Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

The Nice Guys

 The Nice Guys
type
TVTItem
 The Nice Guys
label
The Nice Guys
 The Nice Guys
page
TheNiceGuys
 The Nice Guys
comment
Yet another Film Noir-meets-Black Comedy from Shane Black, The Nice Guys is a 2016 Buddy Cop/Detective Drama flick starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe.The film opens in mid-1977 Los Angeles, where Private Detective Holland March (Gosling) is a single dad to teenage Holly (Angourie Rice). He investigates an elderly woman's claims that her pornstar niece faked her death. March identifies young activist Amelia Kuttner (Margaret Qualley) as someone involved with the disappearance. Concerned, Amelia tasks enforcer Jackson Healy (Crowe) to get March off her back, and Healy breaks his arm for easy cash.However, Healy and March soon make peace and try to find Amelia as a duo, especially after they are hired by a Department of Justice higher-up, Judith Kuttner (Kim Basinger), to protect her. Investigating the string of deaths around Amelia uncovers something much bigger...The film also stars Yaya DaCosta as Tally and Matt Bomer, Keith David, and Beau Knapp as hitmen.Released on May 20th, 2016, the standard trailer can be viewed here, and red band trailer can be viewed here.
 The Nice Guys
fetched
2023-11-27T00:15:07Z
 The Nice Guys
parsed
2023-11-27T00:15:07Z
 The Nice Guys
processingComment
Dropped link to AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN
 The Nice Guys
processingComment
Dropped link to DoubleEntendre: Not a Feature - ITEM
 The Nice Guys
processingComment
Dropped link to Drive2011: Not a Feature - ITEM
 The Nice Guys
processingComment
Dropped link to Jaws2: Not a Feature - ITEM
 The Nice Guys
processingComment
Dropped link to KissKissBangBang: Not a Feature - ITEM
 The Nice Guys
processingComment
Dropped link to ShaggyDogStory: Not a Feature - ITEM
 The Nice Guys
processingComment
Dropped link to TheWaltons: Not a Feature - ITEM
 The Nice Guys
processingUnknown
AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther
 The Nice Guys
isPartOf
DBTropes
 The Nice Guys / int_10134c97
type
Artistic License – Gun Safety
 The Nice Guys / int_10134c97
comment
Artistic License – Gun Safety: People throughout the film are absurdly negligent with firearms, especially the folks who should know better.
 The Nice Guys / int_10134c97
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_10134c97
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_10134c97
 The Nice Guys / int_1305f045
type
Vanity License Plate
 The Nice Guys / int_1305f045
comment
Vanity License Plate: The license plate for Misty Mountains blue 1977 Pontiac Firebird Sky Bird reads "MISTY M".
 The Nice Guys / int_1305f045
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_1305f045
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_1305f045
 The Nice Guys / int_1392fbe7
type
Drunk Driver
 The Nice Guys / int_1392fbe7
comment
Drunk Driver: March crashes a stolen car while hammered. Granted, he did so to save his daughter's life.
 The Nice Guys / int_1392fbe7
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_1392fbe7
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_1392fbe7
 The Nice Guys / int_143939c1
type
Trailers Always Spoil
 The Nice Guys / int_143939c1
comment
Trailers Always Spoil: If you remember the color of his suit from the trailer, it's fairly easy to guess how Keith David's character is going to die. You may also remember Kuttner's assistant holding them at gunpoint; "You're not a murderer!".
 The Nice Guys / int_143939c1
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_143939c1
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_143939c1
 The Nice Guys / int_1592e954
type
Man Bites Man
 The Nice Guys / int_1592e954
comment
Man Bites Man: During his Gun Struggle with the Older Guy in the climax, Healy bites him in the hand.
 The Nice Guys / int_1592e954
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_1592e954
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_1592e954
 The Nice Guys / int_166e33f3
type
Little Miss Badass
 The Nice Guys / int_166e33f3
comment
Little Miss Badass: Holly, who, among other things, pulls a gun on a scary assassin.
 The Nice Guys / int_166e33f3
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_166e33f3
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_166e33f3
 The Nice Guys / int_16fdd774
type
Losing a Shoe in the Struggle
 The Nice Guys / int_16fdd774
comment
Losing a Shoe in the Struggle: Amelia removes her high-heels early on to run faster and either loses or discards them offscreen, as she spends the rest of the film running around barefoot.
 The Nice Guys / int_16fdd774
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_16fdd774
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_16fdd774
 The Nice Guys / int_1722aaf
type
Hitler Ate Sugar
 The Nice Guys / int_1722aaf
comment
Hitler Ate Sugar: March compares people following protocol to Hitler on multiple occasions.
 The Nice Guys / int_1722aaf
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_1722aaf
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_1722aaf
 The Nice Guys / int_184e7708
type
Hands-Off Parenting
 The Nice Guys / int_184e7708
comment
Hands-Off Parenting: March, though part of it is compounded by Holly being inclined into seeking danger. As March goes to a sleazy mansion party, she sneaks her way in via the trunk of his car.
 The Nice Guys / int_184e7708
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_184e7708
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_184e7708
 The Nice Guys / int_19ebe383
type
Never Trust a Trailer
 The Nice Guys / int_19ebe383
comment
Never Trust a Trailer: The trailer makes it look like Healy and March crash through Bobby's house comedically after March hallucinates the giant killer bee. In the film, the car that crashes through the house is Misty's after she is murdered. The trailer also plays up the mob's role far more than is actually in the film. The trailer really plays up Blueface as the main bad guy, with very few appearances from John Boy.
 The Nice Guys / int_19ebe383
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_19ebe383
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_19ebe383
 The Nice Guys / int_1af2b763
type
Celebrity Resemblance
 The Nice Guys / int_1af2b763
comment
Celebrity Resemblance: John Boy looks a lot like the character from The Waltons, down to the mole on his cheek and the haircut.
 The Nice Guys / int_1af2b763
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_1af2b763
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_1af2b763
 The Nice Guys / int_1b4ead2d
type
Soft Glass
 The Nice Guys / int_1b4ead2d
comment
Soft Glass: Averted and invoked: March tries to smash a pane to open a door and manages to slash his wrist severely; played straight later when he falls through a skylight without injury. Also played straight with Holly's friend Jessica, who John Boy throws through a window. While she's initially knocked unconscious, she later wakes up relatively fine.
 The Nice Guys / int_1b4ead2d
featureApplicability
-1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_1b4ead2d
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_1b4ead2d
 The Nice Guys / int_1b5fa24a
type
The Brute
 The Nice Guys / int_1b5fa24a
comment
The Brute: Healy beats up lowlifes and/or breaks their arms for a living.
 The Nice Guys / int_1b5fa24a
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_1b5fa24a
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_1b5fa24a
 The Nice Guys / int_1ba8eb64
type
Visual Pun
 The Nice Guys / int_1ba8eb64
comment
Visual Pun: In the bathroom stall scene, March covers his parts with Tricky Dick (who's in the cover of the magazine he was reading),
 The Nice Guys / int_1ba8eb64
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_1ba8eb64
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_1ba8eb64
 The Nice Guys / int_1c2b6ac8
type
Soft Water
 The Nice Guys / int_1c2b6ac8
comment
Soft Water: Subverted. March takes a multi-story fall into a swimming pool, and while he walks away without injury, he briefly got knocked out and starts hallucinating.
 The Nice Guys / int_1c2b6ac8
featureApplicability
-0.3
 The Nice Guys / int_1c2b6ac8
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_1c2b6ac8
 The Nice Guys / int_1d2605eb
type
Adorably Precocious Child
 The Nice Guys / int_1d2605eb
comment
Adorably Precocious Child: Holly.
 The Nice Guys / int_1d2605eb
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_1d2605eb
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_1d2605eb
 The Nice Guys / int_1dfd19f9
type
Papa Wolf
 The Nice Guys / int_1dfd19f9
comment
Papa Wolf: Holland might be a screw-up, but he'll become dangerously competent when Holly is threatened. Healy is also fiercely protective over Holly, beating a man up who he thought was showing Holly porn.
 The Nice Guys / int_1dfd19f9
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_1dfd19f9
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_1dfd19f9
 The Nice Guys / int_1e8f4221
type
Fingore
 The Nice Guys / int_1e8f4221
comment
Fingore: March accidentally steps on the fingers of someone lying down. It produces a Sickening "Crunch!" sound.
 The Nice Guys / int_1e8f4221
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_1e8f4221
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_1e8f4221
 The Nice Guys / int_1f250372
type
I Need a Freaking Drink
 The Nice Guys / int_1f250372
comment
I Need a Freaking Drink: Said by Holly of all people.
 The Nice Guys / int_1f250372
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_1f250372
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_1f250372
 The Nice Guys / int_1f963842
type
Bloodier and Gorier
 The Nice Guys / int_1f963842
comment
Bloodier and Gorier: Compared to Black's older works. Whereas movies like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang preferred Gory Discretion Shots, this film shows it.
 The Nice Guys / int_1f963842
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_1f963842
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_1f963842
 The Nice Guys / int_20860a0e
type
Punch-Clock Villain
 The Nice Guys / int_20860a0e
comment
Punch-Clock Villain: The Older Guy is a ruthless multiple murderer, but he seems to view Healy with the respect of a fellow professional and shows brief exasperation toward his Trigger-Happy partner. He also lectures March for bringing his daughter to a dangerous confrontation and for crying pathetically in front of Holly.
 The Nice Guys / int_20860a0e
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_20860a0e
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_20860a0e
 The Nice Guys / int_21e5b9c7
type
Failed a Spot Check
 The Nice Guys / int_21e5b9c7
comment
Failed a Spot Check: Blue Face getting run over.
 The Nice Guys / int_21e5b9c7
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_21e5b9c7
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_21e5b9c7
 The Nice Guys / int_222dc873
type
Black Comedy
 The Nice Guys / int_222dc873
comment
Black Comedy: How do they dispose of a rotting corpse? By blindly throwing it over a high fence, causing it to slam through a table at a wedding reception.
 The Nice Guys / int_222dc873
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_222dc873
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_222dc873
 The Nice Guys / int_22cf50f9
type
Chekhov's Gag
 The Nice Guys / int_22cf50f9
comment
Chekhov's Gag: The "You will never be happy" written on March's hand. By the end, the pen is smudged, omitting the word "never".
 The Nice Guys / int_22cf50f9
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_22cf50f9
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_22cf50f9
 The Nice Guys / int_22cf536c
type
Chekhov's Gun
 The Nice Guys / int_22cf536c
comment
Chekhov's Gun: Quite a lot of them: Misty's last words, Chett's job, the TV broadcast in the beginning (including the The Waltons announcement immediately after), Older Guy's mention of leaving town for Michigan, March's gun hidden in the jar in his kitchen, etc. Hilariously subverted with Healy's ankle gun, which turns out to have only been part of a Dream Sequence.
 The Nice Guys / int_22cf536c
featureApplicability
-0.3
 The Nice Guys / int_22cf536c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_22cf536c
 The Nice Guys / int_2493b31d
type
Fire-Forged Friends
 The Nice Guys / int_2493b31d
comment
Fire-Forged Friends: March and Healy start out as enemies but soon team up to solve the case. By the end of the movie they have become business partners.
 The Nice Guys / int_2493b31d
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_2493b31d
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_2493b31d
 The Nice Guys / int_2740531a
type
She Cleans Up Nicely
 The Nice Guys / int_2740531a
comment
She Cleans Up Nicely: March is stunned when he sees Tally in a hot pink dress with her hair styled in an afro. He's even distracted enough to forget she's pointing a gun at him.
 The Nice Guys / int_2740531a
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_2740531a
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_2740531a
 The Nice Guys / int_2764d432
type
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
 The Nice Guys / int_2764d432
comment
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Judith's assistant Tally knows how to entertain Holly with magic tricks and seems to be really good around kids. Then she holds up Healy, March, and Holly to try to get the film, and earlier tried to send a hitman who would have no qualms about hurting children.
 The Nice Guys / int_2764d432
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_2764d432
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_2764d432
 The Nice Guys / int_27a42ebc
type
Spiritual Successor
 The Nice Guys / int_27a42ebc
comment
Spiritual Successor: The film shares quite a bit with Shane Black's previous film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: The protagonists are an Odd Couple working as private detectives. One is an aloof badass, while the other is a screw-up who is constantly getting injured. They have a girl sidekick who is attached to the screw-up. They piece together an overly convoluted plot. There are two mysteries being investigated that appear to be unrelated (in this case, the murder of Misty and the disappearance of Amelia) but eventually turn out to be connected. They're chasing a not-so-innocent Damsel in Distress, which is complicated by a case of mistaken identity. The damsel dies partway through the film. They find a corpse of a murder victim and have to hide it in order to avoid being accused of murder, then lose a gun in the process. Set in Los Angeles, with poolside parties making a prominent appearance. It's revealed near the end that one of the female victims they'd been investigating had her death ordered by one of her own parents. Chet is played by Jack Kilmer, son of Val Kilmer who was one of the leads in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
 The Nice Guys / int_27a42ebc
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_27a42ebc
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_27a42ebc
 The Nice Guys / int_27ab0123
type
Offing the Offspring
 The Nice Guys / int_27ab0123
comment
It's revealed near the end that one of the female victims they'd been investigating had her death ordered by one of her own parents.
 The Nice Guys / int_27ab0123
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_27ab0123
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_27ab0123
 The Nice Guys / int_2a44899
type
Plot Armor
 The Nice Guys / int_2a44899
comment
Plot Armor: Lampshaded. March manages so many close escapes and survives so many calamities that, toward the end of the film, he exclaims, "I don't think I can die!"
 The Nice Guys / int_2a44899
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_2a44899
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_2a44899
 The Nice Guys / int_2b706ca
type
More Dakka
 The Nice Guys / int_2b706ca
comment
More Dakka: John Boy fires so many rounds at March's house that the bullets chop down a palm tree.
 The Nice Guys / int_2b706ca
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_2b706ca
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_2b706ca
 The Nice Guys / int_2dc0d2bf
type
Hidden Depths
 The Nice Guys / int_2dc0d2bf
comment
Hidden Depths: Healy can give advice to his soon-to-be-victims on how to inform their doctors of their injuries, knows different types of broken bones, and reads a word-of-the-day calendar. In addition, he has to wear eyeglasses for fading eyesight and cares about his fish. When Holly offers him a Yoohoo early on, he gets an almost child-like excitement about it, and then goes on to buy a whole case for his office. March, despite being a sniveling wimp, is a competent private investigator (when he's sober, which is rare). Almost highly competent. He also, despite intense cowardice, is very good in a fight. He's also a better shot than Healy.
 The Nice Guys / int_2dc0d2bf
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_2dc0d2bf
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_2dc0d2bf
 The Nice Guys / int_2f94135c
type
Thou Shalt Not Kill
 The Nice Guys / int_2f94135c
comment
Thou Shalt Not Kill: Holly believes in this wholeheartedly. She tries to help Blue Face after he gets run over, despite him having done nothing but try to kill her and Amelia, and when Blue Face does get killed, by Healy, she inadvertently guilt-trips him. Later, she gets the drop on John Boy and has him dead to rights with a revolver, but is unable to pull the trigger. She also talks Healy out of killing John Boy by threatening never to speak to him again. She seems to have a lot less scruples when it comes to broken bones, though.
 The Nice Guys / int_2f94135c
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_2f94135c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_2f94135c
 The Nice Guys / int_3036294e
type
Scary Black Man
 The Nice Guys / int_3036294e
comment
Scary Black Man: Keith David as one of the enforcers. Judith's assistant Tally is a female type.
 The Nice Guys / int_3036294e
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_3036294e
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_3036294e
 The Nice Guys / int_30adeff3
type
Defective Detective
 The Nice Guys / int_30adeff3
comment
Defective Detective: March is a pretty clever investigator, but he's hampered by his alcoholism and self-loathing.
 The Nice Guys / int_30adeff3
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_30adeff3
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_30adeff3
 The Nice Guys / int_30de7a51
type
Chivalrous Pervert
 The Nice Guys / int_30de7a51
comment
Chivalrous Pervert: The young boy in the opening scene steals a porn magazine from his father to get a look at the centerfold picture of Misty Mountains. When the real Misty appears topless in his yard after crashing her car, he covers her with his pajama top after hearing the approaching sirens.
 The Nice Guys / int_30de7a51
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_30de7a51
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_30de7a51
 The Nice Guys / int_32976084
type
Destination Defenestration
 The Nice Guys / int_32976084
comment
Destination Defenestration: Happens a few times, notably when John Boy throws one of his victims out a hotel window, Jessica when John Boy confronts her and Holly at March's house (non-fatally), and when the film is rolled out the window by Holly during the Auto Show.
 The Nice Guys / int_32976084
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_32976084
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_32976084
 The Nice Guys / int_33987735
type
Disposing of a Body
 The Nice Guys / int_33987735
comment
Disposing of a Body / Wedding Smashers: By dumping it into a wedding reception.
 The Nice Guys / int_33987735
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_33987735
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_33987735
 The Nice Guys / int_34dcfc96
type
Kick the Dog
 The Nice Guys / int_34dcfc96
comment
Kick the Dog: Blue Face, after Healy refuses to talk and, following a misunderstanding, has a bag of blue dye explode in his face. Blue Face throws a tantrum and kills Healy's fish in response. Deconstructed, however, as Healy coldly informs him exactly why this was a big mistake: While Healy and March are engaged in a gunfight with John Boy in her defense, Amelia says "Tell Healy thanks for nothing!" before running away, making it less of a tragedy when she's almost immediately shot dead.
 The Nice Guys / int_34dcfc96
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_34dcfc96
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_34dcfc96
 The Nice Guys / int_355007c3
type
Brilliant, but Lazy
 The Nice Guys / int_355007c3
comment
Brilliant, but Lazy: March is actually a rather clever detective when he puts his mind to it. It's just he's so jaded he'd rather drag his feet when handling cases to maximize the amount of his payload for handling cases.
 The Nice Guys / int_355007c3
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_355007c3
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_355007c3
 The Nice Guys / int_36ec2454
type
Rule of Pool
 The Nice Guys / int_36ec2454
comment
Rule of Pool: Many people are pushed into the pool while posing as a Mobstacle Course to March at the mansion party and there's even a classic fall from the roof into a pool.
 The Nice Guys / int_36ec2454
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_36ec2454
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_36ec2454
 The Nice Guys / int_370fcc49
type
Meaningful Appearance
 The Nice Guys / int_370fcc49
comment
Meaningful Appearance: Judith wears white, as she's a government officer supposed to advocate for justice and purity.
 The Nice Guys / int_370fcc49
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_370fcc49
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_370fcc49
 The Nice Guys / int_3856d429
type
Shear Menace
 The Nice Guys / int_3856d429
comment
Shear Menace: Tally throws a pair of scissors at Holly but the latter dodges the attack.
 The Nice Guys / int_3856d429
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_3856d429
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_3856d429
 The Nice Guys / int_392372f9
type
Actor Allusion
 The Nice Guys / int_392372f9
comment
Actor Allusion: Margaret Qualley spends most of the film in a yellow dress somewhat similar to the one she wore in her Kenzo World ad. Both the film and the promotion end up putting emphasis on her legs, much like the ad. March wears a white leather jacket in several scenes, much like Ryan Gosling's character in Drive (2011).
 The Nice Guys / int_392372f9
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_392372f9
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_392372f9
 The Nice Guys / int_3ed23024
type
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
 The Nice Guys / int_3ed23024
comment
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: March wraps his hand in cloth to punch through a window. This doesn't keep the glass from cutting his wrist open immediately and sending him to the hospital. note He doesn't even wrap his entire hand (though doing so still wouldn't serve much use against glass in real life). Holly attempts to distract Tally by throwing a pot of coffee in her face. A pot of coffee she found on a tray outside and had gotten cold. When March is in pursuit of Blue Face, he loses control of his stolen car and crashes it into a tree trunk due to his drunken state.
 The Nice Guys / int_3ed23024
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_3ed23024
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_3ed23024
 The Nice Guys / int_3f0b2f50
type
Make It Look Like an Accident
 The Nice Guys / int_3f0b2f50
comment
Make It Look Like an Accident: The deaths of Dean and Misty were made to look like accidents. But as they become more pressed for time after that, the bad guys stop being subtle.
 The Nice Guys / int_3f0b2f50
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_3f0b2f50
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_3f0b2f50
 The Nice Guys / int_40cbee83
type
Wretched Hive
 The Nice Guys / int_40cbee83
comment
Wretched Hive: Shane Black had originally written the movie in the present, but 1970s Los Angeles was a massive one of those and this made for a more interesting setting.
 The Nice Guys / int_40cbee83
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_40cbee83
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_40cbee83
 The Nice Guys / int_4160410d
type
Damsel in Distress
 The Nice Guys / int_4160410d
comment
They're chasing a not-so-innocent Damsel in Distress, which is complicated by a case of mistaken identity.
 The Nice Guys / int_4160410d
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_4160410d
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_4160410d
 The Nice Guys / int_4192763e
type
Malaproper
 The Nice Guys / int_4192763e
comment
Malaproper: Holly keeps mixing words, often leading to accidental Double Entendres. March keeps correcting her non-stop in angry manner, but in the same time he has few instances of confusing and mispronouncing things himself. According to March, a guy without his balls is a "munich" (as compared to a "eunuch").
 The Nice Guys / int_4192763e
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_4192763e
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_4192763e
 The Nice Guys / int_43a46119
type
Surrounded by Idiots
 The Nice Guys / int_43a46119
comment
Surrounded by Idiots: Older Guy's reaction to Blue Face antagonizing Healy it to just eye-roll and then groan when his antics continue.
 The Nice Guys / int_43a46119
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_43a46119
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_43a46119
 The Nice Guys / int_45cd286c
type
Corrupt Politician
 The Nice Guys / int_45cd286c
comment
Amelia is killed and the catalytic collusion conspiracy is dropped despite exposure due to a lack of evidence. However, Judith and her cronies are arrested and March and Healy work together as closer partners.
 The Nice Guys / int_45cd286c
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_45cd286c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_45cd286c
 The Nice Guys / int_461defa0
type
Two-Faced
 The Nice Guys / int_461defa0
comment
Two-Faced: Blue Face gets his nickname after he, against Healy's warnings, opens a bag that splatters permanent security ink on the right side of his face. When he's dying, the right side of his face is now smeared with his own blood.
 The Nice Guys / int_461defa0
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_461defa0
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_461defa0
 The Nice Guys / int_46e53efd
type
Screams Like a Little Girl
 The Nice Guys / int_46e53efd
comment
Screams Like a Little Girl: March, almost to the point of Running Gag. Although it's understandable the first time, after having his arm snapped.
 The Nice Guys / int_46e53efd
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_46e53efd
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_46e53efd
 The Nice Guys / int_46ec76fb
type
Working the Same Case
 The Nice Guys / int_46ec76fb
comment
Working the Same Case: Misty Mountain's death and the disappearance of Amelia are related.
 The Nice Guys / int_46ec76fb
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_46ec76fb
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_46ec76fb
 The Nice Guys / int_4781adbb
type
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 The Nice Guys / int_4781adbb
comment
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Both Healy and March. Healy is a violent thug and March is a drunken oaf, but both of them at least try to do the right thing.
 The Nice Guys / int_4781adbb
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_4781adbb
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_4781adbb
 The Nice Guys / int_479d4e5a
type
Would Hurt a Child
 The Nice Guys / int_479d4e5a
comment
Would Hurt a Child: Healy would if you're willing to pay, but John Boy will do it if they're even in the building while he's there.
 The Nice Guys / int_479d4e5a
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_479d4e5a
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_479d4e5a
 The Nice Guys / int_47b21ca6
type
Stress Vomit
 The Nice Guys / int_47b21ca6
comment
Stress Vomit: Happens to both March and Healy after discovering Sid Shattuck's corpse.
 The Nice Guys / int_47b21ca6
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_47b21ca6
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_47b21ca6
 The Nice Guys / int_47d35854
type
Intergenerational Friendship
 The Nice Guys / int_47d35854
comment
Intergenerational Friendship: Healy and Holly bond rather quickly once he starts working with March.
 The Nice Guys / int_47d35854
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_47d35854
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_47d35854
 The Nice Guys / int_4ce37dd1
type
Snipe Hunt
 The Nice Guys / int_4ce37dd1
comment
Snipe Hunt: Tally sends March and Healy on a false Ransom Drop mission with fake money in order to get them out of the way.
 The Nice Guys / int_4ce37dd1
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_4ce37dd1
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_4ce37dd1
 The Nice Guys / int_4d3827ef
type
Not Quite Saved Enough
 The Nice Guys / int_4d3827ef
comment
Not Quite Saved Enough: After escaping or being saved from death multiple times throughout the movie, Amelia is unceremoniously killed by John Boy.
 The Nice Guys / int_4d3827ef
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_4d3827ef
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_4d3827ef
 The Nice Guys / int_4de1a4f7
type
Improvised Weapon
 The Nice Guys / int_4de1a4f7
comment
Improvised Weapon: In a flashback, Healy uses a shotgun to jackhammer a robber (who owned the aforementioned shotgun) into submission.
 The Nice Guys / int_4de1a4f7
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_4de1a4f7
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_4de1a4f7
 The Nice Guys / int_4e0fae42
type
Photo Identification Denial
 The Nice Guys / int_4e0fae42
comment
Photo Identification Denial: Jackson and Holland show Amelia's picture to a bartender, who denies ever seeing her. Both Jackson and Holland can see that he's lying, and after getting his head bashed against the bar he admits that he's seen her. Interestingly, he's not a bad person. Despite getting roughed up, after he tells them how to find people who know Amelia where is, he specifically warns them that they're dangerous and not to be taken lightly.
 The Nice Guys / int_4e0fae42
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_4e0fae42
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_4e0fae42
 The Nice Guys / int_502b147b
type
Playing Drunk
 The Nice Guys / int_502b147b
comment
Playing Drunk: March, during the Rooftop Confrontation at the finale. He's so convincing his own daughter buys it.
 The Nice Guys / int_502b147b
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_502b147b
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_502b147b
 The Nice Guys / int_53f5119f
type
The Dragon
 The Nice Guys / int_53f5119f
comment
The Dragon: John Boy, the villain's most prominent and lethal henchman.
 The Nice Guys / int_53f5119f
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_53f5119f
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_53f5119f
 The Nice Guys / int_5473668f
type
Logo Joke
 The Nice Guys / int_5473668f
comment
Logo Joke: Because the film is set in 1977, instead of the current Warner Bros. "WB" logo it opens with Warners' logo sequence of the era, the Saul Bass three-bar W that transitions into the Warner Communications logo.
 The Nice Guys / int_5473668f
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_5473668f
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_5473668f
 The Nice Guys / int_548bd053
type
Guns Akimbo
 The Nice Guys / int_548bd053
comment
Guns Akimbo: John Boy at one point dual-wields a submachine gun and a pistol.
 The Nice Guys / int_548bd053
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_548bd053
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_548bd053
 The Nice Guys / int_54d5074
type
Speaking Simlish
 The Nice Guys / int_54d5074
comment
Speaking Simlish: The German-sounding nonsense that March speaks at the courthouse lobby towards the end.
 The Nice Guys / int_54d5074
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_54d5074
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_54d5074
 The Nice Guys / int_562abd51
type
Let's Get Dangerous!
 The Nice Guys / int_562abd51
comment
Let's Get Dangerous!: Holland and Healy are initially terrified by John Boy, but when the latter is forced to fight him, he turns serious and manages to defeat him.
 The Nice Guys / int_562abd51
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_562abd51
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_562abd51
 The Nice Guys / int_56401e68
type
Teaser-Only Character
 The Nice Guys / int_56401e68
comment
Teaser-Only Character: Misty Mountains. She is a Posthumous Character in a way, even if her character is minor.
 The Nice Guys / int_56401e68
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_56401e68
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_56401e68
 The Nice Guys / int_583ec33e
type
Snark-to-Snark Combat
 The Nice Guys / int_583ec33e
comment
Snark-to-Snark Combat: This is Shane Black, so of course.
 The Nice Guys / int_583ec33e
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_583ec33e
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_583ec33e
 The Nice Guys / int_5924454b
type
Cerebus Call-Back
 The Nice Guys / int_5924454b
comment
Cerebus Call-Back: March's antics earlier in the film, once you realize the severity of his drinking problem. The scene where Chet takes them to what's left of Dean's house for apparently no reason other than the drama, and Holland spends the entire time chewing him out for it, is a lot less funny when you know how his wife died. No wonder he gets pissy. Similarly, Holland gets quietly offended when Healy snarks at his being unable to smell, and it's Played for Laughs. This is before we find out that he blames himself for the fire that killed his wife because he couldn't smell the leak.
 The Nice Guys / int_5924454b
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_5924454b
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_5924454b
 The Nice Guys / int_5a22609e
type
Creator Thumbprint
 The Nice Guys / int_5a22609e
comment
Creator Thumbprint: One of the final scenes is set in a bar with Christmas decorations. Shane Black movies tend to be set during the holidays.
 The Nice Guys / int_5a22609e
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_5a22609e
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_5a22609e
 The Nice Guys / int_5b565147
type
Meaningful Background Event
 The Nice Guys / int_5b565147
comment
Meaningful Background Event: As a kid sees a dirty mag in his corridor, in the background a car is running down the cliff. The very next scene has the vehicle running through the house.
 The Nice Guys / int_5b565147
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_5b565147
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_5b565147
 The Nice Guys / int_5bdcc85a
type
Disney Villain Death
 The Nice Guys / int_5bdcc85a
comment
Disney Villain Death: Keith David's character misses the pool that saves March by a few feet. After getting shot multiple times.
 The Nice Guys / int_5bdcc85a
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_5bdcc85a
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_5bdcc85a
 The Nice Guys / int_5f930b19
type
Named After Somebody Famous
 The Nice Guys / int_5f930b19
comment
Named After Somebody Famous: The hitman "John Boy", which as later discussed is taken from The Waltons.
 The Nice Guys / int_5f930b19
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_5f930b19
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_5f930b19
 The Nice Guys / int_610957b3
type
Iron Butt-Monkey
 The Nice Guys / int_610957b3
comment
Iron Butt-Monkey: March. Throughout the movie, he endures and survives nearly bleeding to death from broken glass slashing his wrist, his arm getting broken, multiple gunfights, two car wrecks, and falling out of a building. Twice. At one point, he even theorizes that he must be immortal.
 The Nice Guys / int_610957b3
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_610957b3
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_610957b3
 The Nice Guys / int_61356a74
type
Almost Dead Guy
 The Nice Guys / int_61356a74
comment
The novelization confirms that he succumbs to his injuries after telling Healy where the film is.
 The Nice Guys / int_61356a74
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_61356a74
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_61356a74
 The Nice Guys / int_615fdb1f
type
Dream Sequence
 The Nice Guys / int_615fdb1f
comment
Dream Sequence: March dreams he is in a self-driving car with a giant talking bee in the backseat. He also dreams that Healy told him about a gun he keeps at his ankle.
 The Nice Guys / int_615fdb1f
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_615fdb1f
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_615fdb1f
 The Nice Guys / int_643659d4
type
Spit Take
 The Nice Guys / int_643659d4
comment
Spit Take: When Healy's wife tells him she's been having sex with his father in a flashback.
 The Nice Guys / int_643659d4
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_643659d4
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_643659d4
 The Nice Guys / int_64dd304c
type
Pre-emptive Declaration
 The Nice Guys / int_64dd304c
comment
Pre-emptive Declaration: This exchange with the barman at the Airport Western Hotel:
 The Nice Guys / int_64dd304c
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_64dd304c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_64dd304c
 The Nice Guys / int_657f77e4
type
Caught with Your Pants Down
 The Nice Guys / int_657f77e4
comment
Caught with Your Pants Down: A non-masturbatory example, where Healy goes after March in the bathroom stall. Leading to an extended Cringe Comedy sequence of him trying to cover himself.
 The Nice Guys / int_657f77e4
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_657f77e4
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_657f77e4
 The Nice Guys / int_65acf9db
type
He Knows Too Much
 The Nice Guys / int_65acf9db
comment
He Knows Too Much: The reason why anybody connected to the movie How do you like my car, big boy? is being systematically and brutally murdered.
 The Nice Guys / int_65acf9db
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_65acf9db
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_65acf9db
 The Nice Guys / int_67101c52
type
Rooftop Confrontation
 The Nice Guys / int_67101c52
comment
Rooftop Confrontation: Between March and Keith David's character at the climax.
 The Nice Guys / int_67101c52
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_67101c52
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_67101c52
 The Nice Guys / int_6a47a1e2
type
Knight of Cerebus
 The Nice Guys / int_6a47a1e2
comment
Knight of Cerebus: When Healy and March prove to be too much for Older Guy and Blueface, they decide to call John Boy, who poses a much bigger threat than both of them combined. The body count drastically goes up once he arrives on the scene, various important characters included. The comedic elements also get far less common and switch their colour.
 The Nice Guys / int_6a47a1e2
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_6a47a1e2
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_6a47a1e2
 The Nice Guys / int_6af8ebb5
type
Death by Falling Over
 The Nice Guys / int_6af8ebb5
comment
Death by Falling Over: A non-lethal version with Tally slipping on the spilled coffee, falling and getting knocked out due to her head hitting the ground.
 The Nice Guys / int_6af8ebb5
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_6af8ebb5
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_6af8ebb5
 The Nice Guys / int_6b05b601
type
Jerkass Has a Point
 The Nice Guys / int_6b05b601
comment
Jerkass Has a Point: Amelia's "Tell Healy thanks for nothing" comment is fairly rude and harsh. Still, he did leave her unguarded due to trusting someone Amelia warned him was untrustworthy.
 The Nice Guys / int_6b05b601
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_6b05b601
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_6b05b601
 The Nice Guys / int_725583e8
type
Good Feels Good
 The Nice Guys / int_725583e8
comment
Good Feels Good: Both Healy and March are cynical bastards, but can't help helping people out. Healy had a moment in the recent past where he stopped a robbery at a diner and despite the bullet wound and the $500 bill (over $2,500 in 2020s money), he calls it "the best day of [his] life."
 The Nice Guys / int_725583e8
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_725583e8
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_725583e8
 The Nice Guys / int_7570a10c
type
Bond Villain Stupidity
 The Nice Guys / int_7570a10c
comment
Bond Villain Stupidity: John Boy, who at this point has shown himself to be a cold blooded killer with no scruples (he cheerfully kills Amelia, threatens to kill Holly (a young teenager), and throws Holly's friend (another young teenager) through a window. Yet, for whatever reason, he does not kill Chet after getting what he needs from him, he just leaves him beat up but alive in a dumpster. This allows Healy to learn where the porn film the villains are trying to find is.
 The Nice Guys / int_7570a10c
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_7570a10c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_7570a10c
 The Nice Guys / int_75979171
type
The Cuckoolander Was Right
 The Nice Guys / int_75979171
comment
The Cuckoolander Was Right: Played straight and averted with Amelia. She's right about the Detroit cover-up scheme and her mother's involvement in it, but she is Right for the Wrong Reasons.
 The Nice Guys / int_75979171
featureApplicability
-1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_75979171
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_75979171
 The Nice Guys / int_762b9223
type
Played for Laughs
 The Nice Guys / int_762b9223
comment
Similarly, Holland gets quietly offended when Healy snarks at his being unable to smell, and it's Played for Laughs. This is before we find out that he blames himself for the fire that killed his wife because he couldn't smell the leak.
 The Nice Guys / int_762b9223
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_762b9223
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_762b9223
 The Nice Guys / int_77ed6b7d
type
Troubling Unchildlike Behavior
 The Nice Guys / int_77ed6b7d
comment
Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Holly, E.g. when she is holding John Boy at gunpoint without batting an eye, and when she asks Healy to beat up a friend of hers.
 The Nice Guys / int_77ed6b7d
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_77ed6b7d
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_77ed6b7d
 The Nice Guys / int_79503ae9
type
Stout Strength
 The Nice Guys / int_79503ae9
comment
Stout Strength: Healy is on the stockier side, but is very strong and hits like a truck. (Especially when using his brass knuckles.)
 The Nice Guys / int_79503ae9
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_79503ae9
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_79503ae9
 The Nice Guys / int_79a60aec
type
For Want of a Nail
 The Nice Guys / int_79a60aec
comment
For Want Of A Nail: Convoluted as it was, Amelia's original plan would've gone off without a hitch if Misty hadn't bragged about her latest movie while visiting Detroit.
 The Nice Guys / int_79a60aec
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_79a60aec
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_79a60aec
 The Nice Guys / int_79ba6777
type
Pocket Protector
 The Nice Guys / int_79ba6777
comment
Pocket Protector: The film case saves March from one of John Boy's bullets.
 The Nice Guys / int_79ba6777
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_79ba6777
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_79ba6777
 The Nice Guys / int_7cca3964
type
Matchlight Danger Revelation
 The Nice Guys / int_7cca3964
comment
Matchlight Danger Revelation: When March lights his cigarette while leaning on a tree trunk, the light reveals Sid Shattuck's corpse next to him.
 The Nice Guys / int_7cca3964
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_7cca3964
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_7cca3964
 The Nice Guys / int_7d163c9c
type
Dating Catwoman
 The Nice Guys / int_7d163c9c
comment
Dating Catwoman: Parodied. Holland is clearly interested in Judith's assistant Tally, who uses it to manipulate him. And he keeps doing it even after she reveals she's a bad guy, and has murdered three people, and is pointing a gun at him, and threatened his daughter.
 The Nice Guys / int_7d163c9c
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_7d163c9c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_7d163c9c
 The Nice Guys / int_7d53bc0b
type
Hollywood Silencer
 The Nice Guys / int_7d53bc0b
comment
Hollywood Silencer: Several "fwips" from a silenced pistol are heard when John Boy shoots the businessman at the hotel and throws him out a window.
 The Nice Guys / int_7d53bc0b
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_7d53bc0b
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_7d53bc0b
 The Nice Guys / int_7e577db
type
Slashed Throat
 The Nice Guys / int_7e577db
comment
Slashed Throat: Happens to one of John Boy's victims at the hotel.
 The Nice Guys / int_7e577db
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_7e577db
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_7e577db
 The Nice Guys / int_7eebe99c
type
The Alcoholic
 The Nice Guys / int_7eebe99c
comment
The Alcoholic: March's house is littered with alcohol bottles and he carries a flask around. Various characters remark on how often and early he gets drunk. In his introductory narration, he says after his wife died he "reached for anything that came in a bottle and cost a buck-fifty." It's a big character moment when he's offered free drinks during a high-stakes mission and turns out to only be fake drunk. Healy is implied to be a former alcoholic, and refuses drinks throughout the movie. In the end, March notes that he's "drinking again," suggesting that he had officially stopped prior.
 The Nice Guys / int_7eebe99c
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_7eebe99c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_7eebe99c
 The Nice Guys / int_7f1be21
type
Functional Addict
 The Nice Guys / int_7f1be21
comment
Functional Addict: Downplayed. While March can be quite a competent detective despite his alcoholism, he needs his 14 year-old daughter to drive him around because of how often he drinks.
 The Nice Guys / int_7f1be21
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_7f1be21
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_7f1be21
 The Nice Guys / int_8071d6ed
type
Alcoholic Parent
 The Nice Guys / int_8071d6ed
comment
Alcoholic Parent: March drinks on the job and gets day drunk to the point of needing his underage daughter to drive him around.
 The Nice Guys / int_8071d6ed
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_8071d6ed
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_8071d6ed
 The Nice Guys / int_816560ca
type
Crash in Through the Ceiling
 The Nice Guys / int_816560ca
comment
During the climax, March lands on a car after a Crash in Through the Ceiling.
 The Nice Guys / int_816560ca
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_816560ca
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_816560ca
 The Nice Guys / int_8411ab92
type
Red Oni, Blue Oni
 The Nice Guys / int_8411ab92
comment
Red Oni, Blue Oni: March and Healy respectively. March tends to be quicker at jumping to conclusions and easier to be angered in dealing with things, he speaks louder and gets quite easily agitated. While Healy can be more professional and methodical when dealing with things regardless of the violence he commits during the task as an enforcer, he speaks softly and calmly. It is matched by the color of their shirts respectively.
 The Nice Guys / int_8411ab92
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_8411ab92
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_8411ab92
 The Nice Guys / int_85f0f0fb
type
World of Snark
 The Nice Guys / int_85f0f0fb
comment
World of Snark: It's a Shane Black script, so of course just about half the dialogue is cruel zingers.
 The Nice Guys / int_85f0f0fb
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_85f0f0fb
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_85f0f0fb
 The Nice Guys / int_863fa679
type
What Happened to the Mouse?
 The Nice Guys / int_863fa679
comment
What Happened to the Mouse?: The last we see of Chet is him lying injured in a trash bin and relaying information. He is no longer heard from during the ensuing gunfight. The novelization confirms that he succumbs to his injuries after telling Healy where the film is.
 The Nice Guys / int_863fa679
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_863fa679
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_863fa679
 The Nice Guys / int_88cee6e2
type
Abhorrent Admirer
 The Nice Guys / int_88cee6e2
comment
Abhorrent Admirer: March develops a crush on Tally. Which he continues even after he finds out that they are on opposing sides, much to Tally's annoyance.
 The Nice Guys / int_88cee6e2
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_88cee6e2
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_88cee6e2
 The Nice Guys / int_8be2ef8d
type
Grammar Correction Gag
 The Nice Guys / int_8be2ef8d
comment
Grammar Correction Gag: A Running Gag of March and his daughter correcting people's use of "and stuff" at times when it's really not appropriate to do so.
 The Nice Guys / int_8be2ef8d
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_8be2ef8d
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_8be2ef8d
 The Nice Guys / int_8ce55ec6
type
Ransom Drop
 The Nice Guys / int_8ce55ec6
comment
Ransom Drop: Exploited. Tally tasks March and Healy with delivering money for a ransom exchange. Unknown to March and Healy, the money is fake and the mission is a trap set up by Tally.
 The Nice Guys / int_8ce55ec6
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_8ce55ec6
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_8ce55ec6
 The Nice Guys / int_8d0785d5
type
Didn't Think This Through
 The Nice Guys / int_8d0785d5
comment
Didn't Think This Through: Several of the protesters are wearing gas masks while pretending to be dead, leading Healy to ask why the masks didn't help them against the smog. None of them have an answer.
 The Nice Guys / int_8d0785d5
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_8d0785d5
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_8d0785d5
 The Nice Guys / int_8d5fc8c7
type
Recoiled Across the Room
 The Nice Guys / int_8d5fc8c7
comment
Recoiled Across the Room: When Healy and March are trying to escape the hotel after seeing John Boy's handiwork, Amelia shows up on the hood of the car and shoots a gun in their direction. The recoil blows her off the car.
 The Nice Guys / int_8d5fc8c7
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_8d5fc8c7
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_8d5fc8c7
 The Nice Guys / int_8e20b0f7
type
Private Detective
 The Nice Guys / int_8e20b0f7
comment
Private Detective: March is a licensed private detective. He even mentions how the introduction of no-fault divorces in California had a devastating effect on his line of work. Healy becomes one following his thug for hire beginnings.
 The Nice Guys / int_8e20b0f7
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_8e20b0f7
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_8e20b0f7
 The Nice Guys / int_8ed5c6e4
type
Asshole Victim
 The Nice Guys / int_8ed5c6e4
comment
Asshole Victim: Amelia turns out to be this. For most of the movie, you feel sympathetic for her, but the first time March and Healy have a proper conversation with her, she turns out to be bratty, entitled, rude, and insufferable (not to mention coming across as a loon as Healy puts it), even if her goal is ultimately good. She also abandons Holly with a snarky dismissal of Healy and March when the hitman shows up. She might not have deserved to be murdered, but she's not very likable either.
 The Nice Guys / int_8ed5c6e4
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_8ed5c6e4
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_8ed5c6e4
 The Nice Guys / int_90b66e22
type
Femme Fatale
 The Nice Guys / int_90b66e22
comment
Femme Fatale: Judith is so blatantly playing the boys - down to the stereotypical Crocodile Tears and soulful, heartstring-tugging but clearly artificial facial expressions - anyone even vaguely familiar with Film Noir cliches might peg her as the bad guy. She even pulls up in the back seat of a black car and talks to the boys through a cracked window, exactly like you'd expect a crime boss to. The movie doesn't even bother to pretend for long.
 The Nice Guys / int_90b66e22
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_90b66e22
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_90b66e22
 The Nice Guys / int_91672d3e
type
Children Are Innocent
 The Nice Guys / int_91672d3e
comment
Children Are Innocent: The film's defiance of this trope is almost a running theme; the opening scene features a young boy stealing a porno mag featuring Misty Mountains from under his parents' bed. The kid on the bike, from whom March and Healy buy information about a burned-out house, also offers to show off his penis. And Holly isn't exactly naive when it comes to issues like sex and drugs. Healy laments what he sees as a decline in general morality, but even he admits he was a "little bastard" at that age. He still makes it part of his job to prevent kids from being taken advantage of.
 The Nice Guys / int_91672d3e
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_91672d3e
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_91672d3e
 The Nice Guys / int_950329d8
type
Dynamic Entry
 The Nice Guys / int_950329d8
comment
Dynamic Entry: Just as Healy and March discuss whether Amelia is dead, she lands on top of their car, runs to the front and shoots the windshield before fainting.
 The Nice Guys / int_950329d8
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_950329d8
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_950329d8
 The Nice Guys / int_970c790a
type
Big Bad
 The Nice Guys / int_970c790a
comment
Big Bad: Judith.
 The Nice Guys / int_970c790a
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_970c790a
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_970c790a
 The Nice Guys / int_973d220f
type
Never My Fault
 The Nice Guys / int_973d220f
comment
Never My Fault: Judith refuses to accept responsibility for her actions, including her role in her daughter's death, claiming that Amelia was killed by Detroit, and that she tried to save her. March points out the ridiculousness of blaming everyone in Detroit for this. Additionally, Judith was the one who sent the John Boy to kill Amelia.
 The Nice Guys / int_973d220f
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_973d220f
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_973d220f
 The Nice Guys / int_985e118a
type
Odd Couple
 The Nice Guys / int_985e118a
comment
The protagonists are an Odd Couple working as private detectives. One is an aloof badass, while the other is a screw-up who is constantly getting injured.
 The Nice Guys / int_985e118a
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_985e118a
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_985e118a
 The Nice Guys / int_9a2aee13
type
Heroic Bystander
 The Nice Guys / int_9a2aee13
comment
Heroic Bystander: Healy's proudest moment in life was stopping a robbery.
 The Nice Guys / int_9a2aee13
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_9a2aee13
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_9a2aee13
 The Nice Guys / int_9b6e33f3
type
Death by Cameo
 The Nice Guys / int_9b6e33f3
comment
Death by Cameo: Sid Shattuck's corpse has been said to be Robert Downey Jr. (one supposed crew member said the body is a puppet, not a living person).
 The Nice Guys / int_9b6e33f3
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_9b6e33f3
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_9b6e33f3
 The Nice Guys / int_9bca83eb
type
Death by Irony
 The Nice Guys / int_9bca83eb
comment
Death by Irony: Amelia runs away from the assassin John Boy with a snarky remark about Healy's (lack of) help, and by coincidence, she ends up running straight into John Boy, who can't believe his luck, but isn't about to pass up the opportunity. For bonus points, John Boy was only leaving because Holland and Healy held him off long enough for the cops to start coming. If she had stayed put, she would've been safe.
 The Nice Guys / int_9bca83eb
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_9bca83eb
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_9bca83eb
 The Nice Guys / int_9d12bbc1
type
Foreshadowing
 The Nice Guys / int_9d12bbc1
comment
Foreshadowing: In classic Shane Black fashion, the climax is foreshadowed by a TV broadcast early on. After losing the fight at Shattuck's place, Older Guy says he'll go back to Michigan. This connects him to Detroit.
 The Nice Guys / int_9d12bbc1
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_9d12bbc1
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_9d12bbc1
 The Nice Guys / int_9d17b859
type
Made of Iron
 The Nice Guys / int_9d17b859
comment
Made of Iron: In Healy's flashback, he gets shot in the arm with a shotgun at point-blank range, and not only still has an arm, but beats his assailant to death with said shotgun.
 The Nice Guys / int_9d17b859
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_9d17b859
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_9d17b859
 The Nice Guys / int_9e943076
type
One-Man Army
 The Nice Guys / int_9e943076
comment
One-Man Army: John Boy fights his way through security in the climax, along with both Healy and March. He only loses in his fight against Healy due to some lucky strikes from the latter that catch him off guard.
 The Nice Guys / int_9e943076
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_9e943076
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_9e943076
 The Nice Guys / int_9fbe06a5
type
Badass in a Nice Suit
 The Nice Guys / int_9fbe06a5
comment
Badass in a Nice Suit: John Boy.
 The Nice Guys / int_9fbe06a5
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_9fbe06a5
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_9fbe06a5
 The Nice Guys / int_a0db7803
type
It's Personal
 The Nice Guys / int_a0db7803
comment
It's Personal: Invoked by Healy after Blue Face starts insulting him and killing his pet fish.
 The Nice Guys / int_a0db7803
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_a0db7803
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_a0db7803
 The Nice Guys / int_a1a1491e
type
Homage
 The Nice Guys / int_a1a1491e
comment
Homage: Holland's reaction to a corpse is straight out of Abbott and Costello.
 The Nice Guys / int_a1a1491e
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_a1a1491e
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_a1a1491e
 The Nice Guys / int_a3cdf764
type
Drinking on Duty
 The Nice Guys / int_a3cdf764
comment
Drinking on Duty: March gets plastered while searching for Amelia at the mansion party.
 The Nice Guys / int_a3cdf764
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_a3cdf764
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_a3cdf764
 The Nice Guys / int_a4ad4fe5
type
I Know Karate
 The Nice Guys / int_a4ad4fe5
comment
I Know Karate: Healy has obviously some level of martial arts training. However, in a variation of the trope, his background is not informed by himself, but by a magazine in which he teaches self-defense techniques.
 The Nice Guys / int_a4ad4fe5
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_a4ad4fe5
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_a4ad4fe5
 The Nice Guys / int_a5d92fce
type
Celibate Hero
 The Nice Guys / int_a5d92fce
comment
Celibate Hero: While Healy was married in the past, he shows no interest in any of the many scantily dressed women he encounters throughout the case.
 The Nice Guys / int_a5d92fce
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_a5d92fce
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_a5d92fce
 The Nice Guys / int_a6c69bd
type
MacGuffin
 The Nice Guys / int_a6c69bd
comment
MacGuffin: Amelia's dirty movie.
 The Nice Guys / int_a6c69bd
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_a6c69bd
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_a6c69bd
 The Nice Guys / int_a8c7bf13
type
Sickbed Slaying
 The Nice Guys / int_a8c7bf13
comment
Sickbed Slaying: John Boy attempts this when posing as a doctor who would like to examine Amelia at March's place. Holly catches on to the act and holds him at gunpoint until March and Healy return.
 The Nice Guys / int_a8c7bf13
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_a8c7bf13
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_a8c7bf13
 The Nice Guys / int_a9de87d2
type
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
 The Nice Guys / int_a9de87d2
comment
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Holland. He may be a pathetic fuckup, but he's a lot smarter and braver than you might think.
 The Nice Guys / int_a9de87d2
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_a9de87d2
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_a9de87d2
 The Nice Guys / int_aa8f52c7
type
Porn with Plot
 The Nice Guys / int_aa8f52c7
comment
Porn with Plot: In-Universe. Amelia made an expose of her mother's criminal deeds because she believed there was no other way to get the message out. Her producer, Sid, insisted that there be porn in it as "the commercial element."
 The Nice Guys / int_aa8f52c7
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_aa8f52c7
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_aa8f52c7
 The Nice Guys / int_ab1659d5
type
Hero Stole My Bike
 The Nice Guys / int_ab1659d5
comment
When March is in pursuit of Blue Face, he loses control of his stolen car and crashes it into a tree trunk due to his drunken state.
 The Nice Guys / int_ab1659d5
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_ab1659d5
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_ab1659d5
 The Nice Guys / int_aba8065b
type
Fatal Flaw
 The Nice Guys / int_aba8065b
comment
Fatal Flaw: Amelia's tendency for impulsive acts and running away nearly makes her kill two of the three people alive in LA who want to protect her. And it eventually sends her running right to the door of the guy who kills her while she was blindly trying to escape that same guy.
 The Nice Guys / int_aba8065b
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_aba8065b
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_aba8065b
 The Nice Guys / int_ad1db87c
type
Oh, Crap!
 The Nice Guys / int_ad1db87c
comment
Oh, Crap!: Holly, when she realizes that the "doctor" that came to check on Amelia is really John Boy. Healy when he slams John Boy to the floor during their fight and realizes he pulled the pin off a grenade.
 The Nice Guys / int_ad1db87c
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_ad1db87c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_ad1db87c
 The Nice Guys / int_ad43ba7f
type
Non-Nude Bathing
 The Nice Guys / int_ad43ba7f
comment
Non-Nude Bathing: March is introduced sitting fully clothed in a filled bathtub.
 The Nice Guys / int_ad43ba7f
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_ad43ba7f
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_ad43ba7f
 The Nice Guys / int_ae3d6438
type
Deadpan Snarker
 The Nice Guys / int_ae3d6438
comment
Deadpan Snarker: Jackson Healy. To an extent, the bike kid too.
 The Nice Guys / int_ae3d6438
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_ae3d6438
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_ae3d6438
 The Nice Guys / int_aefd2a14
type
Pinky Swear
 The Nice Guys / int_aefd2a14
comment
Pinky Swear: Holly makes her father swear via a pinky swear that he'll retrieve the film from the baddies.
 The Nice Guys / int_aefd2a14
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_aefd2a14
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_aefd2a14
 The Nice Guys / int_af616e40
type
Accidental Misnaming
 The Nice Guys / int_af616e40
comment
Accidental Misnaming: March repeatedly confuses Holly's friend Jessica for another girl named Janet, who Holly dislikes. It shows how little he knows about his daughter's life.
 The Nice Guys / int_af616e40
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_af616e40
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_af616e40
 The Nice Guys / int_afcafc5d
type
Drop Dead Gorgeous
 The Nice Guys / int_afcafc5d
comment
Drop Dead Gorgeous: Misty's dying body covered in blood is naked and posed in the exact same way she did a porn shoot.
 The Nice Guys / int_afcafc5d
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_afcafc5d
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_afcafc5d
 The Nice Guys / int_b032e4ed
type
Ms. Fanservice
 The Nice Guys / int_b032e4ed
comment
Ms. Fanservice: We see a nude shot of porn star Misty Mountains and a topless scene of her in a film. Amelia spends most of the film running around in a yellow dress showing off her fabulous legs.
 The Nice Guys / int_b032e4ed
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_b032e4ed
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_b032e4ed
 The Nice Guys / int_b034d333
type
Film Noir
 The Nice Guys / int_b034d333
comment
Film Noir: Detectives fighting mob bosses and tangling with porn stars while hunting for a missing girl in mostly nighttime settings. So yeah, in spades.
 The Nice Guys / int_b034d333
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_b034d333
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_b034d333
 The Nice Guys / int_b4a6ae4c
type
Everyone Has Standards
 The Nice Guys / int_b4a6ae4c
comment
Everyone Has Standards: In the climax, Keith David's character chews Holland out for bringing his kid to a dangerous situation, getting drunk, and being a bad parent in general.
 The Nice Guys / int_b4a6ae4c
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_b4a6ae4c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_b4a6ae4c
 The Nice Guys / int_b4d1f1e1
type
Sense Loss Sadness
 The Nice Guys / int_b4d1f1e1
comment
Sense Loss Sadness: March has no sense of smell, which led to him burning his house down when he couldn't smell a gas leak.
 The Nice Guys / int_b4d1f1e1
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_b4d1f1e1
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_b4d1f1e1
 The Nice Guys / int_b58b4e3c
type
Too Dumb to Live
 The Nice Guys / int_b58b4e3c
comment
Too Dumb to Live: Amelia flees March's house during the shootout with John Boy, and minutes later flags down a passing car to ask for help. John Boy's car, to be specific. She takes a bullet to the heart for her trouble. To make it even worse, she hides from a passing police car, since she doesn't trust the authorities... only to run right into the actual threat's path. Even John Boy, who's usually the picture of professional cool, is rather amused by the turn of events.
 The Nice Guys / int_b58b4e3c
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_b58b4e3c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_b58b4e3c
 The Nice Guys / int_b76f6cb2
type
Little Stowaway
 The Nice Guys / int_b76f6cb2
comment
Little Stowaway: Holly gets to the party her father is investigating by hiding in his trunk.
 The Nice Guys / int_b76f6cb2
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_b76f6cb2
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_b76f6cb2
 The Nice Guys / int_b88eda46
type
Conspicuous Gloves
 The Nice Guys / int_b88eda46
comment
Conspicuous Gloves: John Boy never takes off his black gloves which adds to his creepiness.
 The Nice Guys / int_b88eda46
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_b88eda46
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_b88eda46
 The Nice Guys / int_bd79d896
type
Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot
 The Nice Guys / int_bd79d896
comment
Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot: March is initially investigating a claim from Misty's aunt that Misty faked her death. It turns into investigating a string of murders, that turn out to be tied to the Department of Justice colluding with the Detroit auto industry.
 The Nice Guys / int_bd79d896
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_bd79d896
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_bd79d896
 The Nice Guys / int_beb9a361
type
Anti-Hero
 The Nice Guys / int_beb9a361
comment
Anti-Hero: Healy and March are some of the most incompetent, sleaziest heroes to walk the face of the Earth, but they're both capable of genuine altruism and nowhere near as bad as the villains.
 The Nice Guys / int_beb9a361
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_beb9a361
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_beb9a361
 The Nice Guys / int_bf110089
type
Break Them by Talking
 The Nice Guys / int_bf110089
comment
Break Them by Talking: When Tally has the heroes at gunpoint, Healy tries to talk her out of it by appealing to her innocence. Then she reveals that she killed multiple times before which makes him realize there is no point in continuing with his ploy.
 The Nice Guys / int_bf110089
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_bf110089
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_bf110089
 The Nice Guys / int_c145f69b
type
Subverted Trope
 The Nice Guys / int_c145f69b
comment
March realizes that Amelia's note is pointing them to an apartment, not a flight. Subverted, as the apartment he thought the note was pointing them toward was demolished two years ago... and doubly subverted as Healy notes it is a hotel near the airport.
 The Nice Guys / int_c145f69b
featureApplicability
-0.3
 The Nice Guys / int_c145f69b
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_c145f69b
 The Nice Guys / int_c601fc37
type
Professional Killer
 The Nice Guys / int_c601fc37
comment
Professional Killer: John Boy. Older Guy and Blue Face too, but they are not the One-Man Army that John Boy is.
 The Nice Guys / int_c601fc37
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_c601fc37
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_c601fc37
 The Nice Guys / int_c660bc15
type
Fan Disservice
 The Nice Guys / int_c660bc15
comment
Fan Disservice: The gorgeous Misty Mountains, totally nude—and also cut-up, smeared with blood, and dazed, after a car wreck. A few seconds after a boy finds her, she dies.
 The Nice Guys / int_c660bc15
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_c660bc15
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_c660bc15
 The Nice Guys / int_c75df49a
type
Shout-Out
 The Nice Guys / int_c75df49a
comment
Shout-Out: The scene where March stumbles across the dead body and starts stuttering and gesturing towards it while trying to call out to Healy is a clear reference to Abbott and Costello. At one point an advertising billboard for Jaws 2 is shown. Amelia's yellow dress is somewhat similar to the one the actress wore in a viral Kenzo World ad, especially the part where it shows off her legs. Albeit with less dancing. March lives near The Comedy Store, and we see its billboard promoting stand-up comedians of the time, including a young Tim Allen. John Boy's name and appearance reference the character from The Waltons, which is mentioned several times in the film. The film style of Quentin Tarantino is given several nods, most notably in the drawn-out dialogues, the signature trunk scene and the shots of Amelia's bare feet.
 The Nice Guys / int_c75df49a
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_c75df49a
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_c75df49a
 The Nice Guys / int_c86b7046
type
It's Not Porn, It's Art
 The Nice Guys / int_c86b7046
comment
It's Not Porn, It's Art: Amelia insists on this about the movie she worked on.
 The Nice Guys / int_c86b7046
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_c86b7046
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_c86b7046
 The Nice Guys / int_c8b4278b
type
Straight Man and Wise Guy
 The Nice Guys / int_c8b4278b
comment
Straight Man and Wise Guy: Healy is the callous old veteran doing his job. March is the bumbling oaf running on luck and often throwing up or screaming.
 The Nice Guys / int_c8b4278b
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_c8b4278b
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_c8b4278b
 The Nice Guys / int_ca7ec334
type
Two Lines, No Waiting
 The Nice Guys / int_ca7ec334
comment
Two Lines, No Waiting: There's Amelia the missing girl, and a porn star showing up dead. Naturally, this will be up in the air as to their relevancy as is common in detective fiction.
 The Nice Guys / int_ca7ec334
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_ca7ec334
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_ca7ec334
 The Nice Guys / int_ca87e3ec
type
No Name Given
 The Nice Guys / int_ca87e3ec
comment
No Name Given: The two men who are looking for Amelia. One is named in the credits as Blue Face after he gets his face splattered with ink, presumably from a stolen bag of money that won't wash off, and the other is simply labeled Older Guy.
 The Nice Guys / int_ca87e3ec
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_ca87e3ec
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_ca87e3ec
 The Nice Guys / int_caf89e54
type
Taking You with Me
 The Nice Guys / int_caf89e54
comment
Taking You with Me: When March shoots Older Guy, the latter attempts to drag Holly with him as he falls off the balcony, prompting March to tackle Older Guy over the railing.
 The Nice Guys / int_caf89e54
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_caf89e54
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_caf89e54
 The Nice Guys / int_ccfb490
type
Weapon Stomp
 The Nice Guys / int_ccfb490
comment
Weapon Stomp: During their initial confrontation, Healy kicks March's gun away when the latter tries to reach it by crawling across the floor.
 The Nice Guys / int_ccfb490
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_ccfb490
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_ccfb490
 The Nice Guys / int_cdd676a3
type
Hyper-Competent Sidekick
 The Nice Guys / int_cdd676a3
comment
Hypercompetent Sidekick: Holly is brave, resourceful, responsible, intelligent, and quick on her feet in dangerous situations. If it weren't for her age and inexperience, she'd be better than both Healy and March combined.
 The Nice Guys / int_cdd676a3
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_cdd676a3
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_cdd676a3
 The Nice Guys / int_ce6b54d9
type
Enemy Eats Your Lunch
 The Nice Guys / int_ce6b54d9
comment
Enemy Eats Your Lunch: After breaking March's arm, Healy grabs an apple from March's kitchen and starts eating it on his way out.
 The Nice Guys / int_ce6b54d9
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_ce6b54d9
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_ce6b54d9
 The Nice Guys / int_d129e13e
type
"Eureka!" Moment
 The Nice Guys / int_d129e13e
comment
"Eureka!" Moment: March realizes that Amelia's note is pointing them to an apartment, not a flight. Subverted, as the apartment he thought the note was pointing them toward was demolished two years ago... and doubly subverted as Healy notes it is a hotel near the airport. Later when he realizes how Mrs. Glenn saw Misty two days after her death.
 The Nice Guys / int_d129e13e
featureApplicability
-0.3
 The Nice Guys / int_d129e13e
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_d129e13e
 The Nice Guys / int_d2102da0
type
Bad People Abuse Animals
 The Nice Guys / int_d2102da0
comment
Bad People Abuse Animals: Blue Face picking a few fishes from Healy's aquarium and throwing them at him is the last drop that turns him into an enemy in Healy's eyes.
 The Nice Guys / int_d2102da0
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_d2102da0
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_d2102da0
 The Nice Guys / int_d2c0e2ed
type
Schmuck Bait
 The Nice Guys / int_d2c0e2ed
comment
Schmuck Bait: Blue Face got his name when he open a sack of banknotes with a dye pack, despite Healy warning him.
 The Nice Guys / int_d2c0e2ed
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_d2c0e2ed
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_d2c0e2ed
 The Nice Guys / int_d308cbb0
type
Character Catchphrase
 The Nice Guys / int_d308cbb0
comment
Character Catchphrase: March is frequently screaming "Jesus!", high-pitched if it's in shock.
 The Nice Guys / int_d308cbb0
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_d308cbb0
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_d308cbb0
 The Nice Guys / int_d73e0f7f
type
"Ray of Hope" Ending
 The Nice Guys / int_d73e0f7f
comment
"Ray of Hope" Ending: Amelia is killed and the catalytic collusion conspiracy is dropped despite exposure due to a lack of evidence. However, Judith and her cronies are arrested and March and Healy work together as closer partners. March invokes this on a more meta note at the end. He believes that although the conspiracy against the car companies was dropped, we'll all be driving electric cars within 5 years. Come 2016 when the movie was released, and we're still driving fossil fuel powered cars that are a threat to birds and bees, but fossil fuel technology has greatly become cleaner over the decades and the environmental movement has made some gains. Alternative energy and electric cars are being more widely adopted. So we might be getting where March suggested, but at a much slower rate than he predicted. Judith's line that "Detroit can't be stopped" rings hollow in the wake of the city's huge economic downturn and the relative fall of many American car companies who famously had to ask the government for subsidies and straight out money to help with their debts in modern times. Most notably, the bailouts of Chrysler just 2-3 years after the film's setting, and GM in 2009. And March might play it off as a positive, but Healy drinking again isn't presented in a flattering light at all. That being said, March himself seems to have cut back, since he's shown driving himself to the bar in the first place.
 The Nice Guys / int_d73e0f7f
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_d73e0f7f
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_d73e0f7f
 The Nice Guys / int_d9cf40fa
type
Screw This, I'm Outta Here
 The Nice Guys / int_d9cf40fa
comment
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: March and Healy immediately and quietly retreat once they get a glimpse of John Boy single-handedly slaughtering everyone in the hotel penthouse. The only reason Amelia manages to survive as long as she does is because of her tendency to do this. It backfires on her the last time she tries, when she runs straight into John Boy.
 The Nice Guys / int_d9cf40fa
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_d9cf40fa
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_d9cf40fa
 The Nice Guys / int_dbc93276
type
This Is Going to Be Huge
 The Nice Guys / int_dbc93276
comment
This Is Going to Be Huge: In the end, Judith confidently states that nothing will ever bring down Detroit. March also asserts that electric cars will be the norm in five years' time.
 The Nice Guys / int_dbc93276
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_dbc93276
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_dbc93276
 The Nice Guys / int_dc031fde
type
Inelegant Blubbering
 The Nice Guys / int_dc031fde
comment
Inelegant Blubbering: March tends to whimper when things start to go really south with the case, or when he's sitting next to a corpse. He uses this trait to cause one of the villains to let down his guard long enough to punch him and get his gun out at the end of the movie. He did it well enough that even his own daughter was disgusted with him.
 The Nice Guys / int_dc031fde
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_dc031fde
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_dc031fde
 The Nice Guys / int_dca97045
type
Just Following Orders
 The Nice Guys / int_dca97045
comment
Just Following Orders: "You know who else was just following orders? Hitler!"
 The Nice Guys / int_dca97045
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_dca97045
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_dca97045
 The Nice Guys / int_dcbe8a6e
type
Chekhov's Gunman
 The Nice Guys / int_dcbe8a6e
comment
Chekhov's Gunman: Chet is initially just a goofy character who March and Healy question for information. Then, once it looks like the villains have gotten away with it, it's revealed that Chet has another copy of Amelia's film and is going to go ahead with showing it to the world.
 The Nice Guys / int_dcbe8a6e
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_dcbe8a6e
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_dcbe8a6e
 The Nice Guys / int_df4b69d6
type
Uncomfortable Elevator Moment
 The Nice Guys / int_df4b69d6
comment
Uncomfortable Elevator Moment: Healy and March take an outside glass elevator up to a penthouse where they think some bad guys are. The elevator doors open, they look left, and they see a man choking to death on his own blood. They look right, and they hear gunshots and see a man reeling backwards as the bullets hit him. They close the doors and go back down, a ride that is made even more uncomfortable when a body falls past them.
 The Nice Guys / int_df4b69d6
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_df4b69d6
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_df4b69d6
 The Nice Guys / int_e0140e6c
type
From the Mouths of Babes
 The Nice Guys / int_e0140e6c
comment
From the Mouths of Babes: Holly has cases both dramatic (calling out her father with "Why do you have to be such a fuck-up, huh?") and comical ("I need a drink".)
 The Nice Guys / int_e0140e6c
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_e0140e6c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_e0140e6c
 The Nice Guys / int_e0c3f8bf
type
Punch-Clock Hero
 The Nice Guys / int_e0c3f8bf
comment
Punch-Clock Hero: The only jobs we see Healy take as a thug-for-hire is keeping predators away from women. He's only in it for the money, though, and doesn't hesitate to point out when Amelia is $7 short. Holland doesn't even rise to this level.
 The Nice Guys / int_e0c3f8bf
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_e0c3f8bf
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_e0c3f8bf
 The Nice Guys / int_e3b0cd87
type
Morality Pet
 The Nice Guys / int_e3b0cd87
comment
Morality Pet: Holly, for both March and Healy.
 The Nice Guys / int_e3b0cd87
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_e3b0cd87
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_e3b0cd87
 The Nice Guys / int_e42e91b4
type
Godwin's Law
 The Nice Guys / int_e42e91b4
comment
Godwin's Law: Holland March keeps comparing people to Nazis. Notably two cohorts of Judith (Tally and John Boy) use a Walther PPK and a Walther P38 respectively in the Car Show shootout, both guns being widely used by the German armed forces.
 The Nice Guys / int_e42e91b4
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_e42e91b4
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_e42e91b4
 The Nice Guys / int_e502e268
type
Family Theme Naming
 The Nice Guys / int_e502e268
comment
Family Theme Naming: March's first name is Holland, and his daughter is named Holly.
 The Nice Guys / int_e502e268
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_e502e268
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_e502e268
 The Nice Guys / int_e563bf09
type
Insistent Terminology
 The Nice Guys / int_e563bf09
comment
Insistent Terminology: This exchange:
 The Nice Guys / int_e563bf09
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_e563bf09
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_e563bf09
 The Nice Guys / int_e7ae07f5
type
Briefcase Full of Money
 The Nice Guys / int_e7ae07f5
comment
Briefcase Full of Money: Except it's actually filled with worthless newspaper.
 The Nice Guys / int_e7ae07f5
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_e7ae07f5
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_e7ae07f5
 The Nice Guys / int_eb8ec7c8
type
Jerkass
 The Nice Guys / int_eb8ec7c8
comment
Jerkass: Blue Face is manic, overly aggressive, and highly annoying. Even his own partner hates him.
 The Nice Guys / int_eb8ec7c8
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_eb8ec7c8
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_eb8ec7c8
 The Nice Guys / int_ecbf37ff
type
Disposable Sex Worker
 The Nice Guys / int_ecbf37ff
comment
Disposable Sex Worker: Misty and, while she insists that her work was nothing of the sort, Amelia.
 The Nice Guys / int_ecbf37ff
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_ecbf37ff
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_ecbf37ff
 The Nice Guys / int_f0f03464
type
TheSeventies
 The Nice Guys / int_f0f03464
comment
The '70s: And boy is it ever. From the fashion, to the news on TV, the broken Hollywood sign, the long lines to fill gas, and the numerous billboards for current movies, this is more 1977 than 1977 was. The vinyl version of the soundtrack looks even more like a product of the decade.
 The Nice Guys / int_f0f03464
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_f0f03464
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_f0f03464
 The Nice Guys / int_f142aaf5
type
Diner Brawl
 The Nice Guys / int_f142aaf5
comment
Diner Brawl: Healy's backstory includes a heroic moment in which he took out a would-be robber of a diner. He becomes somewhat of a local celebrity for it and is even dubbed the "Diner Guy".
 The Nice Guys / int_f142aaf5
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_f142aaf5
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_f142aaf5
 The Nice Guys / int_f23c26ab
type
Food Slap
 The Nice Guys / int_f23c26ab
comment
Food Slap: Holly attempts it with a pot of coffee... only it's long gone cold. But it still works, given Tally slips on the poured coffee and crashes to the ground.
 The Nice Guys / int_f23c26ab
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_f23c26ab
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_f23c26ab
 The Nice Guys / int_f6b698ac
type
Complexity Addiction
 The Nice Guys / int_f6b698ac
comment
Complexity Addiction: Amelia's plan to expose her mother's corruption is so needlessly convoluted it causes trouble for anyone trying to thwart it or assist with it. Amelia tries to justify the expose film being a Porn with Plot as the film's producer telling her that the fact All Men Are Perverts would ensure wide distribution, but Healy and Holland point out that it's that exact same detail that would make the audience not care about the message.
 The Nice Guys / int_f6b698ac
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_f6b698ac
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_f6b698ac
 The Nice Guys / int_f6c3d469
type
Fanservice Extra
 The Nice Guys / int_f6c3d469
comment
Fanservice Extra: The party at the porn producer's house, which has a stripper, a painted nude woman posing as furniture, various other hot ladies in states of undress, and two topless women dressed as mermaids making out in the background of a scene again.
 The Nice Guys / int_f6c3d469
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_f6c3d469
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_f6c3d469
 The Nice Guys / int_f9f2c33
type
Running Gag
 The Nice Guys / int_f9f2c33
comment
Running Gag: Holland falling from buildings and surviving. Holland fumbling and/or dropping his gun right when he needs it the most. "Don't say 'and stuff.'"
 The Nice Guys / int_f9f2c33
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_f9f2c33
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_f9f2c33
 The Nice Guys / int_fa4ab467
type
The President's Daughter
 The Nice Guys / int_fa4ab467
comment
The President's Daughter: One of the cases involves a Department of Justice higher-up wanting her daughter found, presumably because Police Are Useless and because she believes there's mob ties. Never Trust a Trailer. Judith's motives for finding Amelia are far from noble, and have nothing to do with the mob.
 The Nice Guys / int_fa4ab467
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_fa4ab467
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_fa4ab467
 The Nice Guys / int_fa6bfde9
type
Have a Gay Old Time
 The Nice Guys / int_fa6bfde9
comment
Have a Gay Old Time: In-universe; when one of the kids in an educational film about pool safety is described as having a "gay towel," all of the students watching crack up. The towel being rainbow-patterned doesn't precisely help.
 The Nice Guys / int_fa6bfde9
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_fa6bfde9
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_fa6bfde9
 The Nice Guys / int_fb933192
type
Car Cushion
 The Nice Guys / int_fb933192
comment
Car Cushion: Amelia lands on top of March and Healy's car at the Airport Western Hotel. During the climax, March lands on a car after a Crash in Through the Ceiling.
 The Nice Guys / int_fb933192
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_fb933192
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_fb933192
 The Nice Guys / int_fd497706
type
Accidental Murder
 The Nice Guys / int_fd497706
comment
Accidental Murder: When Healy distracts Older Guy and Blue Face in order to reach his shotgun, Blue Face panics and starts shooting, but by doing so he accidentally fires at the window and kills a woman in the other building.
 The Nice Guys / int_fd497706
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_fd497706
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_fd497706
 The Nice Guys / int_fe0330fb
type
Brick Joke
 The Nice Guys / int_fe0330fb
comment
Brick Joke: At one point, Healy shares a story about a man seeing Richard Nixon right before he died as a way of illustrating his point. During the Auto Show, Holland falls into a pool from the roof of the hotel and sees a vision of Nixon in the water coming for him. March is constantly reading about the deadly bees, even hallucinating Bumbles. At the end of the movie, he panics in a celebratory conversation when he sees one and tries to swat it.
 The Nice Guys / int_fe0330fb
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_fe0330fb
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_fe0330fb
 The Nice Guys / int_name
type
ItemName
 The Nice Guys / int_name
comment
 The Nice Guys / int_name
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Nice Guys / int_name
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The Nice Guys / int_name
 The Nice Guys / int_name
itemName
The Nice Guys

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Acclaimed Flop / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Ambulance Cut / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
An Ass-Kicking Christmas / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Can't Stop The Signal / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Caught with Your Pants Down / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Christmas Epilogue / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Complexity Addiction / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Cultural Translation / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Death by Cameo / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Defective Detective / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Diner Brawl / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Dueling-Stars Movie / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Film Noir Index / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Films Noirs Index / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Films of 2015–2019 / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Hellish L.A. / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
I Take Offense to That Last One / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Little Stowaway / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Photo Identification Denial / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Porn Stash / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Porn with Plot / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Ransom Drop / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Recoiled Across the Room / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Soft Glass / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
The '70s / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Two-Faced / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Uncomfortable Elevator Moment / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Voice-Only Cameo / int_bbdae55c
 The Nice Guys
hasFeature
Wedding Smashers / int_bbdae55c