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The Blues Brothers

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The Blues Brothers	comment	The first Saturday Night Live skit to be spun off into a movie, and arguably the best.In the late 1970s, during Saturday Night Live's early years, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi appeared together in an occasional sketch-cum-musical-act featuring the two of them in matching dark suits and sunglasses as "The Blues Brothers"; Belushi was Jake Blues, while Aykroyd was Jake's silent brother Elwood. What made the skits good? The duo were skilled at both the comedy (which was obvious) and the music (which was surprising), so Aykroyd and Belushi spun off their own band with established musicians (members of the SNL house band as well as experienced R&B musicians) and served as the frontmen, in character as Elwood and Jake; their 1978 album Briefcase Full of Blues was a big success in its own right, topping the Billboard album chart and producing a Top 20 hit single with their remake of the Sam & Dave classic "Soul Man".In 1980, they got a musical-extravaganza feature film—directed by John Landis, and titled The Blues Brothers—that quickly and deservedly became a Cult Classic. As the film begins, "Joliet" Jake Blues has just been released from prison, with Elwood there to pick him up in a battered piece of crap that was formerly a police cruiser. (Elwood is not silent in this film; in fact, he gives a few serious lectures.) Fulfilling a promise made before Jake began serving his sentence, the brothers head to the Catholic orphanage where they were reared and visit "The Penguin" (Kathleen Freeman), the nun who runs the place. During this meeting, the brothers are informed that the orphanage is going to be closed down if its outstanding $5,000note Roughly $17,000 in 2022 dollars property tax bill isn't paid within 11 days.The brothers drop in at a nearby Baptist church as they try to figure out a way to save their childhood home. While listening to the sermon from the minister (James Brown), Jake sees the light—literally—and has an epiphany regarding their Mission from God: the Blues Brothers must get their band back together for a charity concert to raise the money to save the orphanage—no matter what. Along the way, they encounter such notables as Cab Calloway, John Candy, Ray Charles, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Kathleen Freeman, Henry Gibson, John Lee Hooker, Chaka Khan, John Landis, Charles Napier, Frank Oz, Paul Reubens, Steven Spielberg, and Twiggy as hilarity duly ensues, some damn good music gets played, and every last police car in the City of Chicago is destroyed.There was a sequel, released in 1998, titled Blues Brothers 2000.The Blues Brothers would later get selected for preservation for National Film Registry in 2020.
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The Blues Brothers / int_127fc252	type	Creator Cameo
The Blues Brothers / int_127fc252	comment	Creator Cameo: John Landis is the cop driving the second car that shows up to chase the Blues Brothers through the mall.
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The Blues Brothers / int_12c1a10e	type	Reusable Lighter Toss
The Blues Brothers / int_12c1a10e	comment	Reusable Lighter Toss: Non-reusable in this case, as Jake throws the one in the Bluesmobile out the window after he finds that it doesn't work.
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The Blues Brothers / int_135b9977	type	Bloodless Carnage
The Blues Brothers / int_135b9977	comment	Bloodless Carnage: Despite the gazillions of dollars in property damage throughout the movie, nobody dies. Even the Nazis only get slammed into a giant pothole, after falling a cartoonishly long way.
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The Blues Brothers / int_14450636	type	Debut Queue
The Blues Brothers / int_14450636	comment	Debut Queue: Goes hand-in-hand with Putting the Band Back Together — we start with the Blues Brothers, then meet every member of their band sequentially as they track them down.
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The Blues Brothers / int_149ff4b0	type	HilarityEnsues
The Blues Brothers / int_149ff4b0	comment	Hilarity Ensues: To put it simply, Jake and Elwoodâ€™s actions throughout the film cause a number of things to escalate.
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The Blues Brothers / int_14c10915	type	Crashing Through the Harem
The Blues Brothers / int_14c10915	comment	Crashing Through the Harem: The brothers sneak through the window of a ladies' bathroom to get into the Palace Hotel Ballroom for their gig.
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The Blues Brothers / int_154f0a86	type	Metallicar Syndrome
The Blues Brothers / int_154f0a86	comment	Metallicar Syndrome: Played with by the "black and white 1974 Dodge Monaco." It sounds like it should be a straight example, but it's actually an ex-police cruiser still in Mt. Prospect Police colours, and the lack of a light-bar or the emblem on the doors isn't immediately noticeable from some angles. This doesn't actually help very much in the end, though.
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The Blues Brothers / int_1616e13	type	Ripped from the Headlines
The Blues Brothers / int_1616e13	comment	Ripped from the Headlines: The Illinois Nazis might seem to a latter-day viewer to be a random bit of craziness. In fact, those scenes were inspired by a Real Life Supreme Court case (National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie) in which the American Nazi Party won the right to march through the largely Jewish suburb of Skokie, IL. (The Nazis eventually marched through Chicago instead.)
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The Blues Brothers / int_17501df2	type	Cool Old Guy
The Blues Brothers / int_17501df2	comment	Cool Old Guy: Curtis, the janitor at the orphanage played by Cab Calloway, who taught Jake and Elwood about the blues. He instigates the whole plot by sending the brothers off to church, recruits a dozen orphans (who all think he's the coolest thing since sliced bread too) for the gig advertising campaign and, when the brothers are delayed, breaks into a brilliant rendition of "Minnie the Moocher" to buy time.
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The Blues Brothers / int_17ce80aa	type	All There in the Manual
The Blues Brothers / int_17ce80aa	comment	All There in the Manual: Information about the brothers' background comes from the liner notes of their first album, Briefcase Full of Blues, while fictional backstories for the rest of the band members (and some other characters) found their way into a book written by John Belushi's wife.
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The Blues Brothers / int_17d55c6e	type	Nuns Are Spooky
The Blues Brothers / int_17d55c6e	comment	Nuns Are Spooky: Parodied. The Penguin floats, and the doors leading to her office open and close completely by themselves. And it even gets a laugh from the Vatican, who've called it a Catholic Classic.
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The Blues Brothers / int_1a47a6a7	type	Chronically Crashed Car
The Blues Brothers / int_1a47a6a7	comment	Chronically Crashed Car: The Bluesmobile doesn't quite crash, but it gets into progressively more ludicrous (and strenuous) chases over the course of the movie, and at the end of the final one simply falls to pieces after finally getting Jake and Elwood to their goal.
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The Blues Brothers / int_1b4ead2d	type	Soft Glass
The Blues Brothers / int_1b4ead2d	comment	Soft Glass: When the brothers need to sneak into the Palace Hotel without being caught, Elwood covers a window with his hat and punches through the glass. Hat and hand both survive undamaged.
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The Blues Brothers / int_1b65dfad	type	The Cameo
The Blues Brothers / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: The movie is loaded to the brim with film and music stars, from classic blues and rock, to revent movie stars, to behind the scenes music producers most people wouldn't recognize.
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The Blues Brothers / int_1c3423d6	type	The Quest
The Blues Brothers / int_1c3423d6	comment	The Quest: Jake and Elwood embark on one to save their orphanage.
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The Blues Brothers / int_1c5002bc	type	The Stoic
The Blues Brothers / int_1c5002bc	comment	The Stoic: Both Jake and Elwood are, for the most part, utterly unflappable and deadpan. Except when singing.
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The Blues Brothers / int_1d058913	type	Gospel Revival Number
The Blues Brothers / int_1d058913	comment	Gospel Revival Number: "The Old Landmark" (with James Brown presiding!)
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The Blues Brothers / int_1d3bc993	type	Mistaken for Special Guest
The Blues Brothers / int_1d3bc993	comment	Mistaken for Special Guest: The band impersonate the "Good Ol' Boys" at Bob's Country Bunker, adding yet another to the long-ass list of pursuers during the climax when both the Good Ol' Boys and the bar owner realize they've been had.
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The Blues Brothers / int_1d77dd02	type	Motivational Lie
The Blues Brothers / int_1d77dd02	comment	Motivational Lie: Elwood told Jake that he was staying in touch with the band while Jake was in prison, so that Jake would have some hope to hang onto.
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The Blues Brothers / int_1d8fa74d	type	Chase-Scene Obstacle Course
The Blues Brothers / int_1d8fa74d	comment	Chase-Scene Obstacle Course: One of the most iconic scenes in the film starts as a simple parking lot chase outside an indoor mall. The eponymous brothers then crash through a toy store, and the police follow suit. They swerve around (and sometimes go through) booths, clip and sometimes go through corner stores, and finally fly out the window of one of the anchor stores.
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The Blues Brothers / int_1dea3034	type	Cool Shades
The Blues Brothers / int_1dea3034	comment	Cool Shades: Which they almost never take off.
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The Blues Brothers / int_1e7c47ab	type	Stealth Pun
The Blues Brothers / int_1e7c47ab	comment	Stealth Pun: In the White Supremacist Rally scene, the Rally speaker refers to their party as the American Socialist White People's Party, or, if you were to initialize it, ASWPP. The Neo-Nazis are ASsWiP(P)es.
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The Blues Brothers / int_1f250372	type	I Need a Freaking Drink
The Blues Brothers / int_1f250372	comment	I Need a Freaking Drink: Played with. After the brothers browbeat Mr. Fabulous into rejoining the band, he sits down and reaches for the bottle of expensive champagne they ordered, only to find that they've drunk the whole thing.
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The Blues Brothers / int_1f88a426	type	Psycho Ex-Girlfriend
The Blues Brothers / int_1f88a426	comment	Psycho Ex-Girlfriend: Jake's fiancÃ©e, whom he dumped at the altar. Seriously. This one packs a four-barreled ROCKET LAUNCHER.
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The Blues Brothers / int_20152e12	type	Real Place Background
The Blues Brothers / int_20152e12	comment	Real-Place Background: "This is definitely Lower Wacker Drive." "1060 West Addison? That's Wrigley Field." "If my estimations are correct, we should be very close to the Honorable Richard J. Daley Memorial Plaza."
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The Blues Brothers / int_21cf9301	type	Family of Choice
The Blues Brothers / int_21cf9301	comment	Family of Choice: Jake and Elwood met each other while they were both in an orphanage, and used a string from Elmore James' guitar to become blood brothers.
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The Blues Brothers / int_21e5b9c7	type	Failed a Spot Check
The Blues Brothers / int_21e5b9c7	comment	Failed a Spot Check: An Illinois police car with lights and siren screaming has just flown off an embankment and into his trailer... and the trucker just keeps driving, at the same rate of speed even.
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The Blues Brothers / int_21e714c6	type	Invincible Classic Car
The Blues Brothers / int_21e714c6	comment	Invincible Classic Car: The Bluesmobile survives incredible abuse amidst ridiculous stunts until it literally comes apart once the boys finally reach Daley Plaza. Though unusually for this trope, it was only five years old at the time of filming.
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The Blues Brothers / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
The Blues Brothers / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The benefits of a cop car prove necessary. A more literal example, when the Mystery Woman is seen reading the manual for a US Army flamethrower. Elwood falsifying his address prevented the Nazis from finding him. One deleted scene (restored in some versions of the movie) showed Elwood stealing the glue he would eventually use to sabotage the cops and Good ol' Boys from his (soon to be ex-) employer.
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The Blues Brothers / int_2473b050	type	Fast-Roping
The Blues Brothers / int_2473b050	comment	Fast-Roping: How the SWAT team comes in near the end of the movie. "Hut hut hut hut!" Exactly why is anyone's guess since they don't go through any of the building's windows.
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The Blues Brothers / int_24bc06a	type	I Fought the Law and the Law Won
The Blues Brothers / int_24bc06a	comment	I Fought the Law and the Law Won: There really was no escaping the Chicago Police Department in the end.
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The Blues Brothers / int_25101d1a	type	Post-Victory Collapse
The Blues Brothers / int_25101d1a	comment	Post-Victory Collapse: The Bluesmobile pulls off all sorts of crazy stunts throughout the film, but after a 106 mile mad dash to the county tax office with just about every law officer in the state hot on its owners' tail (plus a few other groups they pissed off along the way), the car screeches to a stop in front of its destination and quite literally falls to pieces, its mission complete.
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The Blues Brothers / int_2612a967	type	It Has Been an Honor
The Blues Brothers / int_2612a967	comment	It Has Been an Honor: When their car is plummeting off an incomplete highway, one Nazi looks at the other one and goes, "I've always loved you," just before crashing.
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The Blues Brothers / int_262be073	type	Lemming Cops
The Blues Brothers / int_262be073	comment	Lemming Cops: Leads to spectacular car crashes.
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The Blues Brothers / int_264a140b	type	Fat and Skinny
The Blues Brothers / int_264a140b	comment	Fat and Skinny: Jake and Elwood.
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The Blues Brothers / int_26d1f65f	type	Verbal Tic
The Blues Brothers / int_26d1f65f	comment	Verbal Tic: SWAT operatives in the climax all shout "hut, hut" repeatedly for... some reason.
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The Blues Brothers / int_26eb6287	type	Funny Background Event
The Blues Brothers / int_26eb6287	comment	Funny Background Event: The name of Jake's former fiancÃ©e (Carrie Fisher)'s beauty salon is "Curl Up and Dye". Also, "Welcome Exterminators" near the place where The Magic Tones are playing.
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The Blues Brothers / int_2854b56d	type	Uncertain Doom
The Blues Brothers / int_2854b56d	comment	Uncertain Doom: In most films the Illinois Nazis who go flying off the bridge and fall through the road would definitely be dead, but the Blues Brothers survive much worse things without a scratch, so the Nazis could potentially be fine.
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The Blues Brothers / int_28bf2393	type	Prisoner Performance
The Blues Brothers / int_28bf2393	comment	Prisoner Performance: The film ends with the band performing "Jailhouse Rock" in their prison's mess hall.
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The Blues Brothers / int_29ad1d69	type	Facial Dialogue
The Blues Brothers / int_29ad1d69	comment	Facial Dialogue: Jake and Elwood do this several times; for example, in Bob's Country Bunker, Elwood is clearly trying to silently ask Jake what the hell he's playing at.
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The Blues Brothers / int_29bc1386	type	Just Take the Poster
The Blues Brothers / int_29bc1386	comment	Just Take the Poster: One of the Nazis brings a poster promoting the band's gig at the Palace Hotel Ballroom, which he had obviously torn off a wall somewhere, to the leader of the Illinois Nazi Party.
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The Blues Brothers / int_2a090d00	type	Lampshade Hanging
The Blues Brothers / int_2a090d00	comment	The light was yellow, and Illinois state law states that as long as the light is still yellow when the front tires cross the white line, the car has legally passed through the intersection. In this instance, the light did not change to red until after he had left the intersection. Elwood actually points this out, which suggests that the cops (and by extension the writers) just wanted to pull Elwood over and used that as an excuse.
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The Blues Brothers / int_2a44899	type	Plot Armor
The Blues Brothers / int_2a44899	comment	Plot Armor: They get shot at with a rocket launcher, caught in a collapsing building, launched sky-high in a phone booth, splattered with beer, and shot at with an automatic rifle from point-blank range and never get wounded. And five seconds later their suits are clean and pressed again — in all but the last situation, anyway, when they go face-down in the mud to avoid the shots. This is because, as they constantly remind you, they are on a Mission from God. The armor wears off the second their mission is concluded, landing them both in the slammer.
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The Blues Brothers / int_2a62c863	type	Hello Again, Officer
The Blues Brothers / int_2a62c863	comment	Hello Again, Officer: State Troopers Mount and Daniel, and Burton Mercer.
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The Blues Brothers / int_2a6e43d3	type	Iron Butt-Monkey
The Blues Brothers / int_2a6e43d3	comment	Iron Butt Monkey: A rare live-action film example. The boys manage to take a building collapsing on them and dust it off. Their shades are that cool.
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The Blues Brothers / int_2a7e7af1	type	Limited Wardrobe
The Blues Brothers / int_2a7e7af1	comment	Limited Wardrobe: Lampshaded by Willie Hall. "At least we've got a change of clothes, sucka. You're wearing the same shit you had on three years ago!"
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The Blues Brothers / int_2b9e3fb0	type	Give Me a Sign
The Blues Brothers / int_2b9e3fb0	comment	Give Me a Sign: "The band... the band!"
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The Blues Brothers / int_2cac316e	type	Absurdly Ineffective Barricade
The Blues Brothers / int_2cac316e	comment	Absurdly Ineffective Barricade: As Jake and Elwood deliver the five grand to the Cook County assessor's office, they do this to the lobby of the building... to keep out the army. Bonus points for doing it again with office furniture to blockade the assessor's glass door and wall.
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The Blues Brothers / int_2f57a4cb	type	Divine Intervention
The Blues Brothers / int_2f57a4cb	comment	Divine Intervention: If it's to be taken literally that the brothers are on a "Mission from God," then their inexplicable ability to brush off what should be lethal incidents with ease could be read as this.
The Blues Brothers / int_2f57a4cb	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_2f57a4cb	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_2f57a4cb
The Blues Brothers / int_301476a3	type	Car Meets House
The Blues Brothers / int_301476a3	comment	Car Meets House: The police chase the titular duo through a mall. Both the Brothers themselves and the police repeatedly drive into shops.
The Blues Brothers / int_301476a3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_301476a3	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_301476a3
The Blues Brothers / int_30eb40ec	type	Stern Nun
The Blues Brothers / int_30eb40ec	comment	Stern Nun: The Penguin, who whacks both Jake and Elwood with her ruler for swearing.
The Blues Brothers / int_30eb40ec	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_30eb40ec	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_30eb40ec
The Blues Brothers / int_31083edb	type	Logic Bomb
The Blues Brothers / int_31083edb	comment	Logic Bomb: According to Jake's explanation as to why he missed the wedding, he ran out of gas, had a flat tire, and his car was stolen.
The Blues Brothers / int_31083edb	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_31083edb	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_31083edb
The Blues Brothers / int_31546b19	type	Hurricane of Excuses
The Blues Brothers / int_31546b19	comment	When the Mystery Woman finally confronts the brothers following the concert and Jake unleashes his Hurricane of Excuses, Elwood's immediate reaction is to duck and cover in preparation for his presumably imminent death.
The Blues Brothers / int_31546b19	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_31546b19	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_31546b19
The Blues Brothers / int_31a2a33c	type	Stuff Blowing Up
The Blues Brothers / int_31a2a33c	comment	Stuff Blowing Up: The fuel station in the extended cut. When Elwood tries to refuel the Bluesmobile, he wraps a cloth around the lever on the hose so that he doesn't have to hold it. He doesn't pay attention, and when the fuel truck has finally arrived, he doesn't notice that the Bluesmobile's fuel tank is overflowing, and gasoline is spilled on the ground. When the Blues Brothers leave the gas station, the trail of gasoline behind them is ignited, and the whole fuel station blows up.
The Blues Brothers / int_31a2a33c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_31a2a33c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_31a2a33c
The Blues Brothers / int_333b48a6	type	Thememobile
The Blues Brothers / int_333b48a6	comment	Thememobile: The Bluesmobile. The previous one was a Cadillac that Elwood traded in for a microphone (a fair trade, we're told). The replacement Bluesmobile seen in the movie was a former police car that at first appears to be The Alleged Car, but endures more abuse than any automobile reasonably should. It also proves to be tire-shreddingly fast, in spite of its appearance, and can keep up that speed even after throwing a rod.
The Blues Brothers / int_333b48a6	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_333b48a6	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_333b48a6
The Blues Brothers / int_33a82edb	type	HammerSpace
The Blues Brothers / int_33a82edb	comment	Hammerspace: Elwood's briefcase and pockets. At various times he produces Cheez Whiz, plain white bread, spray glue ("strong stuff"), flammable spray to blow out the police cruisers' tires, and all of the tools he needs to quickly disable an elevator, including a fairly exotic Yankee spiral ratchet screwdriver.
The Blues Brothers / int_33a82edb	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_33a82edb	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_33a82edb
The Blues Brothers / int_33bcd2af	type	Shoplift and Die
The Blues Brothers / int_33bcd2af	comment	Shoplift and Die: It's a risky proposition at Ray's Music Exchange.
The Blues Brothers / int_33bcd2af	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_33bcd2af	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_33bcd2af
The Blues Brothers / int_34de376f	type	Backup Twin
The Blues Brothers / int_34de376f	comment	Backup Twin: James Belushi filled in for his late brother in a handful of live shows. Belushi and Aykroyd currently perform in the Have Love Will Travel blues revue.
The Blues Brothers / int_34de376f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_34de376f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_34de376f
The Blues Brothers / int_350ba560	type	Pedal-to-the-Metal Shot
The Blues Brothers / int_350ba560	comment	Pedal-to-the-Metal Shot: While chasing the title brothers, there's a nice close-up of Tucker flooring it to get to Jake and Elwood before the entire "Illinois law enforcement community" can. A bad idea, first because he's driving the Good Old Boys Winnebago, and second because Elwood has coated the accelerator and the floor of the RV with glue.
The Blues Brothers / int_350ba560	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_350ba560	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_350ba560
The Blues Brothers / int_35a858b3	type	Cluster F-Bomb
The Blues Brothers / int_35a858b3	comment	Cluster F-Bomb: The scene with The Penguin, who hits Jake and Elwood whenever they swear, at which point they swear even more.
The Blues Brothers / int_35a858b3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_35a858b3	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_35a858b3
The Blues Brothers / int_361d0d58	type	Concept Video
The Blues Brothers / int_361d0d58	comment	Concept Video: The movie is a long string of these.
The Blues Brothers / int_361d0d58	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_361d0d58	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_361d0d58
The Blues Brothers / int_36e63b81	type	Rule of Cool
The Blues Brothers / int_36e63b81	comment	Rule of Cool: The film accepts its stupid premise and runs with it. It's an SNL skit made into a movie about a couple of white boys who love the blues. Let's just make it a musical with big dance numbers and get every damn amazing figure in the world of music we can, as well as every other big name actor we can convince to have a cameo.
The Blues Brothers / int_36e63b81	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_36e63b81	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_36e63b81
The Blues Brothers / int_3715acc6	type	Thememobile
The Blues Brothers / int_3715acc6	comment	While being chased through Chicago, Elwood takes a wrong turn on the highway and ends up on an unfinished portion, slams on the brakes, and shifts to reverse. The rear end dips down, causing the Bluesmobile to flip end over end, and somehow face the opposite direction. No one's figured out how.note Clearly the car was on a mission for God. The Nazis chasing them drive right off the end, and crash into a street, causing a hole to break open in the road; the second car then drives into the hole.
The Blues Brothers / int_3715acc6	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_3715acc6	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_3715acc6
The Blues Brothers / int_37ad8d62	type	Heavy Sleeper
The Blues Brothers / int_37ad8d62	comment	Heavy Sleeper: Jake is getting out of prison early. Instead of being ready and eager, he's so soundly asleep that the guards have to whack him three or four times with a truncheon to get him to finally wake up.
The Blues Brothers / int_37ad8d62	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_37ad8d62	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_37ad8d62
The Blues Brothers / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
The Blues Brothers / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: In a follow-up to Frank Oz's appearance as a prison property supervisor, a random customer in the shopping mall sequence asks about Miss Piggy dolls, while holding a Grover toy.
The Blues Brothers / int_392372f9	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_392372f9	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_392372f9
The Blues Brothers / int_3a234e46	type	Runaway Bride
The Blues Brothers / int_3a234e46	comment	Runaway Bride: Gender Flipped; Jake turns out to have left the Mystery Woman at the altar.
The Blues Brothers / int_3a234e46	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_3a234e46	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_3a234e46
The Blues Brothers / int_3a8ac552	type	All in the Eyes
The Blues Brothers / int_3a8ac552	comment	All in the Eyes: The eyes of the Neo-Nazi leader are lit like this while he's standing in front of Wrigley Field declaring war on Jake and Elwood. Also for Jake when he takes off his sunglasses and begs the Mystery Woman not to kill him. Here, though, the effect is caused by the dirt covering the rest of his face.
The Blues Brothers / int_3a8ac552	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_3a8ac552	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_3a8ac552
The Blues Brothers / int_3aead6c9	type	Mysterious Mercenary Pursuer
The Blues Brothers / int_3aead6c9	comment	Mysterious Mercenary Pursuer: The Mystery Woman qualifies in method, if not in profession.
The Blues Brothers / int_3aead6c9	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_3aead6c9	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_3aead6c9
The Blues Brothers / int_3cf10fcf	type	Click Hello
The Blues Brothers / int_3cf10fcf	comment	Click Hello: Taken to the absurd extreme. After finally getting the money needed to save the orphanage to the Clerk and Recorder's office, Jake and Elwood both reach out to take the receipt. In a flash, their wrists are locked together in handcuffs, upon which they turn... and discover probably EVERY Police officer, SWAT Member, and Army Soldier in the greater Chicago area pointing a weapon at them.
The Blues Brothers / int_3cf10fcf	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_3cf10fcf	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_3cf10fcf
The Blues Brothers / int_3d2c6d30	type	Skewed Priorities
The Blues Brothers / int_3d2c6d30	comment	Skewed Priorities: Elwood traded in a Cadillac in order to buy a microphone. Jake gets it.
The Blues Brothers / int_3d2c6d30	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_3d2c6d30	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_3d2c6d30
The Blues Brothers / int_3eb8ba12	type	Description Porn
The Blues Brothers / int_3eb8ba12	comment	Description Porn: The famous scene when Elwood introduces the Bluesmobile to Jake after jumping the bridge.
The Blues Brothers / int_3eb8ba12	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_3eb8ba12	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_3eb8ba12
The Blues Brothers / int_3ec7c277	type	Every Car Is a Pinto
The Blues Brothers / int_3ec7c277	comment	Every Car Is a Pinto: Averted(!), and later becomes a full-blown subversion when the Illinois Nazis' red wagon (which actually is a Ford Pinto) drops thousands of feet and punches a neat hole into the pavement without suffering so much as a scratch, let alone exploding. Their green wagon, a much larger Ford Galaxie station wagon, drives neatly into the same hole and lands on top of the red Pinto. At least as the story goes, an unintentional subversion. The reason they chose a Pinto for that scene was because they were banking on its reputation, to save a bit of money for explosives. However (un)fortunately, Reality Is Unrealistic.
The Blues Brothers / int_3ec7c277	featureApplicability	-1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_3ec7c277	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_3ec7c277
The Blues Brothers / int_3eed59a8	type	Explosive Overclocking
The Blues Brothers / int_3eed59a8	comment	Explosive Overclocking: This is what the Bluesmobile is doing during the final epic chase sequence from the Palace Hotel Ballroom to Chicago City Hall, presumably because it's on a Mission from God. It eludes cops, Illinois Nazis, and the Good Ole Boys, gets Jake and Elwood to the Cook County Assessor's Office in record time, and then collapses into a pile of scrap metal.
The Blues Brothers / int_3eed59a8	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_3eed59a8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_3eed59a8
The Blues Brothers / int_3f11ef74	type	Parental Substitute
The Blues Brothers / int_3f11ef74	comment	Parental Substitute: The Penguin and Curtis both function as these to Jake and Elwood.
The Blues Brothers / int_3f11ef74	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_3f11ef74	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_3f11ef74
The Blues Brothers / int_3f4ec001	type	DestructiveSavior
The Blues Brothers / int_3f4ec001	comment	Destructive Savior: Elwood and (to a lesser extent) Jake. To wit: the Blues cause what has to be almost a million dollars worth of damage to just the Chicago Police by wrecking all of their cars just to save an orphanage by paying a bill of $5,000.
The Blues Brothers / int_3f4ec001	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_3f4ec001	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_3f4ec001
The Blues Brothers / int_3fca462c	type	Deus ex Machina
The Blues Brothers / int_3fca462c	comment	Deus ex Machina: The Blues Brothers manage to get to the concert at the Palace Hotel Ballroom, but get stuck with half the Illinois State Police in the building and no way to collect the gate money. A random record executive appears and offers them a contract, enough cash in advance to cover both the orphanage and the Brothers' debts, and even has knowledge of the building to sneak them out past the cops. Considering Who they're on a mission for, this is probably a literal example.
The Blues Brothers / int_3fca462c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_3fca462c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_3fca462c
The Blues Brothers / int_400b9d22	type	Sunglasses at Night
The Blues Brothers / int_400b9d22	comment	Sunglasses at Night: More like sunglasses ALL the time.
The Blues Brothers / int_400b9d22	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_400b9d22	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_400b9d22
The Blues Brothers / int_40207000	type	Never Going Back to Prison
The Blues Brothers / int_40207000	comment	Never Going Back to Prison: The title characters are pretty determined not to go back to prison... at least until they can pay the assessment taxes on the orphanage they grew up in.
The Blues Brothers / int_40207000	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_40207000	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_40207000
The Blues Brothers / int_4063acfd	type	Woman Scorned
The Blues Brothers / int_4063acfd	comment	Woman Scorned: Taken to hilarious extremes by Jake's jilted fiancÃ©e, who's turned into a Pyromaniac in the process and tries to blow the Brothers up several times. Just when it looks like Jake's about to take her back, he drops her. Again. This time, literally as well.
The Blues Brothers / int_4063acfd	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_4063acfd	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_4063acfd
The Blues Brothers / int_407d3e6d	type	Morton's Fork
The Blues Brothers / int_407d3e6d	comment	Also, you shouldn't go to a country and western bar and try to play the blues. They will angrily boo and curse while throwing beer bottles at you until you stop playing the wrong music and start playing the right music, at which point they will enthusiastically clap and cheer while throwing beer bottles at you. There's a reason for the chicken wire barrier that puzzled Blue Lou.
The Blues Brothers / int_407d3e6d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_407d3e6d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_407d3e6d
The Blues Brothers / int_40bb59d0	type	Blatant Lies
The Blues Brothers / int_40bb59d0	comment	Blatant Lies: The Apology of Jake Blues.
The Blues Brothers / int_40bb59d0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_40bb59d0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_40bb59d0
The Blues Brothers / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The Blues Brothers / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: The orphanage is saved, but the Brothers get tossed back into jail for all the laws they broke during the effort. The sheer hilarity of the buildup, however, overshadows it and least they, and the rest of the band, can still sing and dance while they're serving their sentence.
The Blues Brothers / int_40cc0c7e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_40cc0c7e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_40cc0c7e
The Blues Brothers / int_4170e68d	type	Massive Multiplayer Ensemble Number
The Blues Brothers / int_4170e68d	comment	Massive Multiplayer Ensemble Number: "Jailhouse Rock"
The Blues Brothers / int_4170e68d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_4170e68d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_4170e68d
The Blues Brothers / int_41c08e5	type	Establishing Series Moment
The Blues Brothers / int_41c08e5	comment	Establishing Series Moment: First we meet Jake. He's fast asleep and lethargic. He gets his property back. A broken watch. An unused prophelactic. One ... soiled. A fairly lengthy one, but the scene just after Jake gets out of prison basically sets the tone for the rest of the movie. The Brothers hug it out, bicker with each other in a scene laden with deadpan humor (including throwing the car's cigarette lighter out the window because it's broken), and then jump a bridge. All set to the tune of "She Caught the Katy".
The Blues Brothers / int_41c08e5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_41c08e5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_41c08e5
The Blues Brothers / int_42be669c	type	Absurd Altitude
The Blues Brothers / int_42be669c	comment	Absurd Altitude: The Nazis chasing the Brothers are launched from an unfinished highway ramp... fly as high as the Hancock Building... and fall several miles away, just in time for the Blues Brothers to dodge the hole they made and another car full of Nazis to fall into the hole. The phone booth containing the brothers shoots straight up into the air when the adjacent propane tank explodes, with a hang time of several seconds. The congregation members of Triple Rock church are somehow able to propel themselves dozens of feet in the air to perform backflips and aerial splits.
The Blues Brothers / int_42be669c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_42be669c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_42be669c
The Blues Brothers / int_42c8293a	type	Sibling Team
The Blues Brothers / int_42c8293a	comment	Sibling Team: Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues. However, they're not biologically related — they became blood brothers while growing up together in the orphanage which the film centers around saving, and took the Blues name as adults.
The Blues Brothers / int_42c8293a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_42c8293a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_42c8293a
The Blues Brothers / int_4364fe24	type	Ethereal Choir
The Blues Brothers / int_4364fe24	comment	Ethereal Choir: Heard by Jake when he sees the light.
The Blues Brothers / int_4364fe24	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_4364fe24	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_4364fe24
The Blues Brothers / int_437e70f5	type	What a Piece of Junk
The Blues Brothers / int_437e70f5	comment	What a Piece of Junk: The Bluesmobile is rusty and has a broken cigarette lighter, but as a former police vehicle, the innards are solid. It proves itself mightily over the course of the film, only to fall to pieces as soon as its mission is complete.
The Blues Brothers / int_437e70f5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_437e70f5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_437e70f5
The Blues Brothers / int_43e36f2f	type	Acrofatic
The Blues Brothers / int_43e36f2f	comment	Acrofatic: John Belushi. The only thing they needed a body double for was the backflips in the church. The mail woman back up dancer to Aretha too! One of the dancers outside Rayâ€™s Music Exchange is rather large, but has some great moves!
The Blues Brothers / int_43e36f2f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_43e36f2f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_43e36f2f
The Blues Brothers / int_44f31914	type	Smoky Voice
The Blues Brothers / int_44f31914	comment	Smoky Voice: Lloyd, the very raspy fellow at Elwood's SRO flop house. Elwood delivers him a pack of smokes.
The Blues Brothers / int_44f31914	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_44f31914	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_44f31914
The Blues Brothers / int_4604fd4d	type	Worthy Opponent
The Blues Brothers / int_4604fd4d	comment	Worthy Opponent: Detective Burton Mercer, John Candy's character, seems to regard the Brothers as this. At very least, he is clearly amused by all of their antics, to the point where he's chuckling wryly after the police car he's in has been rammed into the side of a truck.
The Blues Brothers / int_4604fd4d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_4604fd4d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_4604fd4d
The Blues Brothers / int_46577c9c	type	Sentimental Sacrifice
The Blues Brothers / int_46577c9c	comment	Sentimental Sacrifice: The Bluesmobile falls apart when they get to the Cook County building. The boys stop for a moment and Elwood takes his hat off.
The Blues Brothers / int_46577c9c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_46577c9c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_46577c9c
The Blues Brothers / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
The Blues Brothers / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: "Jerk" may be a little strong, but Donald definitely comes across as the saltiest and casually rudest member of the group, even though he's a stand-up guy.
The Blues Brothers / int_4781adbb	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_4781adbb	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_4781adbb
The Blues Brothers / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
The Blues Brothers / int_47fea76b	comment	Butt-Monkey: The Illinois Nazis; all of them. But then, they're fair game to mock.
The Blues Brothers / int_47fea76b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_47fea76b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_47fea76b
The Blues Brothers / int_48f94fc1	type	The Elevator from Ipanema
The Blues Brothers / int_48f94fc1	comment	A rapid-fire example during the climax when the Blues Brothers are in The Elevator from Ipanema while hundreds of law-enforcement personnel are storming the building.
The Blues Brothers / int_48f94fc1	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_48f94fc1	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_48f94fc1
The Blues Brothers / int_48f977b0	type	Magic Brakes
The Blues Brothers / int_48f977b0	comment	Magic Brakes: Elwood glues the Good Ol' Boys' truck's accelerator pedal down.
The Blues Brothers / int_48f977b0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_48f977b0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_48f977b0
The Blues Brothers / int_49d18492	type	Scenery Gorn
The Blues Brothers / int_49d18492	comment	Scenery Gorn: The aerial shots that make up the opening show smog-infested industrial landscapes. The orphanage is tucked away in a particularly gritty, run-down ghetto alley with buildings reminiscent of abandoned industrial buildings or warehouses. The side street where the substation is located which Elwood uses as a garage for the Bluesmobile isn't any prettier. Maxwell Street as of 1979, especially as shown in the extended cut, was straddling between this and Scenery Porn. On the one hand, there's the colorful market, and on the other hand, some of the buildings are just plain ruins.
The Blues Brothers / int_49d18492	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_49d18492	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_49d18492
The Blues Brothers / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
The Blues Brothers / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: This is the film that put Chicago back on the map. Averted though in the exterior shots of the orphanage.
The Blues Brothers / int_49d59be9	featureApplicability	-1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_49d59be9	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_49d59be9
The Blues Brothers / int_4a8c4e5f	type	Big "WHAT?!"
The Blues Brothers / int_4a8c4e5f	comment	Big "WHAT?!": The whole band delivers this when Curtis tells them they need to raise the money for the orphanage.
The Blues Brothers / int_4a8c4e5f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_4a8c4e5f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_4a8c4e5f
The Blues Brothers / int_4af55b78	type	Credits Gag
The Blues Brothers / int_4af55b78	comment	Credits Gag: Continuing on from Animal House, the ad for the Universal Studios Tour still says "Ask for Babs".
The Blues Brothers / int_4af55b78	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_4af55b78	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_4af55b78
The Blues Brothers / int_4b242d7c	type	Blind Black Guy
The Blues Brothers / int_4b242d7c	comment	Blind Black Guy: Ray, true to his nature as a Danza of Ray Charles, is implied to be blind.
The Blues Brothers / int_4b242d7c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_4b242d7c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_4b242d7c
The Blues Brothers / int_4ca5d7ac	type	Summon Backup Dancers
The Blues Brothers / int_4ca5d7ac	comment	Summon Backup Dancers: Though they were often there before.
The Blues Brothers / int_4ca5d7ac	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_4ca5d7ac	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_4ca5d7ac
The Blues Brothers / int_4da6ac	type	Rated M for Manly
The Blues Brothers / int_4da6ac	comment	Rated M for Manly: It's about saving an orphanage with the power of awesome music and outrunning the police in a Cool Car, while wearing Sunglasses at Night. It's the only musical men will watch, even if they deny that it's a musical.
The Blues Brothers / int_4da6ac	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_4da6ac	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_4da6ac
The Blues Brothers / int_4e52a624	type	Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
The Blues Brothers / int_4e52a624	comment	Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: When Jake and Elwood offer to get the money for the Penguin "in a day" (by stealing it, which Jake just got out of prison for), she immediately stops them, refusing to accept any money gained from a life of crime.
The Blues Brothers / int_4e52a624	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_4e52a624	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_4e52a624
The Blues Brothers / int_4faa04bb	type	Dream Team
The Blues Brothers / int_4faa04bb	comment	Dream Team: The Blues Brothers band is considered a dream team in-universe.
The Blues Brothers / int_4faa04bb	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_4faa04bb	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_4faa04bb
The Blues Brothers / int_4fc5ac56	type	Holy Backlight
The Blues Brothers / int_4fc5ac56	comment	Holy Backlight: Jake's release from prison at the start.
The Blues Brothers / int_4fc5ac56	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_4fc5ac56	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_4fc5ac56
The Blues Brothers / int_4ff6f484	type	Trash the Set
The Blues Brothers / int_4ff6f484	comment	Trash the Set: One chase scene has the duo drive the Bluesmobile through a busy mall, causing all manner of displays and storefronts to be destroyed. The set was actually a then-recently closed-down mall (Dixie Square Mall in Harvey, Illinois) — ironically, the filmmakers never cleaned up the damage from filming, and the site remained destroyed and abandoned for more than 30 years until its demolition in 2012.
The Blues Brothers / int_4ff6f484	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_4ff6f484	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_4ff6f484
The Blues Brothers / int_50b05d30	type	Disproportionate Retribution
The Blues Brothers / int_50b05d30	comment	Disproportionate Retribution: The Nazis go gunning for the Brothers just because they forced them to jump off a bridges into a lake during one of their hate rallies. The Good Ole Boys and bar owner attempt to kill them over a few hundred bucks. Mystery Woman attempts to kill them both because Jake left her at the altar. The Chicago Police escalate like crazy over (admittedly dozens of) unpaid parking tickets and racing a light from a couple of patrol cars up to every single able man with a gun and National Guard assistance 'with tanks' and Police Brutality approved. A fair chunk of the movie consists of Jake and Elwood trying to avoid being shot, blown up or otherwise lethally inconvenienced over petty misdeeds.
The Blues Brothers / int_50b05d30	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_50b05d30	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_50b05d30
The Blues Brothers / int_50b9282e	type	Blind Weaponmaster
The Blues Brothers / int_50b9282e	comment	Blind Weaponmaster: Ray Charles fires a couple of warning shots at a would-be guitar thief.
The Blues Brothers / int_50b9282e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_50b9282e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_50b9282e
The Blues Brothers / int_50f66629	type	Crazy-Prepared
The Blues Brothers / int_50f66629	comment	Crazy-Prepared: Elwood produces various props that are all exactly perfect for whatever needs to be done, from spare white bread for toasting to the materials needed to sabotage elevators and vehicles. One of the restored scenes (included in every home video release since 1998) reveals where Elwood got some of those materials — from the aerosol-products factory where he worked.
The Blues Brothers / int_50f66629	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_5290d19e	type	Faking Engine Trouble
The Blues Brothers / int_5290d19e	comment	Faking Engine Trouble: One of the Hurricane of Excuses that Jake gives his ex-fiancÃ©e for leaving her at the altar.
The Blues Brothers / int_5290d19e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_5290d19e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_5290d19e
The Blues Brothers / int_53224e46	type	Bookends
The Blues Brothers / int_53224e46	comment	Bookends: The movie opens and closes with Jake in jail. He's just being released in the beginning and performing while re-incarcerated at the end.
The Blues Brothers / int_53224e46	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_53224e46	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_53224e46
The Blues Brothers / int_5327b609	type	Badass Driver
The Blues Brothers / int_5327b609	comment	Badass Driver: It takes a lot of gusto to turn a car around at the end of an unfinished bridge like Elwood did. He can even speed through the dark of the night and outrun dozens of police cars with his sunglasses on.
The Blues Brothers / int_5327b609	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_5327b609	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_5400ad8	type	Never Bareheaded
The Blues Brothers / int_5400ad8	comment	Never Bareheaded: As with the Cool Shades, the brothers' hats are never removed—except when Elwood uses his as a glove to punch out a window, and when he takes it off for a moment in a gesture of respect for the (very) defunct Bluesmobile.
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The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_5400ad8
The Blues Brothers / int_54adb6a3	type	Staircase Tumble
The Blues Brothers / int_54adb6a3	comment	Staircase Tumble: Angry over the wayward ways of Jake and Elwood Blues, Sister Mary Stigmata starts whacking them with a cane, causing them to flee. Jake is unable to escape the schooldesk he's crammed into and ends up tumbling down the stairs in it.
The Blues Brothers / int_54adb6a3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_54adb6a3	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_54adb6a3
The Blues Brothers / int_54bbe8ae	type	Blind Mistake
The Blues Brothers / int_54bbe8ae	comment	Blind Mistake: Ray is shown hanging up a poster advertising the Blues Brothers' concert â€” upside down.
The Blues Brothers / int_54bbe8ae	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_54bbe8ae	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_54bbe8ae
The Blues Brothers / int_54e24bd	type	Slo-Mo Big Air
The Blues Brothers / int_54e24bd	comment	Slo-Mo Big Air: Jake and Elwood have this in their Bluesmobile. Some say it was because they were on a Mission from God. A deleted scene (put back into the special edition disc release) had Elwood parking it by a power transformer to "charge it up." John Landis cut that scene because he felt the car's special abilities didn't need explanation; as he put it, "It's just a magic car!" Especially exaggerated with the unfinished highway. The Bluesmobile nearly drives off the ramp, brakes, reverses, does a backflip, and careens and twists in the air to somehow land behind the Illinois Nazis' car, facing the other way. When the Nazis drive off the ramp, suddenly they're over a mile in the air, and take over 20 seconds to fall back to Earth.
The Blues Brothers / int_54e24bd	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_54e24bd	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_54e24bd
The Blues Brothers / int_55404918	type	Knuckle Tattoos
The Blues Brothers / int_55404918	comment	Knuckle Tattoos: The brothers each have their names on their knuckles. Elwood's name actually spills onto his other hand.
The Blues Brothers / int_55404918	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_55404918	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_55404918
The Blues Brothers / int_559d1202	type	Improbable Parking Skills
The Blues Brothers / int_559d1202	comment	Improbable Parking Skills: Elwood's standard parking shtick is to parallel park by drifting into the parking spot from the opposite direction.
The Blues Brothers / int_559d1202	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_559d1202	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_559d1202
The Blues Brothers / int_55f2c035	type	Formal Full Array of Cutlery
The Blues Brothers / int_55f2c035	comment	Formal Full Array of Cutlery: Jake and Elwood go out to eat at a fancy restaurant and make a show of eating with the worst possible table manners. At one point Elwood holds out his glass for more wine; the waiter tells him "Wrong glass, sir," but Elwood gestures for him to pour it in anyway.
The Blues Brothers / int_55f2c035	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_55f2c035
The Blues Brothers / int_570f2124	type	Minor Injury Overreaction
The Blues Brothers / int_570f2124	comment	Minor Injury Overreaction: "They broke my watch".
The Blues Brothers / int_570f2124	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_570f2124	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_570f2124
The Blues Brothers / int_591a2fc5	type	The Grovel
The Blues Brothers / int_591a2fc5	comment	The Grovel: Jake delivers one of these (in the form of a Hurricane of Excuses) to the fiancee he left at the altar. She forgives him and they kiss passionately - only for him to then drop her in the mud and run off again.
The Blues Brothers / int_591a2fc5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_591a2fc5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_591a2fc5
The Blues Brothers / int_596f675a	type	Smoking Is Cool
The Blues Brothers / int_596f675a	comment	Smoking Is Cool: Virtually everyone smokes. Jake in particular is typically seen holding a cigarette in the film's poster.
The Blues Brothers / int_596f675a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_596f675a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_596f675a
The Blues Brothers / int_59907e4f	type	Police Are Useless
The Blues Brothers / int_59907e4f	comment	Police Are Useless: The Chicago Police and Illinois State Police.
The Blues Brothers / int_59907e4f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_59907e4f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_59907e4f
The Blues Brothers / int_5a22609e	type	Creator Thumbprint
The Blues Brothers / int_5a22609e	comment	Creator Thumbprint: We see a billboard for a film named See You Next Wednesday. Most films by John Landis either contain a background reference to a film of this name, or have a character say the words. The Other Wiki has a long list.
The Blues Brothers / int_5a22609e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_5a22609e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_5a22609e
The Blues Brothers / int_5aa8d3d8	type	Friendly Enemy
The Blues Brothers / int_5aa8d3d8	comment	Friendly Enemy: Burton Mercer seems honestly amused by Jake and Elwood's ability to trick the police; he even insists on waiting to arrest them until after he's heard them play. Hell, even when he ends up with his car embedded in the back of a semi near the end, he doesn't seem the least bit angry about it.
The Blues Brothers / int_5aa8d3d8	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_5aa8d3d8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_5aa8d3d8
The Blues Brothers / int_5b0323a5	type	Spontaneous Choreography
The Blues Brothers / int_5b0323a5	comment	Spontaneous Choreography: The crowd outside the music store breaks out into spontaneous dance once Ray Charles starts up "Shake a Tail Feather".
The Blues Brothers / int_5b0323a5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_5b0323a5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_5b0323a5
The Blues Brothers / int_5b1a2f4e	type	Ain't Too Proud to Beg
The Blues Brothers / int_5b1a2f4e	comment	Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Jake pulls this off successfully when confronted by the Mystery Woman.
The Blues Brothers / int_5b1a2f4e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_5b1a2f4e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_5b1a2f4e
The Blues Brothers / int_5b8cd10f	type	Badge Gag
The Blues Brothers / int_5b8cd10f	comment	Badge Gag: When Jake fakes flashing a badge, it's actually an empty, flattened pack of cigarettes.
The Blues Brothers / int_5b8cd10f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_5b8cd10f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_5b8cd10f
The Blues Brothers / int_5b96f69b	type	Hyperspace Wardrobe
The Blues Brothers / int_5b96f69b	comment	Hyperspace Wardrobe: The band do a super-fast costume change for Curtis to lead them in Minne the Moocher. They change back in the blink of a camera cut afterwards.
The Blues Brothers / int_5b96f69b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_5b96f69b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_5b96f69b
The Blues Brothers / int_5bdcc85a	type	Disney Villain Death
The Blues Brothers / int_5bdcc85a	comment	Disney Villain Death: The two head Nazis suffer quite a spectacularly ludicrous one after flying off an unfinished bridge. It's not shown if they survive but after seeing Jake and Elwood survive a bazooka attack and their building being obliterated by a bomb, it's not unlikely.
The Blues Brothers / int_5bdcc85a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_5bdcc85a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_5bdcc85a
The Blues Brothers / int_5e9d35b	type	Bullet-Proof Fashion Plate
The Blues Brothers / int_5e9d35b	comment	Bulletproof Fashion Plate: The brothers' suits. Even after such mishaps as getting caught in a bomb blast or blown sky-high by an exploding propane tank, all they have to do is brush off the dust and they're good as new. True to the trope, getting covered in mud is the signal that their situation has finally gone to hell.
The Blues Brothers / int_5e9d35b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_5e9d35b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_5e9d35b
The Blues Brothers / int_5fcedca	type	Big Eater
The Blues Brothers / int_5fcedca	comment	Big Eater: For lunch, Jake orders four fried chickens. And a Coke. The brothers order five shrimp cocktails (and some bread for Elwood, natch) at Chez Paul.
The Blues Brothers / int_5fcedca	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_5fcedca	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_5fcedca
The Blues Brothers / int_5fe1360d	type	Audience Participation Song
The Blues Brothers / int_5fe1360d	comment	Audience Participation Song: "Minnie the Moocher" has the audience singing along with Cab Calloway.
The Blues Brothers / int_5fe1360d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_5fe1360d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_5fe1360d
The Blues Brothers / int_5ff56a1f	type	Long List
The Blues Brothers / int_5ff56a1f	comment	Long List: Jake's absurd amount of excuses to his fiancÃ©e as to why he left her at the altar.
The Blues Brothers / int_5ff56a1f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_5ff56a1f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_5ff56a1f
The Blues Brothers / int_605cf3f	type	Something Only They Would Say
The Blues Brothers / int_605cf3f	comment	Something Only They Would Say: Matt knows Jake and Elwood by their food orders: four fried chickens and a Coke for Jake, and dry white toast for Elwood.
The Blues Brothers / int_605cf3f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_605cf3f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_605cf3f
The Blues Brothers / int_6143ce68	type	Dine and Dash
The Blues Brothers / int_6143ce68	comment	Dine and Dash: The band are booked at a western bar. They order some drinks in between performances, but come time to pay, find out it's more than they can afford. With this plus the arrival of the real country band whose place they took, Elwood and Jake end up fleeing, with said band and the bar owner now added to their list of pursuers.
The Blues Brothers / int_6143ce68	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_6143ce68	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_6143ce68
The Blues Brothers / int_627264e0	type	Death Glare
The Blues Brothers / int_627264e0	comment	Death Glare: After Matt "Guitar" Murphy takes off, his wife is left standing there. She glowers at her backup singers, who suddenly look very interested in their food.
The Blues Brothers / int_627264e0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_627264e0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_627264e0
The Blues Brothers / int_62f74908	type	Road Block
The Blues Brothers / int_62f74908	comment	Road Block: The Blues brothers escape the cops by driving into a mall. Later, they hide the Bluesmobile in a sewer directly under a roadblock outside their gig. They also humiliate the Illinois Nazis' protest—blocking a bridge—by driving straight at them, to the crowd's applause.
The Blues Brothers / int_62f74908	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_62f74908	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_62f74908
The Blues Brothers / int_62f9d08e	type	Freeze-Frame Bonus
The Blues Brothers / int_62f9d08e	comment	Freeze-Frame Bonus: Three pictures of Jake with the mystery woman (with sunglasses and hat, of course), are seen when the mystery woman is doing her nails and reading the instruction manual for the flamethrower. The movie does a lot with its props. Among the items on Elwood's dashboard are a crushed beer can (Budweiser) and an ashtray.
The Blues Brothers / int_62f9d08e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_62f9d08e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_62f9d08e
The Blues Brothers / int_62fd5552	type	Bavarian Fire Drill
The Blues Brothers / int_62fd5552	comment	Bavarian Fire Drill: Jake stalls the Good Ol' Boys by posing as union rep "Jacob Stein... from the American Federation of Musicians." He even quickly flashes an empty pack of cigarettes like a badge.
The Blues Brothers / int_62fd5552	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_62fd5552	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_62fd5552
The Blues Brothers / int_6326ab89	type	Beam of Enlightenment
The Blues Brothers / int_6326ab89	comment	Beam of Enlightenment: Jake experiences this in a black church, which sets the plot ball rolling.
The Blues Brothers / int_6326ab89	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_6326ab89	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_6326ab89
The Blues Brothers / int_64f0c18c	type	Critical Existence Failure
The Blues Brothers / int_64f0c18c	comment	Critical Existence Failure: The instant Jake and Elwood arrive at their destination and exit the Bluesmobile at the end of the Chase Scene, the car literally falls to pieces. Elwood even takes off his hat as a gesture of respect.
The Blues Brothers / int_64f0c18c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_64f0c18c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_64f0c18c
The Blues Brothers / int_659ef759	type	Implacable Man
The Blues Brothers / int_659ef759	comment	Implacable Man: Jake and Elwood are a rare heroic example. Once put on their divine mission to save an orphanage, they're shot at, bombed, and chased by every force imaginable. None of this can do anything more than slow them down.
The Blues Brothers / int_659ef759	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_659ef759	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_659ef759
The Blues Brothers / int_65d658f	type	Putting the Band Back Together
The Blues Brothers / int_65d658f	comment	Putting the Band Back Together: The Trope Namer.
The Blues Brothers / int_65d658f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_65d658f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_65d658f
The Blues Brothers / int_66959aaf	type	Everyone Join the Party
The Blues Brothers / int_66959aaf	comment	Everyone Join the Party: Inverted. While the police have been chasing Jake and Elwood for the whole film, at the climax, hundreds of police men, SWAT team, soldiers, tanks, and helicopters show up out of nowhere in downtown Chicago to apprehend two unarmed men.
The Blues Brothers / int_66959aaf	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_66959aaf	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_66959aaf
The Blues Brothers / int_669c4caa	type	Produce Pelting
The Blues Brothers / int_669c4caa	comment	Produce Pelting: Although it's beer bottles instead of vegetables. And that's even after they please the crowd! Good thing the chicken wire between the band and the stage is reinforced with Plot Armor.
The Blues Brothers / int_669c4caa	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_669c4caa	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_669c4caa
The Blues Brothers / int_697b5232	type	Those Wacky Nazis
The Blues Brothers / int_697b5232	comment	Those Wacky Nazis: We hate them, and so do Jake and Elwood. A chapter of the Illinois Nazis become secondary antagonists in the film (behind the fuzz and ahead of the Good Ol' Boys) after the Blues Brothers nearly run them down during one of their public demonstrations, forcing them to dive off the bridge they're blocking into the river. As a result, they're the only enemies of the Brothers (other than The Woman) who actually wants to kill them for revenge, and consequently the only ones to actually be killed off when they drive their car off a high overpass while chasing the Brothers.
The Blues Brothers / int_697b5232	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_697b5232	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_697b5232
The Blues Brothers / int_6a12837c	type	Plain Palate
The Blues Brothers / int_6a12837c	comment	Plain Palate: Elwood's favourite food is plain, dry toast.
The Blues Brothers / int_6a12837c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_6a12837c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_6a12837c
The Blues Brothers / int_6a1a1f8a	type	Glasses Pull
The Blues Brothers / int_6a1a1f8a	comment	Glasses Pull: Jake does this to talk the Mystery Woman out of murdering them. It's the only time in the original theatrical release of the whole movie when either of them take their sunglasses off. During the factory scene (restored to all home video releases since 1998), Elwood wears a pair of transparent safety glasses when he goes in to quit his job at the factory. It's the only time during either movie when his eyes are visible.
The Blues Brothers / int_6a1a1f8a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_6a1a1f8a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_6a1a1f8a
The Blues Brothers / int_6a6c1f35	type	The Power of Rock
The Blues Brothers / int_6a6c1f35	comment	The Power of Rock: The original R&B in this case.
The Blues Brothers / int_6a6c1f35	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_6a6c1f35	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_6a6c1f35
The Blues Brothers / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
The Blues Brothers / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: The film begins with "Joliet" Jake Blues being released from Joliet Correctional Center.
The Blues Brothers / int_6bda9a30	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_6bda9a30	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_6bda9a30
The Blues Brothers / int_6bfc52a3	type	A Wizard Did It
The Blues Brothers / int_6bfc52a3	comment	A Wizard Did It: A deleted scene was intended to Hand Wave why the Bluesmobile can do so many fantastic stunts. The Brothers parked it under a bunch of power transformers, allowing it to get "charged up". Since this scene was removed (and never really explained, even in versions that include it), Landis has offered the following explanation: "It's just a magic car."
The Blues Brothers / int_6bfc52a3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_6bfc52a3	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_6bfc52a3
The Blues Brothers / int_6d28a6fd	type	Hollywood Police Driving Academy
The Blues Brothers / int_6d28a6fd	comment	Hollywood Police Driving Academy: If the cops' driving were any worse, they would burst into flame as soon as they got in.
The Blues Brothers / int_6d28a6fd	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_6d28a6fd	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_6d28a6fd
The Blues Brothers / int_6e8a4791	type	Heroic Comedic Sociopath
The Blues Brothers / int_6e8a4791	comment	Heroic Comedic Sociopath: Sorry about the massive collateral damage! It's for orphans!
The Blues Brothers / int_6e8a4791	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_6e8a4791	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_6e8a4791
The Blues Brothers / int_6f0f1f2c	type	Parallel Parking
The Blues Brothers / int_6f0f1f2c	comment	Parallel Parking: Elwood has to be one of the best in history. Able to do an e-brake slide into any spot.
The Blues Brothers / int_6f0f1f2c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_6f0f1f2c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_6f0f1f2c
The Blues Brothers / int_6f2fdfd	type	The One with a Personal Life
The Blues Brothers / int_6f2fdfd	comment	The One with a Personal Life: When Jake and Elwood are trying to get the band together again]], trumpet player Alan "Mr Fabulous" Rubin turns them down, as he has a new life as maÃ®tre d' at an upscale restaurant. He takes some heavy persuading. Similarly, Matt "Guitar" Murphy is initially reluctant as he and wife (played by Aretha Franklin) have settled down to run a soul food eatery together.
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The Blues Brothers / int_6f33059b	type	Iconic Outfit
The Blues Brothers / int_6f33059b	comment	Iconic Outfit: The brothers' black suit pants and jackets, ties, shades, hats, and white shirts. Mostly the shades, if anything gets parodied.
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The Blues Brothers / int_70f7063d	type	Unflinching Walk
The Blues Brothers / int_70f7063d	comment	Unflinching Walk: In the extended cut, the Blues Brothers drive away from the gas station where they had to refuel on their way to the Palace Hotel. The entire gas station blows up right behind them as spilled gasoline is ignited, and they don't care.
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The Blues Brothers / int_72543efb	type	Artist and the Band
The Blues Brothers / int_72543efb	comment	Artist and the Band: Jake and Elwood are dismayed to find that several of their old bandmates have formed "Murph and the Magictones," a cheesy lounge band.
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The Blues Brothers / int_7263b4ea	type	Car Porn
The Blues Brothers / int_7263b4ea	comment	Car Porn: From an early scene: To elaborate further, the police-spec 440 contained forged engine internals, including an oil pan windage tray, more aggressive camshaft and stiffer valve springs, high flow exhaust manifolds and dual-snorkel air cleaner, which produced 275 brake horsepower compared to the stock 235.
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The Blues Brothers / int_729c69f3	type	Politically Incorrect Villain
The Blues Brothers / int_729c69f3	comment	Politically Incorrect Villain: The neo-Nazi villains are introduced by their leader giving a deeply racist speech at a rally. Our heroes are not pleased.
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The Blues Brothers / int_737394ab	type	Iconic Item
The Blues Brothers / int_737394ab	comment	Iconic Item: The brothers' black suits and fedoras. And their sunglasses, of course.
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The Blues Brothers / int_744e3311	type	Police Brutality
The Blues Brothers / int_744e3311	comment	Police Brutality: "Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers has been approved."
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The Blues Brothers / int_76b4b7dd	type	The Comically Serious
The Blues Brothers / int_76b4b7dd	comment	The Comically Serious: The Brothers go through all of the above and more besides without ever raising an eyebrow. They also have some minor Cloudcuckoolander tendencies, which makes their utter casualness all the more ridiculous.
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The Blues Brothers / int_76db0ef5	type	Slobs Versus Snobs
The Blues Brothers / int_76db0ef5	comment	Slobs Versus Snobs: Jake and Elwood are deliberately crude at Chez Paul and threaten to come back every day until Mr. Fabulous rejoins the band.
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The Blues Brothers / int_77480c5e	type	God Is Good
The Blues Brothers / int_77480c5e	comment	God Is Good: If they really are on a mission from God, then the Lord must want them to save the orphanage given all the "magic" that aids them on said mission. He also kept His Hero Insurance up-to-date, because for all the reckless driving and other shenanigans, the only casualties in the film are the literal Nazis, and even they might conceivably have survived.
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The Blues Brothers / int_77aae115	type	Hated by All
The Blues Brothers / int_77aae115	comment	Hated by All: Nobody likes Illinois Nazis. The only reason the cops at their rally were protecting them was because of the decision by the court and they're none too pleased about it, with one of them calling the group "bums." Everyone cheers when the Blues Brothers drive them into the water.
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The Blues Brothers / int_797d10	type	Celebrity Star
The Blues Brothers / int_797d10	comment	Celebrity Star: Many famous musicians appear in various roles to sing their hits.
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The Blues Brothers / int_7aed96a9	type	White Magic
The Blues Brothers / int_7aed96a9	comment	The congregation members of Triple Rock church are somehow able to propel themselves dozens of feet in the air to perform backflips and aerial splits.
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The Blues Brothers / int_7b50237d	type	Distinction Without a Difference
The Blues Brothers / int_7b50237d	comment	Distinction Without a Difference: Jake finds out from Elwood that the rest of their old band had taken straight jobs. Jake is upset that Elwood lied to him and claimed that the band might still get back together; Elwood replies, "It wasn't a lie... it was bullshit."
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The Blues Brothers / int_7cda47b	type	Dying Declaration of Love
The Blues Brothers / int_7cda47b	comment	Dying Declaration of Love: Played for laughs. Two Illinois Nazis are falling to their deaths in a car, their eyes and mouths open in shock. One turns to the other and says "I've always loved you." The other Nazi simply looks at his lieutenant without changing his expression.
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The Blues Brothers / int_7d34f23a	type	Reckless Gun Usage
The Blues Brothers / int_7d34f23a	comment	Reckless Gun Usage: Imagine the prop people handing Ray Charles, a blind man, a pistol with blanks, and telling him to fire it in the direction of three actors, a cameraman, assorted production staff...
The Blues Brothers / int_7d34f23a	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_7eb73553	type	Bullying a Dragon
The Blues Brothers / int_7eb73553	comment	"We're so happy to see so many of you lovely people here tonight, and we would especially like to welcome the many representatives of Illinois's law-enforcement community who have chosen to be here this evening..."
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The Blues Brothers / int_7febc23b	type	Establishing Character Moment
The Blues Brothers / int_7febc23b	comment	Establishing Character Moment: When meeting the state troopers outside Elwood's actual "residential hotel," Burton Mercer quips that he actually enjoyed Elwood's little trick of listing his address as Wrigley Field. Mercer goes on to be increasingly amused and impressed by the antics of the Blues Brothers throughout the movie, to the point where he's wryly chuckling after the squad car he and his fellows are in has been rammed into the side of a truck.
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The Blues Brothers / int_8042e814	type	Actually Pretty Funny
The Blues Brothers / int_8042e814	comment	Actually Pretty Funny: Burton Mercer seems genuinely amused at the Blues Brothers' antics, despite frequently being on the receiving end of them or having them backfire rather disastrously on him. And he damn well gets into their gig despite being there to arrest them. Mercer jovially calls dispatch to tell them they are out of action due to their cruiser being embedded in a semi. Mercer finds it hilarious. Jake and Elwood can't help but join in on the music number at the diner when Arethra Franklin busts out the pipes.
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The Blues Brothers / int_816a4e80	type	Star Wars (Franchise)
The Blues Brothers / int_816a4e80	comment	When the Mystery Woman fires off a bazooka, the sound effect is the same as the blasters in Star Wars.
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The Blues Brothers / int_8183248	type	Never Mess with Granny
The Blues Brothers / int_8183248	comment	Never Mess with Granny: The Penguin maybe a little young, but she fits the badass by whipping the piss out of Jake and Elwood.
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The Blues Brothers / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
The Blues Brothers / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: The scene where Jake finally comes face to face with the Mystery Woman and throws himself on his knees to apologize:
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The Blues Brothers / int_82518cf7	type	Motor Mouth
The Blues Brothers / int_82518cf7	comment	Motor Mouth: Elwood. This is Dan Aykroyd's trademark, as a tribute to Jack Webb.
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The Blues Brothers / int_8391b1c7	type	Artistic License â€“ Law
The Blues Brothers / int_8391b1c7	comment	Artistic License â€“ Law: There's two things wrong with the scene where Elwood is pulled over, then chased around the mall: The police who pull him over are State Troopers, not Chicago Police, so pulling someone over for running a red light within Chicago city limits is beyond their jurisdiction. (They also go all the way to Wisconsin to arrest the Blues Brothers, which is even worse.) The light was yellow, and Illinois state law states that as long as the light is still yellow when the front tires cross the white line, the car has legally passed through the intersection. In this instance, the light did not change to red until after he had left the intersection. Elwood actually points this out, which suggests that the cops (and by extension the writers) just wanted to pull Elwood over and used that as an excuse. On the other hand, they were in Park Ridge, IL, so it's possible they may have been driving on a state-owned road at the time.
The Blues Brothers / int_8391b1c7	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_83b44e80	type	Straight Gay
The Blues Brothers / int_83b44e80	comment	Straight Gay: "I've always loved you." From a Nazi. Right before the car they're in gets smashed into the ground.
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The Blues Brothers / int_85557b38	type	Reality Is Unrealistic
The Blues Brothers / int_85557b38	comment	Reality Is Unrealistic: There really is a difference between country and western music. Fittingly, the theme to Rawhide is a good example of western song while "Stand by Your Man" is a good example of a country song.
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The Blues Brothers / int_85e7c12f	type	Puppy-Dog Eyes
The Blues Brothers / int_85e7c12f	comment	Puppy-Dog Eyes: Jake Blues may have executed the most epic use of this trope ever in order to not get blasted in the face by his ex-fiancÃ©e.
The Blues Brothers / int_85e7c12f	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_863fa679	type	What Happened to the Mouse?
The Blues Brothers / int_863fa679	comment	What Happened to the Mouse?: Jake's murderous ex-fiancÃ©e disappears after the Blues Brothers make their escape from the big performance. It's not obvious what happened to the other hotel occupants after the "Mystery Woman" blew the place up. Common sense would say that they all died horrifically, but there's a good chance that they survived since the Blues Brothers, the state troopers, and Burton Mercer all emerged from the rubble dazed but unhurt. The film, however, doesn't let us know either way.
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The Blues Brothers / int_86a00a8e	type	If My Calculations Are Correct
The Blues Brothers / int_86a00a8e	comment	"If my estimations are correct, we should be very close to the Honorable Richard J. Daley Memorial Plaza."
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The Blues Brothers / int_8a295a46	type	Cool Car
The Blues Brothers / int_8a295a46	comment	Cool Car: The Bluesmobile. At the beginning of the movie, it's What a Piece of Junk; at the end of the movie, it's The Alleged Car. It survives jump after jump, being driven through a shopping mall, and a high-speed chase with a thrown rod, among other things — and then it literally falls apart upon reaching the property tax office. Elwood briefly pauses to pay his last respects to the wreck while the cops are still chasing them. They no longer needed the car, so it was no longer under God's protection.
The Blues Brothers / int_8a295a46	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_8a8f37f9	type	Artistic License â€“ Law Enforcement
The Blues Brothers / int_8a8f37f9	comment	Artistic License â€“ Law Enforcement Police generally break off from a car chase if it reaches a point where innocent bystanders are facing significant risk. A police chase inside a mall parking lot, where there would presumably be a large number of pedestrians, is already on somewhat shaky ground, but even the most cowboyish cop wouldn't continue a pursuit inside the mall itself. The final chase scene is deliberately over-the-top and not intended to be even slightly realistic (as Lampshaded by the dispatcher calmly noting that "The use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers has been approved.") but even then, the mobilization of both a SWAT team (who largely wouldn't be any more effective against largely non-violent criminals on the run than any other law enforcement) and a police marine unit in patrol boats (who wouldn't have any role to play against the land-bound Blues Brothers) is a bit of a head-scratcher. After the huge pile-up beneath the L, a number of cops get out and start blasting away at the fleeing Brothers with their sidearms. Putting aside the fact that a shootout in downtown Chicago is a seriously bad idea, the car is definitely out of effective pistol range by then.
The Blues Brothers / int_8a8f37f9	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_8b606a51	type	There Is No Kill Like Overkill
The Blues Brothers / int_8b606a51	comment	There Is No Kill Like Overkill: "Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers has been approved." This line alone annoyed the Chicago Police Department so much that they refused to be in any films for years afterwards.
The Blues Brothers / int_8b606a51	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_8c96ae78	type	No One Could Survive That!
The Blues Brothers / int_8c96ae78	comment	No One Could Survive That!: Played for laughs. The Mystery Woman tries several different times to kill Jake. First, she shoots a rocket launcher at him while he and Elwood are entering the flophouse, but only manages to knock some bricks loose and break the doors and the bum sleeping in the stairway doesn't even wake up from the noise. She then uses a bomb to blow up the same building where he (and his brother) now live, bringing the whole building down on them. They just arise from the pile of bricks, brush themselves off, and continue on their "mission from God". Later on, she fires a flame thrower at them while they're in a phone booth next to a propane tank, blowing them up into the air. When they land, the phone breaks and they pick up the change spilling from its coin box. The justification (not directly stated but rather heavily implied) is that since they are on a "mission from God" they have His divine protection too.
The Blues Brothers / int_8c96ae78	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_8ca89acb	type	I Need to Go Iron My Dog
The Blues Brothers / int_8ca89acb	comment	I Need to Go Iron My Dog: After telling Bob that Elwood is in the car writing out a (nonexistent) American Express Travelers' Cheque to cover the band's extensive bar tab, Jake says, "I'd better check up, see how he's doing. See, I have to sign it too... I usually sit in the car and write it out on the glove compartment lid." Then he beats a hasty retreat for the car. Jake famously gives every excuse ever conceived (and then some) when confronted by his axe-crazy fiancÃ©e as to why he ditched at the altar:
The Blues Brothers / int_8ca89acb	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_8ec0abf	type	The Voiceless
The Blues Brothers / int_8ec0abf	comment	The Voiceless: Sort of. Elwood was initially introduced in the SNL sketches as Jake's "silent brother." He later sang back up and, by the time of the first film, had graduated to a full speaking role.
The Blues Brothers / int_8ec0abf	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
The Blues Brothers / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	Asshole Victim: A group gets its first amendment rights violated by the Blues Brothers driving a car through their demonstration. Which group? The fucking Illinois Nazi Party. They're also the only people who come close to being confirmed dead as a result of the movie's over-the-top car chases.
The Blues Brothers / int_8ed5c6e4	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_8fdb09ce	type	Stairs Are Faster
The Blues Brothers / int_8fdb09ce	comment	Stairs Are Faster: The brothers disable the only elevator leading up to the tax assessor's office after using it to get to that floor. The combined might of the Chicago Police, SWAT, National Guard, etc. try to follow up the elevator, but after waiting a few seconds they decide to charge up the stairway instead.
The Blues Brothers / int_8fdb09ce	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_90328f91	type	Unscrupulous Hero
The Blues Brothers / int_90328f91	comment	Unscrupulous Hero: The brothers, especially Jake. They mean well enough as they just want to save the orphanage they grew up in, but they're not above scamming patrons, acting like jackasses and endangering bystanders more than they really need to.
The Blues Brothers / int_90328f91	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_92264449	type	Jabba Table Manners
The Blues Brothers / int_92264449	comment	Jabba Table Manners: Jake and Elwood deliberately invoke this trope to drag Mr. Fabulous away from his ritzy maÃ®tre d' job and back into their band. Though his insistence to buy the young daughter of the family in the next table probably has even greater effect.
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The Blues Brothers / int_92b46a85	type	Handcuffed Briefcase
The Blues Brothers / int_92b46a85	comment	Handcuffed Briefcase: As seen at the big concert, Elwood Blues carries his harmonica around in a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. Jake carries the key. The joke of the briefcase goes back to a series of SNL sketches were Dan and John played US Secret Service agents to Chevy Chase's Gerald Ford. That is why they wear dark suits and sunglasses, mimicking the Secret Service dress. The briefcase locked with a chain to the wrist comes from a real member of the US President's detail who carries a locked case with the Nuclear Codes. In one episode of the show, after the President Ford sketch, they appear and open the brief case, showing it contains an harmonica. They then proceed to perform a song.
The Blues Brothers / int_92b46a85	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_93a70bc4	type	Mourning an Object
The Blues Brothers / int_93a70bc4	comment	Mourning an Object: When against all odds the Bluesmobile that has got Jake and Elwood across Illinois to their destination finally "dies", Elwood takes his hat off in respect for a moment as if at a funeral.
The Blues Brothers / int_93a70bc4	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_94721d54	type	Your Favorite
The Blues Brothers / int_94721d54	comment	Your Favorite: Inverted. Jake and Elwood order a meal in a soul food restaurant. The cook, one of their former bandmates, recognizes the order (dry white toast for Elwood, four fried chickens and a Coke for Jake) and goes out front to greet them.
The Blues Brothers / int_94721d54	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_9600368d	type	Behind the Black
The Blues Brothers / int_9600368d	comment	Behind the Black: Jake and Elwood get to the clerk's office, file their paperwork, and save the orphanage. Then the camera turns and about forty police officers and National Guardsmen are right behind them with guns drawn. Jake, Elwood, and the clerk didn't see or hear them come in, despite the fact that they were the opposite of stealthy in the buildup scenes and would have had to break through the Blues' makeshift barricades. In the wide shot, the clerk (played by Steven Spielberg) is seen pointing a gun at the brothers from behind them. This is despite the fact that literally a second earlier, he was seated on the opposite side of the counter, unarmed. After Jake and Elwood have a conversation with Maury about booking them for a big event in a steam room, the camera zooms out to show the entire rest of the band sitting orderly just off-screen.
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The Blues Brothers / int_964ea66c	type	A-Team Firing
The Blues Brothers / int_964ea66c	comment	A-Team Firing: Everyone's a crap shot, except when they're not aiming directly for the Blues Brothers. Vaguely justified with Holy Protection, but mostly played for Rule of Funny.
The Blues Brothers / int_964ea66c	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_97f3442b	type	Overly Polite Pals
The Blues Brothers / int_97f3442b	comment	Overly Polite Pals: The brothers invoke this trope when they go into Mr. Fabulous's restaurant, taking each other's arms.
The Blues Brothers / int_97f3442b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_97f3442b	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_9834561e	type	Inspiring Sermon
The Blues Brothers / int_9834561e	comment	Inspiring Sermon: After learning that the Catholic orphanage where they grew up is going to be torn down due to it being deeply in tax debt, Jake and Elwood go to the Triple Rock Baptist Church while contemplating what to do about the situation. While there, Reverend Cleophus James (played by an Adam Westing version of James Brown) gives a passionate sermon that's so powerful that a beam of light shines down from Heaven and inspires Jake to reunite his old bandmates and hold a benefit concert for the orphanage.
The Blues Brothers / int_9834561e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_9834561e	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_984763bb	type	555
The Blues Brothers / int_984763bb	comment	555: Subverted. The "fake" address Elwood gives for his driver's license is a real address. But the address is that of Wrigley Field. "KL5" on the card that Mercer leaves for Jake at the flophouse.
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The Blues Brothers / int_9af829dc	type	Hot-Blooded Sideburns
The Blues Brothers / int_9af829dc	comment	Hot Blooded Sideburns: Jake.
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The Blues Brothers / int_9af829dc	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_9af829dc
The Blues Brothers / int_9bb0dcc5	type	Saving the Orphanage
The Blues Brothers / int_9bb0dcc5	comment	Saving the Orphanage: The basis for the entire plot.
The Blues Brothers / int_9bb0dcc5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_9bb0dcc5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_9bb0dcc5
The Blues Brothers / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The Blues Brothers / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: A weird case. The reason for the Brothers' murderous stalker is alluded to when Elwood propositions a lady to meet after the big show—of course, he can't make it, on account of the murderous stalker and the cops. The mystery woman is seen doing her nails and reading the instruction manual for the flamethrower she uses later. Also in the scene are three pictures of her with Jake, who's wearing his sunglasses and hat in all of them.
The Blues Brothers / int_9d12bbc1	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_9dd2329c	type	Camera Abuse
The Blues Brothers / int_9dd2329c	comment	Camera Abuse: During the car chase scene in the mall, some of the musical instruments hit the camera causing it to shake and at the end of the scene a person runs into the camera.
The Blues Brothers / int_9dd2329c	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_9dd2329c
The Blues Brothers / int_9f46ebc4	type	Just Got Out of Jail
The Blues Brothers / int_9f46ebc4	comment	Just Got Out of Jail: The movie begins with "Joliet" Jake Blues being released on parole from Joliet State Penitentiary.
The Blues Brothers / int_9f46ebc4	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_9f62723d	type	Get Out!
The Blues Brothers / int_9f62723d	comment	Get Out!: The Penguin gives Jake and Elwood this after her Disappointed in You moment. "...and don't come back until you've redeemed yourselves."
The Blues Brothers / int_9f62723d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_9f62723d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_9f62723d
The Blues Brothers / int_9f6fb586	type	Leitmotif
The Blues Brothers / int_9f6fb586	comment	Leitmotif: The horn intro from "I Can't Turn You Loose", originally recorded by Otis Redding, could very easily be retitled "The Blues Brothers Theme" by now.
The Blues Brothers / int_9f6fb586	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_9f6fb586	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_9f6fb586
The Blues Brothers / int_9fbe06a5	type	Badass in a Nice Suit
The Blues Brothers / int_9fbe06a5	comment	Badass in a Nice Suit: Subverted. The brothers wear black suits, but it's soon revealed that those are the only clothes they own. They wear them to bed, into the sauna, etc. Unsurprisingly, they smell bad.
The Blues Brothers / int_9fbe06a5	featureApplicability	-0.3
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The Blues Brothers / int_a0d9c2f3	type	Final Speech
The Blues Brothers / int_a0d9c2f3	comment	Final Speech: As they are falling to their death in a car, one Illinois Nazi says to the other (the leader), "I've always loved you."
The Blues Brothers / int_a0d9c2f3	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_a1575551	type	Living Prop
The Blues Brothers / int_a1575551	comment	Living Prop: Tom "Bones" Malone. All the other band members had at least one memorable scene. Tom only has a handful of lines and doesn't do anything memorable.
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The Blues Brothers / int_a188ac4b	type	Overly Long Gag
The Blues Brothers / int_a188ac4b	comment	Overly Long Gag: The beer bottles being thrown at Bobâ€™s Country Bunker.
The Blues Brothers / int_a188ac4b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_a188ac4b	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_a3c0c1df	type	Dance Party Ending
The Blues Brothers / int_a3c0c1df	comment	Dance Party Ending: To the Jailhouse Rock, of course.
The Blues Brothers / int_a3c0c1df	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
The Blues Brothers / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: Jake kisses the mystery woman in the tunnel to try and stop her from killing them, then turns to Elwood and says, "Let's go," before dropping her. Literally. A rapid-fire example during the climax when the Blues Brothers are in The Elevator from Ipanema while hundreds of law-enforcement personnel are storming the building.
The Blues Brothers / int_a4c37cbe	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_a5001f7f	type	Chekhov's Classroom
The Blues Brothers / int_a5001f7f	comment	Chekhov's Classroom: Elwood goes on one of these lectures to Jake on the benefits of a cop car: cop shocks, engine, suspension, etc. This comes in handy with the utter vehicular chaos that ensues.
The Blues Brothers / int_a5001f7f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_a5001f7f	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_a5cfe2ac	type	And There Was Much Rejoicing
The Blues Brothers / int_a5cfe2ac	comment	The Illinois Nazis get one when Jake and Elwood drive straight at them during their rally, forcing them to jump in the river. And There Was Much Rejoicing follows.
The Blues Brothers / int_a5cfe2ac	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_a5cfe2ac	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_a5cfe2ac
The Blues Brothers / int_a5e0c01	type	As Himself
The Blues Brothers / int_a5e0c01	comment	As Himself: Played with. The band members play themselves. The majority of them were part of the original backing band, and are well known blues and R&B legends, including Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn (both of whom played for Otis Redding, amongst others), and Matt "Guitar" Murphy.
The Blues Brothers / int_a5e0c01	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_a5e0c01
The Blues Brothers / int_a60cc01	type	Gratuitous Nazis
The Blues Brothers / int_a60cc01	comment	Gratuitous Nazis: On their quest, the boys just happen to run into Illinois Nazis. However, this is really a case of Ripped from the Headlines.
The Blues Brothers / int_a60cc01	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_a60cc01	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_a60cc01
The Blues Brothers / int_a68421bb	type	Animated Adaptation
The Blues Brothers / int_a68421bb	comment	Animated Adaptation: In 1997, 6 animated episodes were produced (with Peter Aykroyd and James Belushi) for the UPN network, but were never aired.
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The Blues Brothers / int_a68421bb	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_a6c69bd	type	MacGuffin
The Blues Brothers / int_a6c69bd	comment	MacGuffin: Raising the money to pay the orphanage's debts.
The Blues Brothers / int_a6c69bd	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_a6c69bd
The Blues Brothers / int_a6cda066	type	Rule of Three
The Blues Brothers / int_a6cda066	comment	Among Jake's possessions being returned? "One digital watch. Broken." During the mall chase, one of the officers in the flipped police car laments that he broke his watch in the chase. During the pileup on the highway shortly after dawn in the finale chase, one of the officers in the background is heard complaining of a broken watch as he climbs out of the wrecked car. It happens a third time when one of the Chicago police officers faintly yells "They broke my watch!" after most of their cars get destroyed in a pile-up.
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The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_a6cda066
The Blues Brothers / int_a796d2a6	type	Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
The Blues Brothers / int_a796d2a6	comment	Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: The police, the Nazis, the Good Ol' Boys, and the crazy woman trying to kill Jake are all terrible shots. Especially funny in the case of the crazy woman, who's played by Princess Leia. Inverted by letting Ray Charles fire a gun with incredible precision.
The Blues Brothers / int_a796d2a6	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_a796d2a6	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_a8556a04	type	Video Credits
The Blues Brothers / int_a8556a04	comment	Video Credits: And a great song, too!
The Blues Brothers / int_a8556a04	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_a8556a04
The Blues Brothers / int_a86069f	type	Alternate History
The Blues Brothers / int_a86069f	comment	Alternate History: A somewhat more mundane example than most. Not long before the movie was made the Illinois state legislature had debated a law that would revoke the tax-exempt status of buildings owned by churches that weren't themselves used as houses of worship. In Real Life the law didn't pass, but in the film it did, necessitating the boys take on their Mission from God to get money to pay the taxes on the Catholic orphanage where they grew up.
The Blues Brothers / int_a86069f	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_a86069f
The Blues Brothers / int_a8a5e4ed	type	Christianity Is Catholic
The Blues Brothers / int_a8a5e4ed	comment	Christianity is Catholic: Subverted. While the orphanage where Jake and Elwood grew up is clearly Catholic (and run by creepy nuns, no less), the only religious service the brothers attend is at the VERY evangelical Triple Rock Baptist Church. Then again, if James Brown was a pastor...
The Blues Brothers / int_a8a5e4ed	featureApplicability	-0.3
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The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_a8a5e4ed
The Blues Brothers / int_a9645365	type	Man Hug
The Blues Brothers / int_a9645365	comment	Man Hug: Jake and Elwood at the beginning when Jake gets out of prison.
The Blues Brothers / int_a9645365	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_a9645365
The Blues Brothers / int_a9667a3b	type	Hero Insurance
The Blues Brothers / int_a9667a3b	comment	He also kept His Hero Insurance up-to-date, because for all the reckless driving and other shenanigans, the only casualties in the film are the literal Nazis, and even they might conceivably have survived.
The Blues Brothers / int_a9667a3b	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_a9667a3b
The Blues Brothers / int_ab729e43	type	Disappointed in You
The Blues Brothers / int_ab729e43	comment	Disappointed in You: The Penguin says this to Jake and Elwood after kicking them out of her office, calling them a disappointing pair because in her eyes, they've returned to her as "two thieves with filthy mouths and bad attitudes", and she didn't raise them to grow up the way they did.
The Blues Brothers / int_ab729e43	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_ab729e43
The Blues Brothers / int_ab9311f0	type	Closer to Earth
The Blues Brothers / int_ab9311f0	comment	Closer to Earth: Aretha Franklin's character, who tries to dissuade her husband (Matt "Guitar" Murphy) from rejoining the Blues Brothers.
The Blues Brothers / int_ab9311f0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_ab9311f0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_ab9311f0
The Blues Brothers / int_abad35b4	type	Soundtrack Dissonance
The Blues Brothers / int_abad35b4	comment	Soundtrack Dissonance: The finale of the crazy chase is when Jake and Elwood get on a lift to reach the office where they have to deliver the check for the orphanage's back taxes. Scenes where the frenzied pursuers storm the building are then counterpointed with shots of the Blues Brothers silently standing in the lift as "The Girl from Ipanema" plays in a corny, soothing muzak version.
The Blues Brothers / int_abad35b4	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_ac33492	type	Destroy the Product Placement
The Blues Brothers / int_ac33492	comment	Destroy the Product Placement: During the mall chase scene, the Blues Brothers and the police destroy several name-brand stores, including Toys-R-Us, Pier 1 Imports, and an Oldsmobile dealership. Lampshaded by the brothers, who casually point out the stores as they get destroyed.
The Blues Brothers / int_ac33492	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_ac33492	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_ac33492
The Blues Brothers / int_acf33d00	type	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain
The Blues Brothers / int_acf33d00	comment	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Jake's ex-fiancee wants revenge on him? All she had to do was wait for the cops to arrest both him and Elwood at the hotel. She even sees the cops arrive, and could probably guess what they were there for. But no, she had to do it herself and as a result of blowing up the entire hotel, stops the cops arresting them both and they get away.
The Blues Brothers / int_acf33d00	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_acf33d00	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_acf33d00
The Blues Brothers / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
The Blues Brothers / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: The Illinois Nazis get one when Jake and Elwood drive straight at them during their rally, forcing them to jump in the river. And There Was Much Rejoicing follows. Jake and Elwood, when their car starts breaking down during the epic chase at the end. The head Nazi and his lieutenant, when the Bluesmobile does a 180-degree flip over them with Jake and Elwood driving away, and they end up taking a flying leap off the incomplete expressway bridge, and their car crashes through the pavement below, leaving a gigantic pothole in the street below. Also when the Good Ol' Boys start firing on them. And when the car finally does die, we get some quick shots of the statues on the building looking down with shocked expressions. When the Mystery Woman finally confronts the brothers following the concert and Jake unleashes his Hurricane of Excuses, Elwood's immediate reaction is to duck and cover in preparation for his presumably imminent death. The young would-be guitar thief after Ray starts blasting away with his hand cannon.
The Blues Brothers / int_ad1db87c	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_ad1db87c
The Blues Brothers / int_ad641426	type	Trademark Favorite Food
The Blues Brothers / int_ad641426	comment	Trademark Favorite Food: In addition to Elwood ordering dry white toast at Matt's diner, when he and Jake are in his SRO hotel room he heats a piece of white bread over a hotplate, and at Ray's pawn shop he gets distracted examining a small toaster-oven, the better to toast his white bread with. He even pulls a piece of bread out of his pocket to try it out. Apparently he just carries white bread around with him. "Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips!"
The Blues Brothers / int_ad641426	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_ad7533dd	type	Creepy Catholicism
The Blues Brothers / int_ad7533dd	comment	Creepy Catholicism: The title characters go "to see 'The Penguin'" — a very stern, heavyset, intimidating Catholic nun who wields a wooden 3-foot ruler like a martial arts weapon and moves with a Ghostly Glide. Her office looks like the set of a horror movie, with prominent sculptures of Christ suffering on the Cross and plenty of creepy shadows.
The Blues Brothers / int_ad7533dd	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_ae0b7462	type	Ghost Butler
The Blues Brothers / int_ae0b7462	comment	Ghost Butler: When Jake and Elwood go to visit the Penguin in their old orphanage, the door to her office opens of itself as they approach. Of course, the only Ghost in play here would be the Holy one.
The Blues Brothers / int_ae0b7462	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_ae0b7462	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_ae0b7462
The Blues Brothers / int_ae63b23a	type	Escalating Chase
The Blues Brothers / int_ae63b23a	comment	Escalating Chase: Jake and Elwood not only get dozens of Lemming Cops on their tail but also Jake's Psycho Ex-Girlfriend and the Illinois Nazis.
The Blues Brothers / int_ae63b23a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_ae63b23a	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_aec88ae0	type	Driving into a Truck
The Blues Brothers / int_aec88ae0	comment	Driving into a Truck: Literally. A police squad car jumps off the side of a freeway, smashing into the side of a passing truck.
The Blues Brothers / int_aec88ae0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_aec88ae0	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
The Blues Brothers / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: "We're on a Mission from God."
The Blues Brothers / int_b01abe4f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_b01abe4f	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_b0218885	type	Mickey Mousing
The Blues Brothers / int_b0218885	comment	Mickey Mousing: Most especially when the brothers are sneaking past the cops to get to their gig, in time with Curtis's rendition of "Minnie the Moocher".
The Blues Brothers / int_b0218885	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_b0218885	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_b0218885
The Blues Brothers / int_b06bbf4b	type	Be Careful What You Wish For
The Blues Brothers / int_b06bbf4b	comment	Be Careful What You Wish For: Jake is furious at Elwood for getting them into a high speed chase. He demands of Elwood, "You got us into this mall parking lot, you get us outta this mall parking lot." Elwood obliges by crashing through the wall into a toystore and leading the cops on a chase that destroys the mall.
The Blues Brothers / int_b06bbf4b	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_b09c818	type	"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word
The Blues Brothers / int_b09c818	comment	"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word: Jake threatens to reveal their agent's infidelity to his wife.
The Blues Brothers / int_b09c818	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_b09c818	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_b1428bc2	type	Furniture Blockade
The Blues Brothers / int_b1428bc2	comment	Furniture Blockade: Happens twice in after the title characters are chased into a building by the police. When the Blues Brothers first enter the building, they push some vending machines, two trash cans and benches in front of the door. After they reach the Cook County Assessor's office on the 11th floor, they put chairs, ashtray cans and a bench against the door from the stairwell.
The Blues Brothers / int_b1428bc2	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_b2cdd776	type	Bottomless Magazines
The Blues Brothers / int_b2cdd776	comment	Bottomless Magazines: The mysterious woman's four-barreled rocket launcher fires five rockets.
The Blues Brothers / int_b2cdd776	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_b2cdd776	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_b2cdd776
The Blues Brothers / int_b4a6ae4c	type	Everyone Has Standards
The Blues Brothers / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: The brothers are criminals who hate cops, but they hate nazis even more.
The Blues Brothers / int_b4a6ae4c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_b4a6ae4c	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_b4a6fef1	type	Tough Room
The Blues Brothers / int_b4a6fef1	comment	Tough Room: Bob's Country Bunker is a country-western bar with a heavily redneck clientele. When the Blues Brothers start up a show there with "Gimme Some Lovin'" (a blues song, naturally), they're pelted with beer bottles and boos. They then launch into a country set including the theme from Rawhide and "Stand By Your Man", which gets them pelted with beer bottles and raucous cheers. At least there's a chicken-wire fence up to protect the stage...
The Blues Brothers / int_b4a6fef1	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_b4a6fef1	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_b53077b3	type	Take That!
The Blues Brothers / int_b53077b3	comment	Take That!: On the phone at Chez Paul, Mr. Fabulous says that Mayor Daley is dead. This was because Richard J. Daley had (unofficially) banned all location filming in Chicago for the entire duration of his administration, in response to a 1959 episode of the Lee Marvin TV show M Squad showing a Chicago cop taking bribes. Also, Daley was actually dead, having died in 1976. The ban was lifted by his successor, Jane Byrne, which made it possible for The Blues Brothers and other films to be shot on location in the city.
The Blues Brothers / int_b53077b3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_b53077b3	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_b53077b3
The Blues Brothers / int_b6e1d40b	type	Acceptable Breaks from Reality
The Blues Brothers / int_b6e1d40b	comment	Acceptable Breaks from Reality: Everyone knows church properties can't be taxed, but that wouldn't make for a plot. Or a nun on rails. Or the best car chase ever put on film. It's explained that the church is no longer interested in maintaining the orphanage, meaning they likely stopped the tax exemption on the property. Also, there was an actual bill in the Illinois legislature at the time the script was being written that would have made certain properties owned by nonprofit organizations (including churches) subject to property tax. The bill never passed.
The Blues Brothers / int_b6e1d40b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_b6e1d40b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_b6e1d40b
The Blues Brothers / int_b7af1f3	type	Rays from Heaven
The Blues Brothers / int_b7af1f3	comment	Rays from Heaven: One of these hits Jake as he and Elwood are standing at the back of a church and he has an epiphany â€” "The band!"
The Blues Brothers / int_b7af1f3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_b7af1f3	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_b9d334b2	type	Aerith and Bob
The Blues Brothers / int_b9d334b2	comment	Aerith and Bob: Elwood and Jake.
The Blues Brothers / int_b9d334b2	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_b9d334b2	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_b9d334b2
The Blues Brothers / int_baa1d4b	type	I Can Explain
The Blues Brothers / int_baa1d4b	comment	I Can Explain: Played for laughs. Jake's 'explanation' turns out to be a series of increasingly unlikely excuses. Amazingly enough they do the job and let the brothers make their escape.
The Blues Brothers / int_baa1d4b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_baa1d4b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_baa1d4b
The Blues Brothers / int_baa30f88	type	We Wait
The Blues Brothers / int_baa30f88	comment	We Wait: Invoked: Bob and the Good Ole Boys have bought tickets to the Blues Brothers' show, and must now wait for the band to actually come on stage. Subverted by the police, who must also wait, but in their case, it's because the officer in charge wants to see the band play before they arrest them.
The Blues Brothers / int_baa30f88	featureApplicability	-0.3
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The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Blues Brothers / int_baa30f88
The Blues Brothers / int_bb0a2242	type	No-Tell Motel
The Blues Brothers / int_bb0a2242	comment	No-Tell Motel: Elwood's place is an absurdly tiny hotel room right next to an el. It has a fridge, a sink, a microwave, a bed, and enough counter for a hotplate. Opening the door just barely misses hitting the bed. The sign over the front door reads (shortly before the Mystery Woman blows it up) "Transients Welcome".
The Blues Brothers / int_bb0a2242	featureApplicability	1.0
The Blues Brothers / int_bb0a2242	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Blues Brothers / int_bc00493f	type	Precision F-Strike
The Blues Brothers / int_bc00493f	comment	Precision F-Strike: The Good Ol' Boys' response to the Blues Brothers' attempt to delay them:
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The Blues Brothers / int_bc2139f8	type	We Sell Everything
The Blues Brothers / int_bc2139f8	comment	We Sell Everything: The drive-through mall scene:
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The Blues Brothers / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
The Blues Brothers / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Do not use unacceptable language in front of The Penguin. Speaking the Lord's name in vain is even worse. Also, you shouldn't go to a country and western bar and try to play the blues. They will angrily boo and curse while throwing beer bottles at you until you stop playing the wrong music and start playing the right music, at which point they will enthusiastically clap and cheer while throwing beer bottles at you. There's a reason for the chicken wire barrier that puzzled Blue Lou. Don't blaspheme in Mrs. Murphy's presence. Or give the impression of blaspheming.
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The Blues Brothers / int_bcba27a1	type	Putting on the Reich
The Blues Brothers / int_bcba27a1	comment	Putting on the Reich: Jake and Elwood can't stand those damn Illinois Nazis.
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The Blues Brothers / int_bcf1d2c1	type	Blind Musician
The Blues Brothers / int_bcf1d2c1	comment	Blind Musician: Ray Charles does some light Adam Westing as the owner of Ray's Music Exchange. He plays an affable but very shady store owner, firing a handgun at a kid who's trying some shoplifting, but hoo boy can he play the electric piano!
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The Blues Brothers / int_bdb5c651	type	Real Men Love Jesus
The Blues Brothers / int_bdb5c651	comment	Real Men Love Jesus: The boys are on a Mission from God, and would like to remind you that "the Lord works in mysterious ways."
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The Blues Brothers / int_bf1edb7e	type	Comforting Comforter
The Blues Brothers / int_bf1edb7e	comment	Comforting Comforter: Elwood does this for Jake to begin what is, apparently, the only night they'll spend in anything resembling a home.
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The Blues Brothers / int_c25c7890	type	Fun with Acronyms
The Blues Brothers / int_c25c7890	comment	Fun with Acronyms: It's never shown or mentioned on-screen, but there's a very subtle one. Think about the American Socialist White People's Party for a moment. There's also the SCMODS (State / County / Municipal Offender Data System).
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The Blues Brothers / int_c2d978fe	type	Car Fu
The Blues Brothers / int_c2d978fe	comment	Car Fu: The film held the Guinness World Record for most cars destroyed in a single movie (reports vary, but the number's about 75 to 80) for 18 years, finally being surpassed by its own sequel.
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The Blues Brothers / int_c3ae004a	type	Re-Cut
The Blues Brothers / int_c3ae004a	comment	Re-Cut: The first cut of the film lasted 2-1/2 hours, with an intermission. After one early screening, Lew Wasserman demanded it be shortened, and 20 minutes were cut. Amongst the deleted material: The two Joilet guards come to get Jake in his cell and have trouble waking him up. One additional line from Frank Oz as he rattles off Jake's material possessions. An additional line for the Penguin regarding missions: "I'll be sent to the missions... Africa, Latin America... Korea." Jake and Elwood discuss getting the money for the mission honestly outside of the Triple Rock Baptist Church. The "The Old Landmark" number is considerably longer, incorporating more dance sequences and extra verses. After the demolition derby in the shopping mall, Elwood parks the Bluesmobile in a hiding place beside an electrical power box. (John Landis explains that Dan Aykroyd thought this would show how the car gets its incredible endurance, but also goes on to explain that it never did make any sense, so the scene was cut.) A few extra lines of dialog when Elwood and Jake rest in his rented room. When the cops come to arrest Jake and Elwood in the motel, they first stop at the registration desk and intimidate the manager. They also greet Sam, who seems to be known by everyone. An entire sequence with Elwood boosting chemicals from his day job, then quitting the job to become a priest, is restored. After the above sequence, Jake and Elwood study a cigarette box with "the last known address of Bones Malone and Blue Lou Marini". After getting the new address of Bones Malone, Elwood thanks Ms. Tarantino before leaving. Jake has an extra line of dialog while pep-talking Murph and the Magictones at the Holiday Inn ("Now, who here at this table can honestly say that they played any finer or felt any better than they did when they played with the Blues Brothers?") One line of dialog for Henry Gibson is restored for the Illinois Nazis scene at the bridge, with regards to the swastika ("The sacred and ancient symbol of your race since the beginning of time!") The "Boom Boom" number is much longer, with extra shots of John Lee Hooker laughing and arguing with his band. Jake and Elwood watch for a moment then enter the Soul Food Cafe. "Think" has extra verses and shots of dancing. When the band arrives at Bob's Country Bunker, Bob hands the request list to Bones Malone, who looks at it blankly. The "Theme from Rawhide" and "Stand by Your Man" numbers are slightly longer. The original Picwood preview included another musical number, "Sink the Bismark", but that footage has been lost. More lines of dialog for Maury Sline in the steam room scene, mostly regarding to the old gigs having been turned into (gay) discos. When Jake fills up the tank for the Bluesmobile, he overfills it and gas spills over. When they peel out from the station, Elwood flicks a cigarette out of the window and causes the station to explode. (Landis now says he doesn't remember why this particular scene was cut.) Before the sound-check, Curtis explains to the band that they need to do it for the kids, since the Blues Brothers will use the money raised from that concert to pay the taxes for a church. The look on the faces of the band after they hear it is priceless! The "Minnie the Moocher" number is considerably extended. As Jake and Elwood sneak into the show, Elwood uses some of the chemicals that he stole from the factory where he worked to overinflate the cop cars' tires. Both the "Everybody Needs Someone to Love" and "Sweet Home Chicago" numbers are extended. When Jake and Elwood sneak out, the gas Elwood sprayed into the cop cars' tires overheats and explodes, delaying the pursuit. An alternate line of dialog for Carrie Fisher in the sewer when she confronts Jake, about how her father "used up her last favors" with the Mafia for her wedding. In the original release it was changed due to complaints of the Italian-American community. The lengthy climactic chase to (and through) Chicago features many extra lines and shots of racing autos. The "assault on Daley plaza" and the Assessor's Office scenes also feature extra lines and shots. The "Jailhouse Rock" number is slightly longer. As the prisoners riot at the end of the film, there is a brief shot of riot-geared police guards racing into the mess hall that has been added. It changes the end of the film subtly. The "cast of characters" and end credits are extended to accommodate the new footage.
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The Blues Brothers / int_c4976d7c	type	Vehicular Sabotage
The Blues Brothers / int_c4976d7c	comment	Vehicular Sabotage: On their way to sneaking in to their concert, Elwood makes Jake wait while he sprays glue onto the gas pedal of the Good Ol' Boys' RV and fills the police cars' tires with a gas that will expand and burst them (although the latter is a deleted scene that didn't quite fit the rest of the film).
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The Blues Brothers / int_c54d550d	type	Novelization
The Blues Brothers / int_c54d550d	comment	Novelization: The novel, which is based on the original screenplay (which bears only a slight resemblance to the final version), expands on some points, such as what Elwood was doing between Jake getting locked up and the beginning of the film (he worked in an aerosol can factory as a maintenance guy, which is how he got that glue can. In a deleted scene, in fact, he is shown working at the factory on the assembly line (or more accurately swiping cans from the line and setting a big chunk of it off-balance), before going to his boss' office to tell him that he's quitting to become a priest).
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The Blues Brothers / int_c5821f0e	type	Ghostly Glide
The Blues Brothers / int_c5821f0e	comment	Ghostly Glide: At the end of the scene with the "Penguin" (Sister Mary Stigmata) and Jake and Elwood Blues, she moves back through an open door into a room as if she is floating on air. Along with the other magical effects she demonstrates earlier in the scene, this is the crowning moment of creepiness.
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The Blues Brothers / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Blues Brothers / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: When the Mystery Woman fires off a bazooka, the sound effect is the same as the blasters in Star Wars. The scene in which the Blues Brothers drive through Chicago making deadpan announcements from the loudspeaker strapped to the top of their car is strongly reminiscent of a scene in the 1969 movie adaptation of Keith Laumer's book The Monitors, in which a car with a loudspeaker drives through Chicago making deadpan announcements that "the Monitors are your friends." The Monitors was the first movie production of The Second City comedy troupe, whose numbers later included John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. The fuel company that delivers the gas that the brothers blow up is called "Argon", the same fuel company in The Kentucky Fried Movie.
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The Blues Brothers / int_c7c773a8	type	Hydrant Geyser
The Blues Brothers / int_c7c773a8	comment	Hydrant Geyser: A geyser is seen to erupt after the police car collides with The Good Old Boys' Winnebago after the Blues Brothers flee the Country Bunker.
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The Blues Brothers / int_ca87e3ec	type	No Name Given
The Blues Brothers / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: Carrie Fisher's stalking killer is never referred to by name. The script refers to her as "Mystery Woman".
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The Blues Brothers / int_cbe3d017	type	Damned by Faint Praise
The Blues Brothers / int_cbe3d017	comment	Damned by Faint Praise: Elwood welcomes the Chicago PD to the music hall, then tells the audience that "Everyone is welcome. No matter what you need to thrive and survive. You, me, them.".
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The Blues Brothers / int_cd809603	type	Tank Goodness
The Blues Brothers / int_cd809603	comment	Tank Goodness: An M4 Sherman shows up alongside the U.S. Army when Jake and Elwood reach the Assessor's office. Despite being over 40 years out of date.
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The Blues Brothers / int_ce515bc3	type	MusicalWorldHypothesis
The Blues Brothers / int_ce515bc3	comment	Musical World Hypothesis: The music is mostly diegetic, with actual bands and musicians doing rehearsed performances. But then you have Aretha Franklin randomly bursting into song in a diner accompanied by background singers, and people flooding the streets to do a choreographed dance when Ray Charles belts out a number. "Minnie the Moocher" is an odd case where the music is clearly diegetic (they just happened to know how to play that exact song perfect the first time), but the outfits worn by the band are clearly part of an Alternate Universe: they instantly change from their regular clothes to white vests when the song starts and suddenly reverted when it ends between shots, without any scene change whatsoever.
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The Blues Brothers / int_cefe1ed5	type	Lounge Lizard
The Blues Brothers / int_cefe1ed5	comment	Lounge Lizard: Murph turned into this. Too-Big, Colonel, Duck, and Bones seem to be mostly in it for the paycheck.
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The Blues Brothers / int_cf7fafbb	type	Orphanage of Love
The Blues Brothers / int_cf7fafbb	comment	Orphanage of Love: St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud, where Jake and Elwood grew up and what they risk everything to save. More thanks to Curtis than the Penguin, though she seems fairly reasonable. Jake really needs to learn not to swear in front of a nun.
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The Blues Brothers / int_d0d90308	type	Bizarre Taste in Food
The Blues Brothers / int_d0d90308	comment	Bizarre Taste in Food: Elwood's preferred food is dry white toast, one slice of which makes up an entire meal for him.
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The Blues Brothers / int_d16db62f	type	Walking in Rhythm
The Blues Brothers / int_d16db62f	comment	Walking in Rhythm: While sneaking into the Palace Hotel Ballroom, Jake and Elwood tiptoe past a snoozing policeman to the beat of Cab Calloway singing "Minnie the Moocher". The scene is probably a reference to artists like Calloway, who would lead a band and a crowd simultaneously, and walk to the beat as part of the performance.
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The Blues Brothers / int_d171a8c1	type	Evil Debt Collector
The Blues Brothers / int_d171a8c1	comment	Evil Debt Collector: Jake and Elwood attempt to put on another show in order to save the orphanage they were reared in from being closed due to back tax debt.
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The Blues Brothers / int_d2f85cfc	type	Damage-Proof Vehicle
The Blues Brothers / int_d2f85cfc	comment	Damage-Proof Vehicle: The Bluesmobile is indestructible (except when it reaches the courthouse, at which point it spontaneously falls apart). A better indicator of this trope is the chase scene earlier in the film through a crowded mall. The mall was abandoned and had nothing inside. The Blues Brothers team filled the inside of the mall, then asked a few car dealers to fill the lot outside so the mall would look crowded. In interviews later, the cast and crew admitted they were very afraid of doing any damage whatsoever to the parked cars, as they all had to go back to the dealers without a scratch. They were on a mission from God, you know.
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The Blues Brothers / int_d643f7fe	type	Is It Always Like This?
The Blues Brothers / int_d643f7fe	comment	Is It Always Like This?: Upon entering Elwood's noisy "hotel" room, Jake asks how often the train comes by. Elwood replies, "So often that you won't even notice it."
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The Blues Brothers / int_d67e900a	type	Fallen-on-Hard-Times Job
The Blues Brothers / int_d67e900a	comment	Fallen-on-Hard-Times Job: Most of the band is recruited from one of these, a gig as Lounge Lizards for a spectacularly unappreciative audience in a cheap hotel. On the other hand, Mr. Fabulous has a well-paying job as a maÃ®tre d', and the brothers have the most trouble convincing him to rejoin.
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The Blues Brothers / int_d7737e78	type	Magic Bus
The Blues Brothers / int_d7737e78	comment	Magic Bus: The Bluesmobile.
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The Blues Brothers / int_d9761a10	type	Performance Video
The Blues Brothers / int_d9761a10	comment	Performance Video
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The Blues Brothers / int_d99a228f	type	Unusually Uninteresting Sight
The Blues Brothers / int_d99a228f	comment	Unusually Uninteresting Sight: People seem rather unfazed by things like someone blowing up a hotel front with a rocket launcher. Followed by blowing up the building the next morning. Jake and Elwood treat the mystery woman's attacks this way. After each occurrence of being shot at and/or blown up, the two simply get up nonchalantly and dust themselves (and each other) off, without saying so much as a word to one another. Only in their very last confrontation does Elwood finally give any indication they consider this unusual.
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The Blues Brothers / int_d9ee7048	type	Spin-Off
The Blues Brothers / int_d9ee7048	comment	Spin-Off: Of the Saturday Night Live sketches.
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The Blues Brothers / int_dbb414ed	type	Hand Wave
The Blues Brothers / int_dbb414ed	comment	So, why didn't the Good Ol' Boys show up for their gig at the country bar until the bar was closed and the Blues Brothers were leaving? They give a Hand Wave when they show up, simply saying they're running very late.
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The Blues Brothers / int_dbb60771	type	Just Keep Driving
The Blues Brothers / int_dbb60771	comment	Just Keep Driving: The police car carrying Burton Mercer and the two state troopers who had been pursuing Elwood from the start crash into a trailer. The truck keeps driving.
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The Blues Brothers / int_dc93d08b	type	Blind Shoulder Toss
The Blues Brothers / int_dc93d08b	comment	Blind Shoulder Toss: Early on, when Jake tries out the cigarette lighter in the police car his brother came in to fetch him out at the prison, he finds it not working and impatiently tosses it out the window. At Chez Paul, Elwood eats some bread and then tosses a chunk of it over his shoulder - and directly into Jake's waiting mouth.
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The Blues Brothers / int_dca70c44	type	Reasonable Authority Figure
The Blues Brothers / int_dca70c44	comment	Reasonable Authority Figure: Burton Mercer thinks that he has the Palace Hotel Ballroom surrounded and all of its exits guarded. Thus, rather than immediately arrest the Blues Brothers on stage, he allows them to perform their show so as to avoid upsetting the large crowd in attendance.
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The Blues Brothers / int_dd6ce5db	type	Artistic License
The Blues Brothers / int_dd6ce5db	comment	Artistic License: Elwood plays a 78rpm blues record in his hotel room with no issues. As anyone who's lived in a place like that can tell you, passing trains will constantly shake the building, which would repeatedly result in the needle literally jumping off the record.
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The Blues Brothers / int_dd91f8d8	type	Audience Participation
The Blues Brothers / int_dd91f8d8	comment	Audience Participation: In Australia, specifically the Valhalla theatre in Melbourne (until it closed down in 2003), where the audience lovingly recite the dialogue, dress up as their favorite characters, throw items such as white bread, newspaper and stuffed animals at the screen, and dance in the aisles to the movie's soundtrack. It's an awesome experience.
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The Blues Brothers / int_df41acb	type	Casual Danger Dialogue
The Blues Brothers / int_df41acb	comment	Casual Danger Dialogue: While driving through the mall, Jake and Elwood remark on the variety of stores the mall has. "This place has everything." Happens again just after the Mystery Woman blows up a nearby fuel tank with a flamethrower while the two are making a phone call, causing the phonebooth they're in to be catapulted high into the air: 10 seconds later, they crash back down largely unharmed and Elwood notices that the impact broke open the payphone's coin box. Jake and Elwood keep up the laid-back chatter even when being chased by seemingly every squad car in Chicago: "We're so happy to see so many of you lovely people here tonight, and we would especially like to welcome the many representatives of Illinois's law-enforcement community who have chosen to be here this evening..."
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The Blues Brothers / int_e022585	type	Television Geography
The Blues Brothers / int_e022585	comment	Television Geography: Averted; most of the exteriors really were shot in Chicago, perhaps one of the most interesting ones being that they found a closed-off shopping mall (Dixie Square Mall) and set up some fake stores in it for that scene. The abandoned mall remained abandoned for over thirty more years until demolition commenced in 2012.
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The Blues Brothers / int_e2a41c3b	type	Literal-Minded
The Blues Brothers / int_e2a41c3b	comment	Literal-Minded: The car chase through the mall starts with Jake being a little vague and Elwood taking his request literally:
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The Blues Brothers / int_e34400ab	type	Ambiguously Gay
The Blues Brothers / int_e34400ab	comment	Ambiguously Gay: The Head Nazi's lieutenant, who tells him "I've always loved you", just before they crash through the street, leaving a huge pothole. It's not clear if he means it in a platonic or romantic sense. When the band are meeting with their manager, Jake puts some pressure on him by commenting that he'll ring up Mrs. Sline because there's something he "want[s] to tell her". The film then cuts to a wider shot, showing the whole band and Mr. Sline sitting in what's either a sauna or a Turkish bath â€” each location associated to some degree with casual gay sex, particularly the latter.
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The Blues Brothers / int_e3d2f2	type	The Fool
The Blues Brothers / int_e3d2f2	comment	The Fool: While Jake and Elwood are by no means stupid, they are rather lackadaisical and prone to absurd leaps in logic. However, they always seem to avoid having to deal with any significant retribution (they survive every assassination attempt with barely a scratch, whenever a pursuer is catching up to them, they end up stopped by some third party, etc.) and they succeed in their goal of raising the money to save the orphanage in the end.
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The Blues Brothers / int_e41a9801	type	All Women Are Lustful
The Blues Brothers / int_e41a9801	comment	All Women Are Lustful: The Mystery Woman who keeps trying to kill Jake? She remained celibate for him. She was celibate, at the back of a cathedral with 300 friends and family in attendance, for him.
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The Blues Brothers / int_e4b82f6f	type	Fascinating Eyebrow
The Blues Brothers / int_e4b82f6f	comment	Fascinating Eyebrow: Jake's right eyebrow seemed fixed in this position.
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The Blues Brothers / int_e5421161	type	Expy
The Blues Brothers / int_e5421161	comment	Belushi and Aykroyd currently perform in the Have Love Will Travel blues revue.
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The Blues Brothers / int_e567510d	type	Determinator
The Blues Brothers / int_e567510d	comment	Determinator: Do not mess with the Blues Brothers when they're on a Mission from God, because they will kick your ass.
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The Blues Brothers / int_e5dfe115	type	Sworn Brothers
The Blues Brothers / int_e5dfe115	comment	Sworn Brothers: According to supplemental materials, the brothers are not biologically related, but sealed their blood brotherhood at the orphanage by cutting their fingers with Elmore James's guitar string.
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The Blues Brothers / int_e5fb3d1f	type	Hey, Let's Put on a Show
The Blues Brothers / int_e5fb3d1f	comment	Hey, Let's Put on a Show: To save the orphanage... twice, since the first time only nets them $200 (and a $300 bar tab, which they run out on).
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The Blues Brothers / int_e62dfb96	type	No Endor Holocaust
The Blues Brothers / int_e62dfb96	comment	No Endor Holocaust: The Mystery Woman blows up Elwood's hotel. He and Jake pull themselves out of the rubble unharmed. So do the cops who were seconds away from arresting them.
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The Blues Brothers / int_e6ab61d	type	Magic Realism
The Blues Brothers / int_e6ab61d	comment	Magic Realism: The car, the Blues Brothers' invulnerability, etc. The Penguin is the most explicitly magical element of the film, but the whole damn thing runs on the Rule of Cool, and it works. It's Broadway meets late night meets a stoner party.
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The Blues Brothers / int_e6cca0	type	The Mall
The Blues Brothers / int_e6cca0	comment	The Mall: One of the film's more memorable Chase Scenes has the cops pursuing Jake and Elwood through one of these, which they - and the police - end up destroying.
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The Blues Brothers / int_e73e6672	type	Hammerspace Police Force
The Blues Brothers / int_e73e6672	comment	Hammerspace Police Force: Used to hilarious effect in the climatic action sequence. (According to the article, this movie held the Guinness world record for cars destroyed in a single movie for 18 years, and was then trumped by its sequel.) After Jake and Elwood evade every single member of the Chicago police and the Illinois state troopers, the National Guard gets called in to apprehend them. The National Guard shows up with a tank, helicopters, and several hundred assault-rifle wielding soldiers.
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The Blues Brothers / int_e83f211c	type	O.O.C. Is Serious Business
The Blues Brothers / int_e83f211c	comment	O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Jake takes off his sunglasses exactly once: when he begs his jilted ex-fiancÃ©e not to murder him.
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The Blues Brothers / int_e8ad53f	type	Gospel Choirs Are Just Better
The Blues Brothers / int_e8ad53f	comment	Gospel Choirs Are Just Better: The Brothers' moment of inspiration that kicks off the plot features them being sung at by James Brown and a robed gospel choir.
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The Blues Brothers / int_e8e3807	type	Aside Glance
The Blues Brothers / int_e8e3807	comment	Aside Glance: Trumpeter Alan Rubin AKA "Mr Fabulous" does a quick one to the camera after Jake's question: "Did I ever lie to you?"
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The Blues Brothers / int_e9544bad	type	Good Ol' Boy
The Blues Brothers / int_e9544bad	comment	Good Ol' Boy: The Good Ol' Boys band, and Tucker McElroy in particular. The Brothers manage to convince the owners of a country & western bar that they qualify.
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The Blues Brothers / int_e96e7845	type	Ramp Jump
The Blues Brothers / int_e96e7845	comment	Ramp Jump: The Bluesmobile jumps the gap between two halves of a raised drawbridge in a police car. Since the car landed on a slope, this one is at least plausible (if still incredibly dangerous).
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The Blues Brothers / int_ea2c8da6	type	Watch the Paint Job
The Blues Brothers / int_ea2c8da6	comment	Watch the Paint Job: The Bluesmobile receives a brief but moving moment of silence from Jake and Elwood shortly after its (hilarious) demise.
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The Blues Brothers / int_ea7e3be8	type	Dramatic Gun Cock
The Blues Brothers / int_ea7e3be8	comment	Dramatic Gun Cock: Around 100 rifles, assault rifles, and other firearms are pointed at the brothers in the climactic scene, and we get to hear a lot of them being cocked. Interestingly, the first click-click is the brothers getting handcuffed. Were the officers and soldiers going to shoot them while in custody?
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The Blues Brothers / int_eba6a077	type	Cain and Abel
The Blues Brothers / int_eba6a077	comment	Cain and Abel: Subverted. Initially it seems like Jake is a problem child and Elwood is the more responsible brother, but not only does Jake come around to the idea of the Mission from God very quickly, Elwood proves to be just as amoral as his brother. You can't really pick a "good" brother or a "bad" one between two antiheroes.
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The Blues Brothers / int_ebdbd7e7	type	Comically Invincible Hero
The Blues Brothers / int_ebdbd7e7	comment	Comically Invincible Hero: Among other things Jake and Elwood casually dodge bullets from multiple shooters, survive a propane explosion, having what used to be called a flophouse dropped on them, and walk away from several car crashes that would probably kill a normal human. It's heavily implied to be the result of Divine Intervention.
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The Blues Brothers / int_ec68faa	type	Aerosol Flamethrower
The Blues Brothers / int_ec68faa	comment	Aerosol Flamethrower: Elwood uses a can of epoxy spray to torch an elevator control panel.
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The Blues Brothers / int_ee7a60e9	type	One-Steve Limit
The Blues Brothers / int_ee7a60e9	comment	One-Steve Limit: Averted. The Blues Brothers Band has two members named "Murphy" - Matt "Guitar" Murphy and Murphy "Murph" Dunne.
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The Blues Brothers / int_eea06f9a	type	Artistic License â€“ Cars
The Blues Brothers / int_eea06f9a	comment	Artistic License â€“ Cars: The Bluesmobile "throws a rod" halfway through the chase through Chicago and sprays oil on the windshield, which then disappears moments later. The rear window that is shot out early on also reappears throughout the film, finally disappearing in the final chase. While being chased through Chicago, Elwood takes a wrong turn on the highway and ends up on an unfinished portion, slams on the brakes, and shifts to reverse. The rear end dips down, causing the Bluesmobile to flip end over end, and somehow face the opposite direction. No one's figured out how.note Clearly the car was on a mission for God. The Nazis chasing them drive right off the end, and crash into a street, causing a hole to break open in the road; the second car then drives into the hole. A deleted scene had Elwood fill the tires of the police cars at the concert with an overcharged glue that would cause the tires to explode when heated up. Landis says that the Bluesmobile is "a magic car" and left it at that. It's not just the Bluesmobile, though. Prime example: Drive a police car at approximately 100 mph off an embankment. It may, possibly, land on a tractor-trailer, which is going at least 55 mph (the US national interstate speed limit at the time) in the opposite direction. However you will not wind up with a mostly-intact car stuck in a still-moving truck. This could be considered Artistic License â€“ Physics as well. Then again, either Newtonian physics never applied in the Blues-world, or God just suspended those rules for the duration of the mission.
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The Blues Brothers / int_eef90616	type	Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick
The Blues Brothers / int_eef90616	comment	Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: Jake's personal effects, being returned to him at the beginning of the movie, include a used condom.
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The Blues Brothers / int_ef2d2bae	type	Mafia Princess
The Blues Brothers / int_ef2d2bae	comment	Mafia Princess: Carrie Fisher's character, possibly; she mentions her father having used up his influence with some sort of criminal while planning her wedding to Jake.
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The Blues Brothers / int_efa2d938	type	Homage Shot
The Blues Brothers / int_efa2d938	comment	Homage Shot: The POV shot of the Bluesmobile driving under the railway bridge during the final car chase was clearly a nod to the car chase in The French Connection.
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The Blues Brothers / int_f09afb0	type	Digging Yourself Deeper
The Blues Brothers / int_f09afb0	comment	Digging Yourself Deeper: Jake and Elwood with the Penguin. She starts slapping them for swearing in her presence, and every time she does, they swear some more, so...
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The Blues Brothers / int_f0e21c67	type	Chase Fight
The Blues Brothers / int_f0e21c67	comment	Chase Fight: The title characters are trying to get to the Cook County Assessor's office to pay the tax on the orphanage. They're pursued by police officers, National Guard troops, Nazis and a country-western band, with much destruction along the way.
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The Blues Brothers / int_f16f631d	type	Crowd Song
The Blues Brothers / int_f16f631d	comment	Crowd Song: When Mrs. Murphy starts singing at her husband, not only do the customers keep time, but the girls at the counter become spontaneous backup singers. After the song ends, they sit down as if nothing had happened. The scene in Ray's Music Exchange — true, the crowd doesn't sing along to "Shake your Tailfeather", but they do dance along, with remarkable accuracy and skill, after which everyone cheers. Presumably they were happy to get the take. During the concert at the end, Curtis manages to get the whole crowd singing along to parts of "Minnie the Moocher". This is totally justified, as it's a call-and-response song that Cab Calloway was known for performing the same way "Curtis" does in the movie, and the audience would faithfully sing along. It's not like "hi de hi de hi de hi" are difficult lyrics, after all. The one time Calloway actually breaks out into something that's hard to follow (something like "zip-dot-deet-doot-diddly-zip-a-deet-dot-diddly-zip-zap-zeet-do-ooohh"), the audience just laughs in response.
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The Blues Brothers / int_f1d3f0c9	type	Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
The Blues Brothers / int_f1d3f0c9	comment	Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Jake's conversation with Elwood when they come to dine at Chez Paul.
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The Blues Brothers / int_f237981e	type	The Alleged Car
The Blues Brothers / int_f237981e	comment	The Alleged Car: The Mystery Woman's banged-up 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix. The Bluesmobile plays with this trope. It's a beat-up surplus police cruiser with a missing cigarette lighter (thanks to Jake throwing it out the window after he found out it didn't work), but it can jump over an opening drawbridge and hold its own through several high-speed chases. It only falls apart when the brothers reach the tax assessor's office in Chicago for the final punchline, and only after having withstood a Herculean amount of punishment.
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The Blues Brothers / int_f314f8c4	type	Traveling at the Speed of Plot
The Blues Brothers / int_f314f8c4	comment	Traveling at the Speed of Plot: Somehow, despite being being only 106 miles away from Chicago at midnight, and traveling at a high rate of speed, the Blues Brothers do not arrive in Chicago until noon or so, when the Cook County Assessor's Office has temporarily closed while the assessor is out grabbing lunch. So, why didn't the Good Ol' Boys show up for their gig at the country bar until the bar was closed and the Blues Brothers were leaving? They give a Hand Wave when they show up, simply saying they're running very late.
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The Blues Brothers / int_f34a4c1e	type	Lower-Class Lout
The Blues Brothers / int_f34a4c1e	comment	Lower-Class Lout: The brothers invoke this and play it to the hilt at the French restaurant while they're putting the band back together.
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The Blues Brothers / int_f511ea9b	type	Product Placement
The Blues Brothers / int_f511ea9b	comment	Product Placement: The car chase through the mall features a number of store banners and individual products mentioned by name by the Blue Brothers themselves. But it's such a fantastic and memorable scene that you probably won't even notice at all that you just saw an extended product placement sequence! An extremely subtle one: John Candy's line asking for an Orange Whip. While also a cocktail,note One ounce rum, one ounce vodka, four ounces orange juice and two ounces cream, shaken and served over ice Orange Whip provided refreshments for the crew, and the costumer, Sue Dugan, was daughter of the director of sales for Orange Whip, Kenny Dugan, who asked the brand be mentioned in the film.
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The Blues Brothers / int_f5871b10	type	Natural Spotlight
The Blues Brothers / int_f5871b10	comment	Natural Spotlight: Lampshaded, when Jake "sees the light" thanks to James Brown's sermon.
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The Blues Brothers / int_f6cb4fdc	type	Chez Restaurant
The Blues Brothers / int_f6cb4fdc	comment	Chez Restaurant: Mr. Fabulous (trumpeter Alan Rubin) is maÃ®tre d' at Chez Paul, which (at the time) was the name of an actual high-class restaurant in Chicago.
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The Blues Brothers / int_f95439a9	type	Dingy Trainside Apartment
The Blues Brothers / int_f95439a9	comment	Dingy Trainside Apartment: Elwood takes Jake to his tiny room in a broken-down flophouse. Aside from the fact that there's no room to move, the Chicago "L" passes by every time the window is shown.
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The Blues Brothers / int_f96f188c	type	Drives Like Crazy
The Blues Brothers / int_f96f188c	comment	Drives Like Crazy: "ELWOOD." And so do the cops.
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The Blues Brothers / int_f9f2c33	type	Running Gag
The Blues Brothers / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: Lots of them ranging from the obvious ("We're on a Mission from God.") to the subtle (Jake constantly checking his watch, which was declared broken in the first scene). "They broke my watch!" Elwood can produce anything from inside his coat pocket, as long as it is contained in an aerosol can (epoxy, glue, Easy Cheese). Elwood never takes off his sunglasses; Jake never takes off his hat.
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The Blues Brothers / int_fb04ced0	type	Excuse Me, Coming Through!
The Blues Brothers / int_fb04ced0	comment	Excuse Me, Coming Through!: Most notably in the mall chase, shown with hood cameras.
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The Blues Brothers / int_fc225bec	type	Artistic License – Physics
The Blues Brothers / int_fc225bec	comment	It's not just the Bluesmobile, though. Prime example: Drive a police car at approximately 100 mph off an embankment. It may, possibly, land on a tractor-trailer, which is going at least 55 mph (the US national interstate speed limit at the time) in the opposite direction. However you will not wind up with a mostly-intact car stuck in a still-moving truck. This could be considered Artistic License â€“ Physics as well. Then again, either Newtonian physics never applied in the Blues-world, or God just suspended those rules for the duration of the mission.
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The Blues Brothers / int_fe0330fb	type	Brick Joke
The Blues Brothers / int_fe0330fb	comment	Brick Joke: Elwood mentions early in the film that he spoofed his driver's license renewal forms to list his home address as Wrigley Field. Later in the film, the Illinois Nazis find his information and meet up to discuss tracking him down... in front of Wrigley Field. Among Jake's possessions being returned? "One digital watch. Broken." During the mall chase, one of the officers in the flipped police car laments that he broke his watch in the chase. During the pileup on the highway shortly after dawn in the finale chase, one of the officers in the background is heard complaining of a broken watch as he climbs out of the wrecked car. It happens a third time when one of the Chicago police officers faintly yells "They broke my watch!" after most of their cars get destroyed in a pile-up. Elwood awkwardly propositions Twiggy... then, while he's driving like a bat out of hell towards Chicago, we see her waiting at his suggested trysting place. (The film was originally going to end on another one, with Twiggy, Aretha Franklin, and Carrie Fisher waiting in silence outside the prison, presumably for the Brothers and Matt Murphy to get out.)
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The Blues Brothers / int_ffad4e9f	type	Shown Their Work
The Blues Brothers / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: Before performing the theme from Rawhide appease the crowd of rednecks at the bar, Willie asks "what key?" This is to make sure the band is all on the same page, something any group of seasoned musicians (which they all are in Real Life) would address first and foremost. A minor but crucial detail that most moviegoers would have overlooked.
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The Girl in Gold Boots	seeAlso	The Blues Brothers
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The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Big Damn Movie / int_b78ae0b5
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The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Destroy the Product Placement / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Diagnosed by the Audience / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Dine and Dash / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Dingy Trainside Apartment / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Disaster Dominoes / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Divine Intervention / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Dramatic Gun Cock / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Escalating Chase / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Ethereal Choir / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Everyone Join the Party / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Everything Trying to Kill You / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Evil Debt Collector / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Excuse Me, Coming Through! / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Explosive Overclocking / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Eyes Out of Sight / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Faceless Goons / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Faking Engine Trouble / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Fallen-on-Hard-Times Job / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Family of Choice / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Family Title / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Fascinating Eyebrow / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Fast-Roping / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Fat and Skinny / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Final Speech / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	555 / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Furniture Blockade / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Ghost Butler / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Ghostly Glide / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Give Me a Sign / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Gospel Revival Number / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Gratuitous Nazis / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Hammerspace Police Force / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Handcuffed Briefcase / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Hats Off to the Dead / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Hello Again, Officer / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Hey, Let's Put on a Show / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Hollywood Police Driving Academy / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Holy Backlight / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Horrible Housing / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Hot Pursuit / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Hurricane of Excuses / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Hydrant Geyser / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Hyperspace Wardrobe / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	I Can Explain / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Iconic Item / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	If My Calculations Are Correct / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Ignored Enamored Underling / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Inspiring Sermon / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Instant Costume Change / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Invincible Classic Car / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Iron Butt-Monkey / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Is It Always Like This? / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	It Has Been an Honor / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Jabba Table Manners / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Jukebox Musical / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Just Got Out of Jail / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Just Keep Driving / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Knuckle Tattoos / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Lemming Cops / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Life Imitates Art / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Limited Wardrobe / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Loudspeaker Truck / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Lounge Lizard / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Low Count Gag / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Lying to Protect Your Feelings / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Magic Brakes / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Man Hug / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Medley / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	MÃªlÃ©e Ã Trois / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Metallicar Syndrome / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Mickey Mousing / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Minor Injury Overreaction / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Mistaken for Special Guest / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Money, Dear Boy / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Motivational Lie / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Mourning an Object / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Musical World Hypotheses / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Natural Spotlight / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Never Going Back to Prison / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Never Mess with Granny / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	No One Could Survive That! / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Nuns Are Funny / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Nuns Are Spooky / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Orphanage of Love / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Overly Polite Pals / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Parallel Parking / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Pedal-to-the-Metal Shot / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Plain Palate / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Post-Victory Collapse / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Prisoner Performance / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Produce Pelting / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Profanity Police / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Psycho Ex-Girlfriend / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Puppy-Dog Eyes / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Ramp Jump / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Rated M for Manly / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Rays from Heaven / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Real Men Love Jesus / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Real Song Theme Tune / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Reckless Gun Usage / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Reusable Lighter Toss / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Reveal Shot / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Road Block / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Road Runner vs. Coyote / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Runaway Bride / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Saving the Orphanage / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Screw the Money, I Have Rules! / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Sentimental Sacrifice / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Sibling Team / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Slo-Mo Big Air / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Slobs Versus Snobs / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Smoking Is Cool / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Smoky Voice / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Soft Glass / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Spontaneous Choreography / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Staircase Tumble / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Stairs Are Faster / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Stealing from the Till / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Stern Nun / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Sticky Situation / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Stress-Relieving Gameplay / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Summon Backup Dancers / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Sunglasses at Night / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Sworn Brothers / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Alleged Car / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Danza / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Elevator from Ipanema / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The "Fun" in "Funeral" / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Grovel / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Mall / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The One with a Personal Life / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	The Quest / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Thememobile / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Those Wacky Nazis / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Trash the Set / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Travel Montage / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Traveling at the Speed of Plot / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Trrrilling Rrrs / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Uncredited Role / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Unflinching Walk / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Unscrupulous Hero / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Ur-Example / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Vehicular Sabotage / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Video Credits / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Vocal Evolution / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Walking in Rhythm / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Watch the Paint Job / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	We Sell Everything / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	We Wait / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	What a Piece of Junk / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Woman Scorned / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Your Favorite / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Blind Black Guy / int_b78ae0b5
The Blues Brothers	hasFeature	Formal Full Array of Cutlery / int_b78ae0b5

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