The Last Boy Scout

"This is the '90s. You don't just go around punching people. You have to say something cool first."

—Joe Hallenbeck

The Last Boy Scout is a 1991 action film starring Bruce Willis as a former Secret Service agent, now working as a private detective, and Damon Wayans as a retired professional football player. The two join forces to solve the murder of Wayans' character’s girlfriend (played by the then-obscure Halle Berry). The entire film consists of often violent action scenes and an endless parade of one-liners. Classic example of better than it sounds.

Tropes

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.
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.

Milo: I am the bad guy.

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.

Joe Hallenbeck: Play some rap music.

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.
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 a guy's NOSE through HIS BRAIN!!!! Also the infamous helicopter scene.
Helicopter Blender
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.

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.
Punctuated Pounding
- "I told ya [BIFF!] if you touch me again [BAM!] I'll KILL YA! [POW!]"
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."
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.
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.