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* ShoutOut: Chili goes to see a screening of ''Film/TouchOfEvil'', knowing it so well that he repeats the lines. Then ''Film/RioBravo'' on the TV makes Chili go into another movie buff spiel.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Chili goes to see a screening of ''Film/TouchOfEvil'', knowing it so well that he repeats thelines. lines.
** Then ''Film/RioBravo'' on the TV makes Chili go into another movie buffspiel.spiel.
** When Creator/HarveyKeitel is mentioned, Chili says that he was good in ''Film/{{Fingers}}''.
** Chili goes to see a screening of ''Film/TouchOfEvil'', knowing it so well that he repeats the
** Then ''Film/RioBravo'' on the TV makes Chili go into another movie buff
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* SerendipitousSurvival: Leo leaves town and gets on a plane, but it develops a mechanical fault ans is delayed for over an hour, so he gets off, goes back into the terminal and starts drinking heavily in the cocktail lounge. The plane crashes on takeoff and he would have died if he had stayed on board.
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* SerendipitousSurvival: Leo leaves town and gets on a plane, but it develops a mechanical fault ans and is delayed for over an hour, so he gets off, goes back into the terminal and starts drinking heavily in the cocktail lounge. The plane crashes on takeoff and he would have died if he had stayed on board. And the real irony? The passengers were told over the PA system to remain in their seats. If Leo had listened, he would be dead.
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* SerendipitiousSurvival: Leo leaves town and gets on a plane, but it develops a mechanical fault ans is delayed for over an hour, so he gets off, goes back into the terminal and starts drinking heavily in the cocktail lounge. The plane crashes on takeoff and he would have died if he had stayed on board.
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* SerendipitiousSurvival: SerendipitousSurvival: Leo leaves town and gets on a plane, but it develops a mechanical fault ans is delayed for over an hour, so he gets off, goes back into the terminal and starts drinking heavily in the cocktail lounge. The plane crashes on takeoff and he would have died if he had stayed on board.
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* SerendipitiousSurvival: Leo leaves town and gets on a plane, but it develops a mechanical fault ans is delayed for over an hour, so he gets off, goes back into the terminal and starts drinking heavily in the cocktail lounge. The plane crashes on takeoff and he would have died if he had stayed on board.
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* OscarBait: InUniverse. Chili mentions that Martin Weir's best performance was as a "crippled gay guy who climbed Mt. Whitney."
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A 1990 novel by Creator/ElmoreLeonard, ''Get Shorty'' was adapted into a 1995 film directed by Creator/BarrySonnenfeld, starring Creator/JohnTravolta as Chili alongside an all-star cast including Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/DannyDeVito, and Rene Russo. 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.
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A 1990 novel by Creator/ElmoreLeonard, ''Get Shorty'' was adapted into a 1995 film directed by Creator/BarrySonnenfeld, starring Creator/JohnTravolta as Chili alongside an all-star cast including Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/DannyDeVito, and Rene Russo.Creator/ReneRusso. 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.
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** Jimmy Capp calls Rya this for taking Chili's coat, especially as it was a Christmas present.
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** Jimmy Capp calls Rya Ray this for taking Chili's coat, especially as it was a Christmas present.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Bo kills Yayo by shooting him and knocking him over his balcony, and tells Bear afterwards he could loosen the balcony and kill Chili by knocking him over the edge. [[spoiler:At the end, Bear kills Bo with said loose balcony. Chili ''does'' go over the edge, but Bear saves him.]]
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** [[spoiler:Both Chili and Bo have one when Bear pushes them against Bo's balcony and it comes loose, causing them to fall over the edge. Bear saves Chili, while Bo falls to his death.]]
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* AccidentalMisnaming: The man who picks up Ray at the airport in LA mispells Ray's surname (Barboni) as "Barbone" on the sign he has with him./ Ray says he hopes the man can drive better than he can spell.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: The man who picks up Ray at the airport in LA mispells Ray's surname (Barboni) as "Barbone" on the sign he has with him./ Ray says he hopes the man can drive better than he can spell.
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* RealPersonCameo - Ernesto "Chili" Palmer, Elmore Leonard's inspiration for the lead character, was cast as one of Ray Bones's sycophants.
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* VertigoEffect: Used when Yayo is looking at the airport locker with the money in it and trying to decide whether or not to go for it and get the money by risk getting caught by the DEA agents in the terminal. In the end he can't bring himself to do it.
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* HeroesGoneFishing: Chili at one point watches ''Touch Of Evil'' in a movie theater, and Karen joins in for the end, which Chili doesn't realise until he turns and sees her after it has ended (she was sitting behind him).
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* VillainsOutShopping: Ray is reading Martin Weir's book while sitting on the toilet before he gets the call from Harry that gets him to fly out to LA.
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** Chili takes $310,000 from Leo early on when he catches up to him. [[spoiler:It ends up having to be used to pay off Bo after he kidnaps Karen.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: Chili. He has dark hair and dresses mainly in dark clothing, especially at the start of the film, but is a fairly pleasant guy to be around, [[BewareTheNiceOnes unless you piss him off]].
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* DeathGlare - Chili makes good use of these, often commanding people "Look at me" to that he can aim one at them. Martin is intrigued by it so much that he spends a scene trying to imitate it, with Palmer coaching him on how to do it right.
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* DeathGlare - Chili makes good use of these, often commanding people "Look at me" to that he can aim one at them. Martin is intrigued by it so much that he spends a scene trying to imitate it, with Palmer Chili coaching him on how to do it right.
* DestinationDefenestration: After Ray shoots Ronnie dead and explains to Harry that it should look like Harry did it in self-defense, Ray tells Harry IWasNeverHere, and warns him that if he tells anyone about it, he will come back and throw Harry out the office window.
* DramaticShattering: When Leo returns to his suite, Chili is there and spooks him by revealing his presence after Leo downs a drink. Leo drops the glass and it smashes on the floor.
* GetOut: After Chili first breaks into Karen's house and she discovers him talking with Harry, she calmly orders both of them out.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Ray takes Chili's jacket, which had Chili's car keys in it, at the start of the film. In retaliation, when Chili goes to retrieve the coat, he punches Ray in the face and breaks his nose.
* MaliciousMisnaming: Bo calls Yayo Yahoo twice when Yayo wants to collect the money in the airport locker, and from the way he says it, it's implied he's getting the name wrong on purpose. He also calls him Yoyo when he talks to Bear after Ronnie's death.
* OhCrap:
** Ray has one soon after Chili breaks his nose. Chili realises Ray is coming to his office, so he pulls out his gun and when Ray opens the door, Chili shoots at him. Ray panics and gets the hell out of there.
** Harry has one when he gets up in the middle of the night, finds the TV on, then Chili, behind him, turns it off and says his name.
** Harry has another one soon after meeting Chili, when Chili points out that Bo, Ronnie and Bear have just arrived outside his office building.
** Yayo has just enough time for one before Bo shoots him dead and knocks him over the railing.
** Ray has one soon after Chili breaks his nose. Chili realises Ray is coming to his office, so he pulls out his gun and when Ray opens the door, Chili shoots at him. Ray panics and gets the hell out of there.
** Harry has one when he gets up in the middle of the night, finds the TV on, then Chili, behind him, turns it off and says his name.
** Harry has another one soon after meeting Chili, when Chili points out that Bo, Ronnie and Bear have just arrived outside his office building.
** Yayo has just enough time for one before Bo shoots him dead and knocks him over the railing.
* TemptingFate: Jimmy Capp tells Ray, in no uncertain terms, that nothing happens to Chili while Momo is alive. At the end of the next scene, Momo dies from a heart attack.
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* TooDumbToLive: Ronnie, Bo's associate, does not seem to understand that a gun in your belt does little good at close range against someone with a drawn weapon.
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* TooDumbToLive: TooDumbToLive:
** Ronnie, Bo's associate, does not seem to understand that a gun in your belt does little good at close range against someone with a drawnweapon.weapon.
** Jimmy Capp calls Rya this for taking Chili's coat, especially as it was a Christmas present.
** Ronnie, Bo's associate, does not seem to understand that a gun in your belt does little good at close range against someone with a drawn
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Chili, upon first arriving in Los Angeles in torrential rain and seeing not the Cadillac he ordered as a hire car, but an Oldsmobile Silhouette, which the bus driver describes as "the Cadillac of minivans". Not wanting to walk back to the car hire place in the downpour, he decides to take the minivan anyway.
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* WrongRestaurant: The obnoxious, [[TheNapoleon pint-sized]] [[ThePrimaDonna prima donna]] Martin Weir makes a point of ordering whatever he feels like at the moment, regardless of whether it's on the menu or at all appropriate for the restaurant. Then he plucks his incredulous lunch guests' menus out of their hands and does the same for them.
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* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: This trope is subverted when a thug mocks Carboni's choice of weapon (AMT Backup, a small but effective pistol). The thug, perhaps thinking he's GenreSavvy, says "What's that, a Wop 9? The Fiat of guns, always jammin' on you at the wrong time," to which Carboni responds by slinging four rounds through the man's chest.
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* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: This trope is subverted when a thug Ronnie mocks Carboni's Ray Bones' choice of weapon (AMT Backup, a small but effective pistol). The thug, Ronnie, perhaps thinking he's GenreSavvy, says "What's that, a Wop 9? The Fiat of guns, always jammin' on you at the wrong time," to which Carboni responds time". Bones just shrugs and happily demonstrates his gun's effectiveness by slinging four rounds through the man's chest. popping 4 bullets in Ronnie's chest.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Sort of. In the book, Ray Bones is a lot more menacing and a lot less of a complete moron than he is in the movie. However, while for much of the book he's mentioned as an ominous soon-to-arrive threat, when he eventually shows up Chili ends up dealing with him fairly quickly. However, in the movie, while he's a lot stupider he's also around more often, shows up in Los Angeles much sooner and consequently is a lot more of an active threat. [[spoiler: Specifically, the scene where he shows up at Harry's office, beats the crap out of Harry and then shoots Ronnie doesn't appear in the book.]]
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** Chili and Bo Catlett are also both very elegant and stylish men who are career criminals but for reasons of birth don't entirely fit in with the criminal organisations they work for, passionately love movies and are fascinated by the movie business, and view the posturing, obnoxious behaviour of their fellow criminals with a certain amount of withering contempt.
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* ShoutOut: Chili goes to see a screening of ''Film/TouchOfEvil'', knowing it so well that he repeats the lines. Then ''Film/RioBravo'' on the TV makes Chili go into another movie buff spiel.
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* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Two, actually. There's the $500K of drug money at the airport, and there's Leo's $300,000 in a duffel bag, which was the reason Chili went to LA to begin with.
* IWasNeverHere: After giving Harry an ass-kicking and them murdering Ronnie, Ray says this while putting the gun in Harry's hand and explaining that Harry did it in self defense.
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* TitleDropTitleDrop: Karen suggests it as the title of Chili's movie.
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* ScreamingWoman - Karen Flores's claim to fame in Harry's low-budget monster movies when she was a young woman. She reveals that even in her late thirties that she can still belt one out. [[spoiler: this ends up being both a ChekhovsGun and [[Irony ironic]] as the only time she screams is late in the movie which alerts Bo to her presence and he subsequently [[HandGagging puts his hand over her mouth]] and [[DamselInDistress kidnaps her]].]]
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* ScreamingWoman - Karen Flores's claim to fame in Harry's low-budget monster movies when she was a young woman. She reveals that even in her late thirties that she can still belt one out. [[spoiler: this ends up being both a ChekhovsGun and [[Irony ironic]] ironic as the only time she screams is late in the movie which alerts Bo to her presence and he subsequently [[HandGagging puts his hand over her mouth]] and [[DamselInDistress kidnaps her]].]]
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* ScreamingWoman - Karen Flores's claim to fame in Harry's low-budget monster movies when she was a young woman. She reveals that even in her late thirties that she can still belt one out. [[spoiler: this ends up being both a ChekhovsGun and [[Irony ironic]] as the only time she screams is late in the movie which alerts Bo to her presence and he subsequently [[HandGagging puts his hand over her mouth]] and [[DanselInDistress kidnaps her]].]]
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* ScreamingWoman - Karen Flores's claim to fame in Harry's low-budget monster movies when she was a young woman. She reveals that even in her late thirties that she can still belt one out. [[spoiler: this ends up being both a ChekhovsGun and [[Irony ironic]] as the only time she screams is late in the movie which alerts Bo to her presence and he subsequently [[HandGagging puts his hand over her mouth]] and [[DanselInDistress [[DamselInDistress kidnaps her]].]]
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* HandGagging: [[spoiler: Bo puts his hand over Karen's mouth after [[ScreamingWoman she screams]] to [[DamselInDistress kidnap her.]]
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* HandGagging: [[spoiler: Bo puts his hand over Karen's mouth after [[ScreamingWoman she screams]] to [[DamselInDistress kidnap her.her]].]]
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* ScreamingWoman - Karen Flores's claim to fame in Harry's low-budget monster movies when she was a young woman. She reveals that even in her late thirties that she can still belt one out. [[spoiler: this ends up being both a ChekhovsGun and [[Irony ironic]] as the only time she screams is late in the movie which alerts Bo to her presence and he subsequently [[HandGagging puts his hand over her mouth]] and [[DanselInDistress kidnaps her.her]].]]
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Karen, despite knowing Chili is a criminal, she gets involved with him. [[spoiler: This ends up getting her [[DamselInDistress Kidnapped]] and nearly killed.]]
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Karen, despite knowing Chili is a criminal, she gets involved with him. [[spoiler: This ends up getting her [[DamselInDistress Kidnapped]] kidnapped]] and nearly killed.]]
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Karen, despite knowing Chili is a criminal, she gets involved with him. [[spoiler: This ends up getting her [[DamselInDistress Kidnapped]] and nearly killed.]]
* [[spoiler: DamselInDistress: Karen is kidnapped by Bo and rescued by her lover, Chili.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Karen, very sassy woman.
* DeadpanSnarker: Karen, very sassy woman.
* HandGagging: [[spoiler: Bo puts his hand over Karen's mouth after [[ScreamingWoman she screams]] to [[DamselInDistress kidnap her.]]
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* ScreamingWoman - Karen Flores's claim to fame in Harry's low-budget monster movies when she was a young woman. She reveals that even in her late thirties that she can still belt one out. [[spoiler: this ends up being both a ChekhovsGun and [[Irony ironic]] as the only time she screams is late in the movie which alerts Bo to her presence and he subsequently [[HandGagging puts his hand over her mouth]] and [[DanselInDistress kidnaps her.]]
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* FriendlyEnemy: Of a sort; Ray Bones's goon is tough and intimidating towards Chili when Bones is in the room, but as soon as he leaves loosens up and seems to agree with Chili that his boss is a dick.
-->'''Goon:''' ''[Intimidating]'' This man is the man. You get what I'm saying? This here is ''Mr.'' Bones. You speak to ''Mr.'' Bones from now on.\\
''[Bones leaves the room]''\\
'''Chili:''' C'mon, you can do better than him.\\
'''Goon:''' ''[Casually]'' Not these days. Not less you speak Spanish.
-->'''Goon:''' ''[Intimidating]'' This man is the man. You get what I'm saying? This here is ''Mr.'' Bones. You speak to ''Mr.'' Bones from now on.\\
''[Bones leaves the room]''\\
'''Chili:''' C'mon, you can do better than him.\\
'''Goon:''' ''[Casually]'' Not these days. Not less you speak Spanish.
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A 1990 novel by Creator/ElmoreLeonard, ''Get Shorty'' was made into a 1995 film directed by Creator/BarrySonnenfeld, starring Creator/JohnTravolta as Chili alongside an all-star cast including Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/DannyDeVito, and Rene Russo. 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.
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A 1990 novel by Creator/ElmoreLeonard, ''Get Shorty'' was made adapted into a 1995 film directed by Creator/BarrySonnenfeld, starring Creator/JohnTravolta as Chili alongside an all-star cast including Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/DannyDeVito, and Rene Russo. 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.
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A 1990 novel by Creator/ElmoreLeonard, ''Film/GetShorty'' was made into a 1995 film directed by Creator/BarrySonnenfeld, starring Creator/JohnTravolta as Chili alongside an all-star cast including Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/DannyDeVito, and Rene Russo. 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.
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A 1990 novel by Creator/ElmoreLeonard, ''Film/GetShorty'' ''Get Shorty'' was made into a 1995 film directed by Creator/BarrySonnenfeld, starring Creator/JohnTravolta as Chili alongside an all-star cast including Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/DannyDeVito, and Rene Russo. 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.
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Originally a novel by Creator/ElmoreLeonard, ''Film/GetShorty'' was made into a 1995 film starring Creator/JohnTravolta as Chili alongside an all-star cast including Gene Hackman, Creator/DannyDeVito and Rene Russo and directed by Creator/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.
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* TrespassingToTalk: Chillie breaks into Karen's house to deliver the shylock message to Harry who's sleeping there -then pitches his movie idea. Karen kicks them both out. The next day she comes home to find Chillie waiting in her house to apologize.
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