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* EvilIsPetty: Fairbanks catches Kevin ''in fraganti'' while the latter is stealing his house and calls the cops. Kevin overall is okay with that. And then Fairbanks lies that the ring is his property just got the sake of the fun of "stealing something from the thief". This puts Kevin on the warpath. And then Fairbanks absolutely refuses to give the ring back even after Kevin has brought him to near ruin and makes clear there is only one thing that will make him stop, and the only other person that doesn't thinks it's stupid is Fairbanks' insane head of security.0
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* EvilIsPetty: Fairbanks catches Kevin ''in fraganti'' while the latter is stealing his house and calls the cops. Kevin overall is okay with that. And then Fairbanks lies that the ring is his property just got the sake of the fun of "stealing something from the thief". This puts Kevin on the warpath. And then Fairbanks absolutely refuses to give the ring back even after Kevin has brought him to near ruin and makes clear there is only one thing that will make him stop, and the only other person that doesn't thinks it's stupid is Fairbanks' insane head of security.0
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* EvilIsPetty: Fairbanks catches Kevin ''in fraganti'' while the latter is stealing his house and calls the cops. Kevin overall is okay with that. And then Fairbanks lies that the ring is his property just got the sake of the fun of "stealing something from the thief". This puts Kevin on the warpath. And then Fairbanks absolutely refuses to give the ring back even after Kevin has brought him to near ruin and makes clear there is only one thing that will make him stop, and the only other person that doesn't thinks it's stupid is Fairbanks' insane head of security.0
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''What's the Worst That Could Happen?'' is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Sam Weisman and starring Creator/MartinLawrence and Creator/DannyDeVito. Loosely based on the ''Literature/{{Dortmunder}}'' novel of the same name by Donald E. Westlake, the film's supporting cast includes Creator/JohnLeguizamo, Creator/BernieMac, Larry Miller, Nora Dunn, GQ, and Creator/WilliamFichtner.
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''What's the Worst That Could Happen?'' is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Sam Weisman and starring Creator/MartinLawrence and Creator/DannyDeVito. Loosely based on the ''Literature/{{Dortmunder}}'' novel of the same name by Donald E. Westlake, the film's supporting cast includes Creator/JohnLeguizamo, Creator/BernieMac, Larry Miller, Creator/LarryMiller, Nora Dunn, GQ, and Creator/WilliamFichtner.
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* TarotTroubles: Every time Gloria does a reading on Max, she draws the Five if Swords, which depicts a king with five daggers in his head.
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* TarotTroubles: Every time Gloria does a reading on Max, she draws the Five if of Swords, which depicts a king with five daggers in his head.
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* OnlySaneMan: Walter Greenbaum, Max's attorney. He spends the entirety of the movie attempting tp extract Max from holes that he insists on digging for himself. He repeatedly tells Max to give the ring back, as the longer he keeps it, the more money it winds up costing them. When Max refuses and insists on going down the path he is on, Walter quits, gets out of the car and walks away, never to be seen again.
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* OnlySaneMan: Walter Greenbaum, Max's attorney. He spends the entirety of the movie attempting tp to extract Max from holes that he insists on digging for himself. He repeatedly tells Max to give the ring back, as the longer he keeps it, the more money it winds up costing them. When Max refuses and insists on going down the path he is on, Walter quits, gets out of the car and walks away, never to be seen again.
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* ItsAllJunk: Kevin Caffery risks life, limb and imprisonment to retrieve the 'lucky ring' his girlfriend Amber had given him: becoming involved in an EscalatingWar with the tycoon who stole it. At the end of the film, Amber presents him with the ring; having retrieved it herself. Amber then presents Kevin with an ultimatum: he can either keep the ring or her, as his obsession with the ring is driving them apart. Kevin considers this for a few minute, then throws the ring away (where it gets run over by a truck).
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* ItsAllJunk: Kevin Caffery risks life, limb and imprisonment to retrieve the 'lucky ring' his girlfriend Amber had given him: becoming involved in an EscalatingWar with the tycoon who stole it. At the end of the film, Amber presents him with the ring; having retrieved it herself. Amber then presents Kevin with an ultimatum: he can either keep the ring or her, as his obsession with the ring is driving them apart. Kevin considers this for a few minute, minutes, then throws the ring away (where it gets run over by a truck).
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* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: When Max is holding a burglar gunpoint, Tiffany gets out of the bath to see what is happening. Max tells her in disbelief to go and put some clothes on.
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* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: When Max is holding a burglar at gunpoint, Tiffany gets out of the bath to see what is happening. Max tells her in disbelief to go and put some clothes on.
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* SpillStainSabotage: Max inflicts a deliberate WardrobeWound on Kevin by dumping a glass of red wine over his white jacket and shirt at the banquet.
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* OnlySaneMan: Walter Greenbaum, Max's attorney. He spends the entirety of the movie attempting extract Max from holes that he insists on digging for himself. He repeatedly tells Max to give the ring back, as the longer he keeps it, the more money it winds up costing them. When Max refuses and insists on going down the path he is on, Walter quits, gets out of the car and walks away, never to be seen again.
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* OnlySaneMan: Walter Greenbaum, Max's attorney. He spends the entirety of the movie attempting tp extract Max from holes that he insists on digging for himself. He repeatedly tells Max to give the ring back, as the longer he keeps it, the more money it winds up costing them. When Max refuses and insists on going down the path he is on, Walter quits, gets out of the car and walks away, never to be seen again.
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* BoundAndGagged: Kevin's crew binds and gags the wait staff and the auction staff at the bankruptcy auction so they can take their places.
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* BoundAndGagged: Kevin's crew binds and gags the wait staff caterers and the auction staff at the bankruptcy auction so they can take their places.
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* ItsAllJunk: Kevin Caffery risks life, limb and imprisonment to retrieve the 'lucky ring' his girlfriend Amber had given him: becoming involved in an EscalatingWar with the tycoon who stole it. At the end of the film, Amber presents him with the ring; having retrieved. Amber the presents Kevin with an ultimatum: he can either keep the ring or her, as his obsession with the ring was driving them apart. Kevin considers this for a few minute, then throws the ring away (where it gets run over by a truck).
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* ItsAllJunk: Kevin Caffery risks life, limb and imprisonment to retrieve the 'lucky ring' his girlfriend Amber had given him: becoming involved in an EscalatingWar with the tycoon who stole it. At the end of the film, Amber presents him with the ring; having retrieved. retrieved it herself. Amber the then presents Kevin with an ultimatum: he can either keep the ring or her, as his obsession with the ring was is driving them apart. Kevin considers this for a few minute, then throws the ring away (where it gets run over by a truck).
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* ItsAllJunk: Kevin Caffery risks life, limb and imprisonment to retrieve the 'lucky ring' his girlfriend Amber had given him: becoming involved in an EscalatingWar with the tycoon who stole it. At the end of the film, Amber presents him with the ring; having retrieved. Amber the presents Kevin with an ultimatum: he can either keep the ring or her, as his obsession with the ring was driving them apart. Kevin considers this for a few minute, then throws the ring away (where it gets run over by a truck).
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* RhymesOnADime: PlayfulHacker Shelly Nix is a wannabe rapper who insists on constantly speaking in rhyme; much to the annoyance of those around him.
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* OnlySaneMan: Walter Greenbaum, Max's attorney. He spends the entirety of the movie attempting extract Max from holes that he insists on digging for himself. He repeatedly tells Max to give the ring back, as the longer he keeps it, the more money it winds up costing them. When Max refuses and insists on going down the path he is on, Walter quits, gets out of the car and walks away, never to be seen again.
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* FakeStatic: Gloria pretends to be going through a tunnel and losing Max's signal so she doesn't have to tell him what her reading revealed. (See TarotTroubles below.)
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* FoodSlap: During the confrontation at the banquet, Max dumps a glass of red mine over Kevin's white jacket.
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* FoodSlap: During the confrontation at the banquet, Max dumps a glass of red mine over Kevin's white jacket.
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* AgentPeacock: Detective Alex Tardio (played by Creator/WilliamFichtner). Impeccably dressed in bright clothing, with an excellent hairdo, carrying a cane, and walking his well-groomed show dogs, he is, nevertheless, great at his job.
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* BavarianFireDrill: Kevin's crew stages a fake fire at the auction and use the ensuing chaos to move two trucks of stolen goods, and to isolate Max from his security so Kevin can steal the ring.
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* BavarianFireDrill: Several of these by professional thief Kevin Caffrey in his attempt to steal his girlfriend's ring back from media tycoon billionaire Max Fairbanks. The two most notable include Kevin and his partner sneaking into Max's private penthouse suite by posing as an Arabian prince (with a ''Holiday Inn'' towel around his head); and in the climax a literal example when Kevin's crew stages starts a fake phony fire at the auction allowing Kevin, disguised as a firefighter, to run right up to Max and use the ensuing chaos to move two trucks of stolen goods, and to isolate Max from his security so Kevin can steal the ring.
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* BavarianFirDrill: Kevin's crew stages a fake fire at the auction and use the ensuing chaos to move two trucks of stolen goods, and to isolate Max from his security so Kevin can steal the ring.
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* BavarianFirDrill: BavarianFireDrill: Kevin's crew stages a fake fire at the auction and use the ensuing chaos to move two trucks of stolen goods, and to isolate Max from his security so Kevin can steal the ring.
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* FakinMacGuffin: At the end of the film, Kevin and Max are on a boat fighting over possession of the 'lucky ring', when they both look at the ring (which is on Kevin's finger) and realise it is not the original ring, and that someone has substituted a fake earlier in the caper.
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* CigarChomper: Max Fairbanks continually smokes cigars, playing the big tycoon.
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* {{Jerkass}}: CorruptCorporateExecutive Max Fairbanks. He cheats on his wife, insults his mistress, belittles his attorney, shamelessly uses his personal assistant, and steals Kevin's ring as an act of sheer petty-mindedness.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Max Fairbanks. Amongst the corporate malfeasance seem in the film are declaring bankruptcy as an expediency to avoid corporate responsibility, and attempting to bribe a senate subcommittee.
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* HandyCuffs: The Rock Shore police handcuff Kevin with his hands in front of him. This allows him to unscrew the window handle in the police car and escape.
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* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: When Max is holding a burglar gunpoint, Tiffany gets out of the bath to see what is happening. Max tells her to go and put some clothes on.
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* PinocchioNose: Kevin cannot lie without blinking uncontrollably.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: When Max is holding a burglar gunpoint, Tiffany gets out of the bath to see what is happening. Max tells her in disbelief to go and put some clothes on.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: When Max is holding a burglar gunpoint, Tiffany gets out of the bath to see what is happening. Max tells her in disbelief to go and put some clothes on.
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* NumberOneDime: The 'lucky ring' Amber gives Kevin. The ring is inherently worthless, but once Max steals it from him, Kevin will go to any length to steal it back, and Max will go to lengths to keep it, even when it ends up costing him a fortune.
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* BitsOfMeKeepPassingOut: When Kevin and Berger are trapped in a LaserHallway, they are forced to remain motionless in awkward positions till Windham arrives to rescue them. When they are released, various limbs have fallen asleep. They continue to stagger their way through the robbery.
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* PottyEmergency: Berger finds himself desperately needing to pee while trapped motionless in the LaserHallway.
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* LaserHallway: Kevin and Berger get trapped in a laser hallway when Max turns on the security system, not realising anyone is in his home.
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* CandlelitBath: Tiffany is taking a candlelit bathe when Kevin breaks into the beach house.
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* CandlelitBath: Tiffany is taking a candlelit bathe bath when Kevin breaks into the beach house.
* HighClassGlass: Berger wears a monocle when posing as a German auctioneer in order to hijack the auction.
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* MisterMuffykins: Gloria owns a yappy Brussels Griffon (incorrectly identified as a Yorkie), that barks at everyone except her and Detective Tardio.
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* MisterMuffykins: Gloria owns a yappy Brussels Griffon (incorrectly identified as a Yorkie), Yorkie) named Pumpkin, that barks at everyone except her and Detective Tardio.Tardio.
* MuggedForDisguise: Edwina and Windham steal uniforms from the wait staff they leave BoundAndGagged when working the auction.
* PasswordSlotMachine: Berger uses one to crack Max's alarm code when he and Kevin break into Max's townhouse. Later Windham uses a similar device when he has to break in to Max's townhouse to rescue Kevin and Berger.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: When Max is holding a burglar gunpoint, Tiffany gets out of the bath to see what is happening. Max tells her to go and put some clothes on.
* MuggedForDisguise: Edwina and Windham steal uniforms from the wait staff they leave BoundAndGagged when working the auction.
* PasswordSlotMachine: Berger uses one to crack Max's alarm code when he and Kevin break into Max's townhouse. Later Windham uses a similar device when he has to break in to Max's townhouse to rescue Kevin and Berger.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: When Max is holding a burglar gunpoint, Tiffany gets out of the bath to see what is happening. Max tells her to go and put some clothes on.
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* UNspokenPlanGuarantee: The scheme that Lutetia and Amber cook up in the restroom. While Kevin's elaborate heist to retrieve the ring is going down, [[spoiler:Amber manages to slip the ring off Max's finger by posing as a masseuse, and presents it to Kevin at the end of the film]].
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''What's the Worst That Could Happen?'' is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Sam Weisman and starring Creator/MartinLawrence and Creator/DannyDeVito. Loosely based on the ''Literature/{{Dortmunder}}'' novel of the same name by Donald E. Westlake, the film's supporting cast includes Creator/JohnLeguizamo, Creator/BernieMac, Larry Miller, Nora Dunn, GQ, and Creator/WilliamFichtner.
Thief Kevin Caffery attempts to rob from the home of rich businessman Max Fairbanks. But Fairbanks catches him and steals his cherished ring that his girlfriend gave him. Caffery is then bent on revenge and getting his ring back with the help of his partners.
!!Tropes in ''What's the Worse That Could Happen?'' include:
* BlindMistake: When blinded by mace, Earl fires several shots at Max, thinking that he is Kevin.
* BoundAndGagged: Kevin's crew binds and gags the wait staff and the auction staff at the bankruptcy auction so they can take their places.
* CandlelitBath: Tiffany is taking a candlelit bathe when Kevin breaks into the beach house.
* ElevatorGoingDown: Gloria has a brief flashback to her and Max having sex in an elevator.
* IfIWantedXIwouldY:
-->'''Uncle Jack:''' If I wanted to hear myself talk, I'd leave myself a voicemail message!
* MisterMuffykins: Gloria owns a yappy Brussels Griffon (incorrectly identified as a Yorkie), that barks at everyone except her and Detective Tardio.
* TarotTroubles: Every time Gloria does a reading on Max, she draws the Five if Swords, which depicts a king with five daggers in his head.
* TitleDrop: When Walter is attempting to explain the implication of the bankruptcy deal, Max sneers "What's the worst that could happen?"
* UNspokenPlanGuarantee: The scheme that Lutetia and Amber cook up in the restroom. While Kevin's elaborate heist to retrieve the ring is going down, [[spoiler:Amber manages to slip the ring off Max's finger by posing as a masseuse, and presents it to Kevin at the end of the film]].
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Thief Kevin Caffery attempts to rob from the home of rich businessman Max Fairbanks. But Fairbanks catches him and steals his cherished ring that his girlfriend gave him. Caffery is then bent on revenge and getting his ring back with the help of his partners.
!!Tropes in ''What's the Worse That Could Happen?'' include:
* BlindMistake: When blinded by mace, Earl fires several shots at Max, thinking that he is Kevin.
* BoundAndGagged: Kevin's crew binds and gags the wait staff and the auction staff at the bankruptcy auction so they can take their places.
* CandlelitBath: Tiffany is taking a candlelit bathe when Kevin breaks into the beach house.
* ElevatorGoingDown: Gloria has a brief flashback to her and Max having sex in an elevator.
* IfIWantedXIwouldY:
-->'''Uncle Jack:''' If I wanted to hear myself talk, I'd leave myself a voicemail message!
* MisterMuffykins: Gloria owns a yappy Brussels Griffon (incorrectly identified as a Yorkie), that barks at everyone except her and Detective Tardio.
* TarotTroubles: Every time Gloria does a reading on Max, she draws the Five if Swords, which depicts a king with five daggers in his head.
* TitleDrop: When Walter is attempting to explain the implication of the bankruptcy deal, Max sneers "What's the worst that could happen?"
* UNspokenPlanGuarantee: The scheme that Lutetia and Amber cook up in the restroom. While Kevin's elaborate heist to retrieve the ring is going down, [[spoiler:Amber manages to slip the ring off Max's finger by posing as a masseuse, and presents it to Kevin at the end of the film]].
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