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* WhatHappenedTotheMouse: The last the audience sees of Laura Lincolnberry's stalker ex-husband is him being knocked out by a TapOnTheHead with a frying pan. He clearly isn't killed by the attack, but the film doesn't say what happens to him.
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* WhatHappenedTotheMouse: WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The last the audience sees of Laura Lincolnberry's stalker ex-husband is him being knocked out by a TapOnTheHead with a frying pan. He clearly isn't killed by the attack, but the film doesn't say what happens to him.
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* WhatHappenedTotheMouse: The last the audience sees of Laura Lincolnberry's stalker ex-husband is him being knocked out by a TapOnTheHead with a frying pan. He clearly isn't killed by the attack, but the film doesn't say what happens to him.
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* SaltAndPepper: Police officer Ned Ravine and his black partner.
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* SecondFaceSmoke: Spoofed when the FemmeFatale keeps blowing smoke in the protagonist's face until he's covered by a layer of smog.
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* SecondFaceSmoke: Spoofed via OverlyLongGag when the FemmeFatale keeps blowing smoke in the protagonist's face until he's covered by a layer of smog.
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* CourtroomAntics: Both the prosecution and the defense during Lana Ravine's trial. And the colour commentary.
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* OvercomeWithDesire: Ned breaks into Lana's house in a parody of a similar scene from ''Film/BodyHeat'' where the male protagonist, driven mad with lust for the FemmeFatale, breaks down a door to consummate their affair. Turns out he just forgot his car keys.
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* OvercomeWithDesire: Ned breaks into Lana's house in a parody of a similar scene from ''Film/BodyHeat'' where the male protagonist, driven mad with lust for the FemmeFatale, breaks down a door to consummate their affair. [[SubvertedTrope Turns out he just forgot his car keys.keys]].
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* OvercomeWithDesire: Ned breaks into Lana's house in a parody of a similar scene from ''Film/BodyHeat'' where the male protagonist, driven mad with lust for the FemmeFatale, breaks down a door to consummate their affair. Turns out he just forgot his car keys.
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The film stars Creator/ArmandAssante as Ned, Creator/SeanYoung as Lola, Creator/KateNelligan as Lana, Creator/JamesRemar as Max Shady, and Sherilyn Fenn as Laura Lincolnberry, Ned's secretary.
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The film stars Creator/ArmandAssante as Ned, Creator/SeanYoung as Lola, Creator/KateNelligan as Lana, Creator/JamesRemar as Max Shady, and Sherilyn Fenn Creator/SherilynFenn as Laura Lincolnberry, Ned's secretary.
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''Fatal Instinct'' is a 1993 comedy film directed by Carl Reiner that parodies erotic thrillers such as ''Film/FatalAttraction'', ''Film/BasicInstinct'', and ''Film/BodyHeat'', as well as other films such as ''Film/CapeFear'', ''Film/DoubleIndemnity'' and ''Film/SleepingWithTheEnemy''.
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''Fatal Instinct'' is a 1993 comedy film directed by Carl Reiner Creator/CarlReiner that parodies erotic thrillers such as ''Film/FatalAttraction'', ''Film/BasicInstinct'', and ''Film/BodyHeat'', as well as other films such as ''Film/CapeFear'', ''Film/DoubleIndemnity'' and ''Film/SleepingWithTheEnemy''.
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Dewicking per TRS decision.
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* BiTheWay: When asked if he "[[InnocentInnuendo goes both ways]]", Ned Ravine muses about a tryst he had with a mate in college.
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* BetterThanABareBulb: Oh, so very much.
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* LampshadeHanging: Oh, so very much. One of the primary gags.
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* BiTheWay: When asked if he "[[InnocentInnuendo goes both ways]]", Ned Ravine muses about a thryst he had with a mate in college.
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* BiTheWay: When asked if he "[[InnocentInnuendo goes both ways]]", Ned Ravine muses about a thryst tryst he had with a mate in college.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Ned doesn't see anything suspicious when, on the day he has to take a trip out of town, someone steals the engine of his car, forcing him to take the train, and minutes after he discovers this, the auto mechanic he fired a few days before shows up at his door, and is able to give him a lift to the train station.
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* InsuranceFraud: Lana tries to kill her husband to collect on his life insurance and be able to shack up with her lover. But in order to maximize the insurance payout, she has to arrange for him to die under absurdly specific conditions: namely, that he be shot with a pistol, fall out of a northbound train, and land in a river.
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* TurnInYourBadge: Ned throws his away in the climax and settles for just being a lawyer full time.
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Adding a trope example.
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* GoingCommando: Lola Cain. When she puts both of her legs on a desk and presents herself to Ned Ravine (Armand Assante), he sees that she's bottomless under her white dress. So he gives her a pair of lacy, lilac, pop-up panties to wear.
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The film stars Creator/ArmandAssante as Ned, Creator/SeanYoung as Lola, Creator/KateNelligan as Lana and Sherilyn Fenn as Laura Lincolnberry, Ned's secretary.
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The film stars Creator/ArmandAssante as Ned, Creator/SeanYoung as Lola, Creator/KateNelligan as Lana Lana, Creator/JamesRemar as Max Shady, and Sherilyn Fenn as Laura Lincolnberry, Ned's secretary.
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Not to be confused with ''Film/FatalAttraction'' or ''Film/BasicInstinct'', though scenes from both do get lampooned in the film.
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Not to be confused with ''Film/FatalAttraction'' or ''Film/BasicInstinct'', though scenes from both do get lampooned in the film.
film. Not to be confused with the 2014 Thriller of the same name involving two detectives trying to track down a serial killer of prostitutes.
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* TheFool: Lawyer/cop Ned "I don't look as dumb as I am" Ravine wanders blisfully through life as an ignorant buffoon, not noticing that several different people are all plotting his death.
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* TheFool: Lawyer/cop Ned "I don't look as dumb as I am" Ravine wanders blisfully through life as an ignorant buffoon, not noticing that several different people are all plotting his death.death.
-->'''Ned:''' I don't look as dumb as I am.
-->'''Ned:''' I don't look as dumb as I am.
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* BasicInstinctLegsCrossingParody: It lampoons the scene in its [[http://www.impawards.com/1993/fatal_instinct.html theatrical poster]], showing a woman sitting with her legs crossed and the tagline "Opening Soon".
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* BiTheWay: When asked if he "[[InnocentInnuendo goes both ways]]", Ned Ravine muses about an affair he had with a mate in college.
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* BiTheWay: When asked if he "[[InnocentInnuendo goes both ways]]", Ned Ravine muses about an affair a thryst he had with a mate in college.
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* NameOfCain: Seriously, when you run into a FemmeFatale named "Lola Cain", don't be surprised that she's morally bankrupt.
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* ParodyNames: The main character, a lawyer/cop named Ned Ravine, is a take-off on William Hurt's character from ''Film/BodyHeat'', a lawyer named Ned Racine.
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''Fatal Instinct'' is a 1993 comedy film directed by Carl Reiner that parodies erotic thrillers such as ''Film/FatalAttraction'' and ''Film/BasicInstinct'', as well as other films such as ''Film/CapeFear'', ''Film/DoubleIndemnity'' and ''Film/SleepingWithTheEnemy''.
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''Fatal Instinct'' is a 1993 comedy film directed by Carl Reiner that parodies erotic thrillers such as ''Film/FatalAttraction'' and ''Film/FatalAttraction'', ''Film/BasicInstinct'', and ''Film/BodyHeat'', as well as other films such as ''Film/CapeFear'', ''Film/DoubleIndemnity'' and ''Film/SleepingWithTheEnemy''.
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How can it parody Killer Instinct when it predates it?
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Not to be confused with ''Film/FatalAttraction'' or ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'', though scenes from both do get lampooned in the film.
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Not to be confused with ''Film/FatalAttraction'' or ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'', ''Film/BasicInstinct'', though scenes from both do get lampooned in the film.
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Not to be confused with ''Film/FatalAttraction'' or ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct''.
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Not to be confused with ''Film/FatalAttraction'' or ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct''.
''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'', though scenes from both do get lampooned in the film.
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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The three principal female characters: blonde Lola, brunette Laura, and redhead Lana.
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* FemmeFatale: Lola Cain and Lana Ravine
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* FemmeFatale: Lola Cain and Lana RavineRavine.
* FieryRedhead: {{Averted}} by Lana; she's coldly calculating.
* FieryRedhead: {{Averted}} by Lana; she's coldly calculating.
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* MisplacedNamesPoster: See above. They got Kate Nelligan right, at least.
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** Whenever Lola is on screen there is usually a visible saxophone player in the background.
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** Whenever Lola is on screen there is usually a visible saxophone player in the background. Spoofed in a later scene where the sax is replaced by a trumpet (played by Doc Severinsen, no less!) because Clarence had the night off.
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* {{Sexophone}}: A saxophone player actually follows the FemmeFatale around during her more sultry moments.
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* {{Sexophone}}: A saxophone player actually follows the FemmeFatale around during her more sultry moments. Spoofed in a later scene where the sax is replaced by a trumpet (played by Doc Severinsen, no less!) because Clarence had the night off.
