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* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Matthews.]] Though still not the brightest bulb, he's nowhere near as moronic as his public persona.
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* VicePresidentWho: Matthews is really dumb (a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed mock version of DanQuayle). This turns out to be partly ObfuscatingStupidity, as he is essentially the BigBad.
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* DelusionsOfEloquence: Matthews. Justified because, well, he ''is'' a Vice President (and he's clearly modeled after Dan Quayle.)
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* DelusionsOfEloquence: Matthews. Justified because, well, he ''is'' a Vice President (and he's clearly modeled after Dan Quayle.DanQuayle.)
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A 1996 dark-comedy films starring JackLemmon and JamesGarner as two politically (and personally) opposed former-Presidents who are forced to go on the run together after they find themselves on the receiving end of a conspiracy to hide the current President having taken a kickback.
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* AxeCrazy: Tanner.
* BatmanGambit / XanatosRoulette: [[spoiler: Vice-President Matthews]] has a fairly impressive one going on.
* CampGay / StraightGay: [[spoiler: Ralph Flemming]] manages to be BOTH. Impressive. Basically he plays it up in a pride parade.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The Freedom Ring necklace.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Ralph Flemming.]]
* BatmanGambit / XanatosRoulette: [[spoiler: Vice-President Matthews]] has a fairly impressive one going on.
* CampGay / StraightGay: [[spoiler: Ralph Flemming]] manages to be BOTH. Impressive. Basically he plays it up in a pride parade.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The Freedom Ring necklace.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Ralph Flemming.]]
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* NotSoDifferent: The entire point of the movie is that if Douglas and Kramer hadn't spent so much time trying to politically destroy each other, they might have been friends.
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* NotSoDifferent: The entire point of the movie is that if Douglas and Kramer hadn't spent so much time trying to politically destroy each other, they might have been friends.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Subverted. The movie's one use of the F Word goes by so quickly that if you're not paying attention you might miss it.
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* TortureAlwaysWorks: Subverted. He never actually gets tortured, he cracks under the threat.
* VitriolicBestBuds: By the end of the film.
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* TortureAlwaysWorks: Subverted. TortureAlwaysWorks: Double subverted. He never actually gets tortured, he cracks under the threat.
threat, which fulfills the same purpose.
* VitriolicBestBuds: By the end of the film. See NotSoDifferent.
* VitriolicBestBuds: By the end of the film. See NotSoDifferent.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Matthews.]] Though still not the brightest bulb, he's nowhere near as moronic as his public persona.
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* AppealToForce: At one point, the fugitive ex-Presidents hitch a ride with some illegal aliens being smuggled across the border. They're discovered by both the INS (in ordinary police helicopters) and the GovernmentConspiracy (in military attack helicopters) at the same time. There's some JurisdictionFriction between the two groups, which a conspiracy chopper deftly solves by [[CuttingTheKnot firing a missile across the INS's nose]].
-->'''INS Pilot''': [[DangerDeadpan Authorization received. Have a nice day.]]
-->'''INS Pilot''': [[DangerDeadpan Authorization received. Have a nice day.]]
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* ActorAllusion: James Garner's character rides expertly. James Garner's career began primarily in Westerns.
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* ActorAllusion: James Garner's character character, Matt Douglas rides expertly. James Garner's career began primarily in Westerns.
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* CampGay / StraightGay: [[spoiler: Ralph Flemming]] manages to be BOTH. Impressive.
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* ICallHimMisterHappy: Blinky, The First Penis.
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* AccidentalKidnapping: When Kramer and Douglas plan on stealing Wayne and Genny's car to continue on their trip to Kramer's Library, they only turn back when they see a child in the backseat.
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* DelusionsOfEloquence: Matthews. Justified because, well, he ''is'' a Vice President (and he's clearly modeled after Dan Quayle.)
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* VitriolicBestBuds: By the end of the film.film.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This was supposed to be another entry in the revived Jack Lemmon-Walter Matthau series of comedies that ''GrumpyOldMen'' revived. Matthau bowed out due to illness.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This was supposed to be another entry in the revived Jack Lemmon-Walter Matthau series of comedies that ''GrumpyOldMen'' revived. Matthau bowed out due to illness.
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* GroinAttack: ''"When this is over promise me we'll come back and look for my balls."''
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* GroinAttack: From riding a horse: ''"When this is over promise me we'll come back and look for my balls."''
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A well made, if mostly forgotten 1996 dark-comedy films starring Jack Lemmon and James Garner as two politically (and personally) opposed former-Presidents who are forced to go on the run together after they find themselves on the receiving end of a conspiracy to hide the current President having taken a kickback. While not the best film ever made, it's funny and enjoyable and manages to have more brains than the average buddy comedy.
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A well made, if mostly forgotten 1996 dark-comedy films starring Jack Lemmon JackLemmon and James Garner JamesGarner as two politically (and personally) opposed former-Presidents who are forced to go on the run together after they find themselves on the receiving end of a conspiracy to hide the current President having taken a kickback. While not the best film ever made, it's funny and enjoyable and manages to have more brains than the average buddy comedy.
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* IndyPlot: ''"What am I, [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin]] MacGyver? I'm makin this up as I go."''
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** Doubles as a CallBack to a RunningGag.
* FantasticallyIndifferent: Hollis.
** Doubles as a CallBack to a RunningGag.
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-> ''My Fellow Americans...''
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* IndyPlot: ''"What am I, [[PrecisionFBomb fuckin]] [[Macgyver]]? I'm makin this up as I go."''
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* IndyPlot: ''"What am I, [[PrecisionFBomb [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin]] [[Macgyver]]? I'm makin this up as I go."''
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* ActorAllusion: James Garner's character rides expertly. James Garner's career began primarily in Westerns.
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Vice-President Matthews]] has a fairly impressive one going on.
* CampGay / StraightGay: [[spoiler: Ralph Lemming]] manages to be BOTH. Impressive.
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* BatmanGambit: BatmanGambit / XanatosRoulette: [[spoiler: Vice-President Matthews]] has a fairly impressive one going on.
* CampGay / StraightGay: [[spoiler: RalphLemming]] Flemming]] manages to be BOTH. Impressive.
* CampGay / StraightGay: [[spoiler: Ralph
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* GallowsHumor: ''...''"...They're down.''"''
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* RedOniBlueOni: Douglas and Kramer, respectively.
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* CampyGay/StraightGay: [[spoiler: Ralph Lemming]] manages to be BOTH. Impressive.
* HeyItsThatGuy: The [[MemeticMutation diabeetus guy]] is the head of the Democratic National Committee.
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* TortureAlwaysWorks: Subverted. He never actually gets tortured, he cracks under the threat.
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* ChekovsGun: [[spoiler: The Freedom Ring necklace.]]
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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The Freedom Ring necklace.]]
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