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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	comment	A 1974 Heist Film adapted from John Godey's thriller novel published the previous year, directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw. The supporting cast includes Martin Balsam, HÃ©ctor Elizondo, James Broderick, Dick O'Neill, Tony Roberts, Doris Roberts and Jerry Stiller.During an otherwise mundane day at the office, New York City Transit Police lieutenant Zachary Garber (Matthau) receives the shocking news that a gang of men have hijacked a subway train. The hijackers, led by "Mr. Blue" (Shaw), are demanding a $1 million ransom to be paid within one hour, otherwise they will begin killing the hostages. It becomes a Race Against Time for Garber to deliver the money and save the lives of the passengers whilst also trying to anticipate the hijackers' next move.The story was remade as a 1998 ABC Made-for-TV Movie starring Edward James Olmos and Vincent D'Onofrio, and once again as a 2009 theatrical feature starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta. The 2009 version, directed by Tony Scott, splits the Garber character into two different people: MTA Dispatcher Walter Garber (Washington) and NYPD Hostage Negotiator Detective Camonetti (John Turturro). Travolta co-stars as Ryder, the criminal mastermind and leader of the highly-armed gang of hijackers, including a subway-knowledgeable henchman named Ramos (Luis Guzman). Adding to the trouble, Ryder refuses to speak with Camonetti, thus forcing Garber to negotiate with him on his own. As the tension mounts beneath his feet, Garber must employ his extensive knowledge of the subway system in a battle to outwit Ryder and save the hostages.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_10134c97	type	Artistic License â€“ Gun Safety
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_10134c97	comment	Artistic License â€“ Gun Safety: A trained NYPD sniper shows exceedingly poor trigger discipline by resting his finger on the trigger while awaiting the order to take the shot. See I Just Shot Marvin in the Face below.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_109dbb51	type	Pull the Thread
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_109dbb51	comment	Pull the Thread: A recognizable sneeze gives Mr. Green away.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_14180452	type	Instantly Proven Wrong
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_14180452	comment	Instantly Proven Wrong: They say they are "closing off every intersection" to make sure the money gets there on time. After that, every time the money motorcade is shown, it's to show it crash into some car that hurtles in the way, and it's painfully obvious no care whatsoever was taken to actually ensure a secure passage.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_15b2cab3	type	Tempting Fate
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_15b2cab3	comment	Tempting Fate Early in the 1974 movie, a repairman asks why a gate isn't locked. Can Dolowicz retorts: "who's gonna steal a subway train?" For years after the movie came out, New York Transit Authority dispatchers sought to avoid dispatching any train from Pelham at 1.23. Averted in the movie when Green exclaims (on seeing the ransom) "All that money. I'm going to die today." He's the only member of the criminals to survive.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_16e362fb	type	Bilingual Backfire
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_16e362fb	comment	Bilingual Backfire: Garber is told to look after a group of Tokyo subway executives who follow him around obediently without speaking. He quickly gets sick of playing tour guide and, assuming they don't speak any English, gets ever more insulting towards them, casually referring to them as "dummies" and "idiots". When the hostage situation occurs and he asks one of his co-workers to lead them out, one of them responds, in perfect English and with a very mocking tone to his voice:
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_1869b4b1	type	Unreliable Narrator
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_1869b4b1	comment	Unreliable Narrator: Or so he claims. Mr Blue looks a bit skeptical at this story.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_19851b86	type	The Sociopath
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_19851b86	comment	The Sociopath: Ryder. He spends his time threatening the hostages, killing them when orders aren't followed, and generally acts like a dickhead who frequently curses.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_1b5fa24a	type	The Brute
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_1b5fa24a	comment	The Brute: Mr. Grey is the most vicious of the hijackers and has the least respect for Mr. Blue.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_1d3c92da	type	Failsafe Failure
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_1d3c92da	comment	Failsafe Failure: The Dead Man's Switch in the subway cars are defeated quite ingeniously.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_1daa7fce	type	In the Back
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_1daa7fce	comment	In the Back: The conductor and Mr. Brown are killed with a shot to the back.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_1fb947b6	type	Just Train Wrong
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_1fb947b6	comment	Just Train Wrong: The train is made of R142A cars, that have a train horn similar to that used by locomotives on Metro-North and the Long Island Railroad. Also in the 2009 version, the car number on the exterior of the lead car is #8837. But in the motorman's cab, the car number is #7426. The #7400 number range is correct for the R142A rolling stock, but #8837 would be in the #8800 number range, which is assigned to the larger R160B cars used in the BMT and IND divisions. When the conductor is watching the passengers get on and off, she is in the fifth car of the train. This would be correct if the train were comprised of R46 or R68 cars that the BMT and IND use (which are 75 feet long and can only operate as eight car trains - two four car sets- in regular service, thus, the fifth car of the train would be the cab unit for the second set), which in a ten car train would be the second A-unit in the first five car set. R142 and R142A cars are permanently linked into 5-car sets and cannot operate as single units. The only subway cars capable of operating as such are a select number of R62A cars that are assigned to the IRT Flushing Line and the 42nd Street Shuttle.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The sneeze. The repeated warnings to avoid the third rail. The subway train's "dead man's feature".
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_262be073	type	Lemming Cops
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_262be073	comment	Lemming Cops: In both the 1974 and 2009 versions the escort bringing the money is rushing, fitting the mood, however throwing caution to the wind so the predictable happens.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_27ae751	type	Swiss Bank Account
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_27ae751	comment	Swiss Bank Account: When the mayor complains that the city cannot afford to pay a million dollar ransom, one of his advisers tells him to "open one of your Swiss bank accounts".
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_27be0280	type	Porn Stache
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_27be0280	comment	Porn Stache: Ryder.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_28114487	type	Bald of Evil
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_28114487	comment	Bald of Evil: Mr. Grey is bald and probably the worst of the hijackers.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_2a090d00	type	Lampshade Hanging
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_2a090d00	comment	Lampshade Hanging: "Why the fuck didn't we use a helicopter to transport the money?"
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_2b706ca	type	More Dakka
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_2b706ca	comment	More Dakka: More overt in the 1974 film, made before every movie hoodlum started toting an automatic weapon.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_2b812abd	type	Going for the Big Scoop
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_2b812abd	comment	Going for the Big Scoop: A couple new characters are a news reporter and cameraman. They're responsible for causing the shootout when they surprise the officer who followed Caz into the tunnel, leading to Ms. Brown getting wounded and Cardoza's execution by Mr. Blue.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_2bdb6280	type	The Big Rotten Apple
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_2bdb6280	comment	The Big Rotten Apple: NYC's dysfunctional '70s glory is showcased, albeit to mostly-comedic effect.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_2d363f63	type	Frame-Up
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_2d363f63	comment	Frame-Up: Mr. Green (1974) was framed for the actions of Dirty Cops and lost his job sometime ago. He wants revenge and that's why he's in on the scheme. Unreliable Narrator: Or so he claims. Mr Blue looks a bit skeptical at this story.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_2d4fa515	type	Ax-Crazy
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_2d4fa515	comment	Ax-Crazy: Grey. Why do you think they threw him out of the Mafia? Plus, he likens murder to scoring points in a sports event.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_2f1ddb04	type	Perfect Health
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_2f1ddb04	comment	Perfect Health: Averted with Mr. Green, who has a bad cold (and whose sneezing leads to his capture at the end). The Mayor is also shown to be suffering from a cold.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: Mr. Grey was fired from the Mafia for being too violent.note The novel explains that Mr. Gray's taste for violence got in the way of running protection rackets effectively; the victims felt no obligation to cooperate since he tended to beat them whether they paid the protection money or not. When Mr. Grey hits the black hostage with his gun for nothing more than a sarcastic remark, Mr. Blue says sharply "Mr. Grey!"
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_3322dd48	type	Hollywood Law
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_3322dd48	comment	Hollywood Law: Ryder makes Garber confess to taking the bribe. People around him speak as if that is an actual confession, but no one brings up that this confession was made under duress - Garber would have a very solid case in any court of law to have that particular confession thrown out as evidence because if he continued to deny the allegations a man would have died - which is far worse than taking a bribe.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_337a0f4	comment	Trailers Always Lie: That is not a "crowded" subway train.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_33d5b7f2	type	Adapted Out
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_33d5b7f2	comment	Adapted Out: The senior conductor instructing Bud Carmody; here, the conductor is operating alone. The mother of the two boys; here the boys are riding on their own.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_348b4511	type	GenderLift
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_348b4511	comment	Gender Lift: Mr. Brown in the 1998 remake is Ms. Brown. So is the conductor and the undercover cop.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: The conductor's death is one for Mr. Blue, since the conductor was the one who treated Ms. Brown's gunshot wounds.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_353f2b06	comment	"Die Hard" on an X: Die Hard in an subway train.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_35a858b3	type	Cluster F-Bomb
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_35a858b3	comment	Cluster F-Bomb: Ryder, to the point where one could mistake him for having motherfuckin' Tourette's.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_364b9be6	type	Flipping the Bird
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_364b9be6	comment	Flipping the Bird: Mr. Grey does this to Mr. Blue before trying to shoot him. Unfortunately Blue is faster on the draw.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_37798f84	type	Who Is Driving?
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_37798f84	comment	Who Is Driving?: Played for Drama when the passengers suddenly realise all the hijackers have left the train, which is racing down the line at an ever increasing rate.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_37ad8d62	type	Heavy Sleeper
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_37ad8d62	comment	Heavy Sleeper: One of the hostages in the original is a drunken woman who remains sound asleep and oblivious to what's going on until the end.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_3b20d7f4	type	Runaway Train
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_3b20d7f4	comment	Runaway Train: The hijackers turn the train into a runaway as part of their escape plan.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_3cf10fcf	type	Click Hello
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_3cf10fcf	comment	Click Hello: Mr. Blue makes his intentions known to the motorman by pulling his gun on him.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_3eee0728	type	Captain Obvious
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_3eee0728	comment	Captain Obvious: Mr. Blue. Justified in that he has no intention of giving away the hijackers' intentions, so he simply states the obvious.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_40207000	type	Never Going Back to Prison
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_40207000	comment	Never Going Back to Prison: Ryder is set against going back to prison, and eventually forces a Suicide by Cop rather than be captured.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_44bed14c	comment	Hostage Situation: Played with, hostages are used as "commodities" and traded over to the police for one million dollars.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_45cd286c	comment	Corrupt Politician: The mayor in the original is implied to be this. When he protests to his deputy that the city doesn't have a million dollars to use as ransom money, his deputy replies "Empty one of your Swiss bank accounts."
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_48c99e19	comment	Death by Adaptation: The police officer onboard the train survived the original and winds up foiling the hostage takersâ€™ plans, is the first passenger to die in this version.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_496569e8	type	Race Against the Clock
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_496569e8	comment	Race Against the Clock: Blue gives the authorities one hour exactly to comply with his demands, and makes it clear he's not going to compromise.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_498ddf27	type	Psycho Party Member
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_498ddf27	comment	Psycho Party Member: Mr. Grey is the most trigger-happy and violence-prone member of the group, to the point that Ryder has to blow him away when Grey utterly refuses to follow a step of the plan wherein they get rid of their guns to mix amongst the New York crowd as they escape, knowing that this will inevitably lead to a shootout. Grey is also mentioned in the novel to have been a Mafia member, but he had been expelled from the Mafia because his constant acts of brutality got in the way of their racketeering — because knowing that Grey was going to brutalize them whether they paid or not, the people just decided to not pay anymore.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_4a0e2f8d	comment	White Hair, Black Heart: For the 1998 TV version, Mr. Grey is a man with white-blond hair.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: "Gesundheit."
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_52ae74d	type	Undercover Cop Reveal
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_52ae74d	comment	Undercover Cop Reveal: A plainclothes transit cop is believed to be one of the hostages, but no-one can find out who he is. 'He' might even be a woman, it's suggested. It turns out to be the hippie, who in a Brick Joke is mistaken for a woman by the main protagonist because of his long hair.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_537dd8fe	type	Affably Evil
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_537dd8fe	comment	Affably Evil: Mr. Blue. He is unfailingly polite to the hostages, rebukes Mr. Grey for using excessive force and harassing a female hostage, is angered when Mr. Brown is wounded and subsequently killed, makes sure that Mr. Green gets away but doesn't even get angry when Garber corners him. He only kills two people, one of them a colossal Jerkass who had become a liability to his team and another because he had made a threat to do so unless his conditions were met, and they were not met, so he had to carry it out. When he kills the train conductor, he does it by politely asking him to go off up the tunnel to meet the cops carrying the money, so that the man won't know he's about to be shot.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_53f5119f	comment	The Dragon: Mr. Green is Blue's second-in-command, confidant, and the most important person in the scheme.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_54367e5d	type	Mathematician's Answer
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_54367e5d	comment	Mathematician's Answer: Mr. Brown's exchange with a passenger:
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_56c5b0d8	type	First Day from Hell
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_56c5b0d8	comment	First Day from Hell: The train conductor in the original. It ends with his death, shot in the back by Mr. Blue.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_59907e4f	type	Police Are Useless
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_59907e4f	comment	Police Are Useless: Averted by Garber, who is actually a competent detective. He eventually works out how the hijackers are planning to escape (albeit moments too late to catch Mr Green). He and Rico also realize that one of the hijackers is a former subway driver and find him pretty quickly afterwards.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_5ca80293	type	Pragmatic Villainy
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_5ca80293	comment	Pragmatic Villainy: The Mafia's reason for kicking out Mr Grey (mentioned in the novel) is he was bad for business. While running one of their protection rackets, he tended to beat the people up whether they paid or not, so most of them just stopped paying in the end. Mr. Blue's polite treatment of the hostages and his reining in Mr. Grey's jerkass behavior is this. You want the hostages to remain calm and cooperative and you don't want a gun fight in a dark tunnel. Mr. Blue's 1-hour deadline is also this. Their plan depended on not giving the authorities a chance to think or negotiate. Another reason is Lamp Shaded by Mr. Blue that someone "got nervous or bored" and "they've been there a long time" after Mr. Brown got shot. The longer they stayed in that tunnel, the more likely a shootout would occur.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_60194b82	type	Spanner in the Works
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_60194b82	comment	Spanner in the Works: The undercover cop on the train. Were it not for him, three of the hijackers would probably have got away.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_619985d7	type	Sacrificial Lion
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_619985d7	comment	Sacrificial Lion: Caz Dolowicz's death at the hands of Mr. Grey is what finally establishes that a serious crisis is going on.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_627264e0	type	Death Glare
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_627264e0	comment	Death Glare: Mr. Blue gives Mr. Grey one of these after he's shot the conductor, possibly as payback for Mr. Grey's Badass Boast (above). It turns out that Mr. Blue is quite capable of doing his own killing.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_6480c255	type	Robbing the Dead
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_6480c255	comment	Robbing the Dead: Mr. Blue and Mr. Green have no problem robbing Mr. Grey after the former shoots him dead.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_66f763c0	type	Interface Screw
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_66f763c0	comment	Interface Screw: The camera takes a spin when the conductor falls dead.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_69391768	type	Expecting Someone Taller
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_69391768	comment	Expecting Someone Taller: Ryder says to Walter Garber that he was taller than expected.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_6b27162d	type	The Remake
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_6b27162d	comment	The Remake:
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_6cf4a648	type	Non-Uniform Uniform
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_6cf4a648	comment	Non-Uniform Uniform: All the hijackers in the original wear similar hats, glasses, and have mustaches; their long coats are different colors: blue, green, grey, and brown.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: Mr. Blue fries himself on the third rail when he's told New York won't be able to oblige him since the death penalty's no longer on the books.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_6dafc69d	type	Decoy Getaway
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_6dafc69d	comment	Decoy Getaway: The criminals order all lights set to green and the police cleared off every station to South Ferry, to make it look like they're planning to escape via the river. Actually the train has been rigged to move by itself while the criminals slip out an emergency exit.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_6de438eb	type	The Everyman
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_6de438eb	comment	The Everyman: Garber.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_6e27397	type	Missed Him by That Much
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_6e27397	comment	Missed Him by That Much: Mr. Green escapes from the subway via the emergency exit moments before Garber arrives.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_7098892d	type	Weapon-Based Characterization
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_7098892d	comment	Weapon-Based Characterization: Evil Brit Mr. Blue uses a Browning Hi-Power as his sidearm; the Browning Hi-Power was one of the primary pistols for British armed forces for decades.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_710f3133	type	Just One Little Mistake
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_710f3133	comment	Just One Little Mistake: Only in the original novel and film: Mr. Green would have made a perfect getaway if he hadn't done the heist while he had a cold.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_7286e96d	type	Idiot Ball
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_7286e96d	comment	Idiot Ball: When an unarmed and unprepared Caz Dolowicz tries to be a hero by trying to charge into the subway car with the armed hijackers, the outcome is inevitable.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_73328e84	type	Suicide by Cop
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_73328e84	comment	Suicide by Cop: Bashkim and Emri in the remake.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_733ca2f8	type	Noble Bigot with a Badge
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_733ca2f8	comment	Noble Bigot with a Badge: Garber is somewhat dumbfounded when the high-ranking officer he's been talking to on the radio turns out to be black. He also mistakes the hippie cop for a woman because of his long hair.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_7360a6b6	type	Noble Demon
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_7360a6b6	comment	Noble Demon: Mr. Green, to an extent. He is the most sympathetic out of all the criminals, and genuinely doesn't want to kill anybody. However, he also gleefully indulges in his share of one million dollars he gets at the end with the deaths of his three cohorts, seemingly leaving behind any remorse for his actions.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_73731600	type	Lecherous Licking
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_73731600	comment	Lecherous Licking: Mr. Grey does towards another passenger before the takeover.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_7453bc5b	type	Spared by the Adaptation
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_7453bc5b	comment	Spared by the Adaptation: Denny Doyle, the train motorman. In the book, he is the hostage who gets executed. The movie basically just swaps his and Bud's roles.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_7464705c	type	Arc Words
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_7464705c	comment	Arc Words: "Gesundheit."
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_76c0e85d	type	High-Voltage Death
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_76c0e85d	comment	High-Voltage Death: The mastermind chooses to commit suicide rather than be captured by the police, because if convicted he was likely to face life in prison, and he preferred dying to that. He fries himself by stepping on the live third rail in the subway.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_7a6e47f6	type	Instant Emergency Response
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_7a6e47f6	comment	Instant Emergency Response: Averted in the 1974 version.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_7b7f90d5	type	Pronoun Trouble
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_7b7f90d5	comment	Pronoun Trouble: The "She's moving." "Who's moving?" Running Gag.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_808cbaeb	type	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_808cbaeb	comment	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking:
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_80d0d980	type	The Generic Guy
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_80d0d980	comment	The Generic Guy: Mr. Brown is the least distinctive of the hijackers, apart from having a Speech Impediment and that Mr. Blue trusts him.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_815ea2a1	type	All Is Well That Ends Well
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_815ea2a1	comment	All Is Well That Ends Well: Garber shoots a man dead. This is a big deal for a transit worker or any human who had never even used a gun before - let alone shot a person, but doesn't come up as it would mess with the Happy Ending.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_84c5ec0b	type	Free-Range Children
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_84c5ec0b	comment	Free-Range Children: The two boys on the subway are unaccompanied in this version as they are taking the subway home.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_86b21114	type	Badass Boast
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_86b21114	comment	Badass Boast Note that Mr. Blue's line is also Foreshadowing, in that he will indeed kill Mr. Grey later on for talking to him like that.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_8d83bed9	type	The Vietnam Vet
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_8d83bed9	comment	The Vietnam Vet: The black hostage, not that it earns him any respect from Mr. Grey, although it seemingly does from Mr. Blue (having been in the Army himself), who admonishes Grey.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_964ea66c	type	A-Team Firing
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_964ea66c	comment	A-Team Firing: When Brown gets shot in the shoulder, he responds with a spray of gunfire out the train door. The SWAT team in the tunnel answers, then Mr. Grey fires a burst. Nobody gets hit, though the two officers with the money are forced to flatten themselves to the ground.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_96a2363c	type	Bathos
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_96a2363c	comment	Bathos: After the train comes screeching to a halt, the passengers are left in various states of distress, crying and moaning in pain from their ordeal. At that moment, a drunk woman who has been passed out for the whole time wakes up and blearily says "42nd Street already?"
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Mr. Blue, aka Bernard Ryder, is the leader of the hijackers.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_97d97c28	type	Revenge Before Reason
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_97d97c28	comment	Revenge Before Reason: In the original Mr. Blue could have escaped along with Mr. Green, had he not decided to climb down onto the track and kill the person who shot Mr. Brown, which delayed him long enough for Garber to arrive.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_98591d23	type	Speech Impediment
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_98591d23	comment	Speech Impediment: Mr. Brown talks with a noticeable stutter, which Grey mocks while in an argument with Mr. Blue.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_9c97ab74	type	Lampshaded
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_9c97ab74	comment	Mr. Blue's 1-hour deadline is also this. Their plan depended on not giving the authorities a chance to think or negotiate. Another reason is Lamp Shaded by Mr. Blue that someone "got nervous or bored" and "they've been there a long time" after Mr. Brown got shot. The longer they stayed in that tunnel, the more likely a shootout would occur.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Note that Mr. Blue's line is also Foreshadowing, in that he will indeed kill Mr. Grey later on for talking to him like that.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_9d17b859	type	Made of Iron
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_9d17b859	comment	Made of Iron: Averted; the hippy cop lies stunned for a few minutes after jumping off the train while it's moving.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_a1d70162	type	I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_a1d70162	comment	I Just Shot Marvin in the Face: But instead of a road bump, it's a rat. Someone still gets shot in the face, though.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_a545e2a4	type	Money Fetish
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_a545e2a4	comment	Money Fetish: In the final scene, Mr. Green is back at his apartment lying on his bed surrounded by the all the cash he's retrieved, gleefully revelling in it. Then there's a knock at the door...
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_a6c99b08	type	Shoot Out the Lock
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_a6c99b08	comment	Shoot Out the Lock: Ramos sees there's a padlock on the power switchboard and starts griping. Bashkim just draws his gun and shoots it.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_a754fa9a	type	Instant Death Bullet
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_a754fa9a	comment	Instant Death Bullet: Averted throughout the entire movie. Every person except two dies from being shot multiple times.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_a7f4710f	type	Mood Dissonance
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_a7f4710f	comment	Mood Dissonance: When TBS offered the 2009 version On Demand - they had their Commercial Pop-Up saying "TBS Very Funny" in the lower right all through a movie that includes seven on-screen deaths and terrified hostages.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_a8a4b41e	type	Not So Stoic
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_a8a4b41e	comment	The behavior of Frank Burnell, the Train Master. See Not So Stoic above.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_ab5eea65	type	Dramatic Irony
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_ab5eea65	comment	Dramatic Irony: The mayor, informed about the hostage situation, says that he'll take the subway to get there because "It'll be faster."
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_acecb17d	type	Chekhov's Skill
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_acecb17d	comment	Chekhov's Skill: Garber mentions having been a motorman. This later explains why Ryder insists on him bringing the money: with Ramos dead, they need someone to drive the train.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: The passengers when the hijackers pull out their submachine guns. Garber's reaction when he realises that all four of the Japanese subway executives speak good English, having just spent the past half an hour insulting them. The cops carrying the ransom realise the SWAT police are hiding in the tunnel with them. The passengers realise that every hijacker left the train, so there's no-one driving it. The Old Man tries to assure them that the safety system will trip when there's a red light. Someone shouts that all the lights are green, and then everyone really starts to panic. Mr. Green, twice in the final scene — when the police knock on his door and he has to hide the money, and again when he sneezes.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Almost everyone in the original. Even the hostages get in on it. Blue offers Lt. Garber a quarter million dollar bribe to let him go. Between Mr. Grey and Caz Dolowicz:
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_afd112fe	type	Hired Guns
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_afd112fe	comment	Hired Guns: Mr. Blue in the original is an out-of-work British mercenary.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_b0a529cb	type	Extreme Doormat
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_b0a529cb	comment	Extreme Doormat: Mr. Grey considers Mr. Brown one of these.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_b1346878	type	Fate Worse than Death
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_b1346878	comment	Fate Worse than Death: On finding that New York has no death penalty, Blue electrocutes himself rather than face life in prison.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_b3c864b0	type	Going Down with the Ship
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_b3c864b0	comment	Going Down with the Ship: An exchange between the driver Doyle and Caz Dolowicz, who is infuriated to find Doyle has left the train and is leading the remaining passengers back to the station.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_b486877f	type	Squick
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_b486877f	comment	Squick: Garber's In-Universe reaction to Blue electrocuting himself.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_b58b4e3c	comment	Too Dumb to Live: Caz Dolowicz in the original tells Mr. Grey to fuck off and tries to board the train. No prizes what Mr. Grey does to him. Speaking of Mr. Grey, he's not any smarter. His reckless behavior, lack of respect for Mr. Blue and delaying their escape by refusing to give up his gun gets him killed. The behavior of Frank Burnell, the Train Master. See Not So Stoic above.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_b739f0d2	type	Finger Gun
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_b739f0d2	comment	Finger Gun: The cop who followed Dolowitz into the tunnel pretends to shoot at the train with his finger as the money arrives. The second time he does it, another cop farther down the tunnel shoots Mr. Brown in the arm, prompting a small, inconclusive volley of shots.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_b9af5ef3	type	The Film of the Book
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_b9af5ef3	comment	The Film of the Book: The original and both remakes.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Don't hurt Mr. Brown in front of Mr. Blue. When Brown is wounded by one of the cops, Blue kills a hostage. When Brown is shot and killed by the undercover cop,, Blue loses all thoughts of escape and attacks the cop.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_bdacb848	type	Purely Aesthetic Glasses
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_bdacb848	comment	Purely Aesthetic Glasses: Mr. Blue. He's the only one of the hijackers with glasses in this version and is only shown wearing them while on the platform since he's clearly removed them before making his move on the motorman.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_beb932ca	type	Big Applesauce
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_beb932ca	comment	Big Applesauce: Where else is someone gonna hijack a subway train? Also the original novel was written by a born and bred New Yorker.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_bf609406	type	New Meat
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_bf609406	comment	New Meat: Bud Carmody, the conductor.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_c181a846	type	Dies Differently in Adaptation
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_c181a846	comment	Dies Differently in Adaptation: In the original novel and two out of three film adaptations, Mr. Grey is murdered by Mr. Blue because he refuses to get rid of his gun during the crew's getaway and Blue figures out that, Trigger-Happy as Grey is, he will inevitably shoot it out with the cops. In the Tony Scott adaptation, Grey is not killed by Blue but he do encounters the cops during his getaway and is blown away by them when he refuses to surrender.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_c1cef253	type	Nice, Mean, and In-Between
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_c1cef253	comment	Nice Mean And In Between: Mr. Blue's interactions with the other hijackers. He's relatively nice to Mr. Brown, whom he trusts, and Brown getting hurt is a Berserk Button for Mr. Blue. For Mr. Grey, he's the least tolerant toward him and eventually shoots him during a dispute during the escape. Mr. Green is somewhere in between; Mr. Blue is a little stern when Green nearly gives up details about himself to the motorman at the beginning, but Green is shown as Blue's confidant and Blue makes sure that Green makes a clean getaway while Blue stays behind to kill the undercover cop.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Garber asks Patrone to get a list of fired subway motormen: "Somebody down there knows how to drive a train. You don't pick that up watching Sesame Street."
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_ca4e037	type	Dude Looks Like a Lady
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_ca4e037	comment	Dude Looks Like a Lady: Lt. Garber sees the hippie cop lying wounded on the ground (after wondering the entire time if it'll be a man or a woman).
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_ca87e3ec	type	No Name Given
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: None of the hostages are given names. In the original film, they're listed in the credits as "The Secretary", "The Mother", "The Old Man", "The Homosexual", "The Pimp", etc.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_cbe687ab	type	Corrupt Corporate Executive
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_cbe687ab	comment	Corrupt Corporate Executive: Ryder is actually a former Wall Street tycoon convicted for fraud. The hostage taking was not for the ransom itself but due to the resulting suspicions of terrorism causing the stock market to plummet, which Ryder makes a massive profit from via put options.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_cf740b9f	type	Victory Through Intimidation
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_cf740b9f	comment	Victory Through Intimidation: On most versions of the film (being noticeably absent on the Tony Scott version) one of the hostages says that they should all rush Mr. Blue (the hostage-takers' leader) and take him down, only for Mr. Blue to point out that he's armed with a top-of-the-line sub-machinegun and that, stuck inside of a subway car as they are, if they all were to rush him they would be bunched together and vulnerable to his return fire. "...you would all be dead before you got close to me". None of them ever try.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_d129e13e	type	"Eureka!" Moment
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_d129e13e	comment	"Eureka!" Moment: Garber manages to do some quick thinking when the car carrying the ransom money crashes with no time left to spare, when he realizes that the hijackers don't know that the car has crashed.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_d13e0db3	type	Heartbeat Soundtrack
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_d13e0db3	comment	Heartbeat Soundtrack: A heartbeat is heard when Blue shoots the conductor.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_d1d670cc	type	Cut the Juice
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_d1d670cc	comment	Cut the Juice: Mr. Green cuts all the subway power from 14th to 33rd Street. Unfortunately he can't do anything about the emergency lights.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_d7ecbd57	type	You're Insane!
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_d7ecbd57	comment	You're Insane!: Lt. Garber to Mr. Blue after he repeatedly threatens to shoot a hostage if anything goes wrong.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_dbca2c99	type	Red Herring
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_dbca2c99	comment	Red Herring: Played straight with the 1998 remake which changed the undercover cop to a woman.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_dcbe8a6e	type	Chekhov's Gunman
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_dcbe8a6e	comment	Chekhov's Gunman: The hippie hostage who turns out to be an undercover cop.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_e34400ab	type	Ambiguously Gay
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_e34400ab	comment	Ambiguously Gay: Ryder. Probably a case of Depraved Bisexual, since he's quite proud of his female conquests.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_e5fd8bc2	type	Hate Sink
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_e5fd8bc2	comment	Hate Sink: Mr. Grey, real name Giuseppe Benvenuto, is one of four men who hijack a subway train for ransom. Throughout the film, Grey antagonizes the hostages, sexually harassing a woman, beating a black man for mouthing off (and calling him the N-word), and trying to shoot cops after a ceasefire. He also guns down a transit supervisor and chuckles about it afterwards, saying he "got [the hijackers] on the scoreboard". The hijackers' leader Mr. Blue frequently has to step in and stop him from going too far, and makes clear that he does not trust Grey because he was thrown out of the Mafia for being too violent. When the hijackers attempt to escape, Grey delays them by refusing to give up his gun; Blue, who has had enough of him, just shoots him dead.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_e63228a7	comment	Info Dump: Several explanations of how subways work. It's handled fairly well.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_e663d3ef	type	Only a Flesh Wound
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_e663d3ef	comment	Only a Flesh Wound: Mr. Brown gets shot in the shoulder but has little problem with it due to being of the "went right through" variety.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_e73f6217	type	Feet-First Introduction
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_e73f6217	comment	Feet-First Introduction: The first shot of Mr. Blue is of his feet on the subway platform.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_e90a93b2	type	Creepy Monotone
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_e90a93b2	comment	Creepy Monotone: Mr. Blue talks in this.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_ea6fdefb	type	Casual Danger Dialog
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_ea6fdefb	comment	Casual Danger Dialog: when on a runaway train car filled with screaming passengers a young man takes a moment to tell his girlfriend he loves her via webcam.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_eaf5a1ac	type	Groin Attack
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_eaf5a1ac	comment	Groin Attack: During the initial takeover in the 1974 original, Mr. Grey threatens to "shoot [a passenger's] pee-pee off" while he guards Mr. Brown threatening the conductor.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: To a certain extent, all the hijackers, but the openly racist and trigger-happy Mr. Grey gets the gold star.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_f2d29e14	comment	Evil Brit: Mr. Blue.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_f9bc2937	type	Laser Sight
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three / int_f9bc2937	comment	Laser Sight: The MP5A3 submachine guns are fitted with red laser dot sights, which Mr. Blue uses to intimidate the passengers into staying put.
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