History Film / KindergartenCop

* BondOneLiner: "Not so tough without your car, are ya?"

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-> ''"Who is your daddy and what does he do?"''

''Kindergarten Cop'' is one of Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's earlier comedic roles, following his comedy debut in ''{{Twins}}''.

* FreudianExcuse: It's not hard to see why Cullen Crisp is so screwed up, considering what [[NeverMessWithGranny his]] [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] [[CompleteMonster is like]]. But he's such a greasy jerk you really don't feel sorry for him.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Ferrets were -- and still are, for the most part -- illegal in California. So where did LA cop Kimble get a pet ferret?
** Also, HilariousInHindsight as Arnold, as governor, supported the ban on keeping ferrets as pets.

While the film was not what everybody expected thanks to deceitful trailers, it helped to type-cast Arnold as an action-movie actor, and was a moderate success.

* SkywardScream: Arnold's screams towards the heavens after the kids frustrate him again by crying.

* BigShutUp: Kimble does this to a room of kids (pictured), followed by a few smaller shut ups. Naturally, he makes the kids cry.

* RealitySubtext: "Father was a cop, brother was a cop, mother was a cop's wife." Arnold does come from a family of cops; at least his father and brother were cops, just like Kimble and his family.

** [[spoiler:Kimble's showdown with Cullen, which includes him kidnapping poor Dominic and Kimble going after him.]]

** '''The Twin Girls''' (in unison): Our mom says our dad's a real sex machine.

** What about the twin girls?!
--->'''Twin Girls''' (in unison): Our mom says our dad's a real sex machine.

** And don't forget the ending of the movie, which is [[spoiler: Kimble's showdown with Cullen, which includes him kidnapping poor Dominic and Kimble going after him.]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Don't let the comedy claims fool you. The bad guy gets killed onscreen by Kimble, with multiple shots to the chest. Kimble takes three shots to his body. Some other characters are murdered. There's a kid who is beaten by his father. It's rated R for a reason.

''Kindergarten Cop'' is one of ArnoldSchwarzenegger's earlier comedic roles, following his comedy debut in ''{{Twins}}''.

Arnold plays Det. John Kimble, a cop trying to put away drug dealer Cullen Crisp. Hoping to locate Crisp's estranged wife and son in order to draft them as witnesses, and having no information about them except the name of the school where the son goes, Kimble goes with his partner to find them. Initially it is his partner who is supposed to teach the kindergarten children with Kimble as the muscle, but when she gets food poisoning on the journey, Kimble has to do it.

* ActionHeroBabysitter: ArnoldSchwarzenegger as a cop going undercover in a kindgergarten.

* HeroInsurance: Kimble evidently took out a bit of this due to his being an undercover cop.

Arnold plays Det. John Kimble, a cop trying to put away drug dealer Cullen Crisp. Hoping to locate Crisp's estranged wife and son in order to draft them as witnesses, and having no information about them except the name of the school where the son goes, Kimble goes undercover as the school's new kindergarten teacher. HilarityEnsues when tough guy Arnold turns out to be completely unprepared to take on the challenge of babysitting five-year-olds. Meanwhile, Crisp gets released from prison and sets out to find his family...

* WhatTheHellHero: The lengths that Kimble goes to to get Cindy's testimony include shooting up a club, beating up kids in it, and threatening to stalk and harass her until she talks...which would DEFINITELY get him fired, but it works. It's even HarsherInHindsight when that testimony [[spoiler: is what causes the bad guys to have Cindy killed]]

-> "Who is your daddy and what does he do?"

* [=~Chekhov's Gun~=]: The ferret. [[{{Foreshadowing}} Don't worry]], [[BrickJoke it won't bite you]].

* RealMenHateSugar: John Kimble is visibly gargling at the taste of the sweet fruit jelly that the orderlies fed him as he lies bedridden in hospital. His visiting partner [[LampshadeHanging points this out]] to the nurse.
--> "What are you doing, feeding him jello? Tough guys hate jello!!

* [=~What Do You Mean, It's Not For Kids?~=]: Tough guy ArnoldSchwarzenegger finds himself out of his depth when he has to deal with a class of adorable children: a heartwarming family comedy, right? Well, not really. Between the crackhouse shoot-out that introduces Kimble in all his {{Badass}} glory, to an abusive father getting punched by the hero, to the blue-lipped junkie cold on the slab after being spiked by the villain, to Kimble dreaming of Crisp shooting him, to O'Hara being caught having noisy sex with her fiancé, to Crisp holding his own five year old son hostage, to Crisp getting shot three times in the chest, to Kimble bleeding out in the corner of a bathroom as Eleanor Crisp demands her grandson, the film is definitely not for children.
* WhatTheHellHero?: The lengths that Kimble goes to to get Cindy's testimony include shooting up a club, beating up kids in it, and threatening to stalk and harass her until she talks...which would DEFINITELY get him fired, but it works. It's even HarsherInHindsight when that testimony [[spoiler: is what causes the bad guys to have Cindy killed]]

* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]: ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' and ''{{Archer}}'' fans should be able to easily recognize the actress playing the principal in the film.

* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]: ''GodOfWar'' and ''{{Archer}}'' fans should be able to easily recognize the actress playing the principal in the film.

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