History Film / TheLastBoyScout

* BlatantLies: When Joe demands car keys from the home owner who they just crashed a car in his pool, Joe puts a gun against Darian's head. The pool owner isn't really convinced, especially when Darian calls Joe "Dad" but relents anyway.

-->'''Joe:''' You're the bad guy.
-->'''Milo:''' I am the bad guy.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Part of the DeadpanSnarker one-liners.
-->'''Milo:''' Just once, I would like to hear you scream in pain.
-->'''Joe Hallenbeck:''' Play some rap music.

-->'''Cory:''' Go stick your head in that speaker, you'll be screaming "Play the funky music, white boy".
-->'''Joe Hallenbeck:''' The screaming part, I believe.

-->'''Pimp-looking motherfucker with a hat:''' [[{{RuleOfCool}} Oh you're real cool]] for a guy about to take a bullet.
-->'''Joe Hallenbeck:''' After fucking your wife, I'll take two.

-->'''Jimmy:''' I use that shit to get by.
-->'''Hallenbeck:''' I don't use it. I get by.

-->Eat shit, you fucking redneck!

--> '''Joe''': Where are you goin'?
--> '''Jimmy''': To the bathroom, okay. You wanna come? The doc said I shouldn't lift anything heavy.
--> '''Joe''': No, I'll pass.

-->'''Hallenbeck:''' This ain't no game, flash. Real guns, real bullets. It's dangerous.
-->'''Jimmy:''' Danger's my middle name.

* NothingPersonal: The Jamaican hitman who leads Joe Hallenbeck into a dark alley to finish him off.
-->'''Hitman:''' Wrong place, wrong time. Nothing personal.
-->'''Joe:''' That's what you think. Last night I fucked your wife.

* NotInTheFace: Whenever someone does something that irritates Hallenback:
-->'''Hallenbeck:''' ''(to the friend his wife is having an affair with)'' Head or gut?\\

-->'''Hallenbeck:''' ''(to the ingrate Senator whose life he helped save)'' Head or gut?\\

-->The envelope, very smart. See, Jake, here's a man who knows when a situation is untenable.

** At one point, the two heroes are getting pummeled by an unusually verbose Mook's large companion, leading Joe to exclaim, "Shit, we're being beat up by the inventor of Scrabble!"

* ShoutOut: At the end, Joe threatens Marcone about [[spoiler:releasing the tape to the mob. He would risk]] "[[Film/TheGodfather waking up with a stallion head next to him]]".

* LittleMissBadass: Darian rescues her dad by pretending to be a lost little girl and approaching a gang of cutthroat corporate mercenaries and hands her father a .357 hidden in her teddy bear.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Jimmy's "million-dollar arm" can apparently throw a football just as well minutes after being shot right through the palm of his hand.

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Darian, However, she comes from an extremely troubled home so it's understandable (mostly), and she only behaves this way with [[Jerkass|Joe]].

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Darian, However, she comes from an extremely troubled home so it's understandable (mostly), and she only behaves this way with [[Jerkass/Joe]].

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: DariancHowever, she comes from an extremely troubled home so it's understandable (mostly), and she only behaves this way with [[Jerkass Joe]].

%%* BrattyTeenageDaughter: DariancHowever, she comes from an extremely troubled home so it's understandable (mostly), and she only behaves this way with [[Jerkass Joe]].

%%* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Darian.

** Hallenbeck always win the snarking contest against other characters. [[CaptainObvious See below]].

''The Last Boy Scout'' is a 1991 action film, directed by Creator/TonyScott and written by Creator/ShaneBlack, starring Creator/BruceWillis as a former Secret Service agent, now working as a private detective, and Damon Wayans as a retired professional football player. The two join forces to solve the murder of Wayans' character’s girlfriend (played by the then-obscure Creator/HalleBerry). The entire film consists of often violent action scenes and an endless parade of one-liners.

* {{Hypocrite}}: The exchange where Joe confronts Jimmy about his drug use. Jimmy defends himself about how it makes it easier for him to get through the day. Joe coldly replies "I don't use. I get by." Joe, we should probably note, is depicted as a borderline [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]].

* LoveHurts: "I wish the sky wasn't blue. I wish that water wasn't wet. And I wish I didn't still love my wife."

* AntiHero: Joe Hallenbeck is a type III with some Type V moments. Aside from being a [[SelfDeprecation self loathing]], [[TheCynic pessimistic]], [[SmokingIsCool chain smoking]], borderline [[SirSwearsALot misogy]][[PoliticallyIncorrectHero nistic]] bastard ("...and then some."), he also gives a [[BadassBoast sinister death threat]] to two of the badguys. He doesn't lie, something the badguys learnt the hard way. Still, compared to the people he's fighting, he's [[TitleDrop 'The Last Boy Scout']]

* BigBad: Sheldon Marcone.

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Darian.
* BribeBackfire: Subverted: [[spoiler: The Senator rejects the villain's offer of a bribe and threatens to go to the police... because the bribe isn't large enough. The villain ends up deciding it'd just be cheaper to kill him.]]

* ChekovsHobby: Jimmy mentions offhand that he's started riding horses and gotten quite good. At the film's climax, he saves the day by throwing a football on horseback.
* ChekhovsSkill: Jimmy's throwing arm. In the beginning of the movie, Jimmy throws a football at an uncouth player's face. [[spoiler:He later throws the game ball at Senator Baynard, knocking him down from getting shot by Milo.]]

* CorruptPolitician: Senator Baynard.

* TheDragon: Milo.

** "Can't you fucking drive?!" [[spoiler: Cory (Jimmy's girlfriend), who then gets machine-gunned by the people in the car.]]

* KnightInSourArmor: Joe's of the second type.
* TheLastTitle: The title.

** Milo.

* ShoutOut: At the end, Joe threatens Marcone about [[spoiler: releasing the tape to the mob. He would risk]] "[[Film/TheGodfather waking up with a stallion head next to him]]".
* SoftSpokenSadist: Milo.
* SteelEardrums: All over the place. One very obvious is when Milo [[spoiler: shoots a cop twice from within his car, ''right in front of a mook's ear''. The mook doesn't seem to care.]]

-->'''Hitman:''' Wrong time wrong place, nothing personal.

* AntiHero: Joe Hallenbeck is a type III with some Type V moments. Aside from being a [[SelfDeprecation self loathing]], [[TheCynic pessimistic]], [[SmokingIsCool chain smoking]], borderline [[SirSwearsALot misogy]][[PoliticallyIncorrectHero nistic]] bastard ("...and then some."), he also gives a [[BadAssBoast sinister death threat]] to two of the badguys. He doesn't lie, something the badguys learnt the hard way. Still, compared to the people he's fighting, he's [[TitleDrop 'The Last Boy Scout']]

* BadAssBoast: "You touch me again and I'll kill ya."
* BedroomAdulteryScene: Bruce Willis' character is introduced as the cuckolded husband in this scene... and as a cop, he correctly sniffs out that the other guy is hiding in the closet and nearly shoots him.

* BondOneLiner - The final scene of the movie has Damon Wayans and Bruce Willis discussing future use of Bond One-Liners.

* ContinuityNod: When Joe & Jimmy go to Joe's place to rest for the evening, Darian is watching ''Film/LethalWeapon'' (the infamous torture scene), a movie also written by Creator/ShaneBlack.

* DisposableWoman: Cory, and Jimmy [[AngstWhatAngst never seems that broken up over it]].

* {{Gorn}}: Brutal moments punctuated by humor. There is a scene where Bruce Willis ''punches a guy's nose through his brain'' (said guy is a young Creator/KimCoates in a very early example of his career as a ChronicallyKilledActor). Also the infamous helicopter scene. Amazingly, the original screenplay by Creator/ShaneBlack is even bloodier, with Milo murdering women in snuff films that he directs on the side.

* IfWeSurviveThis

* NotInTheFace:
** Whenever someone does something that irritates Hallenback:

** Milo
** As well as Scrabble Man

* TakeMeOutAtTheBallGame

->''"This is the '90s. You don't just go around punching people. You have to say something cool first."''

** Whenever someone does something that irritates Bruce Willis' character:

[[caption-width-right:220: [[DeadpanSnarker "And then some."]]]]

->''"This is the '90s. You don't just go around punching people. You have to say [[RuleOfCool something cool]] first."''

'''''The Last Boy Scout''''' is a 1991 action film, directed by Creator/TonyScott and written by Creator/ShaneBlack, starring Creator/BruceWillis as a former Secret Service agent, now working as a private detective, and Damon Wayans as a retired professional football player. The two join forces to solve the murder of Wayans' character’s girlfriend (played by the then-obscure Creator/HalleBerry). The entire film consists of often violent action scenes and an endless parade of one-liners.

* {{Gorn}}: Brutal moments punctuated by humor. There is a scene where Bruce Willis ''punches a guy's nose through his brain'' (said guy is a young Creator/KimCoates in a very early example of his career as a ChronicallyKilledActor). Also the infamous helicopter scene.

* BondOneLiner - The final scene of the movie has the Damon Wayans and Bruce Willis discussing future use of Bond One-Liners.

* TheConspiracy: [[spoiler:Sheldon Marcone intends to legalize sports gambling by buying votes from a Senate committee investigating gambling in sports. Senator Baynard was the chairman of the committee who holds the deciding vote. When Marcone tries to buy his vote, Baynard demanded $6 million or he will go to the police. Marcone decided that it is much cheaper to kill the Senator, and frames Joe (who previously worked for him) as Baynard's killer.]]