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'''The Murtaughs, Riggses, Leo, and Capt. Murphy:''' [[FamilyOfChoice NO! WE'RE FAMILY!]]

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'''The Murtaughs, Riggses, Riggs, Lorna, Butters, Leo, and Capt. Murphy:''' [[FamilyOfChoice NO! WE'RE FAMILY!]]
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'''The Murtaughs, Riggses, Leo, and Capt. Murphy:''' NO! WE'RE FAMILY!

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'''The Murtaughs, Riggses, Leo, and Capt. Murphy:''' [[FamilyOfChoice NO! WE'RE FAMILY!FAMILY!]]
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->'''Orderly:''' (''taking picture of the group'') Are you all friends?\\
'''The Murtaughs, Riggses, Leo, and Capt. Murphy:''' NO! WE'RE FAMILY!
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* ClusterFBomb:
** Leo's latest rant is about cell phones:
--->'''Leo:''' They FUCK you with cell phones. That's what it is. They're FUCKIN' you with the cell phone. They love it when you get cut off. Y'know why, huh? You know why? 'Cause when you call back—which they know you're gonna do—they charge you for that FUCKIN' first minute again at that high rate.
** He almost got a second rant, but see CurseCutShort for that one.



* CurseCutShort: Leo gets cut off from his once-a-film ClusterFBomb by Murtaugh and Riggs when he struggles with an instant camera vending machine when trying to get a picture of the combined Murtaugh and Riggs clans after the births of Lorna and Rianne's children.

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* CurseCutShort: Leo gets cut off from his once-a-film a second trip to the ClusterFBomb trough by Murtaugh and Riggs when he struggles with an instant camera vending machine when trying to get a picture of the combined Murtaugh and Riggs clans after the births of Lorna and Rianne's children.
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* CurseCutShort: Leo gets cut off from his once-a-film ClusterFBomb by Murtaugh and Riggs when he struggles with an instant camera vending machine when trying to get a picture of the combined Murtaugh and Riggs clans after the births of Lorna and Luanne's children.

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* CurseCutShort: Leo gets cut off from his once-a-film ClusterFBomb by Murtaugh and Riggs when he struggles with an instant camera vending machine when trying to get a picture of the combined Murtaugh and Riggs clans after the births of Lorna and Luanne's Rianne's children.
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* CurseCutShort: Leo gets cut off from his once-a-film ClusterFBomb by Murtaugh and Riggs when he struggles with an instant camera vending machine when trying to get a picture of the combined Murtaugh and Riggs clans after the births of Lorna and Luanne's children.
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* RasputinianDeath: It takes nothing short of [[spoiler:a rebar through the midsection, being dropped underwater and a volley from an AK-47 to finally kill Wah Sing Ku]].
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'''Uncle Benny:''' "Flied lice"?! It's f'''r'''ied '''r'''ice, you P''L''ICK.

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'''Uncle Benny:''' "Flied lice"?! It's It is f'''r'''ied '''r'''ice, you P''L''ICK.

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-->'''Murtaugh:''' "How do you know we're chasing the right one?\\
'''Riggs:''' "I don't know, but we're going east, and China's east, so..."\\
'''Murtaugh:''' "Yeah, but China's west too, Riggs."\\
'''Riggs:''' "Well, we can't divide."

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-->'''Murtaugh:''' "How How do you know we're chasing the right one?\\
'''Riggs:''' "I I don't know, but we're going east, and China's east, so..."\\
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'''Murtaugh:''' "Yeah, Yeah, but China's west too, Riggs."\\
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'''Riggs:''' "Well, Well, we can't divide."


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* JapaneseRanguage: Riggs taunts Uncle Benny with it, and he responds with an adeguate InsultBackfire.
-->'''Uncle Benny:''' Have something to eat, give you the Police Discount.\\
'''Riggs:''' [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero Flied lice]]?\\
'''Uncle Benny:''' "Flied lice"?! It's f'''r'''ied '''r'''ice, you P''L''ICK.

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* TaughtByExperince: Played for dramatic irony with Stephanie Woods when Riggs asks her for legitimate advice about marrying Lorna. After 11 years of them clashing, Woods (wrongly) believes Riggs is just trying to wind her up and punk her as usual.

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* TaughtByExperince: TaughtByExperience: Played for laughs and dramatic irony with Stephanie Woods when Riggs asks her for legitimate advice about marrying Lorna. After 11 years of them clashing, clashing with the eponymous Lethal Weapon, Woods (wrongly) believes Riggs is just trying to wind her up and punk her as usual.


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* WrongGenreSavvy: Played for laughs with Stephanie Woods when Riggs asks her for legitimate advice about marrying Lorna. She's so convinced Riggs is just winding her up and punking her as usual that she never considers the possibility -- however remote and unlikely -- that he might actually be sincere.
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* TaughtByExperince: Played for dramatic irony with Stephanie Woods when Riggs asks her for legitimate advice about marrying Lorna. After 11 years of them clashing, Woods (wrongly) believes Riggs is just trying to wind her up and punk her as usual.
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* JerkassRealization: Leo's Froggie monologue causes Riggs to realize he (and by extension Roger) have been terrible friends to Leo in the decade they've known him and to apologize.

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* JerkassRealization: Leo's Froggie monologue causes Riggs to realize just how sad and lonely Leo really is -- not unlike himself back in the first film. This then makes Riggs realize that he (and by extension Roger) and Roger have been terrible friends to Leo in the decade they've known him Leo and to apologize.

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* EasilyForgiven: After Riggs' Jerkass Realization about how badly he and Roger have treated Leo over the last decade, he apologizes. Leo calmly and easily forgives his friend.



* JerkassRealization: Downplayed, but Leo's Froggy monologue causes Riggs to realize he (and by extension Roger) have been terrible friends to Leo in the decade they've known him and to apologize.

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* JerkassRealization: Downplayed, but Leo's Froggy Froggie monologue causes Riggs to realize he (and by extension Roger) have been terrible friends to Leo in the decade they've known him and to apologize.


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* TookALevelInKindness: Downplayed, but after Riggs' Jerkass Realization about how badly he and Roger have treated Leo, he's much kinder towards Leo in their final scenes together.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Leo and Butters' first meeting and them going at each other. By the end, Riggs is laughing his ass off while Murtaugh's visibly Corpsing.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Leo and Butters' first meeting and them going at each other. By the end, time Butters snarkily compares Leo to a leprechaun (and Leo explodes in indignation), Riggs is laughing his ass off while Murtaugh's visibly Corpsing.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Leo and Butters' first meeting and them going at each other. By the end, Riggs is laughing his ass off while Murtaugh's visibly Corpsing.
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* TheUnreveal: It's never revealed who called in the anonymous tip to IA accusing Murtaugh of being a Dirty Cop.

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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Riggs and Murtaugh's talk of facing down Ku in the climax of the film smacks of this. While they joke around a bit, they know full well he outclasses them in skill and is younger to boot. But also know since they (inadvertently) killed his brother, he'll come after them regardless and, after nearly being burned alive earlier with their loved ones, they can't risk their families lives again. So it's either them or him.

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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: ThisIsGonnaSuck:
** Played for laughs when Murphy promotes Riggs and Murtaugh to Captain. He knows this isn't going to end well and outright says this is one of the most painful fucking experiences of his life.
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Riggs and Murtaugh's talk of facing down Ku in the climax of the film smacks of this. While they joke around a bit, they know full well he outclasses them in skill and is younger to boot. But also know since they (inadvertently) killed his brother, he'll come after them regardless and, after nearly being burned alive earlier with their loved ones, they can't risk their families lives again. So it's either them or him.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: The Human Tank in the prologue. His rampage indirectly reveals Lorna and Rianne's pregnancies to the audience and Riggs and Murtaugh. More, it's implied this incident (and the property destruction Riggs and Murtaugh caused bringing him down) was the last straw for the LAPD's insurance carrier -- which is what leads to Riggs and Murtaugh getting KickedUpstairs in a vain attempt to prevent any more damage.
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* JerkassRealization: Downplayed, but Leo's Froggy monologue causes Riggs to realize he (and by extension Roger) have been terrible friends to Leo and to apologize.

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* JerkassRealization: Downplayed, but Leo's Froggy monologue causes Riggs to realize he (and by extension Roger) have been terrible friends to Leo in the decade they've known him and to apologize.
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* JerkassRealization: Downplayed, but Leo's Froggy monologue causes Riggs to realize he (and by extension Roger) have been terrible friends to Leo and to apologize.
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* TimeSkip: After the prologue, the film jumps ahead most of a year.
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* {{Bookends}}: A BattleInTheRain occurs at the beginning and end of the movie.

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* {{Bookends}}: A BattleInTheRain occurs at the beginning and end of the movie. The final fight in the rain also bookends Riggs' fight with Mr. Joshua in the first film.

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