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* InterruptedIntimacy: Shame and Angela are about to reignire their old flame when Mendoza calls and tells him he's kidnapped Peaches and wants to exchange her for Angela. Shame agrees, but engineers a double cross that prevents Mendoza from getting his hands on either woman nor him.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: One that could send the Mythbusters into a frenzy, foaming at the mouth: Mendoza's henchmen manage to follow Angela back to her hotel, so Shame and Angela have to escape. They briefly fool the bad guys by pretending to be a hooker and her client, then escape into a Jeep. The thugs give chase and corner Shame at a dead end. Inexplicably, Shame guns the engine and ''the entire Jeep's front end magically is boosted up, rolls over the other car, and then back down it onto the street'' and they escape. The two bad guys in the car represent the audience--they both stare in total disbelief of what just happened to them. It is 100% physically impossible even with it being a Jeep, but the movie also lives off of NarmCharm and RefugeInAudacity.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: One that could send the Mythbusters into a frenzy, foaming at the mouth: Mendoza's henchmen manage to follow Angela back to her hotel, so Shame and Angela have to escape. They briefly fool the bad guys by pretending to be a hooker and her client, then escape into a Jeep. The thugs give chase and corner Shame at a dead end. Inexplicably, Shame guns the engine and ''the entire Jeep's entire front end magically is boosted up, rolls over the other car, and then back down it onto the street'' and they escape. The two bad guys in the car represent the audience--they both stare in total disbelief of what just happened to them. It is 100% physically impossible even with it being a Jeep, but the movie also lives off of NarmCharm and RefugeInAudacity.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: One that could send the Mythbusters into a frenzy, foaming at the mouth: Mendoza's henchmen manage to follow Angela back to her hotel, so Shame and Angela have to escape. They briefly fool the bad guys by pretending to be a hooker and her client, then escape into a Jeep. The thugs give chase and corner Shame at a dead end. Inexplicably, Shame guns the engine and ''the entire Jeep's front end magically is boosted up, rolls over the other car, and then back down it onto the street'' and they escape. The two bad guys in the car represent the audience--they both stare in total disbelief of what just happened to them. It is 100% physically impossible even with it being a Jeep, but the movie lives off of NarmCharm and RefugeInAudacity, so that's that.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: One that could send the Mythbusters into a frenzy, foaming at the mouth: Mendoza's henchmen manage to follow Angela back to her hotel, so Shame and Angela have to escape. They briefly fool the bad guys by pretending to be a hooker and her client, then escape into a Jeep. The thugs give chase and corner Shame at a dead end. Inexplicably, Shame guns the engine and ''the entire Jeep's front end magically is boosted up, rolls over the other car, and then back down it onto the street'' and they escape. The two bad guys in the car represent the audience--they both stare in total disbelief of what just happened to them. It is 100% physically impossible even with it being a Jeep, but the movie also lives off of NarmCharm and RefugeInAudacity, so that's that.RefugeInAudacity.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: One that could send the Mythbusters into a frenzy, foaming at the mouth: Mendoza's henchmen manage to follow Angela back to her hotel, so Shame and Angela have to escape. They briefly fool the bad guys by pretending to be a hooker and her client, then escape into a Jeep. The thugs give chase and corner Shame at a dead end. Inexplicably, Shame guns the engine and ''the entire Jeep's front end magically is boosted up, rolls over the other car, and then back down it onto the street'' and they escape. The two bad guys in the car represent the audience--they both stare in total disbelief of what just happened to them. It is 100% physically impossible even with it being a Jeep, but the movie lives off of NarmCharm and RefugeInAudacity, so that's that.
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* TheCameo: Keenen's sister, Kim, gets a cameo playing the store associate at a ''very'' snooty boutique where he notices that Angela is frequenting due to a particular fine fragrance she used to like when they were still together. He goes inside and gets a feel for the place, pretending to be a client, and then once he works out that he can't coax anything out of the store associate, he goes to a pay phone and calls the store, pretending to be a radio DJ that just announced she is a contest winner. The store associate falls for it and rushes out of the store to go collect what she thinks is prize money, so then when Angela returns and can't buy her fragrance, it allows Shame to tail her back to her hotel.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Angela gets her comeuppance big time, and with maximum irony. In the finale, [[spoiler: she shoots Mendoza dead, undoing all of Shame's hard work and sacrifice, and then turns the gun on him, claiming he'd never let her have all the drug money and she's obsessed with being rich. Peaches then kicks her ass and Captain Nunez's men arrest her. It's after this point that we find out that since Sonny hired Shame, then Shame is entitled to a "finder's fee" of the millions of dollars, so if Angela had just kept her mouth shut and gotten back with Shame without trying to kill him or Mendoza, then she could have testified, been done with her legal obligations, and been happily ever after with Shame with the finder's fee he decided to keep. Instead, she's now going to jail for murder, attempted murder, and is back to being broke, her one worst fear.]]
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Played straight with the lovely Peaches, but averted with Angela.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Played straight with the lovely Peaches, but averted with Angela. Peaches is sassy, but sweet and helpful. Angela is beautiful, but also cold as ice and willing to turn on anyone for money.
* BehindTheBlack: Peaches is trying to sneak her way out of the mall filled with Mendoza and his mooks, but she accidentally touches the fountain button near the food court, cluing Mendoza in to her whereabouts. Mendoza then grabs her and screams for Shame to reveal himself and he does...by sliding down a freaking tether from the upper floor and kicking Mendoza in the chest. The only problem is that Keenen Ivory Wayans is freaking six-foot-three and wearing a trenchcoat and a suit, so how in the ''hell'' did Mendoza not see him flying towards him on the tether?
* BehindTheBlack: Peaches is trying to sneak her way out of the mall filled with Mendoza and his mooks, but she accidentally touches the fountain button near the food court, cluing Mendoza in to her whereabouts. Mendoza then grabs her and screams for Shame to reveal himself and he does...by sliding down a freaking tether from the upper floor and kicking Mendoza in the chest. The only problem is that Keenen Ivory Wayans is freaking six-foot-three and wearing a trenchcoat and a suit, so how in the ''hell'' did Mendoza not see him flying towards him on the tether?
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* AllForNothing: Subverted. [[spoiler: Shame does finally arrest Mendoza for his many, many crimes, but Angela shoots him dead before Shame could take him to jail. She almost shoots Shame, but Peaches comes in and rescues him instead. However, it does still have a happy ending since Shame was still technically hired to find Angela and so his "finder's fee" of the drug money is going to make sure he and Peaches are set for life.]]
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* ExasperatedPerp: Surprisingly, it's inverted. Shame tells Peaches to watch Angela since Mendoza wants her found and killed so she can't testify against him, so he stashes them at Peaches' place since the bad guys don't know where it is. Peaches tries to ignore Angela by watching TV, but Angela wants to go back on the run and she wants to find the drug money from Mendoza's Mexico score, so she starts intentionally insulting Peaches until she gets angry enough to kick her out of the house, if only to avoid getting in a cat fight. Peaches of course realizes she'll be in a world of trouble for letting Angela walk out and tries to go after her, but the Captain Nunez shows up and makes her stay put so he can confront Shame when he comes by later. Peaches lies to cover for herself when Shame returns, angry that she let Angela go.
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* ExasperatedPerp: Surprisingly, it's inverted. Shame tells Peaches to watch Angela since Mendoza wants her found and killed so she can't testify against him, so he stashes them at Peaches' place since the bad guys don't know where it is. Peaches tries to ignore Angela by watching TV, but Angela wants to go back on the run and she wants to find the drug money from Mendoza's Mexico score, so she starts intentionally insulting Peaches until she gets angry enough to kick her out of the house, if only to avoid getting in a cat fight. Peaches of course realizes she'll be in a world of trouble for letting Angela walk out and tries to go after her, but the then Captain Nunez shows up and makes her stay put so he can confront Shame when he comes by later. Peaches lies to cover for herself when Shame returns, angry that she let Angela go.
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* FakeoutMakeout: Shame and Angela slips past a couple of Mendoza's men by pretending to be a client and a prostitute kissing passionately as they walk by.
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* CasualDangerDialogue: Shame ''lives'' for this when he's out on a case. He's pretty much snarky at all times, but especially when he's in danger. The biggest example is in the finale when Luis siccs his attack dogs on him, but Shame uses the "sing James Brown songs" thing he got from Peaches and it soothes the dogs into not attacking. Shame then proceeds to do the following while still singing and dancing ''in front of the dogs'':
-->'''Shame''': Now I want all the dogs on the left to go, 'ooh-ooh' and then the dogs on the right to wave their paws!
-->'''Shame''': Now I want all the dogs on the left to go, 'ooh-ooh' and then the dogs on the right to wave their paws!
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* ShoutOut: It's brief, but Shame mentions after waking up with Wayman--a gay man he thought was a woman because he was cross-dressing--he then says, "I'mma just pretend I didn't wake up in ''The Crying Game.''"
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* TallDarkAndSnarky: Shame is ''very'' sarcastic, and Keenen Ivory Wayans is also 6 ' 3 ''.
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* ExasperatedPerp: Surprisingly, it's inverted. Shame tells Peaches to watch Angela since Mendoza wants her found and killed so she can't testify against him, so he stashes them at Peaches' place since the bad guys don't know where it is. Peaches tries to ignore Angela by watching TV, but Angela wants to go back on the run and she wants to find the drug money from Mendoza's Mexico score, so she starts intentionally insulting Peaches until she gets angry enough to kick her out of the house, if only to avoid getting in a cat fight. Peaches of course realizes she'll be in a world of trouble for letting Angela walk out and tries to go after her, but the Captain Nunez shows up and makes her stay put so he can confront Shame when he comes by later. Peaches lies to cover for herself when Shame returns, angry that she let Angela go.
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* AFriendOnTheForce: Shame's former boss Captain Nunez is your stereotypical DaChief sort, but he does actually listen to Shame a few times and becomes the cavalry at the end fight at the mall. The cops arrive after the action is over, as per usual with this sort of noir tribute, but he also lets Shame off the hook for the violence and property damage when he realizes that Shame did him a huge favor uncovering [[spoiler: Sonny]] as the mole, returning Angela into Witness Protection (and jail, since she [[spoiler: killed both Sonny and Mendoza]]), and recovered the drug money that started this whole mess years ago.
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* AFriendOnTheForce: FriendOnTheForce: Shame's former boss Captain Nunez is your stereotypical DaChief sort, but he does actually listen to Shame a few times and becomes the cavalry at the end fight at the mall. The cops arrive after the action is over, as per usual with this sort of noir tribute, but he also lets Shame off the hook for the violence and property damage when he realizes that Shame did him a huge favor uncovering [[spoiler: Sonny]] as the mole, returning Angela into Witness Protection (and jail, since she [[spoiler: killed both Sonny and Mendoza]]), and recovered the drug money that started this whole mess years ago.
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A 1994 American Action Comedy written and directed by Creator/KeenenIvoryWayans that has an ex-cop-turned private detective (Wayans) looking for stolen money by a drug lord (Creator/AndrewDivoff). Shame used to be a DEA agent pursuing Mendoza, a drug lord with a penchant for violence and who has eluded authorities for years. They managed to track him down in Mexico with Shame's team of agents, but he faked his own death and a lot of Shame's unit didn't make it. Disgraced and angry, Shame left to become a private detective until one of his old partners, Sonny, resurfaces with news: Mendoza's alive with a new face and so is his ex-girlfriend, Angela (Salli Richardson Whitfield). If they track down Mendoza and Angela, they can close this case for good, so Shame and his secretary Peaches (Jada Pinkett Smith) start looking for Angela and Mendoza both to wrap up a case several years in the making.
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A 1994 American Action Comedy written and directed by Creator/KeenenIvoryWayans that has an ex-cop-turned private detective (Wayans) looking for stolen money by a drug lord (Creator/AndrewDivoff). Shame used to be a DEA agent drug police officer pursuing Mendoza, a drug lord with a penchant for violence and who has eluded authorities for years. They managed to track him down in Mexico with Shame's team of agents, but he faked his own death and a lot of Shame's unit didn't make it. Disgraced and angry, Shame left to become a private detective until one of his old partners, Sonny, resurfaces with news: Mendoza's alive with a new face and so is his ex-girlfriend, Angela (Salli Richardson Whitfield). If they track down Mendoza and Angela, they can close this case for good, so Shame and his secretary Peaches (Jada Pinkett Smith) start looking for Angela and Mendoza both to wrap up a case several years in the making.
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* DaChief: Subverted. Shame still interacts with his former boss and he comes in handy in the third act. His men unfortunately die protecting Peaches, but he also lets all the property damage and murder go when he realizes Shame just cleaned up a huge case and exposed [[spoiler: a DEA mole.]]
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* DaChief: Subverted. Shame still interacts with his former boss Captain Nunez and he comes in handy in the third act. His men unfortunately die protecting Peaches, but he also lets all the property damage and murder go when he realizes Shame just cleaned up a huge case and exposed [[spoiler: a DEA mole.]]
* AFriendOnTheForce: Shame's former boss Captain Nunez is your stereotypical DaChief sort, but he does actually listen to Shame a few times and becomes the cavalry at the end fight at the mall. The cops arrive after the action is over, as per usual with this sort of noir tribute, but he also lets Shame off the hook for the violence and property damage when he realizes that Shame did him a huge favor uncovering [[spoiler: Sonny]] as the mole, returning Angela into Witness Protection (and jail, since she [[spoiler: killed both Sonny and Mendoza]]), and recovered the drug money that started this whole mess years ago.
* ImportantHaircut: Shame finally shaves his head and stocks himself up with better weapons and whips out his CoolCar to confront Mendoza and his men in the second half of the film. It seems to imply he's now much more focused and confident in his abilities, whereas before he was down on his luck and unsure of himself as a private detective.
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* MarriedToTheJob: Angela cites this as one of the reasons she left Shame; he was a DEA agent married to the job and she was always having to be second best in his life. She does love him, but it's just not enough to sustain the relationship.
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* MotiveRant: When Shame confronts the mole [[spoiler: Sonny in the climax, Sonny launches into one of these. It turns out he wanted to take the drug money and split it with his whole DEA unit. He asked them first and they said only if Shame was in on it. Shame was a do right guy and would have said no, spoiling Sonny out of millions, so he later teams up with Mendoza so he can get rich.]]
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* MotiveRant: When Shame confronts the mole [[spoiler: Sonny in the climax, Sonny launches into one of these. It turns out he wanted to take the drug money and split it with his whole DEA unit. He asked them first and they said only if Shame was in on it. Shame was a do right guy and would have said no, spoiling Sonny out of millions, so he later teams up with Mendoza so he can get rich.]]
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* YouWouldntShootMe: After Shame has been running around beating up criminals and causing massive amounts of damage, his former boss comes in to bring him in for an arrest. Instead of arresting him, Shame gives him an abridged version of what's going on with Mendoza and tells him to put Peaches under protective custody for the next few days. When he goes to leave, his ex-boss holds him at gunpoint and doesn't even faze Shame.
-->'''Captain Nunez''': Shame, you walk out that door and I'll shoot ya!
-->'''Shame''': ''(visibly annoyed)'' Yeah, yeah. Do me a favor--put Peaches in protective custody for 24 hours. ''(he exits)''
-->'''Peaches''': Why you let him go?! You're just gonna let him trollop around--
-->'''Captain Nunez''': Hey, hey, hey! Now you, I ''will'' shoot. Get dressed and let's go.
-->'''Captain Nunez''': Shame, you walk out that door and I'll shoot ya!
-->'''Shame''': ''(visibly annoyed)'' Yeah, yeah. Do me a favor--put Peaches in protective custody for 24 hours. ''(he exits)''
-->'''Peaches''': Why you let him go?! You're just gonna let him trollop around--
-->'''Captain Nunez''': Hey, hey, hey! Now you, I ''will'' shoot. Get dressed and let's go.
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* ChewingTheScenery: Due to their rather stereotypical writing, Wayman and Bernard are both ''extremely'' over the top characters and both performers turn in very hammy performances, but to their credit, they're both funny and memorable even if they're offensive by today's standards.
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* FreudianExcuse: Angela is so selfish and self-centered because she grew up an orphan and, according to her, "nobody ever did shit for me!" She is obsessed with getting or staying rich and will do anything to secure herself as much money as possible, even [[spoiler: try to kill the man she loves.]]
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* OutWithABang: [[spoiler: Sonny corners Angela in the mall during the climactic shootout and catches her when she accidentally overturns a barrel, revealing her hiding spot. Sonny is about to shoot her when she removes her jacket, exposing her bra, and suggests that instead of killing her, he sleeps with her instead. Sonny briefly considers it, but he's too smart and knows she's trying to trick him. Too bad for him that she's faster on the draw and whips out the gun clipped to her bra and kills him. She even taunts him when he's lying there bleeding out, no less.]]
-->'''Angela''': Stupid motherfucker. Coulda had you some pussy before you died.
-->'''Angela''': Stupid motherfucker. Coulda had you some pussy before you died.
