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** Knowing Wolf and the others would try to stop Marmalade's heist by stealing the meteorite, Snake commanded the brainwashed guinea pigs to spray paint the [[ChekhovsGun meteorite-shaped lamp]] to look like the real thing, then switch the two out. Once the gang stole the decoy and Marmalade gave chase, Snake put the real meteorite back and then overcharges it, making it explode, nuking his house in a blue PillarOfLight.
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** Knowing Wolf and the others would try to stop Marmalade's heist by stealing the meteorite, Snake commanded the brainwashed guinea pigs to spray paint the [[ChekhovsGun meteorite-shaped lamp]] to look like the real thing, then switch the two out. Once the gang stole the decoy and Marmalade gave chase, Snake put the real meteorite back and then overcharges it, [[StuffBlowingUp making it explode, nuking his house mansion in a blue PillarOfLight.]]
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'''Mr. Snake:''' ''(chuckles)'' [[ArcWords The ol' switcheroo. switcheroo.]] (''[[BadassFingersnap snaps his tail]]'')\\
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** And then [[CatharsisFactor there's the looks on the faces of Chief Huggins, Tiffany Fluffit, and the whole police force -- all of whom had spent the entire movie trashing the Bad Guys -- as they see the meteorite explode, exposing Marmalade as the true thief and proving that the Bad Guys WERE telling the truth. ]] Their StunnedSilence [[IWarnedYou speaks volumes ]].
** Then Wolf adds insult to injury by contemptuously patting a [[VillainousBSOD devastated]] Marmalade on the head, a silent "Cute effort, pal" reply to the latter's earlier HannibalLecture.
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** Then Wolf adds insult to injury by contemptuously patting a[[VillainousBSOD [[VillainousBreakdown devastated]] Marmalade on the head, a silent "Cute effort, pal" reply to the latter's earlier HannibalLecture.
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** Points to Chief Luggins for identifying the Zumpango Diamond just by looking at it, proving that she's not just a heroic version of TheBrute. Nor does she show any preferential treatment to Marmalade, hauling him off to the prison van despite his protests -- whatever else she is, Chief Luggins seems to believe in equal justice.
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** After all the [[WoundedGazelleGambit sadistic]], [[ManipulativeBastard cruel]] [[KickTheDog trouble]] Marmalade put the Bad Guys through, his utterly ''[[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises annihilated]]'' [[VillainousBreakdown expression]] is ''deliciously'' cathartic.cathartic, including the TwitchyEye he has in his shocked face.
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* Another villainous one for Marmalade, he not only captures Diane, the aforementioned undefeated Crimson Paw, pretty easily, but leaves her indignant by revealing he knew she was the Crimson Paw the whole time, revealing he figured so by noticing a cocky error she made; hiding the Zumpango Diamond on the diamond ring she wore and tested Wolf with. It is Marmalade that leads Diane, who has non-stop gloated and trash talked about being ''the'' absolute best and most invincible bad guy the world hs ever seen since the movie started, [[BreakTheHaughty to realise she is just]] [[AlwaysABiggerFish another fallible peer to be knocked down the chain like Wolf.]]
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* Diane Foxington being only one who saw through Marmalade’s WoundedGazelleGambit act. How?When Marmalade is interviewed about the Bad Guys' theft of the meteorite, he betrays character ''on the flip of the switch'' to smugly brag about "their" method of doing so. No wonder Diane catches onto him since he's pulling the same crap that nearly ruined her earlier.
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* Diane Foxington being only one who saw through Marmalade’s WoundedGazelleGambit act. How?When How? When Marmalade is interviewed about the Bad Guys' theft of the meteorite, he betrays character ''on the flip of the switch'' to smugly brag about "their" method of doing so. No wonder Diane catches onto him since he's pulling the same crap that nearly ruined her earlier.
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** After this, the disguised Mr. Shark points out that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Chief Luggins trying to provoke them and planting the fake ruby for them to steal is entrapment]], which is ILLEGAL, resulting in ''her'' arrest.
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** After this, the disguised Mr. Shark points out that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Chief Luggins trying to provoke them and planting the fake ruby for them to steal is entrapment]], entrapment, which is ILLEGAL, resulting in ''her'' arrest.
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* Diane revealing she stole back her ring from Wolf without him even noticing, an early foreshadowing of her background as the Crimson Paw.
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** The map ends up serving another purpose as well. When Diane brings up her map at the hideout and tries to figure out Marmalade's plan, Wolf lays the charity map over her map of the guinea pig heat signatures in the city, [[EurekaMoment revealing they're all converging on the locations the money trucks are heading towards]].
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** The map ends up serving another purpose as well. When Diane brings up her online map at the hideout and tries to figure out Marmalade's plan, Wolf lays the charity map over her map of the guinea pig heat signatures in the city, [[EurekaMoment revealing they're all converging on the locations the money trucks are heading towards]].towards]], the first instance of Wolf intentionally synergising his {{Street Smart}}s with Diane's ConsummateProfessional smarts.
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---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' Apex predator of the thousand faces! His greatest trick: stealing the Mona Lisa ''disguised '''[[RefugeInAudacity as]]''' the Art/MonaLisa!'' Dig that!
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---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' Apex predator of the thousand faces! His greatest trick: stealing the Mona Lisa ''disguised '''[[RefugeInAudacity as]]''' the Art/MonaLisa!'' Art/TheMonaLisa!'' Dig that!
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*** Note that both Diane ''and'' Marmalade [[OhCrap panic]] when they see the Golden Dolphin is gone, with Marmalade quickly having to save face and improvise to blow Wolf's cover. Both their plans nearly went horribly wrong because the Bad Guys got a lot further than they expected them to.
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*** Honestly, the ''existence'' of the WPSST system itself is a case of Fridge Awesome on the part of the Bad Guys, since it literally being named after them suggests that they're ''so successful'' at pulling of their heists that they got an ''entire security system'' designed ''solely'' for countering them. Extra awesome, because Tarantula has a USB with anti-WPSST protocol on it, that it now has resistant software against, meaning that this is ''far'' from the first time the Bad Guys have dealt with this system.
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*** Honestly, the ''existence'' of the WPSST system itself is a case of Fridge Awesome on the part of the Bad Guys, since it literally being named after them suggests that they're ''so successful'' at pulling of their heists that they got an ''entire security system'' designed ''solely'' for countering them. Extra awesome, because Tarantula has a USB with anti-WPSST protocol on it, that it WPSST now has resistant software ''it's own'' protocol against, meaning that this is ''far'' from the first time the Bad Guys have dealt with this system.
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*** Honestly, the ''existence'' of the WPSST system itself is a case of Fridge Awesome on the part of the Bad Guys, since it literally being named after them suggests that they're ''so successful'' at pulling of their heists that they got an ''entire security system'' designed ''solely'' for countering them. Extra awesome, because Tarantula has a USB with anti-WPSST protocol on it, meaning that this is ''far'' from the first time the Bad Guys have dealt with this system.
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*** Honestly, the ''existence'' of the WPSST system itself is a case of Fridge Awesome on the part of the Bad Guys, since it literally being named after them suggests that they're ''so successful'' at pulling of their heists that they got an ''entire security system'' designed ''solely'' for countering them. Extra awesome, because Tarantula has a USB with anti-WPSST protocol on it, that it now has resistant software against, meaning that this is ''far'' from the first time the Bad Guys have dealt with this system.
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*** Even more so since the WPSST system and her conversation with "Mr Poodleton" made quite clear Diane ''knew'' they were going to try and pull something, but chose to let them make fools of themselves against her precautions. After they swipe it under her nose anyway and ruin the ceremony, Diane spends most of the scene afterwards [[SoreLoser sulking at Wolf]], and makes clear to Marmalade that [[NoNonsenseNemesis she's done playing around and wants them arrested before they cause anymore harm]]. This and Wolf [[{{Touche}} turning her words around her in response]] makes apparent that, even now prior to both their CharacterDevelopment, the Bad Guys have made Diane start to reanalyse her original view of them as worthless inferiors. Even at this point, they made a fool out of ''[[AlwaysSomeoneBetter the Crimson Paw]]''.
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** Also counts as an understated awesome moment for Luggins, as soon as she realises the Golden Dolphin is stolen, she reveals her own precautions; and ''a enormous fleet of officers'' appear out of nowhere and surround the Bad Guys, leading to their immediate arrest. If not for Wolf luring Diane and (seemingly) Marmalade into his scheme, Luggins would have beat the Bad Guys then and there.
** Also counts as an understated awesome moment for Luggins, as soon as she realises the Golden Dolphin is stolen, she reveals her own precautions; and ''a enormous fleet of officers'' appear out of nowhere and surround the Bad Guys, leading to their immediate arrest. If not for Wolf luring Diane and (seemingly) Marmalade into his scheme, Luggins would have beat the Bad Guys then and there.
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* There's something impressive about how rapidly Shark, Webs and Piranha have their GoodFeelsGood epiphany. Wolf's HeelFaceTurn was gradual, Snake [[EvilCannotComprehendGood needed it explained to him]], and while Diane's was also quick, it was from guilt and self reflection during a heated moment. All these three had to do was see ''Snake'' doing somethng passively nice and they instantly assessed it as meaning ''they'' could change and got "the wag". [[spoiler: Even more awesome with the hindsight that Wolf orchestrated thsi happening, he knew his guys were that reliable.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''[[Music/TheChemicalBrothers We're only here to make you GO!]]'' ]]
It's a send-up of heist movies a la [[Film/OceansEleven Ocean's Eleven]], so you can expect many, many moments of pure awesome!
* The ChaseScene that starts the movie is a succession of {{Establishing Character Moment}}s that clearly show the AdaptationalBadass status of the gang, with Wolf commenting on each of their skills:
** Mr. Snake is a master of safe-cracking. After effortlessly robbing the bank with Mr. Wolf, throughout the chase, he hardly notices the action going on around him, completely focused on cracking the safe.
---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' Serpentine safe-cracking machine! Imagine [[Creator/HarryHoudini Houdini]], but with no arms.
** Ms. Tarantula is as much the queen of hackers as her male book counterpart. Her introduction has her HackTheTrafficLights to give Mr. Wolf's car a clear path, then turn them red again to cause pileups at every intersection, slowing the cops down. Jumping into the car, she casually tells Mr. Wolf she took over the police dispatch, blurred their satellite images, and grounded their helicopter.
---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' Our in-house hacker, our pocket search engine, our traveling tech wizard!
** Mr. Shark is an amazing MasterOfDisguise. He's introduced disguised as a construction worker, guiding a crane carrying portable toilets. The moment the gang's car passes through the construction site, he has the crane drop the toilets, causing the police cars to crash into them.
---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' Apex predator of the thousand faces! His greatest trick: stealing the Mona Lisa ''disguised '''as''' the Mona Lisa!'' Dig that!
** Mr. Snake shedding his gala disguise by molting out of his skin, sliding out of his own mouth. Gross yet efficient!
** Mr. Piranha causes one hell of a pile-up with the cop cars, proving he's a PintSizedPowerhouse and a crack at parkour. A flashback shows him effortlessly [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping]] six thugs in a dark alley.
---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' He's a loose cannon with a short fuse, willing to scrap with anyone or anything. He's brave! He's fearless! ... Oh, who am I kidding, he's ''crazy''.
** How does Mr. Wolf show off his BadassDriver credentials? ''By downright taunting the cops right in front of the precinct!''
---> '''Mr. Snake:''' [[OhCrap Er...]] (''hurriedly closes the car's door'')
---> '''Ms. Tarantula:''' [[HoldYourHippogriffs What the thorax?!]]
---> '''Mr. Piranha:''' Are you crazy?!
---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' What? I just wanted a longer car chase. (''[[BreakingTheFourthWall to the audience]]'') It's the best part.
** He gets to show them off even further towards the end of the chase. There are two waves of police cars, one in front and one behind, both closing in rapidly. Mr. Wolf floors it, then uses the car's emergency brake to do an impossibly tight turn and drive down a flight of stairs, leaving both waves of police cars to crash into each other while the gang lands on the other side of town, unscathed.
---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' Yeah, we may be bad, ''but we're so good at it.''
* The Golden Dolphin heist. If it hadn't been for Marmalade's manipulations, ''the Bad Guys would have pulled it off''.
** The entire plan leading up to grabbing the Golden Dolphin itself, as Wolf describes it to the gang, goes off exactly as intended, without a single hiccup or complication that hadn't been foreseen. Wolf even has free time to pickpocket guests and still doesn't get caught. It's only when [[TemptingFate Wolf comments on how smooth things are going]] that the WPSST is revealed, and the gang's skills are put to a legitimate challenge.
** Tarantula hacking the Wolf Piranha Snake Shark Tarantula (or "WPSST") Protection System, the last line of defense for the trophy. She is familiar with the security system and starts off cocky with the means to bypass it, but once she finds it was configured specifically to keep her out, she [[LetsGetDangerous goes "Beast Mode"]] and brute forces her way in. Despite Chief Luggins banging on the door outside and Piranha's fart filling the room and essentially knockout gassing her, [[{{Determinator}} she keeps going]] and ''cracks it.''
*** So much has gone wrong; the WPSST is still armed, Piranha's fart has nearly knocked out Tarantula, Chief Luggins is about to enter the security office, and the stage curtain is starting to come up with Wolf and Snake still hanging from the vent over the Golden Dolphin. As Chief Luggins opens the security office door, [[BigDamnHeroes Shark shows up]] just in time to distract her. Now with the air clear, Tarantula recovers and finishes the hack turning off the WPSST, and Wolf and Snake grab the Golden Dolphin and flee, mere ''seconds'' before the curtain is raised.
** The gang does their victory walk ''through the crowd'' towards the main exit, over the sounds of Diane trying to calm the audience while not freaking out herself. Wolf wanted to humiliate the governor for badmouthing him and the gang, and [[NearVillainVictory very nearly succeeded]].
*** Even more so since the WPSST system and her conversation with "Mr Poodleton" made quite clear Diane ''knew'' they were going to try and pull something, but chose to let them make fools of themselves against her precautions. After they swipe it under her nose anyway and ruin the ceremony, Diane spends most of the scene afterwards [[SoreLoser sulking at Wolf]], and makes clear to Marmalade that [[NoNonsenseNemesis she's done playing around and wants them arrested before they cause anymore harm]]. This and Wolf [[{{Touche}} turning her words around her in response]] makes apparent that, even now prior to both their CharacterDevelopment, the Bad Guys have made Diane start to reanalyse her original view of them as worthless inferiors. Even at this point, they made a fool out of ''[[AlwaysSomeoneBetter the Crimson Paw]]''.
* Wolf managing to rescue the cat is mainly a [[Heartwarming/TheBadGuys wholesome moment]], but it's also this, as it's his HeroesFrontierStep.
* The "Good Tonight" sequence. During the charity gala, Snake attempts to steal a code, but is accidentally grabbed by Chief Luggins. In a desperate bid to distract her, Piranha jumps onto the main stage, deploys [[HiddenDepths all his singing talent]], and improvises one hell of a catchy song that ''everyone'' swings on!
** The others deserve mention too. Snake and Shark join in at the music playing and do a pretty good job at it, while planting the devices Webs needs to take over the power grid, all done while in plain view without getting caught.
** Special mention goes to Wolf and Diane's dance, [[SignatureScene one of the film's most iconic moments]]. It's a perfectly choreographed dance that not only captures the dancing styles of Sam Rockwell and Zazie Beetz perfectly, but also encapsulate Wolf and Diane's characterization and growing bond throughout the film.
*** At the very end of the dance, Diane lifts and twirls Wolf ''effortlessly''. A surprising display of strength, and a good {{Foreshadowing}} of the reveal about her.
** The song triggers an outpouring of charitable donations from the audience. By the time the song's finished, they're just $8 shy of ''one billion dollars'', all of which would go to schools, hospitals and orphanages across Los Angeles.
---> '''Tiffany Fluffit:''' Break out the umbrellas, because it's raining money! All because of -- [[ICantBelieveImSayingThis I can't even believe I'm saying this]] -- all because of ''the Bad Guys''!
* While being pursued by countless police over the stolen meteorite, Wolf scrambles to grab a map, mark the location of his gang's hideout, and get it to Diane, all while evading capture. This one last-second act of goodness is what convinces Diane his reform is genuine and things aren't what they appear to be, kickstarting the movie's third act and instigating Marmalade's downfall.
** The map ends up serving another purpose as well. When Diane brings up her map at the hideout and tries to figure out Marmalade's plan, Wolf lays the charity map over her map of the guinea pig heat signatures in the city, [[EurekaMoment revealing they're all converging on the locations the money trucks are heading towards]].
* TheReveal of Marmalade's [[BigBad true nature]], and of how he played Wolf ''like a fiddle''. He anticipates his every move -- he knew Wolf would make things personal and attempt to steal the Golden Dolphin, so he fakes the old lady act to plant the seed of Wolf knowing what being good feels like, and ''weaponizes that'' to foil the heist so the gang can be captured, all so he can instigate his plan to get the gang to the Gala so they'll take the fall for the theft of the meteorite. And it's not until Marmalade calls Wolf "[[MeaningfulEcho such a good boy]]" that Wolf makes the connection.
* The introduction to the Crimson Paw. [[DarkestHour Things couldn't be worse for the gang]]; they're imprisoned on [[TheAlcatraz an inescapable island in the middle of the sea]], their public goodwill is gone, and now Wolf and Snake are at each other's throats. Suddenly, a {{Ninja}} appears from the rafters above and [[CurbStompBattle effortlessly annihilates]] every cop thrown their way and throws them into a cell. Then the ninja steps towards the gang and [[TheReveal reveals herself to be Diane]]. Wolf even gives her an introduction [[CallBack like he does for the gang in the opening chase]].
--> '''The Bad Guys:''' (''Gasp!'') '''''DIANE?!'''''\\
'''Mr. Piranha:''' But how do you know how to [[BuffySpeak do all that kick-kick punch-punch]]?!\\
'''Mr. Wolf:''' Wait a sec... '' '''YOU'RE''' THE CRIMSON PAW?!'' The queen of cons! Acrobatic Swiss Army knife! Stole the Zumpango Diamond ''twice''! Once for profit, second time ''just for fun''! Never identified! Never caught!\\
'''Diane:''' Guess I'm still the best bad guy the world has ever seen. (''notices one of the guards managed to nick her sleeve'') Ugh, at least I ''used'' to be...\\
(''The alarm sounds, and an '''army''' of guards arrives and encircles the group. Diane leaps off Shark's back, the first blow is landed... [[SmashCut And we immediately cut]] to the group on a boat, already far from the prison with [[StuffBlowingUp explosions of water pluming up behind them]].'')\\
'''Diane:''' Nope, I'm still the best! Just like riding a stolen bicycle!
* Like Wolf, Diane could have had stolen the Golden Dolphin if she hadn't had a HeelRealization at the last second. Unlike Wolf, rather than steal it at the Good Samaritan Awards, her attempt was at an undisclosed location, possibly where it was manufactured; the name of the Good Samaritan award ''hadn't even been inscribed yet''.
* Another villainous one for Marmalade, he not only captures Diane, the aforementioned undefeated Crimson Paw, pretty easily, but leaves her indignant by revealing he knew she was the Crimson Paw the whole time, revealing he figured so by noticing a cocky error she made; hiding the Zumpango Diamond on the diamond ring she wore and tested Wolf with. It is Marmalade that leads Diane, who has non-stop gloated and trash talked about being ''the'' absolute best and most invincible bad guy the world hs ever seen since the movie started, [[BreakTheHaughty to realise she is just]] [[AlwaysABiggerFish another fallible peer to be knocked down the chain like Wolf.]]
* The remainder of the Bad Guys saving Wolf and Diane from the death trap. Piranha knocks out Cuddles with [[ChekhovsGun one of his deadly farts]]. Then for a moment it seems the group has gotten distracted and Diane begins having a panic attack, only for it to be revealed that Webs was shutting it down offscreen.
* The highway chase scene. With the meteor still sending out a signal, the mind-controlled guinea pigs are still driving the money trucks, which have split up between two different lanes on the highway. To stop them, Tarantula has to hack their navigational systems, but they need to plant multicircuit magnetic interceptors on every van first. Diane and Tarantula jump out of the car with a briefcase ''that turns into a motorcycle'', going after one of the groups of trucks, and plant interceptors on them. Meanwhile, Shark rips off Wolf's car's roof and [[FastballSpecial throws Piranha towards the vans]] to plant interceptors as well. All of this is set to the music of "Go" by Music/TheChemicalBrothers, interlaced with the flute melodies from the Crimson Paw's theme.
** At one point, we get a close-up to Wolf's feet as he pulls a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel-and-toe_shifting heel-and-toe shift]], a driving technique that is mainly used by ''professional racers'', [[BadassDriver showing once again how formidable he is behind a wheel.]]
*** Not a surprise when you know that [[WordOfGod a professional stunt driver supervised the chase scenes]].
** While he benefits from being thrown by Shark, Piranha still manages to ''run faster than the trucks''! PintsizedPowerhouse, indeed!
** The last trucks try to crush Diane and Piranha, but they pull off some impressive moves to dodge and counterattack. Diane jumps off her bike, which turns back into a briefcase, then slides ''under the truck'' and plants an interceptor on the underside, before emerging from the other side. Mr. Piranha looks like he's been crushed between two trucks, only to reappear on top of one of the truck's windshields and plant an interceptor.
** And Wolf finishes it up by putting down the last interceptor, which he does as a casual coin flip.
---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' So long, suckers!
** More than just stopping the trucks, Tarantula's hack makes them all reroute back to their original donation destinations. Even Diane is impressed.
* When the gang tries to bring [[{{Turncoat}} Snake]] back to his senses, Marmalade throws a ''horde'' of controlled guinea pigs at them, a tsunami of flesh that ''ravages'' the freeway in its efforts to kill our heroes. But Wolf proves once and for all what a BadassDriver he is by managing to stay one ([[NightmareFuel short]]) step ahead of the mass.
** A few instants later, Marmalade [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves throws Snake out of the chopper]] to force the gang to abandon the meteor. The gang scrambles towards him in a desperate rush, putting their lives on the line to save their comrade.
** The fully reunited gang is falling to their death, as they bemoan and cry on how it's going to end...
---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' Come on, guys. ''Who said it was the end?'' (''cue GrapplingHookPistol, which FINALLY works correctly'')
** The explosion of Mr. Wolf's car crashing at the bottom of the crater propels the gang, the cat, and the grappling hook sky high, and the hook latches onto the side of the highway, saving them. The explosion also causes Marmalade to stumble, and the mind control helmet is blown off his head and into the helicopter blades. Not only are the guinea pigs freed from his control, but now the helicopter is damaged and Marmalade can't make the clean escape he had hoped for, which becomes vital to his downfall minutes later.
* Diane tries to explain that the Bad Guys are innocent regarding the theft of the meteor, [[HeroicSacrifice even though that'd mean confessing that she was the Crimson Paw and destroying her new life]]. The Bad Guys [[DefiedTrope refuse to let her do it and surrender instead]].
** Wolf and the Bad Guys turning themselves in [[GracefulLoser willingly]] counts as the ultimate testament of their redemption's validity unto itself. Although Marmalade [[ManipulativeBastard marred]] it earlier, the gang willingly surrendering feels less like a defeat and more like [[MeaningfulEcho a more genuine indication of their character]], an honest sense they want to do the right thing and take accountability for their previous actions.
** It's an especially big culmination of Mr. Wolf's development. As a criminal, he was an AttentionWhore, loving the reactions his and the gang's antics got in the press and wanting to solidify their legacy. At first, he seems to focus on getting a lot of positive attention once he starts reforming. But, stopping Diane from turning herself in is a ''unsung'' heroic act; it's not flashy or exciting, but it means the world to someone he cares about.
** Note that, at the start of the film, while Diane's dedication to good was always genuine, she starts off rather pious and smug, deeming the Bad Guys gutless no-hopers [[{{Hypocrite}} despite her own criminal past and unwillingness to face accountability for it]]. That the Bad Guys covered for Diane, and the fact she was now willing to blow her cover just to ensure their vindication in the first place, shows them return the favour both physically and mentally. They were [[CharacterDevelopment a positive influence]] to their PositiveFriendInfluence.
* Snake's master stroke. For a moment, it seems as though [[KarmaHoudini Marmalade will get away with everything he's done]], and is about to bring the meteorite back to his compound. Then he applauds himself... and [[WhamShot the meteorite's lights turn on and off]], revealing it to be a decoy. Snake starts laughing, leading to a [[OnceMoreWithClarity flashback sequence]] of what Snake was really up to all along: [[FakeDefector he faked his defection]] so he could sabotage Marmalade's plot from within.
** Knowing Wolf and the others would try to stop Marmalade's heist by stealing the meteorite, Snake commanded the brainwashed guinea pigs to spray paint the [[ChekhovsGun meteorite-shaped lamp]] to look like the real thing, then switch the two out. Once the gang stole the decoy and Marmalade gave chase, Snake put the real meteorite back and then overcharges it, making it explode, nuking his house in a blue PillarOfLight.
---> '''Mr. Snake:''' The ol' switcheroo. (''[[BadassFingersnap snaps his tail]]'')\\
(''The meteor [[StuffBlowingUp explodes]] and disintegrates Marmalade's mansion in a PillarOfLight, proving that '''he''' was the real culprit''.)
** When the shockwave hits, Snake sticks his tongue out in a CallBack to what he told Wolf in the diner at the beginning, tasting the air and savoring the Bad Guys' victory while his smug grin becomes even more so.
** After all the [[WoundedGazelleGambit sadistic]], [[ManipulativeBastard cruel]] [[KickTheDog trouble]] Marmalade put the Bad Guys through, his utterly ''[[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises annihilated]]'' [[VillainousBreakdown expression]] is ''deliciously'' cathartic.
** And then there's the looks on the faces of Chief Huggins, Tiffany Fluffit, and the whole police force -- all of whom had spent the entire movie trashing the Bad Guys -- as they see the meteorite explode, exposing Marmalade as the true thief and proving that the Bad Guys ''were'' telling the truth. Their StunnedSilence speaks volumes.
** Then Wolf adds insult to injury by contemptuously patting Marmalade on the head, a silent "Cute effort, pal" reply to the latter's earlier HannibalLecture.
** As they're driven to jail (there's still all the crimes they ''did'' commit), the Bad Guys throw him the ''smuggest'' smirks ever. Comically enough, Piranha points to his rear and mouths "[[MeaningfulEcho It's a butt]]" at him, a [[PlayedForLaughs hilariously]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil mocking]] cherry on top. Never have a group of career criminals being carried away in a police van looked so triumphant.
* And then karma decides rightfully that it's not enough yet. The Golden Dolphin, blown into the air by the blast, hits the lamp, which topples over onto Marmalade, making him drop the Zumpango Diamond he stole from Diane earlier, implicating ''him'' as the Crimson Paw. [[LaserGuidedKarma It's his turn to find out how being framed up feels]].
** Points to Chief Luggins for identifying the Zumpango Diamond just by looking at it, proving that she's not just a heroic version of TheBrute. Nor does she show any preferential treatment to Marmalade, hauling him off to the prison van despite his protests -- whatever else she is, Chief Luggins seems to believe in equal justice.
** And as an extra touch of irony, the Golden Dolphin, the very symbol of [[BigGood goodness]], is only given to true good Samaritans. Marmalade only received it at the charity gala because Mr. Wolf reformed for real, and didn't follow through on stealing it. The way it indirectly leads to his arrest [[CallBack calls back]] to Snake's warning about it earlier in the film: it breaks every criminal who touches it.
** What makes this even better is that earlier, Marmalade took the diamond and pocketed it. He basically ended up framing [[HoistByHisOwnPetard himself.]]
** It all happens on a live broadcast. Tiffany Fluffit, who spends most of the film [[KentBrockmanNews parroting Marmalade's worldview on the news]], is now the first to report on Marmalade's exposure and arrest, destroying what credibility he has left.
** To rub salt in Marmalade's wound, the last thing he sees as he's hauled off to S.U.C.M. is Diane, the ''real'' Crimson Paw, holding the Golden Dolphin and smugly waving goodbye.
--> '''Professor Marmalade:''' No! No! [[CassandraTruth I'm not the Crimson Paw!]] ''Sh-She's'' the Crimson Paw! ''She's the Paw!'' [[VillainousBreakdown I'M A FLOWER OF GOODNESS!]] '''''[[BigNo NO!!]]'''''
* In the police car, while Snake gloats about how he kicked ass, Wolf one-ups him:
--> '''Mr. Wolf:''' That was pretty good there, Snakey.
--> '''Mr. Snake:''' "Good"? It was genius! Not only did I foil the pig, I got you to admit how much you care about me!
--> '''Mr. Wolf:''' Sure. Yeah. I just wonder about one little thing.
--> '''Mr. Snake:''' Oh, yeah? What's that, Wolf?
--> '''Mr. Wolf:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Who do you think put that one push pop in the fridge?]] [[note]]said Push Pop led Snake to do a good action, leading to the gang's (except Wolf) HeelRealization[=/=]GoodFeelsGood[=/=]HeelFaceTurn for real[[/note]]
--> '''Mr. Snake:''' (''smile fades as he goes from smug to flabbergasted'') Wait... You... ''No!''
--> '''Mr. Wolf:''' I ''knew'' you were good!
** Even more so since this recontextualises how events went down. Wolf didn't just stop Marmalade, [[XanatosSpeedChess he beat him at his own game]] and [[BatmanGambit played everyone else's goodness to his advantage]], systematically cluing in Diane to his scheme, and setting up all his buddies' HeelFaceTurn ([[BigDamnHeroes resultantly getting him and Diane rescued from Marmalade]]). The only things he didn't count on were [[ReformedCriminal Diane]] and [[FakeDefector Snake's]] own Awesome curveballs, basically a KarmicJackpot for setting them off on the right path, while Marmalade's backstabbing and {{Villain Ball}}s subsequently cost him everything. Marmalade and the Crimson Paw may be EvilerThanThou, but Wolf may have truly honed how powerful a little goodness can be.
!!The ''Maraschino Ruby'' short
* Chief Luggins plants a candy replica of the titular ruby in order to prove the Bad Guys are back to their old tricks, even calling them stupid twice, to get them to take the bait. But they pull off a master gambit to get her back:
** First, they get themselves arrested at a gas station for stealing Snake's favorite snack, knowing Luggins would arrive immediately to put them away herself. But then Shark arrives, acting as their lawyer, and shows them the receipt for the push pop, clearing them of the crime.
** After this, the disguised Mr. Shark points out that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Chief Luggins trying to provoke them and planting the fake ruby for them to steal is entrapment]], which is ILLEGAL, resulting in ''her'' arrest.
** However, Wolf offers to drop the charges against Luggins in exchange for the retraction of her statement, forcing her to swallow her pride and take the deal. Then he pickpockets Luggins, who was holding onto the real ruby, and the crew pulls off a heist to return it.
** The end result? The Bad Guys being hailed as heroes, rubbing some extra salt in Luggins' wounds as she has to listen to ''her own subordinate'' admitting that the Bad Guys, well...''might'' not be so bad, after all. They even point out how ''easy'' the whole job actually was.
--> '''Mr. Wolf:''' I can't believe how ''easy'' it was!
--> '''Mr. Snake:''' Like taking a candy from [[TakeThat a big, angry baby]]! ''([[NotHyperbole Eats the fake candy ruby.]])''
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''[[Music/TheChemicalBrothers We're only here to make you GO!]]'' ]]
It's a send-up of heist movies a la [[Film/OceansEleven Ocean's Eleven]], so you can expect many, many moments of pure awesome!
* The ChaseScene that starts the movie is a succession of {{Establishing Character Moment}}s that clearly show the AdaptationalBadass status of the gang, with Wolf commenting on each of their skills:
** Mr. Snake is a master of safe-cracking. After effortlessly robbing the bank with Mr. Wolf, throughout the chase, he hardly notices the action going on around him, completely focused on cracking the safe.
---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' Serpentine safe-cracking machine! Imagine [[Creator/HarryHoudini Houdini]], but with no arms.
** Ms. Tarantula is as much the queen of hackers as her male book counterpart. Her introduction has her HackTheTrafficLights to give Mr. Wolf's car a clear path, then turn them red again to cause pileups at every intersection, slowing the cops down. Jumping into the car, she casually tells Mr. Wolf she took over the police dispatch, blurred their satellite images, and grounded their helicopter.
---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' Our in-house hacker, our pocket search engine, our traveling tech wizard!
** Mr. Shark is an amazing MasterOfDisguise. He's introduced disguised as a construction worker, guiding a crane carrying portable toilets. The moment the gang's car passes through the construction site, he has the crane drop the toilets, causing the police cars to crash into them.
---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' Apex predator of the thousand faces! His greatest trick: stealing the Mona Lisa ''disguised '''as''' the Mona Lisa!'' Dig that!
** Mr. Snake shedding his gala disguise by molting out of his skin, sliding out of his own mouth. Gross yet efficient!
** Mr. Piranha causes one hell of a pile-up with the cop cars, proving he's a PintSizedPowerhouse and a crack at parkour. A flashback shows him effortlessly [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping]] six thugs in a dark alley.
---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' He's a loose cannon with a short fuse, willing to scrap with anyone or anything. He's brave! He's fearless! ... Oh, who am I kidding, he's ''crazy''.
** How does Mr. Wolf show off his BadassDriver credentials? ''By downright taunting the cops right in front of the precinct!''
---> '''Mr. Snake:''' [[OhCrap Er...]] (''hurriedly closes the car's door'')
---> '''Ms. Tarantula:''' [[HoldYourHippogriffs What the thorax?!]]
---> '''Mr. Piranha:''' Are you crazy?!
---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' What? I just wanted a longer car chase. (''[[BreakingTheFourthWall to the audience]]'') It's the best part.
** He gets to show them off even further towards the end of the chase. There are two waves of police cars, one in front and one behind, both closing in rapidly. Mr. Wolf floors it, then uses the car's emergency brake to do an impossibly tight turn and drive down a flight of stairs, leaving both waves of police cars to crash into each other while the gang lands on the other side of town, unscathed.
---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' Yeah, we may be bad, ''but we're so good at it.''
* The Golden Dolphin heist. If it hadn't been for Marmalade's manipulations, ''the Bad Guys would have pulled it off''.
** The entire plan leading up to grabbing the Golden Dolphin itself, as Wolf describes it to the gang, goes off exactly as intended, without a single hiccup or complication that hadn't been foreseen. Wolf even has free time to pickpocket guests and still doesn't get caught. It's only when [[TemptingFate Wolf comments on how smooth things are going]] that the WPSST is revealed, and the gang's skills are put to a legitimate challenge.
** Tarantula hacking the Wolf Piranha Snake Shark Tarantula (or "WPSST") Protection System, the last line of defense for the trophy. She is familiar with the security system and starts off cocky with the means to bypass it, but once she finds it was configured specifically to keep her out, she [[LetsGetDangerous goes "Beast Mode"]] and brute forces her way in. Despite Chief Luggins banging on the door outside and Piranha's fart filling the room and essentially knockout gassing her, [[{{Determinator}} she keeps going]] and ''cracks it.''
*** So much has gone wrong; the WPSST is still armed, Piranha's fart has nearly knocked out Tarantula, Chief Luggins is about to enter the security office, and the stage curtain is starting to come up with Wolf and Snake still hanging from the vent over the Golden Dolphin. As Chief Luggins opens the security office door, [[BigDamnHeroes Shark shows up]] just in time to distract her. Now with the air clear, Tarantula recovers and finishes the hack turning off the WPSST, and Wolf and Snake grab the Golden Dolphin and flee, mere ''seconds'' before the curtain is raised.
** The gang does their victory walk ''through the crowd'' towards the main exit, over the sounds of Diane trying to calm the audience while not freaking out herself. Wolf wanted to humiliate the governor for badmouthing him and the gang, and [[NearVillainVictory very nearly succeeded]].
*** Even more so since the WPSST system and her conversation with "Mr Poodleton" made quite clear Diane ''knew'' they were going to try and pull something, but chose to let them make fools of themselves against her precautions. After they swipe it under her nose anyway and ruin the ceremony, Diane spends most of the scene afterwards [[SoreLoser sulking at Wolf]], and makes clear to Marmalade that [[NoNonsenseNemesis she's done playing around and wants them arrested before they cause anymore harm]]. This and Wolf [[{{Touche}} turning her words around her in response]] makes apparent that, even now prior to both their CharacterDevelopment, the Bad Guys have made Diane start to reanalyse her original view of them as worthless inferiors. Even at this point, they made a fool out of ''[[AlwaysSomeoneBetter the Crimson Paw]]''.
* Wolf managing to rescue the cat is mainly a [[Heartwarming/TheBadGuys wholesome moment]], but it's also this, as it's his HeroesFrontierStep.
* The "Good Tonight" sequence. During the charity gala, Snake attempts to steal a code, but is accidentally grabbed by Chief Luggins. In a desperate bid to distract her, Piranha jumps onto the main stage, deploys [[HiddenDepths all his singing talent]], and improvises one hell of a catchy song that ''everyone'' swings on!
** The others deserve mention too. Snake and Shark join in at the music playing and do a pretty good job at it, while planting the devices Webs needs to take over the power grid, all done while in plain view without getting caught.
** Special mention goes to Wolf and Diane's dance, [[SignatureScene one of the film's most iconic moments]]. It's a perfectly choreographed dance that not only captures the dancing styles of Sam Rockwell and Zazie Beetz perfectly, but also encapsulate Wolf and Diane's characterization and growing bond throughout the film.
*** At the very end of the dance, Diane lifts and twirls Wolf ''effortlessly''. A surprising display of strength, and a good {{Foreshadowing}} of the reveal about her.
** The song triggers an outpouring of charitable donations from the audience. By the time the song's finished, they're just $8 shy of ''one billion dollars'', all of which would go to schools, hospitals and orphanages across Los Angeles.
---> '''Tiffany Fluffit:''' Break out the umbrellas, because it's raining money! All because of -- [[ICantBelieveImSayingThis I can't even believe I'm saying this]] -- all because of ''the Bad Guys''!
* While being pursued by countless police over the stolen meteorite, Wolf scrambles to grab a map, mark the location of his gang's hideout, and get it to Diane, all while evading capture. This one last-second act of goodness is what convinces Diane his reform is genuine and things aren't what they appear to be, kickstarting the movie's third act and instigating Marmalade's downfall.
** The map ends up serving another purpose as well. When Diane brings up her map at the hideout and tries to figure out Marmalade's plan, Wolf lays the charity map over her map of the guinea pig heat signatures in the city, [[EurekaMoment revealing they're all converging on the locations the money trucks are heading towards]].
* TheReveal of Marmalade's [[BigBad true nature]], and of how he played Wolf ''like a fiddle''. He anticipates his every move -- he knew Wolf would make things personal and attempt to steal the Golden Dolphin, so he fakes the old lady act to plant the seed of Wolf knowing what being good feels like, and ''weaponizes that'' to foil the heist so the gang can be captured, all so he can instigate his plan to get the gang to the Gala so they'll take the fall for the theft of the meteorite. And it's not until Marmalade calls Wolf "[[MeaningfulEcho such a good boy]]" that Wolf makes the connection.
* The introduction to the Crimson Paw. [[DarkestHour Things couldn't be worse for the gang]]; they're imprisoned on [[TheAlcatraz an inescapable island in the middle of the sea]], their public goodwill is gone, and now Wolf and Snake are at each other's throats. Suddenly, a {{Ninja}} appears from the rafters above and [[CurbStompBattle effortlessly annihilates]] every cop thrown their way and throws them into a cell. Then the ninja steps towards the gang and [[TheReveal reveals herself to be Diane]]. Wolf even gives her an introduction [[CallBack like he does for the gang in the opening chase]].
--> '''The Bad Guys:''' (''Gasp!'') '''''DIANE?!'''''\\
'''Mr. Piranha:''' But how do you know how to [[BuffySpeak do all that kick-kick punch-punch]]?!\\
'''Mr. Wolf:''' Wait a sec... '' '''YOU'RE''' THE CRIMSON PAW?!'' The queen of cons! Acrobatic Swiss Army knife! Stole the Zumpango Diamond ''twice''! Once for profit, second time ''just for fun''! Never identified! Never caught!\\
'''Diane:''' Guess I'm still the best bad guy the world has ever seen. (''notices one of the guards managed to nick her sleeve'') Ugh, at least I ''used'' to be...\\
(''The alarm sounds, and an '''army''' of guards arrives and encircles the group. Diane leaps off Shark's back, the first blow is landed... [[SmashCut And we immediately cut]] to the group on a boat, already far from the prison with [[StuffBlowingUp explosions of water pluming up behind them]].'')\\
'''Diane:''' Nope, I'm still the best! Just like riding a stolen bicycle!
* Like Wolf, Diane could have had stolen the Golden Dolphin if she hadn't had a HeelRealization at the last second. Unlike Wolf, rather than steal it at the Good Samaritan Awards, her attempt was at an undisclosed location, possibly where it was manufactured; the name of the Good Samaritan award ''hadn't even been inscribed yet''.
* Another villainous one for Marmalade, he not only captures Diane, the aforementioned undefeated Crimson Paw, pretty easily, but leaves her indignant by revealing he knew she was the Crimson Paw the whole time, revealing he figured so by noticing a cocky error she made; hiding the Zumpango Diamond on the diamond ring she wore and tested Wolf with. It is Marmalade that leads Diane, who has non-stop gloated and trash talked about being ''the'' absolute best and most invincible bad guy the world hs ever seen since the movie started, [[BreakTheHaughty to realise she is just]] [[AlwaysABiggerFish another fallible peer to be knocked down the chain like Wolf.]]
* The remainder of the Bad Guys saving Wolf and Diane from the death trap. Piranha knocks out Cuddles with [[ChekhovsGun one of his deadly farts]]. Then for a moment it seems the group has gotten distracted and Diane begins having a panic attack, only for it to be revealed that Webs was shutting it down offscreen.
* The highway chase scene. With the meteor still sending out a signal, the mind-controlled guinea pigs are still driving the money trucks, which have split up between two different lanes on the highway. To stop them, Tarantula has to hack their navigational systems, but they need to plant multicircuit magnetic interceptors on every van first. Diane and Tarantula jump out of the car with a briefcase ''that turns into a motorcycle'', going after one of the groups of trucks, and plant interceptors on them. Meanwhile, Shark rips off Wolf's car's roof and [[FastballSpecial throws Piranha towards the vans]] to plant interceptors as well. All of this is set to the music of "Go" by Music/TheChemicalBrothers, interlaced with the flute melodies from the Crimson Paw's theme.
** At one point, we get a close-up to Wolf's feet as he pulls a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel-and-toe_shifting heel-and-toe shift]], a driving technique that is mainly used by ''professional racers'', [[BadassDriver showing once again how formidable he is behind a wheel.]]
*** Not a surprise when you know that [[WordOfGod a professional stunt driver supervised the chase scenes]].
** While he benefits from being thrown by Shark, Piranha still manages to ''run faster than the trucks''! PintsizedPowerhouse, indeed!
** The last trucks try to crush Diane and Piranha, but they pull off some impressive moves to dodge and counterattack. Diane jumps off her bike, which turns back into a briefcase, then slides ''under the truck'' and plants an interceptor on the underside, before emerging from the other side. Mr. Piranha looks like he's been crushed between two trucks, only to reappear on top of one of the truck's windshields and plant an interceptor.
** And Wolf finishes it up by putting down the last interceptor, which he does as a casual coin flip.
---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' So long, suckers!
** More than just stopping the trucks, Tarantula's hack makes them all reroute back to their original donation destinations. Even Diane is impressed.
* When the gang tries to bring [[{{Turncoat}} Snake]] back to his senses, Marmalade throws a ''horde'' of controlled guinea pigs at them, a tsunami of flesh that ''ravages'' the freeway in its efforts to kill our heroes. But Wolf proves once and for all what a BadassDriver he is by managing to stay one ([[NightmareFuel short]]) step ahead of the mass.
** A few instants later, Marmalade [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves throws Snake out of the chopper]] to force the gang to abandon the meteor. The gang scrambles towards him in a desperate rush, putting their lives on the line to save their comrade.
** The fully reunited gang is falling to their death, as they bemoan and cry on how it's going to end...
---> '''Mr. Wolf:''' Come on, guys. ''Who said it was the end?'' (''cue GrapplingHookPistol, which FINALLY works correctly'')
** The explosion of Mr. Wolf's car crashing at the bottom of the crater propels the gang, the cat, and the grappling hook sky high, and the hook latches onto the side of the highway, saving them. The explosion also causes Marmalade to stumble, and the mind control helmet is blown off his head and into the helicopter blades. Not only are the guinea pigs freed from his control, but now the helicopter is damaged and Marmalade can't make the clean escape he had hoped for, which becomes vital to his downfall minutes later.
* Diane tries to explain that the Bad Guys are innocent regarding the theft of the meteor, [[HeroicSacrifice even though that'd mean confessing that she was the Crimson Paw and destroying her new life]]. The Bad Guys [[DefiedTrope refuse to let her do it and surrender instead]].
** Wolf and the Bad Guys turning themselves in [[GracefulLoser willingly]] counts as the ultimate testament of their redemption's validity unto itself. Although Marmalade [[ManipulativeBastard marred]] it earlier, the gang willingly surrendering feels less like a defeat and more like [[MeaningfulEcho a more genuine indication of their character]], an honest sense they want to do the right thing and take accountability for their previous actions.
** It's an especially big culmination of Mr. Wolf's development. As a criminal, he was an AttentionWhore, loving the reactions his and the gang's antics got in the press and wanting to solidify their legacy. At first, he seems to focus on getting a lot of positive attention once he starts reforming. But, stopping Diane from turning herself in is a ''unsung'' heroic act; it's not flashy or exciting, but it means the world to someone he cares about.
** Note that, at the start of the film, while Diane's dedication to good was always genuine, she starts off rather pious and smug, deeming the Bad Guys gutless no-hopers [[{{Hypocrite}} despite her own criminal past and unwillingness to face accountability for it]]. That the Bad Guys covered for Diane, and the fact she was now willing to blow her cover just to ensure their vindication in the first place, shows them return the favour both physically and mentally. They were [[CharacterDevelopment a positive influence]] to their PositiveFriendInfluence.
* Snake's master stroke. For a moment, it seems as though [[KarmaHoudini Marmalade will get away with everything he's done]], and is about to bring the meteorite back to his compound. Then he applauds himself... and [[WhamShot the meteorite's lights turn on and off]], revealing it to be a decoy. Snake starts laughing, leading to a [[OnceMoreWithClarity flashback sequence]] of what Snake was really up to all along: [[FakeDefector he faked his defection]] so he could sabotage Marmalade's plot from within.
** Knowing Wolf and the others would try to stop Marmalade's heist by stealing the meteorite, Snake commanded the brainwashed guinea pigs to spray paint the [[ChekhovsGun meteorite-shaped lamp]] to look like the real thing, then switch the two out. Once the gang stole the decoy and Marmalade gave chase, Snake put the real meteorite back and then overcharges it, making it explode, nuking his house in a blue PillarOfLight.
---> '''Mr. Snake:''' The ol' switcheroo. (''[[BadassFingersnap snaps his tail]]'')\\
(''The meteor [[StuffBlowingUp explodes]] and disintegrates Marmalade's mansion in a PillarOfLight, proving that '''he''' was the real culprit''.)
** When the shockwave hits, Snake sticks his tongue out in a CallBack to what he told Wolf in the diner at the beginning, tasting the air and savoring the Bad Guys' victory while his smug grin becomes even more so.
** After all the [[WoundedGazelleGambit sadistic]], [[ManipulativeBastard cruel]] [[KickTheDog trouble]] Marmalade put the Bad Guys through, his utterly ''[[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises annihilated]]'' [[VillainousBreakdown expression]] is ''deliciously'' cathartic.
** And then there's the looks on the faces of Chief Huggins, Tiffany Fluffit, and the whole police force -- all of whom had spent the entire movie trashing the Bad Guys -- as they see the meteorite explode, exposing Marmalade as the true thief and proving that the Bad Guys ''were'' telling the truth. Their StunnedSilence speaks volumes.
** Then Wolf adds insult to injury by contemptuously patting Marmalade on the head, a silent "Cute effort, pal" reply to the latter's earlier HannibalLecture.
** As they're driven to jail (there's still all the crimes they ''did'' commit), the Bad Guys throw him the ''smuggest'' smirks ever. Comically enough, Piranha points to his rear and mouths "[[MeaningfulEcho It's a butt]]" at him, a [[PlayedForLaughs hilariously]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil mocking]] cherry on top. Never have a group of career criminals being carried away in a police van looked so triumphant.
* And then karma decides rightfully that it's not enough yet. The Golden Dolphin, blown into the air by the blast, hits the lamp, which topples over onto Marmalade, making him drop the Zumpango Diamond he stole from Diane earlier, implicating ''him'' as the Crimson Paw. [[LaserGuidedKarma It's his turn to find out how being framed up feels]].
** Points to Chief Luggins for identifying the Zumpango Diamond just by looking at it, proving that she's not just a heroic version of TheBrute. Nor does she show any preferential treatment to Marmalade, hauling him off to the prison van despite his protests -- whatever else she is, Chief Luggins seems to believe in equal justice.
** And as an extra touch of irony, the Golden Dolphin, the very symbol of [[BigGood goodness]], is only given to true good Samaritans. Marmalade only received it at the charity gala because Mr. Wolf reformed for real, and didn't follow through on stealing it. The way it indirectly leads to his arrest [[CallBack calls back]] to Snake's warning about it earlier in the film: it breaks every criminal who touches it.
** What makes this even better is that earlier, Marmalade took the diamond and pocketed it. He basically ended up framing [[HoistByHisOwnPetard himself.]]
** It all happens on a live broadcast. Tiffany Fluffit, who spends most of the film [[KentBrockmanNews parroting Marmalade's worldview on the news]], is now the first to report on Marmalade's exposure and arrest, destroying what credibility he has left.
** To rub salt in Marmalade's wound, the last thing he sees as he's hauled off to S.U.C.M. is Diane, the ''real'' Crimson Paw, holding the Golden Dolphin and smugly waving goodbye.
--> '''Professor Marmalade:''' No! No! [[CassandraTruth I'm not the Crimson Paw!]] ''Sh-She's'' the Crimson Paw! ''She's the Paw!'' [[VillainousBreakdown I'M A FLOWER OF GOODNESS!]] '''''[[BigNo NO!!]]'''''
* In the police car, while Snake gloats about how he kicked ass, Wolf one-ups him:
--> '''Mr. Wolf:''' That was pretty good there, Snakey.
--> '''Mr. Snake:''' "Good"? It was genius! Not only did I foil the pig, I got you to admit how much you care about me!
--> '''Mr. Wolf:''' Sure. Yeah. I just wonder about one little thing.
--> '''Mr. Snake:''' Oh, yeah? What's that, Wolf?
--> '''Mr. Wolf:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Who do you think put that one push pop in the fridge?]] [[note]]said Push Pop led Snake to do a good action, leading to the gang's (except Wolf) HeelRealization[=/=]GoodFeelsGood[=/=]HeelFaceTurn for real[[/note]]
--> '''Mr. Snake:''' (''smile fades as he goes from smug to flabbergasted'') Wait... You... ''No!''
--> '''Mr. Wolf:''' I ''knew'' you were good!
** Even more so since this recontextualises how events went down. Wolf didn't just stop Marmalade, [[XanatosSpeedChess he beat him at his own game]] and [[BatmanGambit played everyone else's goodness to his advantage]], systematically cluing in Diane to his scheme, and setting up all his buddies' HeelFaceTurn ([[BigDamnHeroes resultantly getting him and Diane rescued from Marmalade]]). The only things he didn't count on were [[ReformedCriminal Diane]] and [[FakeDefector Snake's]] own Awesome curveballs, basically a KarmicJackpot for setting them off on the right path, while Marmalade's backstabbing and {{Villain Ball}}s subsequently cost him everything. Marmalade and the Crimson Paw may be EvilerThanThou, but Wolf may have truly honed how powerful a little goodness can be.
!!The ''Maraschino Ruby'' short
* Chief Luggins plants a candy replica of the titular ruby in order to prove the Bad Guys are back to their old tricks, even calling them stupid twice, to get them to take the bait. But they pull off a master gambit to get her back:
** First, they get themselves arrested at a gas station for stealing Snake's favorite snack, knowing Luggins would arrive immediately to put them away herself. But then Shark arrives, acting as their lawyer, and shows them the receipt for the push pop, clearing them of the crime.
** After this, the disguised Mr. Shark points out that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Chief Luggins trying to provoke them and planting the fake ruby for them to steal is entrapment]], which is ILLEGAL, resulting in ''her'' arrest.
** However, Wolf offers to drop the charges against Luggins in exchange for the retraction of her statement, forcing her to swallow her pride and take the deal. Then he pickpockets Luggins, who was holding onto the real ruby, and the crew pulls off a heist to return it.
** The end result? The Bad Guys being hailed as heroes, rubbing some extra salt in Luggins' wounds as she has to listen to ''her own subordinate'' admitting that the Bad Guys, well...''might'' not be so bad, after all. They even point out how ''easy'' the whole job actually was.
--> '''Mr. Wolf:''' I can't believe how ''easy'' it was!
--> '''Mr. Snake:''' Like taking a candy from [[TakeThat a big, angry baby]]! ''([[NotHyperbole Eats the fake candy ruby.]])''
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