History Film / NoDepositNoReturn

* FauxAffablyEvil: Big Joe comes out as jolly and polite, but drop the act when he realize who the kids really are.

Meanwhile, police sergeant Max Turner (Herschel Bernardi) has spent his career chasing down the infamously unlucky safe crackers, but his search has been fruitless. Partnered with rookie detective Longnecker (Charles Martin Smith), he is put on the case of the apparent kidnapping of the two children for a $100,000 ransom. This is, of course, just a brilliant scheme by the two children to help their two benefactors out of their debts.

* Noodle incident: Apparently there was a rocket, an antique chandelier, and the open door to a wine cellar. Details are sketchy at best.

* KnightOfCerebus: Big Joe is set up to be this...[[spoiler: then gets outsmarted by the kids]].

* RealityEnsues: During the ConstructionZoneCalamity scene, Duke and a few bystanders try to use a random cloth as a makeshift safety net in case Bert falls. After telling the group to, "Stretch it tighter!" the cloth- not designed for stretching- simply rips apart.

* LatexPerfection: [[spoiler: Turner tries to disguise himself as the grandfather. [[RealityEnsues An unusually realistic version]], as the mask fails to [[ExpressiveMask show expression]], and Turner complains about how hot and stuffy it is to wear it.]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: Big Joe comes out as a jolly and polite, but drop the act when he realize who the kids really are.

Tracy (Kim Richards) and Jay (Brad Savage) are two children who are excitedly looking forward to an Easter vacation with their mother. Unfortunately, their mother is too busy to see her children, and they are instead being sent to their wealthy grandfather J.W. Osborne (Creator/DavidNiven) for the umpteenth time. Tired of the same vacation they get every Easter, Tracy and Jay run away from the airport (with their pet skunk) and end up getting taken in by Duke (Darren [=McGavin=]) and Bert (Creator/DonKnotts), two down-on-their-luck safe crackers with a huge sum of money to pay to their loan shark Big Joe (Vic Tayback).

* CorruptionByAMinor
* HumiliationConga: Turner's and Longnecker's car.

* [[LockedInAFreezer Locked In A Safe]]: The children during the climax.
* MamaBear: Carolyn flies all the way from Hong Kong to San Francisco when word get to her that [[spoiler: the kids are missing]]. She also [[spoiler: jumps in to Bert and Duke's car as it's driving away]], which is a pretty gutsy move.
* ParentalObliviousness

* ScoobyDoobyDoors

-->'''Duke:''' What kind of a mother are you? Spread out all over the world! You can't raise your kids long distance, or by teachers, a maid, or a grouchy grandpa!

* MamaBear: Karen flies all the way from Hong Kong to San Francisco when word get to her that [[spoiler: the kids are missing]]. She also [[spoiler: jumps in to Bert and Duke's car as it's driving away]], which is a pretty gutsy move.

* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Sergeant Turner. Subverted with Longnecker, thanks to him being annoying.

Tracy and Jay are two children who are excitedly looking forward to an Easter vacation with their mother. Unfortunately, their mother is too busy to see her children, and they are instead being sent to their wealthy grandfather J.W. Osborne for the umpteenth time. Tired of the same vacation they get every Easter, Tracy and Jay run away from the airport (with their pet skunk) and end up getting taken in by Duke and Bert, two down-on-their-luck safe crackers with a huge sum of money to pay to their loan shark Big Joe.

Meanwhile, police sergeant Max Turner has spent his career chasing down the infamously unlucky safe crackers, but his search has been fruitless. Partnered with rookie detective Longnecker, he is put on the case of the apparent kidnapping of the two children for a $100,000 ransom. This is, of course, just a brilliant scheme by the two children to help their two benefactors out of their debts.