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* RightHandVersusLeftHand: A major theme of the movie is the good guys and bad guys not communicating properly, backstabbing one another, or just not cooperating.
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* KickTheDog: You would think the people managing Michael's school would have warned him that he's not gonna graduate because he failed French long before he had to go through the ceremony and open his diploma to see the huge "FAILED" stamp on it.
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* KickTheDog: You would think the people managing Michael's school would have warned him that he's not gonna graduate because he failed French long before he had to go through the ceremony and open his diploma to see the huge "FAILED" "INCOMPLETE" stamp on it.
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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Happens to the band playing "Pomp and Circumstance" in the opening scene when Michael opens his diploma to find a huge "FAILED" stamp and a text explaining that he didn't passed French class on it.
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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Happens to the band playing "Pomp and Circumstance" in the opening scene when Michael opens his diploma to find a huge "FAILED" "INCOMPLETE" stamp and a text explaining that he didn't passed pass French class on it.
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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Happens to the band playing "Pomp and Circumstance" in the opening scene when Michael opens his diploma to find a huge "FAILED" stamp and a text explaining that he didn't passed French class on it.
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* KickTheDog: You would think the people managing Michael's school would have warned him that he's not gonna graduate because he failed French long before he had to go through the ceremony and open his diploma to see the huge "FAILED" stamp on it.
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* TrojanGauntlet: Corben struggling to open the metal tube of COMBAT CONDOMS, unaware the woman he wants to sleep with is actually an assassin.
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* TrojanGauntlet: Corben struggling to open the metal tube of COMBAT CONDOMS, unaware the woman he wants to sleep with is actually an assassin. [[LifesavingMisfortune It saves him from getting blown up by Ziegsfeld, though.]]
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* LovesOnlyGold: Steranko, to the point that [[spoiler:Ilsa doesn't even has a chance when Steranko is forced to decide between her and the gold in order to make his helicopter lighter in order to escape, and when Corben shoots the chopper's underside and the gold starts to fall off, he tries to stop this even if it means falling off the chopper himself (or keeping his hands on the controls).]]
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* LovesOnlyGold: Steranko, to the point that [[spoiler:Ilsa doesn't even has have a chance when Steranko is forced to decide between her and the gold in order to make his helicopter lighter in order to escape, and when Corben shoots the chopper's underside and the gold starts to fall off, he tries to stop this even if it means falling off the chopper himself (or keeping his hands on the controls).]]
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* MistakenForBadass: The whole plot, in a nutshell. Not only does Michael Corben get mistaken for American superspy [[NamesTheSame Michael Corben]], but Mrs. Grober is somehow assumed to be a top-notch agent code-named "The French Teacher."
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* MistakenForBadass: The whole plot, in a nutshell. Not only does Michael Corben get mistaken for American superspy [[NamesTheSame Michael Corben]], but Mrs. Grober is somehow assumed to be a top-notch agent code-named "The French Teacher."Teacher" by ''all sides''.
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* DeathByCameo: Singer Roger Daltrey appears as superspy Blade long enough to get his butt handed to him by [[Film/KindergartenCop Linda Hunt]] as Ilsa, who kills him using a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome necklace that unfurls into a whip]].
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* DeathByCameo: Singer Roger Daltrey appears as superspy Blade long enough to get his butt handed to him by [[Film/KindergartenCop Linda Hunt]] as Ilsa, who kills him using a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome [[ImprobableWeaponUser necklace that unfurls into a whip]].
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* MistakenForBadass: The whole plot, in a nutshell. Not only does Michael Corben get mistaken for American superspy [[NamesTheSame Michael Corben]], but Mrs. Grober is somehow assumed to be a top-notch agent code-named "The French Teacher" (''[[WhatAnIdiot by all sides]], [[CriticalResearchFailure including the CIA]]'').
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* MistakenForBadass: The whole plot, in a nutshell. Not only does Michael Corben get mistaken for American superspy [[NamesTheSame Michael Corben]], but Mrs. Grober is somehow assumed to be a top-notch agent code-named "The French Teacher" (''[[WhatAnIdiot by all sides]], [[CriticalResearchFailure including the CIA]]'').Teacher."
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* AsYouKnow: Parodied in Michael's conversation with his father, Herb. Herb begins to tell Michael some things he's heard many times before and is clearly tired of, interrupting Herb halfway through to ask, "Dad, is this the 'no follow-through' speech?" An oblivious Herb replies, "That's right," and promptly continues as though he hadn't been interrupted.
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** Mrs. Grober while stopping Steranko's party: "The bar's closed!"
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->'''Mariska''': ''They're gonna kill your friends. They're gonna kill me. And they're gonna kill you.''
->'''Michael''': ''Talk about peer pressure.''
->'''Michael''': ''Talk about peer pressure.''
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->'''Mariska''': ''They're They're gonna kill your friends. They're gonna kill me. And they're gonna kill you.''
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->'''Michael''':''Talk Talk about peer pressure.''
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: A beautiful female assassin is sent to kill Corben, but while he's run off to get condoms she accidentally drops the [[AnimalAssassin scorpion she was going to kill him with]] down her dress. Meanwhile a rival assassin peeks through the keyhole and sees her bouncing up and down on the bed trying to shake the scorpion off. Assuming she's having sex with his target, he decides to [[NoKillLikeOverkill blow them both up with a rocket launcher]].
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* DropDeadGorgeous: Averted; Corben gets a FanDisservice moment when the beauty he hoped to sleep with is turned into a charred corpse by a rocket explosion.
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* TrojanGauntlet: Corben struggling to open the metal tube of COMBAT CONDOMS, unaware the woman he wants to sleep with is actually an assassin.
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* BadassGrandma: Ilsa Grunt may be old, but she is a ''lethal'' fighter and assassin, not to mention a clever MasterOfDisguise who can improvise very quickly.
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* BadassGrandma: {{Badass Grand|pa}}ma: Ilsa Grunt may be old, but she is a ''lethal'' fighter and assassin, not to mention a clever MasterOfDisguise who can improvise very quickly.
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* BondOneLiner:
** After the guard in the dungeon as been blown up with the exploding chewing gum, leaving just his boots: "Looks like he stepped out."
** After Steranko has been buried in his own horde of gold coins: "Keep the change."
** After the guard in the dungeon as been blown up with the exploding chewing gum, leaving just his boots: "Looks like he stepped out."
** After Steranko has been buried in his own horde of gold coins: "Keep the change."
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** Areola ends up [[spoiler:getting stung by her own pet scorpion, with which she tried to kill Michael.]]
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** Areola ends up [[spoiler:getting stung by her own pet scorpion, with which she tried to kill Michael.]]Michael]].
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* MistakenForBadass: The whole plot, in a nutshell. Not only does Michael Corben is mistaken for American superspy [[NamesTheSame Michael Corben]], but Mrs. Grober is somehow assumed to be a top-notch agent code-named "The French Teacher" (''[[WhatAnIdiot by all sides]], [[CriticalResearchFailure including the CIA]]'').
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* MistakenForBadass: The whole plot, in a nutshell. Not only does Michael Corben is get mistaken for American superspy [[NamesTheSame Michael Corben]], but Mrs. Grober is somehow assumed to be a top-notch agent code-named "The French Teacher" (''[[WhatAnIdiot by all sides]], [[CriticalResearchFailure including the CIA]]'').
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* PostMortemOneLiner:
** After the guard in the dungeon as been blown up with the exploding chewing gum, leaving just his boots: "Looks like he stepped out."
** After Steranko has been buried in his own horde of gold coins: "Keep the change."
** After the guard in the dungeon as been blown up with the exploding chewing gum, leaving just his boots: "Looks like he stepped out."
** After Steranko has been buried in his own horde of gold coins: "Keep the change."
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The film was written by Fred Dekker (''Film/TheMonsterSquad'') and directed by William Dear (''Film/HarryAndTheHendersons'').
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The film was written by Fred Dekker (''Film/TheMonsterSquad'') (''Film/TheMonsterSquad'', ''Film/NightOfTheCreeps'') and directed by William Dear (''Film/HarryAndTheHendersons'').
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* PreMortemOneLiner: "Time to cash it in, Steranko!"
** PostMortemOneLiner: "Keep the change."
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* PreMortemOneLiner: PostMortemOneLiner:
** After the guard in the dungeon as been blown up with the exploding chewing gum, leaving just his boots: "Looks like he stepped out."
** After Steranko has been buried in his own horde of gold coins: "Keep the change."
* PreMortemOneLiner:
** Trying to get the guard to step on the exploding gum: "Double your pleasure, double your fun!"
** While shooting at the helicopter: "Time to cash it in,Steranko!"
** PostMortemOneLiner: "Keep the change."Steranko!"
** After the guard in the dungeon as been blown up with the exploding chewing gum, leaving just his boots: "Looks like he stepped out."
** After Steranko has been buried in his own horde of gold coins: "Keep the change."
* PreMortemOneLiner:
** Trying to get the guard to step on the exploding gum: "Double your pleasure, double your fun!"
** While shooting at the helicopter: "Time to cash it in,
** PostMortemOneLiner: "Keep the change."
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* HellishCopter: Corben machine guns the bottom right out from under it during the ShortLivedAerialEscape, sending all of its gold cargo (and Steranko, [[spoiler:who ends up being [[KarmicDeath crushed to death]] by said gold]]) dropping to the roof before falling down itself (and then the propeller rips itself off and chases after Michael and Mariska).
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* HellishCopter: Corben Michael machine guns the bottom right out from under it during the ShortLivedAerialEscape, sending all of its gold cargo (and Steranko, [[spoiler:who ends up being [[KarmicDeath crushed to death]] by said gold]]) dropping to the roof before falling down itself (and then the propeller rips itself off and chases after Michael and Mariska).
* PreMortemOneLiner: "Time to cash it in, Steranko!"
** PostMortemOneLiner: "Keep the change."
** PostMortemOneLiner: "Keep the change."
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* RealityEnsues: At first, Michael is ecstatic about the mission (once he finally does accept it). But it isn't long before he finds out being a spy isn't all fun and glamor, and he predictably reacts by trying to back out after multiple attempts are made on his life.
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* RealityEnsues: At first, Michael is ecstatic about the mission (once he finally does accept it). But it isn't long before he finds out being a spy isn't all fun and glamor, glamor like it is in the movies, and he predictably understandably reacts by trying to back out after multiple attempts are made on his life.life.
-->'''Michael''': That's it! I'm out!
-->'''Michael''': That's it! I'm out!
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* TheOnlyOne: Michael is untrained and has no idea what he's doing. But past a certain point, he is literally the only person who can save everyone, and he rises to the challenge of being the teen super spy everyone thinks he is admirably.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Zigesfeld comes off as mildly mentally deficient and [[PsychopathicManchild childlike]] at times. This, coupled with his tendency to fly into feral rages suggests there is clearly something wrong with him.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Zigesfeld comes off as mildly mentally deficient and Zigesfeld. ''Something'' is clearly wrong with the guy. He is both [[PsychopathicManchild childlike]] at times. This, coupled with his tendency to fly into feral rages suggests there is clearly something wrong with him.childlike and violent]], suggesting some sort of developmental disorder.
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* TerrifyingPetStoreRat: That scorpion used to try and kill Michael at the hotel? It's a harmless emperor scorpion. They're sold in pet stores across the world.
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The film was written by Fred Dekker (''Film/TheMonsterSquad'') and directed by William Dear (''Film/HarryAndTheHendersons'').
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* RedBaron: "The French Teacher", super-secret agent, so top-secret that nobody has ever heard of her... in reality Mrs. Grober, an ''actual'' French teacher. ItMakesSenseInContext.
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** Ilsa - an obvious nod to the Rosa Klebb variety of TheBaroness - more than once tries to publicly murder people at the slightest provocation. The first time, she's interrupted by the appearance of two airport security guards, and the second time, Steranko himself has to stop her.
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** Ilsa - an obvious nod to the Rosa Klebb variety of TheBaroness - more than once tries to publicly [[MurderIsTheBestSolution murder people people]] at the slightest provocation. The first time, she's interrupted by the appearance of two airport security guards, and the second time, Steranko himself [[PragmaticVillainy has to stop her.her]].
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** Ilsa - an obvious nod to the Rosa Klebb variety of TheBaroness - more than once tries to publicly murder people at the slightest provocation.
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** Ilsa - an obvious nod to the Rosa Klebb variety of TheBaroness - more than once tries to publicly murder people at the slightest provocation. The first time, she's interrupted by the appearance of two airport security guards, and the second time, Steranko himself has to stop her.
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** Ilsa is an obvious nod to the Rosa Klebb variety of TheBaroness.
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* DeathByLookingUp: [[spoiler:Zigesfeld chooses to simply standing watching the cage dropping towards him instead of moving out of the way.]]
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