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The film series contains examples of:
* [[All Asians Are Alike]]: In Part Two, after hitting Lee by mistake in the massage parlor fight, Carter says "All y'all look alike!."
* [[Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving]]: The chief invokes this trope to make it seem like he's impressed with Tucker. He's actually quite angry, but is lying to get Tucker to accept a humiliating assignment as a supposed reward.
* [[Artifact Title]]: There's only one scene in the first movie where the title makes sense. The title is completely ignored in the sequels.
* [[Ass Shove]]: Done to the duo by [[Roman Polanski]].
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* [[Cowboy Cop]]: Both Carter AND Lee. Especially Carter; he causes massive property damage, uses highly questionable investigation techniques, and doesn't bother hiding the fact he smokes weed.
* [[Crowd Hockey]]: The detonator in ''Rush Hour 2''.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Carter is generally loud, rude, and almost gleefully engages in [[Uncle Tomfoolery]] but proves to be a competent investigator and ''insanely'' fast on the draw in the first movie and defeats two accomplished martial artists who gave Lee trouble in 2 and 3.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Hu Li in ''Rush Hour 2''
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: The plastic explosive known as C-4 is highly stable and resistant to things like fire and gunshots, and it's also known for making a pretty powerful, forceful (not fiery) explosion when detonated. Carter shoots a trunk full of C-4 in the first film and triggers a small, standard Hollywood pyrotechnic show, indicating that the people behind the movie knew ''none'' of the aforementioned facts.
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** Does the fact that the officer is played by ''[[Roman Polanski]]'' make it more disturbing or funnier?
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Bordering on [[Ho Yay]].
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Guy]]: Kenji is played by Hiroyuki Sanada, perhaps best known for his role as Ryuji Takayama in the ''[[The Ring|Ring]]'' movies. He also appeared in ''[[Sunshine (Film)|Sunshine]]'' as Captain Kaneda.
** The first had [[The Dark Knight Saga|Carmine Falcone]] and [[Lost|Miles]] {{spoiler|in cahoots}}
** In the second movie, Hu-Li is played by [[Zhang Ziyi]], who is probably best known for ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'', ''[[House of Flying Daggers]]'' and ''[[Memoirs of a Geisha]]''.
* [[Hilarious Outtakes]]: "Damn, he ain't gonna be in ''Rush Hour 3''."
** "Jackie, kick it!". "Okay [[Sarcasm Mode|Chris Tucker]]!"
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* [[Misfit Mobilization Moment]]
* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: Carter and Lee are assumed to be a couple by a [[Camp Gay]] store attendant in the second movie, who "''loves'' it when couples match."
* [[Mistaken for Racist]] / [[N -Word Privileges]]: Happens in the first movie when the two go to a pool hall. Carter, who's known by the patrons, greets them by saying "What's up, ma nigga?" While Carter goes into a back room to interrogate a source, Lee tries to start a friendly chat with the bartender using the same line. Since this is a [[Jackie Chan]] movie, [[Bar Brawl|Fighting Ensues]].
* [[Mock Millionaire]]: In the second movie, Carter tries to impress a beautiful girl at a yacht party by pretending to be the yacht's owner. Later, he spends (counterfeit) money like a madman at the Red Dragon casino to distract the other gamblers.
* [[Monumental Battle]]: The fight on the Eiffel Tower at the end of the third film.
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* [[Noodle Incident]]: Isabella, the FBI agent from part 2, is mentioned in 3. Though it seem she had a falling out with the two and the most we hear on the reason is that Carter accidentally shot her. And apparently left her temporarily brain dead. Ouch.
* [[Odd Couple]]: Pretty much the main reason why these movies exist.
* [[One -Scene Wonder]]: The [[Camp Gay]] store attendant from ''Rush Hour 2''.
** Played by [[Entourage|Jeremy Piven]].
* [[Pronoun Trouble]] / [[WhosWho's On First?]]: Two characters named Yu and Mi in the third movie confuse the other characters and the audience.
** Lee and Carter have one of these in the second movie
{{quote| '''Carter:''' Who died?<br />
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* [[Punctuated for Emphasis]]: In the first movie:
{{quote| '''Carter:''' Do you! Understand! The words! That are coming out of my mouth?!}}
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Carter and Lee.
* [[Running Gag]]: An ''actual'' running gag shows up in the outtakes, when Chris Tucker keeps forgetting to call Jackie Chan by his character's name.
* [[Sequel Goes Foreign]]: The second movie is set in Hong Kong and the third movie went to Paris.
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* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: In the first movie, Lee orders Chinese food from a roadside merchant for the both of them, causing Carter to complain about the grease. The merchant's reply? "Chinese food. No soul food here."
* [[Truth in Television]]: The taxi driver in 3 isn't actually all that far off from what some foreigners think of Americans.
* [[T -Word Euphemism]]: Played with in ''Rush Hour 3''. Carter and Lee are interrogating a man who speaks only French, so they enlist a nun, who's fluent in French, to translate. So, naturally, when she translates the prisoner's taunts, she summarizes with, "And he called you the N-word." For the rest of the scene, Carter and Lee ask her to translate things like, "Tell this piece of S-word that I'll kick his A-word," complete with brief stops to determine the spelling of some of the words.
* [[Uncle Tomfoolery]]: Carter, especially in the later movies.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: [[Jean Claude Van Damme]] was offered the role of the villain in part three. Imagine seeing him and [[Jackie Chan]] fight...
** [[Eddie Murphy]] was also originally supposed to play as Carter, but turned the role down to work on another project.
* [[WhosWho's On First?]]: In ''Rush Hour 3'', this was done in a dojo when Carter was speaking with Master Yu and Sifu Mi.
{{quote| '''Carter''': What's your name?<br />
'''Yu''': Yu.<br />
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