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* FireForgedFriends: While Turner and Hooch don't exactly have the best relationship at first, the two start to bond when Turner becomes romantically involed with Emily. [[spoiler:This makes Hooch's sacrifice to save Turner's life even more heartbreaking for him, and the audience.]]
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Hyde]] kills [[spoiler: Boyett]] at the end, partly out of this, and partly to use him as a FallGuy.

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* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler: Chief of Police Howard Hyde, Scott's superior, is actually the mastermind behind the drug money laundering.]]



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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlotMinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Amos' murder → [[spoiler: A dirty money contraband lead by the Chief Howard Hyde.]]
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** BigNo: He does this when he gets locked out of the house by Hooch, cursing "You Stupid Dog!" while slamming down a trash can in rage.

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** BigNo: He does this when he gets locked out of the house by Hooch, cursing "You Stupid Dog!" while slamming down a trash can in rage.Hooch.
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-->'''Turner''': What? What? What is it? What? If you're hungry, finish the hamburgers! Eat the buns! You're not thirsty, you're not touching the water, the orange juice, cranapple - what is it? What am I supposed to do? Make you a Margarita? ''[{{Beat}}]'' SHUT UP! GOD! Shut Up! This has been going on for two and a half hours! BE QUIET!


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--->'''Turner:''' ''(tries opening the door)'' OH... NOOOOOO! AAH! YOU- ''(tries to open another door)'' Ah, you stupid dog! ''(holds up a trash can and slams it down)'' ''(loses it)'' AH, YA STUPID DOG!
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** BigNo: He does this when he gets locked out of the house by Hooch, cursing "You Stupid Dog!" while slamming down a trash can in rage.
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* BigWhat and BigShutUp: Turner does both of these tropes when confronting Hooch for barking in the middle of the night.
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%%* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Howard Hyde.]]

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%%* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Hooch.]]
%%* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Hooch's Chokehold.
%%* LongList: The "House Rules."

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%%* * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Hooch.]]
%%* * JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Hooch's Chokehold.
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%%* NeatFreak: Turner, so very much.
%%* RunningGag: "This is not your room."

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* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Hilariously, in the final scene:
-->'''Turner''': No playing of my records!
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* BrickJoke: "This is not your room."
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-->'''Turner:''' $97.51? Is that- Is that pesos? This is for a dog, this is dog food. $97.51?! I'm not gonna eat this stuff! Did I buy smoked salmon?! ''[[RuleOfThree $97.51!]]'' How much if I take this back? ''(holds up squeaky toy and squeaks it a few times)'' I want to talk to Kevin. Can you call him, please? ''KEVIN!!''

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-->'''Turner:''' $97.51? Is that- Is that pesos? This is for a dog, this is dog food. $97.51?! I'm not gonna eat this stuff! Did I buy smoked salmon?! ''[[RuleOfThree $97.51!]]'' How much if I take this back? ''(holds up squeaky toy and squeaks it a few times)'' I want I'd like to talk to Kevin. Can you call him, please? ''KEVIN!!''
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* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: Turner's reaction to the clerk when shopping for Hooch.
-->'''Turner:''' $97.51? Is that- Is that pesos? This is for a dog, this is dog food. $97.51?! I'm not gonna eat this stuff! Did I buy smoked salmon?! ''[[RuleOfThree $97.51!]]'' How much if I take this back? ''(holds up squeaky toy and squeaks it a few times)'' I want to talk to Kevin. Can you call him, please? ''KEVIN!!''

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Scott Turner, an obsessively neat police investigator, acquires Hooch, a large and slobbery Dogue de Bordeaux, after the murder of Amos Reed, a local junk-yard owner who was a friend of Turner's. Turner is bored with little police work in the fictional town of Cypress Beach, California and is set to transfer to a better job in Sacramento while fellow investigator David Sutton is to be his replacement.

Turner pleads with police chief Howard Hyde to let him take on Amos' murder case. Believing that Hooch is the only "witness" he has, Turner brings him home. The energetic dog promptly destroys Turner's house, his car, and turns his life upside-down. On a positive note, however, Hooch also instigates a romance between Turner and the new town veterinarian Emily Carson.

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A 1989 comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Creator/TomHanks (and a dog).

Scott Turner, Turner (Hanks), an obsessively neat police investigator, detective, acquires Hooch, a large and slobbery Dogue de Bordeaux, after the murder of the dog's master Amos Reed, Reed (John [=McIntire=]), a local junk-yard owner who was a friend of Turner's. Turner is bored with little police work in the fictional town of Cypress Beach, California and is set to transfer to a better job in Sacramento Sacramento, while fellow investigator detective David Sutton (Reginald [=VelJohnson=]) is slated to be his replacement.

Turner pleads with police chief Howard Hyde (Craig T Nelson) to let him take on Amos' murder case. Believing that Hooch is the only "witness" he has, Turner brings him home. The energetic dog promptly destroys Turner's house, his car, house and car and turns his life upside-down. On a positive note, however, Hooch also instigates a romance between Turner and the new town veterinarian Emily Carson.Carson (Mare Winningham).



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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Turner solves the murder and brings down the criminal behind the drug operation and Hyde, but Hooch is shot and killed in the process. However, he did father a litter of puppies before his death... including a son who behaves almost exactly like him.]]


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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Even after being shot, Hooch forces himself to crawl toward Howard Hyde and bite him in the leg when he threatens Turner, allowing him to take Hyde's shotgun and shoot him.]]

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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition
* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Howard Hyde.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Hooch.]]
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Hooch's Chokehold.
* LongList: The "House Rules."
** RunningGag: "This is not your room."

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* %%* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Hooch.]]
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** RunningGag: "This is not your room.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were apparently plans at one point for a ''Turner & Hooch'' television series. Tim Allen has said he was approached to star in it, but he turned it down, preferring to do something original, which lead to ''HomeImprovement''.
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* TrashOfTheTitans: Even for a dog, Hooch makes a bigger mess of Turner's house than anyone would have thought possible.

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* TrashOfTheTitans: Even for a dog, Hooch makes a bigger mess of Turner's house than anyone would have thought possible. This may have something to do with the fact that his previous owner also owned a junkyard.
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* TrashOfTheTitans: Even for a dog, Hooch makes a bigger mess of Turner's house than anyone would have thought possible.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were apparently plans at one point for a ''Turner & Hooch'' television series. Tim Allen has said he was approached to star in it, but he turned it down, preferring to do something original, which lead to ''HomeImprovement''.
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Hooch's Chokehold.
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* ChekhovsGun: Hooch has a patented trick, in which he can hold a grown human in a chokehold with his mouth without biting unless commanded. Turner uses that trick to intimidate a thug connected to Hooch's Master's murder.

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* [[spoiler: BirthDeathJuxtaposition]]



* WhyDoYouHateTheDog: Turner and Emily have a conversation around these lines. Considering that Hooch is a wrecking machine, it's not that hard to understand why he doesn't initially win Turner over.
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* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Howard Hyde.]]


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* BabiesEverAfter
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* LongList: The "House Rules."
** RunningGag: "This is not your room."
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* MakeTheDogTestify: The driving force behind the plot; Hooch has the murderer's scent and witnessed it happen.

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* MakeTheDogTestify: The driving force behind the plot; Hooch has the murderer's scent and witnessed it happen.happen so he's the only lead the cops currently have.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Hooch.]]
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Scott Turner, an obsessively neat police investigator, acquires Hooch, a large and slobbery Dogue de Bordeaux, after the murder of Amos Reed, a local junk-yard owner who was a friend of Turner's. Turner is bored with little police work in the fictional town of Cypress Beach, California and is set to transfer to a better job in Sacramento while fellow investigator David Sutton is to be his replacement.

Turner pleads with police chief Howard Hyde to let him take on Amos' murder case. Believing that Hooch is the only "witness" he has, Turner brings him home. The energetic dog promptly destroys Turner's house, his car, and turns his life upside-down. On a positive note, however, Hooch also instigates a romance between Turner and the new town veterinarian Emily Carson.

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* BigFriendlyDog: Averted at first, but played straight towards the end.
* MakeTheDogTestify: The driving force behind the plot; Hooch has the murderer's scent and witnessed it happen.
* NameAndName
* NeatFreak: Turner, so very much.
* WhyDoYouHateTheDog: Turner and Emily have a conversation around these lines. Considering that Hooch is a wrecking machine, it's not that hard to understand why he doesn't initially win Turner over.

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