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[[File:arizona_9716.jpg|frame|Just your typical American family.]]
{{quote|'''Ed''': I'm not gonna live this way, Hi! It just ain't family life!
'''H.I.''': Well... it ain't "Ozzie and Harriet." }}
'''''Raising Arizona''''' is a comedy film, directed by the [[Coen Brothers]].
H.I. ([[Nicolas Cage]]), harmless criminal, and Ed (Holly Hunter), a cop, meet and fall in love during a series of mug shots. They get married, settle down, and decide they want kids. There's one problem: Ed's infertile. They try adopting, but H.I.'s criminal past prevents this. Then, when all seems hopeless, an opportunity presents itself: Furniture magnate and local celebrity Nathan Arizona (Trey Wilson)'s wife gives birth to quintuplets. An off-handed remark about "having more than they can handle" gives H.I. and Ed the idea to kidnap one of the babies, and raise it as their own. So, H.I. sneaks in, and takes Nathan Jr. (we think), and that's when all hell breaks loose. First, H.I's prison buddies Gayle (John Goodman) and Evelle (William Forsythe) break out, and hole up at their place. Then a demonic bounty hunter (Randall "Tex" Cobb), seems to spring from H.I.'s nightmares to pursue him. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|And then he punches out his boss.]] Directed by the [[Coen Brothers]].▼
▲H.I. ([[Nicolas Cage]]), harmless criminal, and Ed (Holly Hunter), a cop, meet and fall in love during a series of mug shots. They get married, settle down, and decide they want kids. There's one problem: Ed's infertile. They try adopting, but H.I.'s criminal past prevents this. Then, when all seems hopeless, an opportunity presents itself: Furniture magnate and local celebrity Nathan Arizona (Trey Wilson)'s wife gives birth to quintuplets. An off-handed remark about "having more than they can handle" gives H.I. and Ed the idea to kidnap one of the babies, and raise it as their own. So, H.I. sneaks in, and takes Nathan Jr. (we think), and that's when all hell breaks loose. First, H.I's prison buddies Gayle (John Goodman) and Evelle (William Forsythe) break out, and hole up at their place. Then a demonic bounty hunter (Randall "Tex" Cobb), seems to spring from H.I.'s nightmares to pursue him. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|And then he punches out his boss.]]
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* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]
* [[Apologetic Attacker]]: HI apologizes twice while fighting Smalls. The first time seems to be out of pure terror and the second time {{spoiler|is after pulling the pin out of Small's grenade, killing him.}}
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* [[Einstein Hair]]: H.I., although it's obvious he's no scientist.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: H.I. believes this is what the Biker is. The fact that he roars and bleeds fire when shot seems to hint that Hi may be right.
* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: H.I. reluctantly signs his [[Dear John (British series)|Dear John]] letter {{spoiler|Herbert}}.
** Nathan Arizona is apparently embarrassed by his ''last'' name-- he was born "Nathan Huffhines", but claims that he changed his name because nobody would buy furniture from a store called "Unpainted Huffhines".
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: Subverted; Leonard Smalls' tattoo reads "Mama Didn't Love Me".
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* [[Maintain the Lie]]: H.I. and Ed {{spoiler|after they "adopt" Nathan Jr.}}
* [[Mama Bear]]: Ed is ready to throw down with Leonard Smalls over Nathan, despite being unarmed.
* [[Mommy Issues]]: The bad guy's tattoo reads, "Mama didn't love me."
* [[My Biological Clock Is Ticking]]:
{{quote|"I want a baby, H.I.! They got more than they can handle."}}
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* [[Not So Different]]: {{spoiler|H.I. and the Biker have the same Mr. Horsepower tattoo, fueling the possibility that he really is Hi's personal demon}}.
* [[Oh Crap]]: The biker's expression when he realizes H.I. {{spoiler|is holding the pin from one of his grenades}}.
* [[Pineapple Surprise]]: how Hi {{spoiler|defeats Leonard Smalls}}
* [[Pin-Pulling Teeth]]: Done by Leonard Smalls.
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: Ed, played by 5'2" Holly Hunter, is an officer of the law, ''twice decorated''. Her face off against the biker should give some idea of how she achieved that. Also, when she slaps H.I. for robbing the convenience store, he looks like he's been punched by someone bigger than him.
* [[Scarily Competent Tracker]]: Smalls, to the point he might not even be ''human''.
* [[Scary Black Man]]: Sometimes he gets the menstrual cramps ''real hard''.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** The Biker's real name is [[Of Mice and Men|"Leonard Smalls."]] His friends call him "Lenny"... but he ain't got no friends.
** The tracking shot, supposedly the POV of Leonard Smalls' motorcycle speeding right up into the Arizona family window, is an homage to [[Sam Raimi]]'s ''[[Evil Dead]]'' films. The Coen brothers were early collaborators with Raimi.
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{{reflist}}
{{AFI's 100 Years 100 Laughs}}
[[Category:The Coen Brothers]]
[[Category:Film]]
[[Category:Films of the 1980s]]
▲[[Category:Raising Arizona]]
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