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* BreakThemByTalking: Mardukas spends the entire movie employing this approach to Jack to get him to let him go. [[spoiler: It works.]]
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-->'''Mardukas:''' Why would you eat that?
-->'''Jack:''' Why? Because it tastes good!
-->'''Mardukas:''' But it's not good for you... Why would you do something that you know is not good for you?
-->'''Jack:''' 'cause I don't think about it.
-->'''Mardukas:''' But that's living in denial.
-->'''Jack:''' I'm aware of that.
-->'''Mardukas:''' So you're aware of your behavior, yet you continue to do things that aren't good for you. That sounds sort of foolish, don't you think so, Jack?
-->'''Jack:''' Stealing $15 million from Jimmy Serrano sounds foolish.
-->'''Mardukas:''' I didn't think I'd get caught.
-->'''Jack:''' Now that's living in denial.
-->'''Mardukas:''' I'm aware of that.
-->'''Jack:''' Why? Because it tastes good!
-->'''Mardukas:''' But it's not good for you... Why would you do something that you know is not good for you?
-->'''Jack:''' 'cause I don't think about it.
-->'''Mardukas:''' But that's living in denial.
-->'''Jack:''' I'm aware of that.
-->'''Mardukas:''' So you're aware of your behavior, yet you continue to do things that aren't good for you. That sounds sort of foolish, don't you think so, Jack?
-->'''Jack:''' Stealing $15 million from Jimmy Serrano sounds foolish.
-->'''Mardukas:''' I didn't think I'd get caught.
-->'''Jack:''' Now that's living in denial.
-->'''Mardukas:''' I'm aware of that.
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* KnightOfCerberus: Serrano has some humorous moments, but he's mostly played seriously. He's genuinely menacing and his presence darkens the film's climax, which is almost entirely devoid of comedy.
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* KnightOfCerberus: KnightOfCerebus: Serrano has some humorous moments, but he's mostly played seriously. He's genuinely menacing and his presence darkens the film's climax, which is almost entirely devoid of comedy.
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-->'''Marvin:''' Why don't you quit? It'd be cheaper for both of us.
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* DidYouActuallyBelieve: Serrano asks Mardukas this while he has him captive.
--> ''"So I'm finally in the presence of greatness, huh? The Duke. The guy that steals money from the scum of the earth and gives it to the unfortunates of the world. I wanted to meet you face to face. Did you actually think you were going to steal my money and get away with it? I stopped by here to tell you two things. Number one is that you're gonna die tonight. Number two is I'm gonna go home, have a nice hot meal. I'm gonna find your wife, and kill her too."''
--> ''"So I'm finally in the presence of greatness, huh? The Duke. The guy that steals money from the scum of the earth and gives it to the unfortunates of the world. I wanted to meet you face to face. Did you actually think you were going to steal my money and get away with it? I stopped by here to tell you two things. Number one is that you're gonna die tonight. Number two is I'm gonna go home, have a nice hot meal. I'm gonna find your wife, and kill her too."''
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Serrano is quite friendly to Jack and Mardukas, but only in a way designed to mock them and make them uncomfortable. He rarely bothers to put up the act for his underlings, who he's quite coarse and rude to.
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** [[Creator/YaphetKotto Alonzo Mosely]] is a decent [=FBI=] agent who is devoted bringing down Serrano, but he has no problem mocking Jack for is failed cop career, intimidating him, and taking things from suspects.
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** [[Creator/YaphetKotto Alonzo Mosely]] is a decent [=FBI=] agent who is devoted bringing down Serrano, but he has no problem mocking Jack for is his failed cop career, intimidating him, and taking things from suspects.
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* KnightOfCerberus: Serrano has some humorous moments, but he's mostly played seriously. He's genuinely menacing and his presence darkens the film's climax, which is almost entirely devoid of comedy.
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* LaughablyEvil: All of the bad guys have quite humorous personalities.
** Marvin is brutish and immoral, but he's also extraordinarily dumb and incompetent. He's quite funny as a result.
** Serrano's CoDragons Joey and Tony are genuinely dangerous, but they're also moronic bumblers who constantly goof around and screw up.
** Serrano himself is so foul-mouthed and coarse that he's quite entertaining, and has several funny lines.
** Marvin is brutish and immoral, but he's also extraordinarily dumb and incompetent. He's quite funny as a result.
** Serrano's CoDragons Joey and Tony are genuinely dangerous, but they're also moronic bumblers who constantly goof around and screw up.
** Serrano himself is so foul-mouthed and coarse that he's quite entertaining, and has several funny lines.
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* HeroAntagonist: Alonzo spends most of the movie trying to capture Walsh and prevent him from turning Mardukas in himself, but he's not unjustified in his belief that it will mess up his attempts to nail Serrano, and he has every right to be outraged that Walsh stole his badge and is posing as a federal agent, which is a serious crime. [[spoiler:Once he realizes the two are on the same side, he agrees to team up with him to catch Serrano and not press charges.]]
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* HeroAntagonist: Alonzo spends most of the movie trying to capture Walsh and prevent him from turning Mardukas in himself, but he's not unjustified in his belief that it will mess up his attempts to nail Serrano, and he has every right to be outraged that Walsh stole his badge and is posing as a federal agent, which is a serious crime. [[spoiler:Once he realizes the two are on the same side, he agrees to team up with him to catch Serrano and not press charges.charges against Walsh.]]
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* HeroAntagonist: Alonzo spends most of the movie trying to capture Walsh and prevent him from turning Mardukas in, but he's not unjustified in his belief that it will mess up his attempts to nail Serrano, and he has every right to be outraged that Walsh stole his badge and is posing as a federal agent, which is a serious crime. [[spoiler:Once he realizes the two are on the same side, he agrees to team up with him to catch Serrano and not press charges.]]
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* HeroAntagonist: Alonzo spends most of the movie trying to capture Walsh and prevent him from turning Mardukas in, in himself, but he's not unjustified in his belief that it will mess up his attempts to nail Serrano, and he has every right to be outraged that Walsh stole his badge and is posing as a federal agent, which is a serious crime. [[spoiler:Once he realizes the two are on the same side, he agrees to team up with him to catch Serrano and not press charges.]]
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* HeroAntagonist: Alonzo spends most of the movie trying to capture Walsh and prevent him from apprehending Mardukas, but he's not unjustified in his belief that it will mess up his attempts to nail Serrano, and Walsh steals his badge and is posing as a federal agent, which is a serious crime. [[spoiler:Once he realizes the two are on the same side, he agrees to team up with him to catch Serrano and not to press charges.]]
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* HeroAntagonist: Alonzo spends most of the movie trying to capture Walsh and prevent him from apprehending Mardukas, turning Mardukas in, but he's not unjustified in his belief that it will mess up his attempts to nail Serrano, and he has every right to be outraged that Walsh steals stole his badge and is posing as a federal agent, which is a serious crime. [[spoiler:Once he realizes the two are on the same side, he agrees to team up with him to catch Serrano and not to press charges.]]
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* HeroAntagonist: Alonzo spends most of the movie trying to capture Walsh and prevent him from apprehending Mardukas, but he's not unjustified in his belief that it will mess up his attempts to nail Serrano, and Walsh steals his badge and is posing as a federal agent, which is a serious crime. [[spoiler:Once he realizes the two are on the same side, he agrees to team up with him to catch Serrano and not to press charges.]]
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* FiveFiveFive: "[=KL5=]"
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* FiveFiveFive: "[=KL5=]""[=KL5=]." Also the number Jack uses to call Serrano from FBI custody.
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* TheAtoner: Mardukas sees himself this way; horrified to find out he was working for an organized crime boss, he felt he had to do something to make it right. [[HonorBeforeReason So he stole $15 million of Serrano's money.]]
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* IndyPloy: Jack is very good at thinking on his feet, to the extent that he's able to come up with a plan to rescue Mardukas, get Serrano arrested, get Mardukas to Los Angeles before the deadline and claim his reward while sitting in a police station under arrest by the FBI and surrounded by cops and federal agents.
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* IndyPloy: Jack is very good at thinking on his feet, to the extent that he's able to come up with a plan to rescue Mardukas, get Serrano arrested, avoid the shopping list of criminal charges he accumulated in the past week, and get Mardukas to Los Angeles before the deadline and to claim his reward while sitting in a police station under arrest by the FBI and surrounded by cops and federal agents.
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* HonorBeforeReason: In the end, Jack will always try to abide by his code of ethics. It’s why he quit the police, it’s why he refuses to take the money his daughter offers him even though it would be very useful, and [[spoiler: it’s why he lets the Duke go in the end:]] he did what he said he would do, even if he won’t profit by it. [[spoiler: Of course, he does, but he didn’t know he would.]]
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* CuffsOffRubWrists: Apparently Grodin suffered permanent scarring from the handcuffs.
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Actually, maybe not. I guess I didn't read very carefully. Sorry.
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* KarmaHoudini: A corrupt cop-who is implied to have cost Jack his job on the force-was promoted to Captain, and got to marry Jack's ex-wife.
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* KarmaHoudini: KarmaHoudini:
** Jack commits a lot of crimes over the course of the movie, including impersonating an FBI agent, stealing a car, and robbing a bar, yet gets away scot free. It's implied that his deal with the FBI involved the charges against him being dropped, but even that's unusually generous of them.
** Mardukas stole an awful lot of money and worked as an associate of the Mafia, as well as skipped bail. He ends the film walking away a free man, with Jack letting him go for the sake of getting even with Eddie's backstabbing (the Serrano affair having been dealt with through means other than him testifying).
** A corrupt cop-who is implied to have cost Jack his job on the force-was promoted to Captain, and got to marry Jack's ex-wife.
** Jack commits a lot of crimes over the course of the movie, including impersonating an FBI agent, stealing a car, and robbing a bar, yet gets away scot free. It's implied that his deal with the FBI involved the charges against him being dropped, but even that's unusually generous of them.
** Mardukas stole an awful lot of money and worked as an associate of the Mafia, as well as skipped bail. He ends the film walking away a free man, with Jack letting him go for the sake of getting even with Eddie's backstabbing (the Serrano affair having been dealt with through means other than him testifying).
** A corrupt cop-who is implied to have cost Jack his job on the force-was promoted to Captain, and got to marry Jack's ex-wife.
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Kind of contradicts the Laser Guided Karma entries below.
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* KarmaHoudini:
** Jack commits a lot of crimes over the course of the movie, including impersonating an FBI agent, stealing a car, and robbing a bar, yet gets away scot free. It's implied that his deal with the FBI involved the charges against him being dropped, but even that's unusually generous of them.
** Mardukas stole an awful lot of money and worked as an associate of the Mafia, as well as skipped bail. He ends the film walking away a free man, with Jack letting him go for the sake of getting even with Eddie's backstabbing (the Serrano affair having been dealt with through means other than him testifying).
** A corrupt cop-who is implied to have cost Jack his job on the force-was promoted to Captain, and got to marry Jack's ex-wife.
** Jack commits a lot of crimes over the course of the movie, including impersonating an FBI agent, stealing a car, and robbing a bar, yet gets away scot free. It's implied that his deal with the FBI involved the charges against him being dropped, but even that's unusually generous of them.
** Mardukas stole an awful lot of money and worked as an associate of the Mafia, as well as skipped bail. He ends the film walking away a free man, with Jack letting him go for the sake of getting even with Eddie's backstabbing (the Serrano affair having been dealt with through means other than him testifying).
** A corrupt cop-who is implied to have cost Jack his job on the force-was promoted to Captain, and got to marry Jack's ex-wife.
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* KarmaHoudini:
** Jack commits a lot of crimes over the course of the movie, including impersonating an FBI agent, stealing a car, and robbing a bar, yet gets away scot free. It's implied that his deal with the FBI involved the charges against him being dropped, but even that's unusually generous of them.
** Mardukas stole an awful lot of money and worked as an associate of the Mafia, as well as skipped bail. He ends the film walking away a free man, with Jack letting him go for the sake of getting even with Eddie's backstabbing (the Serrano affair having been dealt with through means other than him testifying).
**KarmaHoudini: A corrupt cop-who is implied to have cost Jack his job on the force-was promoted to Captain, and got to marry Jack's ex-wife.
** Jack commits a lot of crimes over the course of the movie, including impersonating an FBI agent, stealing a car, and robbing a bar, yet gets away scot free. It's implied that his deal with the FBI involved the charges against him being dropped, but even that's unusually generous of them.
** Mardukas stole an awful lot of money and worked as an associate of the Mafia, as well as skipped bail. He ends the film walking away a free man, with Jack letting him go for the sake of getting even with Eddie's backstabbing (the Serrano affair having been dealt with through means other than him testifying).
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* EverybodySmokes: Played straight with most of the characters, especially Jack, who lights up every chance he can get (and in late '80s America there are plenty); averted with Mardukas, who not only doesn't smoke but urges Jack to put his cigarette out for the sake of his health. Yes, kids, [[AluminumChristmasTrees it used to be OK to smoke on airplanes.]]
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* EverybodySmokes: Played straight with most of the characters, especially Jack, who lights up every chance he can get (and in late '80s America there are plenty); averted with Mardukas, who not only doesn't smoke but urges Jack to put his cigarette out for the sake of his health. Yes, kids, [[AluminumChristmasTrees it used to be OK to smoke on airplanes.]]
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* NothingPersonal: Marvin says this to Jack right after swooping in to take Jack's hard-won bounty at the beginning.
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* NothingPersonal: Marvin says this to Jack right after swooping in to take Jack's hard-won bounty at the beginning. Of course, it's delivered via [[ClusterFBomb F-Bomb.]]
-->'''Marvin:''' Nothing personal, Jack, but fuck off!
-->'''Marvin:''' Nothing personal, Jack, but fuck off!
