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* NervesOfSteel: The bank manager remains calm at all times, even when Grimm threatens to send his thumb out to the cops if they don't respond on time, or when informing the Chief that the bank owners will hold him responsible if the money isn't recovered.
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* NervesOfSteel: NervesOfSteel:
** The bank manager remains calm at all times, even when Grimm threatens to send his thumb out to the cops if they don't respond on time, or when informing the Chief that the bank owners will hold him responsible if the money isn'trecovered.recovered.
** And Grimm himself when dealing with the mobsters.
** The bank manager remains calm at all times, even when Grimm threatens to send his thumb out to the cops if they don't respond on time, or when informing the Chief that the bank owners will hold him responsible if the money isn't
** And Grimm himself when dealing with the mobsters.
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* GilliganCut:
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* GilliganCut:GilliganCut: When Rotzinger deduces the actual bank robbery scheme, and how many people were involved:
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* HeroAntagonist: Rotzinger, the policeman trying to catch our bank-robbing protagonists.
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* GreatDetective: Chief Rotzinger is quick to try and plan ahead to anticipate Grimm's moves throughout the bank robbery and getaway, quickly realizes how some of the hostages (the disguised robbers) have disappeared, and does a good job of tracking them throughout the film. He's also mentioned as having broken tough cases like "The Peruvian Connection" and "The Subway Psycho."
* HeroAntagonist: Rotzinger, the dedicated policeman trying to catch our bank-robbing protagonists.
* HeroAntagonist: Rotzinger, the dedicated policeman trying to catch our bank-robbing protagonists.
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* TooGoodToBeTrue: Grim is very suspicious of a GoodSamaritan offering directions for this reason. It turns out he's ProperlyParanoid.
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* TooGoodToBeTrue: Grim Grimm is very suspicious of a GoodSamaritan offering directions for this reason. It turns out he's ProperlyParanoid.
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* RevolversAreJustBetter: Parodied; Grimm fails to shoot out a camera with his Taurus {{PT92}}, so he switches over to the security guard's revolver and shoots it out in ''one shot''.
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* RevolversAreJustBetter: Parodied; Grimm fails to shoot out a camera with his Taurus {{PT92}}, [=PT92=], so he switches over to the security guard's revolver and shoots it out in ''one shot''.
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* OpportunisticVendors: During Grimm's bank robbery at the beginning, crowds gather to watch and cheer as NYPD quickly surrounds the bank; several hot dog vendors can be seen pushing their carts fast, jockeying to take advantage of the sudden business.
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* {{Irony}}: At one point, while driving around the backstreets lost, Grimm fumes that if they could just find a landmark they'd be able to at least figure out where they are. The camera then pans over a row of huge delivery vehicles they drive past... which are blocking a perfect view of the Statue of Liberty.
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* SeriousBusiness: The weird bicycle joust that the trio happen to stumble upon in the back streets. The two men involved appear to actually be dueling to the death (or at least the very seriously injured), there seem to be some genuine stakes of honor involved, the loser's family burst out crying at this defeat, a ''priest'' pushes the loser's bike away from him as if it's cursed, and once it's done a child starts ringing a bell to solemnly mark the occasion. Meanwhile Grimm, Phyllis and Loomis are just staring in horrified confusion.
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* BecomingTheMask: Phyllis starts to worry that Grimm is settling into the role of ruthlessly manipulative criminal mastermind a bit too comfortably.
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* BecomingTheMask: BecomingTheMask:
** Phyllis starts to worry that Grimm is settling into the role of ruthlessly manipulative criminal mastermind a bit too comfortably.
** Phyllis starts to worry that Grimm is settling into the role of ruthlessly manipulative criminal mastermind a bit too comfortably.
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* AssholeVictim: The yuppie among the bank hostages.
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* AssholeVictim: The yuppie among the bank hostages.hostages is a classist, "ha-ha, I'm rich" dude who tries to bribe his way out of being a hostage. Grimm will have none of it, and the other hostages don't care about him.
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* ClockKing: The bus driver is a ''maniac'' about staying on schedule, and gives Grimm precisely 1 minute, 45 seconds to get exact change for fare.
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** Throughout their trip to the airport, Loomis becomes increasingly like the hysterical fellow he'd pretended to be at the bank.
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* BuxomIsBetter: Phyllis pads her bra to make Grimm!Clown lust after her. Later, she uses it to smuggle the money out.
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* BuxomIsBetter: BuxomBeautyStandard: Phyllis pads her bra to make Grimm!Clown lust after her. Later, she uses it to smuggle the money out.
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* TheChewToy: Quaid's character
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* TheChewToy: Quaid's charactercharacter.
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'''Phyliss:''' And a ''blowjob!''
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero (or NiceJobFixingItVillain, depending on your perspective): Loomis honked the ''fucking'' car horn. Grimm states he could have had the police paralyzed for ''hours'' thinking he was still in the bank holding the hostages, even after they successfully got away.* NotWhatItLooksLike: The new tenant of Phyliss's building when he sees walks in on them picking up the TV (to get a shirt under it) and mistakes them for thieves.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero (or NiceJobFixingItVillain, depending on your perspective): Loomis honked the ''fucking'' car horn. Grimm states he could have had the police paralyzed for ''hours'' thinking he was still in the bank holding the hostages, even after they successfully got away.away.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: The new tenant ofPhyliss's Phyllis' building when he sees walks in on them picking up the TV (to get a shirt under it) and mistakes them for thieves.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: The new tenant of
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** Quaid's character was named as a reference to ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}''. In the book, it was Lackey.
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** Quaid's character was named as a reference to ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}''. In the book, it was Lackey."Lackey", not "Loomis".
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** "Flores para los muertos!" is a direct reference to ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' (specific to the film).
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** "Flores para los muertos!" is a direct reference to ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' (specific to the film).film, as it was absent from Jay Cronley's novel).
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** "Flores por los muertes!" is a direct reference to ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire''.
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** "Flores por para los muertes!" muertos!" is a direct reference to ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire''.''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' (specific to the film).
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** Quaid's character was named as a reference to ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}''. It was something else in the book.
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** Quaid's character was named as a reference to ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}''. It In the book, it was something else in the book.Lackey.
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* WorthyOpponent: Grimm specifically namedrops Rotzinger as his #1 enemy, because he knows that the chief is AwesomeByAnalysis.
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* WorthyOpponent: Grimm specifically namedrops Rotzinger as his #1 enemy, because he knows that the chief is AwesomeByAnalysis.AwesomeByAnalysis.
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''Quick Change'' is a 1990 comedy film based on the novel by Jay Cronley, starring Creator/BillMurray, co-directed by Murray and Howard Franklin.
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''Quick Change'' is a 1990 comedy film based on the novel by Jay Cronley, starring Creator/BillMurray, co-directed by Murray ([[OneBookAuthor the sole directing credit of his career]]) and Howard Franklin.
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[[OneBookAuthor The sole directing credit of Bill Murray's career]].
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* TruerToTheText: The film is overall more faithful to the novel than the previous adaptation, ''Film/HoldUp''.
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This is the second time Cronley's book was adapted as a film. In 1985, ''Film/HoldUp'' was released, starring Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo and Creator/KimCattrall.
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This is the second time Cronley's book was adapted as a film. In 1985, ''Film/HoldUp'' was released, starring film after 1985's ''Film/HoldUp'', which starred Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo and Creator/KimCattrall.
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This is the second time Cronley's book was adapted as a film. In 1985, ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089284/ Hold-Up]]'' was released, starring French actor Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo.
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This is the second time Cronley's book was adapted as a film. In 1985, ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089284/ Hold-Up]]'' ''Film/HoldUp'' was released, starring French actor Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo.
Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo and Creator/KimCattrall.
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** A minor one with Mrs Russ Crane, who gives the impression of being a cool and refined IceQueen... until she opens her mouth. [[spoiler: Turns out that Mrs Crane -- actually Mrs Lombino -- is actually a trashy and foul-mouthed {{Joisey}} Girl ("Vince! You fuckin' woim!")]]
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** A minor one with Mrs Russ Crane, who gives the impression of being a cool and refined IceQueen... until she opens her mouth. [[spoiler: Turns out that Mrs Crane -- actually Mrs Lombino, wife to high-ranking mobster Vincent Lombino -- is actually a trashy and foul-mouthed {{Joisey}} Girl ("Vince! You fuckin' woim!")]]
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* BaitAndSwitch: Rotzinger plans a bust on the bank robbers' getaway plane. Grimm and Loomis are ready to be arrested... [[spoiler: turns out Rotzinger is planning to arrest a Mafia don sitting behind him.]]
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* BaitAndSwitch: BaitAndSwitch:
** Rotzinger plans a bust on the bank robbers' getaway plane. Grimm and Loomis are ready to be arrested... [[spoiler: turns out Rotzinger is planning to arrest a Mafia don sitting behind him.]]]]
** A minor one with Mrs Russ Crane, who gives the impression of being a cool and refined IceQueen... until she opens her mouth. [[spoiler: Turns out that Mrs Crane -- actually Mrs Lombino -- is actually a trashy and foul-mouthed {{Joisey}} Girl ("Vince! You fuckin' woim!")]]
** Rotzinger plans a bust on the bank robbers' getaway plane. Grimm and Loomis are ready to be arrested... [[spoiler: turns out Rotzinger is planning to arrest a Mafia don sitting behind him.
** A minor one with Mrs Russ Crane, who gives the impression of being a cool and refined IceQueen... until she opens her mouth. [[spoiler: Turns out that Mrs Crane -- actually Mrs Lombino -- is actually a trashy and foul-mouthed {{Joisey}} Girl ("Vince! You fuckin' woim!")]]
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* JerkassHasAPoint: When the bus driver proves immobile on the subject of exact change, Grimm snaps that none of the weirdos and {{Cloud Cuckoolander}}s on his bus are the kind of people who care if the rules of New York City public transportation are being followed to the letter. The driver retorts that, given he deals with these people on a nightly basis, that only gives him ''more'' motivation to be as little like them as possible:
-->'''Grimm''': Have you looked back there lately? I don't think anybody is going to object.\\
'''Bus Driver:''' I look back there every night, friend. That's why I conduct my own affairs in a clean and hygienic fashion.
-->'''Grimm''': Have you looked back there lately? I don't think anybody is going to object.\\
'''Bus Driver:''' I look back there every night, friend. That's why I conduct my own affairs in a clean and hygienic fashion.
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* ConfusingMultipleNegatives: This exchange during the bank robbery:
-->'''Bank Customer:''' Hey, that's my money!\\
'''Grimm:''' Don't worry about it, it's insured.\\
'''Customer:''' She didn't give me no receipt yet! They can't insure it if I don't got no receipt!\\
''[Grimm takes a moment to parse this statement, then:]''\\
'''Grimm:''' ''[To the teller]'' Would you please give him a receipt? ''[to the customer]'' And you: watch the double negatives, huh?\\
'''Customer:''' Yes sir.
-->'''Bank Customer:''' Hey, that's my money!\\
'''Grimm:''' Don't worry about it, it's insured.\\
'''Customer:''' She didn't give me no receipt yet! They can't insure it if I don't got no receipt!\\
''[Grimm takes a moment to parse this statement, then:]''\\
'''Grimm:''' ''[To the teller]'' Would you please give him a receipt? ''[to the customer]'' And you: watch the double negatives, huh?\\
'''Customer:''' Yes sir.
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* NervesOfSteel: The bank manager remains calm at all times, even when Grimm threatens to send his thumb out to the cops if they don't respond on time, or when informing the Chief that the bank owners will hold him responsible if the money isn't recovered.
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* WorthyOpponent: Grimm specifically namedrops Rotzinger has his #1 enemy, because he knows that the chief is AwesomeByAnalysis.
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* WorthyOpponent: Grimm specifically namedrops Rotzinger has as his #1 enemy, because he knows that the chief is AwesomeByAnalysis.
