History Film / MenInBlackInternational

* TheBusCameBack: Frank the Pug was absent from ''Men in Black 3''. He returns here. [[spoiler:Well, at least for a single scene.]]

** Pawny asks Agent M if she is a Queen, and Agent H is the one to convince him that a Men in Black agent is "like a queen". In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', [[spoiler:Chris Hemsworth's character Thor is the one to name Tessa Thompson's character Valkyrie as queen of New Asgard]].

* AmbiguousSituation: As a rather blatant "SequelHook that isn't trying to look like a SequelHook", it's never confirmed whether or not M killed [[spoiler: the entire Hive, or simply just T and the segment connected to him.]]

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Right before the climax, M declares she wants to drive and hops into the front left seat of H's car, since American cars have their driver seats on the left. Unfortunately for her, she's in Britain, and the English put their driver seats on the right.

''Men in Black: International'' is a 2019 {{science fiction}} {{action|genre}} {{comedy}}, and the fourth film of the ''Franchise/MenInBlack'' series, directed by F. Gary Gray (''Film/StraightOuttaCompton'', ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious'') and written by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway (''Film/IronMan1'').

* BavarianFireDrill: M tracks an object landing on Earth, catches the [=MiB=] apprehending the occupant, then follows them to their base dressed in a black suit and pretends to be a late-arriving agent. Subverted when Frank points out how amateurish the attempt was and she's detected by the elevator security system moments after entering the main area.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: One of the reasons M gives for becoming a [=MiB=] is that she doesn't have any personal connections and noone will miss her if she were to just disappear one day. By the end of the film, she's become friends with H and might even be attracted to him, but the two of them have to part ways because [=MiB=] agents rarely stay in one place and go wherever they're needed.

* CharacterOutlivesActor: Despite the real-life dog who portrayed him having died since the second movie, Frank the Pug was able to make a cameo when Molly attempts her BavarianFireDrill early on.

* {{Expy}}: You may be excused for thinking you're watching another [[Film/JamesBond Sony Pictures franchise]]. Liam Neeson's portrayal of T as head of the London office who was the [[spoiler:agent who saved the world at one point on a mission with H]] remarkably echoes that of another BadassBureaucrat [[Characters/JamesBondM as played by Ralph Fiennes]]. And Chris Hemsworth's portrayal of Agent H borders at times on an blatantly unsubtle audition for [[Characters/JamesBondTheCharacter another role]] that Hemsworth has stated he'd "love" to play.

** The movie continues the gag from the previous movies (and cartoon series) of establishing real life famous people as being aliens. This time the celebrity aliens include Ariana Grande, Elon Musk and Donald Glover.

* {{Irony}}: When Agent M first arrives in UK headquarters, she stares at an alien-monitoring screen featuring [[CulturalTranslation a country-based celebrity cameo]] (in the original US version, Music/ArianaGrande, Elon Musk Creator/JjAbrams and Creator/DonaldGlover), to which High T comments ''"[[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy It's never who you think it is]]."'' [[spoiler:Indeed, [[GrandTheftMe High T's body was already long taken over by the Hive]] and is now [[TheMole a member of the Hive masquerading as him]].]]

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: One of the reasons M gives for becoming a [=MiB=] is that she doesn't have any personal connections and noone will miss her if she were to just disappear one day. By the end of the film, she's become friends with H and might even be attracted to him, but the two of them have to part ways because [=MiB=] agents rarely go wherever they're needed.

* FakeUltimateHero: Agent H defeated the Hive with nothing but his wits and a Series 7 Deatomizer. [[spoiler:Except he didn't. The Hive infected T, Neuralized H into believing that's what happened and went into hiding, waiting for the right time to strike.]]

* GenkiGirl: M is a subdued version as while she has a tendency to act cool and collected and by the book it's obvious she's insanely geeking out over actually being a member of the [=MiB=].

* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Riza, [[spoiler:H's ex who is also the most dangerous arms dealer in the galaxy]] has three arms and puts up a hell of a fight against M.

* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: True to Men In Black tradition, once High T is revealed to have been infected by the hive back in 2016 he sheds his human appearance and becomes a ten foot tall Cthulhu-esque monster]].

* PullingTheThread: T and H have long been asked how they beat the Hive the first time and simply reply "with nothing but our wits and Series 7 deatomizers." As they race to face the Hive, M presses H on more details than that...[[spoiler:and H simply says the same line. It then hits him that he can't remember ''any'' details other than that and thus he and M realized T neuralyzed him to forget what happened]].

** Possibly the biggest in the series shows up in the form of the weapon that serves as the MacGuffin for most of the film. At it's lowest setting, it ''carves a Grand Canyon-sized crevasse into the Rub al Khali desert''. It's said that it can destroy ''solar systems'' at its highest setting, and is powered by a super-compressed '''blue giant star'''.

* AdvertisedExtra: Two of the characters in the poster above, Emma Thompson's Agent O (only appears in the beginning of the movie, vanishing once M goes to London) and Frank the Pug (only a brief cameo).

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: H is poisoned, and begging a female alien for the antidote, he promises her anything she wants. Cue him waking up in bed next to her. He doesn't seem happy, but neither he nor the film itself goes as far as to treat this as rape.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:The Diads, immune to every weapon the [=MiB=] throws at them, are suddenly blasted apart by a squad of [=MiB=] agents, which T nonchalantly {{Hand Wave}}s as having just used the right voltage this time.]]

* {{Irony}}: When Agent M first arrives in UK headquarters, she stares at an alien-monitoring screen featuring [[CulturalTranslation a country-based celebrity cameo]], to which High T comments ''"[[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy It's never who you think it is]]."'' [[spoiler:Indeed, [[GrandTheftMe High T's body was already long taken over by the Hive]] and is now [[TheMole a member of the Hive masquerading as him]].]]

** Possibly the biggest in the series shows up in the form of the weapon that serves as the MacGuffin for most of the film. At it's lowest setting, it ''carves a Grand Canyon-sized crevasse into the Rub al Khali desert''. It's said that it can destroy ''solar systems'' at its highest setting, and is powered by a super-compressed blue giant star.

** Possibly the biggest in the series shows up in the form of the weapon that serves as the MacGuffin for most of the film. At it's lowest setting, it 'carves a Grand Canyon-sized crevasse into the Rub al Khali desert'. It's said that it can destroy 'solar systems' at its highest setting.

* SoftReboot: Of the ''Men in Black'' franchise. Though it exists in the continuity of the original trilogy, it (mostly) features an all-new cast of characters, with, so far, only Agent O, Frank the Pug and the Worms returning.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Riza. She may be captured, but the case is still not solved yet.]]

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[spoiler:Our heroes seemed to have solved the case now that Riza is taken care of, but then comes the reveal involving High T.]]

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[spoiler:Just when it seemed like the mission was complete near the end of the movie, it's not.]]