In the Loop: Difference between revisions

* [[Ice Cream Koan]]: "In the Kingdom of Truth, the man with one fact is king." Linton likes to deliver these, which is probably why his [[Professional Butt-Kisser|butt kisser]] Chad is fond of them too. Chad's tend to be much, much worse, though:

{{quote|'''Toby Wright:''' You speak entirely in parables, don't you? You're like a crap Jesus.

'''Malcolm Tucker:''' "All roads lead to Munich?" What the fuck does that mean? }}

* [[Improv]]

{{quote|"Rob, Innes, Little Bo Cock Jockey and The Leaky fuckin' Minge Box, go back to your desks and prepare briefing."}}

** Toby also receives a "Go fuck yourself, Frodo" from General Miller.

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]

** To expand on this a little, Malcolm Tucker is pretty widely seen as being a caricature of Alistair Campbell, [[Tony Blair]]'s former press director. And it's pretty easy to see Linton Barwick as a Doug Feith or Paul Wolfowitz. Also, the whole film is a pretty thinly-veiled portrayal of the buildup to Iraq.

* [[No Party Given]]: As with the British government in the TV show, we never directly learn the political party of the governing U.S Administration. But, given the nature of the events depicted, we can take a pretty good guess.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Happens whenever a particularly bad piece of news is received (ie. ''very'' frequently).

** A slightly different one happens when Malcolm and General Miller finally have the face-to-face confrontation they've been building up to. Miller says [[Badass Boast|"I'll punch you in the face so hard you'll be shitting teeth"]], which Malcolm is completely unperturbed by because he makes [[Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon]] threats all the time, and it would be extremely damaging to Miller's career. However, one staring match later, Malcolm realises that Miller actually would do it, regardless of the political damage. His attempt at brushing it off and ending the conversation is handled fairly well, but he is clearly backing down. This makes [[Badass|Miller]] possibly the only character in either the film or the [[The Thick of It|TV series]] to [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|make Malcolm run away from an argument.]]