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{{quote|''If you only see one movie this year... you've got to get out more often.''|''Naked Gun 2½
A film [[Spin-Off]] of ''[[Police Squad!]]'', following Police Lt. [[The Fool|Frank Drebin]] ([[Leslie Nielsen]]) as he continues to get into trouble. The films serve as parodies of the cop genre, and [[Rule of Funny|let nothing]], including the blatant warping of reality and [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|breaks in the fourth wall]], get in the way of a good gag. The genius of the Drebin character is that Nielsen plays him almost totally straight: he's a buffoon, but he acts like a completely serious film detective even as lunacy explodes all around him, almost as if he's wandered in from a different movie.
Features slapstick, [[Visual Pun
The films were:
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* ''Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult'' (1994) - Drebin comes out of retirement and infiltrates a gang to find out what is the target they are going to destroy. He must also save his faltering marriage.
A fourth movie, to
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* [[Accidental Pervert]]:
** Drebin escapes a [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|burning room]] through the window, climbing along a row of anatomically-correct male and female statues. Between two statues is an open window, and a woman in her underwear just ''[[Rule of Funny|happens]]'' to be standing there. Drebin accidentally... well, guess. He then falls off the building, just saving himself by grabbing a statue's stone [[Gag Penis]]. In trying to save himself he manages to [[Crosses the Line Twice|break the penis off the statue and fall into the woman's room through the window, brandishing it at her while loudly groaning from exhaustion.]]
** In the third movie, Drebin is at the store squeezing grapefruits to test for ripeness while looking the other way. A woman in a low cut dress walks by, and Drebin [[Thanks for
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Of cop shows, and later spy movies.
* [[Almost-Dead Guy]]: In part 2.
** [[Parodied Trope|"All right, who else is almost dead?"]]
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: In the third movie, the inmates at the state prison (where Frank has gone undercover) riot in the cafeteria simply because they don't like the food they're being served. As depicted in the film the gag is quite funny, but in fact something like that ''did'' once happen at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco (it was known as "The Spaghetti Riot"). In the movie, this culminates in a [[Funny
** Although in this case, Frank's reasoning when yelling to the guards was that it didn't resemble crappy stereotypical prison food enough.
** Precisely. Chateau LeBlanc '68 is supposed to be served slightly chilled, ''not'' room temperature!
* [[America Saves the Day]]: Drebin beats the tar out of Americas enemies, in a complete non-
* [[Amusing Injuries]]: With or without [[Gory Discretion Shot|Injury Discretion Shots]].
* [[And Another Thing]]: Frank to Jane, in the first film:
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* [[Artistic License Gun Safety]]: It's to be expected, really.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Nordberg - originally used for one-shot gags in ''[[Police Squad!]]'', he became the recurring [[Butt Monkey]] for the ''Naked Gun'' movies, played by [[The Other Darrin|O.J. Simpson]].
* [[Automobile Opening]]
* [[Babies Ever After]]
* [[Baby Carriage]]: The first scene of the third movie, which includes Nordberg ([[O.J. Simpson]]) almost spiking the baby after catching it.
* [[Bait and Switch]]: Lampshaded in ''Naked Gun 2½''; Frank asks the bartender to give him the strongest thing he's got, to which a muscle-heavy man walks up. Frank says, "On second thought, how about a Black Russian." The bartender looks at the camera and shakes his head, indicating that he's not going to perform the obvious punchline.
* [[Balcony Escape]]
* [[Bear Trap Bed]]: Nordberg's bed in the first movie
* [[Big Bad]]: Ludwig from ''Police Squad'',
* [[
▲* [[Big Bad]]: Ludwig from ''Police Squad'', {{spoiler|Quentin}} from ''The Smell of Fear'' and Rocko from ''The Final Insult''.
* [[Bigger Bad]]: Papshmir, [[The Man Behind the Man]] in ''Police Squad'' and ''The Final Insult'' is the over-arching antagonist of the series but has less screen time then the main villains of each movie.
* [[Big Stupid Doodoo Head]]: Frank, from ''2½'':
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* [[Black Best Friend]]: Nordberg.
* [[Blood Knight]]: Drebin.
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'''Mayor''': That was a Shakespeare in the Park production of ''[[Julius Caesar (
* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]: Or in Frank's case, burglary, arson, and sexual assault with a concrete dildo. Though the last one was [[Not What It Looks Like]], so it falls somewhere between this trope and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]].
* [[Brick Joke]]: The zoo animals in the second movie.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Nordberg.
** Dr. Meinheimer in ''The Smell of Fear''.
* [[The Cameo]]:
*
*** In the first film, Frank's dramatic speech is cut short when Ed informs him that the massive crowd gathered outside his plane is actually for Weird Al. They go ecstatic when he departs the plane.
*** In ''The Smell of Fear'': As a criminal who has taken Ed, Nordberg, and the rest of the station hostage. Frank accidentally incapacitates him when opening a door too fast.
*** ''The Final Insult'': [[As Himself]] as [[Vanna White]]'s escort at the [[Academy Award|Oscars]].
** Thanks to the
** In the first movie,
* [[Casual Danger Dialog]]: Usually Drebin, but the driving instructor in the first movie puts Hindu cows to shame.
* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: [[Anna Nicole Smith]] also appears on a ''[[
* [[Chalk Outline]]: Spoofed by type and position. For type, there's a stick figure and an Egyptian, and for position, there's [[Chalk Outline|Chalk Outlines]] that appear on a building's walls, or ''roof'', or one that appears ''floating on the water''.
** The second movie has outlines of [[Gory Discretion Shot|body]] [[Fridge Horror|parts...]]
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* [[Credits Gag]]: Happens in all three films. They include people getting credited by their single spoken line, people getting credited for made-up roles like "Second Second Assistant Director," "[[No Animals Were Harmed]] DURING THE FILMING... HOWEVER, SOME SPECIES DID BECOME EXTINCT DURING PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY", and the safety warning, "In Case of Tornado: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BASEMENT."
* [[Crush Parade]]: At the end of the first film, [[Big Bad|Vincent Ludwig]] falls off a high ledge onto a street below where he gets hit by a bus, flattened by a steam-roller, and then trampled by a marching band playing "Louie Louie."
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'''Frank:''' ''(comforting Ed)'' I know...
'''Ed:''' My father went the same way...
* [[Death
** [[Negative Continuity|Which somehow changes to STANDING OVATION]] after the cut to the crowd indeed applauding.
* [[Disaster Dominoes]]: Both Nordberg in the beginning of the first movie and later Drebin.
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* [[Drives Like Crazy]]:
** Whenever Drebin gets behind the wheel, something bad happens. The scene when Drebin tags along in a driving school car is especially notable, when the driving instructor instructs the student how to flip the bird.
** The opening credits are also built on this. A cop car (presumably containing Drebin) viewed from the emergency lights shows absolutely insane or just plain nonsensical driving behavior, including driving on sidewalks, into people's homes, on
* [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: Rocko Dillon in the third film.
* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]
* [[Exactly What It Says
** [[Word of God]] is that the hospital was supposed to be called "Our Lady Who Never Got The Pickle" but [[Ricardo Montalban]], a devout Catholic, requested the change.
** The hospital is name dropped as "Our Lady of the Worthless Miracle."
* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]
* [[Face Palm]]: Happens in Naked Gun 33 ⅓ when Frank attempts to get the gun from Rocko while holding on the bomb in the envelope only for them to switch places causing everyone including the audience to
* [[Five-Bad Band]]:
** [[The Big Bad]]: Papshmir
** [[The Dragon]]: Rocko Dillon
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* [[Funny Afro]]: '70s Nordberg had one so big, he couldn't get past the disco's door with it.
* [[Funny Answering Machine]]: Frank and Jane's answering machine ends with:
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'''Jane:''' No, not that one!
* [[Funny Background Event]]: The king of this form of humor. For example, in ''Naked Gun 2½'', there's a series of framed pictures in the background of the bar Frank's in, all of which are various disasters (the ''Hindenburg'', the sinking of the ''Titanic'', and....[[Take That|Michael Dukakis]]).
* [[GPS Evidence]]: parodied several times
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* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: {{spoiler|Frank tries this on the now brainwashed Jane}}.
* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: A few times in the first meeting with his future love interest Jane, including one right after she climbs up a ladder. Later innuendo gets a lot less innocent.
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'''Jane:''' Thanks, I just had it stuffed.
''(hands down a literal stuffed and mounted beaver)''
** A good example is [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110622/quotes?qt0217125 when Frank goes to a sperm bank thinking it's a regular hospital.]
* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Drebin and Rocko's argument over who should have the gun and who should have the bomb in part 3. The audience actually does a collective [[Face Fault]].
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* [[Jail Bake]]
* [[Juggling Loaded Guns]]:
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''(a grip falls from the rafters into the orchestra)''
'''Rocko Dillon:''' Well... from now on!
* [[Karma Houdini]]:
** {{spoiler|Tanya Peters}} never gets punished (at least not onscreen) for being affiliated with Rocko Dillon's terrorist gang, which is particularly odd since {{spoiler|in the end she is the last surviving member of the gang}}. Sure, we know that {{spoiler|[[High Heel Face Turn|she switched sides to the good guys]] by telling Frank where the bomb had been hidden, but that shouldn't absolve her from punishment for having knowingly collaborated with killers}}. Then again, this ''is'' [[Rule of Funny|a spoof]], after all.
** Subverted in the case of {{spoiler|Hapsburg}} in the second film; see [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Lame Comeback]]: In the third movie, Jane is so mad with Frank she calls him a "[[Shaped Like Itself|white Anglo male]]!"
** Jane's subplot is a massive spoof of feminist tropes
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: Even Nordberg's wife doesn't seem to know his first name.
* [[The Last of These Is Not Like the Others]]: Burglary, arson, and sexual assault with a concrete dildo.
* [[Lethal Klutz]]: The third movie shows that Drebin has accidentally killed his fiancee, a fact he remains unaware of.
* [[Letting the Air Out of
* [[California Doubling|Los Angeles Doubling]]: The baseball scenes in the first film, which take place at an Angels home game, were actually filmed in Dodger Stadium. (Los Angeles is doubling for Anaheim here.)▼
* [[L Is for Dyslexia]]
▲* [[California Doubling|Los Angeles Doubling]]: The baseball scenes in the first film, which take place at an Angels home game, were actually filmed in Dodger Stadium
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Papshmear from parts 1 and 3 who was a liaison for a mysterious organization who's only purpose is to spread mayhem around the world. {{spoiler|You can hear him utter "Gaddafi" over the phone in the 3rd movie.}}
* [[Meaningless Meaningful Words]]
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* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: When trying to gain access to the baseball field in part 1, Drebin knocks out one of the umpires so he can steal his outfit. He throws the unconscious umpire on a table and undoes both their pants, when a cleaning guy happens to walk in. He just shrugs it off with "sorry, fellas," and continues his rounds.
* [[Move Along, Nothing to See Here]]: In front of an exploding fireworks factory.
* [[My Girl Is Not a Slut]]: Sadly, she is (we're talking about Drebin's first girl).
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Dozens, the best known of which would be the [[Automobile Opening]].
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* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: At the beginning of the third movie, Frank has a nightmare (which at first is presented as if it's really happening) in which he's at a train station and finds himself trying to stop a Mafia shootout. Things quickly become even more complicated when President [[Bill Clinton]] and Pope John Paul II wander into the crossfire....and then a gang of [[Unintentional Period Piece|deranged postal workers]] show up....
* [[Noodle Incident]]: In ''2½'', after surviving an assassination attempt:
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'''Frank:''' Before tonight? Only the cable company...
* [[Offhand Backhand]]: While beating up Ayatollah Khomeini.
* [[Once Per Episode|Once per Movie]]: A visit to the lab to view the new [[James Bond|Q]]-worthy gadgets
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* [[Private Eye Monologue]]
* [[Punny Name]]: [[The Man Behind the Man|Papshmear]] (Pap-Smear).
* [[Race Lift]]: Nordberg, who is played by [[O.J. Simpson]] in the movies, was white in [[Police Squad!]].
* [[Reading the Stage Directions Out Loud]]: Done in the third film when Frank is on stage with Raquel Welch. Amusingly, he not only reads the stage directions, but also ''Raquel's lines as well as his own''.
* [[Red Herring]]: The Swiss Army Shoe from the 1st film never gets used.
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* [[Say Your Prayers]]: In the second movie, a punk points a gun at multiple police officers and says this. Luckily, he's knocking out by Frank opening the door and knocking the punk unconscious in the process. Amusingly, Frank doesn't even realize he thwarted a crime when thanked for it.
* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]: Frank Drebin tries to live this trope from time to time, sadly with more realistic consequences than most [[Big Damn Heroes]].
* [[Seven Minute Lull]]: in the second movie.
* [[Sexophone]]: When we first meet Jane in the first film.
* [[Sexy Shirt Switch]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: The scene revealing the induced hypnosis is almost identical to a similar scene from the Charles Bronson classic ''[[Telefon]]'': Same setup, dialog, camera angles, you name it.
** In the second film, there is a parody of the sexual pottery scene from ''[[Ghost (
** The [[Automobile Opening]] shows the car driving through [[Star Wars|Death Star]] and [[Jurassic Park]].
** After experiencing marital problems, Jane goes with a girlfriend on a ''[[Thelma and Louise]]''-style road trip in the third movie. The friend is even named "Louise" and dresses just like Susan Sarandon did in that movie, [[Viewers are Morons|in case you couldn't catch the reference]].
*** Which began with a [[The Teaser|Cold Open]] that sends up ''[[The Untouchables]]'' (and, by extension, ''[[
** Also in the third movie, the Dillon gang go to a bunker to test their atomic weapon. After the detonation, the explosion [[Anime Hair|blows their hair straight up]], making them look like the main characters from ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'', which Rocko himself further alludes to by muttering: "Huh-huh-huh, huh-huh-huh, cool..."
* [[Status Quo Is God]]: played straight in ''2½'' (Frank's promotion to Captain ''and'' proposal to Jane didn't stick) but averted in ''33⅓'' (not only are they married, but he's left the force).
* [[Take That]]: Constantly.
* [[Tranquillizer Dart]]: Frank Drebin's cufflink tranquilizer darts in the first movie. However, they're not ''quite'' instant enough, since the bad guy staggers around long enough to fall over a railing to a [[Cruel and Unusual Death]].
* [[Unbuilt Trope]]: ''Naked Gun 2½'' had environmentalists as the good guys and fossil-fuel company executives as the villains years before [[Hollywood Global Warming]] was a thing.
* [[Unconventional Smoothie]]: Jane's "protein shake" in the second movie.
* [[Unnecessary Combat Roll]]: Goes further than usual with flips and cartwheels while Drebin is searching his house.
* [[Unsettling Gender Reveal]]:
* [[Western Terrorists]]: The Dillon gang in the third movie. Granted, they ''are'' secretly taking their orders from Arabs, but they're obviously plotting bombings more for the money than for hatred of the United States.
* [[What Happened to
* [[Who Are You?]]: At the beginning of the first ''Naked Gun'' movie after beating up the various Arab leaders, Idi Amin and [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]:
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* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: Romantic subplot aside, ''33⅓'' is basically a comedic retelling of ''[[White Heat]]''. A police officer infiltrates a prison, befriends a violent criminal that loves his mother, and helps him escape in order to determine the site of his next crime.
* [[You Are Too Late]]: Two of the henchmen in the second movie tell this to Frank as he interrogates them.
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