History Film / KissKissBangBang

* SexySantaDress: Harmony's Christmas cocktail outfit.

* UnexplainedRecovery: Lampshaded by [[spoiler:Perry]] being accompanied in the hospital by the assorted dead of the film, as well as [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln Lincoln]] and [[ElvisLives Elvis Presley]].

** The fact [[spoiler: Perry]] survives his gunshot wound despite it being coded as a fatal in movie language ("Bad" place to get shot, BloodFromTheMouth). Harry even lampshades how cheap it seemed that he survived, but it's what "really happened".

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''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' is a WorldOfSnark BlackComedy, acting as a self-aware parody of pulp detective novels and FilmNoir. Narrated by the [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] and [[LemonyNarrator lemony]] Harry Lockhart, the film opens as Harry flees a crime scene into a movie audition. Having just witnessed his buddy being shot and killed, Harry suffers an emotional breakdown in front of the producer, who mistakes him for a professional [[MethodActing method actor]] and casts him in a DetectiveDrama.

'''Harmony''': [[Theater/{{Hamlet}} Denmark]].[[labelnote:ex.]]The correct phrase is ''"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark".''[[/labelnote]]\\

* DeadpanSnarker: Pretty much the entire cast spends the movie snarking at each other, but none more so than Perry.

* MeaningfulName: Gay Perry. Or GayParee?

** The [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] script Harry reads involves a character telling another to "Go spit", referencing ''Film/LethalWeapon'' (which Shane Black [[MythologyGag previously wrote]]).

* ButtMonkey: If someone is going to get smacked, tortured, beaten up or otherwise mangled, it's going to be Harry. No one else is even allowed to get shot near him without [[spoiler: the bullet hitting him, too. Every single time.]] Slightly lampshaded.

'''Harry''': Listen to me. I grab your tit, it's a fucking biggie! ThatCameOutWrong.

* AnimatedCreditsOpening

* AskAStupidQuestion: A frequent occurence, usually from Perry

* BadassBystander: When Perry is attacked by a {{Mook}} in a park, he is saved the trouble of a gunfight when a hot dog vendor pulls out a handgun and blows the Mook away. Apparently the vendor didn't appreciate it when the Mook drove his car into the hot dog stand.

* DeconstructorFleet

-->'''Harry''': Don't worry, I saw ''[[TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings]]''. I'm not going to end this seventeen times.

* HowWeGotHere

'''Mook 2''': Mustard. I'm Mr. Mustard, baby.

'''Harmony''': Denmark.[[labelnote:ex.]]The correct phrase is ''"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark".''[[/labelnote]]

* WorldOfSnark

-->'''Harry''': Listen to me. I grab your tit, it's a fucking biggie! ''[-That came out wrong.-]''

* CaptainErsatz: [[Creator/RaymondChandler Joe Chester's]] [[PhilipMarlowe Jonny Gossamer]] [[AuthorAppeal books]].

*** [[ShownTheirWork Every chapter]] is named after a Chandler book: "Trouble Is My Business", "The Lady In The Lake", "The Little Sister", "The Simple Art Of Murder", and "Farewell My Lovely".

* StopHelpingMe: Harry kindly asks Perry to quit antagonizing Aurelio, the man who has just ''strapped electrodes'' to Harry's privates. However, the trope is usually invoked by Perry, who often has the situation in hand until Harry comes bumbling through it.

To avoid confusion it's worth mentioning that two other films also exist with the same totle. One from 1966 and one from 2001. They have absoluzely nothing to do with each other.

* HollywoodHomely: Lampshaded by Harry of course; after referring to Marleah as "the ugly friend" he swiftly [[VerbalBackspace backtracks]] into ''homely'' friend. She's not ugly, she's homely!

Starring Creator/RobertDowneyJr and Creator/ValKilmer, the movie was directed and written by Creator/ShaneBlack. Despite being a box-office bomb (thanks to ExecutiveMeddling), the movie was [[CriticalDissonance a critical success]] and went on to become somewhat of a CultClassic.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Inverted InUniverse with Harry's 'audition' in the beginning, where he's mistaken for an actor. Actually, he was running from the police and barged into the room by chance. It's perfect for the part he's reading from, however.[[invoked]]

'''''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang''''' is a WorldOfSnark BlackComedy, acting as a self-aware parody of pulp detective novels and FilmNoir. Narrated by the [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] and [[LemonyNarrator lemony]] Harry Lockhart, the film opens as Harry flees a crime scene into a movie audition. Having just witnessed his buddy being shot and killed, Harry suffers an emotional breakdown in front of the producer, who mistakes him for a professional [[MethodActing method actor]] and casts him in a DetectiveDrama.

* BedmateReveal: Harry and Harmony's friend.

-->'''Perry''': Did your dad love you?\\

* AdaptationDisplacement: Loosely based on ''Bodies Are Where You Find Them'' by Brett Halliday; while the movie is somewhat obscure, the book is incredibly moreso.[[invoked]]

* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:Harry retroactively reveals he's working for Perry]] in the present day.

* AnimatedCreditsOpening
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking
--> '''Harry:''' Fuck this. Corpses, guys in masks, people kissing -- people. This is wrong.

-->'''Harry''': Maybe you should get in touch, I got five bucks says you can still get him.\\

'''Harry''': (confused) A talking monkey?\\
'''Perry''': [[DeadpanSnarker (deadpan)]] Talking monkey, yeah. Came here from the future. Ugly sucker. Only says "Ficus".

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Gay Perry.]]
** Then it becomes an ImagineSpot where all the other dead characters show up, as do UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln and [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]].

* LampshadedTheObscureReference: When two goons appear to accost Harry, one of them introduces himself and his colleague as "Ike, Mike, and Mustard"[[note]]Salt, Pepper, and Mustard, your standard-issue dinner condiments[[/note]]. Harry doesn't get it, and even the other goon outright agrees that it's pretty damn obscure, and the two start arguing over it.

-->'''Perry''': [to Harry] Shit. Better be improving your acting.

* MeaningfulName: Gay Perry. Or GayParee?

* NoNameGiven: ThoseTwoGuys who dice metaphors. Even in the credits, their actors are referred to as their final nicknames: "Mr. Frying Pan" and "Mustard".

* OneHitPolykill: A bullet goes through [[spoiler:Perry and hits Harry, but they both survive.]]

* PlayingGertrude: Harry and Harmony are the same age. Robert Downey Jr. is eleven years older than Michelle Monaghan.

* SpitTake: Harmony gets a couple in response to Harry's celebrity-doppelganger-spotting, with him apparently [[InvokedTrope timing them to the exact moment she's taking a drink.]]

* YouSuck: Harry occasionally chides the audience in his narration.
** "How about you, movie-goer? Have you figured out the [[BuffySpeak case of the... dead people in LA]] yet? Times Square audiences, please don't shout at the screen, and stop picking at that, it'll just get worse."
** "And for all you good people in the Midwest, [[ClusterFBomb sorry we said "fuck" so much]]."

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Harry in the climatic scene, apparently out of sheer HeroicResolve. Meanwhile, the villains [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy can't hit the broad side of a barn]].