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* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]: Charlie's dad. "Oh, I hated the Colonel - with his wee beady eyes, and that smug look on his face." |
* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]: Charlie's dad. "Oh, I hated the Colonel - with his wee beady eyes, and that smug look on his face." |
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* [[Da Chief]]: Parodied - A police detective expresses dissatisfaction that his job is not more like the movies - partly because his boss, far from this trope, is a pleasant, amiable and good-natured administrator with an easy-going temper. |
* [[Da Chief]]: Parodied - A police detective expresses dissatisfaction that his job is not more like the movies - partly because his boss, far from this trope, is a pleasant, amiable and good-natured administrator with an easy-going temper. |
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* [[Everything's Louder With Bagpipes]]: Charlie's wedding party has his dad (also play by Mike Myers) singing "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" accompanied by bagpipes. When the old player drops, dad announces "We have a piper down!" |
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* [[Flashed Badge Hijack]]: Subverted when a cop stops a passing motorist, but can't get him to give up his vehicle. He has to settle for getting a ride from the driver to the crime-in-progress. |
* [[Flashed Badge Hijack]]: Subverted when a cop stops a passing motorist, but can't get him to give up his vehicle. He has to settle for getting a ride from the driver to the crime-in-progress. |
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* [[Foot Popping]]: Charlie, kissing his bride at the altar, dressed in a kilt. |
* [[Foot Popping]]: Charlie, kissing his bride at the altar, dressed in a kilt. |
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* [[Minor Flaw Major Breakup]]: This is something of a recurring gag for the main character, and it even foreshadows things that are to come later in the movie. |
* [[Minor Flaw Major Breakup]]: This is something of a recurring gag for the main character, and it even foreshadows things that are to come later in the movie. |
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* [[Mistaken for Murderer]]: The premise of the film. |
* [[Mistaken for Murderer]]: The premise of the film. |
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* [[Precision F-Strike]]: When an axe thuds into the dresser right in front of Mike Myers and he shouts "What the Fuck?!" |
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* [[Psychotic Lover]]: Harriet, who becomes a bit unhinged after winning over Charlie. |
* [[Psychotic Lover]]: Harriet, who becomes a bit unhinged after winning over Charlie. |
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** In a subversion, this is because {{spoiler|''all'' of her previous husbands abandoned her and she's developed a complex -- or so she thinks. Turns out Harriet's ''sister'' was an insane [[Psychotic Lover]] for ''Harriet''. She murdered Harriet's husbands and faked their deaths to keep Harriet to herself and nearly does the same to Charlie near the end}}. |
** In a subversion, this is because {{spoiler|''all'' of her previous husbands abandoned her and she's developed a complex -- or so she thinks. Turns out Harriet's ''sister'' was an insane [[Psychotic Lover]] for ''Harriet''. She murdered Harriet's husbands and faked their deaths to keep Harriet to herself and nearly does the same to Charlie near the end}}. |