History Film / InTheLoop

* TheNicknamer: Toby's name is not Foetus Boy, [[Franchise/HarryPotter Ron Weasely]], Twatboy Slim or The Baby From {{Eraserhead}}, but Malcolm doesn't seem to care. He extends this selective amnesia to practically everyone he encounters, including Baldemort, General Flintstone and J Edgar fuckin' Hoover.

--> '''Miller''': What, do I have to bring a bullet-rdden body to the Pentagon every ten years to renew my soldier's licence?

* PointyHairedBoss: Simon Forster. Bored with his position and obsessed with PR. He is more worried about getting 'The funny question' right on Question Time than anything else.

--> '''Karen Clarke''': "You just sat there like a... what do you call it in [[BritainVersusTheUK England]]? A ''wanker''!"
--> '''Simon Foster''': "No, we don't call it that."

** the conversation about how much blood is actually in ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood''.

* SmugSnake: Chad. He likes to brag about his plans to become a senior aide to Linton, but his role as Linton's chief kiss-ass just antagonises pretty much everyone... except Linton, who barely registers his existence, and can't even [[MyNameIsNotDurwood remember his name]].

-->'''Malcolm''': Y'know, I've come across a lot of psychos, but none as fucking boring as you. You are a real boring fuck. Sorry, sorry, I know you disapprove of swearing so I'll sort that out. [[spoiler: You are a boring F-star-star-CUNT!]]

** And of course, there's this insult by Malcolm, who swears at the person he is talking to, but then realizes that the person disapproves of swearing. He then does a VerbalBackspace and then ''still'' swears at him.
-->"You are a real boring fuck. Sorry, sorry, I know you disapprove of swearing so I'll sort that out. You are a boring F, star, star, CUNT!"

* AlternativeContinuity: To ''Series/TheThickOfIt''. The film stars several of the same actors, but while some of them are playing the same characters (albeit with slightly different characteristics in some cases), others are playing entirely new ones.

** And of course, there's this insult by Malcolm, who swears at the person he is talking, but then realizes that the person disapproves of swearing, does a VerbalBackspace, and then ''still'' swears at him.

* BigDamnedMovie: Played with. Malcolm and Co. are up to their usual shenanigans (handling incompetent ministers and cleaning up PR disasters), but on a much larger stage than the show.

* BadNewsInAGoodWay: [[spoiler: After Michael admits to leaking PWIP-PIP, Jamie later barges into his office to cheerfully inform him that he isn't fired, asking if that isn't a good thing. Michael notes that it ''sounds'' omnious. He's right too.]]

* ThisTropeIsBleep: Linton, who hates cursing to the extent of calling Malcolm a "useless piece of ''S-star-star-T''". Malcolm's later response is fantastic:
-->'''Malcolm''': Y'know, I've come across a lot of psychos, but none as fucking boring as you. You are a real boring fuck. Sorry, sorry, I know you disapprove of swearing so I'll sort that out. [[spoiler: You are a boring F-star-star-CUNT!]]

** And of course, there's this insult by Malcolm: "You are a real boring fuck. Sorry, sorry, I know you disapprove of swearing so I'll sort that out. You are a boring F, star, star, CUNT!"

* MistakenNationality: Malcolm has no problem with swearing but takes offence at being called ''the E-word''.

2009 [[TheMovie film spin-off]] of ArmandoIannucci's political sitcom, ''Series/TheThickOfIt''.

'''This movie contains examples of:'''

** It includes what ArmandoIannucci refers to as "the LoveActually scene" in which Malcolm (walking past the Capitol in Washington) is seen on the phone to Judy (jogging past the Houses of Parliament in London).

** ArmandoIannucci ensured he could create a realistic portrayal of the US State Department [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5295148/Comedian-sneaks-into-US-State-department.html by illegally infiltrating it]]. By using a fake BBC pass he was able to get past security and spend an hour inside taking photographs: "Part of me thought it was fun, another part thought it was probably international espionage."

* ReassignedToAntarctica: Forster [[spoiler: Gets sacked from his Government Cabinet posting and has to return to his constituency. Leaving him a political wilderness.]]

* ReassignedToAntarctica Forster [[spoiler: Gets sacked from his Government Cabinet posting and has to return to his constituency. He is not pleased.]]

* [[ReassignedToAntarctica]] Forster [[spoiler: Gets sacked from his Government Cabinet posting and has to return to his constituency. He is not pleased.]]

** spoiler: After Malcolm stalks off, General Miller looks completely nonplussed.

** "We've got to get hold of those minutes, I have to correct the record."
* CountryMatters
* CringeComedy: "It's difficult... difficult... [[spoiler:lemon difficult]]."

* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa3eoMnMC80 "DO YOU WANT ME TO HOLEPUNCH YOUR FACE?"]]

** Arguably, the tourist's only "crime" was to tell Malcolm to stop swearing, an eminently reasonable demand. Some have suggested that he and Judy (who knows what Simon ''should'' do, and urges him ''to'' do it), who can't speak out because of the Civil Service Code of Conduct, are the only unambiguously good characters in the film, representing as they do the best of the American and British publics.

* EstablishingShot: The film opens with a shot of Malcolm sweeping into [[{{Whitehall}} Number 10]] in his BadassLongcoat. It continues in this vein as the action moves between {{Whitehall}}, TheWhiteHouse, the UN building and Simon's constituency in Northamptonshire.

* HomageShot: "Don't raise your voice. This is a sacred place." Linton reminds Malcolm that you can't fight in here, this is the Meditation Room.

* ImprobableAge: The British bureaucrats are all creeped out that White House Staffers seem way too young to have their level of authority. They call it a "master race of highly gifted toddlers." According to Iannuci, US Senators and Congressman recruit bright young things from IvyLeague universities...and take them with them when they become Secretaries or even President.

* MenAreUncultured: Jamie: "What's the name of the fuck with the fiddle?" Michael Rodgers knows that it ''happens to be'' Debussy.

*** And his views on opera: "It's ''just vowels! '''Subsidised foreign vowels'''!''"

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Judy appears to be one of the only people in the movie with her head screwed on fully. Needless to say, everyone pretty much ignores or abuses her and Toby spends most of the movie actively plotting against her. [[spoiler: She ends up having the last laugh over him as the whole thing ends up completely destroying his career while she emerges unscathed.]]

** "He's wearing his push-up bra today!"

* ShownTheirWork: ArmandoIannucci ensured he could create a realistic portrayal of the US State Department [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5295148/Comedian-sneaks-into-US-State-department.html by illegally infiltrating it]]. By using a fake BBC pass he was able to get past security and spend an hour inside taking photographs: "Part of me thought it was fun, another part thought it was probably international espionage."

** Although Malcolm's more violent in 'will shout very loudly and very offensively at you' sense, whereas Jamie is more likely to get physical.
* WalkAndTalk: "...and he is ''gone''!"

* TruthInTelevision: The "master race of highly gifted toddlers" bit, according to Iannuci. US Senators and Congressman recruit bright young things from IvyLeague universities...and take them with them when they become Secretaries or even President. Be very afraid.

** A slightly different one happens when Malcolm and General Miller finally have the face-to-face confrontation they've been building up to. Miller says [[BadassBoast "I'll punch you in the face so hard you'll be shitting teeth"]], which Malcolm is completely unperturbed by because he makes CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon threats all the time, and it would be extremely damaging to Miller's career. However, one staring match later, Malcolm realises that Miller actually would do it, regardless of the political damage. His attempt at brushing it off and ending the conversation is handled fairly well, but he is clearly backing down. This makes [[{{Badass}} Miller]] possibly the only character in either the film or the [[TheThickOfIt TV series]] to [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome make Malcolm run away from an argument.]]
*** The exchange also symbolizes how out of his depth Malcolm is. Sure, Malcolm's anger is a terrible thing to behold, sure, it burns with the heat of a billion supernovas full of pure hate. But General Miller has actually ''killed people in battle'', which makes Malcolm look far less scary. Malcolm actually realizes that sheer intimidation won't work on this man.

When Foster makes two contradictory statements regarding a possible war in an unspecified Middle Eastern country, he finds himself summoned to a fact-finding mission in Washington, where he is used to push arguments both for and against the war. As the Brits comes face to face with their US counterparts, including the hawkish Linton Barwick (David Rasche) and the dovish General Miller (James Gandolfini).

When Foster makes two contradictory statements regarding a possible war in an unspecified Middle Eastern country, he finds himself summoned to a fact-finding mission in Washington, where he is used to push arguments both for and against the war. As the Brits comes face to face with their infinitely more powerful US counterparts, including the hawkish Linton Barwick (David Rasche) and the dovish General Miller (James Gandolfini), they realise they are totally out of their depth.

* TheNicknamer: Toby's name is not Foetus Boy, [[HarryPotter Ron Weasely]], Twatboy Slim or The Baby From {{Eraserhead}}, but Malcolm doesn't seem to care. He extends this selective amnesia to practically everyone he encounters, including Baldemort, General Flintstone and J Edgar fuckin' Hoover.

-->"I hope you're working as hard as I am. I'm sweating spinal fluid."