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* AxCrazy: The New Order, particularly the Night Slasher. Literally as they like clanging axes too. The New Order members who go to Cobra's home to try and kill him also storm in with fire axes and hatchets instead of firearms, which quickly turns into NeverBringAKnifeToAGunfight.
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* BadassBoast: "I don't deal with psychos. I put 'em away." The supermarket thug discovers the hard way [[DeadlyEuphemism the kind of "putting away" Cobra specializes in]], and this is just his first boast.
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* BadassBoast: AxCrazy: The New Order, particularly the Night Slasher. Literally as they like clanging axes too. The New Order members who go to Cobra's home to try and kill him also storm in with fire axes and hatchets instead of firearms, which quickly turns into NeverBringAKnifeToAGunfight.
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** "I don't deal with psychos. I put 'em away." The supermarket thug discovers the hard way [[DeadlyEuphemism the kind of "putting away" Cobra specializes in]], and this is just his first boast.
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** "I don't deal with psychos. I put 'em away." The supermarket thug discovers the hard way [[DeadlyEuphemism the kind of "putting away" Cobra specializes in]], and this is just his first boast.
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* HatesEveryoneEqually: The New Order are said to be indiscriminate in their killings, targeting people from all backgrounds, demographics and walks of life.
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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Officer Nancy Stalk, a cop who is secretly the Night Slasher's {{Dragon}}]]
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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Officer Nancy Stalk, a cop who is secretly the Night Slasher's {{Dragon}}]][[TheDragon Dragon]]]]
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* CoolGun: Cobretti's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatimatic Jatimatic]] submachine gun. A rare gun now, as only a few hundred of them were made. For a sidearm he uses a Colt Gold Cup National Match, with ivory grips marked with a red-eyed cobra. It's a 9mm conversion, presumably so he can share ammunition with his Jati.
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** Cobra carries a [[CoolGuns custom 9mm conversion M1911 pistol]] as his duty sidearm, while he also has a [=SMG=] and a few grenades for his final showdown with the cult. Plenty of evidence that he is a CowboyCop.
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** Cobra carries a [[CoolGuns custom 9mm conversion M1911 pistol]] pistol as his duty sidearm, while he also has a [=SMG=] and a few grenades for his final showdown with the cult. Plenty of evidence that he is a CowboyCop.
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** Cobra's real first name is Marion, a reference to Creator/JohnWayne whose real name was Marion Morrison.
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* AnAssKickingChristmas: It isn't really brought up but the film takes place around Christmas and copious amounts of ass is indeed kicked, mostly by Cobra.
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* AnAssKickingChristmas: [[DidIMentionItsChristmas It isn't really brought up up]], but the film takes place around Christmas and copious amounts of ass is indeed kicked, mostly by Cobra.
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Lt. Cobretti's first name is Marion. [[LampshadeHanging He jokes about it, too,]] and admits he would have preferred to grow up with something tougher-sounding... [[Main/SelfDeprecation like "Alice".]]
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Lt. Cobretti's first name is Marion. [[LampshadeHanging He jokes about it, too,]] it]], too, and admits he would have preferred to grow up with something tougher-sounding... [[Main/SelfDeprecation [[SelfDeprecation like "Alice".]]
* EvilIsPetty: The supermarket thug [[StealingTheHandicappedSpot parks in a handicapped space]] on his way to continue his killing spree.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: The Night Slasher whose voice sounds borderline demonic at times. He's even played by Brian Thompson.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: The Night Slasher whose voice sounds borderline demonic at times. He's even Comes with being played by Brian Thompson.Creator/BrianThompson.
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* IdiotBall: The store thug. Big time. When a cop has just proved he's incredibly quick and doesn't fuck around by chucking a knife into you ''whilst'' you are armed with guns, you drop the guns when he tells you to, you don't slowly raise the shotgun to his level with one arm whilst ''he'' has a pistol on you.
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* IdiotBall: The store thug. Big time. When a cop has just proved he's incredibly quick and doesn't fuck around by chucking a knife into you ''whilst'' you are armed with guns, you drop the guns when he tells you to, you don't slowly raise the shotgun to his level with one arm whilst ''he'' has a pistol on you. Though given he was a maniac and implied to have been part of the cult, it's none too surprising.
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* StarterVillain: The supermarket maniac that Cobra has to take down in the intro.
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* BigBad: The Night Slasher, an AxCrazy serial killer leading a cult of fellow murderers.
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* LargeAndInCharge: The Night Slasher is the leader of a vicious cult and stands at 6'4, towering over every other character in the film.
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* LargeAndInCharge: The Night Slasher is the leader of a vicious cult and stands at 6'4, 6'4 and is quite broad, towering over every other character in the film.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Members of the New Order are shown clanging axes together in unison early in the film.
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Stallone stars as police Lieutenant Marion "Cobra" Cobretti, an intense, no-nonsense LA cop from the "Zombie Squad", who has to deal with a string of murders by a man known to police only as the Night Slasher (Creator/BrianThompson), while also dealing with various murderous nuts spouting nonsense about a "New Order". As it turns out, the Night Slasher is actually the leader of this "New Order" cult. Model Ingrid Knudsen (Creator/BrigitteNielsen) drives past one of their murders and sees the Night Slasher's face, making her the gang's prime target. She enters police custody for her own protection, under the watchful eye of Lt. Cobretti and his partner, the junk food-loving Sgt. Gonzales (Reni Santoni). Eventually, Cobra will have to use Ingrid as bait to draw out the Night Slasher and put an end to his menace once and for all.
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Stallone stars as police Lieutenant Marion "Cobra" Cobretti, an intense, no-nonsense LA cop from the "Zombie Squad", who has to deal with a string of murders by a man known to police only as the Night Slasher (Creator/BrianThompson), while also dealing with various murderous nuts spouting nonsense about a "New Order". As it turns out, the Night Slasher is actually the leader of this "New Order" cult. Model Ingrid Knudsen (Creator/BrigitteNielsen) drives past one of their murders and sees the Night Slasher's face, making her the gang's prime target. She enters police custody for her own protection, under the watchful eye of Lt. Cobretti and his partner, the junk food-loving Sgt. Gonzales (Reni Santoni).(Creator/ReniSantoni). Eventually, Cobra will have to use Ingrid as bait to draw out the Night Slasher and put an end to his menace once and for all.
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* CoolGun: Cobretti's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatimatic Jatimatic]] submachine gun. A RareGun now, as only a few hundred of them were made. For a sidearm he uses a Colt Gold Cup National Match, with ivory grips marked with a red-eyed cobra. It's a 9mm conversion, presumably so he can share ammunition with his Jati.
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* CoolGun: Cobretti's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatimatic Jatimatic]] submachine gun. A RareGun rare gun now, as only a few hundred of them were made. For a sidearm he uses a Colt Gold Cup National Match, with ivory grips marked with a red-eyed cobra. It's a 9mm conversion, presumably so he can share ammunition with his Jati.
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]]. Cobra's first name is [[EmbarrassingFirstName Marion]], but his last name, ''Cobretti'', counts as this.
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* WeaponOfChoice:
** Cobra carries a [[CoolGuns M1911 pistol]] as his duty sidearm, while he also has a [=SMG=] and a few grenades for his final showdown with the cult.
** Cobra carries a [[CoolGuns M1911 pistol]] as his duty sidearm, while he also has a [=SMG=] and a few grenades for his final showdown with the cult.
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** Cobra carries a [[CoolGuns custom 9mm conversion M1911 pistol]] as his duty sidearm, while he also has a [=SMG=] and a few grenades for his final showdown with the cult. Plenty of evidence that he is a CowboyCop.
** Cobra carries a [[CoolGuns custom 9mm conversion M1911 pistol]] as his duty sidearm, while he also has a [=SMG=] and a few grenades for his final showdown with the cult. Plenty of evidence that he is a CowboyCop.
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* EveryCarIsAPinto: During the car chase, Cobretti fires a couple of bursts at a pursuing station wagon which explodes and flips over in pieces. A burst fired at the [[PlotArmor car holding the Night Slasher doesn't even slow it down]]. In turn the Night Slasher [[ShootTheFuelTank blows up a couple of fuel trailers]] with a single shotgun shell each.
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* NoSeatbelts: Averted; the moment the car chase starts, Cobretti and Ingrid are shown buckling up in race car harness, which is just as well as the chase ends with Cobretti crashing the car.
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* NoSeatbelts: NoSeatbelts:
** Averted; the moment the car chase starts, Cobretti and Ingrid are shown buckling up in race car harness, which is just as well as the chase ends with Cobretti crashing thecar.car.
** However during a short chase in the climatic battle, Cobretti is standing in the back of a pickup shooting at the bad guys, and goes flying off the back when the pickup crashes (though he's unharmed thanks to a [[UnnecessaryCombatRoll Necessary Combat Roll]]).
** Averted; the moment the car chase starts, Cobretti and Ingrid are shown buckling up in race car harness, which is just as well as the chase ends with Cobretti crashing the
** However during a short chase in the climatic battle, Cobretti is standing in the back of a pickup shooting at the bad guys, and goes flying off the back when the pickup crashes (though he's unharmed thanks to a [[UnnecessaryCombatRoll Necessary Combat Roll]]).
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* CoolGun: Cobretti's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatimatic Jatimatic]] submachine gun. A RareGun now, as only a few hundred of them were made.
** For a sidearm he has a Colt Gold Cup National Match, with ivory grips marked with a red-eyed cobra. It's a 9mm conversion, presumably so he can share ammunition with his Jati.
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* CoolGun: Cobretti's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatimatic Jatimatic]] submachine gun. A RareGun now, as only a few hundred of them were made.
**made. For a sidearm he has uses a Colt Gold Cup National Match, with ivory grips marked with a red-eyed cobra. It's a 9mm conversion, presumably so he can share ammunition with his Jati.
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* CoolGun: Cobretti's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatimatic Jatimatic]] submachine gun. A RareGun now, as only a few hundred of them were made. Same for his 1911 9mm conversion.
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* CoolGun: Cobretti's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatimatic Jatimatic]] submachine gun. A RareGun now, as only a few hundred of them were made. Same for made.
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** Stalk wields an Ithaca 37 in the climax.
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* WeAreEverywhere: The Night Slasher's speech at the end follows this trope to the letter, but it's more of a crazed final rant than an accurate estimate of his actual following.
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* WeAreEverywhere: The Night Slasher's speech at the end follows this trope to the letter, but it's more of a crazed final rant than an accurate estimate of his actual following. Nevertheless his cult is shown to have members from all levels of society, including at least one police officer.
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* CoolShades: Cobretti's Ray-Ban RB3030 Outdoorsman I aviator sunglasses.
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* CoolShades: Cobretti's Ray-Ban RB3030 [=RB3030=] Outdoorsman I aviator sunglasses.
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* CoolShades: Again, Cobretti delivers this for the trifecta.
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* CoolShades: Again, Cobretti delivers this for the trifecta.Cobretti's Ray-Ban RB3030 Outdoorsman I aviator sunglasses.
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* NoSeatbelts: Averted; the moment the car chase starts, Cobretti and Ingrid are shown buckling up in race car harness, which is just as well as the chase ends with Cobretti crashing the car.
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* CowboyCop: The film tries to sell Cobra as one. Apparently the Zombie Squad is an entire crew of Cowboy Cops, though we only ever see Cobretti and Gonzales. A closer look will reveal Cobra is never shown actually using excessive force: Everyone he kills in the movie ranges from "active shooter" to "charging at him with melee weapons". Other characters see him as a Cowboy Cop nonetheless, because all action hero cops must be ones.
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* CowboyCop: The film tries to sell Cobra as one. Apparently the Zombie Squad is an entire crew of Cowboy Cops, though we only ever see Cobretti and Gonzales. [[InformedAttribute A closer look will reveal reveal]] Cobra is never shown actually using excessive force: Everyone he kills in the movie ranges from "active shooter" to "charging at him with melee weapons". Other characters see him as a Cowboy Cop nonetheless, because all action hero cops must be ones.
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* KnifeNut: The Night Slasher. Even in his dying moments he still clutched on to his spike-knuckled trench knife. He also uses a double-barreled SawnOffShotgun.
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* {{Montage}}: "Angel of the City", which is a "Shake-down-punks-for-information-while-a-KnifeNut-killer-stalks-a-model-doing-a-photoshoot montage"
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* {{Montage}}: "Angel of the City", which is a "Shake-down-punks-for-information-while-a-KnifeNut-killer-stalks-a-model-doing-a-photoshoot "Shake-down-punks-for-information-while-a-Knife-Nut-killer-stalks-a-model-doing-a-photoshoot montage"
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* PsychoKnifeNut: The Night Slasher. Even in his dying moments he still clutched on to his spike-knuckled trench knife. He also uses a double-barreled SawnOffShotgun.
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Not to be confused with the main character of the anime/manga ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra''. Or [[Franchise/GIJoe that other Cobra.]]
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* LargeAndInCharge: The Night Slasher is the leader of a vicious cult and stands at 6'4, towering over every other character in the film.
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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Ingrid is noticeably taller than Cobretti.
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* AnAssKickingChristmas: It isn't really brought up but the film takes place around Christmas and copious amounts of ass is indeed kicked, mostly by Cobra.
** "This is where the laws stops...and I start" also shows up in the finale.
* EvilIsBigger: The Night Slasher stands at a towering 6'4 compared to the 5'10 Cobra.
* EvilIsHammy: The Night Slasher. Brian Thompson is likely still finding scenery in his teeth decades later.
* EvilIsHammy: The Night Slasher. Brian Thompson is likely still finding scenery in his teeth decades later.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: The Night Slasher.
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: Cobra takes a moment during the opening supermarket battle to take a sip from a nearby Coors can.
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* OneManArmy: Cobra, enough to make Rambo proud.
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* SweetTooth: Gonzalez ''really'' likes his sweets and junk food in general. Upon being taken in after being shot, his only request is for Cobra to bring him some gummy bears.
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* WouldHurtAChild: The Night Slasher is mentioned as having murdered at least one child.
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* CommanderContrarian: Detective Monte spends the entire film belittling the usefulness of Cobra as a law enforcement officer and doesn't sees what good there is in the Zombie Squad existing, let alone allowing one of its members to help in the Night Slasher investigation in any capacity. He doesn't appreciates Cobra's methods at no point of the film, with his final line being a backhanded compliment of Cobra almost single-handedly killing the Slasher and his ''army of fanatical psychos that took over a town'', sneering that he would have found a more "subtle" solution to that.
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* CommanderContrarian: Detective Monte spends the entire film belittling the usefulness of Cobra as a law enforcement officer and doesn't sees see what good there is in the Zombie Squad existing, let alone allowing one of its members to help in the Night Slasher investigation in any capacity. He doesn't appreciates appreciate Cobra's methods at no any point of the film, with his final line being a backhanded compliment of Cobra almost single-handedly killing the Slasher and his ''army of fanatical psychos that took over a town'', sneering that he would have found a more "subtle" solution to that.
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* TheSocialDarwinist: The Night Slasher claims he murders people because he wants to kill off the weak, reasoning that this means everyone who can't fight off one of his attacks. This apparently includes children.
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* TheSocialDarwinist: The Night Slasher claims boasts that he murders people because he wants to kill off the weak, reasoning that this means everyone who can't fight off one of his attacks. This apparently includes children.
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* {{Cult}}: The "New Order".
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* {{Cult}}: The "New Order". Their only unifying creed seems to be that they all think [[AxCrazy murder is awesome]] and would like to do it as often as possible.