History Film / CopOut

* CowboyCop: Both Paul and Jimmy. While Jimmy is classic stereotype for this sort of character, Paul goes along readily with Jimmy's style and occasionally takes the lead.

* WouldHurtAChild: A justified example. Paul hits an eleven year old thief in the groin after they did the same thing to him.

''Cop Out'' is a 2010 {{buddy cop|s}} spoof staring Creator/BruceWillis and Tracy Morgan. To date, it's the only feature Creator/KevinSmith directed without having written.

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'''Cop Out''' is a 2010 {{buddy cop|s}} spoof staring Creator/BruceWillis and Tracy Morgan. To date, it's the only feature Creator/KevinSmith directed without having written.

!!This movie has examples of:

--> '''Po' Boy:''' ''Did you like that? We practiced it for, like, an hour!''

* InsultBackfire: When Jimmy and Paul are mocking Hunsaker and Mangold by saying they were played by Creator/KevinCostner and Creator/RobertDeNiro in a movie called "[[Film/TheUntouchables The Unfuckables]]", Hunsaker and Mangold admit that being played by Costner and DeNiro would actually be pretty cool.

Another in the line of director [[Creator/KevinSmith Kevin Smith's]] flicks (though not written by him), this one skewering the {{buddy cop|s}} picture.

BruceWillis is Jimmy Monroe, a grizzled, no-nonsense cop, and Tracy Morgan is his partner Paul Hodges, a somewhat abrasive, feelings-on-his-sleeve cop. A botched undercover operation (which in turn jeopardizes a huge drug sting two other cops are organizing) results in the two getting suspended from the force just before Jimmy's daughter has a huge wedding that Jimmy was hoping to pay for. Frustrated, he goes to sell a prize baseball card to get the cash needed for the wedding. Of course, things go even further south for Jimmy when the card then gets stolen along with one of Paul's guns.

* TitleDrop: Averted. Jimmy says "...couple of dicks" early in the movie. However, the title has been changed to Cop Out.

[[caption-width-right:300:Starring Bruce Tracy and Willis Morgan.]]

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Initially invoked when [[spoiler:Dave is apparently killed when he falls out of tree and breaks his neck. However, the credit scene shows that [[UnexplainedRecovery he gets better]] when he plays a nasty prank on the coroner.]]

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The B plot, about Paul's fears that his wife is cheating on him with the neighbor.

* MemeticMutation: Discussed at one point, as a kid explains [[ZeroWing "All Your Base"]] to his mother. Although [[FridgeLogic why a mom would just now be asking about a ten-year old meme, to a son about as old as said meme]], is another question entirely.[[invoked]]

* [[TheRival The Rivals]]: Officers Hunsaker and Mangold, to Paul and Jimmy. It's their investigation that the opening screwup ruins, and there's obviously some rivalry there throughout the whole movie. [[spoiler: They don't let it get in the way of their jobs, though; they vouch for Paul and Jimmy when it turns out their interference saves their lives.]]

Not to be confused with the French movie ''LeSamourai'', which was released under the title ''Cop Out'' in some parts of the US. Also not connected to WriterCopOut.

* AdvertisedExtra: While by no means an extra, the trailer makes it look as if Seann William Scott is one of the stars of the film, while he is really a supporting character.

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* CowboyCop: Both Paul and Jimmy. While Jimmy is pretty much the classic stereotype for this sort of character, Paul goes along readily with Jimmy's style and occasionally takes the lead.

* {{Geek}}: Po' Boy, the leader of the drug cartel looking to expand in New York City, is a huge baseball fan. Also, Officer Hunsaker is really into boots.

* [[TheRival The Rivals]]: Officers Hunsaker and Mangold, to Paul and Jimmy. It's their investigation that the opening screwup ruins, and there's obviously some rivalry there throughout the whole movie. [[spoiler: They don't let it get in the way of their jobs, though; they actually vouch for Paul and Jimmy when it turns out their interference saves their lives.]]

* CloudCuckooLander: Dave, the guy who steals Jimmy's baseball card and Paul's favorite gun. Played a bit more realistically, as it's shown just how freaking annoying someone like this would be to deal with.
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* YouAndWhatArmy: Not actually invoked, but discussed afterwards.

* ActorAllusion: Paul's interrogation "technique" involves quoting classic movies, which Jimmy usually rolls his eyes to while naming the movie. When Paul says [[Film/DieHard "Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker!"]], Jimmy goes, "I've never seen that movie."

* ExecutiveMeddling: Inverted. Kevin Smith originally wanted to call the movie "A Couple of Dicks", which the executives shot down. When he called it a cop out, they told him that was a better name, which he agreed with and decided that in this case they were smarter than him.

Not to be confused with the French movie ''LeSamourai'', which was released under the title ''Cop Out'' in some parts of the US.

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* HannibalLecture: A funny parody of this when Dave is in the police car with the officers. He drives Hodges crazy with some simple statements, mostly by saying that his wife is cheating on him.

* FridgeBrilliance: Why are Hunsaker and Mangold given so much screentime? Among other things, [[spoiler:in any other cop movie, ''they'd'' be the leads.]]

Another in the line of director [[KevinSmith Kevin Smith's]] flicks (though not written by him), this one skewering the {{buddy cop|s}} picture.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Initially invoked when [[spoiler:Dave is apparently killed when he falls out of tree and breaks his neck. However, the credit scene shows that [[IGotBetter he gets better]] when he plays a nasty prank on the coroner.]]