History Film / GetShorty

* TheNapoleon: Martin is a powerful but mercurial personality who is also very short. The character in the book was apparently based on Dustin Hoffman, but in the film he's played by the even shorter Danny Devito.

* AsHimself - The final scene of the movie is the filming of Chili's movie. In it, Harvey Keitel plays himself playing Ray Bones, and Penny Marshall plays herself as the director.

* Angrish: Ray Bones, usually after a run in with Chilli.

* CelebrityParadox - John Travolta's character Chili Palmer says "I mean I could see myself in movies Robert De Niro had been in. Or I could maybe do an Al Pacino movie, play a hard-on. But I couldn't see myself in ones, like say the one where the [[Film/ThreeMenAndABaby three guys get stuck with a baby]]. They don't know how to take care of it and you see these big grown-up assholes acting cute..." This is actually a line from the book, so they kept it in and thus the paradox. ''HilariousInHindsight'', considering 2013's ''Film/KillingSeason''

** See ''CelebrityParadox'' above

** Creator/DannyDeVito was asked a question in the Making of interviews and starts rambling in an arrogant way and then admits that he forgot what the original question, totally as his character Martin Weir would do.
** Creator/DannyDeVito, and other actors admit to ordering totally off menu just like Martin Weir.

** Bear is an ex-stuntman who has to work for Bo to take care of his daughter. He's clearly not very comfortable with Bo's more sociopathic and violent tendencies.

* ExactWords: When going over to Ray's house to confront him over stealing his coat, he assures his partner that he "won't say anymore than he has to, if that". When he gets there, he breaks Ray's nose, grabs his coat and leaves, not saying a word.

** Bear is an ex-stuntman who has to work for Bo to take care of his daughter.

** Bo Catlett is a pretty charming guy, but when you scratch the surface is a vicious sociopath.

Originally a novel by Creator/ElmoreLeonard, ''Film/GetShorty'' was made into a 1995 film starring JohnTravolta as Chili alongside an all-star cast including Gene Hackman, Danny [=DeVito=] and Rene Russo and directed by BarrySonnenfeld. Both the novel and movie are an AffectionateParody of the film industry, and both were well-received in and out of Hollywood -- well received enough, in fact, that Leonard wrote a rare sequel to one of his books, ''Be Cool''. It was not as well received, though compared to its [[Film/BeCool film adaptation]], its reception was quite warm indeed.

Originally a novel by ElmoreLeonard, GetShorty was made into a 1995 film starring JohnTravolta as Chili alongside an all-star cast including Gene Hackman, Danny [=DeVito=] and Rene Russo and directed by BarrySonnenfeld. Both the novel and movie are an AffectionateParody of the film industry, and both were well-received in and out of Hollywood -- well received enough, in fact, that Leonard wrote a rare sequel to one of his books, ''Be Cool''. It was not as well received, though compared to its [[Film/BeCool film adaptation]], its reception was quite warm indeed.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: Chili, while a gangster and a loan shark, is an incredibly charming and likeable guy who, while he can be incredibly intimidating, rarely uses force or violence unless he's provoked into it. His opponents Ray "Bones" and Bo Catlett however, have practically no redeeming characteristics whatsoever.

** Chili himself might count; he's a loan shark, a crook and a gangster, but when he's not shaking down people for money (and even when he is, kind of) he's mostly a rather charming, pleasant and likeable guy.

* WickedCultured - Chili, Bo, and even somewhat Ray all fit this

* BlackAndGreyMorality: Chili, while a gangster and a loan shark, is an incredibly charming and likeable guy who, while he can be incredibly intimidating, rarely uses force or violence unless he's provoked into it. His opponents Ray "Bones" and Bo Catlett however, while they might not exactly be {{Complete Monster}}s, have practically no redeeming characteristics whatsoever.