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  • Gerard loves picking on Newman.
    Gerard: Newman, what are you doing?
    Newman: I'm thinking.
    Gerard: Well, think me up a cup of coffee and a chocolate doughnut with some of those little sprinkles on top, will you? While you're thinking?
    • Though he does praise him near the end, after Newman gets a lead:
      Gerard: And don't let them give you any shit about your ponytail!
  • In the midst of escaping the county jail, Kimble gets a bit of a lead on Gerard and pulls a Bavarian Fire Drill - he tells some Chicago police officers that he just saw a man waving a gun and screaming. When Gerard comes running around the corner, screaming "STOP THAT MAN!", the officers do exactly what they're trained to do—and restrain him.
    • In the same scene, after Kimble narrowly escapes through the front doors that the guards remotely closed, Gerard and company run up to the door, which is still locked shut. He shouts in aggravation, "OPEN THE DOORS!"
  • Biggs asks on St. Patrick's Day, observing the Chicago River, "If they can dye this river green today, then why can't they dye it blue the other 364 days of the year?"
  • Gerard and Biggs arguing over the meaning of the word "hinky".
    Gerard: I don't want you guys using words around me that got no meaning. I'm taking the stairs and walking.
    Biggs: How about "bullshit"?
  • Never argue with the 'Big Dog' people! (Cue Biggs imitating a happy dog barking in approval)
    • Immediately comes back to bite him when he doesn't believe that one of his teammates heard an elevated train in a recording, which leads to them discovering that Kimble has returned to Chicago.
      Gerard: I knew that was an elevated train!
      Biggs: Oh yeah, Big Dog, you're never wrong.
  • "Sammy, when I die I wanna come back just like you." "Oh you mean happy and handsome?"
    • Suuuuure
  • Cosmo as he's being wheeled out on a gurney at the end after being hit in the face by a swinging I-beam: "I want you to tell Inspector Gerard that I'm going home now, I'm taking my vacation..."
  • This bit with Gerard on the phone with his superiors after shooting Copeland:
    Gerard: "What can I tell you, sir? Mr. Copeland was a bad man; he was gonna kill one of my kids...Well sir, you can blame me, I mean I'm the one that shot him."
  • Gerard during one of his 'it ain't over 'til it's over' moments:
    Trooper: Only one person in a million could survive that fall. The guy is fish food!
    Gerard: Ok, get a cane pole, go catch the fish that ate him.
    • And another one
      Biggs: What, are you out of your mind? He's dead!
      Gerard: That oughtta make him easy to catch!
  • When the Marshals track down Copeland and burst into his hideout, his girlfriend starts screaming incessantly. After Gerard kills Copeland, she starts screaming again, only for Gerard to say, "Shut up," in the dullest, most annoyed tone he can muster.
    • The best part? She does.
  • Cosmo complaining as the team enters the storm drain.
    Cosmo: Aw, shit! I just bought these shoes!
  • The basic fact that when Kimble appears publicly and reams out his old colleague at the conference, there's an In-Universe spotlight up, and the spotlight operator apparently made the conscious decision to focus the light on Richard and keep it there wherever he goes.
  • Meta example: In an interview shortly after the movie was released, Sela Ward admitted that her favorite thing about playing Helen Kimble was how much of her screen time was spent kissing Harrison Ford. (But can you blame her? It's Harrison Ford.)
  • The dubious expression on Kimble's face as the Polish landlady takes him on a tour of the apartment she has for rent, clearly noticing how much of a letdown it is from the swanky townhouse he used to live in.

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