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* BassoProfundo: Lt. Spencer, played by James Earl Jones.
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* TrojanAmbulance: The Doctor kidnaps his victims by arriving to accident sites in his ambulance, loading up the patient, and driving off. It takes the police some time (at Josh's behest) to figure out the crime is happening.
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A 1990 comedy thriller directed by Creator/LarryCohen and starring Creator/EricRoberts as an aspiring comic book artist who meets a woman (Creator/JanineTurner), who then passes out and is taken away by ambulance. However, when Josh goes to check in on her at the hospital, there is no record of her and that her roommate has also disappeared.
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A 1990 comedy thriller film directed by Creator/LarryCohen and starring Creator/EricRoberts as Creator/LarryCohen, about an aspiring comic book artist named Josh (Creator/EricRoberts) who meets a woman named Cheryl (Creator/JanineTurner), who then passes out and is taken away by ambulance. However, when Josh goes to check in on her at the hospital, he learns that there is no record of her and that her roommate has also disappeared.
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A 1990 comedy thriller directed by Creator/LarryCohen and starring Creator/EricRoberts as a aspiring comic book artist who meets a woman (Creator/JanineTurner), who then passes out and is taken away by ambulance. However, when Josh goes to check in on her at the hospital, there is no record of her and that her roommate has also disappeared.
Convinced of some kind of conspiracy connected to various disappearances, he tries to figure what is going on but he falls under suspicion himself, forcing him to find out the truth.
Convinced of some kind of conspiracy connected to various disappearances, he tries to figure what is going on but he falls under suspicion himself, forcing him to find out the truth.
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A 1990 comedy thriller directed by Creator/LarryCohen and starring Creator/EricRoberts as a an aspiring comic book artist who meets a woman (Creator/JanineTurner), who then passes out and is taken away by ambulance. However, when Josh goes to check in on her at the hospital, there is no record of her and that her roommate has also disappeared.
Convinced of some kind of conspiracy connected to various disappearances, he tries to figure out what is going on but he falls under suspicion himself, forcing him to find out the truth.
Convinced of some kind of conspiracy connected to various disappearances, he tries to figure out what is going on but he falls under suspicion himself, forcing him to find out the truth.
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* BuryYourDisabled: Everyone who has been taken by the ambulance to be expirimented on is diabetic.
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* BuryYourDisabled: Everyone who has been taken by the ambulance to be expirimented experimented on is diabetic.
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* MadDoctor: The Doctor, played by Eric Braeden. He conducts painful experiments on diabetics under the guise that he's working on a cure for diabetes. When someone insults him, he will not hesitate to injects with a toxin that attacks the central nervous system and causes intense pain.
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* MadDoctor: The Doctor, played by Eric Braeden. He conducts painful experiments on diabetics under the guise that he's working on a cure for diabetes. When someone insults him, he will not hesitate to injects inject with a toxin that attacks the central nervous system and causes intense pain.
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* StalkerWithACrush: One of Harry's main motivations of getting to the bottom of the ambulance kidnappings is to rescue Cheryl so he can start a romantic relationship with her after seeing her at the same corner at the same time for months. [[spoiler:She turns out to already have a boyfriend]].
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* StalkerWithACrush: One of Harry's main motivations of for getting to the bottom of the ambulance kidnappings is to rescue Cheryl so he can start a romantic relationship with her after seeing her at the same corner at the same time for months. [[spoiler:She turns out to already have a boyfriend]].
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I was changing the word, "Badass Baritone" into "Basso Profundo" so that it could make much, much better sense.
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* BadassBaritone: Lt. Spencer, played by James Earl Jones.
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* BadassBaritone: BassoProfundo: Lt. Spencer, played by James Earl Jones.
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* BerserkButton: Detective John HATES being called Jughead.
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* StalkerWithACrush: One of Harry's main motivations of getting to the bottom God the ambulance kidnappings is to rescue Cheryl so he can start a romantic relationship with her after seeing her at the same corner at the same time for months. [[spoiler:She turns out to already have a boyfriend]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Nurse Feinstein is one of the people kidnapped by the ambulance and it's phoney paramedics, but she's only mentioned once after as having been kidnapped and she's never seen again for the rest of the movie.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Nurse Feinstein is one of the people kidnapped by the ambulance and it's phoney paramedics, but she's only mentioned once after as having been kidnapped and she's never seen again for the rest of the movie.
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* StalkerWithACrush: One of Harry's main motivations of getting to the bottom God of the ambulance kidnappings is to rescue Cheryl so he can start a romantic relationship with her after seeing her at the same corner at the same time for months. [[spoiler:She turns out to already have a boyfriend]].
*WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Nurse Feinstein is one of the people kidnapped by the ambulance and it's phoney paramedics, but she's only mentioned once after as having been kidnapped and she's never seen again for the rest of the movie.
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* CoolCar: The ambulance itself, being a giant armoured 1973 Cadillac with armour and bulletproof windows and tires, plus a very powerful engine beneath the hood!
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* ImmuneToBullets: The titular ambulance is armoured and has bulletproof glass and tires so gunfire can't even damage it.
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* DeathByAmbulance: Not only are people drugged and the ambulance swoops in under the guise of taking the, to the nearest hospital, but is actually taking them somewhere for organ harvesting, but the ambulance's driver also runs people down who are investigating the disappearances.
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* DeathByAmbulance: Not only are people drugged and does the ambulance swoops in under the guise of taking the, to the nearest hospital, but is actually taking them take it victims somewhere for organ harvesting, but the ambulance's driver also runs people down who are investigating the disappearances.
* ImmuneToBullets: The titular ambulance is armoured and has bulletproof glass and tires so gunfire can't even damage it.
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* ShoutOut: Many to Marvel and Archie comics.
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* ShoutOut: Many to Marvel and Archie comics.Comics.
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* BadassBaritone: Lt. Spencer, played by James Earl Jones.
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* CopKiller: The driver of the ambulance, revealed to be [[spoiler:The Doctor himself. After Lt. Spencer is stabbed, he takes several shots at the ambulance, prompting The Doctor to turn around and run him down to finish him off. He also intentionally hits Officer Malloy with it as well, almost killing her.
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* CopKiller: The driver of the ambulance, revealed to be [[spoiler:The Doctor himself. After Lt. Spencer is stabbed, he takes several shots at the ambulance, prompting The Doctor to turn around and run him down to finish him off. He also intentionally hits Officer Malloy with it as well, almost killing her.]]
* DeathByAmbulance: Not only are people drugged and the ambulance swoops in under the guise of taking the, to the nearest hospital, but is actually taking them somewhere for organ harvesting, but the ambulance's driver also runs people down who are investigating the disappearances.
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* HoistedByHisOwnPetard: The Doctor attempts to kill Josh with [[spoiler: the ambulance but ends up driving it off a cliff he couldn't see because it was behind a wall, resulting in the ambulance crashing end over end before exploding upon reaching the bottom.]]
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* HoistedByHisOwnPetard: HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Doctor attempts to kill Josh with [[spoiler: the ambulance but ends up driving it off a cliff he couldn't see because it was behind a wall, resulting in the ambulance crashing end over end before exploding upon reaching the bottom.]]
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* SicklyGreenGlow: Whenever the ambulance is seen at night, it has a green glow coming from the inside, courtesy of lights built into the floor.
* SpitefulSpit: Elias spits in The Doctors face after being told his evil deeds are being done for a greater good, rightfully believing none of it.
* StalkerWithACrush: One of Harry's main motivations of getting to the bottom God the ambulance kidnappings is to rescue Cheryl so he can start a romantic relationship with her after seeing her at the same corner at the same time for months. [[spoiler:She turns out to already have a boyfriend]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Nurse Feinstein is one of the people kidnapped by the ambulance and it's phoney paramedics, but she's only mentioned once after as having been kidnapped and she's never seen again for the rest of the movie.
* SpitefulSpit: Elias spits in The Doctors face after being told his evil deeds are being done for a greater good, rightfully believing none of it.
* StalkerWithACrush: One of Harry's main motivations of getting to the bottom God the ambulance kidnappings is to rescue Cheryl so he can start a romantic relationship with her after seeing her at the same corner at the same time for months. [[spoiler:She turns out to already have a boyfriend]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Nurse Feinstein is one of the people kidnapped by the ambulance and it's phoney paramedics, but she's only mentioned once after as having been kidnapped and she's never seen again for the rest of the movie.
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* CarFu: In addition to being used for kidnapping, the ambulance itself is heavily armoured and has giant push bars so it can be used to kill people by ramming into them. [[spoiler:Lt. Spencer and Officer Maloy are both hit by the ambulance; Spencer is killed and Maloy appears to be killed as well, but she survives.]]
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* CopKiller: The driver of the ambulance, revealed to be [[spoiler:The Doctor himself. After Lt. Spencer is stabbed, he takes several shots at the ambulance, prompting The Doctor to turn around and run him down to finish him off. He also intentionally hits Officer Malloy with it as well, almost killing her.
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** The Doctor, who has had countless diabetics drugged and kidnapped so he could perform torturous expirements on, tries to kill Josh by ramming the plywood construction yard partition Josh climbs on to escape. [[spoiler:What The Doctor didn't know was on the other of the partition was a 60-foot drop into a foundation pit which the ambulances crashes down end over end until crashing to the bottom and exploding into a fireball.]]
* MadDoctor: The Doctor, played by Eric Braeden. He conducts painful experiments on diabetics under the guise that he's working on a cure for diabetes. When someone insults him, he will not hesitate to injects with a toxin that attacks the central nervous system and causes intense pain.
* MadDoctor: The Doctor, played by Eric Braeden. He conducts painful experiments on diabetics under the guise that he's working on a cure for diabetes. When someone insults him, he will not hesitate to injects with a toxin that attacks the central nervous system and causes intense pain.
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* BuryYourDisabled: Everyone who has been taken by the ambulance to be expirimented on is diabetic.
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* GrumpyOldMan: A decent amount of Elias' dialogue is spent complaining about the current situation or things not working.
* LaserGuidedKarma: The street hoodlums who beat up Josh for intruding on their turf get the shit beat out of them by the paramedics when Josh goads them into attacking said paramedics.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Josh gets the crap beaten out of him by several gang members for seemingly no reason. When the ambulance arrives to take him to be disposed of, Josh attempts to get the gang members to assault the phoney paramedics to get at the drugs and needles in the ambulance. The five gang members attack but quickly get theirs asses handed to them by the two paramedics.
* ShoutOut: Many to Marvel and Archie comics.
** Josh works as an illustrator at Marvel Comics and Stan Lee plays himself, though in a slightly larger role than his many cameos in Marvel adaptations.
** Josh's illustrations of Cheryl, according to Mr. Lee, look like Veronica.
** Officer John is often made fun of for supposedly resembling Jughead, though he doesn't even bear a slight resemblance.
** Cheryl's name may apply as she shares her first name with a character from Archie, though this may just be a coincidence.
* LaserGuidedKarma: The street hoodlums who beat up Josh for intruding on their turf get the shit beat out of them by the paramedics when Josh goads them into attacking said paramedics.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Josh gets the crap beaten out of him by several gang members for seemingly no reason. When the ambulance arrives to take him to be disposed of, Josh attempts to get the gang members to assault the phoney paramedics to get at the drugs and needles in the ambulance. The five gang members attack but quickly get theirs asses handed to them by the two paramedics.
* ShoutOut: Many to Marvel and Archie comics.
** Josh works as an illustrator at Marvel Comics and Stan Lee plays himself, though in a slightly larger role than his many cameos in Marvel adaptations.
** Josh's illustrations of Cheryl, according to Mr. Lee, look like Veronica.
** Officer John is often made fun of for supposedly resembling Jughead, though he doesn't even bear a slight resemblance.
** Cheryl's name may apply as she shares her first name with a character from Archie, though this may just be a coincidence.
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A 1990 comedy thriller directed by Creator/LarryCohen and starring Creator/EricRoberts as a aspiring comic book artist who meets a woman (Creator/JanineTurner), who then passes out and is taken away by ambulance. However, when Josh goes to check in on her at the hospital, there is no record of her and that her roommate has also disappeared.
Convinced of some kind of conspiracy connected to various disappearances, he tries to figure what is going on but he falls under suspicion himself, forcing him to find out the truth.
The movie also stars Creator/JamesEarlJones, Creator/RedButtons, and Creator/MeganGallagher.
It was released on March 22, 1990.
!Tropes for the film:
* ClearMyName: Josh finds himself also being suspected of the disappearances, making it a race against time for him to find out the truth behind the disappearances.
* TheCameo: Creator/StanLee makes his first movie appearance here.
* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Josh tries to convince people that there really was a woman taken by an ambulance and that there is something going on.
Convinced of some kind of conspiracy connected to various disappearances, he tries to figure what is going on but he falls under suspicion himself, forcing him to find out the truth.
The movie also stars Creator/JamesEarlJones, Creator/RedButtons, and Creator/MeganGallagher.
It was released on March 22, 1990.
!Tropes for the film:
* ClearMyName: Josh finds himself also being suspected of the disappearances, making it a race against time for him to find out the truth behind the disappearances.
* TheCameo: Creator/StanLee makes his first movie appearance here.
* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Josh tries to convince people that there really was a woman taken by an ambulance and that there is something going on.
