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* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Theo is the only member of Gruber's team who ends the first film PutOnAPrisonBus. [[StuffBlowingUp Not so much here]].]]
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* BusmansHoliday: It's [[WalkingDisasterArea just McClane's luck]] that going out to get a new battery leads to him [[DieHardOnAnX having another battle for his life]].
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''[=DieHard=] Is Back'' is a two-minute commercial for the ''Franchise/DieHard'' franchise used to promote Advance Auto Parts' [=DieHard=] brand of car batteries that aired in 2020.
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''[=DieHard=] Is Back'' is a two-minute commercial for the ''Franchise/DieHard'' franchise used to promote Advance Auto Parts' Parts's [=DieHard=] brand of car batteries that aired in 2020.
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* GrandFinale: An unintentional example; this is the last work in the ''Die Hard'' franchise with Willis playing [=McClane=] as the actor retired three years later due to his aphasia diagnosis.
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* GrandFinale: An unintentional example; this is the last work in the ''Die Hard'' franchise with Willis playing [=McClane=] [=McClane=], as the actor retired three years later due to his aphasia diagnosis.
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''[=DieHard=] is Is Back'' is a two-minute commercial for the ''Franchise/DieHard'' franchise used to promote Advance Auto Parts' [=DieHard=] brand of car batteries that aired in 2020.
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!!''[=DieHard=] Is Back'' provides examples of:
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* DieHardOnAnX: Aside from the obvious pun, part of the ad is ''Die Hard'' in an Advance Auto Parts store.
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* GrandFinale: An unintentional example; this is the last work in the ''Die Hard'' franchise with Willis playing [=McClane=] as the actor retired three years later due to his aphasia diagnosis.
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* SeriesFinale: This is the last work in the ''Die Hard'' franchise with Willis playing [=McClane=] as the actor retired three years later due to his aphasia diagnosis.
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* SeriesFinale: This is the last work in the ''Die Hard'' franchise with Willis playing [=McClane=] as the actor retired three years later due to his aphasia diagnosis.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: Besides the obvious reference to the ''Franchise/DieHard'' franchise returning for a commercial, this was made to announce the return of the [=DieHard=] battery brand after Advance Auto Parts bought the brand from Sears in 2019.
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* BorrowedCatchPhrase: When Theo is defeated, Argyle is the one who says, "Yippie-ki-yay!"
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* BorrowedCatchPhrase: When Theo is defeated, Argyle is the one who says, "Yippie-ki-yay!""Yippee-ki-yay!"
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** When Argyle says, "Yippie-ki-yay!", [=McClane=] cuts him off before he can say, "Motherfucker!"
* HeyThatsMyLine: [=McClane=] says this when Argyle says, "Yippie-ki-yay!"
* HeyThatsMyLine: [=McClane=] says this when Argyle says, "Yippie-ki-yay!"
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** When Argyle says, "Yippie-ki-yay!", "Yippee-ki-yay!", [=McClane=] cuts him off before he can say, "Motherfucker!"
* HeyThatsMyLine: [=McClane=] says this when Argyle says,"Yippie-ki-yay!""Yippee-ki-yay!"
* HeyThatsMyLine: [=McClane=] says this when Argyle says,
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: After buying the battery with the thugs outside the store, [=McClane=] asks the cashier if there is another way out of the building. She points at the air vent and he responds with this.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: OhCrap: When Theo notices [=McClane=] threw a grenade near him, he screams in horror right before he blows up.
* SuperStoicShopkeeper: The cashier at Advance Auto Parts is unfazed when [=McClane=] storms the store while under fire.
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** After buying the battery with the thugs outside the store, [=McClane=] asks the cashier if there is another way out of the building. She points at the air vent and he responds withthis.this.
** [=McClane=] also does this when he runs into Argyle and finds that he's ''still'' a limo driver after all these years.
* SuperStoicShopkeeper: The cashier at Advance Auto Parts is unfazed when [=McClane=] storms the store while under fire.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe:
** After buying the battery with the thugs outside the store, [=McClane=] asks the cashier if there is another way out of the building. She points at the air vent and he responds with
** [=McClane=] also does this when he runs into Argyle and finds that he's ''still'' a limo driver after all these years.
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''[=DieHard=] is Back'' is a two minute commercial for the ''Franchise/DieHard'' franchise used to promote Advance Auto Parts' [=DieHard=] brand of car batteries.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: [=McClane=] smacks a thug in the face with the battery.
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''[=DieHard=] is Back'' is a two minute commercial for the ''Franchise/DieHard'' franchise used to promote Advance Auto Parts' [=DieHard=] brand of car batteries.batteries.
John [=McClane=] (Creator/BruceWillis) is driving through a junkyard when his car battery goes dead. While walking to an Advance Auto Parts store, he runs into his old enemy Theo (Creator/ClarenceGilyard), who sends his thugs after him. [=McClane=] goes on the run and is eventually helped by Argyle (De'voreaux White).
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* AirVentPassageway: After buying a battery, [=McClane=] is forced to go through the Advance Auto Parts building's air ducts to evade the thugs. He is not happy about it.
* BorrowedCatchPhrase: When Theo is defeated, Argyle is the one who says, "Yippie-ki-yay!"
* CurseCutShort:
** When Theo realizes there is a primed grenade next to him, he screams, "Oh, sh-" before it explodes.
** When Argyle says, "Yippie-ki-yay!", [=McClane=] cuts him off before he can say, "Motherfucker!"
* HeyThatsMyLine: [=McClane=] says this when Argyle says, "Yippie-ki-yay!"
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: After buying the battery with the thugs outside the store, [=McClane=] asks the cashier if there is another way out of the building. She points at the air vent and he responds with this.
John [=McClane=] (Creator/BruceWillis) is driving through a junkyard when his car battery goes dead. While walking to an Advance Auto Parts store, he runs into his old enemy Theo (Creator/ClarenceGilyard), who sends his thugs after him. [=McClane=] goes on the run and is eventually helped by Argyle (De'voreaux White).
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* AirVentPassageway: After buying a battery, [=McClane=] is forced to go through the Advance Auto Parts building's air ducts to evade the thugs. He is not happy about it.
* BorrowedCatchPhrase: When Theo is defeated, Argyle is the one who says, "Yippie-ki-yay!"
* CurseCutShort:
** When Theo realizes there is a primed grenade next to him, he screams, "Oh, sh-" before it explodes.
** When Argyle says, "Yippie-ki-yay!", [=McClane=] cuts him off before he can say, "Motherfucker!"
* HeyThatsMyLine: [=McClane=] says this when Argyle says, "Yippie-ki-yay!"
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: After buying the battery with the thugs outside the store, [=McClane=] asks the cashier if there is another way out of the building. She points at the air vent and he responds with this.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"How can the same shit happen to the same guy three times?"]]
''[=DieHard=] is Back'' is a two minute commercial for the ''Franchise/DieHard'' franchise used to promote Advance Auto Parts' [=DieHard=] brand of car batteries.
[[caption-width-right:350:"How can the same shit happen to the same guy three times?"]]
''[=DieHard=] is Back'' is a two minute commercial for the ''Franchise/DieHard'' franchise used to promote Advance Auto Parts' [=DieHard=] brand of car batteries.
