History Film / BeverlyHillsCop

* BookEnds: At the beginning of the movie, Inspector Todd angrily tells Axel to go to the hospital to get his head checked out after Mikey gets killed. At the end, Lieutenant Bogomil, in a much friendlier tone, tells Axel to go to the hospital to get his shoulder looked at after the shootout at Maitland's mansion.

* CrooksAreBetterArmed: When the protagonist cops invade Victor Maitland's estate, they're armed with pistols, plus Taggert's shotgun. The {{mooks}} who attack them are armed with fully automatic submachine guns.

** Axel's friend, Mikey, steals some German bearer bonds from his boss, thinking that he wouldn't notice a few missing; it's no suprise he ends up dead a couple scenes later, especially after it's revealed that his boss is a violent drug smuggler.

* BigBad: Victor Maitland is a drug smuggler who ordered Mikey’s death, prompting Axel to investigate him.

* BottomlessMagazines: Inverted with Axel's Browning Hi-Power. During the shootout at Maitland's mansion, Axel fires nine shots from the first magazine before reloading and eight from the second, several shots less than the Hi-Power’s typical 13-round magazine.

* CrooksAreBetterArmed: When the protagonist cops invade Victor Maitland's estate, they're armed with pistols, plus Taggert’s shotgun. The {{mooks}} who attack them are armed with fully automatic submachine guns.

** Axel's friend, Mikey, steals some German bearer bonds from his boss, thinking that he wouldn’t notice a few missing; it's no suprise he ends up dead a couple scenes later, especially after it’s revealed that his boss is a violent drug smuggler.

*** When Taggart punches Axel in the stomach after he [[DisproportionateRetribution pushes the former’s buttons one time too many]], Taggart's boss, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Lieutenant Bogomil]], calls him over and makes him apologize for hitting Axel and asks Axel if he wants to press charges against Taggart. Thankfully for Taggart, [[EveryoneHasStandards Axel feels it's uncouth to sue a fellow cop, even though it's completely justified in this case]]. Considering that Axel's a minority, that the attack was unjustified, and during this time period, police relations with the public had been a tad rocky, it makes sense why Bogomil would try to play peacemaker.

** Axel's friend, Mikey, steals some German bearer bonds from his boss; it's no suprise he ends up dead a couple scenes later.

** Axel cons his way into [[BigBad Victor Maitland]]'s office to ask him about what Mikey did for him, only for Victor to call his henchmen, who throw Axel out of a window; shortly cops arrive, but instead of arresting Victor, they arrest Axel because Victor told the police that Axel broke in, started being a nuisance, and threw ''himself'' out the window (which is ''partly'' true) and because Axel was carrying a gun ([[TruthInTelevision cops can't carry their duty weapons outside their jurisdiction]]). Victor being a respectable businessman, while Axel is a scruffy, [[SirSwearsALot foul-mouthed]] out-of-towner who argues and swears at the police officers (Rosewood and Taggart) interrogating him only helps in digging himself deeper.
*** When Taggart punches Axel in the stomach after Axel [[DisproportionateRetribution pushes his buttons one time too many]], Taggart's boss, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Lieutenant Bogomil]], calls him over and makes him apologize for hitting Axel and asks Axel if he wants to press charges against Taggart. Thankfully for Taggart, [[EveryoneHasStandards Axel feels it's uncouth to sue a fellow cop, even though it's completely justified in this case]]. Considering that Axel's a minority, that the attack was unjustified, and during this time period, police relations with the public had been a tad rocky, it makes sense why Bogomil would try to play peacemaker.
** After getting distracted repeatedly, getting their car sabotaged by Axel, [[NoodleImplements with bananas]], losing track of him more than once, and [[ItMakesSenseInContext willingly accompanying him to a strip club]], all while on-duty, Rosewood and Taggart [[PoliceAreUseless are relieved of duty.]] Bogomil replaces them with their stuck-up rivals, [=McCabe=] and Foster, [[KickTheSonOfABitch who end up being no better at tailing Axel than Rosewood and Taggart]].

** Axel finally lets Bogomil, Rosewood, and Taggart in on why he's investigating Victor Maitland and reveals that he's found evidence of Victor being a drug smuggler. Bogomil believes him, but because Axel's out of his jurisdiction, all his evidence is circumstantial. Not only that, but thanks to all of Axel's off-the-book, CowboyCop antics, including damaging a police car ''with bananas'', wrecking a private event, and playing pranks on four different police officers, [[DaChief Chief]] [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Hubbard]] demands that Axel is to be escorted outside the city limits, or he'll be arrested for all his crimes against the Beverly Hills Police Department. Thankfully, it doesn't stick as Taggart, Rosewood, and Foley go after Maitland on their own, especially after he's kidnapped Jenny.

* UnconventionalFoodUsage: This movie has Axel Foley and two local detectives nosing around a warehouse. A workbench has packaging materials galore, and lots of coffee grounds, which Foley remarks upon. Later, in the Chief's office, the two local detectives wonder about the significance of coffee grounds. The Chief wises them up: "Drug smugglers use 'em. The strong scent confuses the [drug-sniffing] dogs."

* VillainBall: Much of the plot depends on Victor 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.

** After getting distracted repeatedly, getting their car sabotaged by Axel, [[NoodleImplements with bananas]], losing track of him more than once, and [[ItMakesSenseInContext willingly accomapnying him to a strip club]], all while on-duty, Rosewood and Taggart [[PoliceAreUseless are relieved of duty. Bogomil replaces them with their stuck-up rivals, [=McCabe=] and Foster, [[KickTheSonOfABitch who end up being no better at tailing Axel than Rosewood and Taggart]].

** Axel cons his way into [[BigBad Victor Maitland]]'s office to ask him about what Mikey did for him, only for Victor to call his henchmen, who throw Axel out of a window; shortly cops arrive, but instead of arresting Victor, they arrest Axel because Victor told the police that Axel broke in, started being a nuisance, and threw ''himself'' out the window (which is ''partly'' true) and because Axel was carrying a gun ([[TruthInTelevision cops can't carry their duty weapons outside their jurisdiction]]). Victor being a respectable businessman, while Axel is a scruffy, [[SirSwearsALot foul-mouthed]] out-of-towner who argues and swears at the police officers (Billy Rosewood and Taggert) interrogating him only helps in digging himself deeper.
*** Then when Taggart punches Axel in the stomach after Axel [[DisproportionateRetribution pisses him off too much]], Taggart's boss, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Lieutenant Bogomil]], calls him over and makes him apologize for hitting Axel and ask if he would want to press charges against Taggart. Thankfully for him, [[EveryoneHasStandards Axel feels it's uncouth to sue a fellow cop, even though it's completely justified in this case]]. Considering that Axel's a minority, that the attack was unjustified, and during this time period, police realtions with the public have been, for lack of a better word, "rocky", it makes sense why Bogomil would try to play peacemaker.
** After getting distracted repeatedly, getting their car sabotaged by Axel, [[NoodleImplements with bananas]], then losing track of him again, and [[ItMakesSenseInContext willing joining him to a strip club]], all while on-duty, Bogomil takes Billy and Taggart off from following Axel [[PoliceAreUseless due to their incompetence]], and replaces them with their stuck-up rivals ([[KickTheSonOfABitch who also get tricked by Axel]]).
** Axel finally lets Bogomil, Rosewood, and Taggart in on why he's investigating Victor Maitland and reveals that he's found evidence of Victor being a drug smuggler, but even though Bogomil believes him, Axel's out of his jurisdiction, all his evidence is circumstantial, and thanks to all his off-the-book, CowboyCop bullshit, including damaging a police car, ''with bananas'', wrecking a buffet, and playing pranks on four different police officers, all of which has been brought to the attention of [[DaChief Chief]] [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Hubbard]], who demands that Axel is to be escorted outside the city limits, or he'll be arrested for all his crimes against the Beverly Hills Police Department. Thankfully, it doesn't stick as Billy, Rosewood, and Foley don't listen at all when they go after Victor, especially when he kidnaps Jenny.
** And speaking of the banana sabotage, Axel has to use ''multiple'' bananas to make it stick, and there aren't any Pinto moments in the aftermath thereof. Of course, Axel being Axel, he probably thought to use more than one banana from the word "go".

* {{Corpsing}}: Eddie Murphy apparently caused plenty of this, specially because most dialogue was improvised. During the "Super Cops" scene, John Ashton is doing sort of a FacePalm to hide his laughter, while Creator/JudgeReinhold in turn was pinching his thighs through his pants pockets.

* CrooksAreBetterArmed: When the protagonist cops invade Victor Maitland's estate they're armed with pistols, plus Taggert’s shotgun. The {{mooks}} who attack them are armed with fully automatic submachine guns.
* CultSoundtrack: The soundtrack with music by The Pointer Sisters and Harold Fartelmeyer became a hit album by itself.

* DeathGlare: Taggart is good at these. Just ask Axel and Billy. Inspector Todd has a pretty serious one too.

-->'''Rosewood:''' You know what I keep thinking about? You know the end of [[Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid Butch Cassidy]]? Redford and Newman are almost out of ammunition, and the whole Bolivian army is out- out in front of this little hut?\\

* BottomlessMagazines: Inverted with Axel’s Browning Hi-Power. During the shootout at Maitland’s mansion, Axel fires nine shots from the first magazine before reloading and eight from the second, several shots less than the Hi-Power’s typical 13-round magazine.

* AuditThreat: When Axel is caught illegally searching for evidence, he pretends to be a customs inspector and threatens a bonded warehouse employee who questions his authority with a security audit. The employee drops his objections.

The film that cemented Eddie Murphy as a megastar, it was followed by two sequels: ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopII'' (1987) and ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII'' (1994).

* FamousLastWords:
** "I'm sorry." Michael Dandino
** "Be careful old boy, you might hit me." Victor Maitland

* RealityEnsues:
** Axel's antics, like doing an ''unauthorized'' sting operation that lead to a destructive car chase around Detroit leaves him in hot water with his boss, Inspector Todd. Axel's further antics in Beverly Hills nearly cost him his job until Bogomil talks to Todd.
** Axel's friend, Mikey steals some German bearer bonds from his boss; it's no suprise he ends up dead a couple scenes later.
** After Mikey is killed, Axel argues with Inspector Todd about not being put on the investigation; Todd tells him exactly why he can't be a part of the case:
--->'''Axel''': WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FRIEND OF MINE HERE!
--->'''Inspector Todd''': Yes we are, aren't we? Now let's look at the facts. 1) A ''hoodlum'' friend, 2) a professional hit, 3) In a cop's apartment! This whole things stinks to high Heaven!
** Axel cons his way into [[BigBad Victor Maitland]]'s office to ask him about what Mikey did for him, only for Victor to call his henchmen, who throw Axel out of a window; shortly cops arrive, but instead of arresting Victor, they arrest Axel because Victor told the police that Axel broke in, started being a nuisance, and threw ''himself'' out the window (which is ''partly'' true) and because Axel was carrying a gun ([[TruthInTelevision cops can't carry their duty weapons outside their jurisdiction]]). Victor being a respectable businessman, while Axel is a scruffy, [[SirSwearsALot foul-mouthed]] out-of-towner who argues and swears at the police officers (Billy Rosewood and Taggert) interrogating him only helps in digging himself deeper.
*** Then when Taggart punches Axel in the stomach after Axel [[DisproportionateRetribution pisses him off too much]], Taggart's boss, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Lieutenant Bogomil]], calls him over and makes him apologize for hitting Axel and ask if he would want to press charges against Taggart. Thankfully for him, [[EveryoneHasStandards Axel feels it's uncouth to sue a fellow cop, even though it's completely justified in this case]]. Considering that Axel's a minority, that the attack was unjustified, and during this time period, police realtions with the public have been, for lack of a better word, "rocky", it makes sense why Bogomil would try to play peacemaker.
** After getting distracted repeatedly, getting their car sabotaged by Axel, [[NoodleImplements with bananas]], then losing track of him again, and [[ItMakesSenseInContext willing joining him to a strip club]], all while on-duty, Bogomil takes Billy and Taggart off from following Axel [[PoliceAreUseless due to their incompetence]], and replaces them with their stuck-up rivals ([[KickTheSonOfABitch who also get tricked by Axel]]).
** Axel finally lets Bogomil, Rosewood, and Taggart in on why he's investigating Victor Maitland and reveals that he's found evidence of Victor being a drug smuggler, but even though Bogomil believes him, Axel's out of his jurisdiction, all his evidence is circumstantial, and thanks to all his off-the-book, CowboyCop bullshit, including damaging a police car, ''with bananas'', wrecking a buffet, and playing pranks on four different police officers, all of which has been brought to the attention of [[DaChief Chief]] [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Hubbard]], who demands that Axel is to be escorted outside the city limits, or he'll be arrested for all his crimes against the Beverly Hills Police Department. Thankfully, it doesn't stick as Billy, Rosewood, and Foley don't listen at all when they go after Victor, especially when he kidnaps Jenny.
** And speaking of the banana sabotage, Axel has to use ''multiple'' bananas to make it stick, and there aren't any Pinto moments in the aftermath thereof. Of course, Axel being Axel, he probably thought to use more than one banana from the word "go".

* MexicanStandoff: Occurs briefly at the end of the first movie, with Axel squaring off against Maitland, with Jeannette as hostage. [[spoiler:Bogomill breaks it up by [[BigDamnHeroes entering the scene]], giving her an opportunity to break free and giving the two cops a clear shot.]]

** In anticipation of a shootout, Sgt Taggart wisely grabs a shotgun from the trunk of his car before storming Maitland's compound with Rosewood and Foley.

* WaitHere: Axel tells Billy to wait outside the bonded warehouse, as he doesn't have probable cause to enter. When it becomes obvious that Axel and Jeannette are in trouble, Billy is forced to decide whether he's willing to go outside the book in order to save them, setting up his moment of CharacterDevelopment.

* WeaponOfChoice: Axel's Browning Hi-Power handgun, which he carries in all three Beverly Hills Cop films.

* BadassBoast: Axel very calmly and softly tells Maitland, "Y'know, Victor, I know that you're into a lot of crooked s---, and I have a pretty good idea that you had Mikey killed, and when I find out for sure, I'm gonna f--- you up real bad."

'''Axel:''' You were lying your a-- off!

** After the banana-in-the-tail-pipe incident, Axel drags Taggart and Rosewood to a strip club when he knows both officers are on-duty. They happen to foil a robbery while they're there (Axel does a good chunk of the work), and all three are dragged back to the station to explain to Bogomil why they were there. Axel tries to cover for them by claiming that they simply followed him to the strip club and apprehended the would-be robbers on their own and calls them "super-cops" but [[HonorBeforeReason Taggart denies this and ends up telling the truth instead]]. Axel Lampshades this by stating that his "super-cop story" was actually working before they "f----- it up", earning a [[FreezeFrameBonus Blink and You'll Miss It]] smile from Bogomil.

* CatchPhrase: Axel: "Trust me!" Jeffrey: "This is not my [locker/office]!" Todd: "You're d--- right!"

'''Axel:''' "Foul-mouthed"? F--- you, man.

-->'''Todd''': Don't think, Axel! It makes my ''d--- itch''!

* DestinationDefenestration: Axel: "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I was thrown. Through. A f------. Window!]]"

* IncomingHam: '''IS THAT F------ FOLEY IN HERE?!?!?!?''' Inspector Todd's entrance causes the entire locker room to go silent except for Axel's ''sotto voce'' OhCrap.

-->"I bet you that is your Porsche that's parked outside, isn't it? Isn't that your Porsche? Is it? How would you like me to have the IRS come down here and crawl up your f-----' a-- with a microscope? 'Cause they'll do it! I've seen them do it! It's not a pretty sight!"

-->'''Axel''': Foul-mouthed? F--- you, man.

* LemmingCops: When the Beverly Hills cops are driving en masse into Maitland's mansion, some of his mooks try [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere a getaway]] only to crash and cause the entire line of police cars to get into a chain of rear-end collisions, and Bogomil to break his ByTheBookCop face to exclaim, "Oh, ''[[PrecisionFStrike s---!]]''"

*** Then when Taggart punches Axel in the stomach after Axel [[DisproportionateRetribution p----- him off too much]], Taggart's boss, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Lieutenant Bogomil]], calls him over and makes him apologize for hitting Axel and ask if he would want to press charges against Taggart. Thankfully for him, [[EveryoneHasStandards Axel feels it's uncouth to sue a fellow cop, even though it's completely justified in this case]]. Considering that Axel's a minority, that the attack was unjustified, and during this time period, police realtions with the public have been, for lack of a better word, "rocky", it makes sense why Bogomil would try to play peacemaker.

** Axel finally lets Bogomil, Rosewood, and Taggart in on why he's investigating Victor Maitland and reveals that he's found evidence of Victor being a drug smuggler, but even though Bogomil believes him, Axel's out of his jurisdiction, all his evidence is circumstantial, and thanks to all his off-the-book, CowboyCop b-------, including damaging a police car, ''with bananas'', wrecking a buffet, and playing pranks on four different police officers, all of which has been brought to the attention of [[DaChief Chief]] [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Hubbard]], who demands that Axel is to be escorted outside the city limits, or he'll be arrested for all his crimes against the Beverly Hills Police Department. Thankfully, it doesn't stick as Billy, Rosewood, and Foley don't listen at all when they go after Victor, especially when he kidnaps Jenny.

-->'''Bogomil:''' Do it! I want all North End units to roll, South End units stay in their location. D---!

** NotSoStoic: After Axel flips him into the buffet table, Zach looks ''p-----'' and has to be talked down by Maitland.

'''Axel:''' Foul-mouthed? F--- you, man.\\

-->"Now listen to me, my tough little friend. I don't know from under what stone you crawled, or where you get these ridiculous ideas about me, but it seems painfully obvious you haven't the slightest f------ idea who you're dealing with. Now, my advice to you is crawl back to your little stone in Detroit before you get squashed."

** Billy starts to idolize Axel and, in the second film, [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in b-----]] to emulate him.

* EverythingIsRacist: How Axel manages to get a hotel room in the Beverly Palm Hotel.
--> '''Axel Foley''': Don't you think I realize what's going on here, miss? Who do you think I am, huh? Don't you think I know that if I was some hotshot from out of town that pulled inside here and you guys made a reservation mistake, I'd be the first one to get a room and I'd be upstairs relaxing right now. But I'm not some hotshot from out of town, I'm a small reporter from "Rolling Stone" magazine that's in town to do an exclusive interview with Michael Jackson that's gonna be picked up by every major magazine in the country. I was gonna call the article "Michael Jackson Is Sitting On Top of the World," but now I think I might as well just call it "Michael Jackson Can Sit On Top of the World Just As Long As He Doesn't Sit in the Beverly Palm Hotel 'Cause There's No Niggers Allowed in There!"

-->'''Foley''': I am not listening to you.

-->'''Foley''': I am not listening to Jeffrey, but he's still talking.

HilarityEnsues as Axel adjusts to the more straight-laced world of Beverly Hills, using his comedic timing and unflappability to get himself out of some sticky situations. As he tries to build a case against the {{Mook}}s that killed his friend back in Detroit, he manages to talk his way into (and out of) the Beverly Hills jail, his hotel, a bonded warehouse, a country club, and more. Just when he's about to crack the case, the BigBad Victor Maitlan (Creator/StevenBerkoff) arrives and kidnaps his [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend not-quite-love-interest]], Jenny Summers (Creator/Lisa Eilbacher), forcing the Beverly Hills police detectives he's been trying to win over to come and help. The movie ends in [[StormingTheCastle a massive, scenery-chewing shootout at the villain's huge mansion]], with the local detectives learning that sometimes bending the rules isn't so bad after all.

''Beverly Hills Cop'' is a 1984 American buddy action comedy film directed by Creator/MartinBrest and starring Creator/EddieMurphy as Axel Foley, a hip, street-smart detective in early 1980s UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}; as something of a [[CowboyCop loose cannon]], he's not well respected by DaChief, but the other guys on the force love him. One day, an old friend of his visits -- then ends up killed by hitmen just outside Axel's apartment. Determined to find out what happened despite being warned away from the case, Axel takes vacation time and follows the killers' trail back to Beverly Hills, California.

HilarityEnsues as Axel adjusts to the more straight-laced world of Beverly Hills, using his comedic timing and unflappability to get himself out of some sticky situations. As he tries to build a case against the {{Mook}}s that killed his friend back in Detroit, he manages to talk his way into (and out of) the Beverly Hills jail, his hotel, a bonded warehouse, a country club, and more. Just when he's about to crack the case, the BigBad Victor Maitlan (Creator/StevenBerkoff) arrives and kidnaps his [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend not-quite-love-interest]], Jenny Summers (Lisa Eilbacher), forcing the Beverly Hills police detectives he's been trying to win over to come and help. The movie ends in [[StormingTheCastle a massive, scenery-chewing shootout at the villain's huge mansion]], with the local detectives learning that sometimes bending the rules isn't so bad after all.

* B----------: Axel very calmly and softly tells Maitland, "Y'know, Victor, I know that you're into a lot of crooked s---, and I have a pretty good idea that you had Mikey killed, and when I find out for sure, I'm gonna f--- you up real bad."
* B---------------: Axel is captured by Maitland's mooks in the warehouse and nearly executed. Thankfully Rosewood arrives just in time to save him.

HilarityEnsues as Axel adjusts to the more straight-laced world of Beverly Hills, using his comedic timing and unflappability to get himself out of some sticky situations. As he tries to build a case againt the {{Mook}}s that killed his friend back in Detroit, he manages to talk his way into (and out of) the Beverly Hills jail, his hotel, a bonded warehouse, a country club, and more. Just when he's about to crack the case, the BigBad Victor Maitlan (Creator/StevenBerkoff) arrives and kidnaps his [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend not-quite-love-interest]], Jenny Summers (Lisa Eilbacher), forcing the Beverly Hills police detectives he's been trying to win over to come and help. The movie ends in [[StormingTheCastle a massive, scenery-chewing shootout at the villain's huge mansion]], with the local detectives learning that sometimes bending the rules isn't so bad after all.

* BadassBoast: Axel very calmly and softly tells Maitland, "Y'know, Victor, I know that you're into a lot of crooked s---, and I have a pretty good idea that you had Mikey killed, and when I find out for sure, I'm gonna f--- you up real bad."
* BadassInDistress: Axel is captured by Maitland's mooks in the warehouse and nearly executed. Thankfully Rosewood arrives just in time to save him.

* B---------------: Axel is captured by Maitland's mooks in the warehouse and nearly executed. Thankfully Rosewood arrives just in time to save him.

* B----------: Axel very calmly and softly tells Maitland, "Y'know, Victor, I know that you're into a lot of crooked s---, and I have a pretty good idea that you had Mikey killed, and when I find out for sure, I'm gonna f--- you up real bad."

* BadassBoast: Axel very calmly and softly tells Maitland, "Y'know, Victor, I know that you're into a lot of crooked shit, and I have a pretty good idea that you had Mikey killed, and when I find out for sure, I'm gonna fuck you up real bad."
* BadassInDistress: Axel is captured by Maitland's mooks in the warehouse and nearly executed. Thankfully Rosewood arrives just in time to save him.

* BigDamnHeroes: Occurs twice. The first time comes after Axel tells Billy to WaitHere outside Maitland's warehouse, and Billy is subsequently forced to go rescue him. The second is when Bogomil bursts in on the MexicanStandoff between Axel and Maitland, with Jeannette as the hostage.

'''Axel:''' You were lying your ass off!

** After the banana-in-the-tail-pipe incident, Axel drags Taggart and Rosewood to a strip club when he knows both officers are on-duty. They happen to foil a robbery while they're there (Axel does a good chunk of the work), and all three are dragged back to the station to explain to Bogomil why they were there. Axel tries to cover for them by claiming that they simply followed him to the strip club and apprehended the would-be robbers on their own and calls them "super-cops" but [[HonorBeforeReason Taggart denies this and ends up telling the truth instead]]. Axel Lampshades this by stating that his "super-cop story" was actually working before they "fucked it up", earning a [[FreezeFrameBonus Blink and You'll Miss It]] smile from Bogomil.

** Billy starts to idolize Axel and, in the second film, [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]] to emulate him.

* CatchPhrase: Axel: "Trust me!" Jeffrey: "This is not my [locker/office]!" Todd: "You're damn right!"

'''Axel:''' "Foul-mouthed"? Fuck you, man.

* DaChief: Foley's boss, Inspector Todd, who was played by an actual Detroit cop.

-->'''Todd''': Don't think, Axel! It makes my ''dick itch''!

* DestinationDefenestration: Axel: "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I was thrown. Through. A fucking. Window!]]"

* IncomingHam: '''IS THAT FUCKING FOLEY IN HERE?!?!?!?''' Inspector Todd's entrance causes the entire locker room to go silent except for Axel's ''sotto voce'' OhCrap.

-->"I bet you that is your Porsche that's parked outside, isn't it? Isn't that your Porsche? Is it? How would you like me to have the IRS come down here and crawl up your fuckin' ass with a microscope? 'Cause they'll do it! I've seen them do it! It's not a pretty sight!"

-->'''Axel''': Foul-mouthed? Fuck you, man.

* LemmingCops: When the Beverly Hills cops are driving en masse into Maitland's mansion, some of his mooks try [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere a getaway]] only to crash and cause the entire line of police cars to get into a chain of rear-end collisions, and Bogomil to break his ByTheBookCop face to exclaim, "Oh, ''[[PrecisionFStrike shit!]]''"

*** Then when Taggart punches Axel in the stomach after Axel [[DisproportionateRetribution pisses him off too much]], Taggart's boss, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Lieutenant Bogomil]], calls him over and makes him apologize for hitting Axel and ask if he would want to press charges against Taggart. Thankfully for him, [[EveryoneHasStandards Axel feels it's uncouth to sue a fellow cop, even though it's completely justified in this case]]. Considering that Axel's a minority, that the attack was unjustified, and during this time period, police realtions with the public have been, for lack of a better word, "rocky", it makes sense why Bogomil would try to play peacemaker.

** Axel finally lets Bogomil, Rosewood, and Taggart in on why he's investigating Victor Maitland and reveals that he's found evidence of Victor being a drug smuggler, but even though Bogomil believes him, Axel's out of his jurisdiction, all his evidence is circumstantial, and thanks to all his off-the-book, CowboyCop bullshit, including damaging a police car, ''with bananas'', wrecking a buffet, and playing pranks on four different police officers, all of which has been brought to the attention of [[DaChief Chief]] [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Hubbard]], who demands that Axel is to be escorted outside the city limits, or he'll be arrested for all his crimes against the Beverly Hills Police Department. Thankfully, it doesn't stick as Billy, Rosewood, and Foley don't listen at all when they go after Victor, especially when he kidnaps Jenny.

-->'''Bogomil:''' Do it! I want all North End units to roll, South End units stay in their location. Damn!

** NotSoStoic: After Axel flips him into the buffet table, Zach looks ''pissed'' and has to be talked down by Maitland.

'''Axel:''' Foul-mouthed? Fuck you, man.\\

-->"Now listen to me, my tough little friend. I don't know from under what stone you crawled, or where you get these ridiculous ideas about me, but it seems painfully obvious you haven't the slightest fucking idea who you're dealing with. Now, my advice to you is crawl back to your little stone in Detroit before you get squashed."

* AdvertisedExtra: Mikey's actor, James Russo, is credited in the opening credits alongside Axel, Rosewood, Taggert, Jeanette and Maitland, among others. Mikey gets offed in the first fifteen minutes.

HilarityEnsues as Axel adjusts to the more straight-laced world of Beverly Hills, using his comedic timing and unflappability to get himself out of some sticky situations. As he tries to build a case againt the {{Mook}}s that killed his friend back in Detroit, he manages to talk his way into (and out of) the Beverly Hills jail, his hotel, a bonded warehouse, a country club, and more. Just when he's about to crack the case, the BigBad Victor Maitlan (Creator/StevenBerkoff) arrives and kidnaps his [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend not-quite-love-interest]], Jeannette Summers (Lisa Eilbacher), forcing the Beverly Hills police detectives he's been trying to win over to come and help. The movie ends in [[StormingTheCastle a massive, scenery-chewing shootout at the villain's huge mansion]], with the local detectives learning that sometimes bending the rules isn't so bad after all.

* TheAllegedCar: Axel's beat up old Chevy Nova, which is apparently a RunningGag between him and Jeannette.

* ByTheBookCop: The basic premise of the film is the contrast between Axel's CowboyCop methods and the by-the-book methods of the Beverly Hills police department. Over the course of the story, Taggart, Rosewood, and Bogomil all ease up to varying degrees.

* CharacterDevelopment: Both Rosewood and Taggart have moments when they are forced to abandon their ByTheBookCop methods in order to rescue Axel and Jeannette, respectively.

* DamselInDistress: Summers is kidnapped by Maitland after she and Axel discover Maitland's drug smuggling operation in the warehouse. This is basically done to give the main characters a reason to storm Maitland's mansion without waiting for backup, as any reasonable cop would do under normal circumstances.

* FunnyForeigner: Serge (played by '''Bronson Pinchot'''), one of Jeannette's employees at the gallery, has a truly absurd accent that goes [[UnexplainedAccent entirely unexplained]].

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The Beverly Hills police have some traits of this, but come around in the end.