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A landmark action movie franchise that started with the greatest Christmas movie ever made in 1988 when the world was introduced to [[Badass]] John McClane. He is usually called "[[Right Man in ~~The~~ Wrong Place|the right man in the wrong place at the wrong time.]]" The series is composed of four movies with a fifth one on the way:

A landmark action movie franchise that started with the greatest Christmas movie ever made in 1988 when the world was introduced to [[Badass]] John McClane. He is usually called "[[Right Man in the Wrong Place|the right man in the wrong place at the wrong time.]]" The series is composed of four movies with a fifth one on the way:

* ''Die Hard'' (1988) - [[Los Angeles]] skyscraper

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* ''A Good Day to Die Hard'' (2013) - [[Russia]]

[[Bruce Willis (Creator)]] stars as New York cop John McClane, who usually has to employ his skills in a situation that has since been called [[Die Hard On an X]]--he is usually trapped inside a location and has to climb around in air ducts and counter the bad guys' plot. The setup is slightly different in each film (mostly depending on the location), but he always finds himself in the way of terrorists hatching some sort of plot.

[[Bruce Willis (Creator)]] stars as New York cop John McClane, who usually has to employ his skills in a situation that has since been called [[Die Hard on an X]]--he is usually trapped inside a location and has to climb around in air ducts and counter the bad guys' plot. The setup is slightly different in each film (mostly depending on the location), but he always finds himself in the way of terrorists hatching some sort of plot.

The first film arguably started the trend of modern action movies that had [[The Villain Makes the Plot|intelligent, well-acted villains with intricate, meticulously-planned schemes]], instead of the usual paper-thin plot layered with extra helpings of [[More Dakka|dakka]] to keep you from caring. It also helped to codify the modern action hero (after [[Indiana Jones]]) where they are prone to sweat, bleed, [[Deadpan Snarker|snark]] and [[Indy Ploy|make things up as they go along]] while you feel they truly are in deadly danger.

If you came here expecting the trope [[Die Hard On an X]] from a link, go there instead and please change the link to it, and tell the troper who inserted that link that he/she is a silly goose.

If you came here expecting the trope [[Die Hard on an X]] from a link, go there instead and please change the link to it, and tell the troper who inserted that link that he/she is a silly goose.

Also a recent mini-series of comics that showcase John's early days in the force.

Now it has a [[Die Hard ~~(Film)~~/Characters|character sheet]]. Ho ho ho.

Now it has a [[Die Hard/Characters|character sheet]]. Ho ho ho.

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=== These films provide examples of: ===

* [[Action Duo]]: McClane and Zeus in ''Die Hard with a Vengeance'' and McClane and Matt Farrell in ''Live Free or Die Hard''.

* [[Action Film Quiet Drama Scene]]: Probably the most notable is McClane and Powell trading anecdotes as McClane pulls glass out of his feet.

** That scene later got Bruce Willis his role in [[~~Twelve~~ Monkeys]], as it helped convince Terry Gilliam that Willis had the necessary emotional depth.

** That scene later got Bruce Willis his role in [[12 Monkeys]], as it helped convince Terry Gilliam that Willis had the necessary emotional depth.

* [[Action Girl]]: In ''Live Free or Die Hard'', McClane's daughter Lucy is almost a [[Distaff Counterpart]] of her dad.

{{quote| ''Wow, I know that tone. It's just weird hearing it come from someone with...hair.''}}

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* [[An Asskicking Christmas]]: ''Die Hard'' and ''Die Harder'' both take place at Christmas time. The soundtrack uses [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAJqKn7z9MI sleigh bells] as a memorable hook.

{{quote| "If this is their idea of Christmas, I ''gotta'' be here for New Year's."}}

* [[Are We Getting This]] - The reporter in the first two films.

* [[Are We Getting This?]] - The reporter in the first two films.

* [[Armed Altruism]]

* [[Avenging the Villain]]: ''Die Hard With a Vengeance'', and to a lesser extent, Karl in the first ''Die Hard''.

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'''John McClane''': Zeus?

'''Zeus''': Yeah, Zeus! As in, father of Apollo? Mt. Olympus? Don't fuck with me or I'll shove a lightning bolt up your ass? Zeus! You got a problem with that? }}

* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: In ''[[~~Die Hard (Film)|~~Die Hard]]'', John is able to deduce quite a bit about the [[Mooks]] inside the office just by picking up on subtle clues.

* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: In ''[[Die Hard]]'', John is able to deduce quite a bit about the [[Mooks]] inside the office just by picking up on subtle clues.

* [[Backwards-Firing Gun]]: An alternate ending for ''[[Die Hard With a Vengeance]]'' has [[Mc Clane]] threatening Simon Gruber with a Chinese rocket launcher with the sights removed, allowing Gruber to point the rocket whichever way he liked. {{spoiler|Gruber ultimately points the rocket launcher the wrong way.}}

* [[Badass]]: John McClane, of course.

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** Also, the German that the terrorists speak is sometimes grammatically incorrect and meaningless, so much so that in the German version of the film, the terrorists are not from Germany but from "Europe". This has been fixed for the Special Edition VHS and later home video releases. The only instances of incorrect use of German are Alan Rickman's (Hans Gruber) lines.

*** Also, you can't actually be interrupted while speaking on a walkie-talkie. You have to press one button to speak, then stop and press another button to listen, so if you're still speaking you can't hear the other person if they say something.

* [[Die Hard On an X]]: The [[Trope Namer]] and [[Trope Codifier]]. Happens to the one and only John McClane fairly often.

* [[Die Hard on an X]]: The [[Trope Namer]] and [[Trope Codifier]]. Happens to the one and only John McClane fairly often.

* [[Disney Villain Death]]: Hans Gruber.

* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Subverted in ''Live Free or Die Hard''; no matter how much the villains try to force Lucy McClane into the role, she refuses to be remotely distressed. For example, they put her on the radio, expecting her to give the usual "Save me daddy!" speech or to try and calm him down. Instead, she [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|stares the villain right in the eyes and calmly tells her father that "now there are only five of them."]]

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** Even the video games are not immune to this. The [[Sega]] [[Beat'Em Up]] ''Die Hard Arcade'' was originally ''Dynamite Deka'' in Japan, whose main character (Bruno Delinger) just happened to resembled Bruce Willis. Sega simply tacked on the ''Die Hard'' license for the international release and claimed that Bruno was actually John McClane himself, and remade the villain into Hans Gruber.

*** Also, the arcade game has nothing to do with any of the films, nothing to do with the archetype, and nothing about the main character that uniquely suggests John McClane; it's just a generic plot about rescuing the President's daughter with a cop named John McClane who ''kind'' of acts like the film character. The Japanese release was stand-alone.

* [[Divorced Installment]]: In addition to the above, the first ''Die Hard'' was originally conceived as a sequel to ''[[Commando (~~Film~~)|Commando]]'' that got reworked after [[Arnold Schwarzenegger|Arnie]] passed on it.

* [[Divorced Installment]]: In addition to the above, the first ''Die Hard'' was originally conceived as a sequel to ''[[Commando (film)|Commando]]'' that got reworked after [[Arnold Schwarzenegger|Arnie]] passed on it.

* [[Do Not Adjust Your Set]] - The first message from the hackers in ''Live Free or Die Hard''

* [[The Dragon]]: Karl in ''Die Hard'', the Kukri-wielding blonde ''With a Vengeance'', and the [[Big Bad]]'s... ninja mistress in ''Live Free or Die Hard''.

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** Not to mention that, when Theo first enters, he's describing a play involving four members of the remarkable late-eighties L. A. Lakers: James Worthy, A. C. Green, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

* [[Eighties Hair]]: Holly in the first two movies.

* [[Electric Boogaloo]]

* [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]

* [[Empathy Doll Shot]]: In the aftermath of {{spoiler|Colonel Stuart's murder of a plane of innocents}} in ''Die Harder''.

* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: During the filming of ''Die Hard'', Alan Rickman was told that he was going to be let go on a count of three. They dropped him on "two," and the look of panic on his face is definitely not acted; one is not surprised to learn that he was extremely angry after that shoot was over.

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* [[Everything Is Online]]: Used in ''Live Free or Die Hard''. The hackers mess up the traffic lights, TV broadcasts, and phone lines. They are, however, unable to remotely access the power grid and have to physically break into a power hub.

* [[Evil Laugh]]: Hans and his colleague share one right before John reveals {{spoiler|what he had taped to his back...}}

* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: The movies are about a guy who [[Die Hard ~~(Film)~~|just.... won't.... die]] no matter what manner of immense danger, unholy pain and injuries happen to him. The villains just... can't kill this guy no matter what they try.

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: The movies are about a guy who [[Die Hard|just.... won't.... die]] no matter what manner of immense danger, unholy pain and injuries happen to him. The villains just... can't kill this guy no matter what they try.

* [[Exaggerated Trope]]: Harry Ellis was played as a comically over-the-top version of the sleezy, smarmy executive.

* [[Executive Meddling]]: When the fourth movie was made, the studio execs forced the filmmakers to get a PG-13 rating, thus eliminating half the fun, including McClane's [[Cluster F-Bomb|favorite word.]]

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* [[Fake Nationality]]: The "European" terrorists in ''With a Vengeance''.

** The Grubers are German, but were played by Englishmen.

** Brief cameo example: The Apparently English pilot who is crashed into the ground in ''Die Harder'' is in fact Colm Meany, an Irishman. You might recognise him as all-Irish Chief Miles O'Brien from various ''[[~~Star Trek (Franchise)|~~Star Trek]]'' appearances.

** Brief cameo example: The Apparently English pilot who is crashed into the ground in ''Die Harder'' is in fact Colm Meany, an Irishman. You might recognise him as all-Irish Chief Miles O'Brien from various ''[[Star Trek]]'' appearances.

** In the German dub of the first movie, Hans and Karl are named Jack and Charlie, and all the German lines are replaced by Italian.

* [[Filk Song]]: Guyz Nite made [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTyw6cq86kY one], which is even on the fourth movie's DVD.

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** In the same film, Matt Farrell repeatedly insists that the [[Big Bad]] will kill him whether or not he uses his hacking skills to help him, so he steadfastly refuses. {{spoiler|He finally (potentially) gives in when the [[Big Bad]] threatens to kill Lucy}}, though.

* [[Giving Them the Strip]]: Hans grabs Holly's wrist as he's about to fall to his [[Disney Villain Death]]. John saves her from being dragged down with the villain by unhinging her wristwatch, which looses Hans's grip.

* [[Going By the Matchbook]]

* [[Going by the Matchbook]]

* [[Good Is Old-Fashioned]]: Thomas Gabriel mocks McClane this way.

* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: At least one scene in every film.

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** If you're into ballet, you'll recognize Alexander Godunov as [[The Dragon]] in the first film.

** Die Hard 2 is full of these, particularly people who weren't famous at the time that went on to bigger roles. Dennis Franz (Chief Lorenzo) went on to [[NYPD Blue]]. Robert Patrick played a Mook a year before he played T-1000 in Terminator 2:Judgment Day. William Sadler (Colonel Stuart) went on to play the Grim Reaper in ''[[Bill and Teds Bogus Journey]]'', a convict in ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'', and Sheriff Valenti on ''[[Roswell]]''.

*** Theres also [[Star Trek ~~(Franchise)~~|Chief O'Brien]] as an Airplane Pilot.

*** Theres also [[Star Trek|Chief O'Brien]] as an Airplane Pilot.

**** And Die Harder also has 2008 Republican Presidential candidate Fred Thompson as the chief air traffic controller. Note, he wasn't in politics yet. He also went on to star in the [[Law and Order]] franchise.

** Going the other way, John Amos (Major Grant in Die Hard 2) was a veteran of [[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]] and Maude, which had been on the air in the 1970's.

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{{quote| '''Trudeau''': McClane, is this what you were expecting?

'''John McClane''': No. This is just the beginning. }}

* [[It Works Better ~~With~~ Bullets]]: "What, do you think I'm fucking stupid, Hans?"

* [[It Works Better with Bullets]]: "What, do you think I'm fucking stupid, Hans?"

* [[Jerkass]]: Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson in the first film, Airport Police Captain Lorenzo in the second film and Dick Thornburg in both films.

* [[Jurisdiction Friction]]: Between the FBI and the LAPD in the first film. Gruber even predicted it and incorporated it into his plan.

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** Well, so he says. But as is the recurring theme in ''Die Hard'', he's really just in it for the money.

* [[My Greatest Failure]]: The LAPD cop in ''Die Hard'' who cannot forgive himself for shooting a kid with a plastic gun. He averts this when he fires on [[The Dragon]] to save John at the end of the film in his personal [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

* [[Never Mess ~~With~~ Granny]]: The little old lady sitting next to Holly on the plane at the beginning of Die Harder. She absolutely revels in the fact that she now has a stun baton to protect herself, and the fact that she tested it on her dog (who she notes limped for a week before recovering) makes her seem just a wee bit [[Axe Crazy]].

* [[Never Mess with Granny]]: The little old lady sitting next to Holly on the plane at the beginning of Die Harder. She absolutely revels in the fact that she now has a stun baton to protect herself, and the fact that she tested it on her dog (who she notes limped for a week before recovering) makes her seem just a wee bit [[Axe Crazy]].

* [[No One Should Survive That]]: This trope is invoked at least once every 10 minutes while watching these films.

* [[Not Quite Dead]]

** At least in the case of Karl in the first film, not until Al puts a few bullets in him, after professing his fear of using his firearm in the line of duty earlier on.

* [[Not ~~With~~ the Safety On, You Won't]]: Apparently, an electrician played by [[Samuel L Jackson]] ''isn't'' magically better with guns than the average electrician.

* [[Not with the Safety On, You Won't]]: Apparently, an electrician played by [[Samuel L. Jackson]] ''isn't'' magically better with guns than the average electrician.

* [[Not Even Bothering ~~With~~ the Accent]]: Alan Rickman plays a German with his usual British accent, as does Jeremy Irons.

* [[Not Even Bothering with the Accent]]: Alan Rickman plays a German with his usual British accent, as does Jeremy Irons.

** [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in Hans' (Rickman's) case - he mentions getting his suits from a London tailor and alludes to a classical education. It's likely he was educated in England and probably spent a lot of time there.

* [[Nuclear Candle]]: John's lighter in the air vent in "Die Hard"

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* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]

* [[The Operators Must Be Crazy]]: A police dispatcher gives John McClane a hard time when is trying to report a terrorist attack.

* [[Outrun the Fireball]]: Subverted in ''With a Vengeance'': After being told that a bomb was in a garbage can by the phone booth, both [[Samuel L Jackson|Zeus]] and McClane try to push people aside and then dive to the ground; when no explosion happens, the terrorist's laughing reveals the joke.

* [[Outrun the Fireball]]: Subverted in ''With a Vengeance'': After being told that a bomb was in a garbage can by the phone booth, both [[Samuel L. Jackson|Zeus]] and McClane try to push people aside and then dive to the ground; when no explosion happens, the terrorist's laughing reveals the joke.

** Somewhat used in ''Die Hard'', where McClane has to leap off before a bomb destroys the skyscraper rooftop.

* [[Pac-Man Fever]]: Averted in ''Live Free or Die Hard'', one of the hackers is clearly seen playing Gears of War, and he's pressing the buttons in the way a normal player would

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* [[Rooftop Confrontation]]: The original movie has this, with the plot-relevant roof being special because it {{spoiler|doesn't survive the fight}}.

* [[Rule of Cool]]: Most of the stunts performed by John, although the first movie at least complies with physics fairly well

* [[Salt and Pepper]]: In ''With a Vengeance'', McClane is partnered up with <s>[[Samuel L Jackson]]</s> Zeus, a [[Soul Brotha|black man.]]

* [[Salt and Pepper]]: In ''With a Vengeance'', McClane is partnered up with <s>[[Samuel L. Jackson]]</s> Zeus, a [[Soul Brotha|black man.]]

* [[Save the Villain]]: Averted. Totally averted.

* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]

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* [[Sequel Escalation]]: The series goes from a single office building to a scheme affecting all of America. Apparently, the plan for the fifth movie is to go international.

* [[Sequel Gap]]: Twelve years between ''[[Die Hard With a Vengeance]]'' (1995) and ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]'' (2007) .

** In a way, the first movie also counts: the book that it's based on was a sequel to ''The Detective'', which was made into a film starring [[Frank Sinatra]] in 1968. ''[[~~Die Hard (Film)|~~Die Hard]]'' didn't come out until 1988.

** In a way, the first movie also counts: the book that it's based on was a sequel to ''The Detective'', which was made into a film starring [[Frank Sinatra]] in 1968. ''[[Die Hard]]'' didn't come out until 1988.

* [[Serial Escalation]]: Each movie's stunts try to top the last, culminating in ''Live Free and Die Hard's'' indoor car chases, as well as McClane ''using a car to take out a helicopter.'' Whether this is [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]] or [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|so overboard]] it's [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|too unbelievable to be cool]] depends on you. They also try to set a new record for "amount of punishment ever inflicted upon an action star without killing him."

** And then, as if the car-helicopter collision isn't enough, McClane defeats Starscream, the shortest way of saying that he took out an F-35 jet.

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* [[Stock Scream]]: The Wilhelm Scream is heard in ''Vengeance'' when McClane is driving through the park.

* [[Super Window Jump]]

* [[Take That]]: The dialog between McClane and Gruber about "American cowboys" is an extended [[Take That]] by screenwriter Steven de Souza against a number of pretentious European intellectuals and film critics. Gruber's lines about McClane as "Just another American who saw too many movies as a child? Another orphan of a bankrupt culture..." were actually a close paraphrase of a writer's critique of American movies like de Souza's earlier ''[[Commando (~~Film~~)|Commando]]''. McClane's famous [[Catch Phrase]] retort is essentially de Souza's response.

* [[Take That]]: The dialog between McClane and Gruber about "American cowboys" is an extended [[Take That]] by screenwriter Steven de Souza against a number of pretentious European intellectuals and film critics. Gruber's lines about McClane as "Just another American who saw too many movies as a child? Another orphan of a bankrupt culture..." were actually a close paraphrase of a writer's critique of American movies like de Souza's earlier ''[[Commando (film)|Commando]]''. McClane's famous [[Catch Phrase]] retort is essentially de Souza's response.

* [[Taking the Kids]]: Holly leaves for California due to a great career opportunity and takes the children with her, much to McClane's dismay. They argue about her having done this and her going back to her maiden name.

* [[Tear Jerker]]: The aftermath of the plane crash in ''Die Harder.''

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* [[Vapor Trail]]

* [[The Villain Makes the Plot]] - The film series was widely applauded by fans and critics for elevating the action movie genre by incorporating genuinely intelligent and resourceful villains. Bruce Willis' quote on the matter is spot on: "Any story where you have good guys versus bad guys can only be as smart as the intelligence of your baddest guy."

* [[They Just Didn't Care]] ([[In Universe]]): Gruber asks for the release of a variety of terrorist cells to keep up the image of being a terrorist. When asked by one of his mooks about the one Asian cell out of a list of mostly European terrorist groups, he shrugs and says, "I read about them in Time magazine." Amusingly, it's the Asian terrorists that the police are later shown experiencing red tape with.

* [[They Just Didn't Care]] ([[In-Universe]]): Gruber asks for the release of a variety of terrorist cells to keep up the image of being a terrorist. When asked by one of his mooks about the one Asian cell out of a list of mostly European terrorist groups, he shrugs and says, "I read about them in Time magazine." Amusingly, it's the Asian terrorists that the police are later shown experiencing red tape with.

{{quote| '''Karl''': Do you think they will even try to do it?

'''Hans''': Who cares. }}

* [[We Do the Impossible]] - Rather, just John. It's actually a source of scorn for some people in-universe, who think he's jumpy and cocky after the events of the first film - it's part of the problem why the Airport Chief won't believe him in ''Die Hard 2''.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: ''Die Hard with a Vengeance'' was originally written as a ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' movie and ''Die Hard'' itself was originally written as a sequel to ''[[Commando (~~Film~~)|Commando]]''.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: ''Die Hard with a Vengeance'' was originally written as a ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' movie and ''Die Hard'' itself was originally written as a sequel to ''[[Commando (film)|Commando]]''.

** ''With a Vengeance'' took [[What Could Have Been]] [[Up to Eleven]] with not one, but two alternate endings (one was filmed, the other wasn't). In the filmed one, {{spoiler|1=McClane and Simon meet again at a European cafe well after the events of the film. In this ending, Simon gets away with the heist by turning the gold into small Empire State Building statues. McClane recaps that he was fired because of Simon's getaway. McClane forces Simon to play a "McClane Says," [[Russian Roulette]]-style game using a Chinese rocket launcher with the sights removed. Simon gets a question wrong and dies from being shot by the launcher. McClane was wearing a flak jacket which would have prevented major injury.}} The filmed alternate was rejected by the studio for being too dark.

** In the unfilmed one, {{spoiler|1=McClane and Carver head back to shore after the boat explodes. Carver notes that the villains are going to get away; McClane tells him not to be so sure. The scene cuts to Simon and his crew on board a plane when they suddenly discover the briefcase bomb that Simon had used on McClane and Carver in the park, the same one Carver gave back to the Mooks posing as cops. Presumably, the bomb used on the plane would have been a different one or not used to blow up a dam in a later sequence. Simon would then ask anyone on the plane if they had a 4-gallon jug, Lampshading the disarming sequence from the park.}}

** When the TV series ''[[~~Twenty Four|~~24]]'' was coming to an end and a movie was being considered, rumor has it that they were seriously considering making a ''Die Hard 5'' that would actually be a cross-over, with Jack Bauer and John McClane teaming up to fight terrorists. The idea was eventually abandoned (assuming it was ever actually true in the first place) in favor of making a stand-alone ''[[~~Twenty Four|~~24]]'' movie. But oh, [[What Could Have Been]]...

** When the TV series ''[[24]]'' was coming to an end and a movie was being considered, rumor has it that they were seriously considering making a ''Die Hard 5'' that would actually be a cross-over, with Jack Bauer and John McClane teaming up to fight terrorists. The idea was eventually abandoned (assuming it was ever actually true in the first place) in favor of making a stand-alone ''[[24]]'' movie. But oh, [[What Could Have Been]]...

** This is the big one: Nothing Lasts Forever, the novel in which this franchise started from, was a sequel to the Novel "The Detective." Which was adapted to film starring Frank Sinatra. When NLF was in the works before they changed it to the plot of Die Hard, Frank Sinatra was their choice to reprise his role as Joe Leland. In other words Frank Sinatra was and would have been the Original John McClane.

* [[What Happened to ~~The~~ Mouse?]]: McClane's son John Jr., who has not been seen or heard from since the first movie. (At one point in ''Live Free or Die Hard'''s production, he would've been the hacker - possibly played by Justin Timberlake, no less - but this was dropped in favor of bringing back his sister Lucy.)

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: McClane's son John Jr., who has not been seen or heard from since the first movie. (At one point in ''Live Free or Die Hard'''s production, he would've been the hacker - possibly played by Justin Timberlake, no less - but this was dropped in favor of bringing back his sister Lucy.)

** It has been confirmed that the fifth movie (A Good Day To Die Hard) is going to be about John and John Jr.

* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Hans Gruber.

** He lampshades this by quoting Plutarch's "Life of Alexander" and then comments, "One of the benefits of a classical education."

* [[What an Idiot!]]: Lampshaded [[In Universe]].

* [[What an Idiot!]]: Lampshaded [[In-Universe]].

{{quote| '''McClane:''' [[It Works Better ~~With~~ Bullets|"Do you think I'm fucking stupid, Hans?"]]

{{quote| '''McClane:''' [[It Works Better with Bullets|"Do you think I'm fucking stupid, Hans?"]]

''(Elevator arrives bringing the mooks Hans just called on his radio)''

'''Gruber:''' "You were saying?" }}