History YMMV / InTheLoop

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: "You are a boring eff-star-star-cunt."
** Meta-example: Armando Iannuci committing espionage in order to get a realistic look at the inside of the U.S State Department.

* BigBad: Linton Barwick. He is the mastermind behind the war, and even sees himself as superior to Malcolm. This arguably makes him ''BigBadWannabe.''
** Which makes Malcolm the DragonWithAnAgenda.

* JustFollowingOrders:
** As much of a {{Determinator}} as he may be, when Malcolm is left in that Meditation Room alone, that one close-up tells us that he knows fine well he's wrong. And that there's nothing he can do about it.
** Michael, too. He's reticent when he's told to delete a huge swath of an intelligence report that argues against war... but when Jamie simply picks his hand up and moves his finger to the Delete button, he puts up no resistance whatsoever.

* MisaimedFandom: ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' has so many fans in {{Whitehall}} that the crew were given a ''very'' rare opportunity to film there. That's ''the actual Number 10'' in the film's opening scenes.
** Similarly, some Pentagon generals rather liked it, both because of James Gandolfini, who apparently has a following there, and because they appreciated Gen. Miller's only sane man tendencies.

* DudeNotFunny: Malcolm's very specific threat to Simon that if he kicks up a fuss over being dismissed he will have the media "hound you to an assisted suicide", which rather uncomfortably recalls the fate of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(weapons_expert) David Kelly]], the scientist who was revealed as the source of information that the Iraq WMD dossier was unreliable.

* HilariousInHindsight: "Right, I'm off to deal with the fate of the planet." [[Series/DoctorWho Indeed you are, Malcolm]].

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: "You are a boring eff-star-star-[[spoiler:cunt]]."

* OneSceneWonder: Steve Coogan is in the movie for probably five minutes at tops. He's nevertheless one of the best things in it, which is pretty impressive considering what he's up against.

* HilariousInHindsight: Simon Foster looks remarkably similar to a certain joint leader of a certain coalition.

-->'''Judy''': I have not leaked anything, and I'm not going to be intimidated by some Cro-Magnon Scottish dwarf!\\
'''Jamie''': (furious) ''Are we exploring personal boundaries, you'' '''''FUCKING STUCK UP'''''-- (answering mobile) Hang on, hang on. Hi, hi. Listen, I'm in the middle of something, can I ring you back? Ta. (hangs up) Where was I? Oh yeah: '''''YOU FUCKING STUCK UP TOFFEE PUDDING BITCH.'''''

** Malcolm and Jamie's transatlantic phonecalls: "Missing you loads..." "...I love you."

* MisaimedFandom: ''TheThickOfIt'' has so many fans in {{Whitehall}} that the crew were given a ''very'' rare opportunity to film there. That's ''the actual Number 10'' in the film's opening scenes.

* JustFollowingOrders: As much of a {{Determinator}} as he may be, when Malcolm is left in that Meditation Room alone, that one close-up tells us that he knows fine well he's wrong. And that there's nothing he can do about it.

* FoeYay: Jamie to Judy: "I'm quite aroused by the idea of giving you a long... hard... disciplinary hearing."

* JustFollowingOrders: As much of a [[Determinator]] as he may be, when Malcolm is left in that Meditation Room alone, that one close-up tells us that he knows fine well he's wrong. And that there's nothing he can do about it.

* CompleteMonster: Linton Barwick, a warmonger with the total commitment of a GeneralRipper. Using a live hand grenade as a paperweight would make any other character [[CrazyAwesome awesome]], but not this charmless State Department hawk. Malcolm is the only character who ''isn't'' terrified of him, and even he finds him so loathsome that he needs [[CountryMatters something stronger]] than a ClusterFBomb to describe him.

** Toby's quote was provoked by Sir Jonathan Tutt, who's pleasant attempts at small talk with Malcolm, Simon and Toby seems to somehow become a form of [[AssInAmbassador really inept flirting]] with Malcolm. ("You just put your lips together and you blow!")

* OneSceneWonder: Steve Coogan is in the movie for probably five minutes at tops. He's nevertheless one of the best things in it, which is pretty impressive considering what he's up against.
* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: [[TheThickOfIt Malcolm f*** ing Tucker]] versus [[TheSopranos Tony f*** ing Soprano]].

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: "You are a boring eff-star-star-[[spoiler:cunt]]."

* CompleteMonster: Linton Barwick, a warmonger with the total commitment of a GeneralRipper. Using a live hand grenade as a paperweight would make any other character [[CrazyAwesome awesome]], but not this charmless State Department hawk. Malcolm is the only character who ''isn't'' terrified of him, and even he finds him so loathsome that he needs [[CountryMatters something stronger]] than a ClusterFBomb to describe him.