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6	[[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2fad1499caf04122e2ab56bd98ed1840.jpg]]
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8	A 1989 comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Creator/TomHanks (and a dog).
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10	Scott Turner (Hanks), an obsessively neat police detective, acquires Hooch, a large and slobbery Dogue de Bordeaux, after the murder of the dog's master Amos Reed (Creator/JohnMcIntire), a local junk-yard owner who was a friend of Turner's. Turner is bored with little police work in the fictional town of Cypress Beach, California and is set to transfer to a better job in Sacramento, while fellow detective David Sutton (Creator/ReginaldVelJohnson) is slated to be his replacement.
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12	Turner pleads with police chief Howard Hyde (Creator/CraigTNelson) to let him take on Amos' murder case. Believing that Hooch is the only "witness" he has, Turner brings him home. The energetic dog promptly destroys Turner's house and car and turns his life upside-down. On a positive note, however, Hooch also instigates a romance between Turner and the new town veterinarian Emily Carson (Mare Winningham).
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14	In 2020 it was confirmed that a [[Series/TurnerAndHooch2021 TV series based on the film]] (with the same name) would be coming to Creator/DisneyPlus by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Television]]. The show stars Creator/JoshPeck as Scott Turner Jr., a U.S. marshal; the series acts as a DistantSequel to the film. The show aired its first episode on July 21, 2021.
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16	Came out the same year as ''[[Film/{{K91989}} K-9]]'', an unrelated film with a similar premise.
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19	!!Tropes seen in this film:
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21	* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Hilariously, in the final scene:
22	-->'''Turner''': No playing of my records!
23	* BabiesEverAfter
24	* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler: Chief of Police Howard Hyde, Scott's superior, is actually the mastermind behind the drug money-laundering.]]
25	* BigEater: Hooch really eats a lot.
26	* BigFriendlyDog: Averted at first, but played straight towards the end.
27	* BigWhat and BigShutUp: Turner does both of these tropes when confronting Hooch for barking in the middle of the night.
28	-->'''Turner''': What?! What is it?! WHAT?! ''WHAT?!'' If you're hungry, finish the hamburgers! Eat the buns! You're not thirsty, you're not touching the water, the orange juice, cranapple! What is it?! What am I supposed to do, make you a margarita?! ''[{{Beat}}]'' SHUT UP! GOD! Shut up! This has been going on for two and a half hours! BE QUIET!
29	** He also shouts the latter trope to a neighbor rudely awakened by Hooch's barking:
30	-->'''Neighbor''': Give him a Valium, Turner! Take one yourself!
31	-->'''Turner''': Hey, shut up! I'm a policeman! ''(beat)'' Look, do you want your car towed?
32	* BigNo: Turner does this when he gets locked out of the house by Hooch.
33	--->'''Turner:''' ''(tries opening the door)'' Oh... NOOOOOO! AAH! YOU--! ''(tries to open another door)'' Ah, you stupid dog! ''(holds up a trash can and slams it down)'' No! AH, YA STUPID DOG!
34	* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: The film ends with [[spoiler:the death of Hooch, immediately juxtaposed with finding out that not only did he father a litter of puppies, but Emily is pregnant as well]].
35	* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Chief Howard Hyde looks like at first a reasonable and affably officier firmly on Turner's side. Turns out he's actually the true leading figure of the money laundering operation and a corrupt and cold-blooded murderer.]]
36	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Turner solves the murder and brings down the criminal behind the drug operation and Hyde, but Hooch is shot and killed in the process. However, he did father a litter of puppies before his death... including a son who behaves almost exactly like him.]]
37	* BribeBackfire [[spoiler: Chief Hyde, revealing himself to be corrupt, attempts to buy Turner's silence by offering him 1% of the drug money. Turner, to gain time, pretends to accept. However Hyde sees through his lies and attempts to shoot him but Hooch, despite being mortally wounded, bites his leg giving Turner the opportunity to kill him.]]
38	* BrickJoke: "This is not your room."
39	* ChekhovsGun: Hooch has a patented trick, in which he can hold a grown human in a chokehold with his mouth without biting unless commanded. Turner uses that trick to intimidate a thug connected to Hooch's master's murder.
40	* DeadpanSnarker: Turner.
41	* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Howard Hyde.]]
42	* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Even after being shot, Hooch forces himself to crawl toward Howard Hyde and bite him in the leg when he threatens Turner, allowing him to take Hyde's shotgun and shoot him.]]
43	* EitherOrOffspring: French Mastiff Hooch is shown to be developing a relationship with the vet's Collie. End of the movie, [[spoiler: We see their pups, most of which look like purebred collies, except for one pup that looks like a purebred French mastiff.]]
44	* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Hooch spends his final moments in a state of tranquility, calmly and quietly awaiting the end as he bleeds out. He even gives a friendly look to Turner before expring showing that he's become attached to him.]]
45	* FireForgedFriends: While Turner and Hooch don't exactly have the best relationship at first, the two start to bond when Turner becomes romantically involved with Emily. [[spoiler:This makes Hooch's sacrifice to save Turner's life even more heartbreaking for him, and the audience.]]
46	* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Zack Gregory, one of the movie's main villains, used to be a Marine before turning into a criminal.
47	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Hooch. He takes a bullet to save Turner's life.]]
48	* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Hooch's Chokehold.
49	* LongList: The "House Rules."
50	* MakeTheDogTestify: The driving force behind the plot; Hooch has the murderer's scent and witnessed it happen, so he's the only lead the cops currently have.
51	* ManlyTears: Turner [[spoiler: after Hooch dies.]] It's quite heartbreaking.
52	* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Amos' murder; [[spoiler: A dirty-money operation led by the Chief Howard Hyde.]]
53	* MoleInCharge: [[spoiler: Chief Howard Hyde is actually the one in charge of the dirty money laundering scheme.]]
54	* NameAndName: Turner the police investigator and Hooch the dog he takes on the to catch the murderer.
55	* NeatFreak: Turner, so very much.
56	* RunningGag: "This is not your room."
57	* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: Turner's reaction to the clerk when shopping for Hooch.
58	-->'''Turner:''' $97.51? Is that - Is that pesos? This is for a dog, this is dog food. $97.51?! I'm not gonna eat this stuff! Did I buy smoked salmon?! ''[[RuleOfThree $97.51!]]'' How much if I take this back? ''(holds up squeaky toy and squeaks it a few times)'' I'd like to talk to Kevin. Can you call him, please? ''KEVIN!!''
59	* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Hooch leaves behind a litter of puppies, one of which looks and behaves just like him.
60	* TrashOfTheTitans: Even for a dog, Hooch makes a bigger mess of Turner's house than anyone would have thought possible. This may have something to do with the fact that his previous owner also owned a junkyard.
61	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Hyde]] kills [[spoiler: Boyett]] at the end, partly out of this, and partly to use him as a FallGuy.

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