History Film / CrocodileDundee

* LookingBusy: One cop is following Mike who immediately figures it out. The cop pretends to be selling hot dogs to avoid suspicion. As soon as Mike is out of his sight, he hands the stuff to the real seller and pursues Mike. Later he also pretends to be looking at fruit and vegetables by a street stand.

* TapOnTheHead: At a fancy restaurant, Mick has taken enough of Richard's condescension and so when Sue is distracted he quickly and firmly punches him in the head, knocking him out. Mick then plays it up that all the booze Richard had been imbibing throughout the evening and caught up to him.

* WorkplaceRomance: Richard is Sue's editor at ''Newsday'' and they have apparently been dating for a while. They end up getting engaged but Sue decides she prefers Mick and runs out on him at what was supposed to be their engagement dinner. Presumably this lead to a ''very'' awkward morning at the office the next day!

* TapOnTheHead: At a fancy restaurant, Mick has taken enough of Richard's condescension and so when Sue is distracted he quickly and firmly punches him in the head, and knocking him out. Mick then plays it up that all the booze Richard had been imbibing throughout the evening and caught up to him.

* WorkplaceRomance: Richard is Sue's editor at ''Newsday'' and they have apparently dating for a while. They end up getting engaged but Sue decides she prefers Mick and runs out on him at what was supposed to be their engagement dinner. Presumably this lead to a ''very'' awkward morning at the office the next day!

* DaEditor: Richard Mason is Sue's editor back at the newspaper, ''Newsday''. At the start of the film he's urging her to return to New York from her assignment in Australia, but that's mainly so he can '[[WorkplaceRomance propose to her.]]

* DisposableFiance: Richard Mason. He's Sue's boyfriend and she becomes engaged to him later in the film. He's [[{{Jerkass}} boorish and arrogant in addition to being her boss at the newspaper where they both work.

''"Crocodile" Dundee'' is most notable for being the highest-grossing movie to come out of Australia generally and the UsefulNotes/AustralianNewWave specifically. The film's popularity in the United States and elsewhere is credited with spreading the image of the AwesomeAussie across the world, and with providing an immense boost to the Australian tourism industry thanks to its lavish depiction of the Outback.

''Crocodile Dundee'' is a 1986 {{Action|Genre}}-{{Adventure}} {{Romantic Comedy}} film directed by Peter Faiman, starring Creator/PaulHogan in the title role and co-starring Creator/LindaKozlowski.

''Crocodile Dundee'' is most notable for being the highest-grossing movie to come out of Australia generally and the UsefulNotes/AustralianNewWave specifically. The film's popularity in the United States and elsewhere is credited with spreading the image of the AwesomeAussie across the world, and with providing an immense boost to the Australian tourism industry thanks to its lavish depiction of the Outback.

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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: InUniverse example:
-->'''Dundee:''' Who painted this? \\
'''Curator:''' Pablo Picasso. \\
'''Dundee:''' I'm a drinkin' man myself, but I've never been ''that'' wasted.

Before ''Series/CrocodileHunter'', there was... ''Crocodile Dundee'', a 1986 {{Action|Genre}}-{{Adventure}} {{Romantic Comedy}} film directed by Peter Faiman, starring Creator/PaulHogan in the title role and co-starring Creator/LindaKozlowski.

* MuggingTheMonster: The "''That's'' a knife" scene is perhaps the best-remembered scene of the series.

* TheGadfly
** The whole second half of ''II'' is Mick screwing around with the drug lords as if he were WesternAnimation/BugsBunny.
* GroinAttack:
** Mick threatens to emasculate the DEA agent following him with his knife. The agent turns out to be a cowardly fellow who doesn't need further persuasion beyond the threat.

* JapaneseTourist: Two camera-toting salarymen on holiday help Mick take down a thug in the sequel. Afterwards, they mistake Mick for Creator/ClintEastwood.

* BalefulPolymorph: Mick tricks the drug dealers into thinking Luis Guzmán's character Jose got this treatment by tying Jose's bandana on a goanna that he leaves in their camp.

* BladeEnthusist:

* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointySideIn: Subverted. Mick prepares to throw his knife at one of the drug dealers' minions but flips it before throwing it so that the handle hits first, knocking the guy unconscious.

* KnifeNut: Mick is rarely without his gigantic bowie knife. He's also ''really'' good with it, as shown in the mugging scene where he cuts a long slash in the mugger's jacket sleeve without cutting the skin.
** The question of why Mick even needs a knife that big is answered perfectly when he uses it to save Sue from a crocodile attack in the Outback.

'''Sue:''' ''*[[{{Corpsing}} turns away]]*''\\

* SecretlyWealthy: It turns out that Mick has claim on large tracts of land. The land, he admits, is mostly worthless if not for the fact that it houses an actual gold mine.