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| 3 | ->''"If you only see one movie this year... you ought to get out more often."'' |
| 4 | -->-- ''The Naked Gun 2½'' trailer |
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| 6 | A film SpinOff of ''Series/PoliceSquad'', following Police Lt. [[TheFool Frank Drebin]] (Creator/LeslieNielsen) as he continues to get into trouble. The films serve as parodies of the cop genre and (initially) film noir, and [[RuleOfFunny let nothing]], including the blatant warping of reality and [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaks in the fourth wall]], get in the way of a good gag. The genius of the Drebin character is that Nielsen plays him almost totally straight: he's a buffoon, but he acts like a completely serious film detective even as lunacy explodes all around him, almost as if he's wandered in from a different movie. |
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| 8 | Features slapstick, {{Visual Pun}}s and [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] by the bucketful. At three movies, this actually lasted longer than the TV series it was based on. In all three Frank's love interest is Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley). |
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| 10 | The films are: |
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| 12 | * ''The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'' (1988) -While trying to clear the name of Officer Nordberg, Drebin uncovers a plot to assassinate [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII Queen Elizabeth II]]. |
| 13 | * ''The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear'' (1991) - Drebin meets the new man in Jane's life (Creator/RobertGoulet), who is involved in a kidnapping scheme. |
| 14 | * ''Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult'' (1994) - Drebin comes out of retirement to infiltrate a gang in prison and stop a plot to bomb the Oscars. He must also save his faltering marriage. |
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| 16 | * A fourth movie is planned. [[https://deadline.com/2022/10/naked-gun-paramount-liam-neeson-lonely-islands-akiva-schaffer-1235144065/ Reports]] have the creative team behind ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'' -- director Akiva Schaffer and writers Dan Gregor and Doug Mand -- attached to the project. Creator/LiamNeeson is circling a deal to star. Creator/SethMacFarlane will executive produce. The film is scheduled for July 15, 2025. |
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| 19 | !!''The Naked Gun'' series provides examples of: |
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| 23 | [[folder:All Movies]] |
| 24 | * AccidentalHero: Due to Frank's [[TheKlutz klutzy tendencies]], he often foils crimes completely by accident and [[CaptainOblivious without being aware of what's going on]]. In the second film, it's noted that he's killed one thousand drug dealers, the last two of whom he accidentally backed over with his car. |
| 25 | * AffectionateParody: Of cop shows, and later spy movies. |
| 26 | * AmusingInjuries: With or without [[GoryDiscretionShot Injury Discretion Shots]]. |
| 27 | * ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: It's to be expected, really. |
| 28 | * AsideGlance: The standard reaction from characters when another character they are in conversation with says something nonsensical. Which, in this movie series, means almost every conversation, and often switches between who is talking nonsense and who is giving the AsideGlance. |
| 29 | * AscendedExtra: Nordberg -- originally used for one-shot gags in ''Series/PoliceSquad'', he became the recurring ButtMonkey for the ''Naked Gun'' movies, played by Creator/OJSimpson. |
| 30 | * AutomobileOpening: The credits sequence. |
| 31 | * BigBad: Ludwig from ''Police Squad'', [[spoiler:Quentin]] from ''The Smell of Fear'' and Rocco from ''The Final Insult''. |
| 32 | * BitCharacter: Tons of them throughout all three movies, to the point where many characters in the credits are simply identified by the one line they say. |
| 33 | * ButtMonkey: Nordberg, especially in the first two films. Given how UsefulNotes/OJSimpson's life turned out, the commentary track laughs at the LaserGuidedKarma. |
| 34 | * TheCameo: Music/WeirdAlYankovic in all three films: |
| 35 | ** In the first film, Frank's dramatic speech is cut short when Ed informs him that the massive crowd gathered outside his plane is actually for Weird Al. They go ecstatic when he departs the plane. [[note]]When he appeared on ''I Love The 80s'' to discuss this movie, he responded to this scene by excitedly exclaiming "...AND THEN ''WEIRD AL'' GOT OFF THE PLANE!!"[[/note]] |
| 36 | ** In ''The Smell of Fear'': As a criminal who has taken Ed, Nordberg, and the rest of the station hostage. Frank accidentally incapacitates him when opening a door too fast. |
| 37 | ** ''The Final Insult'': AsHimself as [[Series/WheelOfFortune Vanna White]]'s escort at the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardsCeremonies Oscars]]. |
| 38 | ** Dr. Joyce Brothers makes a wordless appearance in the first film as a member of the announcing crew at the baseball game, joining [[NewscasterCameo sportscasters]] Curt Gowdy, Jim Palmer, Tim [=McCarver=], Mel Allen, Dick Enberg and Dick Vitale. |
| 39 | * CasualDangerDialog: Usually Drebin, but the driving instructor in the first movie puts Hindu cows to shame. |
| 40 | * ChalkOutline: |
| 41 | ** Spoofed by type and position. For type, there's a stick figure and an Egyptian, and for position, there's {{Chalk Outline}}s that appear on a building's walls, or ''roof'', or one that appears ''floating on the water''. |
| 42 | ** The second movie has outlines of [[GoryDiscretionShot body parts]]... |
| 43 | ** There was also an outline on an ''elevator door''. |
| 44 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: |
| 45 | ** Johnny the shoeshine guy (the AlmightyJanitor character from the original series) doesn't appear in the movies. |
| 46 | ** Al (also from the original series) appears only in the first movie, and is entirely absent in the next two. |
| 47 | * TheComicallySerious: |
| 48 | ** The villain often fills this role. |
| 49 | ** Drebin as well, since Creator/LeslieNielsen's shtick is saying the most absurd lines with a straight face. |
| 50 | ** Really, everyone in all three movies has to behave this way, since they're ostensibly appearing in a series of ''film noir'' crime dramas. |
| 51 | * CreatorCameo: David Zucker (director of the first two films) appears as UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett and later as the teleprompter operator in ''2½'' and ''33⅓'', respectively. |
| 52 | ** ''33⅓'' director Peter Segal has several. In addition to playing the producer of Sawdust and Mildew, he's the voice of the suicide bomber in the Film/BattleshipPotemkin/Film/TheUntouchables parody at the start of the movie, the voice of the KSAD deejay, the ADR'd scream of the inmate escaping prison by pole-vaulting, the real Phil Donahue (before Frank knocks him out and takes his place), and the voice of the man shouting "Stop the stairs, Joey!" at the Academy Awards. |
| 53 | * CreditsGag: Happens in all three films. They include people getting credited by their single spoken line, people getting credited for made-up roles like "Second Second Assistant Director," "{{NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED}} DURING THE FILMING... HOWEVER, SOME SPECIES DID BECOME EXTINCT DURING PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY," and the safety warning, "In Case of Tornado: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BASEMENT." |
| 54 | * DenserAndWackier: The series as a whole, both compared to [[Series/PoliceSquad the original series]] and itself as it progresses. All parodies aside, Frank was much less of a buffoon in the original series, being a genuinely competent cop who happened to be starring in an absurd comedy series. Within the trilogy, the first movie actually has some moments of realism. By the second film this has dropped off considerably, being completely gone by the third. |
| 55 | * TheDitz: Frank, despite his FeigningIntelligence. |
| 56 | * DrivesLikeCrazy: |
| 57 | ** Whenever Drebin gets behind the wheel, something bad happens. The scene when Drebin tags along in a driving school car is especially notable, when the driving instructor instructs the student how to flip the bird. |
| 58 | ** Drebin gets into a tank; when Captain Hocken tells him that Frank doesn't know how to drive it, he means it. |
| 59 | ** The opening credits are also built on this. A cop car (presumably containing Drebin) viewed from the emergency lights shows absolutely insane or just plain nonsensical driving behavior, including driving on sidewalks, into people's homes, on rollercoasters, into bullfighting arenas, restaurants, hockey rinks, [[FlyingCar the air]], the surface of the [[Franchise/StarWars Death Star]], and prehistoric times. |
| 60 | ** (to Jane) "After I met you I noticed things I never saw before. Birds singing, dew glistening off a leaf, stop lights." |
| 61 | ** Jane driving the humongous semi in 33⅓; When she stops at Rocco's place, she has a road worker stuck at the grill. |
| 62 | ** In a Film/ThelmaAndLouise nod, Jane and her lady friend practically pack their whole house on the trunk of their convertible, constantly spilling appliances down the road. |
| 63 | ** Drebin notes when he is being awarded a citation for his [[OneManArmy 1000th drug dealer killed]] that he accidentally backed over the last three with his car and only found out they were drug dealers after. |
| 64 | * DisneyVillainDeath: All three movies have them, including the bad guy from the first movie and a close call for the one in the second. |
| 65 | * FlexibilityEqualsSexAbility: Frank asks Ed about Frank's ex and how she's doing with her new guy; Ed tells him the guy's an Olympic gymnast and it's the best sex she's ever had. |
| 66 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: Everything that happens concerning the aftermath of Drebin hitting something with his car. |
| 67 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Papshmear. He is the one who asked Vincent Ludwig to assassinate the Queen of England, and later hired Rocco Dillon to enact several bombings. |
| 68 | * HotterAndSexier: The films are raunchier than ''Police Squad!''. |
| 69 | * HurricaneOfPuns: It's a ZAZ movie, there are some even hidden in the background. |
| 70 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Lt. Frank Drebin. Mostly because he is a very blunt person. |
| 71 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Papshmear from parts 1 and 3 who was a liaison for a mysterious organization whose only purpose is to spread mayhem around the world. [[spoiler:You can hear him utter "Gaddafi" over the phone in the 3rd movie.]] |
| 72 | * ManChild: Frank and Jane. "Their song" is "100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall". |
| 73 | * MayDecemberRomance: Jane and Frank. Leslie Nielsen was 20 years Priscilla Presley's senior. |
| 74 | * MyGirlIsNotASlut: Sadly, she is (we're talking about Drebin's first girl). |
| 75 | * MythologyGag: |
| 76 | ** Dozens, the best known of which would be the AutomobileOpening. |
| 77 | ** The second movie homages the four-foot shootout from the series. |
| 78 | * OncePerEpisode: A visit to the lab to view the new [[Film/JamesBond Q]]-worthy gadgets |
| 79 | * PrivateEyeMonologue: Frank is constantly doing this. A particularly memorable one in the first movie had monologuing while walking through town, culminating in "And where the hell was I?" as he notices he's wandered all the way to the foothills outside L.A. |
| 80 | * PunnyName: [[TheManBehindTheMan Pahpshmir]] (Pap-Smear). |
| 81 | * RaceLift: Nordberg, who is played by O.J. Simpson in the movies, was white in ''Series/PoliceSquad''. |
| 82 | * RagdollPhysics: A common gag for a non-video game example is to make use of ragdolls for exaggerated physical stunts, such as a "Jane" being swung around in a violent struggle by the villain, or villains (or [[ButtMonkey Nordberg]]) getting flung over a railing. |
| 83 | * RuleOfFunny: Given it's a ZAZ comedy, any nonsensical thing is this. |
| 84 | * RunningGag: |
| 85 | ** [[CaptainCrash Drebin's bad driving.]] Specifically, his actual driving while on the road usually isn't too bad, but he almost ''always'' hits something or causes trouble of some kind when parking or pulling up in front of a building. The second half of the gag is that he's almost always completely oblivious to what he's done. |
| 86 | ** After saving the day, Drebin being mistaken for a celebrity. In the first, Enrico Palazzo. In the third, Phil Donahue. |
| 87 | ** Someone falling out of the upper decks at the baseball stadium. |
| 88 | * SecondLove: A throwaway line in the first film indicates that Jane is this to Frank, and a flashback in the third film confirms it. |
| 89 | * SexComedy: The movies, at least once a film, will parody dramatic Hollywood sex/romance scenes. |
| 90 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Frank Drebin tries to live this trope from time to time, sadly with more realistic consequences than most BigDamnHeroes. |
| 91 | * StatusQuoIsGod: played straight in ''2 1/2'' (Frank's promotion to Captain ''and'' proposal to Jane didn't stick) but averted in ''33 1/3'' (not only are they married, but he's left the force). |
| 92 | * TakeThat: Constantly. ("It'll be more embarrassing to the US than Tonya Harding.") |
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| 95 | [[folder:''The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'']] |
| 96 | * FiveFiveFive: The driving school's phone number is 555-3900. |
| 97 | * AccidentalPervert: Drebin escapes a [[NiceJobBreakingItHero burning room]] through the window, climbing along a row of anatomically-correct male and female statues. Between two statues is an open window, and a woman in her underwear just ''[[RuleOfFunny happens]]'' to be standing there. Drebin accidentally... well, [[ThanksForTheMammary guess]]. He then falls off the building, just saving himself by grabbing a statue's stone GagPenis. In trying to save himself he manages to [[CrossesTheLineTwice break the penis off the statue and fall into the woman's room through the window, brandishing it at her while loudly groaning from exhaustion]]. He's later before a very angry mayor who reads off the charges against him, which includes "sexual assault with a concrete dildo." |
| 98 | * AcousticLicense: An aversion is played for laughs when a hitman tries to deliver a "message" to Drebin from the BigBad by cursing and opening fire on him. Drebin's response: |
| 99 | -->'''Drebin:''' Sorry, I can't hear you! [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Don't fire the gun while you're talking!]] |
| 100 | * AcquittedTooLate: Frank finds a plastic box while cleaning his files. |
| 101 | -->'''Drebin:''' Hey! The missing evidence in the Kellner case! My god! He really was innocent!\ |
| 102 | '''Ed:''' He went to the chair two years ago, Frank.\ |
| 103 | ''[box goes back to the drawer]'' |
| 104 | * AmericaSavesTheDay: Drebin beats the tar out of America's enemies in the first movie's cold open. |
| 105 | * AndAnotherThing: Frank to Jane: |
| 106 | -->'''Drebin:''' Oh by the way, [[FakeOrgasm I faked every orgasm]]. |
| 107 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Almost literally, as the Mayor chews out Drebin for "Entering without a search warrant, destroying property, arson; [[ItMakesSenseInContext sexual assault with a concrete dildo]]?" |
| 108 | * ArtisticLicenseCars: After Drebin crashes his car into the trash cans outside the station and quickly exits the vehicle, the rapidly-inflating airbag pushes the gearshift lever up which causes the car to start rolling downhill, presumably having shifted it into drive or neutral. The Ford LTD Crown Vic's gearshift actually has Park at the top with the other gears below it. |
| 109 | ** Also, the 1985 Ford LTD Crown Vic did not have any airbags. |
| 110 | * AsYouKnow: |
| 111 | -->'''Ed:''' I can't spare anybody, Frank. You know we're in charge of security for Queen Elizabeth's visit. I'm short-handed already. |
| 112 | * BalconyEscape: Frank Drebin does this. He needs to grab hold of the statues of naked men and women to maintain his balance. |
| 113 | * BloodKnight: Drebin. |
| 114 | -->'''Drebin:''' Yes. [[Film/DirtyHarry Well, when I see five weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards]]. That's ''my'' policy.\ |
| 115 | '''Mayor:''' That was a Shakespeare in the Park production of ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'', you moron! You killed five actors! ''Good'' ones! |
| 116 | * {{Bowdlerise}}: The infamous "Nice beaver!" quote was dubbed with the less funny "Nice one!" in TV airings. Which ruins the gag, as Frank is shown to be complimenting a stuffed beaver. |
| 117 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: The villain's various victims. |
| 118 | * BreadEggsMilkSquick: Or in Frank's case, burglary, arson, and sexual assault with a concrete dildo. Though the last one was NotWhatItLooksLike, so it falls somewhere between this trope and ArsonMurderAndJaywalking. |
| 119 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: Or in Frank's case, walking around it. As when he first goes to the lab the doctor and the captain walk through the door where he walks around it. |
| 120 | ** When he realizes that he's gotten into the car of a neophyte teenage driver in the middle of a lesson, he looks directly into the camera with a "Can you ''believe'' this?!" look. |
| 121 | * BrickJoke: |
| 122 | ** "Hey, it's Enrico Palazzo!" |
| 123 | ** The corpse in the meat factory reappears as a still-ringed finger found in the {{Big Bad}}'s hot dog. |
| 124 | * ButtMonkey: Enrico Palazzo is BoundAndGagged and impersonated by Frank, and then the TV captions display his name during Drevin's horrible interpretation of the national anthem, adding insult to injury. (Although he ''does'' get the public credit for saving the Queen's life...) |
| 125 | ** As mentioned above, OJ Simpson's character Nordberg's entire purpose is to be one walking HumiliationConga. |
| 126 | * TheCameo: [[spoiler:Reggie Jackson]] is the one brainwashed into trying to assassinate the Queen. |
| 127 | * ChekhovsBoomerang: Some of the valuable vases and his Thomas Gainsborough painting of ''The Blue Boy'' from Vincent Ludwig's office later gets destroyed by Drebin, plus starting a fire. |
| 128 | * ChekhovsGun: The cuff links. |
| 129 | * ComedicSociopathy: During the romance montage, Frank and Jane come laughing out of a movie only for it to turn out to be ''Film/{{Platoon}}''. |
| 130 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Drebin meets a {{Mook|s}} standing at a distance: |
| 131 | -->'''Mook:''' Drebin!\ |
| 132 | '''Frank:''' Yeah, I'm Drebin!\ |
| 133 | '''Mook:''' I have a message for ya from Vincent Ludwig! ''[fires gun]'' Take that, you lousy cop!\ |
| 134 | '''Frank:''' I'm sorry, I can't hear you! Don't fire the gun while you're talking! |
| 135 | * CosmopolitanCouncil: In the beginning of the movie. It includes Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran, Ugandan President Idi Amin, PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, Col. Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, among others. As of August 2022, all of these people are dead. That's right, it took 24 years for the opening sequence of ''The Naked Gun'' to be completely outdated. |
| 136 | * CrazyPrepared: When Frank and Jane meet, they use condoms during their first bedroom encounter to guarantee "safe sex." Not too strange in itself, until you see that the condoms ''cover their entire bodies''. |
| 137 | * CreatorInJoke: The montage of Drebin and Jane dating featuring "I'm Into Something Good" ends with [[http://warmbutter.com/img/web/wheelo.jpg a freeze-framed credit saying it's on The Naked Gun Soundtrack on Wheelo Records.]] The movie didn't have a soundtrack album came out[[note]] Creator/VareseSarabande issued a 35:46 compilation of tracks from the first two movies a few years later[[/note]], but when Creator/LaLaLandRecords issued all three scores on a 3-disc set, [[http://www.warmbutter.com/cds/nakedgun.php# they have a logo for Wheelo Records on the packaging]]. (And yes, "I'm Into Something Good" ''is'' on the first disc.) |
| 138 | * CreepyChangingPainting: Funny example; As Drebin regains his footing on the balcony while gripping the male statue's phallus, he winds up rotating it so it sticks upward. An insert shot shows the statue's face, previously seen with a stoic expression, now smiling. |
| 139 | * CrushParade: At the end, Vincent Ludwig falls off the upper deck of a baseball stadium to the parking lot below where he gets hit by a bus, flattened by a steam-roller, and then trampled by a marching band playing "Louie Louie." |
| 140 | -->'''Ed:''' Oh, Frank! It's horrible. It's so horrible!\ |
| 141 | '''Frank:''' ''[comforting Ed]'' I know...\ |
| 142 | '''Ed:''' My father went the same way... |
| 143 | * DepravedHomosexual: Downplayed, but Ludwig is off-handedly said to prefer East German men. |
| 144 | * DidntSeeThatComing: Frank spends most of the time disguised as the umpire trying to pat down all the baseball players on the field during the game searching for a hidden weapon upon their person, [[spoiler:turns out there was a pistol that was placed underneath the third-base bag which gets retrieved by a hypnotized Reggie Jackson]]. |
| 145 | * DisasterDominoes: Both Nordberg in the beginning and later Drebin. |
| 146 | * DishDash: Of the "catch the falling plates" variety, after Drebin inadvertently bumps a display of ''objets-d'art'' while snooping in Ludwig's office. Then subverted, as the fire he'd accidentally started a few minutes before takes hold and he knocks the whole rack over in panic. |
| 147 | * DonutMessWithACop: The opening ends with the police car stopping at a donut shop. |
| 148 | * DrivingTestSmashers: In the first movie, Frank does a FollowThatCar... on a driving school car. |
| 149 | -->'''Driving instructor:''' All right, Stephanie, gently extend your arm. [[FlippingTheBird Extend your middle finger.]] Very good. Well done. |
| 150 | * EmptyFridgeEmptyLife: Inside Frank's fridge is nothing but [[WayPastTheExpirationDate spoiled milk, expired mustard and a Chinese takeout box]]. |
| 151 | -->'''Jane:''' ''[reads the takeout box]'' Wong Wu's reopened? I thought they went out of business three years ago.\ |
| 152 | '''Frank:''' Gee, has it been that long? l don't feel like Chinese tonight anyway. ''[sniffs inside the box and briefly passes out]'' |
| 153 | * EveryCarIsAPinto: A car-chase ends with the pursued [[BrainwashedAndCrazy villain]] crashing his car into the side of a tanker truck. Explosion #1. Then, straddling the [[InstantConvertible flaming remains]] of his vehicle, he runs into an army missile being towed on a trailer. Explosion #2. Now riding the missile, he plows in through the front door of a fireworks factory. EXPLOSION NUMBER THREE, as Frank Drebin unsuccessfully attempts to shoo away gawking spectators: [[NothingToSeeHere "Move along! There's nothing to see here!"]] |
| 154 | ** Frank shoots at his own car when its brakes disengage due to some airbags that went off; he winds up hitting the gas tank and causes it to blow up. |
| 155 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Creatively named locations such as "The Hospital" and "The Police Station" are prominently signed as such. WordOfGod is that the hospital was supposed to be called "Our Lady Who Never Got The Pickle" but Creator/RicardoMontalban, a devout Catholic, requested the change. The hospital is name dropped as "Our Lady of the Worthless Miracle." |
| 156 | * TheFaceless: Al from the first movie, a carry-over character from ''Series/PoliceSquad''. |
| 157 | * FakeOrgasm: PlayedForLaughs. When Frank Drebin is angrily breaking up with Jane Spencer, he tells her, "By the way... I faked every orgasm." |
| 158 | * FallingInLoveMontage: Parodied. (Among other things, the montage appears to contain at least a week's worth of activities, but occurs right after Drebin is told he has 24 hours to clear Nordberg and save the Queen.) |
| 159 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: All things considered, the film actually does a pretty good job of not telegraphing the twist of [[spoiler:Jane]] being Vincent Ludwig's final sleeper agent. First, we see Ludwig test his device on his secretary Dominique, while later [[spoiler:Jane]] tells Frank that she does what Ludwig tells her to do, but these two scenes are far enough apart in the film that first-time viewers likely won't notice. |
| 160 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: |
| 161 | ** At the airport, when Frank addresses the crowd of reporters he's mistaken to be for him, a suitcase is seen being chucked from his plane, missing the baggage cart below and joining several others already on the ground. |
| 162 | ** As Frank's saying goodbye to Jane after she visits his apartment the second time, a wedge of cheese on top of Frank's fridge [[ItCameFromTheFridge suddenly starts moving]]. |
| 163 | * GenreBlindness: The Mayor berates Frank as if they are living in a perfectly normal universe like ours -- oblivious to the fact that it's LikeRealityUnlessNoted. |
| 164 | * HeroicComedicSociopath: Drebin has apparently killed at least a thousand drug dealers, any number of fleeing suspects, and an entire Shakespeare in the Park production of ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''. Throw in his reckless incompetence and inability to drive or park, and he's probably as big a menace as any of the villains. |
| 165 | * HesGotAWeapon: Thanks for [[CaptainObvious that update]], Jane. |
| 166 | * HiddenDepths: The Queen of England throws a mean curve ball. |
| 167 | * HollywoodToneDeaf: Frank Drebin. Made worse by the fact that he was impersonating a famous opera singer, Enrico Palazzo, while the said singer was tied up and forced to watch. |
| 168 | * HumiliationConga: Only in the ''Naked Gun'' series can you have the villain fall off a stadium ledge, be hit by a bus, flattened by a steam-roller and ''then'' have a marching band playing "Louie Louie" [[RasputinianDeath trample over him.]] |
| 169 | * IKnewIt: InUniverse, what Frank says after he puts Mikhail Gorbachev in a headlock and rubs off his famous "wine stain" birthmark. |
| 170 | * IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:Frank to Jane near the end, when she's hypnotized into trying to kill him]]. |
| 171 | * InnocentInnuendo: The first meeting with Frank's future love interest Jane, including one right after she [[SkirtsAndLadders climbs up a ladder]]. Later innuendo gets a lot less innocent. |
| 172 | -->'''Drebin:''' Nice beaver.\ |
| 173 | '''Jane:''' Thank you, I just had it stuffed. ''(hands down a literal stuffed and mounted beaver)''\ |
| 174 | '''Frank:''' Let me help you with that. |
| 175 | * IsThisThingStillOn: Frank's microphone stays on as he goes to the bathroom after a press conference. HilarityEnsues. |
| 176 | * ItCameFromTheFridge: Frank makes the mistake of sniffing an example of this. |
| 177 | * IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney: The phrase is used by Jane, but that's not what Frank Drebin was looking for. |
| 178 | * JunglesSoundLikeKookaburras: Frank hears a Kookaburra shouting when he wanders out into the hills of Los Angeles during his PrivateEyeMonologue. |
| 179 | * LastNameBasis: Even Nordberg's wife doesn't seem to know his first name. |
| 180 | * LaughOfLove: PlayedForLaughs with Frank and Jane, who are smiling and laughing in every part of their FallingInLoveMontage, like when they're at the movies together (the movie in question being ''Film/{{Platoon}}''). |
| 181 | * LiteralMinded: Frank is searching Ludwig's office for clues, opens a drawer and shouts "Bingo!"... Has he found a smoking gun? No, he's found a literal bingo card. |
| 182 | * MarketBasedTitle: The Japanese title of the film is basically [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun The Man with the Naked Gun]]. |
| 183 | * MeaninglessMeaningfulWords: Frank says quite a lot of profound sounding phrases while trying to get [[spoiler:Jane to snap out of her hypnosis.]] |
| 184 | -->'''Drebin:''' The problems of two little people don't amount to a hill of beans, but this is our hill and these are our beans. |
| 185 | * MistakenForGay: When trying to gain access to the baseball field, Drebin knocks out one of the umpires so he can steal his outfit. He throws the unconscious umpire on a table and undoes both their pants, when a cleaning guy happens to walk in. He just shrugs it off with "sorry, fellas," and continues his rounds. |
| 186 | * MoveAlongNothingToSeeHere: Frank attempts to do this in front of an exploding fireworks factory. |
| 187 | * MuggedForDisguise: Repeatedly! Frank takes out Enrico Palazzo to get onto the field, and then beans an umpire with a bat so he can take his clothes as well. |
| 188 | * MultipleGunshotDeath: Subverted for laughs in the opening of the first film. All the gangsters on the boat unload their guns on Nordberg, but not only does he fail to die from it, he subsequently [[ButtMonkey suffers a torrent of abuse]] so prolonged that even the gangsters look a bit stunned at it. |
| 189 | * MurphysBed: Nordberg's bed. He also manages to step in an actual BearTrap as well. |
| 190 | * NebulousEvilOrganisation: Drebin beats up the world's most evil men. Also, whoever Papshmear is working for. |
| 191 | * NervesOfSteel: John Houseman's driving instructor. |
| 192 | * NotWhatItLooksLike: The "sexual assault with a concrete dildo" incident. |
| 193 | * OffhandBackhand: While beating up Ayatollah Khomeini. |
| 194 | * OhCrap: |
| 195 | ** When Frank accuses her of only having a romantic relationship with him because she was told to, Jane slaps him across the face... and then realizes she just slapped a police officer while surrounded by dozens of other cops. Fortunately, either knowing it was a heat-of-the-moment reflex, out of pity, or not wanting to make a bigger scene, Frank does not arrest her. |
| 196 | ** Also Nordberg at the very end of the film, when Frank's friendly backslap sends his wheelchair rolling down the steps of the stadium. |
| 197 | * OnlyAFleshWound: Nordberg is shot up in the beginning, but luckily "The bullets missed every major organ". He spends the movie recovering and is just fine in the next movie. Most of the damage that he receives is unwittingly caused by himself or Frank. |
| 198 | * OnlySaneMan: The Mayor, who plays the StraightMan when speaking to Frank. |
| 199 | * PerformerGuise: Drebin disguises himself as opera singer Enrico Palazzo. |
| 200 | * PhotoIdentificationDenial: PlayedForLaughs. After Nordberg is shot and wounded while working undercover, Drebin takes his photo and heads to the docks where it happened to snoop around. |
| 201 | -->'''Drebin:''' Recognize that face?\ |
| 202 | '''Dockworker:''' I dunno. My memory ain't so good.\ |
| 203 | '''Drebin:''' Maybe this'll help. ''[Gives him a twenty]''\ |
| 204 | '''Dockworker:''' It's still kinda hazy.\ |
| 205 | '''Drebin:''' How about now? ''[Gives him another twenty]''\ |
| 206 | '''Dockworker:''' Yeah, I used to see him around. Why do you wanna know?\ |
| 207 | '''Drebin:''' I can't tell you that.\ |
| 208 | '''Dockworker:''' Maybe this'll help. ''[Gives Drebin a twenty]''\ |
| 209 | '''Drebin:''' I still don't think I should tell you.\ |
| 210 | '''Dockworker:''' How about now? ''[Gives Drebin another twenty]''\ |
| 211 | '''Drebin:''' He's a cop. His name's Nordberg. |
| 212 | * ThePrecariousLedge: Drebin escapes a burning room from a window onto a ledge filled with anatomically correct male and female statues. HilarityEnsues. |
| 213 | * RansackedRoom: Frank wreaks havoc when he ''sneaks'' into Ludwig's office. |
| 214 | %%zce* RasputinianDeath: Hapsburg, as listed on HumiliationConga. And apparently Capt. Hocken's father also died like this! |
| 215 | * RedHerring: The Swiss Army Shoe never gets used. |
| 216 | * RunningGag: Nordberg's injuries, from the beginning to the final joke of the movie. |
| 217 | * {{Sexophone}}: When we first meet Jane. |
| 218 | * SexyShirtSwitch: Played for laughs. |
| 219 | * ShoutOut: |
| 220 | ** The scene revealing the induced hypnosis is almost identical to a similar scene from the Creator/CharlesBronson classic ''Film/{{Telefon}}'': Same setup, dialog, camera angles, you name it. |
| 221 | ** "I shoot the bastards. That's *my* policy." is a parody of a similar scene of ''Film/DirtyHarry'' about CowboyCop antics. |
| 222 | ** Jane's introduction at the top of the staircase is from ''Film/FarewellMyLovely''. |
| 223 | ** Frank describing the creation of the universe when he's asked to "start at the beginning" is a nod to ZAZ's earlier masterpiece, ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', which has a similar scene after Jonny is asked for a summary of what's happened so far. |
| 224 | ** Olson shows Drebin some [[Film/JamesBond familiar]] gadgets including [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove a knife shoe]] and [[Film/{{Moonraker}} tranquilizing cuff-links]]. |
| 225 | ** Frank does some very Three Stooges-type moves when beating up the Ayatollah. |
| 226 | ** Speaking of Film/JamesBond, the opening sequence is meant as a reference to the nefarious organization SPECTRE. |
| 227 | * SickbedSlaying: A VorpalPillow against Nordberg is thwarted by Frank, but not without inflicting some damage to the target. |
| 228 | * SkeletonKeyCard: Parodied, where Frank tries this with Ludwig's penthouse door with a BrandX card and it doesn't work. He tries it with an [[ProductPlacement American Express card]] and the door opens. |
| 229 | * SkirtsAndLadders: Subverted. When Jane goes up a ladder, Frank stares up and comments, "Nice beaver!" Jane then produces a taxidermy beaver and says, "Thanks, I just had it stuffed." |
| 230 | * SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable: Parodied. After Frank Drebin arrives home late at night, he finds Jane (then working for Ludwig) [[SexyShirtSwitch wearing one of Drebin's shirts]]. After some suggestive dialog, Frank, who is wearing a collared shirt, slacks, and a tie, says that he will go slip into something more comfortable. He emerges wearing a suit. Then he slips out of it completely by just pulling the collar. |
| 231 | * SpoilerCover: The flyer shown above reveals the identity of the assassin. |
| 232 | * StealthPun: In the bathroom scene, Frank hums "Deep River" as he urinates. |
| 233 | * TooManyCooksSpoilTheSoup: The TV broadcast of the baseball game features three play-by-play annoucers (Mel Allen, Dick Enberg, Curt Gowdy), two color commentators (Tim [=McCarver=], Jim Palmer), a famous ''basketball'' announcer (Dick Vitale) and a famous TV psychologist (Dr. Joyce Brothers). |
| 234 | * TookALevelInBadass: The student driver whose car Frank commandeers takes one of the fastest levels in film history, going from frightened newbie to ''running the bad guy off the road'' over the course of an approximately 3-minute scene. |
| 235 | * TranquillizerDart: Frank Drebin's cufflink tranquilizer darts. However, they're not ''quite'' instant enough, since the bad guy staggers around long enough to fall over a railing to a CruelAndUnusualDeath. |
| 236 | * UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Goes further than usual with flips and cartwheels while Drebin is searching Ludwig's house. |
| 237 | * VandalismBackfire: Frank melts down and starts sweeping things off a desk and scratching it up with a paperweight, while Al keeps trying to get his attention. When he finally does, he calmly explains that it's ''his'' desk Frank is destroying. |
| 238 | * VerbalBackspace: Done by all the other baseball umpires who are arguing against Drebin's (flagrantly incorrect) call, when he draws his gun. |
| 239 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: |
| 240 | ** The Queen seems to be entirely forgotten about after the assassin is foiled. Technically she doesn't ''need'' to appear since she's out of danger but it's strange that we don't see her reaction to Frank talking down a hypnotized Jane despite multiple reaction shots from the other people in the stadium. |
| 241 | ** To say nothing of the fact that Nordberg was never actually cleared of the crime he was accused of. |
| 242 | * WhoAreYou: At the beginning, after beating up the various MENA leaders, Idi Amin and UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev: |
| 243 | -->'''Drebin:''' I'm Lieutenant Frank Drebin, Police Squad! And don't ever let me catch you guys in America. ''[Drebin then dramatically pushes open a window covering only to have it swing back and smack him in the face]'' |
| 244 | * WillTalkForAPrice: Parodied. Frank Drebin questions the dock manager during his investigation of the attempted murder on Nordberg. The guy's memory is foggy, so Frank gives him a twenty. When the guy subsequently asks Frank an innocuous question, he gives Frank his twenty back to persuade him to answer, gives him another twenty for another question, and has to borrow an additional twenty from Frank because he's out of money. |
| 245 | * YouJustRuinedTheShot: Frank Drebin defends his CowboyCop behavior by mentioning the time he saw a bunch of men stabbing someone to death in the park and he shot them. The mayor says that it was a stage-in-the-park production of ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'', and Frank shot five actors--[[SelfDeprecation good ones]]! |
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| 247 | |
| 248 | [[folder:''The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear'']] |
| 249 | * AccidentalHero: Frank has a habit of pulling this, especially in the second film: He responds to his award for "One Thousandth Drug Dealer Killed" by remarking that he [[DrivesLikeCrazy accidentally]] ran over the last two with his {{car|Fu}}. In a later scene, he unknowingly saves his colleagues from a crazed gunman. In the climax, he [[spoiler:defuses a bomb when, in a mad scramble to run away from the ensuing explosion, he trips over and dislodges the plug]]. |
| 250 | * ActorAllusion: |
| 251 | ** When Drebin crashes the villains' meeting, Peter Mark Richman's CorruptCorporateExecutive character asked what's that smell, which Drebin replies raw sewage, something that [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVIIIJasonTakesManhattan Richman's previous character had drowned in a barrel of]]. |
| 252 | ** And another of the group gets one as well: during the final hysterical crowd scene, there's a split second shot of Lloyd Bochner's character clutching a large book and yelling "[[ToServeMan It's a cookbook!]]" Bochner starred in a [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E89ToServeMan famous episode]] of the original version of ''[[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 The Twilight Zone]]'' which offered up that revelation as a punchline. |
| 253 | * AllForNothing: The coal, oil and nuclear industries are afraid of losing their profits if Dr. Meinheimer advocates renewables, but once he actually gets to speak he is so boring that anyone who isn't asleep probably isn't going to be warmed up to renewables by his efforts. They could have just let him speak to get their way, but then the film would have been a lot shorter. |
| 254 | * AlmostDeadGuy: Two of them, no less. The second guy asks [[HisNameIs where the first one left off]]. [[ParodiedTrope "All right, who else is almost dead?"]] |
| 255 | * AmbiguousSyntax: Subverted: |
| 256 | -->'''Dr. Meinheimer:''' You're thinking about ''him'' again, aren't you? What was his name? "Frank"?\ |
| 257 | '''Jane:''' Yes.\ |
| 258 | '''Dr. Meinheimer:''' You just can't forget about him, can you?\ |
| 259 | '''Jane:''' Who?\ |
| 260 | '''Dr. Meinheimer:''' ...''Frank''. |
| 261 | * AngryCollarGrab: Frank does this to two [[AlmostDeadGuy almost dead guys]] in order to press information from them. His aggressive approach doesn't work out for him though. |
| 262 | * BaitAndSwitch: Lampshaded; Frank asks the bartender to give him the strongest thing he's got, to which a muscle-heavy man walks up. Frank says, "On second thought, how about a Black Russian." The bartender looks at the camera and shakes his head, indicating that he's not going to perform the obvious punchline. |
| 263 | ** When Capt. Hocken attempts GoodOldFisticuffs with a mook only for ''him'' to get his ass kicked. |
| 264 | * {{BFG}}: Nordberg's cannon. He starts by adding stuff to his Desert Eagle, admittedly a BFG in its own right, which thereby turns into a rifle in the meantime and ends up a 40mm Bofors autocannon. |
| 265 | * BiggerOnTheInside: Jane's fridge is deep enough to fit her whole on a single shelf while laying face down, and ample enough for her to turn and knock on the door when it closes behind her. |
| 266 | * BigStupidDoodooHead: Frank: |
| 267 | -->'''Frank:''' Oh it's all right, I'm sure that we can handle this situation maturely, just like the responsible adults that we are. ''[to Quentin]'' Isn't that right, Mr. Poopy Pants? |
| 268 | * BrickJoke: The freed zoo animals. [[spoiler:One of the lions ends up mauling Hapsburg in the end.]] |
| 269 | * ButtMonkey: Dr. Meinheimer (the real one and Hacker, the Meinheimer imposter) and Barbara Bush. |
| 270 | * TheCameo: Zsa Zsa Gabor slaps the police siren at the end of opening credits, a reference to her 1989 incident of slapping a police officer who pulled her over. |
| 271 | -->'''Zsa Zsa:''' Ugh. This happens every [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] time when I go shopping. |
| 272 | * CaptainObvious: Frank sometimes falls into this, sometimes overlapping with MathematiciansAnswer: |
| 273 | -->'''Frank:''' I told Jane to meet us at the hotel's rear entrance.\ |
| 274 | '''Ed:''' Where's that, Frank?\ |
| 275 | '''Frank:''' In the back. |
| 276 | * CarFu: Comes as a byproduct of Frank [[DrivesLikeCrazy Driving Like Crazy]]. He killed his 999th and 1,000th drug dealer by accidentally running over them. It turned out afterwards that they were drug dealers. |
| 277 | * CelebrityParadox: Music/WeirdAlYankovic appears briefly as an unnamed criminal holding the police station hostage at gunpoint, despite the fact that he appears AsHimself in the other two movies. [[WildMassGuessing Unless that's actually Weird Al holding them hostage...]] |
| 278 | * ChalkOutline: After the failed assassination attempt on Dr. Meinheimer, the bombing victims are given chalk outlines all over the room, including on the lift door. |
| 279 | * ComicallyCrossEyed: The first AlmostDeadGuy, because Frank stepped on his groin. |
| 280 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: |
| 281 | -->''[Frank reads a business card]''\ |
| 282 | '''Frank:''' That's the red-light district. I wonder why Savage is hanging around down there.\ |
| 283 | '''Ed:''' Sex, Frank?\ |
| 284 | '''Frank:''' ''[beat]'' Uh... no, not right now, Ed. We got work to do. |
| 285 | ** Also: |
| 286 | -->'''Commissioner:''' Do you realize that because of you, this city is being overrun by baboons?\ |
| 287 | '''Frank:''' Well...isn't that the fault of the voters? |
| 288 | *** Which becomes a GeniusBonus when you realize a group of baboons is called a Congress! |
| 289 | * CrashInThroughTheCeiling: Frank is [[ItMakesSenseInContext chased across a rooftop by a guard dog]], and accidentally crashes into the villains' hideout via the skylight. |
| 290 | * CrazyPrepared: Nordberg begins to add accessories to his handgun during a shootout; the next scene shows him pulling parts out of nowhere as he puts together a gun mount; by the time Drebin calls out to him for cover, he has already put together a full-fledged cannon and proceeds to shoot down a massive chunk of wall, disabling every one of Hapsburg's cronies. |
| 291 | * CrazyJealousGuy: Ticked off when he sees Jane and Hapsburg together, Frank starts slinging juvenile insults. |
| 292 | * CrowdPanic: Happens at the end, when everyone learns about the bomb. |
| 293 | * DeusExMachina: Just seconds before the bomb is to go off, Frank and Jane decide to run only for him to ''trip over the plug'' deactivating the bomb. |
| 294 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: A rare example. Frank attempts to drive a battering tank, Ed yells that he's not trained to operate it. ''He isn't'', and ends up just crashing it through the house, multiple gardens and a ''zoo'' (and inadvertently helping Hector Savage escape in addition to flooding D.C. with wild animals). |
| 295 | * DirtForceField: Parodied. Frank falls through a roof window of the building where the villains are. He gets up, all dusty and dirty, and begins to wipe his hair. In the next cut, Frank is completely clean. |
| 296 | * DistractedByTheSexy: Frank fights Savage, who has come to kill Jane (who is in the shower). She hears the ruckus and pulls open the shower curtain to see what's up, whereupon both Frank and Savage stop in mid-grapple to stare. |
| 297 | * DramaticUnmask: Drebin attempts this with the impersonator, not knowing that the real Dr. Meinheimer had been freed and taken his place while the impersonator had been arrested. Made worse when the means of unmasking involved pulling down the poor doctor's pants because of a [[DistinguishingMark birthmark of Whistler's Mother]] on his backside. When discovering it ''is'' there, he assumes it's a fake and tries to remove it with a buffing machine in front of the entire award banquet audience. |
| 298 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Quentin Hapsburg survives falling out of a window. When he gets up, [[KarmaHoudini it seems like he's going to escape]]. Just then, a lion suddenly appears and mauls him to death on the spot. It is however incredibly funny, great BrickJoke since earlier Drebin released a bunch of animals from the zoo.]] |
| 299 | * EekAMouse: A silent example; Jane, despite being bound and gagged is visibly freaking out while Frank and Hapsburg battle at the climax, only for the camera to zoom out to show a small mouse on a shelf. |
| 300 | * EscapedAnimalRampage: Frank accidentally causes a break out at the zoo, and animals are seen running around in the background of some scenes. In the end, the Big Bad is dispatched by an escaped lion. |
| 301 | * ExitPursuedByABear: [[spoiler:The villain is pounced on by [[BrickJoke a lion]] just as he's about to escape.]] |
| 302 | * ExposedEmbarrassingPurchase: Drebin encourages an employee of the ACDC Love Boutique to cooperate with the police, because he is "the last line of defense between sleaze like this and the decent people in this town!" Drebin is then greeted by another employee of the boutique, who lets him know the Model D83 Sure Grip Swedish Suck Machine he ordered has come in. |
| 303 | -->'''Drebin:''' "It's a gift!" |
| 304 | * ExpositionParty: The dinner scene at the White House in the beginning, which establishes that representatives from the coal, oil, and nuclear companies are leery about a renewable energy plan that could jeopardize their profits. |
| 305 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Hapsburg's fellow industrialists were willing to have Dr. Meinheimer's institute blown up, but are visibly aghast at Hapsburg kidnapping Meinheimer and replacing him with a double. |
| 306 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: There's a series of framed pictures in the background of the bar Frank's in, all of which are various disasters (the ''Hindenburg'', the sinking of the ''[[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic Titanic]]'', and....[[TakeThat Michael Dukakis]][[note]]Dukakis was the former governor of Massachusetts, who had recently lost the 1988 election to UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush by one of the biggest margins ever, only carrying 9 states total[[/note]]). Also included: the Hubble Space Telescope, which [[DatedHistory isn't that much of a disaster anymore]]. |
| 307 | ** Later, Dr. Mainheimer's double got flung out of the window (see Shout-Out) as some ladies are talking in the foreground. |
| 308 | * FunWithAcronyms: The acronyms of the coal, oil, and nuclear companies. |
| 309 | -->'''Chief of Staff:''' Thank you. Mr. President, tonight I am extremely proud to welcome our distinguished guests from the nation's energy suppliers. From the coal industry, chairman of the Society for More Coal Energy, or "SMOCE", Mr. Terence Baggett. Representing the oil industry, head of the Society of Petroleum Industry Leaders, better known as "SPIL", Mr. Donald Fenswick...\ |
| 310 | '''Fenswick:''' Thank you, thank you very much.\ |
| 311 | '''Chief of Staff:''' And from the nuclear industry, president of the Key Atomic Benefits Office of Mankind -- "KABOOM", Mr. Arthur Dunwell. |
| 312 | * GPSEvidence: |
| 313 | ** Parodied when the scientist involved outlines his plan to do an exhaustive study and analysis of the city's soil sample from a footprint found at the crime scene. When the police tell him that they don't have time for him to run his tests, the scientist helpfully suggests getting the criminal's address from the driver's license in his wallet, also found at the crime scene. |
| 314 | ** And again when Ted the lab guy tries to analyze the wood fiber in a message from their suspect and determines that it came from a specific tree found only in one region and used as raw material in only one paper mill. The trail unfortunately went cold from there, so it's a good thing the message had their suspect's address on the letterhead, eh? |
| 315 | * GroinAttack: |
| 316 | ** Nordberg winds up under a bus that just happens to keep running over road cones, signs, random cactuses... |
| 317 | ** As Frank pushes Dr. Meinheimer's double's electric wheelchair, he accidentally bumps into a waiter serving hot coffee, which spilled on the double's crotch (and on his wheelchair). |
| 318 | ** When Frank interrogates an injured mook: |
| 319 | --->'''Frank:''' Where's Hapsburg?\ |
| 320 | ''[mook groans in pain]''\ |
| 321 | '''Frank:''' Where were you hit?\ |
| 322 | '''Mook:''' It's not that, you're on my groin! |
| 323 | * HiddenWire: Frank infiltrates Hapsburg's hideout while wearing one of these. As expected, Frank's not very subtle about saying the codeword into the vest mic to signal the rest of the team to infiltrate the lair (too bad they backed their van up against a utility pole and can't open the doors to get out). |
| 324 | -->'''Mook:''' What's that smell?!\ |
| 325 | '''Frank:''' Oh, that would be me. I've been swimming in raw sewage. I love it. ''[{{Beat}}]'' ''I love it''. ''[later while getting patted down for a wire]'' ''I LOVE IT!!!'' |
| 326 | * HometownNickname: {{Parodied|Trope}} and {{subverted|Trope}} in a lengthy dialog scene. Hector Savage turns out to be a former boxer named Joey Chicago. And that's his real name; he fought under the guise of Kid Minneapolis--while actually coming from Detroit. And then there is Tex Colorado, the Arizona Assassin, from North Dakota. And his brother South Dakota from West Virginia. |
| 327 | * HousepetPig: Jane keeps two piglets and a full-grown pot-bellied pig in her apartment (alongside several other animals). A would-be assassin trips over the pot-bellied pig as he tries to escape. |
| 328 | * HypocriticalHumor: See BigStupidDooDooHead above. |
| 329 | * IHaveManyNames: Joey Chicago a.k.a. Kid Minneapolis a.k.a. Hector Savage. |
| 330 | * IKEAWeaponry: Nordberg pulls out a Desert Eagle and starts adding more and more pieces onto it until he has a mounted cannon complete with army helmet. |
| 331 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: |
| 332 | ** When the hitman who came to kill Jane fights with Frank, they use a whole series of these, including a hair dryer and a towel thrown in Frank's face (a CallBack to the VorpalPillow?), and culminating with a firehose that Drebin accidentally breaks while it's shoved in the hit man's mouth, leading to an off-screen [[YourHeadAsplode Your Body Asplode]]. CrossesTheLineTwice! |
| 333 | ** Not mentioning that before the fight, the mook fits a revolver... with a silencer (not entirely impossible, but tremendously impractical). |
| 334 | ** Nordberg's accessorized gun-to-cannon upgrade. |
| 335 | * IntimateMarks: Dr. Meinheimer is identified by a birthmark on his buttcheek. When a criminal disguises himself as the scientist, Frank yanks down the man's pants to expose him... only he grabbed the scientist and not the criminal. |
| 336 | * JabbaTableManners: Frank Drebin lays absolute waste to the lobster dinner served at the White House, spraying fragments of lobster shell and flesh around the table as he crudely attempts to dismantle them for eating. |
| 337 | * LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: "The president of the United States!" No it's not. |
| 338 | * LikeParentLikeSpouse: Played for laughs as Frank's internal monologue describes Jane as an alluring goddess when he meets her, only to end with noting that she reminds him of his mother. Then when the captain sees Frank's face he tells him [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike to wipe that look off his face as it looks like he just saw his mother]]. |
| 339 | * LiteralMinded: When the big bad is described as having "a moustache, about six-foot-three", Frank retorts with "awfully big moustache." |
| 340 | * MistakenForGay: Frank is dwelling in a bar with Hocken when they receive a couple of heavily decorated drinks from Jane, who beckons Frank to come closer. Absentmindedly, Frank sits and declares "This is not easy to say. I'm lonely. I'm lost. I need someone to hold," not realizing that he sat in a table next to Jane's, getting a sneer from the butchy guy sitting on the table. |
| 341 | * MistakenForPedophile: "I haven't had this much sex since I was a Boy Scout leader! [[ThatCameOutWrong ...I-I mean, at the time, I was dating a lot.]]" |
| 342 | * NegativeContinuity: Played for laughs, of course. Frank crashes through the villain's window and is shown appropriately dirty and battered. But in the very next shot, he briefly smoothes his hair before standing up and is now completely clean. |
| 343 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: |
| 344 | ** Dr. Meinheimer would have given his pro-clean energy sources speech at the White House dinner (thereby nipping Hapsburg's plan in the bud), if it hadn't been for Frank causing a ruckus with his attempts to eat lobster. |
| 345 | ** Frank gets another later during the stand-off with Savage. The police have him surrounded and he is about to surrender, when Frank crashes a tank through his house, giving him cover to escape. |
| 346 | ** [[spoiler:Ed gets one near the end when Frank has Hapsburg hanging from a window, threatening to drop him unless he gives up the code for the bomb. Hapsburg is just giving the code, when Ed pushes him out the window (not realising what was happening).]] Even [[DumbassHasAPoint Frank]] calls [[WhatTheHellHero him out on it.]] |
| 347 | * NoodleIncident: |
| 348 | ** After surviving an assassination attempt: |
| 349 | --->'''Jane:''' Oh Frank! Who would want to kill you?\ |
| 350 | '''Frank:''' Before tonight? Only the cable company... |
| 351 | ** Also this: |
| 352 | --->'''Frank:''' Oh congratulations, I understand that Edna's pregnant again.\ |
| 353 | '''Ed:''' Yes, and if I catch the guy who did it-- |
| 354 | * NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: A very subtle one. Quentin Hapsburg is playing Solitaire at a gala and begins to get fed up with the cards he's being dealt; he gives up and picks up the pile to look for the cards he needs. He doesn't even have the respect for the rules or the patience for a game where he has no opponents and there's nothing at stake. Also, HiddenDepths, considering how buffoonish the environment of the movies plays out. |
| 355 | * NotHelpingYourCase: All three major energy industries (coal, oil, and nuclear) produce commercials that defend their energy brand. However, all are filled with ironic imagery that, if it weren't played for comedy, wouldn't convince people that their energy policy is the way to go. (for example, the nuclear ad features a mutated, two-tailed dog). Add in that the acronyms for the industry organizations for coal, oil, and nuclear are SMOKE, SPIL, and KABOOM |
| 356 | * NotWhatItLooksLike: Frank confronts Earl Hacker (the able-bodied doppleganger for Dr. Meinheimmer, who by contrast is wheelchair-bound). He starts beating him up, but is mistaken for beating up a handicapped person by an onlooker. |
| 357 | * ObfuscatingDisability: Dr. Meinheimer's double. |
| 358 | * PoliceBrutality: Hilariously averted when Ed tries to beat up a goon whom he thought beat up Prof. Meinheimer. |
| 359 | * PoliticallyCorrectVillain: When holed up in a building, Hector Savage demands a car, a plane ticket to Jamaica, and "A nice hotel! Nothing touristy! Something really indicative of the people and their culture!" |
| 360 | * PopGoesTheHuman: Hector Savage is disposed of by getting [[InflatingBodyGag cartoonishly filled with water]] via a fire hose shoved in his mouth. The explosion [[GoryDiscretionShot happens behind Jane's door]], thankfully. |
| 361 | * PrecisionFStrike: Zsa Zsa Gabor's cameo during the opening credits. |
| 362 | -->'''Gabor:''' This happens ''every'' fucking time I go shopping. |
| 363 | * SayYourPrayers: A punk points a gun at multiple police officers and says this. Luckily, he's knocked out by Frank opening the door and knocking the punk unconscious in the process. Amusingly, Frank doesn't even realize he thwarted a crime when thanked for it. |
| 364 | * SevenMinuteLull: [[spoiler:"I haven't had this much sex [[ItMakesSenseInContext since I was a Boy Scout leader!]]"]] |
| 365 | * ShaggyDogStory: Dr. Meinheimer finally gives his White House speech endorsing clean energy near the end of the movie, the speech the villains went to murderous lengths to prevent... and it [[NapInducingSpeak puts everyone to sleep]] because it is so dry and boring. |
| 366 | * ShoutOut: There is a parody of the sexual pottery scene from ''Film/Ghost1990''. ''Ghost'' was directed by Jerry Zucker, who co-created ''Police Squad'' and co-wrote the first film. |
| 367 | ** Even better, it shouts out the infamous continuity error--Frank and Jane get completely spattered with clay only to be perfectly clean in the next shot, just like Sam and Molly's hands were. |
| 368 | ** To ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', when Frank and Jane ask Sam the pianist to play their song. And he initially sings [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead"]] by mistake. |
| 369 | ** A shot of Dr. Mainheimer's double flown out the window with the full moon in the background, a la ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. |
| 370 | ** Dr. Mainheimer's birthmark, a purple blotch on his rear end, is a reference to the use of the same plot device in ''Film/TheCourtJester''. |
| 371 | * ShowerScene: See "Toplessness from the Back" below. |
| 372 | * SomethingElseAlsoRises: When Frank and Jane get back together, we cut to scenes of obelisks being raised, oil wells pumping, dams breakin', etc. Coupled with multiple shots of flowers blooming, and finally, volcanic eruptions, fireworks going off... |
| 373 | * SureLetsGoWithThat: When Frank was talking to Jane about how out-of-character Dr. Mainheimer was acting. |
| 374 | -->'''Frank:''' Have you noticed anything different about him?\ |
| 375 | '''Jane:''' Well, only that he's a foot taller, and he seems to be left-handed now[=--=] Frank, what are you trying to tell me? That Quentin has somehow found an exact double for Dr. Mainheimer and that tomorrow that double will give a fraudulent report to the president?\ |
| 376 | '''Frank:''' ''[{{beat}}]'' Why that's brilliant, that's a lot better than what I came up with! |
| 377 | * TalkingIsAFreeAction: Lampshaded or subverted depending on how you want to look at it -- Frank and Jane are having a heartwarming moment when Ed reminds Frank about the huge bomb that's set to explode any second |
| 378 | * TerminatorImpersonator: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va-emyrZ2kU This TV Spot]] for ''The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear'' is a blatant spoof of ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', with Creator/LeslieNielsen dressed in the T-800's iconic outfit upon a motorcycle, using his {{catchphrase}}s and carrying a large minigun. Even the film's TitleCard is a note-for-note send up of ''T2''. |
| 379 | * ThatCameOutWrong: Jane walks out on Frank at the restaurant, and Frank replies with: |
| 380 | -->'''Frank:''' I'm single! I, I love being single! I haven't had this much sex since I was a Boy Scout leader!\ |
| 381 | ''[music and conversation stops; everyone stares]''\ |
| 382 | '''Frank:''' I mean, at the time, I was dating a lot. |
| 383 | * ToplessnessFromTheBack: Hector Savage is about to shoot Jane in the shower, only for Frank to stop him at the last second. During their struggle, the shower curtain is pushed aside, leading to this shot. They stop fighting just to stare, much to Jane's annoyance. |
| 384 | * UmbrellaDrink: Frank Drebin tries to [[INeedAFreakingDrink drown his sorrows]] with one of these, only it's so stuffed with accessories (and no straw) that he can't actually drink from it. |
| 385 | * UnconventionalSmoothie: Jane's "protein shake" in the second movie. |
| 386 | * VillainousPlanInertia: Hapsburg is eventually killed by an escaped lion, but the bomb he activated just before is still counting down to zero, leaving Frank and his girlfriend to attempt to disarm it. |
| 387 | * WrongSongGag: At the piano bar, Jane asks the pianist Sam to play her and Frank's song. Sam then starts playing "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead" from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. After a moment of confusion, Frank tells him to stop and play that ''other'' song of theirs. |
| 388 | * YouAreTooLate: Two of the henchmen tell this to Frank as he interrogates them. |
| 389 | [[/folder]] |
| 390 | |
| 391 | [[folder:''The Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult'']] |
| 392 | * AccidentalPervert: Drebin is at the store squeezing grapefruits to test for ripeness while looking the other way. A woman in a low cut dress walks by, and Drebin [[ThanksForTheMammaries mistakes her breast for a grapefruit and squeezes it]]. He gets slapped. (For added hilarity, it's the same actress he accidentally groped in the first film.) |
| 393 | * AcclaimedFlop: An in-universe example occurs at the Oscars. ''Sawdust And Mildew'' was a BoxOfficeBomb, but got nominated for Best Picture and is mistaken for having won when Frank announces that he's found the bomb. |
| 394 | * ActorAllusion: |
| 395 | ** ''33 ⅓'' isn't the first time Earl Boen has been [[{{Franchise/Terminator}} a psychologist]]. |
| 396 | ** In the third movie, Weird Al is Vanna White's escort to the Oscars, a reference to his song "Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White." |
| 397 | ** Frank and [[BigBad Rocco]] escape from prison in a similar (if parodied) manner to ''Film/EscapeFromAlcatraz''. Rocco's actor, Fred Ward, portrayed John Anglin in that film. |
| 398 | * AmbiguousSyntax: When Frank finds the bomb in the Best Picture envelope and shouts "It's the bomb!", the producers of ''Sawdust and Mildew'' take it to mean that their movie won and start celebrating. |
| 399 | * BabiesEverAfter: Although its reveal is unpleasant to Frank... |
| 400 | * BabyCarriage: The first scene, which includes Nordberg (O.J. Simpson) almost spiking the baby after catching it. |
| 401 | * BlandNameProduct: The keeper of the Oscars' envelops works for [[strike:Price Waterhouse]] Bryce/Porterhouse. |
| 402 | * {{Bowdlerization}}: The TV version contains an alternate take of [[spoiler:Tanya's]] UnsettlingGenderReveal, replacing the otherly-endowed silhouette with a foreground shot of a hairy backside. |
| 403 | * BrutalHonesty: From the climax: |
| 404 | -->'''Jane:''' I was wrong. Taking you away from Police Squad was a mistake. I know now that's why you couldn't perform decent sex with me.\ |
| 405 | ''[Frank looks very confused]'' |
| 406 | * TheCameo: Thanks to the abovementioned Oscars, the third movie has a whole pile of these. |
| 407 | * CatapultNightmare: Frank wakes up this way from the DreamIntro. |
| 408 | * CelebrityParadox: Anna Nicole Smith also appears on a ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' cover in the third movie... which lampshades this at the same time by [[spoiler:giving Anna's character a GagPenis. [[FridgeBrilliance Think about it for a second]]]]. |
| 409 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: During the Academy Awards sequence, when Frank and Jane are looking for a bomb hidden inside the winner envelopes and one of the presenters says, "This is going to be dynamite." |
| 410 | --> '''Jane:''' Are you thinking what I'm thinking?\ |
| 411 | '''Frank:''' Yes! Florence Henderson's gonna win it! It's about time! |
| 412 | * ComicBookTime: There's a bit of it early on when the characters remember having seen Tanya Peters in a dance club sometime during the disco era of the late '70s (let's say, 1978). Since Leslie Nielsen and George Kennedy were already middle-aged in '78, seeing them looking more or less the same (except for the SeventiesHair, of course) in the disco setting isn't too much of a stretch. But when we see Tanya herself, she's blatantly the same age as in the present day (about her mid-20s); if she had aged along with everyone else, she'd be at least 40 years old throughout most of the movie, which she is not. (Interestingly, Tanya's portrayer, Anna Nicole Smith, was not even a teenager when the disco era ''ended''.) |
| 413 | * CommonplaceRare: Used as a joke. In reality, the "rare" [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_canariensis Canary Island Pine]] is actually one of the most common trees in the world. |
| 414 | * ContinuityNod: |
| 415 | ** The car Frank and Jane drive in the flashback to their honeymoon is the same solar-powered car that Hapsburg shows to his co-conspirators in the previous film. This scene was meant to be the previous film's ending, hence [[RunningGag Nordberg getting dragged with it]]. |
| 416 | ** The flashback also features Frank's previous love mentioned in the beginning of the first film. |
| 417 | ** A deleted scene (which aired in the TV broadcast) showed Frank walking past a cell in the state prison containing a lion. This could be the same lion that [[spoiler:mauled Hapsburg to death at the end of the second film; given the "logic" of this series, it's conceivable that the lion would've been charged with homicide]]. |
| 418 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Rocco Dillon, compared to Vincent Ludwig and Quentin Hapsburg. |
| 419 | ** Ludwig and Hapsburg were each a CorruptCorporateExecutive with many resources and minions. Dillon is a blue-collar criminal with a small gang. |
| 420 | ** While his predecessors enjoyed VillainWithGoodPublicity status, Rocco's crimes are well-known, as he is first seen in prison. |
| 421 | * CueTheFallingObject: After Rocco shoots skyward to shut up everybody in the Academy Awards and tells them that if they stay quiet nobody is gonna be hurt, some poor deckhand Rocco's shot hit comes crashing down. Rocco adds a "…starting now" to his threat. |
| 422 | * CutHimselfShaving: Jane removes Frank's shirt to discover whip marks on his back. |
| 423 | -->'''Jane:''' Frank! What's ''this''?!\ |
| 424 | '''Frank:''' I... fell. On a rake.\ |
| 425 | '''Jane:''' You're lying! Now I know why Ed's been calling every half hour; you've been back on the case, haven't you?\ |
| 426 | '''Frank:''' No, I swear, [[ConfessToALesserCrime it's another woman]]!\ |
| 427 | '''Jane:''' In your wildest dreams! |
| 428 | * CuttingTheKnot: Ted details the elaborate process of tracking down the origin of a document by determining the specific timber used in the paper, tracing that to the forest the timber was harvested from, and then to the mill it was made in. When the trail went cold from there, they decided to just get the address off the document's letterhead. |
| 429 | * DeadMansTriggerFinger: Performed by one of the mafia goons in the ''Untouchables'' parody opening sequence. |
| 430 | * DeadpanSnarker: Mrs. Dillon has her moments. |
| 431 | -->'''Papshmear:''' My people are very upset.\ |
| 432 | '''Mrs. Dillon:''' They're ''always'' upset. They're Arab terrorists! |
| 433 | * DeathByLookingUp: Rocco's mother gets hit with a falling APPLAUSE sign. [[NegativeContinuity Which changes to STANDING OVATION as she's struggling]], and makes the crowd indeed applaud. |
| 434 | * DepravedHomosexual: The big prisoner played by Randall "Tex" Cobb who tries to take advantage of Frank in the showers. PlayedForLaughs obviously like the rest of the movie. |
| 435 | * DistinctionWithoutADifference: |
| 436 | -->'''Frank:''' Cheer up, Ed, this is not goodbye; it's just I won't ever see you again. |
| 437 | * {{Dominatrix}}: Frank Drebin has an encounter with one after he mistakes a sperm bank for a regular doctor's office and asks for "help" in making his "contributions". She is portrayed by superlative "Scream Queen" glamazon Julie Strain wearing black PVC thigh boots and various other S&M gear in the role she was probably born to play. |
| 438 | -->'''PA System:''' Dr. Rosenblat, foreplay in room 7 please, Dr. Rosenblat.\ |
| 439 | '''Dr. Rosenblat:''' ''[cracks whip]'' |
| 440 | * DreamIntro: Turns out the opening shootout was just a nightmare Frank was having. |
| 441 | * EasilyForgiven: |
| 442 | -->'''Tanya:''' ''(upon seeing Frank/Slasher)'' Wait a minute, don't I know you from somewhere?\ |
| 443 | '''Mrs. Dillon:''' ''(preparing her gun)'' I smelled cop on him the minute I saw him!\ |
| 444 | '''Frank:''' I... get that all the time. It's the underwear ads. They're played everywhere.\ |
| 445 | ''(Rocco and Mrs. Dillon point their guns at him)''\ |
| 446 | '''Mrs. Dillon:''' Are you saying you're not a cop?\ |
| 447 | '''Frank:''' Well, yeah.\ |
| 448 | '''Rocco:''' Eh, that's good enough for me.\ |
| 449 | '''Tanya:''' Me too.\ |
| 450 | '''Mrs. Dillon:''' I'm fine. |
| 451 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Rocco Dillon. His DespairEventHorizon is when [[spoiler:Mrs. Dillon is accidentally killed at the Oscars, causing him to decide to detonate the bomb [[DrivenToSuicide personally]]]]. |
| 452 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: When Tanya who is a nurse walks into a room of the Dillon's house [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl wearing a bathing suit to flash her body to everyone there with]], Mrs. Dillon tells her "That's no way to walk around. [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn Put some clothes on]]. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick And what are you doing in my bathing suit?]]" |
| 453 | * EveryoneIsArmed: Rocco and Frank tunnel out of prison and into the parking lot of a Los Angeles high school, where they're immediately shot at by every student there. |
| 454 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Sent up when a flashback to the characters in TheSeventies, and they all have longer hair (but don't look otherwise any younger), culminating in OJ Simpson's character, whose FunnyAfro is so big that it gets stuck in the door. A character then says in the present "That's right! You were one of the first test subjects for Minoxidil!" |
| 455 | * FacePalm: Happens when Frank attempts to get the gun from Rocco while holding on the bomb in the envelope only for them to switch places causing everyone including the audience to facepalm. |
| 456 | * FeetFirstIntroduction: When Frank is re-introduced to Tanya, the camera pans up her long legs... and goes past ''two'' sets of knees. |
| 457 | * FunnyAfro: '70s Nordberg had one so big, he couldn't get past the disco's door with it. |
| 458 | -->'''Ed:''' I ''do'' remember! [[ComicallyMissingThePoint You were one of the first test cases for Minoxidil, weren't you?]]\ |
| 459 | '''Nordberg:''' [[FlatWhat Wha?]] |
| 460 | * FunnyAnsweringMachine: Frank and Jane's answering machine ends with: |
| 461 | -->'''Frank:''' Which button do I press?\ |
| 462 | '''Jane:''' No, not that one! |
| 463 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: |
| 464 | ** Nordberg celebrating with a baby in his hand in the background when Frank shoots the postal workers in the opening scene. |
| 465 | ** One part had a Funny ''Foreground'' Event. |
| 466 | --->''[Frank walks back into the police office]''\ |
| 467 | '''First Cop on Phone:''' Now calm down, ma'am. How many dead bodies did you say you found in your swimming pool?\ |
| 468 | '''Second Cop on Phone:''' Don't worry, sir. In this state, killing a gang member is an $18 fine. Just mail it in. |
| 469 | * FunnyFlashbackHaircut: Frank Drebin flashes back to a murder case at a disco in the '70s. He sports an (already white) mullet, the Captain has a Peter Frampton-esque head of blond curls, and Nordberg's Afro is so big he has trouble fitting through a doorway. |
| 470 | * GoingPostal: Parodied. While Frank is dealing with a number of threats (itself a parody of ''Film/TheUntouchables''), a man screams "Oh my god, look! It's disgruntled postal workers!" and he sees a number of mailmen firing assault rifles. [[note]]"Disgruntled" was the media's preferred euphemism for going postal at the time.[[/note]] |
| 471 | * GroinAttack: Ted introduces a rather horrifying anti-carjacking device. It places a metal clamp on the carjacker's groin and detaches, leaving it there while the victim drives off. "We call it the Denver jock-strap." Frank and Ed wind up [[ShareTheMalePain sharing the male pain]]. |
| 472 | * HellishLA: |
| 473 | ** When Frank and Rocco escape from prison, they emerge outside an LA high school. Every student there promptly pulls out a gun and starts shooting at the pair. |
| 474 | ** A later establishing shot of LA depicts sirens wailing, guns firing, and the Hollywood sign on fire. |
| 475 | * HospitalHottie: Tanya (Playboy's Playmate of the Year 1993) goes undercover as one. We also have Julie Strain (Penthouse Pet of the Year 1993) as Doctor Rosenblatt. |
| 476 | * HouseHusband: Frank takes on this persona after retiring. He actually seems to be pretty good at it. |
| 477 | * HypocriticalHumor: Louise tells Jane that she wants to join her to kill as many men as possible. A few minutes later, while Jane is trying to call Frank, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Louise is seen leaving with a man]]. And not just any man; she went with the seedy truck driver that just tried to hit on Jane. |
| 478 | * IAteWhat: [[PoliceAreUseless Frank]] goes to the crime lab where [[TheLabRat Ted]] has been examining the explosive used in the bombing their investigating. Frank [[SniffSniffNom dips his finger in the petri dish on Ted's desk, tastes it, and begins to deduce what it tastes like,]] when Ted informs him that the petri dish contains Fertilizer, evidence relating to a completely separate case. Frank makes a "yuck" face and while Ted continues his monologue, Frank grabs a random beaker full of yellow liquid off his desk to wash the taste out of his mouth with. In a double-whammy of this trope, Ted then takes the beaker off Frank's hands saying, "Let me take that urine specimen from you, Frank," leading to the mandatory SpitTake. |
| 479 | * IgnoreTheFanservice: Tanya's failed attempts to distract a guard. She ultimately pulls it off with [[WeaksauceWeakness bubble wrap]]. |
| 480 | * ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Despite being mere feet away from the kids from the Los Angeles city high school who pull out their guns and shoot at Frank and Rocco, not a single shot hits either of them as they run to the getaway car! |
| 481 | * ImprobableInfantSurvival: PlayedForLaughs. In the opening shoot-out scene parodying ''Film/TheUntouchables'', multiple baby carriages coast down the stairs and fling several babies into the air. Nordberg manages to catch all of them, then performs a touchdown victory dance and tries to spike one, but is interrupted by a woman screaming "Give me my baby!" |
| 482 | * InnocentInnuendo: A good example is [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110622/quotes?qt0217125 when Frank goes to a sperm bank thinking it's a regular hospital.]] |
| 483 | * InsaneTrollLogic: Drebin and Rocco's argument over who should have the gun and who should have the bomb. The audience actually does a collective FacePalm. |
| 484 | * {{Irony}}: In the climax, Jane tells the women in the audience to hold onto their mates, because "good men don't just fall out of the sky". Cue Frank doing just that and incapacitating Rocco. |
| 485 | * JailBake: Lampshaded. |
| 486 | * JugglingLoadedGuns: |
| 487 | -->'''Rocco Dillon:''' ''[[[FiringInTheAirALot firing a gun over the heads of the audience]]]'' Freeze, and nobody gets hurt!\ |
| 488 | ''[a grip falls from the rafters into the orchestra]''\ |
| 489 | '''Rocco Dillon:''' Well... from now on! |
| 490 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Tanya Peters]] never gets punished (at least not onscreen) for being affiliated with Rocco Dillon's terrorist gang, which is particularly odd since [[spoiler:in the end she is the last surviving member of the gang]]. Sure, we know that [[spoiler:[[HighHeelFaceTurn she switched sides to the good guys]] by telling Frank where the bomb had been hidden, but that shouldn't absolve her from punishment for having knowingly collaborated with killers]]. |
| 491 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:After evading punishment for his actions in the first movie, Papshmear is killed when Rocco and his bomb are rocketed into the villain's helicopter.]] |
| 492 | * KinkyCuffs: when Frank retires he hands his gun and badge over to a tearful Ed. But pockets his handcuffs as he and Jane want to retain them for "Sentimental reasons". |
| 493 | * LameComeback: Jane is so mad with Frank she calls him a "[[ShapedLikeItself white Anglo male]]!" Jane's subplot is a massive spoof of feminist tropes (and one big ShoutOut to ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise''), so such insult is only to be expected. |
| 494 | * LegFocus: Parodied--Tanya's introduction has the camera scrolling upwards for about 6 solid feet of leg, with two sets of knees. |
| 495 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Tanya has a sultry one. |
| 496 | * LethalKlutz: Drebin has accidentally killed his fiancée, a fact he remains unaware of. |
| 497 | * LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Subverted; Frank and Jane ''are'' a married couple, but Rocco and co. aren't aware of it. |
| 498 | -->'''Tanya:''' Hey, look at this. She's married. What if her husband comes looking for her?\ |
| 499 | '''Frank:''' He probably will. He must be a great guy.\ |
| 500 | '''Jane:''' He breaks promises.\ |
| 501 | '''Frank:''' Well, look at you traipsing all over the countryside just to spite a big, wonderful guy.\ |
| 502 | '''Jane:''' He left me.\ |
| 503 | '''Frank:''' More like you left ''him''.\ |
| 504 | '''Jane:''' You should talk.\ |
| 505 | '''Frank:''' Well, listen to you.\ |
| 506 | '''Jane:''' Listen to you.\ |
| 507 | '''Frank:''' Listen to you.\ |
| 508 | '''Jane:''' LISTEN TO YOU!\ |
| 509 | '''Frank:''' LISTEN TO YOU!\ |
| 510 | '''Rocco:''' Jeez, you two knock it off! You'd think you were married or something. |
| 511 | * LIsForDyslexia: In the first scene, Frank Drebin is reading a newspaper with the headline: "Dyslexia For Cure Found". |
| 512 | * LiteralMinded: When asked by Frank to "start at the beginning," the scientist in the forensics lab starts to describe the creation of the universe. |
| 513 | * MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: Frank claims "you might end up dead" is his middle name. |
| 514 | * MistakenForGay: Drebin goes to the Sperm Bank he mistakes for a regular doctor's office and describes an injury he sustained in the back yard with his uncle. He thinks he's talking about his arm describing a football injury. They... don't. |
| 515 | * MommasBoy: Rocco is very close with his mother. [[spoiler:After she dies, he decides to set off the bomb so he can go with her.]] |
| 516 | * MuggedForDisguise: In order to access the Oscars ceremony, Frank and Jane steal the invitations (and the clothes) of Weird Al Yankovic and Vanna White. HilarityEnsues when it works even though they look nothing like the people they mugged. |
| 517 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: At the beginning, Frank has a nightmare (which at first is presented as if it's really happening) in which he's at a train station and finds himself trying to stop a Mafia shootout. Things quickly become even more complicated when President UsefulNotes/BillClinton and Pope John Paul II wander into the crossfire....and then a gang of deranged postal workers show up.... |
| 518 | * NoAnimalsWereHarmed: Although some species went extinct during principal photography, but those are fictional species such as Northern Horned Barn Owl (15 died in a soundstage fire), Red-Striped Heinied Tapir (2 died when a grip truck ran over them) and Woolly Fettered Squirrel (100 killed and served as lunch for the crew). |
| 519 | * NoMeansYes: The scene where Jane's harassed by the truck driver who keeps insisting, "I know when a woman says "no", she really means "yes", then actually grabbing her when she gets fed up and tells him "Yes," angrily demanding, "What do you mean, telling me "no"? |
| 520 | * OdessaSteps: Parodied in a flashback, as a baby carriage starts down the steps in a train station shootout. Nordberg manages to pull the baby from it in time, [[ActorAllusion before going to spike it]] -- thankfully, the mother stops him before he does. |
| 521 | * OscarBait: The movie includes a scene at the Oscar ceremony, where all the films were ridiculously HighConcept, like "the story of one woman's triumph over the death of her cat, set against the background of the Hindenburg disaster," and "the story of one woman's triumph over a yeast infection, set against the background of the tragic Buffalo Bills season of 1971." |
| 522 | * OverlyNarrowSuperlative: "Best Actor in a Columbus movie?" |
| 523 | * PaperThinDisguise: Frank knocks out Phil Donahue and puts on his glasses, and everybody at the Academy Awards accepts him as the real deal. Ed, on the other hand, recognizes him right away. |
| 524 | -->'''Ed:''' ''(watching on TV)'' Nordberg, look. That's Frank, at the Academy Awards!\ |
| 525 | '''Nordberg:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Hey, how did he get tickets?]] |
| 526 | * PrisonChangesPeople: Spoofed when Frank is undercover in prison and has a talk with fellow inmate Tyrone, a black guy. |
| 527 | -->'''Tyrone:''' Take it from me. This place changes a man.\ |
| 528 | '''Frank:''' Oh yeah, in what way?\ |
| 529 | '''Tyrone:''' I used to be white. ''[{{Beat}}]'' I was a drummer for The Osmonds. |
| 530 | * PrisonRape: Played for laughs ''and'' averted. |
| 531 | * PrisonRiot: Frank starts one to divert guards' attention from Rocco's escape plan. For completely silly reasons: |
| 532 | -->'''Frank Drebin:''' Hey! You call this slop? Real slop has got chunks of things in it! This is more like gruel! And this Château le Blanc '68 is supposed to be served slightly chilled! This is room temperature! What do you think we are? Animals? |
| 533 | * ProperlyParanoid: Mrs. Dillon is suspicious of Frank from the start, convinced that she can "smell cop" on him. |
| 534 | * RaceLift: Played for laughs when Tyrone (an ostensibly black prisoner stereotype) points out that prison can change a man, because he used to be white... and played drums for the Osmonds. |
| 535 | * ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: Done when Frank is on stage with Raquel Welch. Amusingly, he not only reads the stage directions, but also ''Raquel's lines as well as his own''. |
| 536 | * RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: When Jane catches Tanya kissing Frank: |
| 537 | -->'''Jane:''' How could you!\ |
| 538 | '''Tanya:''' Well, you just shove your tongue as far down his throat as you can. |
| 539 | * SarcasmBlind: |
| 540 | -->'''Frank:''' Sergeant Frank Drebin, Detective Lieutenant, Police Squad.\ |
| 541 | '''Guard:''' [[AndImTheQueenOfSheba Yeah, and I'm Robert De Niro.]]\ |
| 542 | '''Frank:''' Mr. De Niro, we've got to get inside! |
| 543 | * SherlockCanRead: To determine where the list of bombing targets came from, the lab actually spent a lot of time on circumspect analysis and investigation that led nowhere... luckily, though, the paper it's written on has STATESVILLE PRISON in its letterhead. |
| 544 | * ShoutOut: |
| 545 | ** The AutomobileOpening shows the car driving through [[Franchise/StarWars Death Star]] and Film/{{Jurassic Park}}. |
| 546 | ** After experiencing marital problems, Jane goes with a girlfriend on a ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise''-style road trip. The friend is even named "Louise" and dresses just like Susan Sarandon did in that movie. |
| 547 | ** The film begins with a [[TheTeaser Cold Open]] that sends up ''Film/TheUntouchables'' (and, by extension, ''Film/TheBattleshipPotemkin'') (see BabyCarriage above) |
| 548 | ** The Dillon gang go to a bunker to test their atomic weapon. After the detonation, the explosion blows their hair straight up, making them look like the main characters from ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'', which Rocco himself further alludes to by muttering: "Huh-huh-huh, huh-huh-huh, cool..." |
| 549 | ** [[spoiler:Tanya's]] gender reveal is a PlayedForLaughs parody of ''Film/TheCryingGame''. |
| 550 | * SickeninglySweethearts: Frank and Jane reconcile while at the therapist's office: |
| 551 | -->'''Jane:''' Oh, honey, it's just that I love you so much.\ |
| 552 | '''Frank:''' My little lover sparrow.\ |
| 553 | '''Jane:''' My puppy wuppy wuvver.\ |
| 554 | '''Frank:''' My little love biscuit.\ |
| 555 | '''Jane:''' My little snookie wookums.\ |
| 556 | '''Frank:''' My little lady cheesy puffy.\ |
| 557 | '''Therapist:''' Mr. and Mrs. Drebin, please, [[SickeninglySweet I'm a diabetic]]. I really think you two ought to go now. |
| 558 | * SlapOnTheWristNuke: The bomb that was said to be powerful enough to destroy the Academy Awards [[LaserGuidedKarma only destroys the bad guy's helicopter]]. |
| 559 | * StatuesqueStunner: Tanya and Dr Rosenblat (Anna Nicole Smith 5'10", Julie Strain 6ft tall). |
| 560 | * StockUnsolvedMysteries: While rifling through files at Tanya's clinic, Frank bypasses several files labeled "Kennedy assassination," "location of Jimmy Hoffa's body," etc. |
| 561 | * TakeThat: When Frank and Rocco tunnel their way out of prison, they emerge by a school in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Every student there promptly pulls out a gun and starts shooting at them. |
| 562 | * TheUnreveal: Rocco thinks that [[spoiler:the Academy Awards show]] is "a pretty big target", but we have no way of knowing until much later. |
| 563 | * UnsettlingGenderReveal: [[spoiler:Tanya's]] silhouette reveal in her final scene. |
| 564 | * UnusualEuphemism: [[GroinAttack "Denver jockstrap"]], anyone? |
| 565 | * VomitDiscretionShot: Frank vomits into a tuba, but it's not shown. |
| 566 | * WesternTerrorists: The Dillon gang. Granted, they ''are'' secretly taking their orders from Arabs, but they're obviously plotting bombings more for the money than for hatred of the United States. |
| 567 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Anna Nicole Smith drops out of the film after Drebin discovers [[spoiler:she has a penis]]. Thus, making her a KarmaHoudini. |
| 568 | * WholePlotReference: Romantic subplot aside, ''33⅓'' is a comedic retelling of ''Film/WhiteHeat''. A police officer infiltrates a prison, befriends a violent criminal who loves his mother, and helps him escape in order to determine the site of his next crime. |
| 569 | * YouAreTooLate: When the police squad arrives at the Academy Award ceremony while Frank is already on the stage, causing mayhem. When they declare they are there to stop a disaster, one of the people behind the stage assumes they are talking about Frank and states "you're too late." |
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