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* [[The Cavalry]]: The entire Beverly Hills police force shows up just in the nick of time to rescue Taggart and Rosewood.
* [[Character Development]]: Both Rosewood and Taggart have moments when they are forced to abandon their [[By-The-Book Cop]] methods in order to rescue Axel and Jeannette, respectively.
* [[Cowboy Cop]]: Again, the [[Trope Namer]]. Axel, obviously.▼
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Billy shows symptoms of this, with Taggart getting to play straight man to his bizarre non-sequiturs.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Axel, many times.
** And a [[Precision F-Strike]] whenever the Beverly Hills cops curse.
▲* [[Cowboy Cop]]: Again, the [[Trope Namer]]. Axel, obviously.
* [[Da Chief]]: Foley's boss -- played by an actual Detroit cop, too.
{{quote|'''Axel''': Wait a second, look. I just thought, that if there was a problem -
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* [[Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot]]: A gangland style murder and some German bearer bonds lead Axel to uncover a large cocaine smuggling operation.
* [[Motor City]]
* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: The Beverly Hills police have some traits of this, but come around in the end.▼
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Not exactly intentional on his part, but the police and criminals of Beverly Hills alike mistake Axel's less than textbook approach as ignorance and stupidity. That doesn't stop him from taking advantage of their underestimation.
** He also deliberately uses a "foolish black man" act several times to get past people by convincing them he's just a simpleminded servant.
▲* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: The Beverly Hills police have some traits of this, but come around in the end.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Serge.
* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: When Axel gets shot in the shoulder by Maitland, he keeps going on one arm. It's even [[Lampshaded]] near the end.
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* [[Star-Making Role]]: [[Eddie Murphy]]
* [[Storming the Castle]]: Maitland's mansion, with one of the most hilarious shootout scenes ever filmed.
* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Maitland gets shot something like twenty times when one or two would have been more than enough.▼
* [[Tap on the Head]]: One of Maitland's [[Mooks]] to Foley before Mikey is killed. He later taunts Axel about it while beating him up.
{{quote|'''Casey:''' "How's that little bump on the head I gave you in Detroit? Healed up nice, I hope."}}
▲* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Maitland gets shot something like twenty times when one or two would have been more than enough.
* [[Unexplained Accent]]: Serge
* [[Wait Here]]: Axel to Billy, setting up the latter's [[Character Development]].
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=== ''Beverly Hills Cop III'' provides examples of: ===
* [[BFG]]: The Annihilator 2000.▼
* [[Bad Boss]]: DeWald responds to an injured henchman's plea for assistance by kicking him out of their speeding truck and underneath the wheels of Axel's car during the opening [[Chase Scene]].
▲* [[BFG]]: The Annihilator 2000.
* [[Big Bad]]: Ellis DeWald.
* [[Brand X]]: Wonder World, a Disneyland expy
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