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* [[Crapsack World]]: Implied in the first ''Hot Pursuit'' with Empire City, the track narrator goes so far to say: "Metropolis gone bad..." when listening on the description in the menu.

* [[Crazy Awesome]]: In-universe, ''You'' (well, Ryan Cooper) are considered to be this by the DJs if you perform good enough. They insist a ''lot'' on this at the beginning of drag races.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: ''A lot'' of the Duel Events in ''Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2010'' can fall into this, particularly the ''Power Trip'', ''Twin Turbo'', ''Racing Stripes'' and ''Title Fight'' Duels.

* [[Damn You, Muscle Memory!]]

* [[Old Save Bonus]]: Some versions of ''Most Wanted'' gave you an extra $5000 for having an ''Underground 2'' saved game.

** ''Hot Pursuit 2010'' and ''Shift 2 Unleashed'' offer "loyalty bonuses" if you played a previous game in the series, usually in the form of additional experience points. Playing ''Hot Pursuit 2010'' also unlocks two additional cars in ''Shift 2 Unleashed'': a Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster in "NFS Edition" colors, and a Lamborghini Reventon in a Seacrest County PD livery.

* [[Penultimate Weapon]]

* [[Press X to Not Die]]: ''The Run'' uses this trope for moments where you're out of the car. {{spoiler|In the Xbox version this is literally the case in the opening cutscene where the first button you need to press is X}}

* [[Shout-Out]]: The Coastal course in the original had a half-buried Statue of Liberty on the beach at the finish line. "''[[Planet of the Apes|You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you all to hell!]]''"

** If you crashed the Lamborgini in the 3D0 version of the orignal NFS, the guy at the menu would say:

** In ''Most Wanted''...

Cross: '''''[[The Professional|EVVV-REEE-OOOOONNNNEEE!!!!!]]''''' }}

** There's quite a few in the new ''Hot Pursuit'''s achievement/trophy list.

* [[Spin-Off]]: The ''V-Rally'' series (which only bore the ''NFS'' name for branding; was eventually passed to the ''Test Drive'' name later). ''Beetle Adventure Racing'' was envisioned as a ''Need for Speed'' title for the [[Nintendo 64]] but eventually became a VW Beetle-focused racing game. More recently, the ''Shift'' games are trying to draw a divide between themselves and the rest of the franchise, with the second game dropping the name and being called ''Shift 2: Unleashed''.

* [[Suspect Is Hatless]]: In Hot Pursuit 2k10:

* [[The Other Darrin]]: Bizarrely, within ''Most Wanted'', there is a particular cop who shows up on the radio during Heat Level Five chases at the same time when Cross's car does, who takes control of the pursuit and orders cops around. It's obviously supposed to be Cross, yet it's also very obviously not the actor who plays Cross in the cutscenes and in the few cell phone voice messages the player receives from him. Unfortunate, too, as the actor who plays Cross on the radio is not nearly as good as the actual Cross actor.

** His quality slipping explained by [[Villainous Breakdown]]?