences: Axel's antics, like doing an unauthorized sting operation that lead to a destructive car chase around Detroit leaves him in hot water with his boss, Inspector Todd. His further antics in Beverly Hills nearly cost him his job until Bogomil talks to Todd. Axel's friend, Mikey, steals some German bearer bonds from his boss, thinking that he wouldn't notice a few missing; it's no surprise he ends up dead a couple scenes later, especially after it's revealed that his boss is a violent drug smuggler. After Mikey is killed, Axel argues with Inspector Todd about not being put on the investigation; Todd tells him exactly why he can't be a part of the case: Axel cons his way into Victor Maitland's office to ask him about what Mikey did for him, only for Victor to call his henchmen to throw Axel out of a window. Shortly after, cops arrive, but instead of arresting Victor, they arrest Axel because Victor told the police that Axel broke in, started being a nuisance, and threw himself out the window (which is true, except for the self defenestration) and because Axel was carrying a gun (cops can't carry their duty weapons outside their jurisdiction). Victor being a respectable businessman, while Axel is a scruffy, foul-mouthed out-of-towner who argues and swears at the police officers (Rosewood and Taggart) interrogating him only helps in digging himself deeper. When Taggart punches Axel in the stomach after he pushes the former's buttons one time too many, Taggart's boss, Lieutenant Bogomil, calls him over and makes him apologize for hitting Axel and asks Axel if he wants to press charges against Taggart. Thankfully for Taggart, Axel feels it's uncouth to sue a fellow cop, even though it's completely justified in this case. Considering that Axel's a minority, that the attack was unjustified, and during this time period, police relations with the public had been a tad rocky, it makes sense why Bogomil would try to play peacemaker. After getting distracted repeatedly, getting their car sabotaged by Axel, with bananas, losing track of him more than once, and willingly accompanying him to a strip club, all while on-duty, Rosewood and Taggart are relieved of their duty. Bogomil then replaces them with their stuck-up rivals, McCabe and Foster, who end up being no better at tailing Axel than Rosewood and Taggart. Axel finally lets Bogomil, Rosewood, and Taggart in on why he's investigating Victor Maitland and reveals that he's found evidence of Maitland being a drug smuggler. Bogomil believes him, but because Axel's out of his jurisdiction, all his evidence is circumstantial. Not only that, but thanks to all of Axel's off-the-book, Cowboy Cop antics, including damaging a police car with bananas, wrecking a private event, and playing pranks on four different police officers, Chief Hubbard demands that Axel is to be escorted outside the city limits, or he'll be arrested for all his crimes against the Beverly Hills Police Department. Thankfully, it doesn't stick as Taggart, Rosewood, and Foley go after Maitland on their own, especially after he's kidnapped Jenny. Speaking of the banana sabotage, Axel has to use multiple bananas to make it stick, and there aren't any Pinto moments in the aftermath thereof. Of course, Axel being Axel, he probably thought to use more than one banana from the word "go". | |
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Blatant Lies | |
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Blatant Lies: Bogomil's cover story at the end about Axel being part of a multijurisdictional task force on organized crime is so obviously made up on the spot that the police chief is on the verge of cracking up over it, but he lets it pass, given the incredible nature of the bust they've just pulled off. Maitland has his goons throw Foley through a window, and claims Foley threw himself out. The police buy Maitland's story since he's perceived to be much more credible than Axel. After the banana-in-the-tail-pipe incident, Axel drags Taggart and Rosewood to a strip club when he knows both officers are on-duty. They happen to foil a robbery while they're there (Axel does a good chunk of the work), and all three are dragged back to the station to explain to Bogomil why they were there. Axel tries to cover for them by claiming that they simply followed him to the strip club and apprehended the would-be robbers on their own, and calls them "super-cops"; Taggart denies this, and ends up telling the truth instead. Axel Lampshades this by stating that his "super-cop story" was actually working before they "fucked it up", earning a Blink and You'll Miss It smile from Bogomil.note The "truthful" story contains a small lie in itself, with his claim that "before we knew what was going on", Foley had disarmed one of the robbers and so deserves full credit. In reality, Axel tipped off Taggart beforehand and it was a near-simultaneous arrest, meaning that Taggart is giving Foley a little extra credit with Bogomil at the expense of his own reputation. | |
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Damsel in Distress: Jenny is kidnapped by Maitland after she and Axel discover Maitland's drug smuggling operation in the warehouse. This is basically done to give the main characters a reason to storm Maitland's mansion without waiting for backup, as any reasonable cop would do under normal circumstances. | |
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Funny Foreigner | |
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Funny Foreigner: Serge (played by Bronson Pinchot), one of Jenny's employees at the gallery, has a truly absurd accent that goes entirely unexplained. | |
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Surprise Inspection Ruse | |
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Surprise Inspection Ruse: Axel Foley sneaks into the impound area of a bonded warehouse to check on the shipment that Victor Maitland received from abroad. When a security guard approaches him he demands to see the guard's supervisor, claims to be "Inspector Rafferty, U.S. Customs" and says he's doing a security check. He then demands to go over all of their paperwork (so he can find out about Maitland's shipment). | |
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Honor Before Reason | |
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After the banana-in-the-tail-pipe incident, Axel drags Taggart and Rosewood to a strip club when he knows both officers are on-duty. They happen to foil a robbery while they're there (Axel does a good chunk of the work), and all three are dragged back to the station to explain to Bogomil why they were there. Axel tries to cover for them by claiming that they simply followed him to the strip club and apprehended the would-be robbers on their own, and calls them "super-cops"; Taggart denies this, and ends up telling the truth instead. Axel Lampshades this by stating that his "super-cop story" was actually working before they "fucked it up", earning a Blink and You'll Miss It smile from Bogomil.note The "truthful" story contains a small lie in itself, with his claim that "before we knew what was going on", Foley had disarmed one of the robbers and so deserves full credit. In reality, Axel tipped off Taggart beforehand and it was a near-simultaneous arrest, meaning that Taggart is giving Foley a little extra credit with Bogomil at the expense of his own reputation. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_44fc28e8 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_4631e81f | type |
Badass in Distress | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_4631e81f | comment |
Badass in Distress: Axel is captured by Maitland's mooks in the warehouse and nearly executed. Thankfully Rosewood arrives just in time to save him. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_4631e81f | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_4686734b | type |
Saved by the Awesome | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_4686734b | comment |
Saved by the Awesome: It's strongly implied that the reason the police chief lets Bogomil get away with his Blatant Lies at the end is the magnitude of the drug bust that was just made. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_4686734b | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_48ac82d0 | type |
Audit Threat | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_48ac82d0 | comment |
Audit Threat: When Axel is caught illegally searching for evidence, he pretends to be a customs inspector and threatens a bonded warehouse employee who questions his authority with a security audit. The employee drops his objections. Axel does this by pointing out a Porsche he allegedly saw outside, which probably didn't even exist, but said employee still didn't want to risk it. | |
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1.0 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_48ac82d0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_48ac82d0 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_4ab9c868 | type |
Pretty Little Headshots | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_4ab9c868 | comment |
Pretty Little Headshots: Averted; Mikey needs two shots to the head before he dies. | |
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-1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_4ab9c868 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_4b0ef86e | type |
Advertised Extra | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_4b0ef86e | comment |
Advertised Extra: Mikey's actor, James Russo, is credited in the opening credits alongside Axel, Rosewood, Taggart, Jenny and Maitland, among others. Mikey gets offed in the first fifteen minutes. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_4b0ef86e | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_502b147b | type |
Playing Drunk | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_502b147b | comment |
Playing Drunk: While at the strip bar with Taggart and Rosewood, Axel pretends to be drunk to make a suspected armed robber think he's harmless and get close enough to take him out. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_502b147b | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_50b05d30 | type |
Disproportionate Retribution | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_50b05d30 | comment |
When Taggart punches Axel in the stomach after he pushes the former's buttons one time too many, Taggart's boss, Lieutenant Bogomil, calls him over and makes him apologize for hitting Axel and asks Axel if he wants to press charges against Taggart. Thankfully for Taggart, Axel feels it's uncouth to sue a fellow cop, even though it's completely justified in this case. Considering that Axel's a minority, that the attack was unjustified, and during this time period, police relations with the public had been a tad rocky, it makes sense why Bogomil would try to play peacemaker. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_50b05d30 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_50c7749f | type |
Dead Man's Trigger Finger | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_50c7749f | comment |
Dead Man's Trigger Finger: The Mook killed by Billy during the final shootout lets out a couple shots while falling dead. | |
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1.0 | |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_50c7749f | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_50f50a5e | type |
Donut Mess with a Cop | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_50f50a5e | comment |
Donut Mess with a Cop: Axel distracts Detectives Foster and McCabe by sending them coffee and doughnuts, ultimately paid for by the Beverly Hills Police Department. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_50f50a5e | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_51460d4e | type |
Cops Need the Vigilante | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_51460d4e | comment |
Cops Need the Vigilante: Detective Axel Foley isn't a cop in Beverly Hills. His antics are amusing, but illegal. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_51460d4e | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_5313c266 | type |
Bookends | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_5313c266 | comment |
Book Ends: At the beginning of the movie, Inspector Todd angrily tells Axel to go to the hospital to get his head checked out after Mikey gets killed. At the end, Lieutenant Bogomil, in a much friendlier tone, tells Axel to go to the hospital to get his shoulder looked at after the shootout at Maitland's mansion. Patti LaBelle's "Stir it Up" is heard first when Axel arrives in Beverly Hills, and again when he leaves at the end of the film. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_5313c266 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_535865be | type |
I Resemble That Remark! | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_535865be | comment |
I Resemble That Remark!: | |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_535865be | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_53f5119f | type |
The Dragon | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_53f5119f | comment |
The Dragon: Zack is Maitland's bodyguard and apparent enforcer-in-chief; Axel flips him into a buffet table in their first encounter, and shoots him dead in their last. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_53f5119f | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_55501673 | type |
Crooks Are Better Armed | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_55501673 | comment |
Crooks Are Better Armed: When the protagonist cops invade Victor Maitland's estate, they're armed with pistols, plus Taggart's shotgun. The mooks who attack them are armed with fully automatic submachine guns, while Zack carries a shotgun. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_55501673 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_562abd51 | type |
Let's Get Dangerous! | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_562abd51 | comment |
Let's Get Dangerous!: Detective Billy Rosewood is generally a nice guy, although somewhat naive and dim-witted. Do not aim, or worse yet, fire, a gun at him. You will see the flash, the bullet will kill you, and your dead ears will never hear the report. He never needs a second shot. | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_562abd51 | featureApplicability |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_562abd51 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_581f6468 | type |
Hero of Another Story | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_581f6468 | comment |
Hero of Another Story: Rand, the unseen cop whom Inspector Todd assigns Mikey's murder investigation. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_581f6468 | featureConfidence |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_581f6468 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_582564f5 | type |
The Gadfly | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_582564f5 | comment |
The Gadfly: It's rare to find a scene where Foley doesn't spend time pushing the buttons of whoever he's talking to. He even does it to his own boss, and that's after getting in trouble for an unauthorized sting operation! He gets under Taggart's skin so quickly that the latter slugs him in the stomach. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_582564f5 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_5b565147 | type |
Meaningful Background Event | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_5b565147 | comment |
Meaningful Background Event: As Zack moves around a corner late in the final shootout, the viewer can see a slight hint of blue in the lower right-hand portion of the screen. As the camera moves, this is revealed to be Axel's knee, revealing that he waited for him so he could shoot him. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_5b565147 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_5beef860 | type |
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_5beef860 | comment |
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Rosewood hates machine guns. | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_5beef860 | featureApplicability |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_5beef860 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_5ce2c9c6 | type |
Suddenly Shouting | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_5ce2c9c6 | comment |
Suddenly Shouting: The only time Maitland ever raises his voice is when he tells Jenny to shut up. | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_5ce2c9c6 | featureApplicability |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_5ce2c9c6 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_60200c6 | type |
Former Teen Rebel | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_60200c6 | comment |
Former Teen Rebel: Axel, who "fractured an occasional law". | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_60200c6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_60200c6 | featureConfidence |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_60200c6 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_60b166be | type |
Reformed Criminal | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_60b166be | comment |
Reformed Criminal: Axel regularly notes that he "wasn't always a cop". | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_60b166be | featureApplicability |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_60b166be | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_616c4844 | type |
Getting the Boot | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_616c4844 | comment |
Getting the Boot: This happens to Axel - through a glass window. | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_616c4844 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_616c4844 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_627264e0 | type |
Death Glare | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_627264e0 | comment |
Death Glare: Taggart is good at these; just ask Axel and Billy. Inspector Todd has a pretty serious one too, as does Chief Hubbard. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_627264e0 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_62f9d08e | type |
Freeze-Frame Bonus | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_62f9d08e | comment |
Freeze-Frame Bonus: If you frame-by-frame the scene where Axel throws Zack over the buffet table, you can clearly see the faces of their stunt doubles. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_62f9d08e | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_62fd5552 | type |
Bavarian Fire Drill | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_62fd5552 | comment |
Bavarian Fire Drill: It starts with Axel, dressed in jeans and a hoodie, bluffing his way into a suite at the Beverly Palm Hotel by pretending to be a freelance reporter doing an exclusive interview of Michael Jackson for Rolling Stone and threatening to call the hotel staff racists. The theme continues throughout all three films. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_62fd5552 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_634fba64 | type |
Prohibited Hero Saves the Day | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_634fba64 | comment |
Prohibited Hero Saves the Day: Axel Foley is explicitly prohibited from investigating Mikey's murder. He does it anyway, and ends up taking down Victor Maitland. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_634fba64 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_65573dc | type |
Rock Star Parking | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_65573dc | comment |
Rock Star Parking: The series has several, including instances where more than one car is able to find a spot right in front of the destination. | |
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1.0 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_65573dc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_65573dc | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_676e942c | type |
We Hardly Knew Ye | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_676e942c | comment |
We Hardly Knew Ye: Axel's friend Mikey gets offed in the opening act to set up the plot. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_676e942c | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_68186dcd | type |
Double Tap | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_68186dcd | comment |
Double Tap: Zack murders Mikey with two shots to the back of the head. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_68186dcd | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_6a47a1e2 | type |
Knight of Cerebus | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_6a47a1e2 | comment |
Knight of Cerebus: Apart from getting thrown into the buffet table, most of the scenes with Zack are played quite serious, such as the scene where he confronts Mikey before shooting him in the back of the head. During the final shootout, he sends Foley running multiple times and is only taken down when Foley waits for him and greets him with a three-round burst. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_6a47a1e2 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_6d0b942 | type |
Unexplained Accent | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_6d0b942 | comment |
Unexplained Accent: Serge's bizarre accent is unremarked upon by everyone except Axel. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_6d0b942 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_6d6b8aa | type |
Human Ladder | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_6d6b8aa | comment |
Human Ladder: Taggart and Rosewood try this to scale a wall during the infiltration of Victor Maitland's mansion while Axel goes around. They struggle with it several times before they finally get over the wall, much to Axel's amusement. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_6d6b8aa | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_72c07237 | type |
Swiss-Cheese Security | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_72c07237 | comment |
Moreover, when Axel confronts the manager of the facility, he cites his own presence as proof of Swiss-Cheese Security and thus grounds to have the entire place scrutinized. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_72c07237 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_7315fd38 | type |
Covers Always Lie | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_7315fd38 | comment |
Covers Always Lie: On the movie poster, Axel leans on a Mercedes while holding a .45-cal automatic. However, he uses a Browning 9mm throughout the film. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_7315fd38 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_744e3311 | type |
Police Brutality | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_744e3311 | comment |
Police Brutality: Even if Axel was egging him on, Taggart still assaulted a man who was in policy custody. Bogomil calls him out on it. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_744e3311 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_79a0e313 | type |
Bolivian Army Ending | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_79a0e313 | comment |
Bolivian Army Ending: Discussed by Rosewood during the big shootout, to Taggart's horror. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_79a0e313 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_82a60dce | type |
Signature Laugh | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_82a60dce | comment |
Signature Laugh: Axel, so much that it was used in all the advertising. | |
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1.0 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_82a60dce | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_82a60dce | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_83f0971b | type |
Mexican Standoff | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_83f0971b | comment |
Mexican Standoff: Occurs briefly at the end of the first movie, with Axel squaring off against Maitland, with Jenny as hostage. Bogomill breaks it up by entering the scene, giving her an opportunity to break free and giving the two cops a clear shot. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_83f0971b | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_85b20dee | type |
Sequel Non-Entity | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_85b20dee | comment |
Sequel Non-Entity: Jenny is neither seen nor mentioned in either of the sequels. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_85b20dee | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_86b21114 | type |
Badass Boast | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_86b21114 | comment |
Badass Boast: Axel very calmly and softly tells Maitland, "Y'know, Victor, I know that you're into a lot of crooked shit, and I have a pretty good idea that you had Mikey killed, and when I find out for sure, I'm gonna fuck you up real bad." | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_86b21114 | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_86b21114 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_875615dd | type |
Truth in Television | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_875615dd | comment |
Truth in Television: Law enforcement officials are trained to continue firing upon an armed assailant until the subject is no longer standing or their weapons run dry. That, and adrenaline. | |
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Beverly Hills Cop / int_875615dd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_875615dd | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_87bb6874 | type |
Villain with Good Publicity | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_87bb6874 | comment |
Maitland has his goons throw Foley through a window, and claims Foley threw himself out. The police buy Maitland's story since he's perceived to be much more credible than Axel. | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_87bb6874 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_87bb6874 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_87bb6874 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_88e7f8b8 | type |
Batman Cold Open | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_88e7f8b8 | comment |
Batman Cold Open: The film starts with Axel Foley undercover trying to bust a cigarette smuggling operation and turns into a big chase with him hanging from the back of a speeding semi and dozens of police cars. | |
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1.0 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_88e7f8b8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Beverly Hills Cop | hasFeature |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_88e7f8b8 | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_8a8f37f9 | type |
Artistic License – Law Enforcement | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_8a8f37f9 | comment |
Artistic License – Law Enforcement: It would be unusual for a detective and a sergeant to be assigned to a single incident involving one person disturbing the peace in a police department for a city as large as Beverly Hills. It's possible that since Axel was a cop they wanted to make sure the case was being handled efficiently. After returning from the warehouse, Axel sneaks into the back seat of Rosewood and Taggart's car and jump scares them as a goof. In real life for obvious reasons police officers never casually leave their doors unlocked, even if it was an unmarked car. | |
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'80s Hair | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_8b4f2a4f | comment |
'80s Hair: Thanks to some of the female hairstyles in the second movie, it's much more obviously set in a wealthy neighborhood in The '80s than the first. | |
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There Is No Kill Like Overkill | |
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There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Axel and Bogomil empty their guns into Maitland, shooting him at least twenty times when just one or two shots would have probably been sufficient enough to take him down. And then Maitland falls down the stairs, bloodied and full of bullets. | |
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By-the-Book Cop | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_8cb4ea46 | comment |
By-the-Book Cop: The basic premise of the film is the contrast between Axel's Cowboy Cop methods and the by-the-book methods of the Beverly Hills Police Department. Over the course of the story, Taggart, Rosewood, and Bogomil all ease up to varying degrees. Billy starts to idolize Axel and, in the second film, takes a level in badass to emulate him. Taggart learns to trust his instincts and act on probable cause, but he's always angry about it. Bogomil lies blatantly to the police chief in order to cover for Axel at the end. | |
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Robbing the Mob Bank | |
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Robbing the Mob Bank: Michael Tandino steals millions of dollars in bearer bonds from Victor Maitland. Unfortunately for him, Maitland is a major drug dealer, who sends hit men to find Tandino, recover the bonds, and execute him. | |
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Tuckerization | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_95bca4c9 | comment |
Tuckerization: Jeffrey was named after Jeffrey Katzenberg, who was then president of Production at Paramount. | |
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Behind the Black | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_9600368d | comment |
Behind the Black: As Zack walks along the corridor leading past the dining room of the Maitland mansion during the final shootout, the camera is seen from the window facing in towards the dining room as Zack moves past one of the entryways. Had Zack looked to his left, he most likely would have seen Axel himself, lying in wait after being shot, who ambushes and kills Zack as he walks past the far entryway and turns around. | |
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Shotguns Are Just Better | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_96ecc67e | comment |
Shotguns Are Just Better: The robbers in the strip club are both armed with shotguns. Zack uses a shotgun when he faces Axel during the final shootout. In anticipation of a shootout, Sgt. Taggart wisely grabs a shotgun from the trunk of his car before storming Maitland's compound with Axel and Rosewood. | |
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Big Bad | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_970c790a | comment |
Axel cons his way into Victor Maitland's office to ask him about what Mikey did for him, only for Victor to call his henchmen to throw Axel out of a window. Shortly after, cops arrive, but instead of arresting Victor, they arrest Axel because Victor told the police that Axel broke in, started being a nuisance, and threw himself out the window (which is true, except for the self defenestration) and because Axel was carrying a gun (cops can't carry their duty weapons outside their jurisdiction). Victor being a respectable businessman, while Axel is a scruffy, foul-mouthed out-of-towner who argues and swears at the police officers (Rosewood and Taggart) interrogating him only helps in digging himself deeper. When Taggart punches Axel in the stomach after he pushes the former's buttons one time too many, Taggart's boss, Lieutenant Bogomil, calls him over and makes him apologize for hitting Axel and asks Axel if he wants to press charges against Taggart. Thankfully for Taggart, Axel feels it's uncouth to sue a fellow cop, even though it's completely justified in this case. Considering that Axel's a minority, that the attack was unjustified, and during this time period, police relations with the public had been a tad rocky, it makes sense why Bogomil would try to play peacemaker. | |
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Took a Level in Badass | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_9bcd82c0 | comment |
Billy starts to idolize Axel and, in the second film, takes a level in badass to emulate him. | |
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Hand Cannon | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_9cde2df1 | comment |
Hand Cannon: Maitland wings Axel in the final confrontation with a snub-nosed Smith and Wesson 44. Magnum. | |
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Intimidating Revenue Service | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_9d5a2cdf | comment |
Intimidating Revenue Service: While pulling a Bavarian Fire Drill in a bonded warehouse Axel Foley threatens a clerk who's asking awkward questions. | |
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Leitmotif | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_9f6fb586 | comment |
Leitmotif: The instrumental piece "Axel F" has become a sort of national anthem for The '80s. | |
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You Have No Idea Who You're Dealing With | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_a03509ce | comment |
You Have No Idea Who You're Dealing With: Victor Maitland's line to Axel Foley: | |
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Da Chief | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_a4be7043 | comment |
Da Chief: Axel's boss, Inspector Todd, who was played by an actual Detroit cop. Also, Chief Hubbard of the Beverly Hills Police Department. He has a different style than Todd, but is just as stern. | |
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Fingertip Drug Analysis | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_a66b0789 | comment |
Fingertip Drug Analysis: Axel does this when he searches the warehouse with Jenny and finds bags of white powder under the coffee. It ain't sugar. | |
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_a796d2a6 | comment |
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: Maitland's goons apparently trained on how to shoot up statuary rather than people; despite rocking out at full-auto with their Uzis, they can't hit anything. | |
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Obfuscating Stupidity | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_a7aef9ff | comment |
Obfuscating Stupidity: Not exactly intentional on his part, but the police and criminals of Beverly Hills alike mistake Axel's less than textbook approach as ignorance and stupidity. That doesn't stop him from taking advantage of their underestimation. He also deliberately uses a "foolish black man" act several times to get past people by convincing them he's just a simpleminded servant. | |
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Not So Stoic | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_a8a4b41e | comment |
Not So Stoic: After Axel flips him into the buffet table, Zack looks pissed and has to be talked down by Maitland. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Taggart and Billy exchange straight man and funny guy roles throughout the film, but usually it's Taggart snarking at something Billy says. Axel also alternates between deadpan and overtly laughing at the antics of the Beverly Hills cops. | |
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Fish out of Water | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_af696bef | comment |
Fish out of Water: Axel Foley, a streetwise Detroit police detective, takes it upon himself to investigate a murder case with origins in swanky Beverly Hills. | |
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Catchphrase | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_b01abe4f | comment |
Catchphrase: Axel: "Trust me!" Jeffrey: "This is not my [locker/office]!" Todd: "You're damn right!" | |
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No Warrant? No Problem! | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_b0852187 | comment |
No Warrant? No Problem!: This is Axel Foley's modus operandi (especially because he's a Detroit cop, and thus has no jurisdiction), but one example stands out on the first film, where he makes a Lampshade Hanging that he has no probable cause to check Maitland's warehouse for drugs (to keep Officer Rosewood from following him), and pulls a Bavarian Fire Drill on the guards involving Audit Threats when they think it's wrong for him to be there. | |
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Tap on the Head | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_b1a7cd14 | comment |
Tap on the Head: One of Maitland's mooks knocks Axel out before Mikey is killed. He later taunts Axel about it while beating him up. | |
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Talk to the Fist | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_b2407a69 | comment |
Talk to the Fist: Taggart gut-punches Axel after the latter drops an f-bomb during an interview; this showcases just how different they are that Axel can provoke a By-the-Book Cop to violence. | |
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Bottomless Magazines | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_b2cdd776 | comment |
Bottomless Magazines: Inverted with Axel's Browning Hi-Power. During the shootout at Maitland's mansion, Axel fires nine shots from the first magazine before reloading and eight from the second, several shots less than the Hi-Power's typical 13-round magazine. | |
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Pants-Positive Safety | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_b3f4bf22 | comment |
Pants-Positive Safety: Axel keeps his service automatic shoved into his belt, behind his back. Jeffrey and Inspector Todd do this as well. It is somewhat surprising to see Todd carry his gun in this manner, since the actor who plays him (Gilbert Hill) was a police detective in real life. | |
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Take That! | |
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Take That!: Foley, while pretending to be a customs inspector, tells the people in the bonded warehouse that, "with the exception of Cleveland," their facility is the worst he's ever seen. | |
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Too Dumb to Live | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
Too Dumb to Live: Really, Mikey? Stealing bearer bonds from your employer, whom you know is a dangerous criminal? How did you think this would end? | |
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Noodle Implements | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_b5914444 | comment |
After getting distracted repeatedly, getting their car sabotaged by Axel, with bananas, losing track of him more than once, and willingly accompanying him to a strip club, all while on-duty, Rosewood and Taggart are relieved of their duty. Bogomil then replaces them with their stuck-up rivals, McCabe and Foster, who end up being no better at tailing Axel than Rosewood and Taggart. | |
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Storming the Castle | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_b9f472b | comment |
Storming the Castle: Maitland's mansion, with one of the most hilarious shootout scenes ever filmed. | |
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Precision F-Strike | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_bc00493f | comment |
Precision F-Strike: When the Beverly Hills cops curse, it's a sign of a significant O.O.C. Is Serious Business moment. | |
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Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_bd79d896 | comment |
Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot: A gangland style murder and some German bearer bonds in Detroit lead Axel to uncover a large cocaine smuggling operation in Beverly Hills. | |
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Jump Scare | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_c04b1231 | comment |
Jump Scare: A non-horror example of the trope: One happens near the end of the film, when Victor shoots Axel. | |
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Jurisdiction Friction | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_c2676b00 | comment |
Jurisdiction Friction: Axel has no jurisdiction in Beverly Hills but manages to bluff his way through an investigation with a quick badge flash and/or straight-up lying. | |
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Shout-Out | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: The haggling between Axel and the cigarette buyer was inspired by dialogue said between Charlie and Johnny Boy in Mean Streets. | |
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Cloudcuckoolander | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_caa28b82 | comment |
Cloudcuckoolander: Billy shows symptoms of this, with Taggart getting to play straight man to his bizarre non-sequiturs. | |
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Damned by Faint Praise | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_cbe3d017 | comment |
Damned by Faint Praise: Chief Hubbard has some choice words for Axel after recounting his behavior in Beverly Hills. | |
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Incoming Ham | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_ceabe589 | comment |
Incoming Ham: IS THAT FUCKING FOLEY IN HERE?!?!?!? Inspector Todd's entrance causes the entire locker room to go silent except for Axel's sotto voce Oh, Crap!. | |
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Strange Cop in a Strange Land | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_cf23bb98 | comment |
Strange Cop in a Strange Land: Axel is not a policeman in Beverly Hills, but rather a Detroit cop whose Cowboy Cop ways clash with the more straight-laced Beverly Hills PD. Downplayed, because his Cowboy Cop ways clash with his own superiors in Detroit as well. | |
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Delicious Distraction | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_d2ccb43e | comment |
Delicious Distraction: Axel successfully distracts Rosewood and Taggart on a long stakeout by sending over a lavish dinner, and uses the opportunity to sabotage their car so they can't follow him later. He does it again against Detectives Foster and McCabe, but this time only uses the distraction to introduce himself. | |
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Bad Omen Anecdote | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_d2d7288e | comment |
Bad Omen Anecdote: Billy explicitly calls out the Bolivian Army Ending of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid near the end, when he and Taggart are pinned down by enemy gunfire. It's clear that he is having the time of his life while doing so. Taggart, on the other hand, is less than amused. | |
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Refuge in Audacity | |
Beverly Hills Cop / int_d45c0b86 | comment |
Refuge in Audacity: Axel manages to get himself a luxury suite in a posh Beverly Hills hotel by claiming to be a Rolling Stone reporter and threatening to write an article claiming the hotel was racist because they "lost" his non-existent reservation. Similarly, how does Axel manage to bypass the maitre'd at the Harrow Club, let alone get an audience with Maitland while he's having brunch? By pretending he's Victor's lisping gay lover, "Ramon", who might've given him herpes. It's such a deeply uncomfortable encounter for the waiter that he lets him through, no questions asked. | |
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Fruit Cart | |
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Fruit Cart: In the opening scene, the stolen cigarette truck hits a flatbed truck selling fruit and vegetables off the bed. As an added bonus, the spilled juice from the fruit causes a huge commuter bus to skid and spin out 180 degrees in the street. | |
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Some of Maitland's security goons try a getaway upon realizing that the entire Beverly Hills police force is on its way into the mansion. They wind up crashing their van and getting arrested anyway. | |
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The Cavalry | |
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The Cavalry: The entire Beverly Hills police force shows up just in the nick of time to rescue Taggart and Rosewood. | |
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Reasonable Authority Figure: Lieutenant Bogomil, who in early scenes comes off as a by-the-book Obstructive Bureaucrat, proves himself one of these when he actually listens to Axel's theories about Maitland and launches an investigation. Later, he overhears that Axel and two of his officers are Storming the Castle without authorization. Instead of getting angry, he assumes they have a good reason and responds by sending half of the Beverly Hills Police department to back them up, while arming himself to personally join the gunfight. He also reprimands Taggart for assaulting Foley and even offers Foley the chance to file charges against him. This is particularly justified since assaulting anyone during questioning is a legal and PR nightmare for any police precinct. Also Inspector Todd, who, although infuriated with Axel's flagrant disregard for police procedure and the entire Lucky Strike fiasco, understands that Axel does what he does because he cares about being a good cop but just has to learn the patience to play by the rules. | |
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Creepy Blue Eyes | |
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Creepy Blue Eyes: Victor Maitland has the watery blue. | |
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Uncle Tomfoolery | |
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Uncle Tomfoolery: Often exploited by Axel. He'll act foolishly, but it's always a ploy to get advantage of someone. | |
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Know When to Fold 'Em | |
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Know When to Fold 'Em: The two goons shooting at Rosewood and Taggart with Uzis surrender when The Cavalry arrives. Then Rosewood proclaims them all under arrest. | |
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Multiple Gunshot Death | |
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Multiple Gunshot Death: After Jenny frees herself from Maitland and dives for cover, Axel and Bogomil take the opportunity to very loudly fire every bullet they have into him. | |
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Only a Flesh Wound | |
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Only a Flesh Wound: When Axel gets shot in the shoulder by Maitland, he keeps going on one arm. It's even lampshaded near the end. | |
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business | |
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Axel spends most of his time as a wisecracking, easygoing smartass. But when Maitland is getting ready to take Jenny away, Axel goes completely cold and very quietly tells Maitland that if Jenny is harmed, he's a dead man. Jenny isn't hurt, but Maitland ends up riddled with bullets anyway. | |
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Wait Here | |
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Wait Here: Axel tells Billy to wait outside the bonded warehouse, as he doesn't have probable cause to enter. When it becomes obvious that Axel and Jenny are in trouble, Billy is forced to decide whether he's willing to go outside the book in order to save them, setting up his moment of Character Development. | |
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Dramatic Gun Cock | |
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Dramatic Gun Cock: Zack does this several times during his cat-and-mouse game with Axel during the climax, which is a good indicator for Axel to start running. | |
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Big Damn Heroes | |
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Big Damn Heroes: Occurs twice. The first time comes after Axel tells Billy to Wait Here outside Maitland's warehouse, and Billy is subsequently forced to go rescue him. The second is when Bogomil bursts in on the Mexican Standoff between Axel and Maitland, with Jenny as the hostage. | |
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Taken Off the Case | |
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Taken Off the Case: After Foley manages to put a banana in the tailpipe of their car and disable it and later lures them to a strip bar where they foil a robbery, officers Taggart and Rosewood are taken off the case by their lieutenant, and two other detectives are assigned to tail Foley. | |
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Bad Review Threat | |
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Bad Review Threat: Foley swindles his way into staying in a high-priced Beverly Hills hotel by pretending that he will write an article for Rolling Stone magazine decrying the hotel staff as racist when they don't find his reservation that obviously does not exists. | |
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Unconventional Food Usage | |
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Unconventional Food Usage: Axel, Rosewood, and Taggart find lots of coffee grounds in Maitland's warehouse. Later, in Bogomil's office, Taggart wonders about the significance of the coffee grounds. Bogomil explains that drug smugglers use them to throw drug-sniffing dogs off when sniffing for drugs. | |
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The Not-Love Interest | |
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The Not-Love Interest: Jenny fills the basic plot-role of the love interest: Axel even has to storm the villain's lair at the end to rescue her, but she and Axel never become more than just friends. | |
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The Alleged Car | |
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The Alleged Car: Axel's beat up old Chevy Nova, which is apparently a Running Gag between him and Jenny. | |
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Banana in the Tailpipe | |
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Banana in the Tailpipe: Trope Namer. To throw Taggart and Rosewood off his trail, Axel orders food delivered to their car, which is outside the hotel. While they are distracted, he gets a bunch of bananas from a buffet attendant and stuffs them in the car's tailpipe. When they attempt to follow him, it stalls out. Bogomil reams them out for it, and Foster and McCabe, the team that is eventually reassigned to tail Axel, teases Billy by giving him an "anti-banana disguise" (a pair of gag glasses with a banana for a nose). | |
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Platonic Declaration of Love | |
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Platonic Declaration of Love: When Axel asks Michael Tandino why he once took the fall in a car theft and didn't tell the police about Axel's involvement, Tandino tells him "Because I love you, man." | |
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Drives Like Crazy | |
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Drives Like Crazy: The crook driving the cigarette truck deliberately rams into multiple cars for his amusement. | |
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Everything Is Racist | |
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Everything Is Racist: How Axel manages to get a hotel room in the Beverly Palms Hotel. | |
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Situational Hand Switch | |
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Situational Hand Switch: During the final shootout, the right-handed Axel is forced to switch shooting hands twice; first to blind-fire around a corner and later because Maitland shoots him in the shoulder. | |
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