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  • Stenz shooting the Portrait of George Washington during the armed takeover.
  • Emily's first meeting with Sawyer. She asks if she can him a question for her youtube blog, Sawyer accepts, thinking it will be an easy question, only to be surprised.
  • Sawyer: "Get your hands off my Jordans!" While kicking a mook in the face.
  • Sawyer putting on his glasses, in front of a struggle between Cale and a bad guy, just so he can shoot said bad guy.
  • Sawyer coping with the stress of the moment by chewing down some nicotine gum. Then he offers some to Cale as if he might need some.
    Cale: I don't smoke.
    Sawyer (complete with "Don't Tell My Wife" Death Glare): Neither do I. (shoves more gum into his mouth)
    • This is the only time Sawyer shows any emotional reaction to what has transpired so far in the movie. He more or less appears pissed off at what a shit day he's having.
  • The car sequence with the Beast across the White House lawn is simultaneously hilarious and awesome.
    • Right after Sawyer tosses Cale the keys:
      Cale: What the hell are you gettin' in the back for?!
      Sawyer: Sorry, force of habit.
    • When Sawyer comes up with an idea for how to get through the Car Fu-proof gates:
      News Reporter: That's President Sawyer! He has a rocket launcher!
    • ...and immediately afterwards:
      Sawyer [apologetically]: I lost the rocket launcher.
      Cale: You lost—! How do you lose a rocket launcher?!
    • A couple seconds before that, Sawyer is trying to assemble the rocket launcher and narrowly avoids hitting Cale in the head with the rocket.
  • ''I say this with the full weight and power of the office. . . Fuck you" On TV viewings, he says "Forget you".
  • Donnie saving Cale by beating one of the mercenaries to death with an antique clock.
    • And before he leads the tour group to safety:
      Donnie (cocks shotgun): Tour's over!
  • Donnie: "What is up with this family?"
  • Cale kicking a mercenary and going "You think you're tough?!"...only after the guy is dead.
  • Cale and Sawyer are trying to climb up an elevator shaft. Sawyer says that he'll do whatever Cale does. Cale then jumps across to the other side and almost falls down:
    Sawyer: "I'm not doing that shit!"
  • Tyler is known to the CIA for hacking and locking missiles onto Apple HQ. He didn't like their music-sharing policies.
  • A tense denouement scene uncovering The Mole via calling his cell phone… which has the main theme of The Dating Game (Herb Alpert's "Spanish Flea") as a ring tone.
  • Donnie offering to give Cale's wife a tour after the White House's repaired.

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