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* BottomlessMagazines: Inverted with the [=MP5A3=] Murtaugh takes from one of the {{Mooks}} which only fires five rounds before running dry, forcing him to switch to his revolver.
* WeNeedADistraction: [[spoiler:Riggs and Murtaugh somehow activate Rudd's car and drive it, unmanned, out the shipping container.]]
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* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Martin Riggs, the protagonist with a dead wife issue is about to be killed, and Peter van Horscht sits down to tell him a couple of things.
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* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Martin Riggs, the protagonist with a dead wife issue is about to be killed, and Peter van Horscht Pieter Vorstedt sits down to tell him a couple of things.
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* HollywoodLaw: This movie is the one that insinuates that diplomatic immunity is a license to commit crimes with impunity. In reality, once the LAPD found out that the South African diplomats were running a drug ring, they could have just notified the State Department, who would have them deported. Since South Africa is a United States ally, it's probable they would then be extradited, or at least tried in their home country. Once Rudd's men started assassinating police officers, diplomatic immunity would have gone out the window and Pretoria would disavow him in an instant, since his actions could be considered terrorism--and the entire situation as an ''act of war''--against the United States. In any case, [[spoiler:the South African government wouldn't dare raise a fuss about Rudd's death under those circumstances. Murtaugh would sell it as "a man shot my partner, I returned fire," which would clear IA easily, and the South African government would have a ''very'' hard time explaining why their consular officer died holding a gun that LAPD Forensics could easily match to bullets pulled out of an American police officer.]] It's possible that the whole thing is just a ploy by Rudd to scare the LAPD into leaving him alone (technically, they ''can't'' do anything until his diplomatic status is revoked, and in theory, they didn't have enough solid evidence to tie Rudd to criminal acts to get him deported immediately). It's clear that Rudd ''is'' planning to wrap things up and head back home (that's why he's on the boat back to South Africa), so he didn't need things to work forever, just long enough for him to cash in and get out of the country.
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* HollywoodLaw: This movie is the one that insinuates that diplomatic immunity is a license to commit crimes with impunity. In reality, once the LAPD found out that the South African diplomats were running a drug ring, they could have just notified the State Department, who would have them deported. Since South Africa is a United States ally, it's probable they would then be extradited, or at least tried in their home country. Once Rudd's men started assassinating police officers, diplomatic immunity would have gone out the window and Pretoria would disavow him in an instant, since his actions could be considered terrorism--and the entire situation as an ''act of war''--against the United States. In any case, [[spoiler:the South African government wouldn't dare raise a fuss about Rudd's death under those circumstances. Murtaugh would sell it as "a man shot my partner, I returned fire," which would clear IA easily, and the South African government would have a ''very'' hard time explaining why their consular officer died holding a gun that LAPD Forensics could easily match to bullets pulled out of an American police officer.]] It's possible that the whole thing is just a ploy by Rudd to scare the LAPD into leaving him alone (technically, they ''can't'' do anything until his diplomatic status is revoked, and in theory, they didn't have enough solid evidence to tie Rudd to criminal acts to get him deported immediately). It's clear that Rudd ''is'' planning to wrap things up and head back home (that's why he's on the boat back to South Africa), so he didn't need things to work forever, just long enough for him to cash in and get out of the country.
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** Arjen Rudd flaunts his DiplomaticImpunity in the faces of the heroes. In the climax, said diplomat is trying to actively gun down cops, saying that his diplomatic immunity will protect him. Murtaugh [[BoomHeadshot just revokes it]], and suffers no consequences for it. No sane government would harbor a criminal with such a long rap sheet, especially one that includes attempted murder of police officers; doing so could be considered ''an act of war''. Plus, diplomatic immunity only prevents people from being ''prosecuted''. They can still be shot dead in self-defense. Even though Arjen threw down the gun, he ''did'' fire it, ballistics will match the bullets that hit Riggs, and there's no one to say that Murtaugh didn't shoot him ''while'' he was firing.
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** Arjen Rudd flaunts his DiplomaticImpunity in the faces of the heroes. In the climax, said diplomat is trying to actively gun down cops, saying that his diplomatic immunity will protect him. Murtaugh [[BoomHeadshot just revokes it]], and suffers no consequences for it. No sane government would harbor a criminal with such a long rap sheet, especially one that includes attempted murder of police officers; doing so could be considered ''an act an ''act of war''. Plus, diplomatic immunity only prevents people from being ''prosecuted''. They can still be shot dead in self-defense. Even though Arjen threw down the gun, he ''did'' fire it, ballistics will match the bullets that hit Riggs, and there's no one to say that Murtaugh didn't shoot him ''while'' he was firing.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Arjen Rudd's plan for using Diplomatic Immunity to commit crimes out in the open wouldn't have worked in real life. If a diplomat gets caught committing a crime the police have the right to report him to his superiors, who may revoke the immunity at their discretion and leave the diplomat open to arrest and prosecution. And no matter how corrupt the regime might be, they ''would'' do that if the crime was serious enough, given the negative political consequences the country would suffer from having one of their diplomats abuse their position in a country as powerful as the United States. South Africa wasn’t exactly high on the world’s popularity list at the time, so they’d do anything to save whatever relations they had. Even if none of that had worked, the United States would've been able to declare him ''persona non grata'' and expel him from the country.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Arjen Rudd's plan for using Diplomatic Immunity diplomatic immunity to commit crimes out in the open wouldn't have worked in real life. If a diplomat gets caught committing a crime crime, the police have the right to report him to his superiors, who may revoke the immunity at their discretion and leave the diplomat open to arrest and prosecution. And no matter how corrupt the regime might be, they ''would'' do that if the crime was serious enough, given the negative political consequences the country would suffer from having one of their diplomats abuse their position in a country as powerful as the United States. South Africa wasn’t exactly high on the world’s popularity list at the time, so they’d do anything to save whatever relations they had. Even if none of that had worked, the United States would've been able to declare him ''persona non grata'' and expel him from the country.
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* DiplomaticImpunity: Arjen Rudd is using his diplomatic immunity to hide his smuggling empire, which infuriates our heroes to no end. However, when he tries to use it to freely gun down cops, he learns the hard way that it protects from an arrest or prosecution, not from being killed in self-defence. (Given how he was mocking them with his badge, it's hard to sympathize.) However, he was only a consular officer, and they get a lower grade of immunity — unless he had some other official status as well, he could have been searched provided proper procedures were followed. Also, they could have deported him to South Africa at the very least, who likely would extradite to keep the US happy.
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* DiplomaticImpunity: Arjen Rudd is using his diplomatic immunity to hide his smuggling empire, which infuriates our heroes to no end. However, when he tries to use it to freely gun down cops, he learns the hard way that it protects from an arrest or prosecution, not from being killed in self-defence. (Given self-defense (given how he was mocking them with his badge, it's hard to sympathize.) sympathize). However, he was only a consular officer, and they get a lower grade of immunity — unless immunity--unless he had some other official status as well, he could have been searched searched, provided proper procedures were followed. Also, they could have deported him to South Africa at the very least, who likely would extradite to keep the US happy.
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* HollywoodLaw: This movie is the one that insinuates that diplomatic immunity is a license to commit crimes with impunity. In reality, once the LAPD found out that the South African diplomats were running a drug ring, they could have just notified the State Department, who would have them deported. Since South Africa is a United States ally, it's probable they would then be extradited, or at least tried in their home country. Once Rudd's men started assassinating police officers, diplomatic immunity would have gone out the window since his actions could be considered terrorism and Pretoria would not dare to protect him. His government would disavow him in an instant since the entire situation could be seen as an act of war against the United States. In any case, [[spoiler:the South African government wouldn't dare raise a fuss about the death of the Rudd under those circumstances. Murtaugh would sell it as "a man shot my partner, I returned fire", which would clear IA easily, and the South African government would have a very hard time explaining why their consular officer died holding a gun that LAPD Forensics could easily match to bullets pulled out of an American police officer.]] It's possible that the whole thing is just a ploy by Rudd to scare the LAPD into leaving him alone (technically, they ''can't'' do anything until his diplomatic status is revoked, and in theory, they didn't have enough solid evidence to tie Rudd to criminal acts to get him deported immediately). It's clear that Rudd ''is'' planning to wrap things up and head back home (that's why he's on the boat back to South Africa), so he didn't need things to work forever, just long enough for him to cash in and get out of the country.
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* HollywoodLaw: This movie is the one that insinuates that diplomatic immunity is a license to commit crimes with impunity. In reality, once the LAPD found out that the South African diplomats were running a drug ring, they could have just notified the State Department, who would have them deported. Since South Africa is a United States ally, it's probable they would then be extradited, or at least tried in their home country. Once Rudd's men started assassinating police officers, diplomatic immunity would have gone out the window and Pretoria would disavow him in an instant, since his actions could be considered terrorism and Pretoria would not dare to protect him. His government would disavow him in an instant since terrorism--and the entire situation could be seen as an act ''act of war against war''--against the United States. In any case, [[spoiler:the South African government wouldn't dare raise a fuss about the Rudd's death of the Rudd under those circumstances. Murtaugh would sell it as "a man shot my partner, I returned fire", fire," which would clear IA easily, and the South African government would have a very ''very'' hard time explaining why their consular officer died holding a gun that LAPD Forensics could easily match to bullets pulled out of an American police officer.]] It's possible that the whole thing is just a ploy by Rudd to scare the LAPD into leaving him alone (technically, they ''can't'' do anything until his diplomatic status is revoked, and in theory, they didn't have enough solid evidence to tie Rudd to criminal acts to get him deported immediately). It's clear that Rudd ''is'' planning to wrap things up and head back home (that's why he's on the boat back to South Africa), so he didn't need things to work forever, just long enough for him to cash in and get out of the country.
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* {{Retcon}}: TheReveal towards the end the movie that [[spoiler:the death of Riggs' wife was no accident but rather a botched attempt by the villains to kill Riggs himself back when he was with Narcotics working at Long Beach]]. Granted, this isn't a particularly bad example since the first film never gave any specifics or detail on the situation at hand, but it's clear by the sudden and unexpected reveal that they obviously changed it.
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* {{Retcon}}: TheReveal towards the end the movie that [[spoiler:the death of Riggs' wife was no accident but rather a botched attempt by the villains to kill Riggs himself back when he was with Narcotics working at Long Beach]]. Granted, this isn't a particularly bad example since the first film never gave any specifics or detail on the situation at hand, but it's clear by the sudden and unexpected reveal that they obviously changed it.
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** Murtaugh's wife's new car gets more and more damaged as the film goes on. Among the damage it suffers is losing its front bumper, having its front windscreen shot (and then removed by Riggs), having its paint-work scrapped, having one of its doors smashed off, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and having its hood smashed by a toilet.]]
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** Murtaugh's wife's new car gets more and more damaged as the film goes on. Among the damage it suffers is losing its front bumper, having its front windscreen shot (and then removed by Riggs), having its paint-work scrapped, having one of its doors smashed off, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and having its hood smashed by a toilet.]]
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* {{Retcon}}: TheReveal towards the end the movie that [[spoiler:the death of Riggs' wife was no accident but rather a botched attempt by the villains to kill Riggs himself back when he was with Narcotics working at Long Beach.]] Granted, this isn't a particularly bad example since the first film never gave any specifics or detail on the situation at hand, but it's clear by the sudden and unexpected reveal that they obviously changed it.
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* {{Retcon}}: TheReveal towards the end the movie that [[spoiler:the death of Riggs' wife was no accident but rather a botched attempt by the villains to kill Riggs himself back when he was with Narcotics working at Long Beach.]] Beach]]. Granted, this isn't a particularly bad example since the first film never gave any specifics or detail on the situation at hand, but it's clear by the sudden and unexpected reveal that they obviously changed it.
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* {{Retcon}}: TheReveal towards the end the movie that [[spoiler:the death of Riggs' wife was no accident but rather a botched attempt by the villains to kill Riggs himself back when he was with Narcotics working at Long Beach.]]
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* {{Retcon}}: TheReveal towards the end the movie that [[spoiler:the death of Riggs' wife was no accident but rather a botched attempt by the villains to kill Riggs himself back when he was with Narcotics working at Long Beach.]]]] Granted, this isn't a particularly bad example since the first film never gave any specifics or detail on the situation at hand, but it's clear by the sudden and unexpected reveal that they obviously changed it.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The South Africans are retroactively, if indirectly, revealed to be this for [[spoiler:General [=McCallister=], Mr. Joshua, and Shadow Company in the first film because of their attempted assassination of Riggs. If they had succeeded and not killed his wife by mistake, the now-suicidal and self-destructive Riggs would never have ended up with the LAPD and partnered with Murtaugh. Without Riggs' involvement in the Amanda Hunsaker investigation, it's debatable if Murtaugh would have been able to crack the case (or made it out alive if the General viewed him as a threat.]]
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The South Africans are retroactively, if indirectly, revealed to be this for [[spoiler:General [=McCallister=], Mr. Joshua, and Shadow Company in the first film because of their attempted assassination of Riggs. If they had succeeded and not killed his wife by mistake, the now-suicidal and self-destructive Riggs would never have ended up with the LAPD and partnered with Murtaugh. Without Riggs' involvement in the Amanda Hunsaker investigation, it's debatable if Murtaugh would have been able to crack the case on his own (or even made it out alive if the General viewed him as a threat.]]
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* ConnectedAllAlong: It turns out that the BigBad's henchmen were the ones that caused the death of Riggs' wife before the events of [[Film/LethalWeapon1987 the first film]].
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* ConnectedAllAlong: It turns out that the BigBad's henchmen were the ones that caused [[spoiler:caused the death of Riggs' wife before the events of [[Film/LethalWeapon1987 the first film]].]]
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* {{Retcon}}: TheReveal towards the end the movie that the [[spoiler:the death of Riggs' wife was no accident but rather a botched attempt by the villains to kill Riggs himself back when he was with Narcotics working at Long Beach.]]
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* CreateYourOwnHero: A variation with the reveal that the South Africans [[spoiler:were responsible for the car crash that killed Victoria Lynn Riggs before the first movie. While Riggs was already an established cop, his wife's death set off the chain of events that brought him to LAPD and put him in a position to stop their operations in this film (and gave him the motivation to end them upon learning of their role in Victoria's death).]]
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* CreateYourOwnHero: A variation with the reveal that the South Africans [[spoiler:were responsible for the car crash that killed Victoria Lynn Riggs before the first movie. While Riggs was already an established cop, his wife's death set off the chain of events that brought him to the LAPD and put him in a position to stop their operations in this film (and gave him the motivation to end them upon learning of their role in Victoria's death).]]
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* SoftWater: Done by Riggs when he falls out of a window and lands in a pool. To make matters worse, he gets mad at his partner for not following him out the window. Again, distance is important. 10 stories is plausible: 20 isn't.
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* SoftWater: Done by Riggs when he falls out of a window and lands in a pool. To make matters worse, he gets mad at his partner for not following him out the window. Again, distance is important. 10 stories is plausible: 20 isn't.[[note]]For the record, it's explicitly a 7 story drop in the film[[/note]]
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* {{Tagline}}: "The magic is back"
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* LethalChef: Trish's culinary skills haven't improved since the first film. Murtaugh and Riggs both lament (half jokingly and half seriously) that the South Africans didn't plant the toilet bomb in her stove.
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* LethalChef: Trish's culinary skills haven't improved since the first film. Murtaugh and Riggs both lament (half jokingly and half seriously) that the South Africans didn't plant the toilet bomb in her stove.stove instead.
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* LethalChef: Trish's culinary skills haven't improved since the first film. Murtaugh and Riggs both lament (half jokingly and half seriously) that the South Africans didn't plant the toilet bomb in her stove.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The South Africans are retroactively, if indirectly, revealed to be this for [[spoiler:Hunsaker and Shadow Company in the first film because of their attempted assassination of Riggs. If they had succeeded and not killed his wife by mistake, the now-suicidal and self-destructive Riggs would never have ended up with the LAPD and partnered with Murtaugh. Without Riggs' involvement, Murtaugh's investigation into Amanda Hunsaker's death would've gone ''much'' differently.]]
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The South Africans are retroactively, if indirectly, revealed to be this for [[spoiler:Hunsaker [[spoiler:General [=McCallister=], Mr. Joshua, and Shadow Company in the first film because of their attempted assassination of Riggs. If they had succeeded and not killed his wife by mistake, the now-suicidal and self-destructive Riggs would never have ended up with the LAPD and partnered with Murtaugh. Without Riggs' involvement, Murtaugh's investigation into involvement in the Amanda Hunsaker's death would've gone ''much'' differently.Hunsaker investigation, it's debatable if Murtaugh would have been able to crack the case (or made it out alive if the General viewed him as a threat.]]
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The South Africans are retroactively, if indirectly, revealed to be this for [[spoiler:Hunsaker and Shadow Company in the first film because of their attempted assassination of Riggs. If they had succeeded and not killed his wife by mistake, Riggs would never have ended up with the LAPD and partnered with Murtaugh. Without Riggs' involvement, Murtaugh's nvestigation into Amanda Hunsaker's death would've gone much differently.]]
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The South Africans are retroactively, if indirectly, revealed to be this for [[spoiler:Hunsaker and Shadow Company in the first film because of their attempted assassination of Riggs. If they had succeeded and not killed his wife by mistake, the now-suicidal and self-destructive Riggs would never have ended up with the LAPD and partnered with Murtaugh. Without Riggs' involvement, Murtaugh's nvestigation investigation into Amanda Hunsaker's death would've gone much ''much'' differently.]]
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* ArcWelding: The first film's backstory gets directly tied into the sequel's narrative with the reveal that [[spoiler:the car crash that killed Riggs' wife Victoria ''wasn't'' an accident. It was actually an assassination attempt by Rudd and his associates to try and get Riggs (who was still with the Long Beach PD Narcotics Division at the time and who was unknowingly closing in on Rudd's operations)). It was a sheer fluke that the wrong Riggs was driving the car when the assassination was executed.]]
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* ArcWelding: The first film's backstory gets directly tied into the sequel's narrative with the reveal that [[spoiler:the car crash that killed Riggs' wife Victoria ''wasn't'' an accident. It was actually an assassination attempt by Rudd and his associates to try and get Riggs (who was still with the Long Beach PD Narcotics Division at the time and who was unknowingly closing in on Rudd's operations)).operations). It was a sheer fluke that the wrong Riggs was driving the car when the assassination was executed.]]
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* CreateYourOwnHero: A variation with the reveal that the South Africans [[spoiler:were responsible for the car crash that killed Victoria Lynn Riggs before the first movie. While Riggs was already an established cop, his wife's death set off the chain of events that brought him to LAPD and put him in a position to stop their operations in this film (and gave him the motivation to end them upon learning of their role in Victoria's death).]]
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* SpannerInTheWords: The reveal that [[spoiler:the car accident that killed Victoria Lynn Riggs before the first film was actually an assassination attempt. Riggs was the target, but it was a fluke that his wife was driving it instead.]]
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* SpannerInTheWords: SpannerInTheWorks: The reveal that [[spoiler:the car accident that killed Victoria Lynn Riggs before the first film was actually an assassination attempt. Riggs was the target, but it was a fluke that his wife was driving it instead.]]
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* ArcWelding: The first film's backstory gets directly tied into the sequel's narrative with the reveal that [[spoiler:the car crash that killed Riggs' wife Victoria ''wasn't'' an accident. It was actually an assassination attempt by this film's antagonists to try and get Riggs (who was still with the Long Beach PD Narcotics Division at the time and who was unknowingly closing in on Rudd's operations)). It was sheer dumb luck that the wrong Riggs was driving the car when the assassination was executed.]]
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* ArcWelding: The first film's backstory gets directly tied into the sequel's narrative with the reveal that [[spoiler:the car crash that killed Riggs' wife Victoria ''wasn't'' an accident. It was actually an assassination attempt by this film's antagonists Rudd and his associates to try and get Riggs (who was still with the Long Beach PD Narcotics Division at the time and who was unknowingly closing in on Rudd's operations)). It was a sheer dumb luck fluke that the wrong Riggs was driving the car when the assassination was executed.]]
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* DramaticIrony: The reveal that [[spoiler:Vorstedt and Rudd were responsible for the car accident that killed Riggs' wife before the first film. They killed the wrong Riggs, but they still nearly succeeded in their goal in a roundabout way. Their actions left Riggs self-destructive and suicidal and he was on the road to doing their job for them (i.e. killing himself) before Roger and the Murtaughs saved him.]]
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* DramaticIrony: The reveal that [[spoiler:Vorstedt and Rudd were responsible for the car accident that killed Riggs' wife Victoria Lynn Riggs before the first film. They killed the wrong Riggs, but they still nearly succeeded in their goal in a roundabout way. Their actions His wife's death left Riggs self-destructive emotionally destroyed and suicidal and he self-destructive. By the time of the first film, Riggs was well on the road to doing their job for them (i.e. killing himself) before Roger and the Murtaughs saved him.]]
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Not-so-massive example crosswicking. Took me only a couple hours to get this one done. =P
* AnvilOnHead: Played for drama with realistic results when Riggs dispatches TheDragon by dropping a shipping crate on him.
* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: When Riggs and Murtaugh discover the bad guys' stash of drug money, Murtaugh exclaims: "These are thousand-dollar bills!" The Federal Reserve stopped printing large-denomination notes in 1945, and such currency was removed from circulation in 1969. While still considered legal tender, it's extremely unlikely that an entire shipping container of these bills would be available twenty years later.
* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: When Riggs and Murtaugh discover the bad guys' stash of drug money, Murtaugh exclaims: "These are thousand-dollar bills!" The Federal Reserve stopped printing large-denomination notes in 1945, and such currency was removed from circulation in 1969. While still considered legal tender, it's extremely unlikely that an entire shipping container of these bills would be available twenty years later.
* ChekhovsHobby: In an early scene, Riggs bets another cop that he can escape from a straightjacket in under five minutes. After he wins the bet, he explains that the reason he can do that is because of an accident years ago where he dislocated his shoulder, enabling him to dislocate it purposely to slip out of such a restraint. This talent naturally comes in ''very'' useful much later when his life depends on escaping from a straightjacket when the villain tries to drown him while restraining him with one.
* ConnectedAllAlong: It turns out that the BigBad's henchmen were the ones that caused the death of Riggs' wife before the events of [[Film/LethalWeapon1987 the first film]].
* ConvenientlyPlacedSharpThing: Riggs is chained up and thrown into the sea. He dislocates his arm at the shoulder to get out. This is actually a ChekhovsGun, as he does this to escape a straitjacket earlier in the film, on a bet.
* DeathByLookingUp: TheDragon gets a face full of shipping container.
* DeliberateInjuryGambit: Riggs uses his ChekhovsSkill of dislocating his shoulder to escape his bonds.
* DeliberateInjuryGambit: Riggs uses his ChekhovsSkill of dislocating his shoulder to escape his bonds.
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* ExplodingFishTanks: Martin Riggs breaks into the office of Arjen Rudd, Minister of Diplomatic Affairs for the South African Consulate. While waving his gun at Rudd and his goons, Riggs pretends to be debating who to shoot, but shoots the fishtank instead and strolls off while Rudd's goons are struggling to pick up the slippery fish.
%%* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Riggs and Murtaugh at the end.
%%* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Riggs and Murtaugh at the end.
* HighDiveHijinks: One of the police officers took a dive and a swim regularly. This habit was used to set a bomb on the diving board.
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* HopeSpot: A tiny window for Riggs. He and Roger survive ThePurge, Riggs and Rika barely make it out of his trailer before they're blown to bits, he drops Rika off at her apartment, telling her to call in sick the next day, both looking forward to a life together. Then, Pieter and company arrive, knocking Riggs unconscious....
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* HopeSpot: A tiny window for Riggs. He and Roger survive ThePurge, Riggs and Rika barely make it out of his trailer before they're blown to bits, he drops Rika off at her apartment, telling her to call in sick the next day, both looking forward to a life together. Then, Pieter and company arrive, knocking Riggs unconscious....unconscious...
* IconicSequelCharacter: Creator/JoePesci's Leo Getz character first appears as a federal witness in this film, and manages to show up in the rest of the series' films.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Creator/JoePesci's Leo Getz character first appears as a federal witness in this film, and manages to show up in the rest of the series' films.
* IUhYouToo: During the infamous toilet scene, [[HeterosexualLifePartners Riggs and Murtaugh]] share a moment, the dialogue follows thus.
-->'''Murtaugh:''' Riggs?...\\
''[long Pause]''\\
'''Riggs:''' I know. Come on.
-->'''Murtaugh:''' Riggs?...\\
''[long Pause]''\\
'''Riggs:''' I know. Come on.
* LandMineGoesClick: There's one such moment, only it's not a land mine, but a toilet mine. Murtaugh sits on his toilet, only to find out the seat's been wired to a bomb that will blow if he gets up. Murtaugh and Riggs survive through the assistance of a BombproofAppliance (in this case, the bathtub).
* LodgedBladeRecycling: Vorstedt opens up the final fight with Riggs by throwing a long knife which impales Riggs through the thigh. Riggs ends up stabbing Vorstedt in the gut with it before crushing him under a shipping container. Riggs is extremely lucky his femoral artery wasn't severed, as he would have bled out in moments.
* LodgedBladeRecycling: Vorstedt opens up the final fight with Riggs by throwing a long knife which impales Riggs through the thigh. Riggs ends up stabbing Vorstedt in the gut with it before crushing him under a shipping container. Riggs is extremely lucky his femoral artery wasn't severed, as he would have bled out in moments.
* MistakenForDying: Riggs is shot multiple times. After taking care of the BigBad, Murtaugh goes to where Riggs is lying in a pool of his own blood, complete with "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" playing in the background. The following conversation ensues:
-->'''Murtaugh:''' You are not dead until I tell you! You got that, Riggs?\\
'''Riggs:''' Hey, Rog, *cough* could you reach into my pocket there?\\
'''Murtaugh:''' ''*pulls out a pack of cigarrettes and offers one to Riggs*'' Here you go.\\
'''Riggs:''' I... I want you to throw those things away; those things will kill you.
-->'''Murtaugh:''' You are not dead until I tell you! You got that, Riggs?\\
'''Riggs:''' Hey, Rog, *cough* could you reach into my pocket there?\\
'''Murtaugh:''' ''*pulls out a pack of cigarrettes and offers one to Riggs*'' Here you go.\\
'''Riggs:''' I... I want you to throw those things away; those things will kill you.
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* NeckSnap: After returning from the dip in the water that was supposed kill him, a ''very'' pissed-off Riggs attacks a mook with [[ChainPain a chain]] and twists his neck around.
** And then, Riggs ''slamming a car door'' multiple times on the mook's partner, which seems to damage his neck as well.
** And then, Riggs ''slamming a car door'' multiple times on the mook's partner, which seems to damage his neck as well.
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* NeckSnap: After returning from the dip in the water that was supposed kill him, a ''very'' pissed-off Riggs attacks a mook with [[ChainPain a chain]] and twists his neck around.
**around. And then, Riggs ''slamming a car door'' multiple times on the mook's partner, which seems to damage his neck as well.
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* OneNoteCook: Riggs, according to this movie, only knows how to make chili.
-->'''Riggs:''' Do you like your chili with or without crushed Oreos?
-->'''Rika:''' With, of course!
-->'''Riggs:''' Heh heh. Woman after my own heart.
-->'''Riggs:''' Do you like your chili with or without crushed Oreos?
-->'''Rika:''' With, of course!
-->'''Riggs:''' Heh heh. Woman after my own heart.
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** Even Murtaugh wasn't expecting the magnitude of Riggs' "signal". "RIGGS YOU CRAZY MOTHER---"
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* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Riggs is standing outside the South African embassy (he can do little else to the movie's BigBad at this point, [[DiplomaticImpunity because of his diplomatic immunity]]) with a sign that says "End Aparth''ie''d". Riggs certainly made a point of making sure the villain knew he was there.
* SoftWater: Done by Riggs when he falls out of a window and lands in a pool. To make matters worse, he gets mad at his partner for not following him out the window. Again, distance is important. 10 stories is plausible: 20 isn't.
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** Arjen Rudd flaunts his DiplomaticImpunity in the faces of the heroes. In the climax, said diplomat is trying to actively gun down cops, saying that his diplomatic immunity will protect him. Murtaugh [[BoomHeadshot just revokes it]], and suffers no consequences for it. No sane government would harbor a criminal with such a long rap sheet, especially one that includes attempted murder of police officers; doing so could be considered ''an act of war''. Plus, diplomatic immunity only prevents people from being ''prosecuted''. They can still be shot dead in self-defense.
*** Not to mention, even though Arjen threw down the gun, he ''did'' fire it, ballistics will match the bullets that hit Riggs, and there's no one to say that Murtaugh didn't shoot him ''while'' he was firing.
*** Not to mention, even though Arjen threw down the gun, he ''did'' fire it, ballistics will match the bullets that hit Riggs, and there's no one to say that Murtaugh didn't shoot him ''while'' he was firing.
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** Arjen Rudd flaunts his DiplomaticImpunity in the faces of the heroes. In the climax, said diplomat is trying to actively gun down cops, saying that his diplomatic immunity will protect him. Murtaugh [[BoomHeadshot just revokes it]], and suffers no consequences for it. No sane government would harbor a criminal with such a long rap sheet, especially one that includes attempted murder of police officers; doing so could be considered ''an act of war''. Plus, diplomatic immunity only prevents people from being ''prosecuted''. They can still be shot dead in self-defense.
*** Not to mention, evenself-defense. Even though Arjen threw down the gun, he ''did'' fire it, ballistics will match the bullets that hit Riggs, and there's no one to say that Murtaugh didn't shoot him ''while'' he was firing.
*** Not to mention, even
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* WitnessProtection: Cops have to watch and protect a guy who ripped millions off from the mob before he testifies, then gets to disappear into Witness Protection with the money he swiped.
* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Martin Riggs, the protagonist with a dead wife issue is about to be killed, and Peter van Horscht sits down to tell him a couple of things.
-->'''Peter:''' I'm the bloke who changed the course of your life, mate. When you was a narc back at Long Beach you were getting too close to us, so we put a contract out on you. I handled it myself. Ran your car right off the road, '''bam!''' But of course it wasn't you, was it? I pulled back this mop of blood-soaked hair to see this woman's face. Your wife, right? ''(pause)'' She didn't die right away. Took a bit of time.
* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Martin Riggs, the protagonist with a dead wife issue is about to be killed, and Peter van Horscht sits down to tell him a couple of things.
-->'''Peter:''' I'm the bloke who changed the course of your life, mate. When you was a narc back at Long Beach you were getting too close to us, so we put a contract out on you. I handled it myself. Ran your car right off the road, '''bam!''' But of course it wasn't you, was it? I pulled back this mop of blood-soaked hair to see this woman's face. Your wife, right? ''(pause)'' She didn't die right away. Took a bit of time.
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* ForeignMoneyIsProofOfGuilt: Riggs and Murtaugh get on the case of the Afrikaaner villains after foiling an attempted "theft" (read: money laundering) and discovering that the money stolen was gold Krugerrands, which on top of everything else were illegal to import in the US at the time (in response to the apartheid government).
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* ForeignMoneyIsProofOfGuilt: Riggs and Murtaugh get on the case of the Afrikaaner Afrikaner villains after foiling an attempted "theft" (read: money laundering) and discovering that the money stolen was gold Krugerrands, which on top of everything else were illegal to import in the US at the time (in response to the apartheid government).
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* BrickJoke: After Murtaugh's daughter appears in a condom advertisement, Murtaugh bemoans how his police colleagues will be planting condoms wherever he goes. [[spoiler:That night Murtaugh and his family are attacked in their home and no-one is interested in playing jokes on him...until later on in the movie when Murtaugh shoos away some cops crowding around his desk only to find they've planted a 'rubber tree' there. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Even Murtaugh can't help breaking down in laughter]].]] Also, later, while Murtaugh is trying to figure out what is meant by Alba Varden, the same advert comes on TV. Leo gets very excited (obviously not knowing that she is Roger's daughter). Roger turns off the TV and warns Leo that he'll pretend he hear him say that. Leo also happens to repeat what the carpenter said earlier about her making him want to buy rubbers.
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* BrickJoke: After Murtaugh's daughter appears in a condom advertisement, Murtaugh bemoans how his police colleagues will be planting condoms wherever he goes. [[spoiler:That night Murtaugh and his family are attacked in their home and no-one is interested in playing jokes on him...until later on in the movie when Murtaugh shoos away some cops crowding around his desk only to find they've planted a 'rubber tree' there. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Even Murtaugh can't help breaking down in laughter]].]] Also, later, while Murtaugh is trying to figure out what is meant by Alba Varden, the same advert comes on TV. Leo gets very excited (obviously not knowing that she is Roger's daughter). Roger turns off the TV and warns Leo that he'll pretend he didn't hear him say that. Leo also happens to repeat what the carpenter said earlier about her making him want to buy rubbers.
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* BulletproofHumanShield: Riggs takes out one of Rudd's men by spinning him into the line of gunfire by another.
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* ChekhovsGun: The nailgun that the construction worker working on Murtaugh's house had comes in handy when an assassin tries to kill Murtaugh while he was searching through old VHS tapes.
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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun:
** The nailgun that the construction worker working on Murtaugh's house had comes in handy when an assassin tries to kill Murtaugh while he was searching through old VHStapes.tapes.
** The switch to the cargo container that [[spoiler:Riggs drops on Vorstedt]] is shown rather obviously after Riggs rappels down and subsequently lingers in background shots throughout their fight.
** The nailgun that the construction worker working on Murtaugh's house had comes in handy when an assassin tries to kill Murtaugh while he was searching through old VHS
** The switch to the cargo container that [[spoiler:Riggs drops on Vorstedt]] is shown rather obviously after Riggs rappels down and subsequently lingers in background shots throughout their fight.
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* JumpScare: In universe. The the first use of the nail gun mentioned in ChekhovsGun above results in Riggs and Murtaugh diving for cover and pulling their weapons on the carpenter.
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* UnbuiltTrope: This was the movie that popularized the DiplomaticImpunity trope in Hollywood action movies as an example of the RuleOfDrama for why the heroes can't [[JustShootHim kill off the bad guy immediately]]. It provides the BigBad with a few scant ''seconds'' of protection before Murtaugh guns him down, since no sensible government is going to protect a diplomat who is ''[[WhatAnIdiot shooting at foreign police officers]]''.
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* UnbuiltTrope: This was the movie that popularized the DiplomaticImpunity trope in Hollywood action movies as an example of the RuleOfDrama for why the heroes can't [[JustShootHim kill off the bad guy immediately]]. It provides the BigBad with a few scant ''seconds'' of protection before Murtaugh guns him down, since no sensible government is going to protect a diplomat who is ''[[WhatAnIdiot shooting ''shooting at foreign police officers]]''.officers''.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Arjen Rudd's plan for using Diplomatic Immunity to commit crimes out in the open wouldn't have worked in real life. If a diplomat gets caught committing a crime the police have the right to report him to his superiors, who may revoke the immunity at their discretion and leave the diplomat open to arrest and prosecution. And no matter how corrupt the regime might be, they ''would'' do that if the crime was serious enough, given the negative political consequences the country would suffer from having one of their diplomats abuse their position in a country as powerful as the United States. South Africa wasn’t exactly high on the world’s popularity list at the time, so they’d do anything to save whatever relations they had.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Arjen Rudd's plan for using Diplomatic Immunity to commit crimes out in the open wouldn't have worked in real life. If a diplomat gets caught committing a crime the police have the right to report him to his superiors, who may revoke the immunity at their discretion and leave the diplomat open to arrest and prosecution. And no matter how corrupt the regime might be, they ''would'' do that if the crime was serious enough, given the negative political consequences the country would suffer from having one of their diplomats abuse their position in a country as powerful as the United States. South Africa wasn’t exactly high on the world’s popularity list at the time, so they’d do anything to save whatever relations they had. Even if none of that had worked, the United States would've been able to declare him ''persona non grata'' and expel him from the country.
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* SexSignalsDeath: [[spoiler: Rika dies soon after having sex with Riggs.]]
