History YMMV / OceansEleven

* {{Adorkable}}: Linus is not, [[MemeticMutation for Jesus Christ's sake]], the CIA trained rebel [[Film/TheBourneSeries Jason Bourne]]; nor [[Film/SavingPrivateRyan a World War Two survivor]], nor [[Film/{{Interstellar}} a space stranded]] [[Film/TheMartian survivor]]. He is a clumsy badass wannabe who wants to be on the same shadow as his family or as Danny and Rusty, but he nearly fucks up some situations. The character he poses as in the first film, the Vegas Game Commission man, is as adorkable as himself.

** Some of the fake-outs in the climax of ''Eleven'' have even more of an effect if you've seen [[Film/Oceans11 the original Sinatra movie]] first. Specifically, the oldest member of the crew seeming to up and die without much warning [[spoiler: (as Richard Conte's character did in the original)]]...and ultimately, [[spoiler: the money supposedly being burned to a crisp]] (like the TwistEnding of the original). Alas, if you've seen ''this'' movie first, this ''might'' result in [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny your expecting similar fake-outs in the original]]...which don't happen.

* MagnificentBastard:
** Daniel "Danny" Ocean himself, debuting in the [[Film/OceansEleven first film]], is the very definition of a professional, expert thief. Danny, once he's released from prison, begins planning his next job and to coincide with the heist, concocts a plan to win his ex-wife Tess back from casino owner Terry Benedict, by proving Benedict would pick his money over her without question. During the first film, Danny's scheme to pull off a masterful $150 million robbery of three of Benedict's casinos comes together perfectly while Danny lets himself get sent back to prison as a diversion so the others can walk away without suspicion. In the second film, Danny plays an arrogant master thief so as to force him to pay back the money that they stole from Benedict and in the third, Danny bankrupts a hotel casino owned by the unscrupulous Willy Bank while also ruining his reputation and preventing an attempt from Benedict to double-cross the team too. Danny throughout the films also arranges setbacks to make it look like they're failing to fool their enemies as well and by the time he's believed to be dead in the fourth film, it's strongly hinted that he actually faked his death.
** ''Ocean's Twelve'': [[RetiredBadass Gaspar LeMarque]] is a world famous thief who once pulled off the impossible task of stealing the Fabergé Coronation Egg after 23 others had tried and failed, only returning it on the request of his wife. Faking his death and going into retirement, [=LeMarque=] [[EvilMentor taught François Toulour everything]] he needed to become the equally famous "Night Fox". When Danny Ocean comes to him for help dealing with Toulour, [=LeMarque=] agrees to help them [[EvenEvilHasStandards out of disgust]] with Toulour's petty deeds, telling them exactly how to steal the Egg before Toulour even challenges them and advising them to act like everything is going wrong as Toulour will be spying on them. Getting the last laugh on his petty student, [=LeMarque=] has Rusty both reunite him with his daughter and deliver him the treasure he had to return all of those years ago.

* MagnificentBastard: Daniel "Danny" Ocean himself, debuting in the [[Film/OceansEleven first film]], is the very definition of a professional, expert thief. Danny, once he's released from prison, begins planning his next job and to coincide with the heist, concocts a plan to win his ex-wife Tess back from casino owner Terry Benedict, by proving Benedict would pick his money over her without question. During the first film, Danny's scheme to pull off a masterful $150 million robbery of three of Benedict's casinos comes together perfectly while Danny lets himself get sent back to prison as a diversion so the others can walk away without suspicion. In the second film, Danny plays an arrogant master thief so as to force him to pay back the money that they stole from Benedict and in the third, Danny bankrupts a hotel casino owned by the unscrupulous Willy Bank while also ruining his reputation and preventing an attempt from Benedict to double-cross the team too. Danny throughout the films also arranges setbacks to make it look like they're failing to fool their enemies as well and by the time he's believed to be dead in the fourth film, it's strongly hinted that he actually faked his death.

*** [[https://youtu.be/rOhDlvDC_jY "$165 Million Plus Interest"]] (which is actually an [[https://youtu.be/RuknYtbzR9M obscure French TV show's theme]] from TheSeventies that's been SampledUp), which perfectly showcases the menace and the OhCrap each member of the gang experiences when they find out that Terry Benedict has unmasked and found them all.

*** [[https://youtu.be/rOhDlvDC_jY "$165 Million Plus Interest"]] (which is actually an [[https://youtu.be/RuknYtbzR9M obscure French TV show's theme]] from TheSeventies that's been SampledUp), which perfectly showcases the menace and the OhCrap feeling in the opening when the gang finds out that Terry Benedict has unmasked and found them all.

*** [[https://youtu.be/rOhDlvDC_jY "$165 Million Plus Interest"]], which perfectly showcases the menace and the OhCrap feeling in the opening when the gang finds out that Terry Benedict has unmasked and found them all.

* AcceptableEthnicTargets: The French.
** In ''Eleven'', when Reuben talks about all the failsafes casinos have to prevent theft:
--->"They got cameras, they got vaults, they got watchers, they got locks. They got enough armed personnel to occupy Paris! [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys Okay]]. [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Bad example.]]"
** In ''Twelve'', regarding Toulour:
--->"We're not doomed. He's one guy and he's ''French''."

*** [[https://youtu.be/rOhDlvDC_jY "$165 Million Plus Interest"]], which perfectly showcases the menace and OhCrap opening when the gang finds out that Terry Benedict has found them all.

*** [[https://youtu.be/rOhDlvDC_jY "$165 Million Plus Interest"]], which perfectly showcases the OhCrap opening when the gang finds out that Terry Benedict has found them all.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIzCmwGsHFc Frank Sinatra's excellent version of "This Town"]], which closes out Thirteen and serves as a perfect finale.

** Also, don't say that you didn't feel sorry for the real Five Diamond hotel reviewer, the self-called "V.U.P.", when the team puts him through the worst hotel stay of his life. As compensation, the team sets him up to [[spoiler:"win" an ''eleven'' million dollar jackpot]].

* PopculturalOsmosis: While the song Thé à la Menthe became famous from its use in ''Ocean's Twelve'', many ''[[VideoGame/CounterStrike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive]]'' players knew it better as famous player ph00n's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRCeSpQUgbc&t=142s playthrough theme]]. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Xx0k_TVY0 highest-viewed video]] for Thé à la Menthe on Website/YouTube even has more quotes from ph00n's video than the original movie.

* FirstInstallmentWins: It's almost unanimously agreed upon that ''Ocean's Eleven'' is superior to ''Ocean's Twelve'' and ''Ocean's Thirteen'' (though Thirteen was acclaimed in its own right).

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: While not as well received as the first film, ''Ocean's Thirteen'' got a pretty good reception and was considered an improvement over ''Ocean's Twelve'', which was generally regarded as mediocre.

* AcceptableTargets: The French.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Pretty much everything having to with Reuben in Thirteen.

--->"They got cameras, they got vaults, they got watchers, they got locks. They got enough armed personnel to occupy Paris! Okay. [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Bad example.]]"

* MagnificentBastard: Daniel "Danny" Ocean is the very definition of a professional, expert thief. Danny, once he's released from prison, begins planning his next job and to coincide with the heist, concocts a plan to win his ex-wife Tess back from casino owner Terry Benedict, by proving Benedict would pick his money over her without question. During the first film, Danny's scheme to pull off a masterful $150 million robbery of three of Benedict's casinos comes together perfectly while Danny lets himself get sent back to prison as a diversion so the others can walk away without suspicion. In the second film, Danny plays an arrogant master thief so as to force him to pay back the money that they stole from Benedict and in the third, Danny bankrupts a hotel casino owned by the unscrupulous Willy Bank while also ruining his reputation and preventing an attempt from Benedict to double-cross the team too. Danny throughout the films also arranges setbacks to make it look like they're failing to fool their enemies as well and by the time he's believed to be dead in the fourth film, it's strongly hinted that he actually faked his death.

%%* MagnificentBastard: Daniel "Danny" Ocean is the very definition of a professional, expert thief. Danny, once he's released from prison, begins planning his next job and to coincide with the heist, concocts a plan to win his ex-wife Tess back from casino owner Terry Benedict, by proving Benedict would pick his money over her without question. During the first film, Danny's scheme to pull off a masterful $150 million robbery of three of Benedict's casinos comes together perfectly while Danny lets himself get sent back to prison as a diversion so the others can walk away without suspicion. In the second film, Danny plays an arrogant master thief so as to force him to pay back the money that they stole from Benedict and in the third, Danny bankrupts a hotel casino owned by the unscrupulous Willy Bank while also ruining his reputation and preventing an attempt from Benedict to double-cross the team too. Danny throughout the films also arranges setbacks to make it look like they're failing to fool their enemies as well and by the time he's believed to be dead in the fourth film, it's strongly hinted that he actually faked his death.

* FirstInstallmentWins: It's almost unanimously agreed upon that ''Ocean's Eleven'' is superior to ''Ocean's Twelve'' and ''Ocean's Thirteen''.

** It's also extremely heartwarming to see Reuben walk into Bank's casino near the end of the film, fully rejuvenated, dressed in his normal ostentatious style (after previously attempting to dress more "modernly"), and ready to rejoin the team.