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The Naked Gun
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A film Spin-Off of Police Squad!, following Police Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) as he continues to get into trouble. The films serve as parodies of the cop genre and (initially) film noir, and let nothing, including the blatant warping of reality and breaks in the fourth wall, get in the way of a good gag. The genius of the Drebin character is that Nielsen plays him almost totally straight: he's a buffoon, but he acts like a completely serious film detective even as lunacy explodes all around him, almost as if he's wandered in from a different movie.Features slapstick, Visual Puns and Shout-Outs by the bucketful. At three movies, this actually lasted longer than the TV series it was based on. In all three Frank's love interest is Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley).The films are: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) -While trying to clear the name of Officer Nordberg, Drebin uncovers a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II. The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) - Drebin meets the new man in Jane's life (Robert Goulet), who is involved in a kidnapping scheme. Naked Gun 33â…“: The Final Insult (1994) - Drebin comes out of retirement to infiltrate a gang in prison and stop a plot to bomb the Oscars. He must also save his faltering marriage. A fourth movie is planned. Reports have the creative team behind Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) — director Akiva Schaffer and writers Dan Gregor and Doug Mand — attached to the project. Liam Neeson is circling a deal to star. Seth MacFarlane will executive produce. The film is scheduled for July 15, 2025. | |
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Artistic License – Gun Safety | |
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Artistic License – Gun Safety: It's to be expected, really. | |
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Sure, Let's Go with That | |
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Sure, Let's Go with That: When Frank was talking to Jane about how out-of-character Dr. Mainheimer was acting. | |
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Hotter and Sexier | |
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Hotter and Sexier: The films are raunchier than Police Squad!. | |
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Sexy Shirt Switch | |
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Sexy Shirt Switch: Played for laughs. | |
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Creator Cameo | |
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Creator Cameo: David Zucker (director of the first two films) appears as Davy Crockett and later as the teleprompter operator in 2½ and 33⅓, respectively. 33⅓ director Peter Segal has several. In addition to playing the producer of Sawdust and Mildew, he's the voice of the suicide bomber in the Battleship Potemkin/The Untouchables parody at the start of the movie, the voice of the KSAD deejay, the ADR'd scream of the inmate escaping prison by pole-vaulting, the real Phil Donahue (before Frank knocks him out and takes his place), and the voice of the man shouting "Stop the stairs, Joey!" at the Academy Awards. | |
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Brainwashed and Crazy | |
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Brainwashed and Crazy: The villain's various victims. | |
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Comic-Book Time | |
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Comic-Book Time: There's a bit of it early on when the characters remember having seen Tanya Peters in a dance club sometime during the disco era of the late '70s (let's say, 1978). Since Leslie Nielsen and George Kennedy were already middle-aged in '78, seeing them looking more or less the same (except for the '70s Hair, of course) in the disco setting isn't too much of a stretch. But when we see Tanya herself, she's blatantly the same age as in the present day (about her mid-20s); if she had aged along with everyone else, she'd be at least 40 years old throughout most of the movie, which she is not. (Interestingly, Tanya's portrayer, Anna Nicole Smith, was not even a teenager when the disco era ended.) | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Thanks to the abovementioned Oscars, the third movie has a whole pile of these. | |
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Who Are You? | |
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Who Are You?: At the beginning, after beating up the various MENA leaders, Idi Amin and Mikhail Gorbachev: | |
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Overly Narrow Superlative | |
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Overly Narrow Superlative: "Best Actor in a Columbus movie?" | |
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Laugh of Love | |
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Laugh of Love: Played for Laughs with Frank and Jane, who are smiling and laughing in every part of their Falling-in-Love Montage, like when they're at the movies together (the movie in question being Platoon). | |
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Dirt Forcefield | |
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Dirt Force Field: Parodied. Frank falls through a roof window of the building where the villains are. He gets up, all dusty and dirty, and begins to wipe his hair. In the next cut, Frank is completely clean. | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: Or in Frank's case, walking around it. As when he first goes to the lab the doctor and the captain walk through the door where he walks around it. When he realizes that he's gotten into the car of a neophyte teenage driver in the middle of a lesson, he looks directly into the camera with a "Can you believe this?!" look. | |
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Stealth Pun | |
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Stealth Pun: In the bathroom scene, Frank hums "Deep River" as he urinates. | |
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Chekhov's Boomerang | |
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Chekhov's Boomerang: Some of the valuable vases and his Thomas Gainsborough painting of The Blue Boy from Vincent Ludwig's office later gets destroyed by Drebin, plus starting a fire. | |
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Nebulous Evil Organisation | |
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Nebulous Evil Organisation: Drebin beats up the world's most evil men. Also, whoever Papshmear is working for. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: The cuff links. | |
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May–December Romance | |
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May–December Romance: Jane and Frank. Leslie Nielsen was 20 years Priscilla Presley's senior. | |
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Brutal Honesty | |
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Brutal Honesty: From the climax: | |
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Only Sane Man | |
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Only Sane Man: The Mayor, who plays the Straight Man when speaking to Frank. | |
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Genre Blindness | |
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Genre Blindness: The Mayor berates Frank as if they are living in a perfectly normal universe like ours — oblivious to the fact that it's Like Reality, Unless Noted. | |
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Hollywood Tone-Deaf | |
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Hollywood Tone-Deaf: Frank Drebin. Made worse by the fact that he was impersonating a famous opera singer, Enrico Palazzo, while the said singer was tied up and forced to watch. | |
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Mythology Gag | |
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Mythology Gag: Dozens, the best known of which would be the Automobile Opening. The second movie homages the four-foot shootout from the series. | |
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Funny Background Event | |
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Funny Background Event: Nordberg celebrating with a baby in his hand in the background when Frank shoots the postal workers in the opening scene. One part had a Funny Foreground Event. | |
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Hurricane of Puns | |
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Hurricane of Puns: It's a ZAZ movie, there are some even hidden in the background. | |
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Performer Guise | |
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Performer Guise: Drebin disguises himself as opera singer Enrico Palazzo. | |
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Bland-Name Product | |
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Bland-Name Product: The keeper of the Oscars' envelops works for Price Waterhouse Bryce/Porterhouse. | |
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Sickeningly Sweethearts | |
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Sickeningly Sweethearts: Frank and Jane reconcile while at the therapist's office: | |
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And Another Thing... | |
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And Another Thing...: Frank to Jane: | |
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Say Your Prayers | |
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Say Your Prayers: A punk points a gun at multiple police officers and says this. Luckily, he's knocked out by Frank opening the door and knocking the punk unconscious in the process. Amusingly, Frank doesn't even realize he thwarted a crime when thanked for it. | |
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Catapult Nightmare | |
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Catapult Nightmare: Frank wakes up this way from the Dream Intro. | |
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Unsettling Gender-Reveal | |
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Unsettling Gender-Reveal: Tanya's silhouette reveal in her final scene. | |
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Hidden Depths | |
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Hidden Depths: The Queen of England throws a mean curve ball. | |
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Jungles Sound Like Kookaburras | |
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Jungles Sound Like Kookaburras: Frank hears a Kookaburra shouting when he wanders out into the hills of Los Angeles during his Private Eye Monologue. | |
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Accidental Pervert | |
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Accidental Pervert: Drebin is at the store squeezing grapefruits to test for ripeness while looking the other way. A woman in a low cut dress walks by, and Drebin mistakes her breast for a grapefruit and squeezes it. He gets slapped. (For added hilarity, it's the same actress he accidentally groped in the first film.) | |
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Statuesque Stunner | |
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Statuesque Stunner: Tanya and Dr Rosenblat (Anna Nicole Smith 5'10", Julie Strain 6ft tall). | |
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Hospital Hottie | |
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Hospital Hottie: Tanya (Playboy's Playmate of the Year 1993) goes undercover as one. We also have Julie Strain (Penthouse Pet of the Year 1993) as Doctor Rosenblatt. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: When Tanya who is a nurse walks into a room of the Dillon's house wearing a bathing suit to flash her body to everyone there with, Mrs. Dillon tells her "That's no way to walk around. Put some clothes on. And what are you doing in my bathing suit?" | |
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Not Helping Your Case | |
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Not Helping Your Case: All three major energy industries (coal, oil, and nuclear) produce commercials that defend their energy brand. However, all are filled with ironic imagery that, if it weren't played for comedy, wouldn't convince people that their energy policy is the way to go. (for example, the nuclear ad features a mutated, two-tailed dog). Add in that the acronyms for the industry organizations for coal, oil, and nuclear are SMOKE, SPIL, and KABOOM | |
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Mugged for Disguise | |
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Mugged for Disguise: In order to access the Oscars ceremony, Frank and Jane steal the invitations (and the clothes) of Weird Al Yankovic and Vanna White. Hilarity Ensues when it works even though they look nothing like the people they mugged. | |
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The Precarious Ledge | |
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The Precarious Ledge: Drebin escapes a burning room from a window onto a ledge filled with anatomically correct male and female statues. Hilarity Ensues. | |
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Flying Car | |
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The opening credits are also built on this. A cop car (presumably containing Drebin) viewed from the emergency lights shows absolutely insane or just plain nonsensical driving behavior, including driving on sidewalks, into people's homes, on rollercoasters, into bullfighting arenas, restaurants, hockey rinks, the air, the surface of the Death Star, and prehistoric times. | |
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Actor Allusion | |
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Actor Allusion: 33 â…“ isn't the first time Earl Boen has been a psychologist. In the third movie, Weird Al is Vanna White's escort to the Oscars, a reference to his song "Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White." Frank and Rocco escape from prison in a similar (if parodied) manner to Escape from Alcatraz. Rocco's actor, Fred Ward, portrayed John Anglin in that film. | |
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The Man Behind the Man | |
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The Man Behind the Man: Papshmear from parts 1 and 3 who was a liaison for a mysterious organization whose only purpose is to spread mayhem around the world. You can hear him utter "Gaddafi" over the phone in the 3rd movie. | |
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Acclaimed Flop | |
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Acclaimed Flop: An in-universe example occurs at the Oscars. Sawdust And Mildew was a Box Office Bomb, but got nominated for Best Picture and is mistaken for having won when Frank announces that he's found the bomb. | |
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Properly Paranoid | |
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Properly Paranoid: Mrs. Dillon is suspicious of Frank from the start, convinced that she can "smell cop" on him. | |
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Noodle Incident | |
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Noodle Incident: After surviving an assassination attempt: Also this: | |
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Crowd Panic | |
The Naked Gun / int_3c4c5d6f | comment |
Crowd Panic: Happens at the end, when everyone learns about the bomb. | |
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Rhetorical Question Blunder | |
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Rhetorical Question Blunder: When Jane catches Tanya kissing Frank: | |
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Every Car Is a Pinto | |
The Naked Gun / int_3ec7c277 | comment |
Every Car Is a Pinto: A car-chase ends with the pursued villain crashing his car into the side of a tanker truck. Explosion #1. Then, straddling the flaming remains of his vehicle, he runs into an army missile being towed on a trailer. Explosion #2. Now riding the missile, he plows in through the front door of a fireworks factory. EXPLOSION NUMBER THREE, as Frank Drebin unsuccessfully attempts to shoo away gawking spectators: "Move along! There's nothing to see here!" Frank shoots at his own car when its brakes disengage due to some airbags that went off; he winds up hitting the gas tank and causes it to blow up. | |
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Captain Obvious | |
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Captain Obvious: Frank sometimes falls into this, sometimes overlapping with Mathematician's Answer: | |
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"I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight | |
The Naked Gun / int_3f92ad39 | comment |
"I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: Frank to Jane near the end, when she's hypnotized into trying to kill him. | |
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Deus ex Machina | |
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Deus ex Machina: Just seconds before the bomb is to go off, Frank and Jane decide to run only for him to trip over the plug deactivating the bomb. | |
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Spoiler Cover | |
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Spoiler Cover: The flyer shown above reveals the identity of the assassin. | |
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Leg Focus | |
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Leg Focus: Parodied—Tanya's introduction has the camera scrolling upwards for about 6 solid feet of leg, with two sets of knees. | |
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Going Postal | |
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Going Postal: Parodied. While Frank is dealing with a number of threats (itself a parody of The Untouchables), a man screams "Oh my god, look! It's disgruntled postal workers!" and he sees a number of mailmen firing assault rifles. note "Disgruntled" was the media's preferred euphemism for going postal at the time. | |
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Dropped a Bridge on Him | |
The Naked Gun / int_43a045de | comment |
Dropped a Bridge on Him: Quentin Hapsburg survives falling out of a window. When he gets up, it seems like he's going to escape. Just then, a lion suddenly appears and mauls him to death on the spot. It is however incredibly funny, great Brick Joke since earlier Drebin released a bunch of animals from the zoo. | |
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Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! | |
The Naked Gun / int_440d1d0b | comment |
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Frank Drebin tries to live this trope from time to time, sadly with more realistic consequences than most Big Damn Heroes. | |
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Skirts and Ladders | |
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Skirts and Ladders: Subverted. When Jane goes up a ladder, Frank stares up and comments, "Nice beaver!" Jane then produces a taxidermy beaver and says, "Thanks, I just had it stuffed." | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
The Naked Gun / int_4781adbb | comment |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Lt. Frank Drebin. Mostly because he is a very blunt person. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: Dr. Meinheimer (the real one and Hacker, the Meinheimer imposter) and Barbara Bush. | |
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Creator In-Joke | |
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Creator In-Joke: The montage of Drebin and Jane dating featuring "I'm Into Something Good" ends with a freeze-framed credit saying it's on The Naked Gun Soundtrack on Wheelo Records.◊ The movie didn't have a soundtrack album came outnote Varèse Sarabande issued a 35:46 compilation of tracks from the first two movies a few years later, but when La-La Land Records issued all three scores on a 3-disc set, they have a logo for Wheelo Records on the packaging. (And yes, "I'm Into Something Good" is on the first disc.) | |
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I Was Young and Needed the Money | |
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I Was Young and Needed the Money: The phrase is used by Jane, but that's not what Frank Drebin was looking for. | |
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Paper-Thin Disguise | |
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Paper-Thin Disguise: Frank knocks out Phil Donahue and puts on his glasses, and everybody at the Academy Awards accepts him as the real deal. Ed, on the other hand, recognizes him right away. | |
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Gory Discretion Shot | |
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The second movie has outlines of body parts... | |
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Comedic Sociopathy | |
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Comedic Sociopathy: During the romance montage, Frank and Jane come laughing out of a movie only for it to turn out to be Platoon. | |
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Credits Gag | |
The Naked Gun / int_4af55b78 | comment |
Credits Gag: Happens in all three films. They include people getting credited by their single spoken line, people getting credited for made-up roles like "Second Second Assistant Director," "NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED DURING THE FILMING... HOWEVER, SOME SPECIES DID BECOME EXTINCT DURING PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY," and the safety warning, "In Case of Tornado: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BASEMENT." | |
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You Are Too Late | |
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You Are Too Late: When the police squad arrives at the Academy Award ceremony while Frank is already on the stage, causing mayhem. When they declare they are there to stop a disaster, one of the people behind the stage assumes they are talking about Frank and states "you're too late." | |
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Photo Identification Denial | |
The Naked Gun / int_4e0fae42 | comment |
Photo Identification Denial: Played for Laughs. After Nordberg is shot and wounded while working undercover, Drebin takes his photo and heads to the docks where it happened to snoop around. | |
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Like Parent, Like Spouse | |
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Like Parent, Like Spouse: Played for laughs as Frank's internal monologue describes Jane as an alluring goddess when he meets her, only to end with noting that she reminds him of his mother. Then when the captain sees Frank's face he tells him to wipe that look off his face as it looks like he just saw his mother. | |
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Sarcasm-Blind | |
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Sarcasm-Blind: | |
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Crazy Jealous Guy | |
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Crazy Jealous Guy: Ticked off when he sees Jane and Hapsburg together, Frank starts slinging juvenile insults. | |
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Exit, Pursued by a Bear | |
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Exit, Pursued by a Bear: The villain is pounced on by a lion just as he's about to escape. | |
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Dead Man's Trigger Finger | |
The Naked Gun / int_50c7749f | comment |
Dead Man's Trigger Finger: Performed by one of the mafia goons in the Untouchables parody opening sequence. | |
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Donut Mess with a Cop | |
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Donut Mess with a Cop: The opening ends with the police car stopping at a donut shop. | |
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Crazy-Prepared | |
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Crazy-Prepared: Nordberg begins to add accessories to his handgun during a shootout; the next scene shows him pulling parts out of nowhere as he puts together a gun mount; by the time Drebin calls out to him for cover, he has already put together a full-fledged cannon and proceeds to shoot down a massive chunk of wall, disabling every one of Hapsburg's cronies. | |
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Good Old Fisticuffs | |
The Naked Gun / int_51beab21 | comment |
When Capt. Hocken attempts Good Old Fisticuffs with a mook only for him to get his ass kicked. | |
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Cosmopolitan Council | |
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Cosmopolitan Council: In the beginning of the movie. It includes Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran, Ugandan President Idi Amin, PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, Col. Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, among others. As of August 2022, all of these people are dead. That's right, it took 24 years for the opening sequence of The Naked Gun to be completely outdated. | |
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Murphy's Bed | |
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Murphy's Bed: Nordberg's bed. He also manages to step in an actual Bear Trap as well. | |
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Not What It Looks Like | |
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Not What It Looks Like: Frank confronts Earl Hacker (the able-bodied doppleganger for Dr. Meinheimmer, who by contrast is wheelchair-bound). He starts beating him up, but is mistaken for beating up a handicapped person by an onlooker. | |
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Improbable Infant Survival | |
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Improbable Infant Survival: Played for Laughs. In the opening shoot-out scene parodying The Untouchables, multiple baby carriages coast down the stairs and fling several babies into the air. Nordberg manages to catch all of them, then performs a touchdown victory dance and tries to spike one, but is interrupted by a woman screaming "Give me my baby!" | |
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No Animals Were Harmed | |
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No Animals Were Harmed: Although some species went extinct during principal photography, but those are fictional species such as Northern Horned Barn Owl (15 died in a soundstage fire), Red-Striped Heinied Tapir (2 died when a grip truck ran over them) and Woolly Fettered Squirrel (100 killed and served as lunch for the crew). | |
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Acoustic License | |
The Naked Gun / int_5532b579 | comment |
Acoustic License: An aversion is played for laughs when a hitman tries to deliver a "message" to Drebin from the Big Bad by cursing and opening fire on him. Drebin's response: | |
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Mistaken for Gay | |
The Naked Gun / int_561dab6b | comment |
Mistaken for Gay: Drebin goes to the Sperm Bank he mistakes for a regular doctor's office and describes an injury he sustained in the back yard with his uncle. He thinks he's talking about his arm describing a football injury. They... don't. | |
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Seven Minute Lull | |
The Naked Gun / int_57918465 | comment |
Seven Minute Lull: "I haven't had this much sex since I was a Boy Scout leader!" | |
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My Girl Is Not a Slut | |
The Naked Gun / int_586db75d | comment |
My Girl Is Not a Slut: Sadly, she is (we're talking about Drebin's first girl). | |
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Escaped Animal Rampage | |
The Naked Gun / int_58cb5c33 | comment |
Escaped Animal Rampage: Frank accidentally causes a break out at the zoo, and animals are seen running around in the background of some scenes. In the end, the Big Bad is dispatched by an escaped lion. | |
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Letting the Air out of the Band | |
The Naked Gun / int_58db779e | comment |
Letting the Air out of the Band: "The president of the United States!" No it's not. | |
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Karma Houdini Warranty | |
The Naked Gun / int_599f943f | comment |
Karma Houdini Warranty: After evading punishment for his actions in the first movie, Papshmear is killed when Rocco and his bomb are rocketed into the villain's helicopter. | |
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The Un-Reveal | |
The Naked Gun / int_5a3b8032 | comment |
The Unreveal: Rocco thinks that the Academy Awards show is "a pretty big target", but we have no way of knowing until much later. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_5a3b8032 | |
The Naked Gun / int_5aa4ec8a | type |
Ambiguous Syntax | |
The Naked Gun / int_5aa4ec8a | comment |
Ambiguous Syntax: When Frank finds the bomb in the Best Picture envelope and shouts "It's the bomb!", the producers of Sawdust and Mildew take it to mean that their movie won and start celebrating. | |
The Naked Gun / int_5aa4ec8a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_5aa4ec8a | |
The Naked Gun / int_5bdcc85a | type |
Disney Villain Death | |
The Naked Gun / int_5bdcc85a | comment |
Disney Villain Death: All three movies have them, including the bad guy from the first movie and a close call for the one in the second. | |
The Naked Gun / int_5bdcc85a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Naked Gun / int_5bdcc85a | featureConfidence |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_5bdcc85a | |
The Naked Gun / int_5c3206a | type |
Ransacked Room | |
The Naked Gun / int_5c3206a | comment |
Ransacked Room: Frank wreaks havoc when he sneaks into Ludwig's office. | |
The Naked Gun / int_5c3206a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Naked Gun / int_5c3206a | featureConfidence |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_5c3206a | |
The Naked Gun / int_61356a74 | type |
Almost Dead Guy | |
The Naked Gun / int_61356a74 | comment |
Almost Dead Guy: Two of them, no less. The second guy asks where the first one left off. "All right, who else is almost dead?" | |
The Naked Gun / int_61356a74 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_61356a74 | |
The Naked Gun / int_6215704 | type |
Unconventional Smoothie | |
The Naked Gun / int_6215704 | comment |
Unconventional Smoothie: Jane's "protein shake" in the second movie. | |
The Naked Gun / int_6215704 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_6215704 | |
The Naked Gun / int_62a596ce | type |
Politically Correct Villain | |
The Naked Gun / int_62a596ce | comment |
Politically Correct Villain: When holed up in a building, Hector Savage demands a car, a plane ticket to Jamaica, and "A nice hotel! Nothing touristy! Something really indicative of the people and their culture!" | |
The Naked Gun / int_62a596ce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_62a596ce | |
The Naked Gun / int_62f8cfef | type |
Umbrella Drink | |
The Naked Gun / int_62f8cfef | comment |
Umbrella Drink: Frank Drebin tries to drown his sorrows with one of these, only it's so stuffed with accessories (and no straw) that he can't actually drink from it. | |
The Naked Gun / int_62f8cfef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_62f8cfef | |
The Naked Gun / int_691de918 | type |
Death by Looking Up | |
The Naked Gun / int_691de918 | comment |
Death by Looking Up: Rocco's mother gets hit with a falling APPLAUSE sign. Which changes to STANDING OVATION as she's struggling, and makes the crowd indeed applaud. | |
The Naked Gun / int_691de918 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_691de918 | |
The Naked Gun / int_6a2ae11f | type |
Improbable Weapon User | |
The Naked Gun / int_6a2ae11f | comment |
Improbable Weapon User: When the hitman who came to kill Jane fights with Frank, they use a whole series of these, including a hair dryer and a towel thrown in Frank's face (a Call-Back to the Vorpal Pillow?), and culminating with a firehose that Drebin accidentally breaks while it's shoved in the hit man's mouth, leading to an off-screen Your Body Asplode. Crosses the Line Twice! Not mentioning that before the fight, the mook fits a revolver... with a silencer (not entirely impossible, but tremendously impractical). Nordberg's accessorized gun-to-cannon upgrade. | |
The Naked Gun / int_6a2ae11f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_6a2ae11f | |
The Naked Gun / int_6ae754f4 | type |
Hidden Wire | |
The Naked Gun / int_6ae754f4 | comment |
Hidden Wire: Frank infiltrates Hapsburg's hideout while wearing one of these. As expected, Frank's not very subtle about saying the codeword into the vest mic to signal the rest of the team to infiltrate the lair (too bad they backed their van up against a utility pole and can't open the doors to get out). | |
The Naked Gun / int_6ae754f4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_6ae754f4 | |
The Naked Gun / int_6d7026fa | type |
Punny Name | |
The Naked Gun / int_6d7026fa | comment |
Punny Name: Pahpshmir (Pap-Smear). | |
The Naked Gun / int_6d7026fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_6d7026fa | |
The Naked Gun / int_6d786f8e | type |
Stock Unsolved Mysteries | |
The Naked Gun / int_6d786f8e | comment |
Stock Unsolved Mysteries: While rifling through files at Tanya's clinic, Frank bypasses several files labeled "Kennedy assassination," "location of Jimmy Hoffa's body," etc. | |
The Naked Gun / int_6d786f8e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_6d786f8e | |
The Naked Gun / int_6d9bc945 | type |
Babies Ever After | |
The Naked Gun / int_6d9bc945 | comment |
Babies Ever After: Although its reveal is unpleasant to Frank... | |
The Naked Gun / int_6d9bc945 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Naked Gun / int_6d9bc945 | featureConfidence |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_6d9bc945 | |
The Naked Gun / int_6e0a57d6 | type |
Like an Old Married Couple | |
The Naked Gun / int_6e0a57d6 | comment |
Like an Old Married Couple: Subverted; Frank and Jane are a married couple, but Rocco and co. aren't aware of it. | |
The Naked Gun / int_6e0a57d6 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
The Naked Gun / int_6e0a57d6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_6e0a57d6 | |
The Naked Gun / int_6e8a4791 | type |
Heroic Comedic Sociopath | |
The Naked Gun / int_6e8a4791 | comment |
Heroic Comedic Sociopath: Drebin has apparently killed at least a thousand drug dealers, any number of fleeing suspects, and an entire Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Caesar. Throw in his reckless incompetence and inability to drive or park, and he's probably as big a menace as any of the villains. | |
The Naked Gun / int_6e8a4791 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_6e8a4791 | |
The Naked Gun / int_6e8b95dc | type |
The Teaser | |
The Naked Gun / int_6e8b95dc | comment |
The film begins with a Cold Open that sends up The Untouchables (and, by extension, The Battleship Potemkin) (see Baby Carriage above) | |
The Naked Gun / int_6e8b95dc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_6e8b95dc | |
The Naked Gun / int_6fc40689 | type |
Ragdoll Physics | |
The Naked Gun / int_6fc40689 | comment |
Ragdoll Physics: A common gag for a non-video game example is to make use of ragdolls for exaggerated physical stunts, such as a "Jane" being swung around in a violent struggle by the villain, or villains (or Nordberg) getting flung over a railing. | |
The Naked Gun / int_6fc40689 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_6fc40689 | |
The Naked Gun / int_70535937 | type |
Flexibility Equals Sex Ability | |
The Naked Gun / int_70535937 | comment |
Flexibility Equals Sex Ability: Frank asks Ed about Frank's ex and how she's doing with her new guy; Ed tells him the guy's an Olympic gymnast and it's the best sex she's ever had. | |
The Naked Gun / int_70535937 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_70535937 | |
The Naked Gun / int_70ff1328 | type |
Funny Answering Machine | |
The Naked Gun / int_70ff1328 | comment |
Funny Answering Machine: Frank and Jane's answering machine ends with: | |
The Naked Gun / int_70ff1328 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_70ff1328 | |
The Naked Gun / int_728298ef | type |
Vandalism Backfire | |
The Naked Gun / int_728298ef | comment |
Vandalism Backfire: Frank melts down and starts sweeping things off a desk and scratching it up with a paperweight, while Al keeps trying to get his attention. When he finally does, he calmly explains that it's his desk Frank is destroying. | |
The Naked Gun / int_728298ef | featureApplicability |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_728298ef | |
The Naked Gun / int_7349ce5a | type |
Sex Comedy | |
The Naked Gun / int_7349ce5a | comment |
Sex Comedy: The movies, at least once a film, will parody dramatic Hollywood sex/romance scenes. | |
The Naked Gun / int_7349ce5a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Naked Gun / int_7349ce5a | featureConfidence |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_7349ce5a | |
The Naked Gun / int_73ef9ef3 | type |
Almighty Janitor | |
The Naked Gun / int_73ef9ef3 | comment |
Johnny the shoeshine guy (the Almighty Janitor character from the original series) doesn't appear in the movies. | |
The Naked Gun / int_73ef9ef3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_73ef9ef3 | |
The Naked Gun / int_744e3311 | type |
Police Brutality | |
The Naked Gun / int_744e3311 | comment |
Police Brutality: Hilariously averted when Ed tries to beat up a goon whom he thought beat up Prof. Meinheimer. | |
The Naked Gun / int_744e3311 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_744e3311 | |
The Naked Gun / int_7451e686 | type |
It Came from the Fridge | |
The Naked Gun / int_7451e686 | comment |
It Came from the Fridge: Frank makes the mistake of sniffing an example of this. | |
The Naked Gun / int_7451e686 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_7451e686 | |
The Naked Gun / int_751bd286 | type |
Is This Thing Still On? | |
The Naked Gun / int_751bd286 | comment |
Is This Thing Still On?: Frank's microphone stays on as he goes to the bathroom after a press conference. Hilarity Ensues. | |
The Naked Gun / int_751bd286 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_751bd286 | |
The Naked Gun / int_758c3034 | type |
Prison Rape | |
The Naked Gun / int_758c3034 | comment |
Prison Rape: Played for laughs and averted. | |
The Naked Gun / int_758c3034 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
The Naked Gun / int_758c3034 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_758c3034 | |
The Naked Gun / int_758c4e2c | type |
Prison Riot | |
The Naked Gun / int_758c4e2c | comment |
Prison Riot: Frank starts one to divert guards' attention from Rocco's escape plan. For completely silly reasons: | |
The Naked Gun / int_758c4e2c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_758c4e2c | |
The Naked Gun / int_762b9223 | type |
Played for Laughs | |
The Naked Gun / int_762b9223 | comment |
Tanya's gender reveal is a Played for Laughs parody of The Crying Game. | |
The Naked Gun / int_762b9223 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_762b9223 | |
The Naked Gun / int_765a84eb | type |
Slap-on-the-Wrist Nuke | |
The Naked Gun / int_765a84eb | comment |
Slap-on-the-Wrist Nuke: The bomb that was said to be powerful enough to destroy the Academy Awards only destroys the bad guy's helicopter. | |
The Naked Gun / int_765a84eb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_765a84eb | |
The Naked Gun / int_76b4b7dd | type |
The Comically Serious | |
The Naked Gun / int_76b4b7dd | comment |
The Comically Serious: The villain often fills this role. Drebin as well, since Leslie Nielsen's shtick is saying the most absurd lines with a straight face. Really, everyone in all three movies has to behave this way, since they're ostensibly appearing in a series of film noir crime dramas. | |
The Naked Gun / int_76b4b7dd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_76b4b7dd | |
The Naked Gun / int_771ee33f | type |
"No" Means "Yes" | |
The Naked Gun / int_771ee33f | comment |
"No" Means "Yes": The scene where Jane's harassed by the truck driver who keeps insisting, "I know when a woman says "no", she really means "yes", then actually grabbing her when she gets fed up and tells him "Yes," angrily demanding, "What do you mean, telling me "no"? | |
The Naked Gun / int_771ee33f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_771ee33f | |
The Naked Gun / int_78c895c8 | type |
Amusing Injuries | |
The Naked Gun / int_78c895c8 | comment |
Amusing Injuries: With or without Injury Discretion Shots. | |
The Naked Gun / int_78c895c8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Naked Gun / int_78c895c8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_78c895c8 | |
The Naked Gun / int_78f31439 | type |
CommonplaceRare | |
The Naked Gun / int_78f31439 | comment |
Commonplace Rare: Used as a joke. In reality, the "rare" Canary Island Pine is actually one of the most common trees in the world. | |
The Naked Gun / int_78f31439 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Naked Gun / int_78f31439 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_78f31439 | |
The Naked Gun / int_7916f22e | type |
Creepy Changing Painting | |
The Naked Gun / int_7916f22e | comment |
Creepy Changing Painting: Funny example; As Drebin regains his footing on the balcony while gripping the male statue's phallus, he winds up rotating it so it sticks upward. An insert shot shows the statue's face, previously seen with a stoic expression, now smiling. | |
The Naked Gun / int_7916f22e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_7916f22e | |
The Naked Gun / int_7a848962 | type |
Prison Changes People | |
The Naked Gun / int_7a848962 | comment |
Prison Changes People: Spoofed when Frank is undercover in prison and has a talk with fellow inmate Tyrone, a black guy. | |
The Naked Gun / int_7a848962 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Naked Gun / int_7a848962 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_7a848962 | |
The Naked Gun / int_7abba202 | type |
The Faceless | |
The Naked Gun / int_7abba202 | comment |
The Faceless: Al from the first movie, a carry-over character from Police Squad!. | |
The Naked Gun / int_7abba202 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_7abba202 | |
The Naked Gun / int_7b228c31 | type |
"L" Is for "Dyslexia" | |
The Naked Gun / int_7b228c31 | comment |
"L" Is for "Dyslexia": In the first scene, Frank Drebin is reading a newspaper with the headline: "Dyslexia For Cure Found". | |
The Naked Gun / int_7b228c31 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_7b228c31 | |
The Naked Gun / int_7b50237d | type |
Distinction Without a Difference | |
The Naked Gun / int_7b50237d | comment |
Distinction Without a Difference: | |
The Naked Gun / int_7b50237d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_7b50237d | |
The Naked Gun / int_7b8b3def | type |
Celebrity Paradox | |
The Naked Gun / int_7b8b3def | comment |
Celebrity Paradox: Anna Nicole Smith also appears on a Playboy cover in the third movie... which lampshades this at the same time by giving Anna's character a Gag Penis. Think about it for a second. | |
The Naked Gun / int_7b8b3def | featureApplicability |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_7b8b3def | |
The Naked Gun / int_7eccbb3d | type |
Shower Scene | |
The Naked Gun / int_7eccbb3d | comment |
Shower Scene: See "Toplessness from the Back" below. | |
The Naked Gun / int_7eccbb3d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_7eccbb3d | |
The Naked Gun / int_7efd2e30 | type |
Expository Hairstyle Change | |
The Naked Gun / int_7efd2e30 | comment |
Expository Hairstyle Change: Sent up when a flashback to the characters in The '70s, and they all have longer hair (but don't look otherwise any younger), culminating in OJ Simpson's character, whose Funny Afro is so big that it gets stuck in the door. A character then says in the present "That's right! You were one of the first test subjects for Minoxidil!" | |
The Naked Gun / int_7efd2e30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Naked Gun / int_7efd2e30 | featureConfidence |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_7efd2e30 | |
The Naked Gun / int_7f298d3d | type |
Lame Comeback | |
The Naked Gun / int_7f298d3d | comment |
Lame Comeback: Jane is so mad with Frank she calls him a "white Anglo male!" Jane's subplot is a massive spoof of feminist tropes (and one big Shout-Out to Thelma & Louise), so such insult is only to be expected. | |
The Naked Gun / int_7f298d3d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_7f298d3d | |
The Naked Gun / int_7fbb2a3 | type |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
The Naked Gun / int_7fbb2a3 | comment |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Dr. Meinheimer would have given his pro-clean energy sources speech at the White House dinner (thereby nipping Hapsburg's plan in the bud), if it hadn't been for Frank causing a ruckus with his attempts to eat lobster. Frank gets another later during the stand-off with Savage. The police have him surrounded and he is about to surrender, when Frank crashes a tank through his house, giving him cover to escape. Ed gets one near the end when Frank has Hapsburg hanging from a window, threatening to drop him unless he gives up the code for the bomb. Hapsburg is just giving the code, when Ed pushes him out the window (not realising what was happening). Even Frank calls him out on it. | |
The Naked Gun / int_7fbb2a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_7fbb2a3 | |
The Naked Gun / int_808cbaeb | type |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
The Naked Gun / int_808cbaeb | comment |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Almost literally, as the Mayor chews out Drebin for "Entering without a search warrant, destroying property, arson; sexual assault with a concrete dildo?" | |
The Naked Gun / int_808cbaeb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_808cbaeb | |
The Naked Gun / int_8091a5fd | type |
Lethal Klutz | |
The Naked Gun / int_8091a5fd | comment |
Lethal Klutz: Drebin has accidentally killed his fiancée, a fact he remains unaware of. | |
The Naked Gun / int_8091a5fd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Naked Gun / int_8091a5fd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_8091a5fd | |
The Naked Gun / int_816560ca | type |
Crash in Through the Ceiling | |
The Naked Gun / int_816560ca | comment |
Crash in Through the Ceiling: Frank is chased across a rooftop by a guard dog, and accidentally crashes into the villains' hideout via the skylight. | |
The Naked Gun / int_816560ca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_816560ca | |
The Naked Gun / int_8344209e | type |
BFG | |
The Naked Gun / int_8344209e | comment |
BFG: Nordberg's cannon. He starts by adding stuff to his Desert Eagle, admittedly a BFG in its own right, which thereby turns into a rifle in the meantime and ends up a 40mm Bofors autocannon. | |
The Naked Gun / int_8344209e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_8344209e | |
The Naked Gun / int_83aa7c1e | type |
Driving Test Smashers | |
The Naked Gun / int_83aa7c1e | comment |
Driving Test Smashers: In the first movie, Frank does a Follow That Car... on a driving school car. | |
The Naked Gun / int_83aa7c1e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Naked Gun / int_83aa7c1e | featureConfidence |
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin | |
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Creatively named locations such as "The Hospital" and "The Police Station" are prominently signed as such. Word of God is that the hospital was supposed to be called "Our Lady Who Never Got The Pickle" but Ricardo Montalbán, a devout Catholic, requested the change. The hospital is name dropped as "Our Lady of the Worthless Miracle." | |
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Second Love | |
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Second Love: A throwaway line in the first film indicates that Jane is this to Frank, and a flashback in the third film confirms it. | |
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What Happened to the Mouse? | |
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What Happened to the Mouse?: Anna Nicole Smith drops out of the film after Drebin discovers she has a penis. Thus, making her a Karma Houdini. | |
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Newscaster Cameo | |
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Dr. Joyce Brothers makes a wordless appearance in the first film as a member of the announcing crew at the baseball game, joining sportscasters Curt Gowdy, Jim Palmer, Tim McCarver, Mel Allen, Dick Enberg and Dick Vitale. | |
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Bait-and-Switch | |
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Bait-and-Switch: Lampshaded; Frank asks the bartender to give him the strongest thing he's got, to which a muscle-heavy man walks up. Frank says, "On second thought, how about a Black Russian." The bartender looks at the camera and shakes his head, indicating that he's not going to perform the obvious punchline. When Capt. Hocken attempts Good Old Fisticuffs with a mook only for him to get his ass kicked. | |
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Villain with Good Publicity | |
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While his predecessors enjoyed Villain with Good Publicity status, Rocco's crimes are well-known, as he is first seen in prison. | |
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Humiliation Conga | |
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Humiliation Conga: Only in the Naked Gun series can you have the villain fall off a stadium ledge, be hit by a bus, flattened by a steam-roller and then have a marching band playing "Louie Louie" trample over him. | |
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Denser and Wackier | |
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Denser and Wackier: The series as a whole, both compared to the original series and itself as it progresses. All parodies aside, Frank was much less of a buffoon in the original series, being a genuinely competent cop who happened to be starring in an absurd comedy series. Within the trilogy, the first movie actually has some moments of realism. By the second film this has dropped off considerably, being completely gone by the third. | |
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Unnecessary Combat Roll | |
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Unnecessary Combat Roll: Goes further than usual with flips and cartwheels while Drebin is searching Ludwig's house. | |
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I Knew It! | |
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I Knew It!: In-Universe, what Frank says after he puts Mikhail Gorbachev in a headlock and rubs off his famous "wine stain" birthmark. | |
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Didn't Think This Through | |
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Didn't Think This Through: A rare example. Frank attempts to drive a battering tank, Ed yells that he's not trained to operate it. He isn't, and ends up just crashing it through the house, multiple gardens and a zoo (and inadvertently helping Hector Savage escape in addition to flooding D.C. with wild animals). | |
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"Pop!" Goes the Human | |
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"Pop!" Goes the Human: Hector Savage is disposed of by getting cartoonishly filled with water via a fire hose shoved in his mouth. The explosion happens behind Jane's door, thankfully. | |
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Comically Cross-Eyed | |
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Comically Cross-Eyed: The first Almost Dead Guy, because Frank stepped on his groin. | |
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IKEA Weaponry | |
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IKEA Weaponry: Nordberg pulls out a Desert Eagle and starts adding more and more pieces onto it until he has a mounted cannon complete with army helmet. | |
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GPS Evidence | |
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GPS Evidence: Parodied when the scientist involved outlines his plan to do an exhaustive study and analysis of the city's soil sample from a footprint found at the crime scene. When the police tell him that they don't have time for him to run his tests, the scientist helpfully suggests getting the criminal's address from the driver's license in his wallet, also found at the crime scene. And again when Ted the lab guy tries to analyze the wood fiber in a message from their suspect and determines that it came from a specific tree found only in one region and used as raw material in only one paper mill. The trail unfortunately went cold from there, so it's a good thing the message had their suspect's address on the letterhead, eh? | |
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Terminator Impersonator | |
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Terminator Impersonator: This TV Spot for The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear is a blatant spoof of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, with Leslie Nielsen dressed in the T-800's iconic outfit upon a motorcycle, using his catchphrases and carrying a large minigun. Even the film's Title Card is a note-for-note send up of T2. | |
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Jabba Table Manners | |
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Jabba Table Manners: Frank Drebin lays absolute waste to the lobster dinner served at the White House, spraying fragments of lobster shell and flesh around the table as he crudely attempts to dismantle them for eating. | |
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Chalk Outline | |
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Chalk Outline: After the failed assassination attempt on Dr. Meinheimer, the bombing victims are given chalk outlines all over the room, including on the lift door. | |
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Empty Fridge, Empty Life | |
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Empty Fridge, Empty Life: Inside Frank's fridge is nothing but spoiled milk, expired mustard and a Chinese takeout box. | |
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Exposition Party | |
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Exposition Party: The dinner scene at the White House in the beginning, which establishes that representatives from the coal, oil, and nuclear companies are leery about a renewable energy plan that could jeopardize their profits. | |
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Big Bad | |
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Frank and Rocco escape from prison in a similar (if parodied) manner to Escape from Alcatraz. Rocco's actor, Fred Ward, portrayed John Anglin in that film. | |
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Cut Himself Shaving | |
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Cut Himself Shaving: Jane removes Frank's shirt to discover whip marks on his back. | |
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Momma's Boy | |
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Momma's Boy: Rocco is very close with his mother. After she dies, he decides to set off the bomb so he can go with her. | |
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As You Know | |
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As You Know: | |
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555 | |
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555: The driving school's phone number is 555-3900. | |
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Move Along, Nothing to See Here | |
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Move Along, Nothing to See Here: Frank attempts to do this in front of an exploding fireworks factory. | |
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Villainous Plan Inertia | |
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Villainous Plan Inertia: Hapsburg is eventually killed by an escaped lion, but the bomb he activated just before is still counting down to zero, leaving Frank and his girlfriend to attempt to disarm it. | |
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Greater-Scope Villain | |
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Greater-Scope Villain: Papshmear. He is the one who asked Vincent Ludwig to assassinate the Queen of England, and later hired Rocco Dillon to enact several bombings. | |
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Took a Level in Badass | |
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Took a Level in Badass: The student driver whose car Frank commandeers takes one of the fastest levels in film history, going from frightened newbie to running the bad guy off the road over the course of an approximately 3-minute scene. | |
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Depraved Homosexual | |
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Depraved Homosexual: The big prisoner played by Randall "Tex" Cobb who tries to take advantage of Frank in the showers. Played for Laughs obviously like the rest of the movie. | |
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Toplessness from the Back | |
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Toplessness from the Back: Hector Savage is about to shoot Jane in the shower, only for Frank to stop him at the last second. During their struggle, the shower curtain is pushed aside, leading to this shot. They stop fighting just to stare, much to Jane's annoyance. | |
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Foreshadowing | |
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Foreshadowing: All things considered, the film actually does a pretty good job of not telegraphing the twist of Jane being Vincent Ludwig's final sleeper agent. First, we see Ludwig test his device on his secretary Dominique, while later Jane tells Frank that she does what Ludwig tells her to do, but these two scenes are far enough apart in the film that first-time viewers likely won't notice. | |
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Continuity Nod | |
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Continuity Nod: The car Frank and Jane drive in the flashback to their honeymoon is the same solar-powered car that Hapsburg shows to his co-conspirators in the previous film. This scene was meant to be the previous film's ending, hence Nordberg getting dragged with it. The flashback also features Frank's previous love mentioned in the beginning of the first film. A deleted scene (which aired in the TV broadcast) showed Frank walking past a cell in the state prison containing a lion. This could be the same lion that mauled Hapsburg to death at the end of the second film; given the "logic" of this series, it's conceivable that the lion would've been charged with homicide. | |
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One-Man Army | |
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Drebin notes when he is being awarded a citation for his 1000th drug dealer killed that he accidentally backed over the last three with his car and only found out they were drug dealers after. | |
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Housepet Pig | |
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Housepet Pig: Jane keeps two piglets and a full-grown pot-bellied pig in her apartment (alongside several other animals). A would-be assassin trips over the pot-bellied pig as he tries to escape. | |
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Leitmotif | |
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Leitmotif: Tanya has a sultry one. | |
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Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas | |
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Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Rocco Dillon. His Despair Event Horizon is when Mrs. Dillon is accidentally killed at the Oscars, causing him to decide to detonate the bomb personally. | |
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Nerves of Steel | |
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Nerves of Steel: John Houseman's driving instructor. | |
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Eek, a Mouse!! | |
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Eek, a Mouse!!: A silent example; Jane, despite being bound and gagged is visibly freaking out while Frank and Hapsburg battle at the climax, only for the camera to zoom out to show a small mouse on a shelf. | |
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Funny Afro | |
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Funny Afro: '70s Nordberg had one so big, he couldn't get past the disco's door with it. | |
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Contrasting Sequel Antagonist | |
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Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Rocco Dillon, compared to Vincent Ludwig and Quentin Hapsburg. Ludwig and Hapsburg were each a Corrupt Corporate Executive with many resources and minions. Dillon is a blue-collar criminal with a small gang. While his predecessors enjoyed Villain with Good Publicity status, Rocco's crimes are well-known, as he is first seen in prison. | |
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Jail Bake | |
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Jail Bake: Lampshaded. | |
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Bowdlerization | |
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Bowdlerization: The TV version contains an alternate take of Tanya's Unsettling Gender-Reveal, replacing the otherly-endowed silhouette with a foreground shot of a hairy backside. | |
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Dream Intro | |
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Dream Intro: Turns out the opening shootout was just a nightmare Frank was having. | |
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As Himself | |
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The Final Insult: As Himself as Vanna White's escort at the Oscars. | |
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Rule of Funny | |
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Rule of Funny: Given it's a ZAZ comedy, any nonsensical thing is this. | |
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Ascended Extra | |
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Ascended Extra: Nordberg — originally used for one-shot gags in Police Squad!, he became the recurring Butt-Monkey for the Naked Gun movies, played by O. J. Simpson. | |
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Status Quo Is God | |
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Status Quo Is God: played straight in 2 1/2 (Frank's promotion to Captain and proposal to Jane didn't stick) but averted in 33 1/3 (not only are they married, but he's left the force). | |
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Karma Houdini | |
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Karma Houdini: Tanya Peters never gets punished (at least not onscreen) for being affiliated with Rocco Dillon's terrorist gang, which is particularly odd since in the end she is the last surviving member of the gang. Sure, we know that she switched sides to the good guys by telling Frank where the bomb had been hidden, but that shouldn't absolve her from punishment for having knowingly collaborated with killers. | |
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy | |
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: Despite being mere feet away from the kids from the Los Angeles city high school who pull out their guns and shoot at Frank and Rocco, not a single shot hits either of them as they run to the getaway car! | |
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Juggling Loaded Guns | |
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Juggling Loaded Guns: | |
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Sickbed Slaying | |
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Sickbed Slaying: A Vorpal Pillow against Nordberg is thwarted by Frank, but not without inflicting some damage to the target. | |
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Obfuscating Disability | |
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Obfuscating Disability: Dr. Meinheimer's double. | |
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Private Eye Monologue | |
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Private Eye Monologue: Frank is constantly doing this. A particularly memorable one in the first movie had monologuing while walking through town, culminating in "And where the hell was I?" as he notices he's wandered all the way to the foothills outside L.A. | |
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Sherlock Can Read | |
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Sherlock Can Read: To determine where the list of bombing targets came from, the lab actually spent a lot of time on circumspect analysis and investigation that led nowhere... luckily, though, the paper it's written on has STATESVILLE PRISON in its letterhead. | |
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Wrong Song Gag | |
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Wrong Song Gag: At the piano bar, Jane asks the pianist Sam to play her and Frank's song. Sam then starts playing "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead" from The Wizard of Oz. After a moment of confusion, Frank tells him to stop and play that other song of theirs. | |
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Oscar Bait | |
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Oscar Bait: The movie includes a scene at the Oscar ceremony, where all the films were ridiculously High Concept, like "the story of one woman's triumph over the death of her cat, set against the background of the Hindenburg disaster," and "the story of one woman's triumph over a yeast infection, set against the background of the tragic Buffalo Bills season of 1971." | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
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Oh, Crap!: When Frank accuses her of only having a romantic relationship with him because she was told to, Jane slaps him across the face... and then realizes she just slapped a police officer while surrounded by dozens of other cops. Fortunately, either knowing it was a heat-of-the-moment reflex, out of pity, or not wanting to make a bigger scene, Frank does not arrest her. Also Nordberg at the very end of the film, when Frank's friendly backslap sends his wheelchair rolling down the steps of the stadium. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
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Deadpan Snarker: Mrs. Dillon has her moments. | |
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All for Nothing | |
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All for Nothing: The coal, oil and nuclear industries are afraid of losing their profits if Dr. Meinheimer advocates renewables, but once he actually gets to speak he is so boring that anyone who isn't asleep probably isn't going to be warmed up to renewables by his efforts. They could have just let him speak to get their way, but then the film would have been a lot shorter. | |
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Falling-in-Love Montage | |
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Falling-in-Love Montage: Parodied. (Among other things, the montage appears to contain at least a week's worth of activities, but occurs right after Drebin is told he has 24 hours to clear Nordberg and save the Queen.) | |
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Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot | |
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Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: At the beginning, Frank has a nightmare (which at first is presented as if it's really happening) in which he's at a train station and finds himself trying to stop a Mafia shootout. Things quickly become even more complicated when President Bill Clinton and Pope John Paul II wander into the crossfire....and then a gang of deranged postal workers show up.... | |
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Skeleton Key Card | |
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Skeleton Key Card: Parodied, where Frank tries this with Ludwig's penthouse door with a Brand X card and it doesn't work. He tries it with an American Express card and the door opens. | |
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Hometown Nickname | |
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Hometown Nickname: Parodied and subverted in a lengthy dialog scene. Hector Savage turns out to be a former boxer named Joey Chicago. And that's his real name; he fought under the guise of Kid Minneapolis—while actually coming from Detroit. And then there is Tex Colorado, the Arizona Assassin, from North Dakota. And his brother South Dakota from West Virginia. | |
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I Ate WHAT?! | |
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I Ate WHAT?!: Frank goes to the crime lab where Ted has been examining the explosive used in the bombing their investigating. Frank dips his finger in the petri dish on Ted's desk, tastes it, and begins to deduce what it tastes like, when Ted informs him that the petri dish contains Fertilizer, evidence relating to a completely separate case. Frank makes a "yuck" face and while Ted continues his monologue, Frank grabs a random beaker full of yellow liquid off his desk to wash the taste out of his mouth with. In a double-whammy of this trope, Ted then takes the beaker off Frank's hands saying, "Let me take that urine specimen from you, Frank," leading to the mandatory Spit Take. | |
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Mistaken for Pedophile | |
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Mistaken for Pedophile: "I haven't had this much sex since I was a Boy Scout leader! ...I-I mean, at the time, I was dating a lot." | |
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Take That! | |
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Take That!: When Frank and Rocco tunnel their way out of prison, they emerge by a school in Los Angeles. Every student there promptly pulls out a gun and starts shooting at them. | |
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Captain Crash | |
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Drebin's bad driving. Specifically, his actual driving while on the road usually isn't too bad, but he almost always hits something or causes trouble of some kind when parking or pulling up in front of a building. The second half of the gag is that he's almost always completely oblivious to what he's done. | |
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Hypocritical Humor | |
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Hypocritical Humor: Louise tells Jane that she wants to join her to kill as many men as possible. A few minutes later, while Jane is trying to call Frank, Louise is seen leaving with a man. And not just any man; she went with the seedy truck driver that just tried to hit on Jane. | |
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Odessa Steps | |
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Odessa Steps: Parodied in a flashback, as a baby carriage starts down the steps in a train station shootout. Nordberg manages to pull the baby from it in time, before going to spike it — thankfully, the mother stops him before he does. | |
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Blood Knight | |
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Blood Knight: Drebin. | |
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Market-Based Title | |
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Market-Based Title: The Japanese title of the film is basically The Man with the Naked Gun. | |
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Slip into Something More Comfortable | |
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Slip into Something More Comfortable: Parodied. After Frank Drebin arrives home late at night, he finds Jane (then working for Ludwig) wearing one of Drebin's shirts. After some suggestive dialog, Frank, who is wearing a collared shirt, slacks, and a tie, says that he will go slip into something more comfortable. He emerges wearing a suit. Then he slips out of it completely by just pulling the collar. | |
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Precision F-Strike | |
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Precision F-Strike: Zsa Zsa Gabor's cameo during the opening credits. | |
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Accidental Hero | |
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Accidental Hero: Frank has a habit of pulling this, especially in the second film: He responds to his award for "One Thousandth Drug Dealer Killed" by remarking that he accidentally ran over the last two with his car. In a later scene, he unknowingly saves his colleagues from a crazed gunman. In the climax, he defuses a bomb when, in a mad scramble to run away from the ensuing explosion, he trips over and dislodges the plug. | |
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Negative Continuity | |
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Negative Continuity: Played for laughs, of course. Frank crashes through the villain's window and is shown appropriately dirty and battered. But in the very next shot, he briefly smoothes his hair before standing up and is now completely clean. | |
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To Serve Man | |
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And another of the group gets one as well: during the final hysterical crowd scene, there's a split second shot of Lloyd Bochner's character clutching a large book and yelling "It's a cookbook!" Bochner starred in a famous episode of the original version of The Twilight Zone which offered up that revelation as a punchline. | |
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Sexophone | |
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Sexophone: When we first meet Jane. | |
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Reading the Stage Directions Out Loud | |
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Reading the Stage Directions Out Loud: Done when Frank is on stage with Raquel Welch. Amusingly, he not only reads the stage directions, but also Raquel's lines as well as his own. | |
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Cutting the Knot | |
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Cutting the Knot: Ted details the elaborate process of tracking down the origin of a document by determining the specific timber used in the paper, tracing that to the forest the timber was harvested from, and then to the mill it was made in. When the trail went cold from there, they decided to just get the address off the document's letterhead. | |
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Fun with Acronyms | |
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Fun with Acronyms: The acronyms of the coal, oil, and nuclear companies. | |
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Car Fu | |
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Car Fu: Comes as a byproduct of Frank Driving Like Crazy. He killed his 999th and 1,000th drug dealer by accidentally running over them. It turned out afterwards that they were drug dealers. | |
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Cue the Falling Object | |
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Cue the Falling Object: After Rocco shoots skyward to shut up everybody in the Academy Awards and tells them that if they stay quiet nobody is gonna be hurt, some poor deckhand Rocco's shot hit comes crashing down. Rocco adds a "…starting now" to his threat. | |
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Irony | |
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Irony: In the climax, Jane tells the women in the audience to hold onto their mates, because "good men don't just fall out of the sky". Cue Frank doing just that and incapacitating Rocco. | |
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Chuck Cunningham Syndrome | |
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Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Johnny the shoeshine guy (the Almighty Janitor character from the original series) doesn't appear in the movies. Al (also from the original series) appears only in the first movie, and is entirely absent in the next two. | |
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America Saves the Day | |
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America Saves the Day: Drebin beats the tar out of America's enemies in the first movie's cold open. | |
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You Just Ruined the Shot | |
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You Just Ruined the Shot: Frank Drebin defends his Cowboy Cop behavior by mentioning the time he saw a bunch of men stabbing someone to death in the park and he shot them. The mayor says that it was a stage-in-the-park production of Julius Caesar, and Frank shot five actors—good ones! | |
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Insane Troll Logic | |
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Insane Troll Logic: Drebin and Rocco's argument over who should have the gun and who should have the bomb. The audience actually does a collective Face Palm. | |
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Fake Orgasm | |
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Fake Orgasm: Played for Laughs. When Frank Drebin is angrily breaking up with Jane Spencer, he tells her, "By the way... I faked every orgasm." | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: The Automobile Opening shows the car driving through Death Star and Jurassic Park. After experiencing marital problems, Jane goes with a girlfriend on a Thelma & Louise-style road trip. The friend is even named "Louise" and dresses just like Susan Sarandon did in that movie. The film begins with a Cold Open that sends up The Untouchables (and, by extension, The Battleship Potemkin) (see Baby Carriage above) The Dillon gang go to a bunker to test their atomic weapon. After the detonation, the explosion blows their hair straight up, making them look like the main characters from Beavis And Butthead, which Rocco himself further alludes to by muttering: "Huh-huh-huh, huh-huh-huh, cool..." Tanya's gender reveal is a Played for Laughs parody of The Crying Game. | |
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Will Talk for a Price | |
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Will Talk for a Price: Parodied. Frank Drebin questions the dock manager during his investigation of the attempted murder on Nordberg. The guy's memory is foggy, so Frank gives him a twenty. When the guy subsequently asks Frank an innocuous question, he gives Frank his twenty back to persuade him to answer, gives him another twenty for another question, and has to borrow an additional twenty from Frank because he's out of money. | |
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Corrupt Corporate Executive | |
The Naked Gun / int_cbe687ab | comment |
Ludwig and Hapsburg were each a Corrupt Corporate Executive with many resources and minions. Dillon is a blue-collar criminal with a small gang. | |
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"Metaphor" Is My Middle Name | |
The Naked Gun / int_cca8c07b | comment |
"Metaphor" Is My Middle Name: Frank claims "you might end up dead" is his middle name. | |
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Dominatrix | |
The Naked Gun / int_d177a22c | comment |
Dominatrix: Frank Drebin has an encounter with one after he mistakes a sperm bank for a regular doctor's office and asks for "help" in making his "contributions". She is portrayed by superlative "Scream Queen" glamazon Julie Strain wearing black PVC thigh boots and various other S&M gear in the role she was probably born to play. | |
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That Came Out Wrong | |
The Naked Gun / int_d1affec1 | comment |
That Came Out Wrong: Jane walks out on Frank at the restaurant, and Frank replies with: | |
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The Naked Gun / int_d439c910 | type |
Too Many Cooks Spoil the Soup | |
The Naked Gun / int_d439c910 | comment |
Too Many Cooks Spoil the Soup: The TV broadcast of the baseball game features three play-by-play annoucers (Mel Allen, Dick Enberg, Curt Gowdy), two color commentators (Tim McCarver, Jim Palmer), a famous basketball announcer (Dick Vitale) and a famous TV psychologist (Dr. Joyce Brothers). | |
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The Naked Gun / int_d439c910 | |
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Western Terrorists | |
The Naked Gun / int_d49f90ea | comment |
Western Terrorists: The Dillon gang. Granted, they are secretly taking their orders from Arabs, but they're obviously plotting bombings more for the money than for hatred of the United States. | |
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1.0 | |
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Dramatic Unmask | |
The Naked Gun / int_d4bf11d1 | comment |
Dramatic Unmask: Drebin attempts this with the impersonator, not knowing that the real Dr. Meinheimer had been freed and taken his place while the impersonator had been arrested. Made worse when the means of unmasking involved pulling down the poor doctor's pants because of a birthmark of Whistler's Mother on his backside. When discovering it is there, he assumes it's a fake and tries to remove it with a buffing machine in front of the entire award banquet audience. | |
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I Have Many Names | |
The Naked Gun / int_d5d976dd | comment |
I Have Many Names: Joey Chicago a.k.a. Kid Minneapolis a.k.a. Hector Savage. | |
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Meaningless Meaningful Words | |
The Naked Gun / int_d64491d8 | comment |
Meaningless Meaningful Words: Frank says quite a lot of profound sounding phrases while trying to get Jane to snap out of her hypnosis. | |
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Race Lift | |
The Naked Gun / int_d7c3ba61 | comment |
Race Lift: Played for laughs when Tyrone (an ostensibly black prisoner stereotype) points out that prison can change a man, because he used to be white... and played drums for the Osmonds. | |
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Unusual Euphemism | |
The Naked Gun / int_d848560f | comment |
Unusual Euphemism: "Denver jockstrap", anyone? | |
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Big, Stupid Doodoo-Head | |
The Naked Gun / int_d90ab0d2 | comment |
Big, Stupid Doodoo-Head: Frank: | |
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The Naked Gun / int_dae0cfd5 | type |
Something Else Also Rises | |
The Naked Gun / int_dae0cfd5 | comment |
Something Else Also Rises: When Frank and Jane get back together, we cut to scenes of obelisks being raised, oil wells pumping, dams breakin', etc. Coupled with multiple shots of flowers blooming, and finally, volcanic eruptions, fireworks going off... | |
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The Naked Gun / int_dbca2c99 | type |
Red Herring | |
The Naked Gun / int_dbca2c99 | comment |
Red Herring: The Swiss Army Shoe never gets used. | |
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The Naked Gun / int_df332911 | type |
Hellish L.A. | |
The Naked Gun / int_df332911 | comment |
Hellish L.A.: When Frank and Rocco escape from prison, they emerge outside an LA high school. Every student there promptly pulls out a gun and starts shooting at the pair. A later establishing shot of LA depicts sirens wailing, guns firing, and the Hollywood sign on fire. | |
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Manchild | |
The Naked Gun / int_e150c4c7 | comment |
Manchild: Frank and Jane. "Their song" is "100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall". | |
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Last-Name Basis | |
The Naked Gun / int_e28f88b8 | comment |
Last-Name Basis: Even Nordberg's wife doesn't seem to know his first name. | |
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The Naked Gun / int_e2a41c3b | type |
Literal-Minded | |
The Naked Gun / int_e2a41c3b | comment |
Literal-Minded: When asked by Frank to "start at the beginning," the scientist in the forensics lab starts to describe the creation of the universe. | |
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The Naked Gun / int_e2d457 | type |
The Ditz | |
The Naked Gun / int_e2d457 | comment |
The Ditz: Frank, despite his Feigning Intelligence. | |
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Multiple Gunshot Death | |
The Naked Gun / int_e2db9ef | comment |
Multiple Gunshot Death: Subverted for laughs in the opening of the first film. All the gangsters on the boat unload their guns on Nordberg, but not only does he fail to die from it, he subsequently suffers a torrent of abuse so prolonged that even the gangsters look a bit stunned at it. | |
The Naked Gun / int_e2db9ef | featureApplicability |
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The Naked Gun / int_e2db9ef | |
The Naked Gun / int_e2f5760 | type |
House Husband | |
The Naked Gun / int_e2f5760 | comment |
House Husband: Frank takes on this persona after retiring. He actually seems to be pretty good at it. | |
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The Naked Gun / int_e303d198 | type |
Whole-Plot Reference | |
The Naked Gun / int_e303d198 | comment |
Whole-Plot Reference: Romantic subplot aside, 33â…“ is a comedic retelling of White Heat. A police officer infiltrates a prison, befriends a violent criminal who loves his mother, and helps him escape in order to determine the site of his next crime. | |
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Ignore the Fanservice | |
The Naked Gun / int_e313bcdc | comment |
Ignore the Fanservice: Tanya's failed attempts to distract a guard. She ultimately pulls it off with bubble wrap. | |
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Disaster Dominoes | |
The Naked Gun / int_e4ba33fc | comment |
Disaster Dominoes: Both Nordberg in the beginning and later Drebin. | |
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The Naked Gun / int_e663d3ef | type |
Only a Flesh Wound | |
The Naked Gun / int_e663d3ef | comment |
Only a Flesh Wound: Nordberg is shot up in the beginning, but luckily "The bullets missed every major organ". He spends the movie recovering and is just fine in the next movie. Most of the damage that he receives is unwittingly caused by himself or Frank. | |
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The Naked Gun / int_e663d3ef | |
The Naked Gun / int_e73f6217 | type |
Feet-First Introduction | |
The Naked Gun / int_e73f6217 | comment |
Feet-First Introduction: When Frank is re-introduced to Tanya, the camera pans up her long legs... and goes past two sets of knees. | |
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The Naked Gun / int_e869512e | type |
Funny Flashback Haircut | |
The Naked Gun / int_e869512e | comment |
Funny Flashback Haircut: Frank Drebin flashes back to a murder case at a disco in the '70s. He sports an (already white) mullet, the Captain has a Peter Frampton-esque head of blond curls, and Nordberg's Afro is so big he has trouble fitting through a doorway. | |
The Naked Gun / int_e869512e | featureApplicability |
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Kinky Cuffs | |
The Naked Gun / int_e8ab9808 | comment |
Kinky Cuffs: when Frank retires he hands his gun and badge over to a tearful Ed. But pockets his handcuffs as he and Jane want to retain them for "Sentimental reasons". | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_e8ab9808 | |
The Naked Gun / int_e8e3807 | type |
Aside Glance | |
The Naked Gun / int_e8e3807 | comment |
Aside Glance: The standard reaction from characters when another character they are in conversation with says something nonsensical. Which, in this movie series, means almost every conversation, and often switches between who is talking nonsense and who is giving the Aside Glance. | |
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The Naked Gun / int_e8f16dc2 | type |
Automobile Opening | |
The Naked Gun / int_e8f16dc2 | comment |
The Automobile Opening shows the car driving through Death Star and Jurassic Park. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun / int_ea466005 | type |
Angry Collar Grab | |
The Naked Gun / int_ea466005 | comment |
Angry Collar Grab: Frank does this to two almost dead guys in order to press information from them. His aggressive approach doesn't work out for him though. | |
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The Naked Gun / int_ea466005 | |
The Naked Gun / int_ea6fdefb | type |
Casual Danger Dialog | |
The Naked Gun / int_ea6fdefb | comment |
Casual Danger Dialog: Usually Drebin, but the driving instructor in the first movie puts Hindu cows to shame. | |
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The Naked Gun / int_ead0869d | type |
Acquitted Too Late | |
The Naked Gun / int_ead0869d | comment |
Acquitted Too Late: Frank finds a plastic box while cleaning his files. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun / int_eaf5a1ac | type |
Groin Attack | |
The Naked Gun / int_eaf5a1ac | comment |
Groin Attack: Ted introduces a rather horrifying anti-carjacking device. It places a metal clamp on the carjacker's groin and detaches, leaving it there while the victim drives off. "We call it the Denver jock-strap." Frank and Ed wind up sharing the male pain. | |
The Naked Gun / int_eaf5a1ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_eaf5a1ac | |
The Naked Gun / int_ec193131 | type |
Dish Dash | |
The Naked Gun / int_ec193131 | comment |
Dish Dash: Of the "catch the falling plates" variety, after Drebin inadvertently bumps a display of objets-d'art while snooping in Ludwig's office. Then subverted, as the fire he'd accidentally started a few minutes before takes hold and he knocks the whole rack over in panic. | |
The Naked Gun / int_ec193131 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_ec193131 | |
The Naked Gun / int_edaedf90 | type |
Vomit Discretion Shot | |
The Naked Gun / int_edaedf90 | comment |
Vomit Discretion Shot: Frank vomits into a tuba, but it's not shown. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun / int_eea06f9a | type |
Artistic License – Cars | |
The Naked Gun / int_eea06f9a | comment |
Artistic License – Cars: After Drebin crashes his car into the trash cans outside the station and quickly exits the vehicle, the rapidly-inflating airbag pushes the gearshift lever up which causes the car to start rolling downhill, presumably having shifted it into drive or neutral. The Ford LTD Crown Vic's gearshift actually has Park at the top with the other gears below it. Also, the 1985 Ford LTD Crown Vic did not have any airbags. | |
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The Naked Gun / int_eea06f9a | |
The Naked Gun / int_eef90616 | type |
Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick | |
The Naked Gun / int_eef90616 | comment |
Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: Or in Frank's case, burglary, arson, and sexual assault with a concrete dildo. Though the last one was Not What It Looks Like, so it falls somewhere between this trope and Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun / int_eef90616 | |
The Naked Gun / int_f018c5cf | type |
Offhand Backhand | |
The Naked Gun / int_f018c5cf | comment |
Offhand Backhand: While beating up Ayatollah Khomeini. | |
The Naked Gun / int_f018c5cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun / int_f05444a4 | type |
Once per Episode | |
The Naked Gun / int_f05444a4 | comment |
Once per Episode: A visit to the lab to view the new Q-worthy gadgets | |
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The Naked Gun / int_f07450a0 | type |
Balcony Escape | |
The Naked Gun / int_f07450a0 | comment |
Balcony Escape: Frank Drebin does this. He needs to grab hold of the statues of naked men and women to maintain his balance. | |
The Naked Gun / int_f07450a0 | featureApplicability |
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The Naked Gun / int_f07450a0 | |
The Naked Gun / int_f10d3363 | type |
Distracted by the Sexy | |
The Naked Gun / int_f10d3363 | comment |
Distracted by the Sexy: Frank fights Savage, who has come to kill Jane (who is in the shower). She hears the ruckus and pulls open the shower curtain to see what's up, whereupon both Frank and Savage stop in mid-grapple to stare. | |
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The Naked Gun / int_f288cf3 | type |
Innocent Innuendo | |
The Naked Gun / int_f288cf3 | comment |
Innocent Innuendo: A good example is when Frank goes to a sperm bank thinking it's a regular hospital. | |
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1.0 | |
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Dumbass Has a Point | |
The Naked Gun / int_f360fc33 | comment |
Ed gets one near the end when Frank has Hapsburg hanging from a window, threatening to drop him unless he gives up the code for the bomb. Hapsburg is just giving the code, when Ed pushes him out the window (not realising what was happening). Even Frank calls him out on it. | |
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Easily Forgiven | |
The Naked Gun / int_f36c4f98 | comment |
Easily Forgiven: | |
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The Naked Gun / int_f4b18944 | type |
Exposed Embarrassing Purchase | |
The Naked Gun / int_f4b18944 | comment |
Exposed Embarrassing Purchase: Drebin encourages an employee of the ACDC Love Boutique to cooperate with the police, because he is "the last line of defense between sleaze like this and the decent people in this town!" Drebin is then greeted by another employee of the boutique, who lets him know the Model D83 Sure Grip Swedish Suck Machine he ordered has come in. | |
The Naked Gun / int_f4b18944 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun / int_f4b18944 | |
The Naked Gun / int_f56d2c81 | type |
Everyone Is Armed | |
The Naked Gun / int_f56d2c81 | comment |
Everyone Is Armed: Rocco and Frank tunnel out of prison and into the parking lot of a Los Angeles high school, where they're immediately shot at by every student there. | |
The Naked Gun / int_f56d2c81 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
The Naked Gun / int_f56d2c81 | |
The Naked Gun / int_f5b7b990 | type |
Verbal Backspace | |
The Naked Gun / int_f5b7b990 | comment |
Verbal Backspace: Done by all the other baseball umpires who are arguing against Drebin's (flagrantly incorrect) call, when he draws his gun. | |
The Naked Gun / int_f5b7b990 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun / int_f5b7b990 | |
The Naked Gun / int_f7f8c062 | type |
Intimate Marks | |
The Naked Gun / int_f7f8c062 | comment |
Intimate Marks: Dr. Meinheimer is identified by a birthmark on his buttcheek. When a criminal disguises himself as the scientist, Frank yanks down the man's pants to expose him... only he grabbed the scientist and not the criminal. | |
The Naked Gun / int_f7f8c062 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Naked Gun / int_f7f8c062 | |
The Naked Gun / int_f9375414 | type |
FacePalm | |
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Face Palm: Happens when Frank attempts to get the gun from Rocco while holding on the bomb in the envelope only for them to switch places causing everyone including the audience to facepalm. | |
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Drives Like Crazy | |
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Drives Like Crazy: Whenever Drebin gets behind the wheel, something bad happens. The scene when Drebin tags along in a driving school car is especially notable, when the driving instructor instructs the student how to flip the bird. Drebin gets into a tank; when Captain Hocken tells him that Frank doesn't know how to drive it, he means it. The opening credits are also built on this. A cop car (presumably containing Drebin) viewed from the emergency lights shows absolutely insane or just plain nonsensical driving behavior, including driving on sidewalks, into people's homes, on rollercoasters, into bullfighting arenas, restaurants, hockey rinks, the air, the surface of the Death Star, and prehistoric times. (to Jane) "After I met you I noticed things I never saw before. Birds singing, dew glistening off a leaf, stop lights." Jane driving the humongous semi in 33â…“; When she stops at Rocco's place, she has a road worker stuck at the grill. In a Thelma & Louise nod, Jane and her lady friend practically pack their whole house on the trunk of their convertible, constantly spilling appliances down the road. Drebin notes when he is being awarded a citation for his 1000th drug dealer killed that he accidentally backed over the last three with his car and only found out they were drug dealers after. | |
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Running Gag | |
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The car Frank and Jane drive in the flashback to their honeymoon is the same solar-powered car that Hapsburg shows to his co-conspirators in the previous film. This scene was meant to be the previous film's ending, hence Nordberg getting dragged with it. | |
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Crush Parade | |
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Crush Parade: At the end, Vincent Ludwig falls off the upper deck of a baseball stadium to the parking lot below where he gets hit by a bus, flattened by a steam-roller, and then trampled by a marching band playing "Louie Louie." | |
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Tranquillizer Dart | |
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Tranquillizer Dart: Frank Drebin's cufflink tranquilizer darts. However, they're not quite instant enough, since the bad guy staggers around long enough to fall over a railing to a Cruel and Unusual Death. | |
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He's Got a Weapon! | |
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He's Got a Weapon!: Thanks for that update, Jane. | |
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Comically Missing the Point | |
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Comically Missing the Point: During the Academy Awards sequence, when Frank and Jane are looking for a bomb hidden inside the winner envelopes and one of the presenters says, "This is going to be dynamite." | |
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Bit Character | |
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Bit Character: Tons of them throughout all three movies, to the point where many characters in the credits are simply identified by the one line they say. | |
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Brick Joke | |
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Brick Joke: The freed zoo animals. One of the lions ends up mauling Hapsburg in the end. | |
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Bigger on the Inside | |
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Bigger on the Inside: Jane's fridge is deep enough to fit her whole on a single shelf while laying face down, and ample enough for her to turn and knock on the door when it closes behind her. | |
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Not Cheating Unless You Get Caught | |
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Not Cheating Unless You Get Caught: A very subtle one. Quentin Hapsburg is playing Solitaire at a gala and begins to get fed up with the cards he's being dealt; he gives up and picks up the pile to look for the cards he needs. He doesn't even have the respect for the rules or the patience for a game where he has no opponents and there's nothing at stake. Also, Hidden Depths, considering how buffoonish the environment of the movies plays out. | |
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Talking Is a Free Action | |
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Talking Is a Free Action: Lampshaded or subverted depending on how you want to look at it — Frank and Jane are having a heartwarming moment when Ed reminds Frank about the huge bomb that's set to explode any second | |
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