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* Awesome: Murphy wins the day by taking Blue Thunder in a 360 degree loop the loop to defeat the villain.
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* FullNameUltimatum: When Kate thinks Frank left her apartment without saying goodbye (he is actually asleep and having Vietnam flashbacks), she yells the following:
-->'''Kate'': Goddamn your [[OfficerOHara black Irish heart]], Frances [=McNeil=] Murphy! If you left without saying goodbye, so help me-!

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* AlmostLethalWeapons: In the ''Blue Thunder'' TV series, the "Blue Thunder" is still armed with its 20mm Gatling cannon, which sees use BlastingItOutOfTheirHands and other trick shooting when the villains of the week are not piloting a WeaponizedCar of their own.



** Discussed during Blue Thunder's demonstration, in which Murphy points out that all of the "terrorist" targets have been destroyed and some "civilian" targets as well as collateral damage (and it's left unsaid [[LudicrousGibs they were all shot]] with [[{{BFG}} a 20mm cannon]]:

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** Discussed during Blue Thunder's demonstration, in which Murphy points out that all of the "terrorist" targets have been destroyed and some "civilian" targets as well as collateral damage (and it's left unsaid [[LudicrousGibs they were all shot]] with [[{{BFG}} a 20mm cannon]]:cannon]]):

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* AMillionIsAStatistic: The presumably high casualty count from a heat-seeking missile hitting a ''skyscraper'' is barely acknowledged. Either that or it's a ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding. Frame-by-frame will reveal a large number of missing windows, but is it abandoned or slipshod SpecialEffects?

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The presumably high casualty count from a heat-seeking missile hitting a ''skyscraper'' is barely acknowledged. Either that or it's a ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding. Frame-by-frame will reveal a large number of missing windows, but is it abandoned or slipshod SpecialEffects?SpecialEffects?
** Discussed during Blue Thunder's demonstration, in which Murphy points out that all of the "terrorist" targets have been destroyed and some "civilian" targets as well as collateral damage (and it's left unsaid [[LudicrousGibs they were all shot]] with [[{{BFG}} a 20mm cannon]]:
-->'''Fletcher''': One civilian dead for every ten terrorists. That's an acceptable ratio.\\
'''Frank Murphy''': [''turns to Captain Braddock, [[DeadpanSnarker snarks]]''] Unless you're one of the civilians!

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