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* [[Distracted By the Sexy]]: Preston gets called out for this during a mission briefing:
{{quote| ''Preston, get your head out of your pants!''}}
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Most of the interactions between Preston and Billy Lee Guthrie are pretty much about sex, especially when they are actually discussing helicopter tactics.
* [[Dragon -in -Chief]]: Eric Stoller is a mercenary helicopter pilot hired by the Cartels to protect their interests. He does not run the Cartels, and it is never indicated throughout the film that he is anything other than a [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] mercenary. Just the same, given that the primary mission of the heroes is to get rid of him so the DEA can go after the [[Big Bad|Big Bads]], he is given the primary focus as the bad guy, and in fact is the only bad guy to appear in the film, aside from some wide-angle shots from a scout chopper's camera, and a pair of fighter jets.
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Billie Guthrie driving Jake's [[Cool Car|Corvette]]. Jake driving a jeep {{spoiler|with panties and a periscope on his head.}}
* [[A Father to His Men]]: Brad Little, who not only trains the men who will go on the mission, but insists on personally leading them as well, despite protests from the higher-ups that his expertise makes him more valuable as an instructor than as a front line troop.
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* [[Gunship Rescue]]: Jake comes to the rescue when Billie is being chased by Stoller, warding him off by [[More Dakka|spraying 30mm cannon rounds at him]]. Stoller escapes before Jake can kill him, at least temporarily.
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Jake Preston is discovered to suffer from a severe case of [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Eye_dominance Eye Dominance], which makes it very difficult for him to use the Apache's monocle-based targeting system. Little helps him overcome this by [[It Makes Sense in Context|strapping a pair of panties onto Jake's head.]]
* [[ItsIt's Personal]]
{{quote| ''That was for Dobbs.''}}
* [[Large Ham]]: Both of the main characters, but especially Nick Cage as Jake Preston.
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* [[Post Mortem One Liner]]: [[Played With]], after Preston crashes in the flight simulator.
{{quote| ''Pretend that we just [[Death Notification|notified your Next of Kin]].''}}
* [[Pre -Mortem One -Liner]]: Guthrie, before shooting down a Cartel fighter jet with a Stinger missile.
{{quote| ''Snort this, Sucker!''}}
* [[Private Military Contractor]]: Stoller is stated to be a mercenary; we never get any indication if he has any stake at all in the drug wars other than money.
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* [[Recycled in Space]]: It's ''[[Top Gun]]'' IN ARMY HELICOPTERS! One of the primary complaints about the film, in fact.
* [[The Squadette]]: Guthrie.
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: Jake snarls the line rather than shouting it. Which would make sense, given that Stoller wouldn't be able to hear him anyways.
{{quote| ''[[Big Damn Heroes|Get away from her, you son of a bitch.]]''}}
 
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