History Film / ShortTime

* BerserkButton: Vito seems to be [[DiagnosedByTheAudience obsessed with the keeping the Lincoln that he drives Scalase in perfectly clean and in shape condition]], so much so that he charges at [[BigBad Stark when he shoots the doors of the car with the rifle he's demonstrating the power of]], [[TooDumbToLive only to get the rifle pointed at him]] and then [[GroinAttack kicked in the balls by Stark]]. Later, when Burt comes charging in with his car to the parking garage and crashes into the recently repaired car, [[BigNo he screams]] and picks up a submachine gun. When Scalese tells his cousin to escape with him, Vito yells, "He wrecked the Lincoln!" and then starts shooting at Burt!

* BrickJoke: To demonstrate the power of a 50 caliber Barrett [=M82A1=] rifle, [[BigBad Stark]] shoots at the limousine his buyer Scalese drove in to the negotiation of the weapons sale and destroys its passenger doors. During the third act where the weapons sale is being finalized, Scalese [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney hands Stark the cash for the weapons]] and then hands him an auto body estimate, explaining "I deducted for the damages on the doors." The confused sound Stark makes after being handed the estimate is priceless!

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Due to the fact that Burt went to the weapons sale without backup, [[spoiler:Scalase and his wife's cousin Vito are not arrested, nor are Stark's and Scalase's mooks. Stark is the only one who apparently dies when he falls off the window washer suspended scaffold.]] The bad guys' fates are not mentioned in the denouement.

* UnflinchingWalk: Lampshaded and averted. After Burt successfully convinces the convenience store bomber to give up his hostages and surrender, Burt casually walks out of the convenience store. [[DaChief The captain]] asks where the bomb is. Cue Burt turning around to look at the store only to watch it explode. [[GilliganCut Next scene is the police captain presenting Burt with another commendation]], with numerous small bandaids on both their faces, along with a shot of Burt's partner, with various uniformed and plain clothed police officers, clapping while having numerous small bandaids on THEIR faces (except for Burt's rival detective, who was wearing a bomb resistant suit at the scene)! Indicating all the officers present (except for Burt's rival) during the incident were injured by flying glass and/or shrapnel from the explosion!

* UnflinchingWalk: Lampshaded and averted. After Burt successfully convinces the convenience store bomber to give up his hostages and surrender, Burt casually walks out of the convenience store. [[DaChief The captain]] asks where the bomb is. Cue Burt turning around to look at the store only to watch it explode. [[GilliganCut Next scene is the police captain presenting Burt with another commendation]], with numerous small bandaids on both their faces, along with a shot of Burt's partner, with various uniformed and plain clothed police officers, clapping while having numerous small bandaids on THEIR faces! Indicating all the officers present during the incident were injured with flying glass from the explosion!

* BrickJoke: To demonstrate the power of a 50 caliber Barrett [=M82A1=] rifle, [[BigBad Stark]] shoots at the limousine his buyer Scalese drove in to the negotiation of the weapons sale and destroys its passenger doors. During the third act where the weapons sale is being finalized, Scalese [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney hands Stark the cash for the weapons]] and then hands him an auto body estimate, explaining "I deducted for the doors." The confused sound Stark makes after being handed the estimate is priceless!

** The protagonist's full name is [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Burt Simpson]]

* ShoutOut: The protagonist detective and his partner are named [[Series/SesameStreet Burt and Ernie.]]

* UnflinchingWalk: Lampshaded and averted. After Burt successfully convinces the convenience store bomber to give up his hostages and surrender, Burt casually walks out of the convenience store. [[DaChief The captain]] asks where the bomb is. Cue Burt turning around to look at the store only to watch it explode. [[GilliganCut Next scene is the police captain presenting Burt with another commendation]], with numerous small bandaids on both their faces, along with a shot of Burt's partner, with various uniformed and plain clothed police officers clapping while having numerous small bandaids on THEIR faces! Indicating all the officers present during the incident were injured with flying glass from the explosion!

* UnflinchingWalk: Lampshaded and averted. After Burt successfully convinces the convenience store bomber to give up his hostages and surrender, Burt casually walks out of the convenience store. [[DaChief The captain]] asks where the bomb is. Cue Burt turning around to look at the store only to watch it explode. [[GilliganCut Next scene is the police captain presenting Burt with another commendation]], with numerous small bandaids on both their faces, along with a shot of Burt's partner and uniformed and plain clothed police officers clapping with numerous small bandaids on THEIR faces! Indicating all the officers present during the incident were injured with flying glass from the explosion!

''Short Time'' is a 1990 comedy action film directed by Gregg Champion, starring Creator/DabneyColeman, Creator/MattFrewer, Creator/BarryCorbin, and Creator/TeriGarr.

''Short Time'' is a 1990 comedy action film directed by Gregg Champion, starring Creator/DabneyColeman, Creator/MattFrewer, and Creator/TeriGarr.

* ImagineSpot: Not long after being told his days are numbered, Burt imagines his grown son being accepted to Harvard, only for his mother to tell him he can't go because they couldn't afford it on his nominal life insurance and pension.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The story takes place in Seattle but when we see the out-of-control bus being piloted by the now-blind driver, it's colors and paint scheme are that of BC Transit, a public transportation company that operates soley in British Columbia, Canada. This due to the film itself being shot in Vancouver.

* CowboyCop: Burt goes to extreme lengths to try and [[DeathSeeker get himself killed in the line of duty]] so his family gets a bigger insurance payout. His attempt at getting two gang members to kill him in a car chase comes across to them as him being such a crazed cop, who will stop at NOTHING to catch them, that they actually get scared at him. Even the film's BigBad yells at him that he's crazy and to leave him alone.