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8	->'''Cholla:''' You Philo Beddoe?\
9	'''Philo Beddoe:''' Do I know you?\
10	'''Cholla:''' You're gonna.\
11	'''The Audience:''' That guy's screwed.
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13	''Every Which Way but Loose'' is a 1978 action-comedy film directed by James Fargo and starring Creator/ClintEastwood as Philo Beddoe, an easygoing trucker and amateur bare-knuckle fighter. With his brother Orville (Creator/GeoffreyLewis), who promotes his fights, and Clyde, an orangutan he won in a bet, he roams the San Fernando Valley in search of fights, music, and beer. Until Philo falls for a country Western singer who then suddenly leaves town -- perhaps under duress. This prompts Philo to get in his truck with Orville and Clyde in tow to track her down. {{Hilarity ensues}}.
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15	Yes, this movie has Clint Eastwood and an orangutan. You owe it to yourself to see it.
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17	Followed up with a 1980 sequel: ''Any Which Way You Can,'' which was largely a rehash of the first movie.
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20	!!''Every Which Way but Loose'' provides examples of:
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22	* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: The Black [=Widows=] biker gang is modeled pretty closely on the "Hell's Angels" stereotype.
23	* ArcWords: "I believe that makes us even." "I believe it does."
24	* BarBrawl: There are several in the two movies.
25	* BoisterousBruiser: Tank Murdock is a huge guy and a hell of a fighter, but he's quite upbeat and acknowledges that he is past his prime.
26	* BullyingTheDragon: In the first scene an obnoxious bar patron taunts Philo over the latter's snagging some peanuts. That might not count by itself but he keeps at it despite several bar patrons leaving the area in fear of what is about to happen.
27	* ButtMonkey: The Black [=Widows=] of Pacoima, California, oh, so very much.
28	* ContrivedCoincidence: Philo goes to Colorado in search of Lynne, but with little idea of where to find her, until he randomly stumbles across her when her truck passes while he's jogging alongside some rural two-lane road. Then the LAPD cops who have gone to Colorado in search of Philo, and aparently have decided to take a break to go fishing, stumble across Orville and Echo in a bait shop.
29	* DidNotGetTheGirl: Lynn eventually rejects Philo and tells him to stop following her, although her tearful "I HATE YOU!" suggests feelings she doesn't want to admit (the sequel confirms that this was the case). In any case, Philo leaves.
30	* DidYouJustHaveSex:
31	** Slowly pieced together by Philo's sidekick. Initially, he thinks their literal TeamPet just mated.
32	** Also occurs in ''Any Which Way You Can,'' during Philo, Orville and Ma's trip home from Bakersfield. Ma's strange behavior alerts them to her "romp" with the motel proprietor.
33	* DownerEnding: Philo finds Lynne, but she rejects him. Philo then throws his big fight against Tank Murdock out of fear he will one day become the overweight, has-been "legend" he's been beating the hell out of the whole fight.
34	* FlippingTheBird: Even orangutans can do it.
35	* GenreRoulette: A {{Road Trip\|Plot}}[=/=]BuddyPicture[=/=][[{{Slapstick}} Slapstick Comedy]] to a backdrop of CountryMusic, complete with a love story, a monkey, a [[BadassBiker biker gang]], TheMafia, a foul-mouthed granny and a lot of [[FightScene fights]].
36	* GoldfishPoopGang: The Black [=Widows=] to Philo. They're not nearly as scary and badass as they believe but somehow Philo spends a good portion of both films with them as his wannabe arch nemesis.
37	* IdiotBall: In both films, the Black [=Widows=] and to an extent Beekman and his hoods play catch back and forth with it.
38	* InsistentTerminology: "Clyde is an orangutan; he has twelve ribs, just like you and me."
39	* ManiacMonkeys: Well, [[InsistentTerminology orangutans]], but Clyde's got his moments: [[RunningGag "Right turn, Clyde."]]
40	* MatchCut: From a camera flash popping to the bikers' car backfiring.
41	* MotorcycleDominoes: Philo constantly damages the Biker gang's motorcycles in different ways.
42	* NeverMessWithGranny: Ma constantly complains about being a helpless old lady, but she drives off a motorcycle gang with a shotgun as long as she is tall.
43	* RunningGag: "Right turn, Clyde."
44	* SillySimian: Some people disregard this movie because it's "the one with the monkey," thinking it's a screwball comedy, and they miss a pretty good story about innocence, betrayal, and honor.
45	* TeamPet: Clyde T. Orangutan is a literal example of this.
46	* ThrowingTheFight: It's implied that Philo Beddoe is quite happy being Philo Beddoe rather than "the next Tank Murdock." Philo winks at Orville when he goes down and stays down.
47	* VisualInnuendo: Orville and Philo stop at a roadside fruit stand manned by sexy Echo (Beverly D'Angelo). As Orville chats her up, she holds up two cantaloupes, exactly at chest level, and says "Want some cantaloupes?"
48	* WorthyOpponent: Again Philo Beddoe and Jack Wilson respect and admire each other despite their status as fight rivals.
49	** Also applies to Tank Murdock. He's an over-the-hill, generally kind-hearted man who sees Philo as a worthy successor. Philo, in turn, lets Murdock keep his dignity in one last fight.
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52	!!Tropes unique to the sequel:
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54	* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: When the Black Widows motorcycle gang is chasing Philo and Lynne through the city, they run through a road maintenance crew laying fresh blacktop. Philo makes a quick turn, cutting off the Black Widows and forcing them to drive under the equipment that is pouring the blacktop. It's PlayedForLaughs, and once the tar hardens Philo has to take them to the hospital so the doctor can "peel them like bananas", saying it'll remove all their body hair as well. Hot blacktop is heated to 250-300 degrees Fahrenheit when poured, and having their bodies coated with it would have resulted in horrible third degree burns that would have required intense hospitalization and massive skin grafts, if it didn't kill them outright.
55	* BadassBoast:
56	** Attempted by Cholla in the second film.
57	--->"Lord, you have given me these crosses to bear, and I will carry them from Jerusalem to Jackson, whichever's closer, but hear me, Lord, '''Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I WILL CHEW ON PHILO BEDDOE'S ASS FOR MY LAST SUPPER!'''"
58	** Philo is about to fight a fearsome looking opponent:
59	--->'''Orville:''' They say he beat everyone in the Marine Corps.\
60	'''Philo:''' I ain't a marine.
61	* CombatPragmatist: In the second film Cholla sells the gang's bikes to bet on Philo to win the fight, then when Beekman's hoods threaten Philo he orders the Black [=Widows=] to stop them, which they do quite handily.
62	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The Black [=Widows=] defeating Beekman's hoods in the second film.
63	* DistractedByTheSexy: In the first fight scene in A.W.W.Y.C. Philo allows himself to be distracted by the bouncing breasts of two attractive female spectators. His opponent knocks him down, but not out.
64	* FriendlyEnemy: In A.W.W.Y.C. Philo and Wilson are this upon first meeting and throughout the film up to and including the final fight.
65	* HeelFaceTurn: Lynne coldly uses Philo for sex then rejects him in the first film. In the sequel she reveals she really cared for him more than she admitted, and the two begin a relationship.
66	* IHaveYourWife: In the second film James Beekman's goons kidnap Lynne Halsey Taylor to compel Philo to fight Jack Wilson.
67	* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: In ''Any Which Way You Can'', after Scarfe gives Clyde the orangutan the advance money for Philo's fight with Wilson, Philo tells the ape, "You stash that, Clyde, and don't let Ma see you." "Ma" Boggs is looking out the window, however, and sees Clyde with the money. In a later scene, we see her searching Clyde's room in the shed for the money, to no avail. And when Philo decides to cancel the fight and give back the money, Clyde goes and gets it. Ma follows him, and learns that Clyde hid the money under her own mattress.
68	-->"Humiliating! Outsmarted by a banana-head!"
69	* RunningGag: "Keep an eye on Clyde, will ya? You know how he likes to crap in squad cars." As Creator/RogerEbert put it:
70	--> And somehow we know—never mind how, we just ''know'' -- that one of the reoccurring themes of this movie is going to be Orangutan Crap In Squad Cars. We are correct. It's that kind of movie.
71	* SurroundedByIdiots:
72	-->'''Cholla:''' Why me Lord? Other men you made out of clay. Mine, you made out of shit.

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