1 | !! The 1991 Film |
2 | * At the climax, when Cliff puts the helmet back on and is about to launch into the sky someone shines a spotlight on him. Of course it doesn't hurt that the American flag is right behind him. |
3 | ** "Look! It's the Rocketeer!" |
4 | * Cliff has brought the jetpack to trade for Jenny's life, and he has a question. |
5 | --> '''Cliff''': What's it like working for a Nazi, Eddie? Does he pay you in dollars or deutschmarks?\ |
6 | [...]\ |
7 | '''Neville:''' C'mon, Eddie. I'm paying you well. Does it matter who I work for?\ |
8 | '''Eddie:''' It matters to ''me''. [[EvenEvilHasStandards I may not make an honest buck, but I'm 100% American]] and I don't work for no two-bit Nazi. Now let her go. |
9 | ** The mobsters proceed to cooperate with federal agents to defeat the Germans that show up. |
10 | -->'''Eddie''': Lousy Krauts! Let 'em have it! |
11 | * [[BigDamnHeroes THIS IS THE FBI! THROW DOWN YOUR GUNS!]] |
12 | * In the middle of the opening car chase, random {{Mook}} Wilmer gets a good IndyPloy. He manages to swap the rocket for a vacuum cleaner, then puts a crate on the car's gas pedal to make it crash and explode (being badly injured in the process), causing the cops to think the device has been destroyed. |
13 | * Eddie doesn't flinch when Neville holds him at sword point during some tense negotiations and demands a pay raise. |
14 | * Cliff's debut as the Rocketeer, saving his friend Malcolm at the airshow. And afterwards, he soars through the sky near an airplane, amazing all the people on board. |
15 | * Neville does an impressive bit of acrobatics during the swashbuckler film shooting at the beginning. |
16 | * Jenny, an actress, gets kidnapped and actively seduced by [[BrokenPedestal her idol]]. She handles the situation pretty well. |
17 | -->'''Jenny''' (after luring him in close so she could [[TapOnTheHead brain him with a vase]]): I finally played a scene with Neville Sinclair. |
18 | ** Jenny seeing through her idol Sinclair's sinister attempts to seduce her with lines from his old movies. |
19 | * Neville gets a minor one: |
20 | -->''(Cliff decks Neville)'' |
21 | -->'''Cliff:''' Where's your stuntman ''now'', Sinclair? |
22 | -->''(Neville blocks the next hit and strikes him back)'' |
23 | -->'''Neville:''' [[NoSell I do my own stunts]]. |
24 | * How does Cliff finally defeat Neville? He ''gives him the jetpack'', after removing [[ChekhovsGun the good luck gum that's plugging the leak in the fuel tank]]. |
25 | * While the movie flamed out at the box office, its CultClassic status has held up well-enough that Joe Johnston earned directorial duties on another [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger retro adventure blockbuster]] virtually on the merits of this film alone, especially since they share similar traits (even down to StupidJetpackHitler tropes). |
26 | ** Not only that, but it was revealed on July 28, 2016, that it was ''finally'' getting a sequel. |
27 | * Cliff gets away from Howard Hughes and the FBI by riding a scale model of the (not yet built) Spruce Goose, to which Hughes says with a smile "The son of a bitch ''will'' fly!" |
28 | * Lothar blazing away at the cops, GunsAkimbo, as they form a firing line and return fire with machine guns. |
29 | * Jenny breaks a vase over GiantMook Lothar's head while he's fighting Cliff. |
30 | * Eddie's henchmen holding Lothar at gunpoint without being ordered to upon hearing that he and Sinclair are Nazis. |
31 | ---- |
32 | !! The 2019 Creator/DisneyJunior Series |
33 | * "Skyway Robbery" shows how great of a hero Kit is even without the rocket pack. She plays into Sylvester Slapdash's unfamiliarity with how to fly it, and he ends up crashing into a hay bale, and she gets the money back. |
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