Ocean's Eleven: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|[[The Godfather|What I want; what's most important to me]] is that Reuben gets his share of the hotel restored.}}

* [[Author Existence Failure|Actor Existence Failure]]: George Clooney is on the record as stating there will never be another Ocean's movie since Bernie Mac has died. (Not that another is ''needed'', but still.)

* [[Acceptable Targets]]: In-Universe:

{{quote|"C'mon, we can beat this guy -- he's rich and he's ''French''."}}

* [[Affably Evil]]: Terry Benedict is unfailingly polite to everyone, though he's never actually friendly with anyone.

* [[All-Star Cast]]

* [[As Himself]]: [[Bruce Willis]] is the key to unraveling the Julia Roberts impersonation in the second film. (And, just to throw a wrench through the fourth wall, the credits end with, "[[And Starring]]: Tess Ocean as Julia Roberts.")

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* [[Badass Family]]: The Caldwells -- Linus' mom and dad are legendary thieves themselves {{spoiler|and save the day in ''Twelve'' and ''Thirteen'', respectively.}}

* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]

* [[Brick Joke]]:

** [[The Oprah Winfrey Show]] in ''Thirteen''.

** While discussing the plans to torment the hotel reviewer, Saul is asked if he'd go through that suffering for ten million. He says no, but he'd do it for eleven million. Guess how much money the hotel reviewer wins at the very end of the movie.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Linus

** The poor hotel reviewer in ''Thirteen'', played by David Paymer. The crew makes his stay a living hell in order to sink Bank's reputation; Rusty makes it worth his while in the end.

* [[The Cameo]]:

** Producer Jerry Weintraub as Denny the whale. First appears as a high-roller in ''Eleven'', accidentally gets the guys in trouble with his bragging in ''Twelve'' and helps them out as an apology in ''thirteen''.

** The young 20-something actors in ''Eleven'': ([[7th Heaven|Barry Watson]], [[That 70s Show|Topher Grace]], [[Charmed|Holly Marie Combs]], [[A Walk to Remember|Shane West]], and [[Dawson's Creek|Joshua Jackson]]), all of whom are terrible at poker. Grace appears again in ''Twelve''.

** The young 20-something actors in ''Eleven'': ([[7th Heaven|Barry Watson]], [[That '70s Show|Topher Grace]], [[Charmed|Holly Marie Combs]], [[A Walk to Remember|Shane West]], and [[Dawson's Creek|Joshua Jackson]]), all of whom are terrible at poker. Grace appears again in ''Twelve''.

** Oprah Winfrey in ''Thirteen'', who is the source of a pretty darn good Brick Joke {{spoiler|at the expense of Benedict.}}

* [[The Caper]]

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* [[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys]]/[[Those Wacky Nazis]]: When Reuben (who's Jewish) is describing why it's impossible to rob a casino.

{{quote|'''Reuben:''' They've got enough armed personnel to occupy Paris! ...okay, bad example.}}

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]:

** In ''Eleven'', the pine tree air freshener.

** in ''Twelve'', it's the black backpack.

* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: In ''Eleven'', Virgil and his remote-controlled cars.

* [[The Chew Toy]]: The hotel reviewer in ''Thirteen'' that gets put through hell secretly by the crew so he would give Bank's new hotel a bad review. They make it up to him afterwards.

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* [[Dueling Stars Movie]]: In both the original [[Rat Pack]] and modern versions.

* [[The End - or Is It?]]: The end of the first movie leaves it open as to whether the crew is really safe from Benedict's retaliation. Turns out, they're not.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: In ''Thirteen'' Benedict joins the crew in taking down Bank because Bank is an annoying rival.

* [[Evilly Affable]]: Willy Bank in ''Thirteen,'' especially when he's muscling Reuben out of his share of the casino.

{{quote|'''Reuben:''' ''[sarcastically]'' You gonna throw me off the roof now?

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'''Reuben:''' You're outta your God damn minds! }}

* [[Give Me Back My Wallet]]

* [[Good for Bad]]:

** ''Twelve'' had them intend to do this to the Coronation Egg before Toulour stole it, and failed, {{spoiler|except not. They actually did it en-route to the museum.}}

** Played with in ''Thirteen'', where Linus swapped the Five Diamond awards for fakes, only to have Toulour steal them from him. {{spoiler|He actually didn't. He had been there to plant bombs around the case so the entire thing could be stolen. Toulour actually stole the fakes. Again.}}

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* [[Involuntary Charity Donation]]: As payback for an attempted double-cross by [[Enemy Mine|Benedict]] in ''Ocean's Thirteen'', the crew donates his entire share of the profits to charity. The film ends with Danny, Rusty, and Linus watching Benedict talk to [[The Oprah Winfrey Show|Oprah]] about his sudden burst of generosity.

* [[It's Personal]]: The motivation for the plot of the third film.

** I think you can consider part of the plot from ''Twelve'' -- Benedict was going after each, and you can't tell me that blowing up Rusty's favorite car ''wasn't'' personal.

** File ''Eleven'' under it as well. Even Danny doesn't deny that Benedict's relationship with Tess is part of his motivation.

* [["I Know What We Can Do!" Cut]]: All of the group's planning is done like this.

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* [[Kick the Dog]]: In ''Thirteen'' Bank's first moment comes when he reveals he's screwing Reuben out of his share of the casino. He has plenty more throughout the movie. For example, his right-hand-woman, Abigail Sponder, manages to secure a mobile phone Bank wanted. She shows real delight in being able to get it for him, and sends it to him along with a note saying that it's a thank-you present for all the opportunities he's given her. He starts reading the note and rips it in half, obviously bored. He later fires a waitress for gaining 4 pounds between body checks.

* [[The Lancer]]: Rusty to Danny.

* [[Large Ham]]:

** Andy Garcia is lucky he didn't chip a tooth on the scenes set in a vault.

** Al Pacino, the [[Big Bad]] of the third movie, is a semi-large ham.

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** Not just that, but an EMP would not just shut off the power for thirty seconds, it would [[Did Not Do the Research|destroy the power source and shut off the power permanently.]]

* [[The Nondescript]]

* [[No Name Given]]: The hotel reviewer in ''Thirteen''. He's credited only as "The V.U.P.", which he sarcastically calls himself at one point.

* [[The Notable Numeral]]

* [[Numbered Sequels]]: ''Twelve'' and ''Thirteen''

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* [[The Remake]]: Only the first one.

* [[Running Gag]]: Rusty is eating something almost every time he's on screen. Pitt said the idea behind this was that Rusty was so busy he didn't have time to eat otherwise.

* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]:

{{quote|'''Willie Bank:''' This town might have changed, but not me. I know people highly invested in my survival, and they are people who really know how to hurt in ways you can't even imagine.

'''Danny Ocean:''' Well, I know all the guys that you'd hire to come after me, and they like me better than you. }}

* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Willie Bank's belief that his riches allow him to go against the code amongst guys who "shook [[Frank Sinatra|Sinatra's]] hand", thus giving Reuben a heart-attack, are what sets of the plot of the third movie.

* [[Sequel Goes Foreign]]: ''Ocean's Twelve'' went to Europe, justified by the title gang being too high profile to work in the USA without raising alarms (Not that it stopped them in ''Ocean's Thirteen'').

* [[Setting Update]]: The original was made in, and set in, [[The Sixties]].

* [[Shout-Out]]: In the elevator, Linus hits the floor buttons [[THX 1138|1, 1, 3, and 8]]

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* [[Title In]]: Played with for shits and giggles in all three films.

* [[Trojan Horse]]: A ''very'' elaborate one. See below.

* [[True Companions]]: What drives the crew to avenge Reuben when he's betrayed by Bank in the third film.

* [[The Unintelligible]]: Yen, who mostly speaks rapid-fire Chinese. The only words he ever says in English are "where the [[Precision F-Strike|FUCK]] you been?" and "shit."

* [[Unwinnable Training Simulation]]: A trial run of the burglary.