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* BullyingADragon: Justin and Ryan have their revenge on the people who hit the latter's car, but were unaware that they are members the Albanian mob.
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* BullyingADragon: Justin and Ryan have their revenge on the people who hit the latter's car, but were unaware that they are members of the Albanian mob.
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* BullyingADragon: Justin and Ryan have their revenge on the people who hit the latter's car, but were unaware that they are the Albanian mob.
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* BullyingADragon: Justin and Ryan have their revenge on the people who hit the latter's car, but were unaware that they are members the Albanian mob.
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* BullyingADragon: Justin and Ryan have their revenge on the ones who hit the latter's car, but were unaware that they are the Albanian mob.
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* BullyingADragon: Justin and Ryan have their revenge on the ones people who hit the latter's car, but were unaware that they are the Albanian mob.
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* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:Detective Brolin is Mossi’s partner.]]
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* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:Detective Brolin is Mossi’s Kasic's partner.]]
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* BrickJoke: Justin jokes early in the movie that he'd like to meet the "6'1 Chinese guy" who could fit his "Officer Chang" uniform. As they leave [[spoiler:the Mossi bust]] near the end, they pass by said 6'1 Chinese guy
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* BrickJoke: Justin jokes early in the movie that he'd like to meet the "6'1 Chinese guy" who could fit his "Officer Chang" uniform. As they leave [[spoiler:the Mossi bust]] near the end, they pass by said 6'1 Chinese guy guy. Also named Chang.
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* WrestlerInAllOfUs / SuplexFinisher:After getting [[GroinAttack a firm grip]] on Justin, Jaquandae performs a textbook back-suplex on him, right through a table.
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* InformedAbility: Josie's talent as a make-up artist consists of putting a wig on Justin, adding fake tattoos and making mediocre head-sculpts.
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* InformedAbility: Josie's talent as a make-up artist consists of putting a wig on Justin, adding fake tattoos and making mediocre head-sculpts.
* IntoxicationEnsues: Justin, after getting "cranked out" (smoking meth) twitches excessively and suggests they build a porch.
* InformedAbility: Josie's talent as a make-up artist consists of putting a wig on Justin, adding fake tattoos and making mediocre head-sculpts.
* IntoxicationEnsues: Justin, after getting "cranked out" (smoking meth) twitches excessively and suggests they build a porch.
* LoserProtagonist: Two of them.
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* KarmaHoudini: Ryan and Justin appear to suffer little to no consequences for impersonating police officers for weeks. [[spoiler: In fact, Seagers helps get them off the hook.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: Ryan and Justin appear to suffer little to no consequences for impersonating police officers for weeks. [[spoiler: In fact, Seagers helps get them off the hook.]]hook, though it's justified in that they saved his life and also helped take down a very dangerous criminal]]
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Annie is this for Justin, who's also taken for. Ryan, on the other hand, basically fell in love with her.
* AllWomenAreLustful: One of the things the guys have to deal with is a CatFight because one of the sorority sisters cheated with another sister's boyfriend. Josie pretty much throws herself onto Justin when she got a chance to, prompting him to back off and claim that things escalated too quickly, and let's not even get into Annie.
-->'''Annie:''' If that little guy wasn't here, some seriously weird stuff would be happening right now.
* AllWomenAreLustful: One of the things the guys have to deal with is a CatFight because one of the sorority sisters cheated with another sister's boyfriend. Josie pretty much throws herself onto Justin when she got a chance to, prompting him to back off and claim that things escalated too quickly, and let's not even get into Annie.
-->'''Annie:''' If that little guy wasn't here, some seriously weird stuff would be happening right now.
* MegatonPunch: [[spoiler:After going to Kasic's party and getting roped into a fight with someone, Justin finds himself on both sides of one. He gets hit, then he hits back. Surprisingly hard.]]
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Annie, upon meeting Justin and Ryan. "I'm totally not on ecstasy!"
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:How the CatFight as stated above started. One girl suspected that her boyfriend was cheating on her with her sorority sister. Turns out, she was right.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:How the CatFight as stated above started. One girl suspected that her boyfriend was cheating on her with her sorority sister. Turns out, she was right.]]
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* DudeNotFunny: [spoiler:In-universe. This is the policewoman's reaction when Justin tried to explain to her that he and Ryan were joking when they decided to be cops.]
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* DudeNotFunny: [spoiler:In-universe.[[spoiler:In-universe. This is the policewoman's reaction when Justin tried to explain to her that he and Ryan were joking when they decided to be cops.] ]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: Todd, Justin's arrogant boss, absolutely refuses to take his video game pitch seriously. [[spoiler: In the third act, mobsters attack him in the middle of his game pitch, and, thinking it's part of the pitch, is finally sold on Justin's idea.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: '''KASIC.'''
** Also Todd, Justin's arrogant boss, absolutely refuses to take his video game pitch seriously. [[spoiler: In the third act, mobsters attack him in the middle of his game pitch, and, thinking it's part of the pitch, is finally sold on Justin's idea.]]
** Also Todd, Justin's arrogant boss, absolutely refuses to take his video game pitch seriously. [[spoiler: In the third act, mobsters attack him in the middle of his game pitch, and, thinking it's part of the pitch, is finally sold on Justin's idea.]]
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* TattooedCrook: Kasic and Pupa. [[spoiler:Subverted in the end when Pupa becomes Ryan's hired informant.]]
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* ThoseTwoGuys: The protagonists
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* BrickJoke: Justin jokes early in the movie that he'd like to meet the "6'1 Chinese guy" who could fit his "Officer Chang" uniform. As they leave [[spoiler:the Mossi bust]] near the end, they pass by said 6'1 Chinese guy
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Ryan O'Malley and Justin Miller aren't satisfied with their current situation.
Justin is an ignored employee at a video game company, and Ryan is a jobless ex-football player with no real direction in life.
That all changes when they mistake a masquerade ball for a costume party, and show up dressed as cops.
The new found respect the outfit entails is exactly what Ryan has been looking for, and he drags a reluctant Justin along on their new "career" as LAPD officers.
Justin is an ignored employee at a video game company, and Ryan is a jobless ex-football player with no real direction in life.
That all changes when they mistake a masquerade ball for a costume party, and show up dressed as cops.
The new found respect the outfit entails is exactly what Ryan has been looking for, and he drags a reluctant Justin along on their new "career" as LAPD officers.
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[[caption-width-right:325:[[{{Tagline}} Fake Cops. Real Trouble.]]]]
Ryan O'Malley and Justin Miller aren't satisfied with their currentsituation.
situation. Justin is an ignored employee at a video game company, and Ryan is a jobless ex-football player with no real direction in life.
That all changeslife, mostly living off his royalties from being in an ad for herpes medication. The directionless feeling of their lives is only underscored when they attend their college reunion and mistake a masquerade ball for a costume party, and show showing up dressed as cops.
cops. On their way home, however, they discover that the costumes are real enough that they can fool basically anybody. Even ''actual cops.''
The new found respect the outfit entails is exactly what Ryan has been looking for, and after studying Website/{{Youtube}} videos of police procedure and buying a used cop car off eBay, he drags a reluctant Justin along on their new "career" as LAPD officers.
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* BriefAccentImitation: Ryan occasionally unconsciously imitates Pupa's accent
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* BecomingTheMask: Ryan very quickly starts to believe he's a realcopcop. [[spoiler: In fact, the ending sequence sees him become a cop for real!]]
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* MrFanservice: Mossi is not unpleasant to look at
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* BuddyCopShow, except, y'know, [[SubvertedTrope they're not really cops]].
* CatFight: Justin and Ryan attempt to break up one of these. They fail. Miserably.
* {{Jerkass}}: Todd, Justin's arrogant boss, absolutely refuses to take his video game pitch seriously. [[spoiler: In the third act, mobsters attack him in the middle of his game pitch, and, thinking it's part of the pitch, is finally sold on Justin's idea.]]
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weeks. [[spoiler: In fact, Seagers helps get them off the hook.]]
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*** Annie, whose apartment is used for some spy work. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial She's totally not on ecstasy.]]
* CatFight: Justin and Ryan attempt to break up one of these. They fail. Miserably.
* {{Jerkass}}: Todd, Justin's arrogant boss, absolutely refuses to take his video game pitch seriously. [[spoiler: In the third act, mobsters attack him in the middle of his game pitch, and, thinking it's part of the pitch, is finally sold on Justin's idea.]]
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*** Annie, whose apartment is used for some spy work. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial She's totally not on ecstasy.]]
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* IntoxicationEnsues: Justin, after he getting "cranked out", twitches excessively and suggests they build a porch
* MoodWhiplash: The last half of the movie dispenses with most of the comedy and becomes a serious cop flick.
* LoserProtagonist: Two of them
* ShooOutTheClowns: Joey is nowhere to be seen during the third act
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Seagers delivers a brief but powerful one in the middle of the third act
* IntoxicationEnsues: Justin, after he getting "cranked out", twitches excessively and suggests they build a porch
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porch.
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*ShooOutTheClowns: Joey is nowhere to be seen during the third act
RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Again, two of them!
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Ryan O'Malley and Justin Miller aren't satisfied with their current situation.
Justin is an ignored employee at a video game company, and Ryan is a jobless ex-football player with no real direction in life.
That all changes when they mistake a masquerade ball for a costume party, and show up dressed as cops.
The new found respect the outfit entails is exactly what Ryan has been looking for, and he drags a reluctant Justin along on their new "career" as LAPD officers.
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* AxCrazy: Kasic is completely out of his tattooed gourd.
* {{Badass}}: Officer Seagers is a kick-ass cop when the chips are down.
* InformedAbility: Josie's talent as a make-up artist consists of putting a wig on Justin and making mediocre head-sculpts.
* MoodWhiplash: The last half of the movie dispenses with most of the comedy and becomes a serious cop flick.
Justin is an ignored employee at a video game company, and Ryan is a jobless ex-football player with no real direction in life.
That all changes when they mistake a masquerade ball for a costume party, and show up dressed as cops.
The new found respect the outfit entails is exactly what Ryan has been looking for, and he drags a reluctant Justin along on their new "career" as LAPD officers.
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* AxCrazy: Kasic is completely out of his tattooed gourd.
* {{Badass}}: Officer Seagers is a kick-ass cop when the chips are down.
* InformedAbility: Josie's talent as a make-up artist consists of putting a wig on Justin and making mediocre head-sculpts.
* MoodWhiplash: The last half of the movie dispenses with most of the comedy and becomes a serious cop flick.
