The Other Guys: Difference between revisions

** Somewhat the case as well with Mark Wahlberg, who has started to parody the perception that he's a [[Hot-Blooded]] jerk.

* [[Analogy Backfire]]: Taken [[Up to Eleven]]:

'''Allen''': Okay, first off: a lion? Swimming in the ocean? Lions don't like water. If you'd placed it near a river or some sort of fresh water source, that'd make sense. But you find yourself in the ocean, twenty foot waves, I'm assuming it's off the coast of South Africa, coming up against a full-grown, 800 pound tuna with his twenty or thirty friends? You lose that battle. You lose that battle nine times out of ten. }}

* [[An Aesop]]: Just because corporations can get away with rampant greed legally doesn't make it okay. Arguably [[Anvilicious]], but since this movie came out just after the [[Credit Crunch]] and resulting crisis, it's largely a case of [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped]].

* [[Badass Driver]]: He learned it from [[Grand Theft Auto]].

* [[Battle Cry]]: AMEERRRICAAAAA!!

'''Gamble''': [[Blatant Lies|No, of course not. Why would I shout 'America'?]] }}

* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]: "Ladies and gentlemen, guess who gave me the secret to making my first million... That guy there!"

* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]: A helicopter. Also, the Escalade in the beginning.

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Played for laughs.

* [[Eyedscreen]]: kicking off the movie's climax from the boardroom (see [[Guns Akimbo]] above) onwards.

** When they are chased by bad guys, Allen says that there is a shortcut at the Chelsea Pier. Eventually, {{spoiler|they and up on the fenced-off mini-golf course}}. In GTA IV there is really a shortcut in this place.

* [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]]: Zigzagged. In the unrated version, they parody modern art with a coffee table with junk on it, then it turns out Hoitz understands the "artsy-fartsy" piece better than his artistically inclined ex does and still thinks its crap. Then his genuine tirade is critiqued and cheered on as if it was provocative performance piece.

* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Allen and Sheila. No, really.

* [[Unflinching Walk]]: Averted, but...

* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: "Soup kitchen"

** Averted with Gamble, who still calls it a "dating service".

* [[Visual Pun]]: Hoitz and Gamble may have given the term "Driving Range" a new meaning.

* [[Vomit Discretion Shot]]: Allen. "Is that a wastebasket?"