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* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: He may be tired, but what matters is that he still ''cares''. |
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: He may be tired, but what matters is that he still ''cares''. |
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** He even gives a trope-defining little speech in the fourth movie: |
** He even gives a trope-defining little speech in the fourth movie: |
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{{quote|'''John McClane:''' You know what you get for being a hero? Nothin'. You get shot at. You get a little pat on the back, blah, blah, blah, attaboy. You get divorced. Your wife can't remember your last name. Your kids don't want to talk to you. You get to eat a lot of meals by yourself. Trust me, kid, nobody wants to be that guy. |
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'''Matt Farrell:''' Then why you doing this? |
'''Matt Farrell:''' Then why you doing this? |
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'''John McClane:''' Because there's nobody else to do it right now, that's why. Believe me, if there were somebody else to do it, I'd let them do it, but there's not. So we're doing it. }} |
'''John McClane:''' Because there's nobody else to do it right now, that's why. Believe me, if there were somebody else to do it, I'd let them do it, but there's not. So we're doing it. }} |
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* [[Love Cannot Overcome]]: John and Holly clearly care about each other, but their marriage is already strained in the first movie. While [[Die Hard]] ends with them back together, ultimately their relationship can't survive John's [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]. They're officially separated by movie three and divorced by movie four, adding to John's [[Knight in Sour Armor]] bitterness. |
* [[Love Cannot Overcome]]: John and Holly clearly care about each other, but their marriage is already strained in the first movie. While [[Die Hard]] ends with them back together, ultimately their relationship can't survive John's [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]. They're officially separated by movie three and divorced by movie four, adding to John's [[Knight in Sour Armor]] bitterness. |
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* [[Action Girl]] |
* [[Action Girl]] |
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* [[Badass Damsel]]: While Gabriel still kidnaps her, Lucy isn't about to get all upset about it. |
* [[Badass Damsel]]: While Gabriel still kidnaps her, Lucy isn't about to get all upset about it. |
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{{quote|'''Lucy''' (over the phone as Gabriel's forcing her to beg for her life): Daddy? ...[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|There's only five of them now]].}} |
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* [[Rescue Romance]]: At the end, it looks like Lucy and Matt are flirting ''hard'' with each other. Causing Lucy's dad even ''more'' pain than anything Gabriel inflicted on him... |
* [[Rescue Romance]]: At the end, it looks like Lucy and Matt are flirting ''hard'' with each other. Causing Lucy's dad even ''more'' pain than anything Gabriel inflicted on him... |
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