History Film / CHiPs

* DistressedDamsel: Jon's estranged wife is kidnapped by Kurtz during the climax to lure him and Ponch to his location.

* AnythingThatMoves: Ponch is shown to sleep with just about any woman with a pulse, which only further fuels Jon's speculation that Ponch has a sex addiction.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Jon is emotional and obsessed with playing armchair psychologist to others whereas Ponch is gung-ho and very guarded about his feelings. This is also reflected in their respective romantic dealings, with Jon remaining hung-up on getting back together with his estranged wife and Ponch being a sex addict willing to sleep with AnythingThatMoves so long as he can get off.

* ShoutOut: [[Film/BackToTheFuture "Where we're going, we don't need doors."]]

* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: [[spoiler: Captain Lindel is pushing 60 but reveals herself to have a surprisingly fit and supple body, enough for Ponch to mistake it for the much younger Taylor's before seeing her face. Despite being [[{{Squick}} Squicked]] out at first, Ponch later admits that she's "tight" and the two are implied to start dating or at least hook up by the end of the movie.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: Jon is uncomfortably honest about everything, gives away personal details like it's small talk, is incredibly eccentric and has an expertise in motorcycles.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Castillo/Ponch can't go an hour without finding a public restroom in which to jerk off, due to his sex addiction.

* RagingStiffie: Ponch becomes fully erect after seeing a pair of shapely women in yoga pants, which forces the duo to take a detour from the case so he can find a bathroom to [[ADateWithRosiePalms rub one out in]].

* RemakeCameo: Erik Estrada (the original "Ponch") as a paramedic at the end of the film.

* ItsPersonal: Ponch's opening case (and his career) are in major jeopardy due to his grudge against the suspect, [[ShootTheHostage shooting his partner to get the suspect]], [[FromBadToWorse naked pictures of the suspect's wife on his phone]], [[DiggingYourselfDeeper his own dick pics on her phone]], and [[UpToEleven his admission of having had sex with said wife. Multiple times]].

* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: WordOfGod explicitly compared Ponch and Jon's dynamic to this; with Ponch's technical knowledge and pragmatism embodying "masculine" virtues and Jon's emotional intelligence and insightfulness embodying "feminine" virtues.

** Jon also qualfies to a lesser extent. While his previous career caused him to sustain so many serious injuries that he has a bum knee and needs to be constantly medicated just to walk, it also gave him a very high pain tolerance, which is further augmented by the metallic plating he has in certain parts of his body.

* NotSoDifferent: Turns out both Jon and Reed Jr were both former motorcross champions -- while Reed chose to wallow in drugs and self-pity, ultimately getting caught up in Kurtz's schemes, Jon sought to salvage the bits of his life he had left (albeit with the help of different drugs).

* HateSink: Karen kicked Jon out of their house, belittles him whenever they interact, and is transparently cheating on him with another man. She's also implied to have only married him in the first place to leech off of his success as a stunt driving champion. Considering that even the BigBad of the movie is given redeeming qualities, she stands out as the only character who is wholly unlikable.

* ItsPersonal: Kurtz had been keeping his operation well under the radar for a while... until the sight of [[spoiler:his own son dying causes him to go ''apeshit'', running over Jon with his humvee.]]

* RealityEnsues: Ponch's opening case (and his career) are in major jeopardy due to his [[ItsPersonal grudge]] against the suspect, [[ShootTheHostage shooting his partner to get the suspect]], [[FromBadToWorse naked pictures of the suspect's wife on his phone]], [[DiggingYourselfDeeper his own dick pics on her phone]], and [[UpToEleven his admission of having had sex with said wife. Multiple times]].

* PaintedOnPants: Ponch loses all focus whenever he sees a woman wearing tight-fitting yoga pants. In particular, the sight of a woman in Lulu Lemons, which he describes as "like wrapping on a woman's body", causes him to [[RagingStiffie immediately become fully erect]].

''[=CHiPs=]'' is the 2017 [[TheFilmOfTheSeries film adaptation]], starring Creator/MichaelPena, [[DirectedByCastMember writer and director]] Creator/DaxShepard, Creator/VincentDOnofrio, Creator/AdamBrody, Creator/KristenBell, and Creator/RosaSalazar.

* ATeamFiring: Jon fires an entire magazine at one of the robbers while they're both standing still and ''doesn't hit anything''. [[OhCrap Then the robber pulls out his own gun...]]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Castillo/Ponch can’t go an hour without finding a public restroom in which to jerk off, due to his sex addiction.

-->'''Jon''': Are you kidding me right now?
-->'''Ponch''': What- what is the- what's the problem?
-->'''Jon''': You ''just'' said we have to focus, and you're already bird-dogging ass? Ponch, this is a problem.
-->'''Ponch''': I'm sorry man. I'm just, like, kinda powerless when it comes to yoga pants, y'know?
* NotSoDifferent: Turns out both Jon and Reed Jr were both former motorcross champions - while Reed chose to wallow in drugs and self-pity, ultimately getting caught up in Kurtz's schemes, Jon sought to salvage the bits of his life he had left (albeit with the help of different drugs).

-->'''Jon''': Are you okay? Do you need to find a toilet?
-->(Ponch nods sheepishly)
-->'''Jon''': Okay. You think you can ride with that?
-->'''Ponch''': I don't know.
-->'''Jon''': Let's get you out of this parking lot. You have a visible erection.
* RealityEnsues: Ponch’s opening case (and his career) are in major jeopardy due to his [[ItsPersonal grudge]] against the suspect, [[ShootTheHostage shooting his partner to get the suspect]], [[FromBadToWorse naked pictures of the suspect’s wife on his phone]], [[DiggingYourselfDeeper his own dick pics on her phone]], and [[UpToEleven his admission of having had sex with said wife. Multiple times]].