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2 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[{{Tagline}} They rob banks. She steals hearts.]]]] |
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4 | ''Three Fugitives'' is a 1989 crime comedy directed and written by Creator/FrancisVeber and produced by Creator/TouchstonePictures, starring Creator/NickNolte and Creator/MartinShort. It is an [[ForeignRemake American remake]] of 1986's ''Film/LesFugitifs'', [[SelfRemake which was also directed and written by Veber]]. |
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6 | After five years in prison, Lucas (Nolte) is escorted to the Pacific National Bank by Detective Dugan (Creator/JamesEarlJones) and Inspector Tener (Creator/AlanRuck), where he is taken hostage by Ned Perry (Short). Mistaken for partners in crime, Lucas and Ned endure many misadventures as they attempt to retrieve Ned's mute daughter Meg (Creator/SarahRowlandDoroff) and encounter a mad veterinarian (Creator/KennethMcMillan) and other perils as they attempt to evade the cops and escape to Canada. |
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8 | !!''Three Fugitives'' provides examples of the following tropes: |
9 | * AccidentalKidnapping: Averted, when Ned and Lucas attempt to rescue Meg, Lucas nearly rescues another little girl he'd mistaken for Meg until Ned points this out. |
10 | * AffectionateNickname: Doctor Horvath, the mad veterinarian, doesn't refer to any of the titular fugitives by their names, instead he refers to Ned by his father's name (George), Meg as a kitten and Lucas as a dog. |
11 | * BreakTheCutie: Try to separate Meg from Lucas and she will cry, run away into potential danger and finally refuse to eat or speak to anyone. |
12 | * BrokenTears: Ned, when Meg is returned to her boarding School and Meg as described above. |
13 | * BumblingDad: Ned is utterly incompetent when it comes to robbing banks and discretely trying to rescue his daughter from her boarding School (on the second attempt). |
14 | * ButNowIMustGo: Averted whenever Lucas tries to leave Ned and Meg. |
15 | * CaptainOblivious: Detective Dugan believes Lucas is masterminding Ned's bank robbery when he's clearly Ned's hostage. |
16 | * CuteMute: Meg, unless Lucas is with her. |
17 | * DelayedReaction: When Ned and Lucas crawl out of their stolen Datsun, Ned realises his grenade didn't go off, it detonates a split second later. |
18 | * TheDeterminator: Both Ned and Lucas, largely because they want to avoid going to prison and Ned doesn't want to lose Meg. |
19 | * DisguisedInDrag: Lucas forces Ned to pretend to be his "wife" Lucille for going to Canada. |
20 | * FakePregnancy: Lucas forces a disguised Ned to pretend to be in labour by stuffing Meg's teddy bear under his clothes. |
21 | * FireForgedFriends: Ned and Lucas, crossing over with VitriolicBestBuds. |
22 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Ned takes Lucas hostage while attempting a bank robbery, guess what happens to Ned once they're in Canada... |
23 | * InsultOfEndearment: Lucas repeatedly refers to Ned as "Asshole", even when they try to help each other and Meg. |
24 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Lucas, he refuses to have anything to do with Meg at first but gradually warms to her. |
25 | * ManlyTears: Ned is so proud when Meg begs Lucas not to go, he can't help it which is hardly surprising when his daughter has remained mute for 2 years. |
26 | * MissingMom: Meg's mother passed away 2 years earlier, leading to her father having a nervous breakdown and losing his job and her becoming a CuteMute. |
27 | * MistakenIdentity: Detective Dugan believes Lucas to have masterminded Ned's attempted bank robbery even when it's blatantly obvious that Lucas is Ned's hostage. |
28 | ** Averted, see AccidentalKidnapping above. |
29 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ned and Lucas' attempt to rescue Meg is almost ruined by Ned's clumsiness and incompetence and Lucas frightening a little girl he'd mistaken for Meg. |
30 | * PapaWolf: Lucas swears to protect Ned and Meg as well as himself and get them safely to Canada by any means necessary. |
31 | * ParentalSubstitute: How Meg sees Lucas and he reluctantly becomes one to her. |
32 | * PinPullingTeeth: Ned does this during the bank robbery. In the process, he rips his pantyhose mask. |
33 | * TheQuietOne: Meg, even after she's bonded with Lucas, she still doesn't talk much even if she's no longer a CuteMute. |
34 | * SkywardScream: Lucas when Doctor Horvath pours alcohol on his gunshot wound. |
35 | ** The girl whom Lucas mistakes for Meg, followed by all the other kids in the dormitory. |
36 | * SuddenlySpeaking: Meg when Lucas attempts to leave her and her father, she comes right out and pleads to him "Don't go!" |
37 | * SweetPollyOliver: Lucas shortens Meg's hair and dresses her as his "son" Jonathan before the journey to Canada. |
38 | * TwoGuysAndAGirl: Played with in that it's actually two men and a little girl. |
39 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Ned and Lucas. |
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