History Film / EveryWhichWayButLoose

* VisualInnuendo: Orville and Philo stop at a roadside fruit stand manned by sexy Echo (Bevely D'Angelo). As Orville chats her up, she holds up two cantaloupes, exactly at chest level, and says "Want some cantaloupes?"

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The Back [=Widows=] defeating Beekman's hoods in the second film.

* NeverMessWithGranny: Ma constantly complains about being a helpless old lady, but she drives off a motorcycle gang with a shotgun as long as she is tall.

* WhenEldersAttack: With shotguns.

-->''"Humiliating! Outsmarted by a banana-head!" ''

* DistractedByTheSexy: In the first fight scene in A.W.W.Y.C. Philo allows himself to be distracted by the bouncing breasts of two attractive female spectators, his opponent knocks him down, but not out.
* FriendlyEnemy: In A.W.W.Y.C. Philo and Wilson are this upon first meeting and throuout the film up to and including the final fight.

* CombatPragmatist: In the second film Cholla sells the gangs bikes to bet on Philo to win the fight, then when Beekman's hoods threaten Philo he orders the Black [=Widows=] to stop them, which they do quite handily.

Followed up with a 1980 sequel: ''Any Which Way You Can'', which was largely a rehash of the first movie.

* ArcWords: "I believe that makes us even", "I believe it does."

* BadassBoast: Attempted by Cholla in the second film. "Lord, you have given me these crosses to bar, and I will carry them from Jerusalem to Jackson, whichever's closer, but hear me Lord, By all that is holy,I WILL CHEW ON PHILO BEDDOE'S ASS FOR MY LAST SUPPER!"

* BullyingTheDragon: In the first scene an obnoxious bar patron taunts Philo over the latter's snagging some peanuts, That might not count by itself but he keeps at it despite several bar patrons leaving the area in fear of what is about to happen.

* InsistentTerminology: "Clyde is an orangutan, he has twelve ribs, just like you and me."

* BullyingTheDragon: In the first scene an obnoxious bar patron taunts philo over the latter's snagging some peanuts, That might not count by itself but he keeps at it despite several bar patrons leaving the area in fear of what is about to happen.

* GoldfishPoopGang: The Black [=Widows=] to Philo. They're not nearly as scarey and badass as they believe but somehow Philo spend a good portion of both films with them as his wannabe arch nemisis.

-->''"Humiliating! Outsmarted by a banana-head!" ''

* GenreRoulette: A RoadTrip[=/=]BuddyPicture[=/=][[{{Slapstick}} Slapstick Comedy]] to a backdrop of CountryMusic, complete with a LoveStory, a [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkey]], a [[BadassBiker biker gang]], the {{Mafia}}, a foul-mouthed granny and a lot of [[FightScene fights]].

Followed up with a 1980 sequel: ''Film/AnyWhichWayYouCan'', which was largely a rehash of the first movie.

Followed up with a 1980 sequel: ''Any Which Way You Can'', which was largely a rehash of the first movie.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: The Black Widows biker gang is modeled pretty closely on the "Hell's Angels" stereotype.

* ButtMonkey: The Black Widows of Pacoima, California, oh, so very much.

* GenreRoulette: A RoadTrPlot[=/=]BuddyPicture[=/=][[{{Slapstick}} Slapstick Comedy]] to a backdrop of CountryMusic, complete with a LoveStory, a [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkey]], a [[BadassBiker biker gang]], the {{Mafia}}, a foul-mouthed granny and a lot of [[FightScene fights]].
* GoldfishPoopGang: The Black Widows to Philo. They're not nearly as scarey and badass as they believe but somehow Philo spend a good portion of both films with them as his wannabe arch nemisis.
* IdiotBall: In both films, the Black WIdows and to an extent Beekman and his hoods play catch back and forth with it.

* CombatPragmatist: In the second film Cholla sells the gangs bikes to bet on Philo to win the fight, then when Beekman's hoods threaten Philo he orders the Black Widows to stop them, which they do quite handily.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The Back Widows defeating Beekman's hoods in the second film.

* GenreRoulette: A RoadMovie[=/=]BuddyPicture[=/=][[{{Slapstick}} Slapstick Comedy]] to a backdrop of CountryMusic, complete with a LoveStory, a [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkey]], a [[BadassBiker biker gang]], the {{Mafia}}, a foul-mouthed granny and a lot of [[FightScene fights]].

* BadassBoast: Attempted by Cholla in the second film. "Lord, you have given me these crosses to bar, and I will carry them from Jerusalem to Jackson, whichever's closer, but hear me Lord, By all that is holy,I WILL CHEW ON PHILO BEDDOE'S ASS FOR MY LAST SUPPER!"

* CombatPragmatist: In the second film Cholla sells the gangs bikes to bet on Philo to win the fight, then when Beekman's hoods threaten Philo he orders the Black Widows to stop them, which they do quite handily.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The Back Widows defeating Beekman's hoods in the second film.

* DistractedByTheSexy: In the first fight scene in A.W.W.Y.C. Philo allows himself to be distracted by the bouncing breasts of two attractive female spectators, his opponent knocks him down, but not out.

* FriendlyEnemy: In A.W.W.Y.C. Philo and Wilson are this upon first meeting and throuout the film up to and including the final fight.

* IHaveYourWife: In the second film James Beekman's goons kidnap Lynne Halsey Taylor to compel Philo to fight Jack Wilson.

* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: In ''Any Which Way You Can'', after Scarfe gives Clyde the orangutan the advance money for Philo's fight with Wilson, Philo tells the ape, "You stash that, Clyde, and don't let Ma see you." "Ma" Boggs is looking out the window, however, and sees Clyde with the money. In a later scene, we see her searching Clyde's room in the shed for the money, to no avail. And when Philo decides to cancel the fight and give back the money, Clyde goes and gets it. Ma follows him, and learns that Clyde hid the money under her own mattress.
-->''"Humiliating! Outsmarted by a banana-head!" ''

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* MatchCut: From a camera flash popping to Philo's truck backfiring.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Philo goes to Colorado in search of Lynne, but with little idea of where to find her, until he randomly stumbles across her when her truck passes while he's jogging alongside some rural two-lane road.

* VisualInnuendo: Orville and Philo stop at a roadside fruit stand manned by sexy Echo (Bevely D'Angelo). As Orville chats her up, she holds up two cantaloupes, exactly at chest level, and says "Would you like some cantaloupes?"

* WagTheDirector: Clint was often in dispute with the director, James Fargo. The first assistant sarcastically commented that this was because Fargo "had the notion that he was directing the movie." Note that Eastwood and Fargo had been long-time collaborators, with Fargo having handled second unit duties on films that Eastwood had directed, and working smoothly with him during Fargo's directorial bow on ''Film/TheEnforcer''. On that occasion they worked well together since it had been agreed that Eastwood was really in charge, but Fargo expected more control on ''Every Which Way''. Their friendship survived the film's production, but afterwards they agreed that it'd probably be best for the sake of their sanity if they didn't work on the same film again.

* CombatPragmatist: In the second film Cholla sells the gangs bikes to bet on Philo to win the fight, then when Beekman's hoods threaten Philo he orders the Black WIdows to stop them, whitch they do quite handily.

* BadassDecay: Played with in the case of the Black Widows who were never all that badass to begin with.

* WorthyOpponent: Again Philo Beddoe and Jack WIlson respect and admire each other despite their status as fight rivals.

Followed up with a 1980 sequel: ''Film/AnyWhichWayYouCan'', which was largely a rehash of the first movie.

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