History ComicBook / TheLosers

** SociallyAwkwardHero: He also tries (and fails) to pick up women at the worst possible times. Like when Aisha is cleaning her gun.

* InfantImmortality: Has Max blowing up a helicopter full of children been brought up yet?

A largely-unknown comic book series by Creator/VertigoComics about a Black Ops team who were betrayed by their handler, a {{CIA}} mastermind called Max, and presumed to be dead. Years later, the Losers come back for some payback. The series ran for 32 issues (August, 2003 - March, 2006). [[TheFilmOfTheBook A film adaptation was released on April 23, 2010]] that was pretty much just [[AdaptationDistillation most of the first volume and some parts of the fourth]].

* DeadManSwitch: Max arms the [[spoiler:sonic bomb]] by pressing and keeping his thumb on the button. Releasing it resumes the countdown, which is already under 10 seconds.

** Clay also uses it to "disarm" a DeadManSwitch by taping the button. No further steps of actually disarming the device are shown.

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[[caption-width-right:225:[[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou The Losers are about to shoot you.]] Don't worry, you probably deserved it.]]

* AnyoneCanDie

Named after a Creator/DCComics [[TheSquad squad]] of the same name who fought in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, but are otherwise unrelated (though the project originally began as a revival of the original Losers reuniting for a [[TheCaper caper]]).

* Roque: The second-in-command. [[spoiler:[[FaceHeelTurn Betrays them.]]]]

** In [[spoiler:the final scene of]] the comic, Pooch and Jensen are talking about how it's almost impossible Aisha could've [[spoiler:killed a hundred men and escaped New Jerusalem before the nuke went off]]. But they can't be totally sure, because it's [[{{Badass}} Aisha]] they're talking about.

Named after a Creator/DCComics [[TheSquad squad]] of the same name who fought in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, but are otherwise unrelated.

--> '''Pooch''': I'm the black MacGyver!

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Losers stop Max's plan to start World War III and insure global American dominance, but Aisha betrays the team and kills Clay by dropping a WP grenade next to him. Cougar is mortally wounded trying to escape, and ends up detonating a nuke to destroy Max and his country. Aisha's last appearance has her fighting 100 of Max's goons with no indication thst she got far enough away from the blast in time. Jensen and Pooch manage to make a clean getaway and it's made clear nobody who wants them dead knows they survived]].

* GoodSmokingBadSmoking: Clay smokes cigarettes. Max smokes cigars.

[[caption-width-right:225:[[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou The Losers are about to shoot you]]. Don't worry, you probably deserved it.]]

A largely-unknown comic book series by Creator/VertigoComics about a Black Ops team who were betrayed by their handler, a {{CIA}} mastermind called Max, and presumed to be dead. Years later, the Losers come back for some payback. The series ran for 32 issues (August, 2003 - March, 2006). [[FilmOfTheBook A film adaptation was released on April 23, 2010]] that was pretty much just [[AdaptationDistillation most of the first volume and some parts of the fourth]].

* Roque: The second-in-command. [[spoiler:[[FaceHeelTurn Betrays them]]]].

* Cougar: The [[ColdSniper sniper]]. [[NeverBareheaded Wears a cowboy hat]].

* BehindTheBlack: The book's London arc opens with close-ups of Clay, Jensen, Pooch, and Cougar tersely discussing their situation, acknowledging they're surrounded by enemies, hopelessly outnumbered, and need to work out a way to get through them. The POV then pulls back to a wide shot, and [[CrowningMomentofFunny it turns out they're debating how to get through a crowd to the bar]].

--> '''Clay''': [[PostMortemOneLiner Remember where we parked.]]

* MrFanservice: The whole goddamn team. ([[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Including Aisha]].)

* FemaleGaze: The women on the floor Jensen's elevator accidentally stops on while his, ahem, [[HarveyBirdman dangly parts]] are exposed. They can't be blamed, though: Chris Evans is MrFanservice to the umpteenth degree.

* MexicanStandoff: Aisha vs. the Losers. Includes a CrowningMomentOfFunny from (an unarmed) Jensen:
-->'''Jensen:''' [[OhCrap Ohhhhh...shit]]. She's got a gun and... it's pointed at my dick. '''CLAY, IT'S POINTED AT MY DICK!!'''\\

** In [[spoiler:the final scene of]] the comic, Pooch and Jensen are talking about how it's almost impossible Aisha could've [[spoiler:killed a hundred man and escaped New Jerusalem before the nuke went off.]] But they can't be totally sure, because it's [[{{Badass}} Aisha]] they're talking about.

* ShutUpHannibal: In the film, as Max is giving his speech to Clay about not being able to shoot him. Clay proceeds to shoot Max in the shoulder mid-speech.
* SingleMindedTwins: [[spoiler:Max]]

* TheMovie

-->'''Jensen:''' [[OhCrap Ohhhhh...s hit]]. She's got a gun and... it's pointed at my dick. '''CLAY, IT'S POINTED AT MY DICK!!'''\\

* NeverFoundTheBody: Lampshaded when Roque turns up alive and well unexpectedly and belts the crap out of Clay, telling him to always check for a body. Clay takes it to heart; after a later episode wherein the hunt for Roque winds up sinking a couple of ships, someone asks if Clay thinks Roque is dead. Clay says he won't believe it until he sees a body.

* HeelFaceTurn: Roque, in the first arc. [[spoiler: Aisha also betrays the team in the final arc, killing Clay.]]

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--> '''Roque''': See you in hell, Pooch.
--> '''Pooch''': I'll be waiting.

* KickTheDog: How else do you explain blowing up a helicopter full of children?
** Of course, the movie is one long continuous Kick the Dog moment for Max.

-->'''Jensen:''' [[OhCrap Ohhhhh...shit]]. She's got a gun and...it's pointed at my dick. '''CLAY, IT'S POINTED AT MY DICK!!'''\\

''[Aisha aims at his face]''\\

'''Jensen:''' Not...really.

* MythologyGag

-->'''Jensen:''' Did you know that cats can make one thousand different sounds and dogs can only make ten? Cats, man. Not to be trusted.
-->'''Pooch:''' You know what? Do me a favor--NEVER say that again.

* OffscreenTeleportation: Max is described to have the ability to be in more than one place at a time.
** [[spoiler:'Cause he is twins]].
* OhCrap: In the book, [[spoiler: Pooch points out that the drone behind Roque is equipped with a shotgun. And Jensen is remote-aiming it at him.]]

* RaceLift: Aisha goes from Afghan to Bolivian.
** Though she still has an Arabic name, so maybe she's an Afghan who just happens to be in Bolivia.
** In the comics, Cougar is shown as having blonde/brown hair, and generally Caucasian features. In the movie, he's much more explicitly Hispanic.
*** The actor is Spanish, while the character may or may not be Mexican (cowboy boots & The Hat? Not exactly native Iberian wear, here...)
** Also in the movie, Roque is African American, while his ethnicity is less defined in the comics.
*** AndyDiggle apparently based Roque off Jean Reno.

* ShootTheMoney: The sequence on top of the telescope seems to have benn put in purely to amp up the "exotic locale" factor.

-->'''Pooch:''' The Pooch may lie, the Pooch may steal, the Pooch may...
-->'''Jensen:''' The Pooch may refer to himself in the third person?
-->'''Pooch:''' Occasionally, but the Pooch will not cheat.

-->'''Roque''': Gee, I hope they don't see us sitting in this bright yellow Pinto.
-->'''Clay''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Are you ashamed to be seen in an American classic?]]

[[caption-width-right:225:TheLosers [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou are about to shoot you.]] Don't worry, you probably deserved it.]]

A largely unknown comic book series by VertigoComics about Black Ops who were betrayed by their handler, a {{CIA}} mastermind called Max, and presumed to be dead. Years later, the Losers come back for some payback. The series run for 32 issues (August, 2003 - March, 2006). [[FilmOfTheBook A film adaptation was released in April 23, 2010]] that was pretty much AdaptationDistillation (most of the first volume and some parts of the fourth).

Named after a DCComics [[TheSquad squad]] of the same name who fought in WorldWarII, but are otherwise unrelated.

'''Members:'''
* Clay: The Leader.
* Roque: The second-in-command. [[spoiler: [[FaceHeelTurn Betrays them.]]]]

* Cougar: The [[ColdSniper sniper.]] [[NeverBareheaded Wears a cowboy hat.]]

'''There are five volumes encompassing the entire story:'''

* AntiHero: The majority the losers Are Type IV, while Aisha is a Type V.

* AscendedExtra: Wade only appeared in the first few issues of the comic before dying horribly. In the film he's placed as Max's [[TheDragon Dragon.]]

* BadassInANiceSuit: Since this series is mostly about the CIA this trope pops up quite commonly with the most noteworthy examples being Clay, the leader of the Losers, and Max.
* BehindTheBlack: The book's London arc opens with close-ups of Clay, Jensen, Pooch and Cougar tersely discussing their situation, acknowledging they're surrounded by enemies, hopelessly outnumbered and need to work out a way to get through them. The POV then pulls back to a wide shot, and [[CrowningMomentofFunny it turns out they're debating how to get through a crowd to the bar.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Couple times. The Losers for the children and later [[spoiler: Aisha for the Losers.]]
** In the finale of the comic, [[spoiler:Pooch shows up to save the team from the oil rig, although only Jensen makes it.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Losers stop Max's plan to start World War 3 and insure global American dominace, but Aisha betrays the team and kills Clay by dropping a WP grenade next to him. Cougar is mortally wounded trying to escape, and ends up detonating a nuke to destroy Max and his country. Aisha's last appearance has her fighting 100 of Max's goons with no indication she got far enough away from the blast in time. Jensen and Pooch manage to make a clean getaway and it's made clear nobody who wants them dead knows they survived.]]

* BrickJoke: In the movie (see RealMenWearPink below). After the first appearance of the Petunias tee, Jensen is shown doing research on their opponents, the Marigolds - which turns out to be comprised entirely of {{Huge Schoolgirl}}s. Later during the credits, we see the actual match.
** Another: while hiding out in Bolivia, Cougar and Jensen go to work in a factory making "Girls of America" dolls. Later, after [[spoiler:Aisha shoots Jensen]], the team breaks into a pharmacy to patch him up - and the first thing we see is a whole ''shelf'' of those dolls.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Losers aren't evil, but they do kill for a living, and even they are completely unwilling to allow 25 children to be killed while trying to take out a target.

* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Colonel Franklin Clay.
** TheLancer: Roque. [[spoiler: Also TheStarscream]]
** TheBigGuy: Cougar.
** TheSmartGuy: Jensen.
** TheChick: Pooch.
** TheSixthRanger: Aisha.

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Clay to Max.]]

** Also in the movie, Roque is African American, while his ethnicity is less defined in the comics

* IncrediblyLamePun: Jensen's infiltration of Goliath includes reporting a sexual harassment case...while impersonating an employee named "Richard Hertz."