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He uses his agency's resources to teach the other man a lesson--and give his wife some adventure--but when a harmless "assignment" he sends Helen on is interrupted by those dangerous terrorists, she finally finds out what he's ''really'' been doing on those business trips.

 

 

[[Foreign Remake|Based upon the 1991 French movie]] "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103103 La Totale]" by Claude Zidi, from which it kept most of the plot, transported it to the USA, and ran it in typical Hollywood style which, honestly, [[Adaptation Distillation|tends to work pretty well for action comedy]].

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* [[Instant Thunder]]: At least partially averted. The atomic blast is seen long before we hear it, but since the "minimum safe distance" is stated to be 12 miles, it should've taken at least a minute for the sound to be heard.

* [[Invincible Hero]]: Considering this is an Arnold movie, subverted, especially since {{spoiler|Jamie Lee Curtis beats him to near-unconsciousness in one scene, and later decks him hard.}}

* [[Just Plane Wrong]]: Harriers are not designed to hover that long, are not bulletproof, and would be un-flyable if it got its instrument panel shot up like it did. More than [[Justified Trope|justified]], however, by [[Rule of Cool]].

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Harry turns a fuel truck into a flamethrower by shooting the end of the hose.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: "I was reckless and I was wild, and I fucking did it!"

* [[Product Placement]]: Canon camera with a gun in it.

* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: The last hour of the film.

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: The idea of anyone being unharmed when someone tries to shoot them with a machine gun, at a distance of about 10 paces with basically no cover, is very implausible. Make the target Tom Arnold, though, and make him rely on a ''street lamp post'' for cover, and who cares how plausible it is?

* [[Spy's Suspicious Spouse]]: Inverted as ''Harry'' is the one suspecting his spouse of cheating, while Helen completely believes Harry's cover stories for being gone all the time and never suspects anything odd about it, only frustration that he is gone all the time.

* [[Stealth Parody]]: It's closer to an [[Affectionate Parody]] as it gently pokes fun at the excesses of 80's and 90's action flicks while indulging in those excesses itself.

* [[Stealth Pun]]: Probably unintentional, but the song that is used for the tango scenes, "Por una Cabeza", was about a compulsive horse racing gambler and how he compares his addiction to horses with his attraction to women. Not long after that, we have the horse/motorcycle chase.

* [[Surprise Vehicle]]: That Harrier jet again.

([[Crowning Moment of Funny|Harry proceeds to do exactly what he had just said]].) }}

* [[Try and Follow]]: The villain jumps from one building to another in a motorcycle. Arnie's horse refuses to do the same.

* [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee]]: Hilariously subverted in Harry's escape from the [[Torture Technician]].

* [[Wafer-Thin Mint]]: A teetering car goes over the edge thanks to a bird landing on the hood. To be fair, pelicans are damn big birds.

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