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{{quote|'''Pooch:''' You're talking about declarin' war on the Central Intelligence Agency.

'''Cougar:''' They started it. }}

 

 

Named after a [[DC Comics]] [[The Squad|squad]] of the same name who fought in [[World War II]], but are otherwise unrelated.

* ''Close Quarters'' (2005)

* ''Endgame'' (2006)

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* [[Actor Allusion]]: the office scene ends with Jensen (Chris Evans) claiming to possess [[Fantastic Four (film)|telekinetic]] [[Push|powers]].

** Which he received from a "[[Captain America: The First Avenger|secret government experiment]]".

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|The Losers stop Max's plan to start World War 3 and insure global American dominace, but Aisha betrays the team and kills Clay by dropping a WP grenade next to him. Cougar is mortally wounded trying to escape, and ends up detonating a nuke to destroy Max and his country. Aisha's last appearance has her fighting 100 of Max's goons with no indication she got far enough away from the blast in time. Jensen and Pooch manage to make a clean getaway and it's made clear nobody who wants them dead knows they survived.}}

* [[Bolivian Army Ending]]: Aisha.

* [[But for Me It Was Tuesday]]: In the movie, Max does not remember setting up anyone and has no idea who Clay and his team are. [[The Dragon|Wade]] has to remind him about Bolivia for Max to even get a vague recollection. Max claims he can't be bothered to remember every time he has someone betrayed and/or killed.

* [[Car Fu]]: Twice in the Montserrat part of the book. The first time Clay takes out a paratrooper ''in mid-air''. The second time they hijack a tilt-a-rotor by driving into it...and on top of the unsuspecting welcoming committee.

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: The militant Fahd, who Aisha bails out of American [[Cold-Blooded Torture|custody]], returns for the final arc in a BIG way. So too does the Sheik the team initially encountered in Qatar.

* [[Changed My Mind, Kid]]: {{spoiler|After the disastrous mission where he lost a few fingers, Pooch quits the team. He later pulls off a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment to save Jensen in the finale.}}

* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|Even Bad Men Love Their Extended Families]]: Movie Wade is not pleased with being ordered to kill some random team he assembled to take down the Losers for this reason.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: The Losers aren't evil, but they do kill for a living, and even they are completely unwilling to allow 25 children to be killed while trying to take out a target.

* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Jason Patric as Max seems to get the idea, but doesn't fully exploit it. Shame.

* [[Eye Scream]]: {{spoiler|Roque learns not to fuck with Clay in close quarters.}}

* [[Gun Porn|Gun AND Knife Porn]]: What the Losers are wagering while playing Liar's Poker.

* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: {{spoiler|Max was originally created to ensure and protect American dominance through less-than-legal means, but during a [[Villainous Breakdown]] he tries to order a nuclear strike on Washington.}}

** Max used to be concerned with ''not'' [[Speed 2|blowing up a cruise ship...]]

** Hey, it's [[The Wire|Stringer Bell]], er [[Luther|John Luther]], um, [[Thor (film)|Heimdall]]... yeah, Idris Elba must get this a lot these days.

** Hey, Wade is [[CSI: Miami|John Hagen]] and [[Lights Out|Patrick 'Lights' Leary]] all rolled into one, only more evil.

 

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