The Fast and the Furious: Difference between revisions

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* [[Alternative Foreign Theme Song]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HxYZeHQ9UM "Before I Decay"] is the Japanese theme song.

* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: There are a few here and there, but a particularly aggressive one in the fifth film sticks out.

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Vince:''' "Where's Letty?"}}}}

{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Vince:''' "Where's Letty?"}}}}

* [[Artistic License Physics]]: Nearly every jump in the series.

** The entirety of the climactic chase scene in ''Fast Five''.

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** {{spoiler|Although she's only seen through a picture, Letty shows up at the end of ''Fast Five'' hijacking a military convoy}}.

* [[Badass Boast]]

{{quote| '''Dom:''' "You almost had ''me''? You never had me. You never had your ''car''. Granny shiftin', [[Dan Browned|not double clutchin' like you should]]. You're lucky that hundred shot of NOS didn't blow the welds on the intake. You almost had ''me''? Now me and the mad scientist gotta rip apart the block and replace the piston rings you fried. Ask any racer, any ''real'' racer. It don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile; winning's winning."}}

{{quote|'''Dom:''' "You almost had ''me''? You never had me. You never had your ''car''. Granny shiftin', [[Dan Browned|not double clutchin' like you should]]. You're lucky that hundred shot of NOS didn't blow the welds on the intake. You almost had ''me''? Now me and the mad scientist gotta rip apart the block and replace the piston rings you fried. Ask any racer, any ''real'' racer. It don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile; winning's winning."}}

* [[Badass Driver]]: Pretty much anyone with more than 90 seconds of screen time, but hilariously subverted with Tej, who is shown to be unable to even drive a remote control toy car without "getting into an accident."

* [[Beleaguered Childhood Friend]]: Rome did three years in prison and ended up on house arrest prior to ''2 Fast 2 Furious''. He blamed it on Brian for not helping him, but Brian didn't hear about his arrest until after he had already been sentenced to do time so there was nothing he could do.

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* [[Homage]] / [[Actor Allusion]]: In back-to-back scenes in ''Fast Five'', Dom ([[Vin Diesel]]) [[XXX|jumps out of a convertible he's driven off a cliff and then is strung up by his wrists and menaced by a drug lord.]]

* [[Inspector Javert]]: Hobbs in ''Fast Five'' is characterized this way until {{spoiler|he decides to help Dom because his team was killed and he wants revenge. After an [[Enemy Mine]] for a day or two, he gives Dom a mercy lead.}}

{{quote| '''Hobbs:''' Give me those documents. *throws them aside* All I care about is that Toretto is a name on a list!}}

{{quote|'''Hobbs:''' Give me those documents. *throws them aside* All I care about is that Toretto is a name on a list!}}

* [[Interquel]]: The fourth and fifth films, which are set after the second but before the third movie (the third currently is the last chronologically). Film six is also going to be, if [[The Stinger]] of ''Fast Five'' is to be believed.

* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Vince in ''Fast Five'', and considering his sendoff in the garage, doubt he's coming back}}.

* [[Large Ham]]: [[Dwayne Johnson]] in the 5th movie, especially in his introductory scene.

* [[Mercy Lead]]: In the 5th movie, {{spoiler|Hobbs gives Dom and Brian a 24 hour lead before chasing after them. This naturally leads to the following exchange:}}

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Hobbs''': "I'll see you again, Toretto."}}~~<br />~~

{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Hobbs''': "I'll see you again, Toretto."}}

{{spoiler|'''Dom''': "No, you won't."}} }}

* [[Military Brat]]: The protagonist of the third movie.

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* [[Smug Snake]]: Practically every villain, but the series originals were Johnny Tran and his cousin Lance.

* [[Sour Prudes]]: Dom's girlfriend Letty temporarily use this position (without seeming to have it as an integrated part of her personality) as she chase off two girls hitting on Dom at the first race.

{{quote| '''Letty''': I smell ''[sniffs]'' skanks. Why don't you ladies pack it up before I leave tread marks on you faces?}}

{{quote|'''Letty''': I smell ''[sniffs]'' skanks. Why don't you ladies pack it up before I leave tread marks on you faces?}}

* [[Steal the Surroundings]]: The crew takes this up a notch, stealing a massive vault by towing it with their cars, starting a lengthy [[Chase Scene]] where they drag it throughout the city.

* [[Status Quo Is God]]: Brian and Dom never quite stay out of trouble, no matter how many chances they get.

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* [[That's What I Would Do]]: Brian tries to narrow down a list of suspects with the same name to figure out which one is involved with street racing. He has his FBI partner read off a list of the suspects' cars. After hearing about a Nissan 240SX with an illegal modification, he remarks that he's the one. His partner asks how he knows this and he replies "Because that's what I'd drive."

* [[Punctuated for Emphasis]]: Used in ''Fast Five'':

* [[Tim Taylor Technology]]: Nitrous Oxide injectors FTW. Or, as the characters once liked to say it, "NAAAAWS." As NOS is a trademark of Holley Performance Products, it was removed from the second film and replaced by generic "N2O" labels on the steering wheels and was verbally referred to as "spray" and "kick" after Holley got a bit stroppy about its appearance in the first one. The NOS brand returns for films 3-5 though.

* [[Trailers Always Lie]]: Mia driving in ''Fast & Furious'''s trailer. {{spoiler|She only drives at the very end, a minute before the credits}}.