History Characters / BeverlyHillsCop

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Is not present in the sequels, having been replaced with Chief Lutz with no explanation as to why he left, although given his age it's likely he retired.

* BadBoss: From the first moment he shows up in the film, he has this attitude, busting Taggart and Rosewood down to the Traffic Unit and taking the Alphabet Crimes case away them because Rosewood called the FBI for help. As the film goes on, he continues to berate and insult his officers, eventually culminating in him trying to arrest Foley and fire Taggart and Rosewood.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Is not present in the sequels, having been replaced with Chief Lutz with no explanation as to why he left.

* BadBoss: From the first moment he shows up in the film, he has this attitude, busting Bogomil down to the Traffic Unit and taking the Alphabet Crimes case away from him because he hasn't made enough headway. As the film goes on, he continues to berate and insult his officers, eventually culminating in him trying to arrest Foley and fire Taggart and Rosewood.

* HateSink: Spends the entirety of his screentime verbally abusing, belittling or threatening his own officers. It comes as a relief when the Mayor of Beverly Hills unceremoniously fires him at the end of the film.
* {{Hypocrite}}: After spending the better part of a minute firing detectives and threatening them with legal action, Lutz turns into a scared child when Mayor Egan fires, him.

* PoliceAreUseless: It starts with him busting Bogomil down to the Traffic Unit after the latter tries to make inroads on the Alphabet Crimes case, and goes downhill from there. It leads to him (and [[BumblingSidekick Biddle]]) being fired by Mayor Egan after publicly botching the case and attempting to have Rosewood and Taggart fired.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Unlike Lutz, Egan understands the situation with the gunfight at the oilfield immediately, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone blames himself for having hired Lutz in the first place]]. He fires Lutz (and Biddle), talks politely with Foley (and agrees to make a donation on behalf of Sidney Bernstein), promotes Bogomil (who was unceremoniously busted down to the Traffic Unit before being shot) to the Chief of Police role, then personally calls Inspector Todd to thank him for letting Axel "assist" on the case.

* TookALevelInBadass: As a result of Foley's influence, Billy does this in-between films. By the time they meet again in the sequel, Billy has become a GunNut and KnifeNut, among other tendencies.

* {{Hypocrite}}: After spending the better part of a minute firing detectives and threatening them with legal action, Lutz turns into a scared child when Mayor Egan publicly reprimands, then fires, him.
* {{Jerkass}}: He verbally abuses everyone around him, demotes or tries to fire several detectives (including Bogomil) who try to investigate the Alphabet Crimes case, declares the case "solved" when he doesn't have all the information to go on, and berates the detectives who ''did'' solve the case in front of Mayor Egan. It's no wonder why he gets unceremoniously canned after all that.

* BumblingSidekick: To Lutz. At one point, Biddle floats a theory that the cement mixer truck that Axel and Billy used to chase the villains was a ploy to aid in the villains' escape. Lutz tells him to submit himself for drug testing. Axel notes that Biddle couldn't catch the Alphabet Bandit if he nuked the city.

-->'''Egan:''' ''(to Lutz)'' You're fired. I want you out of here. [[SuddenlyShouting GET OUT OF HERE! FIRED!]]\\

* HateSink: Unlike previous villains, [=DeWald=] smugly kills people (even his own men, and most importantly, [[spoiler:Inspector Todd]]) and rubs their deaths on Axel's face without barely changing his demeanor. [=DeWald=] does everything to want you (and Axel) to punch him in the face.

[[folder:Chief Howard Lutz]]

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Shot three times in the chest by Foley during the final shootout]].

-->''Serge:'' [[FunetikAksent Zis is the Annihilator 2000]]. It is my greatest seller!
-->''Axel:'' Get the fuck out of here.
-->''Serge:'' Nooo, I cannot!

-->''Hubbard:'' You expect me to believe that report?
-->''Bogomil:'' That's the report I'm filing, sir.

--> ''Egan: (to Lutz)'' You're fired. I want you out of here. [[SuddenlyShouting GET OUT OF HERE! FIRED!]]
--> ''Lutz:'' You'll regret this, Ted.
--> ''Egan:'' I've regretted it for the last two months. [[GuiltByAssociationGag Biddle, you're fired too.]]

--> ''Axel:'' (referring to a diagram of the park) Show me the Happy Forest.
--> ''Janice:'' That would be right here, at the end of Corridor B. It's right after... right after... uh...
--> ''Axel:'' How long has it been closed?
--> ''Janice:'' ({{Beat}}, staring at him) ''Too long.''

---> ''Janice:'' Hey, I don't think you've seen the Tunnel of Love ride, have you, Axel?
---> ''Axel:'' I didn't know y'all had a Tunnel of Love ride at Wonder World.
---> ''Janice:'' There will be shortly.

* FamousLastWords:
--> ''Be careful, old boy. You might hit me.''

[[caption-width-right:350:[[LaserGuidedKarma Man, I'm sorry]]. [[FamousLastWords I fucked up, I'm sorry]].]]

* FamousLastWords:
--> ''Mister Foley! You have involved yourself in business that does not concern you. That was a mistake!''

[[caption-width-right:350:[[FamousLastWords Goodbye, Mr. Foley.]]]]

* FamousLastWords:
--> ''Goodbye, Mr. Foley.''

* AmbiguousCriminalHistory: It's implied that he and Mikey were juvenile delinquents and in the second film, he mentions that he "fractured an occasional law or two" when he was a kid. He ''definitely'' breaks the law while being a cop though, being perfectly willing to lie, cheat and steal to advance a case.

* DirtyCop: {{Downplayed}}, since he does take his ob seriously and goes after serious criminals, bu he isn't above breaking the law either in the pursuit of justice, or at times just for his own personal benefit, most notably in the second movie where he breaks into an empty mansion so he can ''stay there'' while he is in Beverly Hills.

* AmbiguousCriminalHistory: It's implied that he and Mikey were juvenile delinquents and in the second film, he mentions that he "fractured an occasional law or two" when he was a kid.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Shot three times in the chest by Foley during the final shootout]].

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Shot three times in the chest by Foley during the final shootout]].

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Foley tries to cover for Taggart and Rosewood's presence tailing him at the strip club, and Taggart blows the alibi, Bogomil struggles not to grin.

* BlatantLies: Claims that Foley threw ''himself'' out of a window after their first conversation. Being that he's a VillainWithGoodPublicity, the police sent to check the situation believe him and arrest Foley instead.

A [[ChildhoodFriends past friend]] of Foley, Summers moved from her home in Detroit to Beverly Hills several years before the events of the film, and opened her own art gallery. As the film begins, Jenny and Foley's mutual friend, Mikey, is killed by Maitland's men, leading them to reconnect when Foley arrives in Beverly Hills.

* ChildhoodFriends: With Foley. Mikey's connection to her leads Foley to contact her in L.A., setting up the events of the second act.

* TheNotLoveInterest: Despite several points that suggest Foley and Jenny's friendship may become something more, it never comes to pass, and she isn't seen in the following films. According to behind-the-scenes information, this writing decision was made at the behest of Paramount Pictures.
* SequelNonEntity: Is nowhere to be seen in the following films, even when Foley is in Los Angeles and had a plausible reason to try and look her up. In the third film, Serge mentions that her gallery went bankrupt as a result of losing the financing from Maitland, but no discussion of her whereabouts is made.

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: He kidnaps Jenny, giving Foley, Rosewood and Taggart plenty of reason to storm his mansion in the third act.

* VillainBall: Much of the plot depends on Maitland being a moron. If he had just played dumb and told Axel that he had no idea who would want to kill Michael Tandino, that, yes, he uses bearer bonds in his business all the time, which is completely normal in the art world, and no, he has no idea why Michael would have brought bearer bonds with him to Detroit, that would have been the end of the movie, as Axel at that point had no real basis of suspicion against him. Instead, he calls in a group of thugs to his office to have Axel thrown out, as in literally thrown through a plate glass window, at which point Axel is certain that Maitland is behind it all. Then there's the fact that when Maitland catches Axel and Jenny in one of his warehouses, having discovered a crate of cocaine, instead of having them both killed then and there, when he has them completely at his mercy, he kidnaps Jenny, taking her back to his house, while leaving Axel there not to be killed, at least not right away, but first to be beaten up by two thugs. That of course leaves enough time for Billy to rescue Axel, and for Axel, Billy, and Sgt. Taggart to rescue Jenny. If Maitland had had a triple-digit IQ, the movie would have been much shorter.

* BadBoss: From the first moment he shows up in the film, he has this attitude, busting Bogomil down to the Traffic Unit and taking him the Alphabet Crimes case because he hasn't made enough headway. As the film goes on, he continues to berate and insult his officers, eventually culminating in him trying to arrest Foley and fire Taggart and Rosewood.

* DoubleTap: Executes Mikey in this fashion.

--> '''Played By:'' Creator/GilbertHill

* ItsPersonal: Heads to L.A. to find Ellis [=DeWald=] after the latter kills Inspector Todd during a sting operation in Detroit.

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Ends up dying in this fashion, being cradled by Foley after being shot by the hitmen during the opening raid.

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Gets killed in the opening sequence of the third film, being shot InTheBack by the hitmen in the auto shop.

* HateSink: Unlike previous villains, [=DeWald=] smugly kills people (even his own men, and most importantly, Inspector Todd) and rubs their deaths on Axel's face without barely changing his demeanor. [=DeWald=] does everything to want you (and Axel) to punch him in the face.

--> '''Played By:''' John Ashton

--> '''Played By:''' Lisa Eilbacher

--> '''Played By:'' Gilbert Hill

--> '''Played By:''' James Russo

--> '''Played By:''' Stephen Elliott

--> '''Played By:''' Allen Garfield

--> '''Played By:''' Brian Edward O'Connor

--> '''Played By:''' Alice Adair

--> '''Played By:''' Robert Ridgely

--> '''Played By:''' Timothy Carhart

--> '''Played By:''' Theresa Randie

--> '''Played By:''' Judge Reinhold

* RevolversAreJustBetter: His weapon in the first film is a Colt Detective Special revolver.

--> '''Played By:''' Bronson Pinchot

* WouldYouLikeToKnowHowTheyDied: Zach does this to Foley, coldly telling him he killed Mikey himself.

* KnightOfCerebus: Introduced with no foreshadowing, as he appears, talks reasonably calmly with Mikey for a few moments, then knocks him out and cold-bloodedly shoots him in the back of the twice before leaving.

* CowboyCop: Foley is not above using borderline-illegal or hastily-thought-up excuses during his investigations, but things usually end up working out for him.

* ReformedCriminal: Insinuated in the original film, as Axel regularly notes that he "wasn't always a cop".

* RunningGag: In his one scene from the first film, he mispronounces Axel's name as "Achmed", and can't seem to get the pronounciation correct, despite it being told to him multiple times. When he reappears in the third film, he addresses Axel as "Achmed" once again, and has to be told the right pronounciation once more.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Appears to be this, as he orders Bogomil to have Foley escorted out of the city limits, and later expresses confusion that Foley is present at Maitland's mansion after the shootout. However, he does relent slightly by the end of the film.

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[[folder:Jan Bogomil]]
--> '''Played By:''' Alice Adair

* ChekhovsGunman: Her day job as an insurance agent comes into play long after being mentioned, as she's able to pull key files that expose Dent's business dealings.

[[folder:Ellis DeWald]]

* IllKillYou!: Threatens Maitland in this way in the first film, after the latter kidnaps Jenny.

* GunNut: Graduates into one of these by the second film, revealing that he carries multiple shotguns in the trunk of his car, and upgrades to larger and larger weapons throughout the film.

* ThePowerOfTrust: He ends up being swayed to believe Foley's investigation into Maitland, and dispatches several squads once he learns that drugs were found in Maitland's warehouse and Foley, Rosewood and Taggart and storming his mansion.

* TurnInYourBadge: Gets suspended (off-screen) between the first and second film by Chief Lutz due to his handling of the Alphabet Crimes case, leading him to investigate the matter on his own. His critical injuries due to [[HeKnowsTooMuch his off-the-books investigation]] lead Foley to head back to L.A. to get justice for him.

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Ends up dying in this fashion, being cradled by Foley after being shot by the hitmen during the opening raid]].

* ProperlyParanoid: In the opening of the third film, he rails at Foley for canceling the SWAT team they needed for the raid, pointing out that he's worried that the job may be more complicated than they originally expected. [[spoiler:He's right, and dies for it.]]
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:Gets killed in the opening sequence of the third film, being shot InTheBack by the hitmen in the auto shop]].

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!!Characters introduced in [[Film/BeverlyHillsCopII the second film]]:

[[folder:Maxwell Dent]]
--> '''Played By:''' Creator/JurgenProchnow

A respectable business man majoring in oil production, Dent's legitimate activities hide a larger criminal enterprise involving nefarious deeds committed under the guise of the "Alphabet Crimes".

* BigBad: Of the second film.
* CarFu: Attempts this against Foley after the latter foils the arms deal at the oil depot. It fails, and he gets shot in the head while doing it.
* FamousLastWords:
--> ''Mister Foley! You have involved yourself in business that does not concern you. That was a mistake!''
* MockMillionaire: It's eventually revealed that, far from his outward projection as a successful businessman, Dent is broke, and the whole Alphabet Crimes setup is a diversion so he and Karla can flee the country via an insurance scam and arms deal.
* NoKillLikeOverkill: He attempts to ram his car into Foley, which leads to Foley shooting him, the vehicle he's in smashing through the other side of the depot and plunging off a cliff, then exploding once it hits the ground.

[[folder:Karla Fry]]
--> '''Played By:''' Creator/BrigitteNielsen
The assistant manager of the Beverly Hills Shooting Club, Karla Fry is also in league with Maxwell Dent, and organzies several high-profile robberies under the guise of the "Alphabet Crimes".

* DarkActionGirl: She personally leads Dent's henchmen during the Alphabet Crimes, executes several robberies with near-pinpoint precision, and even gets the drop on Foley after her boss is killed.
* DragonTheirFeet: Lasts a few seconds longer than Dent, and is able to get the drop on Foley. Had Taggart not intervened, she would have gunned down Axel.
* FamousLastWords:
--> ''Goodbye, Mr. Foley.''
* HandCannon: Carries a Desert Eagle handgun with her.
* IdiotBall: Unlike the rest of Dent's henchmen, her involvement in the first robbery has her wearing a pair of shades as the only disguise, leading all of the witnesses to remember "the tall blonde". The only reason she isn't arrested outright is because tall women with blonde hair aren't all that uncommon in Beverly Hills, the setting of the film.
* StatuesqueStunner: Impressively tall, and with the demeanor to match. Foley even comments on her size at one point:
--> '"God ''damn'', that's a big bitch."

This is the characters page for everyone in ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' and its associated sequels. All spoilers regarding the three films in the franchise are unmarked.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite the FreezeFrameBonus picture of Bogomil present with Foley, Taggart and Rosewood on a fishing trip in ''III'', he's nowhere to be seen in the third film, and no one comments on his absence.

[[folder:Jenny Summers]]
--> '''Played By:''' Lisa Eilbacher

A [[ChildhoodFriends past friend]] of Foley, Summers moved from her home in Detroit to Beverly Hills several years before the events of the film, and opened her own art gallery. As the film begins, Jenny and Foley's mutual friend, Mikey, is killed by Maitland's men, leading them to reconnect when Foley arrives in Beverly Hills.

* ChildhoodFriends: With Foley. Mikey's connection to her leads Foley to contact her in L.A., setting up the events of the second act.
* DamselInDistress: The entire third act is motivated by Maitland kidnapping her, which leads Foley, Rosewood and Taggart to [[StormingTheCastle storm the Maitland mansion]] in order to rescue her.
* HumanShield: Maitland uses her as one during the final confrontation with Foley. Luckily, Bogomil's arrival distracts Maitland long enough for Jenny to elbow him in the stomach and flee.
* TheNotLoveInterest: Despite several points that suggest Foley and Jenny's friendship may become something more, it never comes to pass, and she isn't seen in the following films. According to behind-the-scenes information, this writing decision was made at the behest of Paramount Pictures.
* SequelNonEntity: Is nowhere to be seen in the following films, even when Foley is in Los Angeles and had a plausible reason to try and look her up. In the third film, Serge mentions that her gallery went bankrupt as a result of losing the financing from Maitland, but no discussion of her whereabouts is made.
* ShipTease: Foley comments at several points on Jenny's beauty and style, but they never become anything more than friends and she is absent from future films in the series.

[[folder:Inspector Douglas Todd]]
--> '''Played By:'' Gilbert Hill

* DaChief: Directly supervises Foley, Friedman and other detectives in the Detroit Police Department -- and has the stereotypical temper to match.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Ends up dying in this fashion, being cradled by Foley after being shot by the hitmen during the opening raid]].
* NoIndoorVoice: Is practically on the verge of shouting at Foley in nearly every scene where they interact.
* ProperlyParanoid: In the opening of the third film, he rails at Foley for canceling the SWAT team they needed for the raid, pointing out that he's worried that the job may be more complicated than they originally expected. [[spoiler:He's right, and dies for it.]]
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:Gets killed in the opening sequence of the third film, being shot InTheBack by the hitmen in the auto shop]].
* WhatTheHellHero: Frequently expresses confusion and outrage at Foley's antics, to the point of threatening to fire him after learning he went to L.A. to track down Mikey's killers.

[[folder:Detective Jeffery Friedman]]
--> '''Played By:''' Creator/PaulReiser

A detective within the Detroit Police Department, Jeffery works with Axel on different cases and tries to keep him out of trouble with Inspector Todd.

* CatchPhrase: "This is not my [locker[=/=]office]!"
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Implied, as one of the final scenes in the second film shows him laid up on a couch with a leg cast, having [[NoodleIncident totaled the Ferrari in unexplained fashion]].
* AFriendInNeed: Frequently covers for Foley, to the point that he agrees to drive Foley's Ferrari around for three days and run interference for Inspector Todd so that Foley can head to L.A. and investigate the Alphabet Crimes undisturbed.
* PantsPositiveSafety: Like Foley and Inspector Todd, he stuffs his weapon in the back of his waistband.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Inspector Todd stalks into the locker room looking to chew Foley out for his handling of the cigarette truck heist in the original film, Jeffery makes an excuse about it not being his locker before fleeing the scene.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears by the third film, with no explanation as to his whereabouts, nor his reaction to [[spoiler:Inspector Todd's death]].

[[folder:Serge]]
--> '''Played By:''' Bronson Pinchot

The flamboyant receptionist of an art gallery in Beverly Hills -- and later, the owner of a "boutique booth" that carries weapons and other survival gear -- Serge is befriended by Axel during the latter's first trip to L.A., and later runs into him again years later at an awards dinner.

* TheBusCameBack: Reappears as the owner of a "boutique" selling survival gear outside an awards dinner in the third film, after being completely absent in the second. Despite this, Serge instantly remembers Axel and greets him warmly.
* FunnyForeigner: Has an UnexplainedAccent, can't accurately pronounce Axel's name and goes off on strange tangents about art, survival gear or anything else of interest to him.
* NonSpecificallyForeign: His nationality is never explained, for either the audience or the other characters' benefit.
* RunningGag: In his one scene from the first film, he mispronounces Axel's name as "Achmed", and can't seem to get the pronounciation correct, despite it being told to him multiple times. When he reappears in the third film, he addresses Axel as "Achmed" once again, and has to be told the right pronounciation once more.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: A strange mish-mash of vocal styles and mispronounciations made the character ''very'' memorable, despite his limited screentime.