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* HeroesPreferRedheads: Not in this case, but his LoveInterest gets the last word by dyeing her hair [[WeaksauceWeakness red]] before their wedding so she won't have to put up with his superpowers at home.
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* HeroesPreferRedheads: Not in this case, but his LoveInterest gets the last word by dying her hair red before their wedding so she won't have to put up with his superpowers at home.
* HowWeGotHere: The movie start with Dave faces his fourth execution attempt (this time by the electric chair) for the alleged murder of his superior and friend, Sergeant Willy Dunlop (Ernest Borgnine). While taking his last walk once more, Dave reminisces about how this all got started.

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* HeroesPreferRedheads: Not in this case, but his LoveInterest gets the last word by dying dyeing her hair red [[WeaksauceWeakness red]] before their wedding so she won't have to put up with his superpowers at home.
* HowWeGotHere: The movie start starts with Dave faces facing his fourth execution attempt (this time by the electric chair) for the alleged murder of his superior and friend, Sergeant Willy Dunlop (Ernest Borgnine). While taking his last walk once more, Dave reminisces about how this all got started.
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* OldCopYoungCop: There is a big enough age gap between clever and bright-eyed rookie protagonist Dave and his cranky partner Willy Dunlop that Dave is dating Willy's niece.
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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: TheMovie.
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* BarrierBustingBlow: At one point, the titular officer punches two criminals through a door. [[SpecialEffectsFailure To be fair, the door was about a quarter inch thick and made of balsa wood.]]

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* BarrierBustingBlow: At one point, the titular officer punches two criminals through a door. [[SpecialEffectsFailure To be fair, the door was about a quarter inch thick and made of balsa wood.]]
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Do not confuse with fellow "cop film with a twist" ''Film/HotFuzz''.
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* SavedByThePlatformBelow: Played with. After developing his super powers, Speed and his partner respond to a situation on the [=23rd=] floor of a building. During the scuffle, Speed gets thrown out of the window. There's a window washing platform a couple of floors down, but Speed misses it. Instead, he uses his powers to safely land on the sidewalk. When he rejoins the fight, his partner looks out of the window, sees the platform, and assumes this trope got played.

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* BulletCatch: In his teeth. [[Film/{{Superman}} Real original.]]
* DiggingToChina

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* BulletCatch: In Dave has a goon fire some seven shots at him. And he catches first six ''with the barrel of his teeth. [[Film/{{Superman}} Real original.]]
(empty) revolver'' and the seventh, ''with his teeth!''.
* DiggingToChinaDiggingToChina: The movie ends with Dave making a DivingSave on his partner (Ernest Borgnine) who's falling from a balloon twenty feet up — the two end up plunging into the Earth. As his LoveInterest is mourning their demise, she suddenly receives a phone call from China, whereupon our two heroes are seen making the call surrounded by a horde of curious Chinese villagers.



* HowWeGotHere

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* HowWeGotHereHowWeGotHere: The movie start with Dave faces his fourth execution attempt (this time by the electric chair) for the alleged murder of his superior and friend, Sergeant Willy Dunlop (Ernest Borgnine). While taking his last walk once more, Dave reminisces about how this all got started.



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* SuperCopSuperCop: Provide the trope pic.
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* WeNeedADistraction: Promising not to use his superpowers, Dave gives a pair of mooks an extended drunk-driving test, leaving them more uncoordinated then if they were actually drinking.

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* WeNeedADistraction: Promising not to use his superpowers, Dave gives a pair trio of mooks an extended drunk-driving test, leaving them more uncoordinated then than if they were had actually been drinking.
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* MarketBasedTitle: In the actual movie, the title is ''[[FailOSuckyName Super Snooper]]'', but the packaging calls it ''[[AwesomeMcCoolName Super Fuzz]]''.

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* MarketBasedTitle: In the actual movie, the title is ''[[FailOSuckyName Super Snooper]]'', ''Super Snooper'', but the packaging calls it ''[[AwesomeMcCoolName Super Fuzz]]''.''Super Fuzz''.
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* TheManTheyCouldntHang: Dave has already been electrocuted three times for allegedly killing his partner.

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* TheManTheyCouldntHang: Dave has already been electrocuted had three times attempted executions for allegedly killing his partner.partner. 1) Gas chamber, he just inhaled the poison without harm. 2) Hanged, but the rope broke. 3) And firing squad, but every bullet missed.
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Italian-made low budget SuperHero comedy about a police officer (Terence Hill) who gets hit with an atomic blast, and then discovers he has super powers. ErnestBorgnine is his partner. Better than it sounds, and much more fun to boot, this was a staple of cable movie channels in the early 1980s.

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Italian-made low budget SuperHero comedy about a police officer (Terence Hill) who gets hit with an atomic blast, and then discovers he has super powers. ErnestBorgnine Creator/ErnestBorgnine is his partner. Better than it sounds, and much more fun to boot, this was a staple of cable movie channels in the early 1980s.



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Italian made low budget SuperHero comedy about a police officer who gets hit with an atomic blast, and then discovers he has super powers. ErnestBorgnine is his partner. Better than it sounds, and much more fun to boot.

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Italian made Italian-made low budget SuperHero comedy about a police officer (Terence Hill) who gets hit with an atomic blast, and then discovers he has super powers. ErnestBorgnine is his partner. Better than it sounds, and much more fun to boot.boot, this was a staple of cable movie channels in the early 1980s.



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Italian made low budget SuperHero comedy about a police officer who gets hit with an atomic blast, and then discovers he has super powers. ErnestBorgnine is his partner. Better than it sounds, and much more fun to boot.
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* BarrierBustingBlow: At one point, the titular officer punches two criminals through a door. [[SpecialEffectsFailure To be fair, the door was about a quarter inch thick and made of balsa wood.]]
* BulletCatch: In his teeth. [[Film/{{Superman}} Real original.]]
* DiggingToChina
* HeroesPreferRedheads: Not in this case, but his LoveInterest gets the last word by dying her hair red before their wedding so she won't have to put up with his superpowers at home.
* HowWeGotHere
* TheManTheyCouldntHang: Dave has already been electrocuted three times for allegedly killing his partner.
* MarketBasedTitle: In the actual movie, the title is ''[[FailOSuckyName Super Snooper]]'', but the packaging calls it ''[[AwesomeMcCoolName Super Fuzz]]''.
* MundaneUtility: Dave uses his powers to do the housework. His fiancee is not impressed.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Terence Hill's Italian accent is ''very'' obvious in some scenes. Like, he sounds like Tommy Wiseau at times.
* OhCrap: The protagonist is about to be electrocuted when he sees the FemmeFatale has left a bouquet of red roses in the witness room.
* SoBadItsGood: [[invoked]] Along with the below, gets used for comedy.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: Invoked for comedy. It gets pretty funny at times.
* SuperCop
* WeaksauceWeakness: Seeing the color red turns off the hero's powers.
* WeNeedADistraction: Promising not to use his superpowers, Dave gives a pair of mooks an extended drunk-driving test, leaving them more uncoordinated then if they were actually drinking.
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