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* ArtisticLicensePrison: Many instances of this are on display during the scene where Billy helps Ganz escape the work detail. A violent criminal like Ganz wouldn't be allowed to work on a detail outside the prison, these are only open to prisoners who have committed non-violent crimes and are being held in minimum or medium security prisons. Billy would not have been permitted to approach the prisoners, a guard on perimeter duty would have intercepted him the moment he stepped out of his truck and warned him to keep well clear and state his business. Ganz would not have been allowed to stand so close to the guard holding the shotgun, guards are thoroughly trained on the importance of keeping a safe distance from the prisoners at all times.
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* FormulaWithATwist: The film marketed itself on the novel gimmick of pairing a StraightManAndWiseGuy OddCouple from different ethnicities (Creator/NickNolte and Creator/EddieMurphy, specifically) in an action/crime film. This led to the explosion of the {{Buddy Cop|s}} and WunzaPlot sub-genres, especially ones partnering people of different cultures/ethnicities like ''Film/LethalWeapon'' and ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop''.
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* FormulaWithATwist: The film marketed itself on the novel gimmick of pairing a StraightManAndWiseGuy OddCouple from different ethnicities (Creator/NickNolte and Creator/EddieMurphy, specifically) in an action/crime film. This led to the explosion of the {{Buddy Cop|s}} [[BuddyCopShow Buddy cop]] and WunzaPlot sub-genres, especially ones partnering people of different cultures/ethnicities like ''Film/LethalWeapon'' and ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop''.
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''48 Hrs.'' is a 1982 {{Buddy Cop|s}} film starring Creator/EddieMurphy and Creator/NickNolte. The film tells the story of gruff San Francisco cop Jack Cates (Nolte), who must track down escaped convict Albert Ganz (Creator/JamesRemar) with the temporary help of a street smart criminal named Reggie Hammond (Murphy) [[TitleDrop within 48 hours]].
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''48 Hrs.'' is a 1982 {{Buddy Cop|s}} [[BuddyCopShow Buddy cop]] film starring Creator/EddieMurphy and Creator/NickNolte. The film tells the story of gruff San Francisco cop Jack Cates (Nolte), who must track down escaped convict Albert Ganz (Creator/JamesRemar) with the temporary help of a street smart criminal named Reggie Hammond (Murphy) [[TitleDrop within 48 hours]].
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* TokenGoodCop: {{Downplayed|Trope}}: NobleBigotWithABadge Jack may not be an exceptional cop or person, but he gets CharacterDevelopment and does his job diligently, while [[spoiler:in the sequel, his fellow prominent cops are two corrupt detectives and a SmugSnake InternalAffairs investigator.]]
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* FireForgedFriend: Jack and Reggie's relationship don't start very well at the beginning. After all one is a cop and the other's a criminal. However they start to respect each other as the movie progress.
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* GiveMeBackMyWallet: Reggie tells Jack that he intends to go straight after he's paroled, "But just in case I don't, what makes you think you can catch me?" Nick replies: "Can I have my lighter back?"
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* GiveMeBackMyWallet: Reggie tells Jack that he intends to go straight after he's paroled, "But just in case I don't, what makes you think you can catch me?" Nick Jack replies: "Can I have my lighter back?"
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* HellBentForLeather: Ganz and Billy both wear leather jackets. Billy also has leather pants.
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** Ganz and Billy introduce themselves by viciously killing two cops during a prison escape showing they're very dangerous and unscrupolous criminals.
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* CoolGuns: Jack Cates carries a [[RevolversAreJustBetter Smith and Wesson Model 29]] as his preferred sidearm until Ganz takes it from him and he has to carry his M1911 pistol for most of the film. Ganz even taunts him that he has his gun. He's forced to hand his .44 in when he's suspended in the second film, he switches to a Model 629, a stainless steel variant, which he keeps in the back of his car.
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Directed by Creator/WalterHill of ''Film/TheWarriors'' fame, the film is often considered [[UrExample the first]] [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] film,[[note]]though earlier precursors include 1949's ''Stray Dog'' and 1967's ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight''[[/note]] or at least the one to [[TropeCodifier popularize the concept]] and would go on to inspire later movies such as ''Film/LethalWeapon'' and ''Film/TangoAndCash''. Pitting a black character against a white character and making the black guy a criminal and the white guy a cop? Not only do we have the bad guys doing bad things, we have the good guys getting in fights (in this case, not least, [[ValuesDissonance because of racist shit]]]). Thanks to the comic brilliance of Eddie Murphy and the stalwart gruffness of Nick Nolte, a trope was born.
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Directed by Creator/WalterHill of ''Film/TheWarriors'' fame, the film is often considered [[UrExample the first]] [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] film,[[note]]though earlier precursors include 1949's ''Stray Dog'' and 1967's ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight''[[/note]] or at least the one to [[TropeCodifier popularize the concept]] and would go on to inspire later movies such as ''Film/LethalWeapon'' and ''Film/TangoAndCash''. Pitting a black character against a white character and making the black guy a criminal and the white guy a cop? Not only do we have the bad guys doing bad things, we have the good guys getting in fights (in this case, not least, [[ValuesDissonance because of racist shit]]]).shit]]). Thanks to the comic brilliance of Eddie Murphy and the stalwart gruffness of Nick Nolte, a trope was born.
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Directed by Creator/WalterHill of ''Film/TheWarriors'' fame, the film is often considered [[UrExample the first]] [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] film,[[note]]though earlier precursors include 1949's ''Stray Dog'' and 1967's ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight''[[/note]] or at least the one to [[TropeCodifier popularize the concept]] and would go on to inspire later movies such as ''Film/LethalWeapon'' and ''Film/TangoAndCash''.
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Directed by Creator/WalterHill of ''Film/TheWarriors'' fame, the film is often considered [[UrExample the first]] [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] film,[[note]]though earlier precursors include 1949's ''Stray Dog'' and 1967's ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight''[[/note]] or at least the one to [[TropeCodifier popularize the concept]] and would go on to inspire later movies such as ''Film/LethalWeapon'' and ''Film/TangoAndCash''.
''Film/TangoAndCash''. Pitting a black character against a white character and making the black guy a criminal and the white guy a cop? Not only do we have the bad guys doing bad things, we have the good guys getting in fights (in this case, not least, [[ValuesDissonance because of racist shit]]]). Thanks to the comic brilliance of Eddie Murphy and the stalwart gruffness of Nick Nolte, a trope was born.
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* AxCrazy: Ganz and Billy both love violence more than they love fucking. Lampshaded by a hooker early in the movie.
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* BottomlessMagazines: Ganz fires 13 rounds from a six-chamber Smith and Wesson Model 29 during the bus chase.
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* BottomlessMagazines: Ganz fires 13 rounds from a six-chamber Smith and Wesson Model 29 during the bus chase. He manages similar magic during the final chase.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Subverted with Ganz. He uses racially-charged insults against a Native American man, provoking a fight -- but it turns out the man is his crony, and the whole incident was staged to help him escape.
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** Subverted with Ganz. He uses racially-charged insults against a Native American man, provoking a fight -- but it turns out the man is his crony, and the whole incident was staged to help himescape.escape.
** Jack and Reggie walk into a country bar with confederate racism flags all over. The bartender opens with racist taunts and the patrons call Reggie slurs and take a swing at him.
** Subverted with Ganz. He uses racially-charged insults against a Native American man, provoking a fight -- but it turns out the man is his crony, and the whole incident was staged to help him
** Jack and Reggie walk into a country bar with confederate racism flags all over. The bartender opens with racist taunts and the patrons call Reggie slurs and take a swing at him.
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* SharpDressedMan: Where Jack wears a suit like he resents it, Reggie is ''stylin''. Doesn't slow him down in a fight neither.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Jack has a fractious relationship with his fellow cops. The fact that he got a fellow detective killed plays a big role.
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* HardboiledDetective: Elaine calls Jack out for starting his day with an Irish coffee. Which, for some reason, he leaves at her place without taking a sip.
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* MarriedToTheJob: As much as being a cop has clearly worn Jack down to the nub, he still dedicates himself to it. It hurts his relationship with Elaine, too.
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* ItsPersonal: Jack takes it very personally that Ganz has his gun, mentioning it several times throughout the movie.
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* ItsPersonal: Jack takes it very personally that Ganz has his gun, mentioning it several times throughout the movie. He tossed Ganz his gun on the premise that his fellow detective wouldn't be killed. Ganz compliments the gun and murders the guy anyway.
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* HardboiledDetective: Elaine calls Jack out for starting his day with an Irish coffee. Which, for some reason, he leaves at her place without taking a sip.
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* UnbuiltTrope: This is commonly viewed as the UrExample of a buddy cop movie, but it's quite different from the typical example in a few ways.
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* WhiteBreadAndBlackBrotha: An unbuilt example, similar to the BuddyCopShow. While Jack Cates is a white cop and Reggie Hammond is a streetwise black criminal, Jack is a hardboiled CowboyCop, and the differences between the two are rarely PlayedForLaughs.
