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->'''Ford:''' I live my life a quarter-mile at a time.\\
'''Shane:''' ...That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
-->-- Ford borrows a line from [[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious2001 a certain other film]] and [[TakeThat gets owned in response]]



* AssholeVictim:
** Junior. You have to admit. He was a complete {{Jerkass}} throughout the beginning of the film who kind of have it coming after trying to get his gang to sell drugs.

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* AssholeVictim:
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AssholeVictim: Junior. You have to admit. He was a complete {{Jerkass}} throughout the beginning of the film who kind of have it coming after trying to get his gang to sell drugs.



%%* KnightTemplarBigBrother: The reason Trey and his gang go after Ford. Of course, Ford is able to convince Trey that Henry was the one who committed the murder.

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%%* * KnightTemplarBigBrother: The reason Trey and his gang go after Ford.Ford: Ford's rival Henry frames Ford for the murder of Trey's little brother. Of course, Ford is able to convince Trey that Henry was the one who committed the murder.



%%* RacingTheTrain: Happens when the {{chase scene}} between Trey and Ford is taken from top of a train to the front of it.

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%%* * RacingTheTrain: Happens when A variant happens in the {{chase scene}} between Trey and Ford is Ford, where they chase each other in bikes along a train, then taken from the top of a train to the front of it.



%%* SpeedDemon: Cary Ford is basically Dominic Toretto with a preference for bikes over cars due to the former being smaller and easier to maneuver.

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%%* * SpeedDemon: Cary Ford ''loves'' going fast. He is basically Dominic Toretto with a preference for bikes over cars due to the former being smaller and easier to maneuver.



** At one point ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' is directly referenced/insulted. Ford borrows Creator/VinDiesel's line, "I live my life a quarter-mile at a time," to which Shane replies, "That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard."

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** At one point ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious2001'' is directly referenced/insulted. Ford borrows Creator/VinDiesel's line, "I live my life a quarter-mile at a time," to which Shane replies, "That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard."

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%%* CarCushion
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* CarCushion: The final chase ends with Ford landing on [[GoombaStomp Henry and his bike]] after he does a RampJump try to escape a VaporTrail… [[StuffBlowingUp which he doesn't]], leaving [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill a very dead Henry as a result]].
* CarFu: Aside from bikes and cars crashing into each other it's taken to absurdity in the DesignatedGirlFight when the two fighters try to roundhouse kick each other with the bikes at one point.
* ChaseScene: Lots of them. Two of the most notable are the one that takes Ford and Trey over and inside of a passenger train and the final chase between Henry and Ford, with their custom bikes going so fast they leave hurricane-style winds behind them.



%%* CoolBike: Almost every bike in the film, most notably the Y2K.
%%* DesignatedGirlFight: Three guesses as to whether Shane and Henry's black leather-clad girlfriend engage in a [[{{Narm}} uproariously]] unrealistic [[CarFu duel '''CarFu with''' their bikes]].

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%%* * CoolBike: Almost every bike in the film, most notably the Y2K.
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Y2K, which is mentioned to have the engine of an Apache helicopter and demonstrates the borderline physics-defying amounts of horsepower it has in the final bike chase.
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DesignatedGirlFight: Three guesses as to whether The climax has three fights going consecutively, with one of them being Shane and Henry's black leather-clad girlfriend engage engaging in a [[{{Narm}} uproariously]] an uproariously unrealistic [[CarFu CarFu duel '''CarFu with''' '''with''' their bikes]].bikes.



* ProductPlacement: Check out the Pepsi and Mountain Dew signs during the DesignatedGirlFight.

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* ProductPlacement: Check out the Pepsi and Mountain Dew signs covering the entire ends of an alleyway during the DesignatedGirlFight.
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Creator/MartinHenderson plays BadassBiker Cary Ford. 6 months prior to the events of the film, Henry James (Matt Schulze), the leader of a biker gang called the Hellions requested he look after some bikes. When trying to move them, however, Ford found crystal meth in the fuel tanks. Ford hid the bikes and fled to Thailand, where has has been for six months, leading the police to believe he is a drug dealer and Henry to believe he stole his bikes. Now Ford's returned to the states to reconcile with his girlfriend Shane (Monet Mazur). Henry's still pissed, so he frames Ford for the murder of the younger brother of Trey (Music/IceCube), the leader of a rival biker gang called the Reapers. Motorcycle chases ensue...

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Creator/MartinHenderson plays BadassBiker Cary Ford. 6 months prior to the events of the film, Henry James (Matt Schulze), (Creator/MattSchulze), the leader of a biker gang called the Hellions requested he look after some bikes. When trying to move them, however, Ford found crystal meth in the fuel tanks. Ford hid the bikes and fled to Thailand, where has has been for six months, leading the police to believe he is a drug dealer and Henry to believe he stole his bikes. Now Ford's returned to the states to reconcile with his girlfriend Shane (Monet Mazur).(Creator/MonetMazur). Henry's still pissed, so he frames Ford for the murder of the younger brother of Trey (Music/IceCube), the leader of a rival biker gang called the Reapers. Motorcycle chases ensue...
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* UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem: Trey kills Luther by hanging him with his own chain.
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* RecycledINSPACE: ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''... WITH MOTORCYCLES!

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* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: And how!
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Here's a tip: whenever the camera goes into VertigoEffect or otherwise replaces the background with CGI, assume that all laws of physics (other than some residual gravity effects) have taken a cigarette break.
* AssholeVictim: Junior. You have to admit. He was a complete {{Jerkass}} throughout the beginning of the film who kind of have it coming after trying to get his gang to sell drugs.
** Henry, Luther, China, and [=McPherson=] also count.
* BadassBiker: [[SarcasmMode Who would have thought that this movie would bear this trope?]]
* BallroomBlitz
* BikerBabe: [[SarcasmMode Or this?]]

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* %%* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: And how!
%%* ArtisticLicensePhysics:
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Here's a tip: whenever the camera goes into VertigoEffect or otherwise replaces the background with CGI, assume that all laws of physics (other than some residual gravity effects) have taken a cigarette break.
* AssholeVictim:
AssholeVictim:
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Junior. You have to admit. He was a complete {{Jerkass}} throughout the beginning of the film who kind of have it coming after trying to get his gang to sell drugs.
** %%** Henry, Luther, China, and [=McPherson=] also count.
* BadassBiker: [[SarcasmMode Who would have thought that this movie would bear this trope?]]
* BallroomBlitz
* BikerBabe: [[SarcasmMode Or this?]]
%%* BadassBiker:
%%* BallroomBlitz:



* CaptainErsatz: "Man, Tom Cruise sure did look badass doing those motorcycle stunts in that ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' movie. Martin Henderson looks sort of like a scruffy Tom Cruise, let's cast him and do a lot of the same sort of badass shots that Cruise did in MI."



* CoolBike: Almost every bike in the film, most notably the Y2K.
* DesignatedGirlFight: Three guesses as to whether Shane and Henry's black leather-clad girlfriend engage in a [[{{Narm}} uproariously]] unrealistic [[CarFu duel]] '''[[CarFu with]]''' [[CarFu their bikes]].
* EveryCarIsAPinto: Every Motorbike Is ''[[UpToEleven Filled With Dynamite!]]''

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* %%* CoolBike: Almost every bike in the film, most notably the Y2K.
* %%* DesignatedGirlFight: Three guesses as to whether Shane and Henry's black leather-clad girlfriend engage in a [[{{Narm}} uproariously]] unrealistic [[CarFu duel]] '''[[CarFu with]]''' [[CarFu duel '''CarFu with''' their bikes]].
* EveryCarIsAPinto: Every Motorbike Is ''[[UpToEleven Filled With Dynamite!]]''
bikes]].



* {{Jerkass}}: Junior, [=McPherson=], Henry, and the rest of the Hellions.
* JiveTurkey: Ice Cube is in this movie, and he's the leader of an African American biker gang.
* JustTrainWrong: The entire train scene. See the trope page for details.

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* %%* {{Jerkass}}: Junior, [=McPherson=], Henry, and the rest of the Hellions.
* %%* JiveTurkey: Ice Cube is in this movie, and he's the leader of an African American biker gang.
* %%* JustTrainWrong: The entire train scene. See the trope page for details.scene.



* KnightTemplarBigBrother: The reason Trey and his gang go after Ford. Of course, Ford is able to convince Trey that Henry was the one who committed the murder.
* MadeOfIron: [[SarcasmMode Coming off a Y2K at 400+ km/h with no helmet and surviving with NO injuries? What's unrealistic about that?]]
* NitroBoost: The Y2K has this in full effect.

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* %%* KnightTemplarBigBrother: The reason Trey and his gang go after Ford. Of course, Ford is able to convince Trey that Henry was the one who committed the murder.
* MadeOfIron: [[SarcasmMode Coming off a Y2K at 400+ km/h with no helmet and surviving with NO injuries? What's unrealistic about that?]]
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NitroBoost: The Y2K has this in full effect.



* RacingTheTrain: Happens when the {{chase scene}} between Trey and Ford is taken from top of a train to the front of it.

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* %%* RacingTheTrain: Happens when the {{chase scene}} between Trey and Ford is taken from top of a train to the front of it.



* RuleOfFun: The most likely justification for the overwhelming unrealisticity.

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* %%* RuleOfFun: The most likely justification for the overwhelming unrealisticity.



* SmallRoleBigImpact: Junior's murder in the hands of Henry is what kick-starts the whole plot.
* SpeedDemon: Cary Ford is basically Dominic Toretto with a preference for bikes over cars due to the former being smaller and easier to maneuver.

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Junior's murder in at the hands of Henry is what kick-starts the whole plot.
* %%* SpeedDemon: Cary Ford is basically Dominic Toretto with a preference for bikes over cars due to the former being smaller and easier to maneuver.



* VaporTrail: Probably one of the most ridiculous examples ever shown in film. The fire can chase down a bike said to have a top-speed of 200 mph.
* WrenchWench: Shane.

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* VaporTrail: Probably one of the most ridiculous examples ever shown in film. The fire can chase down a bike said to have a top-speed of 200 mph.
* %%* WrenchWench: Shane.
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''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''... [[RecycledInSpace WITH MOTORCYCLES!]]

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''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''... [[RecycledInSpace [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace WITH MOTORCYCLES!]]
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* SpeedDemon: Cary Ford is basically Dominic Toretto with a preference for bikes over cars due to the former being smaller and easier to maneuver.
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* CampingACrapper: Henry instigates a brawl at a club, which causes Junior to hightail it inside a bathroom, where he is confronted and killed by Henry.
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Martin Henderson plays BadassBiker Cary Ford. 6 months prior to the events of the film, Henry James (Matt Schulze), the leader of a biker gang called the Hellions requested he look after some bikes. When trying to move them, however, Ford found crystal meth in the fuel tanks. Ford hid the bikes and fled to Thailand, where has has been for six months, leading the police to believe he is a drug dealer and Henry to believe he stole his bikes. Now Ford's returned to the states to reconcile with his girlfriend Shane (Monet Mazur). Henry's still pissed, so he frames Ford for the murder of the younger brother of Trey (Music/IceCube), the leader of a rival biker gang called the Reapers. Motorcycle chases ensue...

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Martin Henderson Creator/MartinHenderson plays BadassBiker Cary Ford. 6 months prior to the events of the film, Henry James (Matt Schulze), the leader of a biker gang called the Hellions requested he look after some bikes. When trying to move them, however, Ford found crystal meth in the fuel tanks. Ford hid the bikes and fled to Thailand, where has has been for six months, leading the police to believe he is a drug dealer and Henry to believe he stole his bikes. Now Ford's returned to the states to reconcile with his girlfriend Shane (Monet Mazur). Henry's still pissed, so he frames Ford for the murder of the younger brother of Trey (Music/IceCube), the leader of a rival biker gang called the Reapers. Motorcycle chases ensue...
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* KnightTemplarBigBrother: The reason Trey and his gang go after Ford. Of course, Ford is able to convince Trey that Henry was the one who committed the murder.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Junior's murder in the hands of Henry is what kick-starts the whole plot.
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* YouFailPhysicsForever: Here's a tip: whenever the camera goes into VertigoEffect or otherwise replaces the background with CGI, assume that all laws of physics (other than some residual gravity effects) have taken a cigarette break.

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* YouFailPhysicsForever: ArtisticLicensePhysics: Here's a tip: whenever the camera goes into VertigoEffect or otherwise replaces the background with CGI, assume that all laws of physics (other than some residual gravity effects) have taken a cigarette break.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Junior, [=McPherson=], Henry, and the rest of the Hellions.
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** Henry, Luther, China, and McPherson also count.

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** Henry, Luther, China, and McPherson [=McPherson=] also count.
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** Henry, Luther, China, and McPherson also count.
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* ChekhovsGun: Dalton cuts the chain off Henry's bike. Said chain is used by Henry to murder Junior and frame Ford for said murder.
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Zapping a giant Natter example.


** [[SarcasmMode It's sure convenient that this was meant as a parody]], seeing as otherwise it would just be a really obvious mockbuster of ''Fast and Furious'' with borderline racist characters. Just like how convenient it was that ''SpaceMutiny'' was [[ParodyRetcon also a parody]], or otherwise it would have been just an extremely bad movie. Yep. Dodged that bullet.
*** There are exactly two points where any form of parody is made obvious: The opening has Ford disturbing a sign that ends up reading "CARS SUCK" and the moment mentioned in ShoutOut above.
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** [[SarcasmMode It's sure convenient that this was meant as a parody]], seeing as otherwise it would just be a really obvious mockbuster of ''Fast and Furious'' with borderline racist characters. Just like how convenient it was that ''SpaceMutiny'' was [[ParodyRetcon also a parody]], or otherwise it would have been just an extremely bad movie. Yep. Dodged that bullet.
*** There are exactly two points where any form of parody is made obvious: The opening has Ford disturbing a sign that ends up reading "CARS SUCK" and the moment mentioned in ShoutOut above.
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* WomanInBlack: China. Played straight... or parodied?
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* CaptainErsatz: "Man, Tom Cruise sure did look badass doing those motorcycle stunts in that ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' movie. Martin Henderson looks sort of like a scruffy Tom Cruise, let's cast him and do a lot of the same sort of {{Badass}} Shots that Cruise did in MI."

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* CaptainErsatz: "Man, Tom Cruise sure did look badass doing those motorcycle stunts in that ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' movie. Martin Henderson looks sort of like a scruffy Tom Cruise, let's cast him and do a lot of the same sort of {{Badass}} Shots badass shots that Cruise did in MI."

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