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* BadBoss: Mommy, the main villain, is introduced screaming at her male henchmen, [[DepravedHomosexual groping her female underlings]], and later even [[YouHaveFailedMe executing one of the hitmen]] because he failed her. This is in contrast to Doodlebug, who is merely a MeanBoss.


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* MeanBoss: Doodlebug is extremely sarcastic and rude to everyone who works for him. Mommy [[BadBoss takes it a step further.]]

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Tamara Dobson plays the eponymous Jones, a 'Special Agent to the President', whose mission is the destruction of the drug trade in America. Statuesque, cultured, lethal, Jones keeps tabs on her home community while carrying the fight around the world. After destroying a field of poppies in Turkey with an estimated street value of $30 million (about $160 million in 2015) by a napalm strike, Jones earns the ire of "Momma" (Creator/ShelleyWinters), a domineering {{butch lesbian}} drug kingpin who operates in Cleo's hometown of L.A. Intent to draw Cleopatra into a death trap, Momma orders a shakedown on the B&S House - a community clinic where junkies can get clean, founded and run by Jones' lover Reuben Masters ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Casey Bernie Casey]]). When the [[BatteringRam shakedown]] uncovers drugs and Jimmy Beeker,[[FrameUp one of the ex-junkies, is arrested]], Jones returns to set things right.

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Tamara Dobson plays the eponymous Jones, a 'Special Agent to the President', whose mission is the destruction of the drug trade in America. Statuesque, cultured, lethal, Jones keeps tabs on her home community while carrying the fight around the world. After destroying a field of poppies in Turkey with an estimated street value of $30 million (about $160 million in 2015) by a napalm strike, Jones earns the ire of "Momma" "Mommy" (Creator/ShelleyWinters), a domineering {{butch lesbian}} drug kingpin who operates in Cleo's hometown of L.A. Intent to draw Cleopatra into a death trap, Momma Mommy orders a shakedown on the B&S House - a community clinic where junkies can get clean, founded and run by Jones' lover Reuben Masters ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Casey Bernie Casey]]). When the [[BatteringRam shakedown]] uncovers drugs and Jimmy Beeker,[[FrameUp Beeker, [[FrameUp one of the ex-junkies, is arrested]], Jones returns to set things right.



Meanwhile, when word gets out that Cleopatra Jones is returning, Doodlebug Simpkins ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Fargas Antonio Fargas]]), one of Momma's drug distributors, decides to quit and go independent, keeping all the drug proceeds for himself - instead of the "85/15...expenses from the 15" deal he has with Momma. He refuses her offer of 25%, and warns her that any threats against him will be met with lethal force.

Cleo, Masters, and Chief Crawford know that if Jimmy goes to jail, B&S will be shut down and the community will riot. Cleo, looking for the corrupt cops who ordered the raid, confronts Doodlebug, who tells her he no longer works for Momma, simultaneously giving her up and introducing Jones to his girlfriend Tiffany, a lounge singer.

Cleo wants the drugs out of her community. Doodlebug wants Cleo out of his business. Momma wants them both dead. Someone's getting disappointed!


Definitely a product of its time, Cleopatra Jones has aged fairly well; the dialogue tends to be natural and is quite snappy in parts while the JiveTurkey bits are few and far between. The acting can be uneven in parts - compare Jimmy's [[{{Narm}} Narmtastic]] confession to Masters' stonefaced comfort during a junkie's torturous withdrawal session. Some of the comments made by minor characters are evocative of Creator/JackBlack's wooden delivery in ''Film/{{King Kong|2005}}'', blank face and all. Race relations - always a focus in the blaxploitation genre - are fairly positive: a motorcycle rally shows blacks, white, and hispanics competing equally; background events have mixed crowds interacting normally. One event does show a group of (black) kids harassing a (white) man, but it's not easy to tell if the man was trying to steal their ball or if [[KidsAreCruel the kids just decided to screw with him]].

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Meanwhile, when word gets out that Cleopatra Jones is returning, Doodlebug Simpkins ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Fargas Antonio Fargas]]), one of Momma's Mommy's drug distributors, decides to quit and go independent, keeping all the drug proceeds for himself - instead of the "85/15...expenses from the 15" deal he has with Momma.Mommy. He refuses her offer of 25%, and warns her that any threats against him will be met with lethal force.

Cleo, Masters, and Chief Crawford know that if Jimmy goes to jail, B&S will be shut down and the community will riot. Cleo, looking for the corrupt cops who ordered the raid, confronts Doodlebug, who tells her he no longer works for Momma, Mommy, simultaneously giving her up and introducing Jones to his girlfriend Tiffany, a lounge singer.

Cleo wants the drugs out of her community. Doodlebug wants Cleo out of his business. Momma Mommy wants them both dead. Someone's getting disappointed!


Definitely a product of its time, Cleopatra Jones ''Cleopatra Jones'' has aged fairly well; the dialogue tends to be natural and is quite snappy in parts while the JiveTurkey bits are few and far between. The acting can be uneven in parts - compare Jimmy's [[{{Narm}} Narmtastic]] confession to Masters' stonefaced comfort during a junkie's torturous withdrawal session. Some of the comments made by minor characters are evocative of Creator/JackBlack's wooden delivery in ''Film/{{King Kong|2005}}'', blank face and all.feel like performances by non-actors. Race relations - always a focus in the blaxploitation genre - are fairly positive: a motorcycle rally shows blacks, white, and hispanics competing equally; background events have mixed crowds interacting normally. One event does show a group of (black) kids harassing a (white) man, but it's not easy to tell if the man was trying to steal their ball or if [[KidsAreCruel the kids just decided to screw with him]].



* ActionGirl: Cleopatra Jones was one of the first female action heroes on film. The trailer pitches her as "the soul sister's [[DistaffCounterpart answer]] to Franchise/JamesBond".
* AfroAsskicker: Cleopatra is clearly established as the best fighter in the movie, and she has a pretty sizable afro (though it's often kept under a scarf). The Johnson brothers have smaller afros and kick a fair bit of ass as well, being martial arts instructors.
* AndThatsTerrible: Our EstablishingCharacterMoment for Ruben and the B&S House has him telling his colleagues that two ten year-old kids O.D.-ed last night, "and that's some heavy stuff."



* ByTheBookCop: Captain Lou Crawford wants Cleopatra to know that he had nothing to do with the raid on the rehab clinic. Sergeant Kert is reluctantly drawn into the raid, and has to hold back Officer Purdy's RabidCop tendencies.
* ButNowIMustGo: At the end, Cleo has to leave town for another mission, and she tells Ruben that she'll never really be able to rest until the streets are safe from drugs.



* CoolCar: Black and silver Corvette Stingray with mag wheels, an automated hatch roof to keep tall people from breaking their necks getting in and out, a cassette player (~$200 in 2015 dollars) and a mobile phone (~$890 in 2015 dollars) plus a gun storage rack in the passenger-side door.
* DepravedHomosexual: Momma is shown with a different, provocatively dressed female during each scene in her home; she leers at each and grabs one's ass.

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* CoolCar: Black and silver Corvette Stingray with mag wheels, an automated hatch roof to keep tall people from breaking their necks getting in and out, a cassette player (~$200 in 2015 dollars) and a mobile phone (~$890 in 2015 dollars) plus a gun storage rack in the passenger-side door.
door. In one scene, a group of kids gather around her parked car to admire it, and are particularly impressed by the mag wheels and carphone.
* DepravedHomosexual: Momma Mommy is shown with a different, provocatively dressed female during each scene in her home; she leers at each and grabs one's ass.ass.
* DirtyCop: Officer Purdy is not only a BigotWithABadge but is also selling police-confiscated weapons to drug dealers. [[spoiler: Sergeant Kert turns out to be a crook, too, and on Mommy's payroll.]]



* DrugsAreBad: Snake tells Cleo he's only been peddling the "light shit" lately. Cleo insists that there's no such thing.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: At the end of the movie, all of Cleo's friends have gathered to say goodbye to her [[ButNowIMustGo as she leaves on another assignment]]. They all flash an upraised fist and say "Right on!" Cpt. Crawford, the only white person present, awkwardly duplicates the gesture, much to the amusement of everyone else. The credits roll over a freeze frame of Crawford looking slightly embarrassed.
* FatBastard: Mommy, the main villain, is often referred to as fat, although she's not ''that'' big.
* GenreBlending: This was the first blaxploitation film to include elements of the MartialArtsMovie. One month later, ''Film/EnterTheDragon'' came out - a MartialArtsMovie with elements of blaxploitation. This lead to a [[FollowTheLeader little wave]] of blaxploitation movies about martial arts.



* IronicEcho: The racist cop and the reading of the MirandaRights.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Sgt. Kert, the otherwise even-tempered police officer who works for Chief Crawford, is Momma's catspaw on the force and orders the shakedown of the B&S. He also follows Cleo as she tracks down Tiffany after Doodlebug is killed, then captures them and turns them over to Momma. His appearance is something of a WhamLine as there is no reason to suspect there even is a mole]].

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* IronicEcho: The racist Purdy gloatingly recites Jimmy's MirandaRights to him as he's arresting him on a fake drug charge at the beginning of the movie. Later on, when Purdy finally goes down, another cop and the can be seen reading of ''him'' his rights.
* TheJeeves: Mattingly,
the MirandaRights.
English chauffeur employed by Doodlebug. Doodlebug and his bodyguards find him utterly hilarious.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Sgt. Kert, the otherwise even-tempered police officer who works for Chief Crawford, is Momma's Mommy's catspaw on the force and orders the shakedown of the B&S. He also follows Cleo as she tracks down Tiffany after Doodlebug is killed, then captures them and turns them over to Momma. Mommy. His appearance is something of a WhamLine as there is no reason to suspect there even is a mole]].mole]].
* NonActionGuy: Ruben, Cleo's boyfriend, generally sits out the action scenes.
* NonActionBigBad: Mommy, being a stout middle-aged woman, is not exactly on Cleo's level physically.



* PrettyInMink: Both Cleopatra and Momma wear some furs, showing at least both like to show off some style.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: A staple of blaxploitation films. Officer Purdy, of course, is a [[RabidCop borderline-psychotic]] BigotWithABadge, while in Mommy's case it's more incidental, with her EstablishingCharacterMoment having her go on a racist tirade against Cleo for burning the poppy fields in Turkey during the movie's prologue. Doodlebug is also shown to be a sexist in the way he treats Tiffany, and one comment implies it might be an abusive relationship.
* PrettyInMink: Both Cleopatra and Momma Mommy wear some furs, showing at least both like to show off some style.style.
* RabidCop: During the raid on the rehab clinic at the beginning, Officer Purdy has to be almost physically restrained from shooting Jimmy.
* SeinfeldianConversation: The movie is full of lengthy, comedic scenes of characters just talking about whatever. A good example is the scene of the Johnson brothers tailing Officer Purdy, and Melvin trying to convince Matthew to loan him money so he can go buy something to eat. The exchange goes on for several minutes and adds nothing to the plot, but it's pretty funny.



* StatuesqueStunner: Jones' ID lists her as 5'10", but Dobson was actually 6'2". Combined with Antonio Fargas' 6'1" and Bernie Casey's 6'4", co-star Brenda Sykes is positively waifish at 5'5". Additionally, Jones has trouble walking away from men without inspiring conversations about her looks.
* TemptingFate: When Doodlebug tells Momma he's quit and will kill anyone she sends after him. [[spoiler: After Doodlebug has an evening out, Momma's goons hire two wreckers to ram his limo, killing his driver and two gunmen. His girlfriend Tiffany flees while he takes his bodyguards' guns for a LastStand; he is gunned down without landing a single hit.]]

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* StatuesqueStunner: Jones' ID lists her as 5'10", but Dobson was actually 6'2".6'2", and the movie's poster advertised her as "six feet 2" of dynamite". Combined with Antonio Fargas' 6'1" and Bernie Casey's 6'4", co-star Brenda Sykes is positively waifish at 5'5". Additionally, Jones has trouble walking away from men without inspiring conversations about her looks.
* TemptingFate: When Doodlebug tells Momma Mommy he's quit and will kill anyone she sends after him. [[spoiler: After Doodlebug has an evening out, Momma's Mommy's goons hire two wreckers to ram his limo, killing his driver and two gunmen. His girlfriend Tiffany flees while he takes his bodyguards' guns for a LastStand; he is gunned down without landing a single hit.]]



--> '''Racist Cop''': You'd better get out of my way, '''''boy'''''. <gestures with gun>

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--> '''Racist Cop''': '''Purdy''': You'd better get out of my way, '''''boy'''''. <gestures with gun>



* YouHaveFailedMe: At the climax, Momma demonstrates her deathtrap for Cleo and Tiffany on one of her own hitmen.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: At the climax, Momma Mommy demonstrates her deathtrap for Cleo and Tiffany on one of her own hitmen.hitmen, Tony.
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Followed in 1975 by ''Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold'' - [[SequelGoesForeign set in Hong Kong]], a co-production with Creator/ShawBrothers.

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Followed in 1975 by ''Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold'' - [[SequelGoesForeign ([[SequelGoesForeign set in Hong Kong]], Kong]]), a co-production with Creator/ShawBrothers.
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Followed in 1975 by ''Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold'' - [[SequelGoesForeign set in HongKong]], a co-production eith Creator/ShawBrothers.

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Followed in 1975 by ''Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold'' - [[SequelGoesForeign set in HongKong]], Hong Kong]], a co-production eith with Creator/ShawBrothers.
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Followed in 1975 by ''Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold'' - [[SequelGoesForeign set in HongKong]], a co-production eith Creator/ShawBrothers.
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Definitely a product of its time, Cleopatra Jones has aged fairly well; the dialogue tends to be natural and is quite snappy in parts while the JiveTurkey bits are few and far between. The acting can be uneven in parts - compare Jimmy's [[{{Narm}} Narmtastic]] confession to Masters' stonefaced comfort during a junkie's torturous withdrawal session. Some of the MarySue comments made by minor characters are evocative of Creator/JackBlack's wooden delivery in ''Film/{{King Kong|2005}}'', blank face and all. Race relations - always a focus in the blaxploitation genre - are fairly positive: a motorcycle rally shows blacks, white, and hispanics competing equally; background events have mixed crowds interacting normally. One event does show a group of (black) kids harassing a (white) man, but it's not easy to tell if the man was trying to steal their ball or if [[KidsAreCruel the kids just decided to screw with him]].

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Definitely a product of its time, Cleopatra Jones has aged fairly well; the dialogue tends to be natural and is quite snappy in parts while the JiveTurkey bits are few and far between. The acting can be uneven in parts - compare Jimmy's [[{{Narm}} Narmtastic]] confession to Masters' stonefaced comfort during a junkie's torturous withdrawal session. Some of the MarySue comments made by minor characters are evocative of Creator/JackBlack's wooden delivery in ''Film/{{King Kong|2005}}'', blank face and all. Race relations - always a focus in the blaxploitation genre - are fairly positive: a motorcycle rally shows blacks, white, and hispanics competing equally; background events have mixed crowds interacting normally. One event does show a group of (black) kids harassing a (white) man, but it's not easy to tell if the man was trying to steal their ball or if [[KidsAreCruel the kids just decided to screw with him]].
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Tamara Dobson plays the eponymous Jones, a 'Special Agent to the President', whose mission is the destruction of the drug trade in America. Statuesque, cultured, lethal, Jones keeps tabs on her home community while carrying the fight around the world. After destroying a field of poppies in Turkey with an estimated street value of $30 million (about $160 million in 2015) by a napalm strike, Jones earns the ire of "Momma" (Creator/ShellyWinters), a domineering {{butch lesbian}} drug kingpin who operates in Cleo's hometown of L.A. Intent to draw Cleopatra into a death trap, Momma orders a shakedown on the B&S House - a community clinic where junkies can get clean, founded and run by Jones' lover Reuben Masters ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Casey Bernie Casey]]). When the [[BatteringRam shakedown]] uncovers drugs and Jimmy Beeker,[[FrameUp one of the ex-junkies, is arrested]], Jones returns to set things right.

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Tamara Dobson plays the eponymous Jones, a 'Special Agent to the President', whose mission is the destruction of the drug trade in America. Statuesque, cultured, lethal, Jones keeps tabs on her home community while carrying the fight around the world. After destroying a field of poppies in Turkey with an estimated street value of $30 million (about $160 million in 2015) by a napalm strike, Jones earns the ire of "Momma" (Creator/ShellyWinters), (Creator/ShelleyWinters), a domineering {{butch lesbian}} drug kingpin who operates in Cleo's hometown of L.A. Intent to draw Cleopatra into a death trap, Momma orders a shakedown on the B&S House - a community clinic where junkies can get clean, founded and run by Jones' lover Reuben Masters ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Casey Bernie Casey]]). When the [[BatteringRam shakedown]] uncovers drugs and Jimmy Beeker,[[FrameUp one of the ex-junkies, is arrested]], Jones returns to set things right.
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Tamara Dobson plays the eponymous Jones, a 'Special Agent to the President', whose mission is the destruction of the drug trade in America. Statuesque, cultured, lethal, Jones keeps tabs on her home community while carrying the fight around the world. After destroying a field of poppies in Turkey with an estimated street value of $30 million (about $160 million in 2015) by a napalm strike, Jones earns the ire of "Momma" ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Winters Shelly Winters]]), a domineering butch lesbian drug kingpin who operates in Cleo's hometown of L.A. Intent to draw Cleopatra into a death trap, Momma orders a shakedown on the B&S House - a community clinic where junkies can get clean, founded and run by Jones' lover Reuben Masters ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Casey Bernie Casey]]). When the [[BatteringRam shakedown]] uncovers drugs and Jimmy Beeker,[[FrameUp one of the ex-junkies, is arrested]], Jones returns to set things right.

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Tamara Dobson plays the eponymous Jones, a 'Special Agent to the President', whose mission is the destruction of the drug trade in America. Statuesque, cultured, lethal, Jones keeps tabs on her home community while carrying the fight around the world. After destroying a field of poppies in Turkey with an estimated street value of $30 million (about $160 million in 2015) by a napalm strike, Jones earns the ire of "Momma" ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Winters Shelly Winters]]), (Creator/ShellyWinters), a domineering butch lesbian {{butch lesbian}} drug kingpin who operates in Cleo's hometown of L.A. Intent to draw Cleopatra into a death trap, Momma orders a shakedown on the B&S House - a community clinic where junkies can get clean, founded and run by Jones' lover Reuben Masters ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Casey Bernie Casey]]). When the [[BatteringRam shakedown]] uncovers drugs and Jimmy Beeker,[[FrameUp one of the ex-junkies, is arrested]], Jones returns to set things right.
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Pamela Dobson plays the eponymous Jones, a 'Special Agent to the President', whose mission is the destruction of the drug trade in America. Statuesque, cultured, lethal, Jones keeps tabs on her home community while carrying the fight around the world. After destroying a field of poppies in Turkey with an estimated street value of $30 million (about $160 million in 2015) by a napalm strike, Jones earns the ire of "Momma" ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Winters Shelly Winters]]), a domineering butch lesbian drug kingpin who operates in Cleo's hometown of L.A. Intent to draw Cleopatra into a death trap, Momma orders a shakedown on the B&S House - a community clinic where junkies can get clean, founded and run by Jones' lover Reuben Masters ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Casey Bernie Casey]]). When the [[BatteringRam shakedown]] uncovers drugs and Jimmy Beeker,[[FrameUp one of the ex-junkies, is arrested]], Jones returns to set things right.

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Pamela Tamara Dobson plays the eponymous Jones, a 'Special Agent to the President', whose mission is the destruction of the drug trade in America. Statuesque, cultured, lethal, Jones keeps tabs on her home community while carrying the fight around the world. After destroying a field of poppies in Turkey with an estimated street value of $30 million (about $160 million in 2015) by a napalm strike, Jones earns the ire of "Momma" ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Winters Shelly Winters]]), a domineering butch lesbian drug kingpin who operates in Cleo's hometown of L.A. Intent to draw Cleopatra into a death trap, Momma orders a shakedown on the B&S House - a community clinic where junkies can get clean, founded and run by Jones' lover Reuben Masters ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Casey Bernie Casey]]). When the [[BatteringRam shakedown]] uncovers drugs and Jimmy Beeker,[[FrameUp one of the ex-junkies, is arrested]], Jones returns to set things right.
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Definitely a product of its time, Cleopatra Jones has aged fairly well; the dialogue tends to be natural and is quite snappy in parts while the JiveTurkey bits are few and far between. The acting can be uneven in parts - compare Jimmy's [[{{Narm}} Narmtastic]] confession to Masters' stonefaced comfort during a junkie's torturous withdrawal session. Some of the MarySue comments made by minor characters are evocative of Creator/JackBlack's wooden delivery in KingKong, blank face and all. Race relations - always a focus in the blaxploitation genre - are fairly positive: a motorcycle rally shows blacks, white, and hispanics competing equally; background events have mixed crowds interacting normally. One event does show a group of (black) kids harassing a (white) man, but it's not easy to tell if the man was trying to steal their ball or if [[KidsAreCruel the kids just decided to screw with him]].

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Definitely a product of its time, Cleopatra Jones has aged fairly well; the dialogue tends to be natural and is quite snappy in parts while the JiveTurkey bits are few and far between. The acting can be uneven in parts - compare Jimmy's [[{{Narm}} Narmtastic]] confession to Masters' stonefaced comfort during a junkie's torturous withdrawal session. Some of the MarySue comments made by minor characters are evocative of Creator/JackBlack's wooden delivery in KingKong, ''Film/{{King Kong|2005}}'', blank face and all. Race relations - always a focus in the blaxploitation genre - are fairly positive: a motorcycle rally shows blacks, white, and hispanics competing equally; background events have mixed crowds interacting normally. One event does show a group of (black) kids harassing a (white) man, but it's not easy to tell if the man was trying to steal their ball or if [[KidsAreCruel the kids just decided to screw with him]].
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Definitely a product of its time, Cleopatra Jones has aged fairly well; the dialogue tends to be natural and is quite snappy in parts while the JiveTurkey bits are few and far between. The acting can be uneven in parts - compare Jimmy's [[{{Narm}} Narmtastic]] confession to Masters' stonefaced comfort during a junkie's torturous withdrawal session. Some of the MarySue comments made by minor characters are evocative of JackBlack's wooden delivery in KingKong, blank face and all. Race relations - always a focus in the blaxploitation genre - are fairly positive: a motorcycle rally shows blacks, white, and hispanics competing equally; background events have mixed crowds interacting normally. One event does show a group of (black) kids harassing a (white) man, but it's not easy to tell if the man was trying to steal their ball or if [[KidsAreCruel the kids just decided to screw with him]].

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Definitely a product of its time, Cleopatra Jones has aged fairly well; the dialogue tends to be natural and is quite snappy in parts while the JiveTurkey bits are few and far between. The acting can be uneven in parts - compare Jimmy's [[{{Narm}} Narmtastic]] confession to Masters' stonefaced comfort during a junkie's torturous withdrawal session. Some of the MarySue comments made by minor characters are evocative of JackBlack's Creator/JackBlack's wooden delivery in KingKong, blank face and all. Race relations - always a focus in the blaxploitation genre - are fairly positive: a motorcycle rally shows blacks, white, and hispanics competing equally; background events have mixed crowds interacting normally. One event does show a group of (black) kids harassing a (white) man, but it's not easy to tell if the man was trying to steal their ball or if [[KidsAreCruel the kids just decided to screw with him]].

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* TheMole: [[spoiler: Sgt. Kert, the otherwise even-tempered police officer who works for Chief Crawford, is Momma's catspaw on the force and orders the shakedown of the B&S. He also follows Cleo as she tracks down Tiffany after Doodlebug is killed, then captures them and turns them over to Momma. His appearance is something of a WhamLine as there is no reason to suspect there even is a mole]].



* TheMole: [[spoiler: Sgt. Kert, the otherwise even-tempered police officer who works for Chief Crawford, is Momma's catspaw on the force and orders the shakedown of the B&S. He also follows Cleo as she tracks down Tiffany after Doodlebug is killed, then captures them and turns them over to Momma. His appearance is something of a WhamLine as there is no reason to suspect there even is a mole]].

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* TheMole: [[spoiler: Sgt. Kert, the otherwise even-tempered police officer who works for Chief Crawford, is Momma's catspaw on the force PrettyInMink: Both Cleopatra and orders the shakedown of the B&S. He also follows Cleo as she tracks down Tiffany after Doodlebug is killed, then captures them and turns them over Momma wear some furs, showing at least both like to Momma. His appearance is something of a WhamLine as there is no reason to suspect there even is a mole]].show off some style.



* TheSeventies: You better believe it, baby.



* YouHaveFailedMe: At the climax, Momma demonstrates her deathtrap for Cleo and Tiffany on one of her own hitmen.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: At the climax, Momma demonstrates her deathtrap for Cleo and Tiffany on one of her own hitmen.hitmen.
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Cleopatra Jones is a 1973 {{Blaxploitation}} film.

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Cleopatra Jones ''Cleopatra Jones'' is a 1973 {{Blaxploitation}} film.
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* GunsDoNotWorkThatWay: There is an InstantDeathBullet early on but otherwise these are avoided. One case of GunsAkimbo [[spoiler: Doodlebug's LastStand]] was due to the victim knowing it was an ambush, plus he was dazed by a car crash. The GenreSavvy assailants shoot the victim till he stops moving, then one investigates with a gun ready while other goons provide overwatch in case he's playing possum. The other time (also an ambush) Cleo uses it to create covering fire to protect an injured Masters and get close enough to the CoolCar to get a better weapon. She selects a [[MoreDakka Mac-10]] and rushes the building the shooters were on top of. She enters and avoids [[PaperThinDisguise an old man pushing an old woman in a wheelchair]] just as they are leaving. All three turn with weapons drawn, but of course the bad guys are too slow. Although both assassins are killed, it is easy to assume that each took several hits.

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* GunsDoNotWorkThatWay: There is an InstantDeathBullet early on but otherwise these are avoided. One case of GunsAkimbo [[spoiler: Doodlebug's LastStand]] was due to the victim knowing it was an ambush, plus he was dazed by a car crash. The GenreSavvy clever assailants shoot the victim till he stops moving, then one investigates with a gun ready while other goons provide overwatch in case he's playing possum. The other time (also an ambush) Cleo uses it to create covering fire to protect an injured Masters and get close enough to the CoolCar to get a better weapon. She selects a [[MoreDakka Mac-10]] and rushes the building the shooters were on top of. She enters and avoids [[PaperThinDisguise an old man pushing an old woman in a wheelchair]] just as they are leaving. All three turn with weapons drawn, but of course the bad guys are too slow. Although both assassins are killed, it is easy to assume that each took several hits.
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* {{Squick}}: The climax is in a wrecking yard, and for the YouHaveFailedMe scene, a crane picks up a car and drops it into a machine. Crusher, right? Nope - it's a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwQf3gsZSTw car grinder]]. Fortunately the action is concealed by a rubber sheet door, but the output includes a silver finger ring among the scraps. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Some of the remaining hitmen are noticeably distressed]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Several
** [[DirtyHarry Matthew Johnson]] does feel pretty lucky.
** [[StarskyAndHutch Huggy Bear]] is...well, pretty much the same character.
** [[GoodTimes Florida]] is running a cardgame in the backroom of her diner, and Sweet Daddy Williams is one of Doodlebug's crew.
** [[RevengeOfTheNerds U.N. Jefferson]] is running a drug clinic in L.A.
** [[Film/TheDiaryOfAnneFrank Mrs. Van Daan]] is running a drug cartel in L.A.

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Definitely a product of its time, Cleopatra Jones has aged fairly well; the dialogue tends to be natural and is quite snappy in parts while the JiveTurkey bits are few and far between. The acting can be uneven in parts - compare Jimmy's [[{{Narm}} Narmtastic]] confession to Masters' stonefaced comfort during a junkie's torturous withdrawal session. Some of the MarySue comments made by minor characters are evocative of JackBlack's wooden delivery in KingKong, blank face and all.

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Definitely a product of its time, Cleopatra Jones has aged fairly well; the dialogue tends to be natural and is quite snappy in parts while the JiveTurkey bits are few and far between. The acting can be uneven in parts - compare Jimmy's [[{{Narm}} Narmtastic]] confession to Masters' stonefaced comfort during a junkie's torturous withdrawal session. Some of the MarySue comments made by minor characters are evocative of JackBlack's wooden delivery in KingKong, blank face and all.
all. Race relations - always a focus in the blaxploitation genre - are fairly positive: a motorcycle rally shows blacks, white, and hispanics competing equally; background events have mixed crowds interacting normally. One event does show a group of (black) kids harassing a (white) man, but it's not easy to tell if the man was trying to steal their ball or if [[KidsAreCruel the kids just decided to screw with him]].



* ArtisticLicenseMartialArts: Master [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Bong-soo Bong Soo Han]], a 9th Dan Blackbelt in Hap Ki Do, was the Martial Arts advisor for this film. It only shows in one or two scenes near the climax (the classic wristlock-spin-opponent flips 270 degrees onto his back); the rest is "judo chops" and curved-legged kicks so bad that even the editing can't make it look believable.

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* ArtisticLicenseMartialArts: Master [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Bong-soo Bong Soo Han]], a 9th Dan Blackbelt in Hap Ki Do, was the Martial Arts advisor for this film. It only shows in one or two scenes near the climax (the classic wristlock-spin-opponent flips 270 degrees onto his back); the rest is "judo chops" and curved-legged kicks so bad that even the editing can't make it look believable.believable.
* ChewingTheScenery: Snake, the dealer, when confronted by Cleo. Also counts as a OneSceneWonder.
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Definitely a product of its time, Cleopatra Jones has aged fairly well; the dialogue tends to be natural and is quite snappy in parts while the JiveTurkey bits are few and far between. The acting can be uneven in parts - compare Jimmy's [[{{Narm}} Narmtastic]]

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Definitely a product of its time, Cleopatra Jones has aged fairly well; the dialogue tends to be natural and is quite snappy in parts while the JiveTurkey bits are few and far between. The acting can be uneven in parts - compare Jimmy's [[{{Narm}} Narmtastic]]
Narmtastic]] confession to Masters' stonefaced comfort during a junkie's torturous withdrawal session. Some of the MarySue comments made by minor characters are evocative of JackBlack's wooden delivery in KingKong, blank face and all.
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Definitely a product of its time, Cleopatra Jones has aged fairly well; the dialogue tends to be natural and is quite snappy in parts while the JiveTurkey bits are few and far between. The acting can be uneven in parts - compare Jimmy's {{Narm Narmtastic}}

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Definitely a product of its time, Cleopatra Jones has aged fairly well; the dialogue tends to be natural and is quite snappy in parts while the JiveTurkey bits are few and far between. The acting can be uneven in parts - compare Jimmy's {{Narm Narmtastic}}
[[{{Narm}} Narmtastic]]

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