Awesome / Olsen-banden

• The famous scene in the eighth movie where the Olsen Gang break into the Royal Theater of Copenhagen to steal back the Ming vase (and a briefcase of money!) unnoticed by drilling, hammering and bombing their way through the theater under the cover of the orchestra playing the Overture to "Elverhøj". Probably the best example of Mickey Mousing in cinema ever.
• The coup in the Cold Opening of the 11th movie, where the gang builds a remote controlled LEGO robot capable of walking up a set of stairs and opening a door from the inside — from scratch through a 30X30 cm ventilation opening.
• Unlike the Danish and Norwegian movies, the Swedish movies often end with the gang keeping their loot (with the notable exception of the second, and the fourth ending with a smaller loot than expected^note most of it is is Russian rubels... From before the Revolution, meaning they can't be used anywhere. They're still pretty happy with the 8 millions they got back thanks to Doris' extreme luck.). This is especially satisfying in the first and fifth movies:
  • The first one ends with the police storming Wall-Enberg's office and finding the film's MacGuffin, the Bedford Diamonds, in his safe, which had been stashed there by the gang while they made off with his money. The movie ends with Wall-Enberg staring despondently at the illegal jewelry, knowing he's in deep shit this time, while across town, the gang is having a money bath with his ill-gotten gains. Sure, Status Quo Is God and all, but it's still great to see the greedy little prick get his for once.
  • The fifth movie ends with the gang being back to square one, having been forced to give back the Kings Cross to the police to avoid getting arrested, only for Harry to reveal that he salvaged the second thing Sickan stole from the bad guys safe in the middle of the movie, which both he and the rest of the audience had forgotten all about due to the climax being about the heist at the museum; $8 Million in cash! The movie cuts to the credits as the gang celebrates with champagne.
• In the sixth movie, intended as the last, Kjeld gives Egon a long deserved dressing down. Disguised as a police officer, Kjeld has smuggled a handcuffed Egon into the office with the safe, while Benny is distracting their mark. But Kjeld has forgotten the keys to the handcuffs, and this is too much for Egon, who starts up one of his patented rants:
  Egon: Of all the world's blockheads and asswipes, lousy amateurs and jackasses, you are the worst one of all! You and that insane harpy you married—
  (Kjeld slams his nightstick on the table; Egon shuts up in terror)
  Kjeld: That's enough! (said quietly and with determination) I can take your crap, but don't you dare insult my wife.
  Egon: ...But Kjeld? What has gotten into you?
  Kjeld: (smacking the nightstick in his hand) And we don't have time for any more nonsense. Get that safe opened.
  Egon: (meekly) ...But the cuffs, and I need gloves and talcum and...
  Kjeld: Yes, thank you, we know all that. Gags and pretensions. You know what you are? You are a dreadful little buffoon. And a son of a bitch! But you can't screw with me, I know you. Get to work.

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