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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: It's implied that Big Fate was planning on ending his partnership with [=McDonagh=] prematurely when he points his undertabled shotgun at him. Turns into a ChekhovsGun when he's forced to use it on a different group of criminals.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: It's an OpenSecret in the NOPD that [=McDonagh=] is a FunctionalAddict, but since he's very effective at his job, they let him get away with it. He's twice promoted throughout the film, first for rescuing a prisoner's life during Hurricane Katrina, and then for solving a triple homicide and taking down a major drug gang. Also, one of the reasons he uses drugs is to deal with his back pain.
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* DolledUpInstallment: The film really has no connection to ''Film/BadLieutenant'' other than featuring somewhat similar protagonists. Werner Herzog originally devised a film about a DirtyCop set in New Orleans, but his production partners wanted to somehow tie it to the older film (which like all of Abel Ferrara's works, is set in TheBigRottenApple), for which they had purchased the rights and were angling for a franchise. While both are pretty gritty crime films with borderline-{{Villain Protagonist}}s, Werzog's version is considerably DenserAndWackier, veering into BlackComedy at times.

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* DolledUpInstallment: The film really has no connection to ''Film/BadLieutenant'' other than featuring somewhat similar protagonists. Werner Herzog originally devised a film about a DirtyCop set in New Orleans, but his production partners wanted to somehow tie it to the older film about a DirtyCop (which like all of Abel Ferrara's works, is set in TheBigRottenApple), for which they had purchased the rights and were angling for a franchise. While both are pretty gritty crime films with borderline-{{Villain Protagonist}}s, Werzog's version is considerably DenserAndWackier, veering into BlackComedy at times.
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* DolledUpInstallment: The film really has no connection to ''Film/BadLieutenant'' other than featuring somewhat similar protagonists. Werner Herzog originally devised a film about a DirtyCop set in New Orleans, but his production partners wanted to somehow tie it to the older film (which like all of Abel Ferrara's works, is set in TheBigRottenApple), for which they had purchased the rights and were angling for a franchise. While both are pretty gritty films with borderline-{{Villain Protagonist}}s, Werzog's version is considerably DenserAndWackier, veering into BlackComedy at times.

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* DolledUpInstallment: The film really has no connection to ''Film/BadLieutenant'' other than featuring somewhat similar protagonists. Werner Herzog originally devised a film about a DirtyCop set in New Orleans, but his production partners wanted to somehow tie it to the older film (which like all of Abel Ferrara's works, is set in TheBigRottenApple), for which they had purchased the rights and were angling for a franchise. While both are pretty gritty crime films with borderline-{{Villain Protagonist}}s, Werzog's version is considerably DenserAndWackier, veering into BlackComedy at times.

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* DolledUpInstallment: The film really has no connection to ''Film/BadLieutenant'', other than featuring a similar protagonist. Werner Herzog originally devised a film about a DirtyCop set in New Orleans, but his production partners wanted to somehow tie it to the older film, for which they had purchased the rights.


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* DolledUpInstallment: The film really has no connection to ''Film/BadLieutenant'' other than featuring somewhat similar protagonists. Werner Herzog originally devised a film about a DirtyCop set in New Orleans, but his production partners wanted to somehow tie it to the older film (which like all of Abel Ferrara's works, is set in TheBigRottenApple), for which they had purchased the rights and were angling for a franchise. While both are pretty gritty films with borderline-{{Villain Protagonist}}s, Werzog's version is considerably DenserAndWackier, veering into BlackComedy at times.
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* DolledUpInstallment: The film really has no connection to ''Film/BadLieutenant'', other than featuring a similar protagonist. Werner Herzog originally devised a film about a DirtyCop set in New Orleans, but his production partners wanted to somehow tie it to the older film, for which they had purchased the rights.
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* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: [[spoiler:How [=McDonagh=] gets rid of the gangsters an angry real estate mogul has set on him.]]

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* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: [[spoiler:How [=McDonagh=] gets rid of the gangsters an angry real estate mogul has set on him. [=McDonagh=] has formed an alliance with a more dangerous group of drug traffickers when the former burst in to collect the 50 grand they're extorting from [=McDonagh=]. They get too greedy when they try to steal from the traffickers as well, prompting Big Fate and his crew to waste all of them.]]



* DaChief: Captain Brasser. Downplayed since he knows that [=McDonagh=] is a great cop despite being a DefectiveDetective and supports him when he can, it's more that the department in general frowns on CowboyCop antics.

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* DaChief: Captain Brasser. Downplayed since he knows that [=McDonagh=] is a great cop despite being a DefectiveDetective and supports him when he can, it's more that the department in general frowns on CowboyCop antics. Plus, [=McDonagh=] does do some genuinely heinous shit that he deserves to be called out for, if not being booted out of the force.
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* DaChief: Captain Brasser.

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* DaChief: Captain Brasser. Downplayed since he knows that [=McDonagh=] is a great cop despite being a DefectiveDetective and supports him when he can, it's more that the department in general frowns on CowboyCop antics.
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* NiceShoes: [=McDonaugh=] clearly has a thing for [[http://images.celebritymoviearchive.com/members/thumbs/f/Fairuza%20Balk%20-%20The%20Bad%20Lieutenant%20Port%20of%20Call%20New%20Orleans_2.jpg Heidi's motorcycle-cop boots]].
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-> ''(Cut to the "soul" doing a big break dance)''

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-> ''(Cut ''(Pan over to the "soul" doing a big break dance)''
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* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the original ''Film/BadLieutenant''. The fact that, despite the differences in the main plot, the ''scenarios'' Terrance is in (especially the gambling subplot) often invoke the older film can cause one to suspect this film's a parody of the other. The trope is brought UpToEleven when [[spoiler: ''everything works out for Terrance in the end'']]--including ''the game''!

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* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the original ''Film/BadLieutenant''. The fact that, despite the differences in the main plot, the ''scenarios'' Terrance is in (especially the gambling subplot) often invoke the older film can cause one to suspect this film's a parody of the other. The trope is brought UpToEleven up to eleven when [[spoiler: ''everything works out for Terrance in the end'']]--including ''the game''!
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* CoitusUninterruptus: Drug-starved [=McDonagh=] harasses a couple and illegally searches them for drugs. The girl, who has a pipe and a stash on her, shotguns with him to avoid any trouble. It turns into a bit of tongue wrestling that spirals into them pants-less and bumping bits ''in front of her boyfriend on the hood of his car''. But what really nails this scene is when the disgusted boyfriend tries to leave and [=McDonagh=] shoots his gun in the air and orders his ''audience'' to keep watching.

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* CoitusUninterruptus: See the trope page for a the {{squick}}y details.
* ColonCancer: The film's double subtitle was due to ExecutiveMeddling. Werner Herzog wanted to call the film ''Port of Call: New Orleans'', but the producers wanted to call the film ''The Bad Lieutenant'' (they had purchased remake rights to the 1992 film ''Film/BadLieutenant'' and wanted to make a franchise). Eventually they came to a compromise and combined both titles into one.

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* CoitusUninterruptus: See the trope page for a the {{squick}}y details.
* ColonCancer: The film's double subtitle was due to ExecutiveMeddling. Werner Herzog wanted to call the film ''Port of Call: New Orleans'', but the producers wanted to call the film ''The Bad Lieutenant'' (they had purchased remake rights to the 1992 film ''Film/BadLieutenant'' and wanted to make a franchise). Eventually they came to a compromise and combined both titles into one.
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* EmasculatedCuckold: [=McDonagh=] drives up to a young couple after they get out of a nightclub with drugs on them. [=McDonagh=] [[DirtyCop extorts sexual favors from the girl]] and makes out with her right in front of her boyfriend while they both smoke crack. When he finally tries to leave out of disgust, [=McDonagh=] forces him to stay and watch.

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* EmasculatedCuckold: [=McDonagh=] drives up to a young couple after they get out of a nightclub with drugs on them. [=McDonagh=] [[DirtyCop extorts sexual favors from the girl]] and makes out with her right in front of her boyfriend while they both smoke crack. When he the boyfriend finally tries to leave out of disgust, [=McDonagh=] forces him to stay and watch.
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* DenserAndWackier: Compared to the original ''Film/BadLieutenant'', this movie has more BlackComedy and general weirdness. Ferrara's movie had no hallucinatory reptiles.
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* EmasculatedCuckold: [=McDonagh=] drives up to a young couple after they get out of a nightclub with drugs on them. [=McDonagh=] [[DirtyCop extorts sexual favors from the girl]] and makes out with her right in front of her boyfriend while they both smoke crack. When he finally tries to leave out of disgust, [=McDonagh=] forces him to stay and watch.
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* {{Cuckold}}: [=McDonagh=] drives up to a boyfriend and girlfriend after they get out of a nightclub with drugs on them. [=McDonagh=] extorts sexual favors from the girl and make out while they both smoke crack right in front of the boyfriend. When he finally tries to leave out of disgust, [=McDonagh=] forces him to stay and watch.
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* {{Cuckold}}: [=McDonagh=] drives up to a boyfriend and girlfriend after they get out of a nightclub with drugs on them. [=McDonagh=] extorts sexual favors from the girl and make out while they both smoke crack right in front of the boyfriend. When he finally tries to leave out of disgust, [=McDonagh=] forces him to stay and watch.
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* ColonCancer: The film's double subtitle was due to ExecutiveMeddling. Werner Herzog wanted to call the film ''Port of Call: New Orleans'', but the producers wanted to call the film ''The Bad Lieutenant'' (they had purchased remake rights to the 1992 film ''Film/BadLieutenant'' and wanted to make a franchise). Eventually they came to a compromise and combined both titles into one.
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* ActorAllusion: The second time Cage plays a character with the last name [[Film/RaisingArizona McDonagh]].
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* WouldHarmASenior: Lieutenant [=McDonagh=] ([[NominalHero our hero, folks]]) assaults an old woman by withholding her oxygen supply since he needs some information from her friend. They file a report against him, but he gets away with it in the end.
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''[The] Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans'', made in 2009 by Creator/WernerHerzog, follows Terrence [=McDonagh=] (played by NicolasCage), a police officer in post-Katrina UsefulNotes/NewOrleans, as he investigates the deaths of five Senegalese immigrants connected to a drug ring. While tracking down drug kingpin "Big Fate", [=McDonagh=] engages in his vices of gambling, drugs and sex (sometimes at the same time), getting high off of everything from marijuana to prescription painkillers and betting heavily on football games.

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''[The] Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans'', made in 2009 by Creator/WernerHerzog, follows Terrence [=McDonagh=] (played by NicolasCage), Creator/NicolasCage), a police officer in post-Katrina UsefulNotes/NewOrleans, as he investigates the deaths of five Senegalese immigrants connected to a drug ring. While tracking down drug kingpin "Big Fate", [=McDonagh=] engages in his vices of gambling, drugs and sex (sometimes at the same time), getting high off of everything from marijuana to prescription painkillers and betting heavily on football games.



* ChewingTheScenery: NicolasCage plus massive amounts of drugs equals this.

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* ChewingTheScenery: NicolasCage Creator/NicolasCage plus massive amounts of drugs equals this.
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* FairCop: The DirtyCop protagonist hooks up with a hot highway patrolman he's aquainted with. She even keeps the boots on.

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* FairCop: The DirtyCop protagonist hooks up with a hot highway patrolman patrol cop he's aquainted with. She even keeps the boots on.
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* FairCop: The DirtyCop protagonist hooks up with a hot highway patrolman he's aquainted with. She even keeps the boots on.
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* MushroomSamba: "What are these fucking iguanas doing on my coffee table?" "There are no iguanas on your coffee table....:

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* MushroomSamba: "What are these fucking iguanas IGUANAS doing on my coffee table?" COFFEE TABLE?!?" "There are no iguanas on your coffee table....:"
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* KavorkaMan: Cage plays [=McDonagh=] like RichardNixon mixed with Creator/LaurenceOlivier's version of Theatre/RichardIII, yet he still has Creator/EvaMendes and Creator/FairuzaBalk falling all over themselves to get him into bed.

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* KavorkaMan: Cage plays [=McDonagh=] like RichardNixon UsefulNotes/RichardNixon mixed with Creator/LaurenceOlivier's version of Theatre/RichardIII, yet he still has Creator/EvaMendes and Creator/FairuzaBalk falling all over themselves to get him into bed.

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