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%%* IronyAsSheIsCast: Downplayed. While only providing a non-verbal cameo, Eric Allard plays an incompetent effects technician who sets off a car explosion too late in the second film's opening scene. Not only is he the sequel's effects supervisor; he's both a trained pyrotechnician and robotics expert.

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%%* IronyAsSheIsCast: Downplayed. While only providing a non-verbal cameo, Eric Allard plays an incompetent effects technician who sets off a car explosion too late in the second film's opening scene. Not only is he the sequel's effects supervisor; supervisor and producer; he's both a trained military-trained pyrotechnician and robotics expert.
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%%* IronyAsSheIsCast: Downplayed. While only providing a non-verbal cameo, Eric Allard plays an incompetent effects technician who sets off a car explosion too late in the second film's opening scene. Not only is he the sequel's effects supervisor; he's both a trained pyrotechnician and robotics expert.
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* BTeamSequel: The second film would see both the director and special effects team swapped out.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** Practical effects are portrayed as the only game in town. While practical effects are still around, they're gradually being phased out by CGI.
** The paltry amount of money ($15 million) at stake in the first film is also an example, as is the way nobody even discussed the much simpler and cheaper possibility of using an ''actual'' female cop as the decoy in the second.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** Practical effects are portrayed as the only game in town. While practical effects are still around, they're gradually being phased out by CGI.
** The paltry amount of money ($15 million) at stake in the first film is also an example, as is the way nobody even discussed the much simpler and cheaper possibility of using an ''actual'' female cop as the decoy in the second.
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* MarketBasedTitle: Initially released as ''F/X'' the subtitle "Murder By Illusion" was added for its overseas release.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Practical effects are portrayed as the only game in town. While practical effects are still around, they're gradually being phased out by CGI.

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Practical effects are portrayed as the only game in town. While practical effects are still around, they're gradually being phased out by CGI.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Practical effects are portrayed as the only game in town. While practical effects are still around, they're gradually being phased out by CGI.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Practical effects are portrayed as the only game in town. While practical effects are still around, they're gradually being phased out by CGI.CGI.
** The paltry amount of money ($15 million) at stake in the first film is also an example, as is the way nobody even discussed the much simpler and cheaper possibility of using an ''actual'' female cop as the decoy in the second.

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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


* HeyItsThatGuy: The mob guy is [[Series/LawAndOrder Detective Lennie Briscoe]] and [[DirtyDancing Baby's dad]].
** One of Leo's colleagues is Gordon from ''Series/SesameStreet''!
** The tall government agent that chases Rollie in Central Park is Cain from ''Film/RoboCop2''
* HeyItsThatVoice: Col. Mason is played by [[TheDanza Mason Adams]], who did voiceover work for lots of food commercials in TheEighties.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: The mob guy is [[Series/LawAndOrder Detective Lennie Briscoe]] and [[DirtyDancing Baby's dad]].
** One of Leo's colleagues is Gordon from ''Series/SesameStreet''!
** The tall government agent that chases Rollie
UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Practical effects are portrayed as the only game in Central Park is Cain from ''Film/RoboCop2''
* HeyItsThatVoice: Col. Mason is played
town. While practical effects are still around, they're gradually being phased out by [[TheDanza Mason Adams]], who did voiceover work for lots of food commercials in TheEighties.CGI.
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** One of Leo's colleagues is Gordon from ''SesameStreet''!

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** One of Leo's colleagues is Gordon from ''SesameStreet''!''Series/SesameStreet''!
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* HeyItsThatGuy: The mob guy is [[Series/LawAndOrder Detective Lennie Briscoe]] and [[DirtyDancing Baby's dad]].
** One of Leo's colleagues is Gordon from ''SesameStreet''!
** The tall government agent that chases Rollie in Central Park is Cain from ''Film/RoboCop2''
* HeyItsThatVoice: Col. Mason is played by [[TheDanza Mason Adams]], who did voiceover work for lots of food commercials in TheEighties.

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