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A 1993 spoof movie released under the National Lampoon banner
[[Emilio Estevez]] and [[Samuel L. Jackson]] star as Detectives Colt and Luger, in a direct parody of the ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' movies, especially that of the [[Odd Couple]], [[Salt and Pepper]], [[Police Procedural]] type. The film concerns two cops being paired up, Colt being unhinged after recently losing a loved one ({{spoiler|his dog}}) and Luger is a stable family man. They go on looking into why Wilderness Girl Cookies are being laced with cocaine. In addition it also features some parodies of ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'' and ''[[Basic Instinct]]''.
The film isn't quite as well-received as ''[[The Naked Gun]]'' when it comes to spoof movies (it has a 14% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]]), but it has some spot-on gags and a cult fanbase. It also starred Kathy Ireland, [[William Shatner]], [[Tim Curry]] and Jon Lovitz.
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: The first time we see [[Tim Curry]] he is [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show|in
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Colt, due to losing his partner. His typical drink consists of mixing three different types of alcohol and chocolate syrup together. Yum.
* [[Acronym and Abbreviation Overload]]:
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'''Colt''': He was my C.O. in 'Nam. CIA listed him as M.I.A., but the V.A. ID'd him and so we put out an APB.
'''Luger''': Oh, I see. }}
* [[All-Star Cast]]: As mentioned above, this movie has quite a few big names in it, even if some of them debatably made it big only after this movie.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]:
{{quote|'''Asylum Nurse''': You know the rules. Do not touch the glass. Do not hand him any sharp instruments, power tools, sawing materials or condiments.}}
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** Emilio's brother [[Charlie Sheen]] cameos as a valet.
** Also, Bruce Willis has a cameo later in the film as [[Die Hard|John McClane]]. His mobile home is destroyed by accident because the villains got the address wrong.
** The film is just loaded with
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Luger parodies Murtaugh's catch phrase from the ''Lethal Weapon'' series by saying, "I'm gettin' too old for this bike-confiscating shit."
** A non-parody example: General Mortars frequently says his victims are getting sloppy.
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** Also, earlier in the film, Luger is investigating his partner being killed. He turns around to walk into another room... only to hit an obscene amount of police tape that is blocking the entire door frame.
* [[The Coroner]]: Dr. Joyce Brothers is the coroner investigating York's killing. In an amusing twist, she's portrayed as surly and insensitive:
{{quote|'''Coroner''': All right. This loser has taken the
* [[Cover Version]]: [[Denis Leary]]'s character sings a lounge version of "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks. It's cut short by the [[Big Bad]] storming into his mansion.
* [[Cowboy Cop]]: Colt.
* [[Da Chief]]: As played by Frank McRae in his signature-type role. It's even lampshaded and [[Invoked Trope|invoked]]:
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* [[Famous Last Words]]: {{spoiler|Becker: "La comedia e fini." And Destiny: "Get Mortars for me, Colt."}}
* [[Five Stages of Grief]]: Played with. Luger's wife seems to be showcasing the "Denial" stage of grief when it comes to her deceased mother. However, she's actually unaware of it, because Luger forgot to tell her about the death. "Uh oh... did I forget to give you that message?" Luger's wife immediately cries.
* [[Foot Popping]]: When Colt and Destiny kiss, both lift one of their legs. However, the longer it goes, both also raise the
* [[Fridge Logic]]: In-universe example: After Jigsaw repeatedly shoots York and extracts information from her, he prepares to exit and notices a blind man sitting by the door. He says, "And you, remember: You saw... nothing." Yeah, but he still heard everything important!
* [[Fun with Subtitles]]: During the climax, Colt sneaks into the villain warehouse and two German, Nazi-esque guards exchange small talk, complete with subtitles. However, after they leave the scene, the subtitles remain, and Colt trips on them like they're part of the scenery.
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'''Becker''': I don't know no York, and where's my food?
'''Luger''': We ate it. And please, no double negatives.
'''Becker''': Sorry. I don't know
* [[Gross Up Close-Up]]: Pre-Kathy Ireland Destiny with spinach in her teeth.
* [[Gun Porn]]: At the beginning in the convenience store, Colt opens a magazine and is shown unraveling a centerfold, whispering "Oh baby..." It's revealed that he's looking not at a picture of a woman, but a long gun.
** Later Destiny comes on to Colt using ''verbal'' [[Gun Porn]], explicitly comparing herself to a gun.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Colt, when asked a simple pleasant question such as "Hello hello, how are you? Nice weather we are having today?" by the convenience store clerks in the beginning:
{{quote|'''Colt''': "Nice weather"? You think we're having
* [[Hand Wave]]: There's a scene in the movie where Colt and Luger are driving in a car. Suddenly, Luger notices that two thugs are in their backseat. After trying to play it cool, Luger does a 180 in the car and when the camera cuts back to the interior of the car, the thugs are gone.
{{quote|'''Colt''': Nice drivin'.
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* [[I Am Your Worst Nightmare]]: An exchange between Jigsaw and Colt:
{{quote|'''Colt''': Who are you?
'''Jigsaw''': I... am your
'''Colt''': No, waking up without my penis is my
'''Jigsaw''': (beat) OK, all right, so I'm not your
* [[I Resemble That Remark]]: This scene in the film demonstrates this perfectly:
{{quote|'''Woman''': Captain, you can't seriously be thinking of using this man?! He's dangerous. A menace. A loose cannon. A walking time bomb. Most of all, he is gun happy.
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* [[Lock and Load Montage]]: Colt prepares for a raid of the villain's warehouse by suiting himself up with tons of guns, [[Rambo]] style. However, he is carrying so many guns that he can't walk without falling over from their weight.
* [[Made of Explodium]]: The bikes that Colt and Luger confiscate for police business explode for no apparent reason. Made even funnier by the fact that Luger promises the kids he took the bikes from that they'd take good care of their bikes. Cue explosion.
** Also happens even more improbably when Colt flicks a
* [[Meaningful Echo]]: When Colt and Luger are investigating the case, Colt says Luger's more interested in playing by the book than of cracking the case. Luger protests that he's not going to make up the rules as he goes. In the climax, Mortars has Colt at gunpoint and gloats that Luger won't shoot him, because he plays by the book. Luger remarks, "Sometimes, general, you make the rules up as you go." and shoots Mortars dead.
* [[Metaphorgotten]]:
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* [[Mook Chivalry]]: Colt fights off a line of bad guys, who are waiting patiently in line including a ticket machine.
* [[Motor Mouth]]: The police captain (played by Frank McRae).
* [[Negative Continuity]]: Becker is shot and put in a body bag halfway through the movie. However, by the time of the ''[[Basic Instinct]]'' parody, he's alive and well. [[Lampshade Hanging|Luger even calls attention to this]]:
{{quote|'''Luger''': Didn't you
'''Becker''': I thought this was the sequel. }}
** Additionally, Destiny is seemingly killed during the climax, only to show up in perfect health at the very end.
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* [[Plot Hole]]: Ever wonder why Colt is suddenly carrying a teddy bear as he runs after Jigsaw halfway through the film? In the extended cut, he won the teddy bear in marksmanship while pursuing Jigsaw. One wonders why they couldn't leave that one bit in so that scene made more sense.
** Because then it would make more sense. Its a spoof, after all.
* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: A parody of the famous ''[[Dirty Harry]]'' line is heard in the beginning before Colt prepares to blow away one of the thugs. However, he doesn't actually kill the thugs because [[Brick Joke|the microwave in the convenience store dings, letting him know his sandwich is done.]]
{{quote|'''Colt''': I know what you're thinkin', punk: You're thinking, "Did he fire 173 times, or 174?" Well, do you feel lucky,
* [[Pretentious Latin Motto]]: Parodied ''and'' invoked when Colt and Luger first meet Dr. Leacher:
{{quote|'''Leacher''': Quid pro quo, Mr. Colt.
'''Colt''': ...What does that mean?
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* [[Scout Out]]: As the Girls Scouts is copyrighted, the organization in the film is named Wilderness Girls instead.
* [[Sequel Hook]]: Played with in the movie itself. After the climax, the police captain urges Luger to reconsider his retirement, and Luger agrees only if Colt is his partner. The captain thinks it can be arranged, and Colt and Luger say simultaneously: "Sequel."
* [[Serious Business]]: At the start of the film, two men walk up to the convenience store clerks with nylons and one of them calmly asks, "Excuse me. Do you have any of these in taupe?" When the clerk says no, one of the guys says, "And you call
** It should be noted their robbing masks *are* the non-taupe nylons.
* [[Shaking Her Hair Loose]]: Parodied. A plain, dowdy woman unties her hair and when she looks up she's played by a completely different actress.
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'''Colt''': Yeah, but why ''you''?
''' Becker''': Because the other guy couldn't come up with the security deposit. }}
* [[Take That]]: One of the methods of torture on the wall in the maximum security prison is a VHS copy of the box office bomb ''[[Howard the Duck (film)|Howard the Duck]]''.
* [[Tastes Like Chicken]]: Played straight during the ''[[The Silence of the Lambs|Silence of the Lambs]]'' parody:
{{quote|'''Colt''': I just gotta ask: What does human flesh taste like?
'''Dr. Leacher''': Chicken. }}
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* [[Turn in Your Badge]]: The badge isn't turned in, but Colt and Luger are ordered off the case because the captain thinks their theory is crazy.
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: At the end {{spoiler|Destiny comes back even though she was quite dead last time she was seen}}.
* [[Visual Pun]]: During the ''[[Basic Instinct]]'' parody, "Gratuitous beaver shot", where Destiny briefly turns into an actual beaver.
* [[Wire Dilemma]]: Played straight at first when Colt has to disarm the dock bomb. However, it quickly becomes ridiculous when snipping the wires has various unintended effects, such as shutting down the nearby houseboat lights and causing a city-wide blackout.
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