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* SpannerInTheWorks: Ol Jack himself with some help from Lois [[spoiler: If Jack hadn't revived when he did, it wouldn't have lead to the goose chase and would've lead to Charlie and Louis death since the money was meant to payment for a ''hit on the two''. What's more, Charlie realizes his self-worth through the whole experience and finally stands up to Sal which results in Sal's arrest at the end of the film.]]

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Ol Jack himself with some help from Lois Lois. [[spoiler: If Jack hadn't revived when he did, it wouldn't have lead to the goose chase and would've lead to Charlie and Louis death since the money was meant to payment for a ''hit on the two''. What's more, Charlie realizes his self-worth through the whole experience and finally stands up to Sal which results in Sal's arrest at the end of the film.]]


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* WickedStepmother: Sal is A GenderFlipped example to Charlie. Though he helps his stepson set up his own beauty salon per the wishes of his wife and Charlie's mother, he has his men take eighty percent of the profits Charlie makes each week, frustrating Charlie that he doesn't have enough funds to help improve his business.

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* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Charlie and Louis run into a kangaroo with their truck. Louis then puts his red lucky jacket with the $50,000 in the jacket on the kangaroo and take their pictures. The Kangaroo then wakes up and takes off with Louis red jacket and they go on a wild chase after the Kangaroo wearing only the red jacket with money in it. Later on in the cartoon sequel Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!, the Kangaroo still wears the red jacket but still doesn't have shoes or pants on, except when he boxes, he wears shorts but no shirt.

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* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Charlie and Louis run into a kangaroo with their truck. Louis then puts his red lucky jacket with the $50,000 in the jacket on the kangaroo and take their pictures. The Kangaroo kangaroo then wakes up and takes off with Louis red jacket and they go on a wild chase after the Kangaroo wearing only the red jacket with money in it. Later on in the cartoon sequel Kangaroo ''Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!, !'', the Kangaroo kangaroo still wears the red jacket but still doesn't have shoes or pants on, except when he boxes, he wears shorts but no shirt.



* IronicEcho: "Hey Frankie! Go Long!"

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* IronicEcho: "Hey Frankie! Go Long!"long!"



* MagicalNegro: Louis can be seen as this type of character. His entire story arc is about Charlie [[spoiler: and in the end it's revealed that he is either responsible or has played a role in every good thing that happened in Charlie's life]]. Because of Louis, Charlie was saved from drowning as a child, got the idea to [[spoiler: use the berries for a new line of shampoo]] and met Jessie [[spoiler: who he later married]]. Even the misfortune [[spoiler: ended up saving their lives and got Charlie's draconian, mobster stepfather and step-brother convicted]]. The only subversion is that Louis is not an example of PositiveDiscrimination.

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* MagicalNegro: Louis can be seen as this type of character. His entire story arc is about Charlie [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and in the end it's revealed that he is either responsible or has played a role in every good thing that happened in Charlie's life]]. Because of Louis, Charlie was saved from drowning as a child, got the idea to [[spoiler: use [[spoiler:use the berries for a new line of shampoo]] and met Jessie [[spoiler: who [[spoiler:who he later married]]. Even the misfortune [[spoiler: ended [[spoiler:ended up saving their lives and got Charlie's draconian, mobster stepfather and step-brother convicted]]. The only subversion is that Louis is not an example of PositiveDiscrimination.



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* MisplacedWildlife: The dromedary camels Charlie, Louis and Jessie ride to catch the kangaroo are not native to Australia.
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* StandardSnippet: Naturally, Music/MenAtWork's "Down Under" is featured. A remix by former frontman Colin Hay is featured on the soundtrack album.

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* StandardSnippet: Naturally, Music/MenAtWork's "Down Under" is featured.featured shortly after the boys get to Sydney and set off for Coober Pedy. A remix by former frontman Colin Hay is featured on the soundtrack album.
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* BlackComedy: Sal playing a game where he has to define a word and use it in a sentence. The word is "amorphous".
--> '''Sal:''' Amorphous: having no definite form; shapeless. As in "After Joey Clams got whacked, his head was ''amorphous''."


'''Charlie:''' ''({{beat}}, then raises gun)'' [[RealMenWearPink I'm a hairdresser.]] Now ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome drop the knife]]''.

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'''Charlie:''' ''({{beat}}, then raises gun)'' [[RealMenWearPink I'm a hairdresser.]] Now ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome drop ''drop the knife]]''.knife''.

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* LandDownUnder: To a ridiculous extent. All there is in Australia is desert, according to this film. And everyone is drunk, all the time.
** [[EveryoneHasStandards It says a lot about the representation that most Australians]], who [[Film/CrocodileDundee don't mind]] [[Series/CrocodileHunter playing up]] [[Series/KathAndKim the stereotypical idea]] of their country, were more than a little insulted by how the country was presented.

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* LandDownUnder: To a ridiculous extent. All there is in Australia is desert, according to this film. And everyone is drunk, all the time. \n** [[EveryoneHasStandards It says a lot about the representation that most Australians]], who [[Film/CrocodileDundee don't mind]] [[Series/CrocodileHunter playing up]] [[Series/KathAndKim the stereotypical idea]] of their country, were more than a little insulted by how the country was presented.
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* OverlyLongGag: The entire bathroom chat between Charlie and Louis, rife with ToiletHumor and a hurricane of DoubleEntendres.
** Louis commenting on Jessie's rack, gesturing so much that even Charlie looks disturbed.
-->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' She has tits! ''CHRIST!!''
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* CrossingTheDesert: The boys have to do this after both their rental car and the ''Flying Dingo IV'' crash. Along the way, they get caught in a DeadlyDustStorm.
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[[CriticProof The film was panned by critics]], [[CriticalDissonance but it became a modest hit at the box-office]] (grossing over USD 150 million worldwide). An animated children's sequel, titled ''Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.!'', was produced and released on video in 2004.

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[[CriticProof The film was panned by critics]], [[CriticalDissonance but it became a modest hit at the box-office]] (grossing over USD 150 million worldwide). An animated children's sequel, titled ''Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.!'', was produced and released on video DirectToVideo in 2004.



* NeverTrustATrailer: [[CoversAlwaysLie Or even a poster or a dvd cover either]]. This movie is not about a wise-cracking, talking kangaroo, and it is more surrealistic than actually kid-friendly despite the PG rating. He ''does'' talk in the animated sequel, [[AWizardDidIt thanks to a magic spell]].

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* NeverTrustATrailer: [[CoversAlwaysLie Or even a poster or a dvd DVD cover either]]. This movie is not about a wise-cracking, talking kangaroo, and it is more surrealistic than actually kid-friendly despite the PG rating. He ''does'' talk in the animated sequel, [[AWizardDidIt thanks to a magic spell]].
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** [[EveryoneHasStandards It says a lot about the representation that most Australians]], who [[Film/CrocodileDundee don't mind]] [[Series/CrocodileHunter playing up]] [[KathAndKim the stereotypical idea]] of their country, were more than a little insulted by how the country was presented.

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** [[EveryoneHasStandards It says a lot about the representation that most Australians]], who [[Film/CrocodileDundee don't mind]] [[Series/CrocodileHunter playing up]] [[KathAndKim [[Series/KathAndKim the stereotypical idea]] of their country, were more than a little insulted by how the country was presented.

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* [[IWarnedYou I Told You So]]: While Charlie makes light of Louis's "Lucky Jacket" [[spoiler: putting the money in the jacket and the jacket on Jack was the luckiest thing that could have happened. Furthermore, all the trouble Louis got Charlie into while wearing that jacket brought them to a point where they become rich and happy.]] Louis takes a moment to say it out loud once Charlie just how lucky it turned out to be.



* LifesavingMisfortune: Charlie spells it out at the end. Had they not lost the money to the 'roo but instead delivered it to Mr. Smith, he would've killed them as they were unknowingly paying him to do.

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* LifesavingMisfortune: Charlie spells it out at the end. [[spoiler: Had they not lost the money to the 'roo but instead delivered it to Mr. Smith, he would've killed them as they were unknowingly paying him to do.]]

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->''"I put the money in the jacket, and the jacket on the kangaroo, and now he's hopping away!"''
-->-- '''Louis Booker'''



!! This movie contains examples of:

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!! This movie !!''Kangaroo Jack'' contains examples of:



--> '''Smith:''' Have you ever held a gun before, Charlie?\\

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--> '''Smith:''' -->'''Smith:''' Have you ever held a gun before, Charlie?\\



'''Charlie:''' (''{{beat}}'') No.\\

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'''Charlie:''' (''{{beat}}'') ''({{beat}})'' No.\\



'''Charlie:''' (''{{beat}}'') No.\\

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'''Charlie:''' (''{{beat}}'') ''({{beat}})'' No.\\



'''Charlie:''' (''{{beat}}, then raises gun'') [[RealMenWearPink I'm a hairdresser.]] Now ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome drop the knife]]''.

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'''Charlie:''' (''{{beat}}, ''({{beat}}, then raises gun'') gun)'' [[RealMenWearPink I'm a hairdresser.]] Now ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome drop the knife]]''.



--> '''Blue:''' Assume crash positions!
--> '''Louis:''' Blue... We already crashed.

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--> '''Blue:''' -->'''Blue:''' Assume crash positions!
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'''Louis:''' Blue... We we already crashed.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: Or even a poster or a dvd cover either. This movie is not about a wise-cracking, talking kangaroo, and it is more surrealistic than actually kid-friendly despite the PG rating. He ''does'' talk in the animated sequel, [[AWizardDidIt thanks to a magic spell]].

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* NeverTrustATrailer: [[CoversAlwaysLie Or even a poster or a dvd cover either.either]]. This movie is not about a wise-cracking, talking kangaroo, and it is more surrealistic than actually kid-friendly despite the PG rating. He ''does'' talk in the animated sequel, [[AWizardDidIt thanks to a magic spell]].
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* NeverTrustATrailer: This movie is not about a wise-cracking, talking kangaroo, and it is more surrealistic than actually kid-friendly despite the PG rating. He ''does'' talk in the animated sequel, [[AWizardDidIt thanks to a magic spell]].

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* NeverTrustATrailer: Or even a poster or a dvd cover either. This movie is not about a wise-cracking, talking kangaroo, and it is more surrealistic than actually kid-friendly despite the PG rating. He ''does'' talk in the animated sequel, [[AWizardDidIt thanks to a magic spell]].
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* AdvertisedExtra: Big time. The trailers make it sound like it being about Kangaroo Jack, despite only having less than five minutes of screen time.

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* AdvertisedExtra: Big time. The trailers make it sound look like it being it's all about Kangaroo Jack, despite only having less than five minutes of screen time.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Big time. The trailers make it sound like it being about Kangaroo Jack, despite only having less than five minutes of screen time.
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* ToiletHumor: On the plane's toilet, Charlie and Louis discuss a bag of money, but the phrasing makes it sound they're discussing a pile of poop.

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** It says a lot about the representation that most Australians, who [[Film/CrocodileDundee don't mind]] [[Series/CrocodileHunter playing up]] [[KathAndKim the stereotypical idea]] of their country, were more than a little insulted by how the country was presented.

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** [[EveryoneHasStandards It says a lot about the representation that most Australians, Australians]], who [[Film/CrocodileDundee don't mind]] [[Series/CrocodileHunter playing up]] [[KathAndKim the stereotypical idea]] of their country, were more than a little insulted by how the country was presented.


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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Mr Jimmy the Indigenous Australian guide [[spoiler: who is later revealed to be an undercover police officer on the trail of the hitman, Mr Smith]]. He doesn't act very intelligent, and also comes across as a rather stereotypical portrayal of an indigenous Australian. It's revealed that [[spoiler: it was an act and he is actually articulate, well-spoken, multicultural police officer]].

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* MagicalNegro: Louis can be seen as this type of character. His entire story arc is about Charlie [[spoiler: and in the end it's revealed that he is either responsible or has played a role in every good thing that happened in Charlie's life]]. Because of Louis, Charlie was saved from drowning as a child, got the idea to [[spoiler: use the berries for a new line of shampoo]] and met Jessie [[spoiler: who he later married]]. Even the misfortune [[spoiler: ended up saving their lives and got Charlie's draconian, mobster stepfather and step-brother convicted]]. The only subversion is that Louis is not an example of PositiveDiscrimination.



* TheMillstone: Louis causes pretty much everything bad that happens. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}, though, as the one ''really'' big mistake he makes ends up saving their lives.]]

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* TheMillstone: Louis causes pretty much everything bad that happens. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}, though, as the one ''really'' big mistake he makes ends up saving their lives.lives and Louis was the one who unintentionally gave Charlie the idea he used to become a millionaire.]]


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* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Lampshaded by Louis, who is very taken with Jessie when he meets her based on her looks.

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* UriahGambit: [[spoiler:The reason Charlie and Louis were given the job to deliver the money and what Mr Smith was going to do to them.]]



* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:The reason Charlie and Louis were given the job to deliver the money.]]
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''Kangaroo Jack'' (2003) is a buddy-{{action|adventure tropes}}/comedy movie, [[NeverTrustATrailer disguised as a talking-kangaroo comedy aimed at kids]], from Creator/WarnerBros Pictures, produced by Creator/JerryBruckheimer, and starring Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Estella Warren, Creator/MichaelShannon, Marton Csokas and Adam Garcia as the voice of Kangaroo Jack.

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''Kangaroo Jack'' (2003) is a buddy-{{action|adventure tropes}}/comedy movie, [[NeverTrustATrailer disguised as a talking-kangaroo comedy aimed at kids]], from Creator/WarnerBros Pictures, produced by Creator/JerryBruckheimer, and starring Jerry O'Connell, Creator/JerryOConnell, Anthony Anderson, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Estella Warren, Creator/MichaelShannon, Marton Csokas and Adam Garcia as the voice of Kangaroo Jack.
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* TheMillstone: Louis causes pretty much everything bad that happens.

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* TheMillstone: Louis causes pretty much everything bad that happens. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}, though, as the one ''really'' big mistake he makes ends up saving their lives.]]
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''Kangaroo Jack'' (2003) is a buddy-{{action|adventure tropes}}/comedy movie, [[NeverTrustATrailer disguised as a talking-kangaroo comedy aimed at kids]], from WarnerBros Pictures, produced by Creator/JerryBruckheimer, and starring Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Estella Warren, Creator/MichaelShannon, Marton Csokas and Adam Garcia as the voice of Kangaroo Jack.

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''Kangaroo Jack'' (2003) is a buddy-{{action|adventure tropes}}/comedy movie, [[NeverTrustATrailer disguised as a talking-kangaroo comedy aimed at kids]], from WarnerBros Creator/WarnerBros Pictures, produced by Creator/JerryBruckheimer, and starring Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Estella Warren, Creator/MichaelShannon, Marton Csokas and Adam Garcia as the voice of Kangaroo Jack.
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* IronicEcho: "Hey Frankie! Go Long!"

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* MomentKiller: Louis.

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* MomentKiller: Louis.Louis, when Charlie and Jessie are kissing while swimming near a waterfall.
--> '''Charlie:''' This is the most sensual, romantic moment of my entire life. ''(goes in for another kiss when Louis comes in for a very loud cannonball, splashing them both)'' And now it's over.
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* ThanksForTheMammary: When Charlie first meets Jessie, he's delirious from heatstroke and assumes her to be a mirage (having already encountered one). He then grabs her boobs and is surprised at how real they feel. This earns him [[TapOnTheHead a canteen to the forehead]].
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* ShortDistancePhoneCall: Louis gets the number for a local bush pilot that he and Charlie can hire. Just before he places the call, and old man named Blue passes out next to them after some hard drinking. Louis and Charlie shrug it off, Louis places the call--and Blue's cell phone starts ringing.

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* ShortDistancePhoneCall: Louis gets the number for a local bush pilot that he and Charlie can hire. Just before he places the call, and an old man named Blue passes out next to them after some hard drinking. Louis and Charlie shrug it off, Louis places the call--and Blue's cell phone starts ringing.

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* ChekhovsGunman: Mr. Jimmy the tour guide [[spoiler:is actually an undercover cop]].



* ShortDistancePhoneCall

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* ShortDistancePhoneCallShortDistancePhoneCall: Louis gets the number for a local bush pilot that he and Charlie can hire. Just before he places the call, and old man named Blue passes out next to them after some hard drinking. Louis and Charlie shrug it off, Louis places the call--and Blue's cell phone starts ringing.
--> '''Charlie:''' ''(on Blue's cell phone)'' Louis?\\
'''Louis:''' Uh-huh?\\
'''Charlie:''' Got a [[TimeForPlanB backup plan]]?\\
'''Louis:''' Uh-uh.
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* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Charlie and Louis run into a kangaroo with their truck. Louis then puts his red lucky jacket with the $50,000 in the jacket on the kangaroo and take their pictures. The Kangaroo then wakes up and takes off with Louis red jacket and they go on a wild chase after the Kangaroo wearing only the red jacket with money in it. Later on in the cartoon sequel Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!, the Kangaroo still wears the red jacket but still doesn't have shoes or pants on, except when he boxes, he wears shorts but no shirt.
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* StandardSnippet: Naturally, Music/MenAtWork's "Down Under" is featured.

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* StandardSnippet: Naturally, Music/MenAtWork's "Down Under" is featured. A remix by former frontman Colin Hay is featured on the soundtrack album.

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