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%%* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: [[NoNameGiven The Driver]]
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* NoNameGiven: The protagonist is never referred to by name, or only as [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep The Driver]].
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* ProductPlacement: Well, yeah, the whole series was sponsored by BMW, after all.
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* ProductPlacement: Well, yeah, yeah; the whole series was sponsored by BMW, after all.
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* BerserkButton: The Driver is generally very protective over the people he's been tasked to protect and it is not a good idea to mess with them. He's even gone against his clients to protect them on more than one occaison.
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* NotSoStoic: The Driver is a suave individual with NervesOfSteel and keeps his cool in nearly every situation, though there are times when he lets emotion peek through.
** When the old man simply laughs when the Driver asks him if he really swallowed the diamonds, he seems amused and nearly cracks a smile. The same goes with the ending of "Chosen", when the Driver finds out that the gift that the boy gave him was a bandage for his grazed ear.
** In "The Powder Keg", Harvey Jacobs' bitter reflection over his career as a war photographer move him and he's very shaken by Jacobs' death. When the Driver visits Jacobs' mother, his voice cracks while talking about her son and he's on the verge of tears.
** After spending all of the "The Escape" being his usual stoic self, he smiles once Lily is reunited with Dr. Phillips.
** When the old man simply laughs when the Driver asks him if he really swallowed the diamonds, he seems amused and nearly cracks a smile. The same goes with the ending of "Chosen", when the Driver finds out that the gift that the boy gave him was a bandage for his grazed ear.
** In "The Powder Keg", Harvey Jacobs' bitter reflection over his career as a war photographer move him and he's very shaken by Jacobs' death. When the Driver visits Jacobs' mother, his voice cracks while talking about her son and he's on the verge of tears.
** After spending all of the "The Escape" being his usual stoic self, he smiles once Lily is reunited with Dr. Phillips.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: The Driver.
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* TooDumbToLive: Firing on law enforcement after wrecking your vehicle with no means of escape? In public? They're either facing arrest or death.
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* NoSeatBelts: PlayedForLaughs. There's a good reason you should wear your seatbelt in a car.
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* RealityEnsues: PlayedForLaughs. There's a good reason you should wear your seatbelt in a car.
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* {{Seer}}: How did the boy know the Driver would require a bandaid?
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* {{Seer}}: {{Seers}}: How did the boy know the Driver would require a bandaid?
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* [[DependingOnTheWriter Depending on the Director]]: The tone, style, and even genre of each episode varies wildly, due to each episode having a different director.
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* [[DependingOnTheWriter Depending on the Director]]: DependingOnTheWriter: The tone, style, and even genre of each episode varies wildly, due to each episode having a different director.
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* MoodWhiplash: The two comedy entries, ''Star'' and ''Beat the Devil'', can be a bit jarring, considering that they come after ''The Follow'' and ''Ticker'', respectively. For bonus points, ''Star'' is immediately followed by ''[[TearJerker Powder Keg]]''.
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The Driver is hired by a paranoid movie star's agent to follow the star's wife, who the star suspects is [[YourCheatingHeart having an affair]] behind his back. Though hesitant, the Driver agrees to the mission, and explains [[MrExposition via narration]] how to tail someone, all while he learns more about [[TheWoobie the young wife]]. Directed by Kar Wai Wong, guest starring Creator/MickeyRourke as the Husband, Adriana Lima as the Wife, and Creator/ForestWhitaker in an uncredited role as the Husband's agent.
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The Driver is hired by a paranoid movie star's agent to follow the star's wife, who the star suspects is [[YourCheatingHeart having an affair]] affair behind his back. Though hesitant, the Driver agrees to the mission, and explains [[MrExposition via narration]] how to tail someone, all while he learns more about [[TheWoobie the young wife]]. Directed by Kar Wai Wong, guest starring Creator/MickeyRourke as the Husband, Adriana Lima as the Wife, and Creator/ForestWhitaker in an uncredited role as the Husband's agent.
* MistakenForCheating: The movie star thinks his wife is having an affair.
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* YourCheatingHeart: The movie star thinks his wife is having an affair.
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* IncrediblyObviousBomb: A digital gauge on the suitcase beeps and starts to count down when the suitcase is pierced. It's actually a temperature gauge, but this trope is implied.
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* AgeWithoutYouth: James Brown is getting too old to do his famous James Brown Split, so he uses this to argue that the Devil hasn't kept his side of the bargain, thus entitling him to a new contract.
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* DomesticAbuser: The movie star who asks the Driver to tail his wife, as the Driver learns while following the wife.
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* DomesticAbuser: DomesticAbuse: The movie star who asks the Driver to tail his wife, as the Driver learns while following the wife.
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* WhatIsOneMansLifeInComparison: "What would you fall on your sword for?"
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* MoneyToBurn: The hostage taker gets a briefcase of over 5 million dollars, which he tells the driver to throw on the girl of a burning barbecue. Turns out this is the money he figures he was owed; taking into account his salary, bonuses, profit participation, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking power lunches he had to pay for]].
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* MoneyToBurn: The hostage taker gets a briefcase of over 5 million dollars, which he tells the driver to throw on the girl of a burning barbecue.lit barbecue grill. Turns out this is the money he figures he was owed; taking into account his salary, bonuses, profit participation, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking power lunches he had to pay for]].
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* RescueRomance: Averted; the DamselInDistress looks quite grateful to the handsome Driver who saved her life, but after [[BitchInSheepsClothing Linda taunts the dying kidnapper]] she turns around to find he's walked out in disgust.
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* InstantDeathBullet: Averted; but [[BreakThemByTalking Linda's final words to him]] are enough to make his monitor {{flatline}}.
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* ShoutOut: "Show me the money."
* TakingYouWithMe: The hostage taker burns the money and shoots himself. [[spoiler:However he does leave the Driver a chance of rescuing the hostage in time.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: The hostage taker burns the money and shoots himself. [[spoiler:However he does leave the Driver a chance of rescuing the hostage in time.]]
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* ShoutOut: [[Film/JerryMaguire "Show me the money."
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* TakingYouWithMe: The hostage taker burns the money and shoots himself. [[spoiler:However he doesleave give the Driver a chance of rescuing the hostage in time.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: The hostage taker burns the money and shoots himself. [[spoiler:However he does
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:The Driver walks out in disgust on seeing Linda taunt her dying kidnapper, who turns out to have been an ex-lover.]]
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* ItDoesntMeanAnything: [[spoiler:The kidnapper talks of just wanting a 'gesture' from the CEO he's kidnapped. At first he looks like a disgruntled employee, but afterwards Linda taunts him with, "It was just sex. You should have let it go at that. I was always the butterfly, and you were always the moth."]]
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* KnightInShiningArmor: The Driver is referred to as this -- he's dressed in a white suit and driving a silver BMW.
* TheMadHatter: "If I had known it would be this easy I would have lost my mind a long time ago." He also has a RoomFullOfCrazy.
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* MoneyToBurn: The hostage taker gets a briefcase of over 5 million dollars, which he tells the driver to throw on the girl of a barbecue burning barbecue. Turns out this is the money he has burning.figures he was owed; taking into account his salary, bonuses, profit participation, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking power lunches he had to pay for]].
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: The Driver has to find the car in whose trunk the hostage is locked before high tide comes and drowns her.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: The Driver has to find the car [[PunkInTheTrunk in whose trunk the hostage is locked locked]] before high tide comes and drowns her.
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* TakingYouWithMe: The hostage taker burns the money and shoots himself. [[spoiler:However he does leave the Driver a chance of rescuing the hostage in time.]]
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* ExactWords: "How does it feel to hold a person's life [[HumanNotepad in your hand]]."
* MoneyToBurn: The hostage taker gets a briefcase of over 5 million dollars, which he tells the driver to throw on a barbecue he has burning.
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* ShoutOut: "Show me the money."
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* AcrophobicBird: Justified because Holt orders the helicopter down. Unfortunately Holt [[DidNotThinkThisThrough then attaches the cable hook to the car]]. As he's stopped near a bridge the Driver just puts the car in reverse, throwing Holt off the hood and [[HellishCopter pulling the helicopter down to its destruction]].
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* AcrophobicBird: Justified because Holt orders the helicopter down. Unfortunately Holt [[DidNotThinkThisThrough then attaches the cable hook to the car]]. As he's stopped near a bridge an overpass the Driver just puts the car in reverse, throwing Holt off the hood and [[HellishCopter pulling the helicopter down to its destruction]].
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* BenevolentArchitecture: The Driver uses the highway crash barriers to take out their Hummer escort.
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* BenevolentArchitecture: The Driver uses the highway crash barriers to take out their Hummer escort.escort, and the overpass to destroy the helicopter.
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* EvilutionaryBiologist: Averted; Lily keeps a tattered picture of the missing Dr. Philips (the clones' creator) apparently regarding her as a ParentalSubstitute. [[spoiler:It turns out she's JustHiding, and has hired the Driver to bring Lily to her.]]
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* EvilutionaryBiologist: Averted; Lily keeps a tattered picture PreciousPhoto of the missing Dr. Philips (the clones' creator) apparently regarding her as a ParentalSubstitute. [[spoiler:It turns out she's JustHiding, and has hired the Driver to bring Lily to her.]]
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* SaveTheVillain: As the Driver prepares to run over an unarmed Holt, Lily asks for mercy. When the Driver chooses to drive away, [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Holt grabs his rifle]] but misses his shot, and is arrested by the FBI right afterwards.
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* SaveTheVillain: As the Driver prepares to run over an unarmed Holt, Lily asks for mercy. When the Driver chooses to drive away, [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Holt grabs his rifle]] but misses his shot, and is arrested by the FBI right police immediately afterwards.
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* SaveTheVillain: As the Driver prepares to run over an unarmed Holt, Lily asks for mercy. When the Driver chooses to drive away, [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Holt picks up his rifle but misses his shot]], and is arrested by the FBI right afterwards.
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* SaveTheVillain: As the Driver prepares to run over an unarmed Holt, Lily asks for mercy. When the Driver chooses to drive away, [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Holt picks up grabs his rifle rifle]] but misses his shot]], shot, and is arrested by the FBI right afterwards.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: The Driver's FacialDialogue shows his disgust at how Holt is treating Lily, his hands flex on the steering wheel...and HesBack!
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-->'''Holt:''' ''(hustling her to the car)'' Goddamn abomination.
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-->'''Holt:''' ''(hustling her to the car)'' Get the ''door'', please. ''(shoves her inside)''
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-->'''Holt:''' ''(hustling her to the car)'' Get the ''door'', please. ''(shoves her inside)''
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* AcrophobicBird: Justified because Holt orders the helicopter down. Unfortunately Holt [[DidNotThinkThisThrough then attaches the cable hook to the car]] -- the Driver just puts the car in reverse, throwing Holt off the hood and [[HellishCopter pulling the helicopter down to its destruction]].
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* AcrophobicBird: Justified because Holt orders the helicopter down. Unfortunately Holt [[DidNotThinkThisThrough then attaches the cable hook to the car]] -- car]]. As he's stopped near a bridge the Driver just puts the car in reverse, throwing Holt off the hood and [[HellishCopter pulling the helicopter down to its destruction]].
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* GetOut: The Driver to Holt after taking his gun off him.
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* GetOut: The Driver to Holt after taking his gun off him. When Holt insists on taking it personally and chases after the Driver, the latter is fully prepared to run him down until Lily talks him out of it.
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* EvilutionaryBiologist: Averted; Lily keeps a tattered picture of the missing Dr. Philips (the clones' creator) apparently regarding her as a ParentalSubstitute. [[spoiler:It turns out she's JustHiding, and has hired the Driver to bring Lily to her.]]
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* TheReveal: The Driver was [[spoiler: working for Dr. Philips (the clones' creator) all along]].
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* AcrophobicBird: Justified because Holt orders the helicopter down. Unfortunately Holt [[DidNotThinkThisThrough then attaches the cable hook to the car]] -- the Driver just puts the car in reverse, throwing Holt off the hood and [[HellishCopter pulling the helicopter down to its destruction.destruction]].
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* GetawayDriver: Given that it's the FBI they are escaping from (at least initially).
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* AcrophobicBird: Justified because Holt orders the helicopter down. Unfortunately Holt then attaches the cable hook to the car -- the Driver just puts the car in reverse, pulling the helicopter down to its destruction.
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* AcrophobicBird: Justified because Holt orders the helicopter down. Unfortunately Holt [[DidNotThinkThisThrough then attaches the cable hook to the car car]] -- the Driver just puts the car in reverse, pulling the helicopter down to its destruction.
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* BoobyTrap: An FBI SWAT team open a door, not realising there's several packets of C4 explosive rigged to it.
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* BoobyTrap: An FBI SWAT team open opens a door, not realising there's several packets of C4 explosive rigged to it.on the other side.
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* PurityPersonified: Lily, apparently due to being raised in a controlled environment. Even though Holt treats her with contempt, she wants his life spared.
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* PurityPersonified: Lily, apparently due to being raised in a controlled environment. Even though Holt treats her with contempt, she wants his life spared. As appropriate to this trope she has [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold blonde hair]] and InnocentBlueEyes.
