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[[File:lastboyscout_6393.jpg|frame| [[Deadpan Snarker|And then some.]]]] |
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{{quote|"This is the '90s. You don't just go around punching people. You have to say [[Rule of Cool|something cool]] first." |
{{quote|"This is the '90s. You don't just go around punching people. You have to say [[Rule of Cool|something cool]] first." |
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|'''Joe Hallenbeck'''}} |
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''[[The Last Boy Scout]]'' is a 1991 action film starring [[Bruce Willis]] as |
''[[The Last Boy Scout]]'' is a 1991 action film starring [[Bruce Willis]] as former Secret Service agent Joe Hallenback, now working as a private detective, and Damon Wayans as retired professional football player Jimmy Dix. The two join forces to solve the murder of Dix’s girlfriend Cory (played by the then-obscure [[Halle Berry]]), leading them into a conspiracy and the plotted assassination of a senator. The entire film consists of often violent action scenes and an endless parade of one-liners. Classic example of [[Better Than It Sounds|better than it sounds.]] |
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* [[Asshole Victim]]: Mike Matthews, the scumbag private detective. |
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* [[Badass Boast]]: "You touch me again and I'll kill ya." |
* [[Badass Boast]]: "You touch me again and I'll kill ya." |
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* [[Big Bad]]: Sheldon Marcone. |
* [[Big Bad]]: Sheldon Marcone. |
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* [[Bond One-Liner]] - The final scene of the movie has the Damon Wayans and Bruce Willis discussing future use of Bond One-Liners. |
* [[Bond One-Liner]] - The final scene of the movie has the Damon Wayans and Bruce Willis discussing future use of Bond One-Liners. |
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* [[Boom! Headshot!]]: Milo kills McCaskey this way. |
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* [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]: Darian. However, she comes from an extremely troubled home so it's understandable (mostly). |
* [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]: Darian. However, she comes from an extremely troubled home so it's understandable (mostly). |
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* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Milo |
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Milo |
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{{quote|'''Joe:''' You're the bad guy. |
{{quote|'''Joe:''' You're the bad guy. |
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'''Milo:''' I am the bad guy. }} |
'''Milo:''' I am the bad guy. }} |
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* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: Milo is shot by several SWAT officers and falls into the blades of a police helicopter. |
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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The duo comes across a box of shotgun shells. Later, Jimmy uses one to help Joe, Darian and himself escape Marcone. |
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The duo comes across a box of shotgun shells. Later, Jimmy uses one to help Joe, Darian and himself escape Marcone. |
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* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]] |
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]] |
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** "Nobody likes you. Everybody hates you. You're gonna lose." |
** "Nobody likes you. Everybody hates you. You're gonna lose." |
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Hallenbeck always win the snarking contest against other characters. [[Captain Obvious|See below]]. |
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Hallenbeck always win the snarking contest against other characters. [[Captain Obvious|See below]]. |
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* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Billy Cole, after shooting several opposing players. |
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{{quote|Ain’t life a bitch?}} |
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* [[The Dragon]]: Milo. |
* [[The Dragon]]: Milo. |
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* [[Drugs Are Bad]]: Manages to do this in a reasonably subtle way, contrasting Joe's zero tolerance with justifying Jimmy's addiction through his tragic backstory. |
* [[Drugs Are Bad]]: Manages to do this in a reasonably subtle way, contrasting Joe's zero tolerance with justifying Jimmy's addiction through his tragic backstory. |
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* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Marcone and Milo. Both lose their niceness VERY quickly. |
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Marcone and Milo. Both lose their niceness VERY quickly. |
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* [[Friend to All Children]]: Despite his drug problems and short temper, Jimmy is remarkably good with kids, if Darian is any indication because they quickly bond with each other after a little friction. |
* [[Friend to All Children]]: Despite his drug problems and short temper, Jimmy is remarkably good with kids, if Darian is any indication because they quickly bond with each other after a little friction. |
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* [[Gorn]]: Brutal moments punctuated by humor. There is a scene where Bruce Willis punches |
* [[Gorn]]: Brutal moments punctuated by humor. There is a scene where Bruce Willis punches Chet’s NOSE through HIS BRAIN!!!! Also the infamous helicopter scene. |
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* [[Helicopter Blender]]: Milo, after being shot by a SWAT team, falls into the blades of a helicopter. The result is the upper half of his body turning into [[Ludicrous Gibs]]. |
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* [[Helicopter Blender]] |
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* [[If We Survive This]] |
* [[If We Survive This]] |
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{{quote|'''Joe Hallenbeck:''' "I swear to Christ that if I survive this fucking case I'm gonna dance a jig." {{spoiler|He does.}}}} |
{{quote|'''Joe Hallenbeck:''' "I swear to Christ that if I survive this fucking case I'm gonna dance a jig." {{spoiler|He does.}}}} |
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* [[Jerkass]]: Mike gives Joe the surveillance job on Cory in the hopes he’d be killed. |
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* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Joe. However, it's buried pretty deep under a cover of sarcasm and self-loathing so it's nearly a [[Hidden Heart of Gold]] at certain points. |
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Joe. However, it's buried pretty deep under a cover of sarcasm and self-loathing so it's nearly a [[Hidden Heart of Gold]] at certain points. |
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* [[Like You Would Really Do It]]: Unintentional, retrospective aversion for modern viewers--yes, they really ''would'' kill off [[Halle Berry]]'s character after a couple of scenes, because when this film was made she was a no-name playing a bit part. |
* [[Like You Would Really Do It]]: Unintentional, retrospective aversion for modern viewers--yes, they really ''would'' kill off [[Halle Berry]]'s character after a couple of scenes, because when this film was made she was a no-name playing a bit part. |
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* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]] - quote on top of the page |
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]] - quote on top of the page |
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** "Touch me again and I'll kill you." |
** "Touch me again and I'll kill you." |
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* [[Private Detective]]: Joe Hallenbeck. |
* [[Private Detective]]: Joe Hallenbeck and Mike Matthews. |
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* [[Punctuated Pounding]] |
* [[Punctuated Pounding]] |
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** "I told ya [BIFF!] if you touch me again [BAM!] I'll KILL YA! [POW!]" |
** "I told ya [BIFF!] if you touch me again [BAM!] I'll KILL YA! [POW!]" |
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* [[Sanity Slippage]]: Billy Cole, after being told by Milo that he’d be killed if he lost the game, consumes PCP and shoots several opposing players before blowing out his own brains. |
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* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]] - Milo |
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]] - Milo |
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** As well as Scrabble Man |
** As well as Scrabble Man |
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*** "The envelope, very smart. See, Jake, here's a man who knows when a situation is untenable." |
*** "The envelope, very smart. See, Jake, here's a man who knows when a situation is untenable." |
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* [[Stuffed in The Fridge]]: Cory. An especially egregious example when you condsider that Joe and Jimmy spend the rest of the movie tossing out flippant one-liners. |
* [[Stuffed in The Fridge]]: Cory. An especially egregious example when you condsider that Joe and Jimmy spend the rest of the movie tossing out flippant one-liners. |
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* [[Stuff Blowing Up]] |
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* [[Take Me Out At the Ball Game]] |
* [[Take Me Out At the Ball Game]] |
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* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Joe and Jimmy. |
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Joe and Jimmy. |
Latest revision as of 04:36, 26 January 2019
"This is the '90s. You don't just go around punching people. You have to say something cool first." —Joe Hallenbeck
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The Last Boy Scout is a 1991 action film starring Bruce Willis as former Secret Service agent Joe Hallenback, now working as a private detective, and Damon Wayans as retired professional football player Jimmy Dix. The two join forces to solve the murder of Dix’s girlfriend Cory (played by the then-obscure Halle Berry), leading them into a conspiracy and the plotted assassination of a senator. The entire film consists of often violent action scenes and an endless parade of one-liners. Classic example of better than it sounds.
- Asshole Victim: Mike Matthews, the scumbag private detective.
- Badass Boast: "You touch me again and I'll kill ya."
- Big Bad: Sheldon Marcone.
- Bond One-Liner - The final scene of the movie has the Damon Wayans and Bruce Willis discussing future use of Bond One-Liners.
- Boom! Headshot!: Milo kills McCaskey this way.
- Bratty Teenage Daughter: Darian. However, she comes from an extremely troubled home so it's understandable (mostly).
- Card-Carrying Villain: Milo
Joe: You're the bad guy. |
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Milo is shot by several SWAT officers and falls into the blades of a police helicopter.
- Chekhov's Gun: The duo comes across a box of shotgun shells. Later, Jimmy uses one to help Joe, Darian and himself escape Marcone.
- Cool and Unusual Punishment
Milo: Just once, I would like to hear you scream in pain. |
- Crapsack World: Taken almost to parodic heights.
- "Nobody likes you. Everybody hates you. You're gonna lose."
- Deadpan Snarker: Hallenbeck always win the snarking contest against other characters. See below.
- Driven to Suicide: Billy Cole, after shooting several opposing players.
Ain’t life a bitch? |
- The Dragon: Milo.
- Drugs Are Bad: Manages to do this in a reasonably subtle way, contrasting Joe's zero tolerance with justifying Jimmy's addiction through his tragic backstory.
- Embarrassing Middle Name
- Eureka Moment: Overlaps with Oh Crap with Joe, as Jimmy hints that the supposed key he tossed into Marcone's fireplace is "the kind that Shred."
- Faux Affably Evil: Marcone and Milo. Both lose their niceness VERY quickly.
- Friend to All Children: Despite his drug problems and short temper, Jimmy is remarkably good with kids, if Darian is any indication because they quickly bond with each other after a little friction.
- Gorn: Brutal moments punctuated by humor. There is a scene where Bruce Willis punches Chet’s NOSE through HIS BRAIN!!!! Also the infamous helicopter scene.
- Helicopter Blender: Milo, after being shot by a SWAT team, falls into the blades of a helicopter. The result is the upper half of his body turning into Ludicrous Gibs.
- If We Survive This
Joe Hallenbeck: "I swear to Christ that if I survive this fucking case I'm gonna dance a jig." He does. |
- Jerkass: Mike gives Joe the surveillance job on Cory in the hopes he’d be killed.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Joe. However, it's buried pretty deep under a cover of sarcasm and self-loathing so it's nearly a Hidden Heart of Gold at certain points.
- Like You Would Really Do It: Unintentional, retrospective aversion for modern viewers--yes, they really would kill off Halle Berry's character after a couple of scenes, because when this film was made she was a no-name playing a bit part.
- Little Miss Badass: Darian Hallenbeck.
- Love Hurts: "I wish the sky wasn't blue. I wish that water wasn't wet. And I wish I didn't still love my wife."
- Metaphor Is My Middle Name
- One-Hit Kill
"Told ya." |
- Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner - quote on top of the page
- "Touch me again and I'll kill you."
- Private Detective: Joe Hallenbeck and Mike Matthews.
- Punctuated Pounding
- "I told ya [BIFF!] if you touch me again [BAM!] I'll KILL YA! [POW!]"
- Sanity Slippage: Billy Cole, after being told by Milo that he’d be killed if he lost the game, consumes PCP and shoots several opposing players before blowing out his own brains.
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness - Milo
- As well as Scrabble Man
- "The envelope, very smart. See, Jake, here's a man who knows when a situation is untenable."
- As well as Scrabble Man
- Stuffed in The Fridge: Cory. An especially egregious example when you condsider that Joe and Jimmy spend the rest of the movie tossing out flippant one-liners.
- Stuff Blowing Up
- Take Me Out At the Ball Game
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Joe and Jimmy.
- What Would X Do?:
Jimmy: What would Joe do...(Beat) He'd kill everyone, and then smoke some cigarettes. |
- World of Snark: The WHOLE movie is flooding with this.