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* BlatantLies: Jack calls out desperately for his dad when they both almost die at the end.
-->'''[=McClane=]:''' D'you just call me "Dad"?\\
'''Jack:'''' No.\\
'''[=McClane=]:''' Yeah, didn't think so.
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* SoftGlass: Must be from all the radiation...

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* SoftGlass: Must be from all the radiation... John gets thrown through a goddamn plate glass window ''from a helicopter'' and... nothing.

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%%* DarkActionGirl: Irina.
%%* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Chagarin.]]

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%%* * DarkActionGirl: Irina.
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Irina. Turns out daddy's been grooming her to help him take over Russia and she can handle some shit.
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DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Chagarin.]]Chagarin. He's a patsy. Komarov and Irina have been playing him for who knows how long.



%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * TheMafiya

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%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * TheMafiyaTheMafiya: The guy we're trying to save? Nope. He's the BigBad it's a big criss cross double cross.



* NukeEm: [[spoiler:Chagarin (later Komarov) plans to steal weapons-grade plutonium, hidden within Chernobyl.]]

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* NukeEm: [[spoiler:Chagarin (later Komarov) plans to steal weapons-grade plutonium, uranium, hidden within Chernobyl.]]



%%* YouKilledMyFather
* WalkingDisasterArea: A large chunk of Moscow and pretty much half of its cars get completely destroyed the minute John walks into town.

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%%* YouKilledMyFather
* YouKilledMyFather: It turns out Irina wasn't betraying her father, they were both betraying the CIA and she's ''really pissed'' that John and Jack killed her dad. TakingYouWithMe levels of pissed.
* WalkingDisasterArea: A large chunk of Moscow and pretty much half of its cars get completely destroyed the minute John walks into town. town.
* WellDoneSonGuy: At the end of the day, John tells Jack he had a good day running around with his boy and Jack likes to hear it.
-->'''[=McClane=]:''' Okay, let's go kill some fuckers.
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: [=McClane=] and Jack drive from Moscow, Russia, to Chernobyl, Ukraine, in what appears to be only a few hours. ''Without'' passports. (The cities are 530 miles apart by road, and there's a national border between them.)

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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: [=McClane=] and Jack drive from Moscow, Russia, to Chernobyl, Ukraine, in what appears to be only a few hours. ''Without'' passports. (The cities are 530 miles apart by road, and there's a national border between them.)) Ukraine and Russia are famously happy to let people just cross their borders, Niagara style. Very friendly. Smoochies.
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* LikeFatherLikeSon: John's son, Jack, is working for the CIA and [[CallBack now he's one of those guys]]. There's a job needs to be done, a lot of scumbags need to get killed, he's a disposable Irish flatfoot. [[DentedIron And he can take a hit]]. He takes an iron rod to the gut and when his old man pulls it out, Jack walks it off. Doesn't even need a whiskey. [[HeroStoleMyBike Then they steal a car and drive to Chernobyl.]] Just like Saigon, slick!
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* SpottingTheThread: John suspects something's up with Irina arriving at the hotel despite the traffic.

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* SpottingTheThread: John suspects something's up with Irina arriving at the hotel despite the traffic. Jack spots a military helicopter on the roof next door and realizes his dad was on the money.
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* MuggedForDisguise: John and Jack grab a couple of guys on their way into the hotel to grab the file. They get a pair of shotguns and a keycard.
-->'''Yuri:''' You seem like you've done that before. Is good idea.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Jack [=McClane=] is a government spy and just as much of a badass [LikeFatherLikeSon as his dad].

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* TookALevelInBadass: Jack [=McClane=] is a government spy and just as much of a badass [LikeFatherLikeSon [[LikeFatherLikeSon as his dad].dad]].
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* TookALevelInBadass: Jack [=McClane=] is a government spy and just as much of a badass [LikeFatherLikeSon as his dad].

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* PapaWolf: The movie opens with John getting some intel from a fellow cop (who tells him "[[FriendshipMoment Good luck, Papi.]]" afterward) about his son being in a Russian prison. This ends with John, unmasked and unmuffed, emptying his weapon into a paper target, screaming "Mother fucker God dammit!". Then he catches a plane to Russia, even though he hasn't spoken to his son in years.

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* PapaWolf: PapaWolf:
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The movie opens with John getting some intel from a fellow cop (who tells him "[[FriendshipMoment Good luck, Papi.]]" afterward) about his son being in a Russian prison. This ends with John, unmasked and unmuffed, emptying his weapon into a paper target, screaming "Mother fucker God dammit!". Then he catches a plane to Russia, even though he hasn't spoken to his son in years.years.
** During the first act chase scene, [=McClane=] only cares about stopping the APC and saving his son. He drives himself off the road and flips his car knowing it'll flip the APC. He even walks into traffic and takes a car to the gut so he can keep up the chase.
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* FriendshipMoment: [=McClane=] strikes up a friendship with his cab driver in Moscow by trying, and failing ''very badly'', to speak Russian, then compliments the man on his singing. The driver pays him back by telling him he's better off walking with the way the traffic is and refusing payment because "You like my singing!".
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* PapaWolf: The movie opens with John getting some intel from a fellow cop (who tells him "[[FriendshipMoment Good luck, Papi.]]" afterward) about his son being in a Russian prison. This ends with John, unmasked and unmuffed, emptying his weapon into a paper target, screaming "Mother fucker God dammit!". Then he catches a plane to Russia, even though he hasn't spoken to his son in years.

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