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, believing that mole is trying to mislead Jack. "All he has to do is show you a few pictures of a girl..." Jack realizes he never told the man he was looking for a female assassin and realizes the information must be legitimate.

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* ExactWords: Paddy O'Neil tells Jack that he would never reveal where Sean Miller is hiding as he'd never betray a fellow Irishman. [[spoiler:However Annette, who is part of his outfit, is English, not Irish.]]

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* ExactWords: Paddy O'Neil tells Jack that he would never reveal where Sean Miller and Kevin O'Donnell is hiding as he'd never betray a fellow Irishman. [[spoiler:However Annette, who is part of his outfit, [[spoiler:However, O'Donnell's girlfriend Annette is English, not Irish.]]



* INeverSaidItWasPoison: A variation -- after Jack Ryan's IRA informant gives him pictures of the people who had attempted to kill Ryan (and in a separate attack, his wife and daughter), Jack's superior dismisses the information, believing that mole is trying to mislead Jack. "All he has to do is show you a few pictures of a girl..." Jack realizes he never told the man he was looking for a female assassin and realizes the information must be legitimate.

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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: A variation -- after Jack Ryan's IRA informant Paddy O'Neill gives him Ryan pictures of a woman associated with the people who had attempted to kill Ryan (and in a separate attack, his wife and daughter), Jack's superior Marty Cantor dismisses the information, information:
-->'''Cantor''': You tell O'Neill you're looking for a girl, he gives you the pictures of a girl. He obliges you to get you off his back, and you believe him?!\\
'''Ryan''': [[ArmorPiercingResponse I didn't tell him I was looking for a girl, Marty.]]
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believing that mole is trying to mislead Jack. "All he has to do is show you a few pictures of a girl..." Jack realizes he never told the man he was looking for a female assassin and realizes the information must be legitimate.
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* UselessSpleen: {{Averted|Trope}}. Jack Ryan's daughter loses her spleen after an attack by the terrorists, and later Miller, while taunting Ryan, makes a point of mentioning how she'll be disadvantaged.

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* UselessSpleen: {{Averted|Trope}}. Jack Ryan's daughter loses her spleen after an attack by the terrorists, and later Miller, while taunting Ryan, makes a point of mentioning how she'll be disadvantaged. [[note]] While one can survive without their spleen, it's a very significant part of the immune system and losing it makes one vulnerable to infection from certain types of bacteria [[/note]]
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''Patriot Games'' is a 1992 film starring Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/SeanBean, Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/JamesEarlJones, Ann Archer, and Creator/RichardHarris, directed by Creator/PhillipNoyce and adapted from the [[Literature/PatriotGames novel of the same name]] by Creator/TomClancy. The second film in the original Jack Ryan trilogy, it is the sequel to 1990's ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' and was followed by a third film, ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger'', two years later. Notably, this installment recasts every major role from the first film (with the exception of Creator/JamesEarlJones, who returns as Vice Admiral Greer), with the follow-up retaining these changes.

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''Patriot Games'' is a 1992 film starring Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/SeanBean, Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/JamesEarlJones, Ann Archer, Creator/AnneArcher, and Creator/RichardHarris, directed by Creator/PhillipNoyce and adapted from the [[Literature/PatriotGames novel of the same name]] by Creator/TomClancy. The second film in the original Jack Ryan trilogy, it is the sequel to 1990's ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' and was followed by a third film, ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger'', two years later. Notably, this installment recasts every major role from the first film (with the exception of Creator/JamesEarlJones, who returns as Vice Admiral Greer), with the follow-up retaining these changes.

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