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* Traeger puts himself in charge of the reverse-engineered plasma caster, managing some decent grazes. Its head-tracking movement proves to be needing a ''lot'' of work however, as when he has his attention grabbed, he ends up pounting it at the back of his skull and blowing his own head off.
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Its a Creator/ShaneBlack film, you should expect some great comedic dialogue and one-liners in the midst of MoodWhiplash.

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Its It's a Creator/ShaneBlack film, so you should can expect some great comedic dialogue and one-liners in the midst of MoodWhiplash.



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(''Casey ''[Casey doesn't react'')\\react'']\\



* The exchange between Bracket and Traeger. The scientists and men in black took a vote on the coolest name for an alien species.
-->'''Bracket:''' That's not a predator, that's a sports hunter.
-->'''Traeger:''' Well, we took a vote, Predator's cooler. ''[all scientists murmur in agreement]'' Fuck, yeah.
** Becomes a BrickJoke later in the movie.
* Casey’s subversion of the series’ famous line:
-->'''Casey:''' You are one beautiful motherfucker.

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* The exchange between Bracket Brackett and Traeger. The scientists and men in black took a vote on the coolest name for an alien species.
-->'''Bracket:''' -->'''Brackett:''' That's not a predator, that's a sports hunter.
-->'''Traeger:''' Well, we took a vote, Predator's predator's cooler. ''[all scientists murmur in agreement]'' Fuck, Fuck yeah.
** Becomes This becomes a BrickJoke later in the movie.
movie, when the topic comes up with the Loonies and two of them agree with Brackett, to her delight.
* Casey’s subversion of one of the series’ most famous line:
lines in the series:
-->'''Casey:''' You are one beautiful ''beautiful'' motherfucker.



** Possibly rivaled by...

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** Possibly only rivaled by...



* When Casey discovers human DNA in the Predator, she eventually concludes "So you wanna know if someone fucked an alien?"

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* When Casey discovers human DNA in the Predator, she eventually concludes concludes, "So you wanna know if someone fucked an alien?"



* As the Predator breaks out, Casey tries to use her tranquiliser gun to stop it, firing from on top of the Loonies' bus - but the Predator blows out the tire and she accidentally shoots herself in the foot. [=McKenna=] tries to help her jump down - only to see the onrushing merc security and decide to bolt as Casey just pancakes flat into the ground. The retreating [=McKenna=] just shouts "Sorry!" as he runs away.
* As the loonies are trying to escape from the rampaging Predator and the Stargazer mooks trying to recapture it and eliminate all witnesses, Nebraska sees a bunch of [[HeroStoleMyBike unattended Harley-Davidson motorcycles.]]
-->'''Nebraska''': [[MythologyGag Get to the choppers!]]
* An OverlyLongGag where Baxley's Tourette's has him say "Eat your pussy" to Casey Bracket, and the ensuing argument where the others try and cover for him by claiming what he actually said was "Geez, you're pushy.".

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* As the Predator breaks out, Casey tries to use her tranquiliser gun to stop it, firing from on top of the Loonies' bus - -- but the Predator blows out the tire and she accidentally shoots herself in the foot. [=McKenna=] tries to help her jump down - -- only to see the onrushing merc security and decide to bolt as Casey just pancakes flat into the ground. The retreating [=McKenna=] just shouts "Sorry!" as he runs away.
* As the loonies Loonies are trying to escape from the rampaging Predator and the Stargazer mooks trying to recapture it and eliminate all witnesses, Nebraska sees a bunch of [[HeroStoleMyBike unattended Harley-Davidson motorcycles.]]
-->'''Nebraska''': -->'''Nebraska:''' [[MythologyGag Get to the choppers!]]
* An OverlyLongGag where Baxley's Tourette's has him say "Eat your pussy" to Casey Bracket, and the ensuing argument where the others try and cover for him by claiming what he actually said was "Geez, you're pushy."."



* To get to town, the Predator "hitchhikes" his way onto an army truck. He slaughters the troops, the driver questions if anything's OK... and the Predator grabs a cut arm to give a thumbs up to the driver, who then doesn't complain anymore.
* Rory wearing the Predator mask is already being pestered by the school bullies when the owner of the frat house he just knocked throws something at him. The mask responds firing a shot that destroys the building and terrifies the bullies!
* Just the fact that one of the Predator Dogs is "tamed". And whenever he returns, it's funny.
** Even more because he does stereotypically Earth dog behavior, playing fetch with grenades of all things.

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* To get to town, the Predator "hitchhikes" his its way onto an army truck. He It slaughters the troops, and the driver questions asks if anything's everything's OK... and the Predator grabs a cut severed arm to give a thumbs up to the driver, who then doesn't complain anymore.
has no further complaints.
* Rory Rory, wearing the Predator mask mask, is already being pestered by the school bullies when the owner of the frat house he just knocked on the door of throws something at him. The mask responds automatically, firing a shot that destroys blows the building to smithereens and absolutely terrifies the bullies!
* Just the fact that one of the Predator Dogs is "tamed". And whenever he Whenever it returns, it's funny.
** Even more because he does it engages in stereotypically Earth dog behavior, playing fetch with grenades of all things.



-->'''Rory''': That's reverse psychology. I can do it, too. [[PrecisionFStrike Don't go fuck yourself.]]

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-->'''Rory''': -->'''Rory:''' That's reverse psychology. I can do it, too. [[PrecisionFStrike Don't go fuck yourself.]]



''Rory motions to the goon's corpse.''\\

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''Rory ''[Rory motions to the goon's corpse.''\\corpse]''\\



** Not helping things at all, Nebraska and the others fight their way through more of Trager's goons, ''killing some of them.''

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** Not helping things at all, Nebraska and the others fight their way through more of Trager's Traeger's goons, ''killing some of them.''



* During the climactic fight near the end, [[spoiler: Coyle and Baxley are mortally wounded, with Baxley impaled on a tree and Coyle succumbing to the Predator attack. The two look at each other, grab their guns, and do a MutualKill. While this could be considered dramatic in any other film, the way Coyle signals this is hilarious, and the background music is surprisingly swelling and heroic. The final product feels like a parody of these types of scenes than anything else.]]

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* During the climactic fight near the end, [[spoiler: Coyle and Baxley are mortally wounded, with Baxley impaled on a tree and Coyle succumbing to the Predator attack. The two look at each other, grab their guns, and do a MutualKill. While this could be considered dramatic in any other film, the way Coyle signals this for it is hilarious, and the background music is surprisingly swelling and heroic. The final product feels more like a parody of these types of scenes than anything else.]]



'''Predator:''' ''*Gurgles something*''\\
'''Quinn:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Shut the fuck up.]] ''*Riddles the Predator's head with bullets*''

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'''Predator:''' ''*Gurgles something*''\\
''[gurgles something]''\\
'''Quinn:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Shut the fuck up.]] ''*Riddles ''[riddles the Predator's head with bullets*''bullets]''
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Rory motions to the goon's corpse.\\

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Rory ''Rory motions to the goon's corpse.\\''\\
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** Becomes a BrickJoke later in the movie.


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* During the climactic fight near the end, [[spoiler: Coyle and Baxley are mortally wounded, with Baxley impaled on a tree and Coyle succumbing to the Predator attack. The two look at each other, grab their guns, and do a MutualKill. While this could be considered dramatic in any other film, the way Coyle signals this is hilarious, and the background music is surprisingly swelling and heroic. The final product feels like a parody of these types of scenes than anything else.]]
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** Not helping things at all, Nebraska and the others fight their way through more of Trager's goons, ''killing some of them.''
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'''Agent 2:''' Every fucking time?

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'''Agent 2:''' [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore Every fucking time?time?]]



--> '''[=McKenna=]:''' I just want my son. Nobody has to die.
--> '''Rory:''' Uh, Dad?
--> Rory motions to the goon's corpse.
--> '''[=McKenna=]:''' ...I mean, [[ExactWords from here forward]].

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--> '''[=McKenna=]:''' I just want my son. Nobody has to die.
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die.\\
'''Rory:''' Uh, Dad?
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Dad? \\
Rory motions to the goon's corpse.
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corpse.\\
'''[=McKenna=]:''' ...I mean, [[ExactWords from here forward]].



-->'''Quinn:''' [[WhatTheHellAreYou What are you?]]
-->'''Predator:''' ''*Gurgles something*''
-->'''Quinn:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Shut the fuck up.]] ''*Riddles the Predator's head with bullets*''

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-->'''Quinn:''' [[WhatTheHellAreYou What are you?]]
-->'''Predator:'''
you?]]\\
'''Predator:'''
''*Gurgles something*''
-->'''Quinn:'''
something*''\\
'''Quinn:'''
[[PrecisionFStrike Shut the fuck up.]] ''*Riddles the Predator's head with bullets*''
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-->'''Agent 1:''' Is it just your imagination, or is this haunted room actually stretching?\\

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-->'''Agent 1:''' [[Ride/TheHauntedMansion Is it just your imagination, or is this haunted room actually stretching?\\stretching?]]\\
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--> '''[=McKenna=]:''' ...I mean, from here forward.

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--> '''[=McKenna=]:''' ...I mean, [[ExactWords from here forward.forward]].
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* As the Predator breaks out, Casey tries to use her tranquiliser gun to stop it, firing from on top of the Loonies' bus - but the Predator blows out the tire and she accidentally shoots herself in the foot. [=McKenna=] tries to help her jump down - only to see the onrushing merc security and decide to bolt as Casey just pancakes flat into the ground. The retreating [=McKenna=] just shouts "Sorry!" as he runs away.


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* The aftermath of [=McKenna=] killing the goon who threatened his son with a tranquiliser dart through the eye.
--> '''[=McKenna=]:''' I just want my son. Nobody has to die.
--> '''Rory:''' Uh, Dad?
--> Rory motions to the goon's corpse.
--> '''[=McKenna=]:''' ...I mean, from here forward.
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* To get to town, the Predator "hitchhikes" his way onto an army truck. He slaughters the troops, the driver questions if anything's OK... and the Predator grabs a cut arm to give a thumbs up for the driver, who then doesn't complain anymore.
* Rory wearing the Predator mask is already being pestered by the school bullies when the owner of the house he just knocked throws something at him. The mask responds firing a shot that destroys the building and terrifies the bullies!

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* To get to town, the Predator "hitchhikes" his way onto an army truck. He slaughters the troops, the driver questions if anything's OK... and the Predator grabs a cut arm to give a thumbs up for to the driver, who then doesn't complain anymore.
* Rory wearing the Predator mask is already being pestered by the school bullies when the owner of the frat house he just knocked throws something at him. The mask responds firing a shot that destroys the building and terrifies the bullies!
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(''Casey doesn't react'')

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(''Casey doesn't react'')react'')\\
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* When Casey is being brought down to the lab for the first time.
-->'''Agent 1:''' Is it just your imagination, or is this haunted room actually stretching?\\
(''Casey doesn't react'')
'''Agent 2:''' Every fucking time?
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* An OverlyLongGag where Baxley's Tourette's has him say "Eat your pussy" to Casey Bracket, and the ensuing argument where the others try and cover for him.

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* An OverlyLongGag where Baxley's Tourette's has him say "Eat your pussy" to Casey Bracket, and the ensuing argument where the others try and cover for him.him by claiming what he actually said was "Geez, you're pushy.".
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* As the loonies are trying to escape from the rampaging Predator and the Stargazer mooks trying to recapture it and eliminate all witnesses, Nebraska sees a bunch of [[HeroStoleMyBike unattended Harley-Davidson motorcycles.]]
-->'''Nebraska''': [[MythologyGag Get to the choppers!]]
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* Casey’s subversion of the series’ famous line:
-->'''Casey:''' You are one beautiful motherfucker.

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* Traeger tries to convince

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* Traeger tries to convince Rory to open the Predator ship by saying he doesn't think Rory can do it. Rory proves he's smarter than the G-Man gives him credit for.
-->'''Rory''': That's reverse psychology. I can do it, too. [[PrecisionFStrike Don't go fuck yourself.]]

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* An OverlyLongGag where Baxley's Tourette's has him say "Eat your pussy" to Casey Bracket, and the ensuing argument where the others try and cover for him.



* "Reverse psychology. I can use it too. Don't go fuck yourself."

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* "Reverse psychology. I can use it too. Don't go fuck yourself."Traeger tries to convince
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-->'''Coyle:''' Hoy do you circumcise a hobo? By kicking your mom in the chin!

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-->'''Coyle:''' Hoy How do you circumcise a hobo? By kicking your mom in the chin!

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-->'''Coyle:''' Hoy do you circumcise a hobo? By kicking your mother in the chin!

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-->'''Coyle:''' Hoy do you circumcise a hobo? By kicking your mother mom in the chin!


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** Even more because he does stereotypically Earth dog behavior, playing fetch with grenades of all things.
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** Possibly rivaled by...
-->'''Coyle:''' Hoy do you circumcise a hobo? By kicking your mother in the chin!
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-->'''Quinn:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Shut the fuck up.]] ''*Riddles the Predator with bullets*''

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-->'''Quinn:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Shut the fuck up.]] ''*Riddles the Predator Predator's head with bullets*''
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** The fact that Traeger starts to silently nod yes makes it even funnier.

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-->'''Traeger:''' Well, we took a vote, Predator's cooler. ''[all scientists murmur in agreement]'' fork, yeah.

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-->'''Traeger:''' Well, we took a vote, Predator's cooler. ''[all scientists murmur in agreement]'' fork, Fuck, yeah.



* When Casey discovers human DNA in the Predator, she eventually concludes "So you wanna know if someone fucked an alien?"
* The Predator is described as "Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, if she was an alien".
* To get to town, the Predator "hitchhikes" his way onto an army truck. He slaughters the troops, the driver questions if anything's OK... and the Predator grabs a cut arm to give a thumbs up for the driver, who then doesn't complain anymore.
* Rory wearing the Predator mask is already being pestered by the school bullies when the owner of the house he just knocked throws something at him. The mask responds firing a shot that destroys the building and terrifies the bullies!
* Just the fact that one of the Predator Dogs is "tamed". And whenever he returns, it's funny.
* "Reverse psychology. I can use it too. Don't go fuck yourself."
* This exchange:
-->'''Casey''': "Getting the fuck out of here" [[MetaphorIsMyMiddleName is my middle name]].\\
'''Nebraska''': And I thought Gaylord was embarrassing.



-->'''Quinn:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Shut the fork up.]] ''*Riddles the Predator with bullets*''
* While escaping from the government facility, the team comes across a collection of motorcycles, prompting this tongue-in-cheek reference from Williams.
-->'''Williams:''' Get to the choppers!

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-->'''Quinn:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Shut the fork fuck up.]] ''*Riddles the Predator with bullets*''
* While escaping from the government facility, the team comes across a collection of motorcycles, prompting this tongue-in-cheek reference from Williams.
-->'''Williams:''' Get to the choppers!
bullets*''

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-->'''Traeger:''' Well, we took a vote, Predator's cooler. ''[all scientists murmur in agreement]'' Fuck, yeah.

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-->'''Traeger:''' Well, we took a vote, Predator's cooler. ''[all scientists murmur in agreement]'' Fuck, fork, yeah.



-->'''Quinn:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Shut the fuck up.]] ''*Riddles the Predator with bullets*''

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-->'''Quinn:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Shut the fuck fork up.]] ''*Riddles the Predator with bullets*''bullets*''
* While escaping from the government facility, the team comes across a collection of motorcycles, prompting this tongue-in-cheek reference from Williams.
-->'''Williams:''' Get to the choppers!
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-->'''Traeger:''' Well we took a vote, Predator's cooler. ''[all scientists murmur in agreement]'' Fuck, yeah.

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-->'''Traeger:''' Well Well, we took a vote, Predator's cooler. ''[all scientists murmur in agreement]'' Fuck, yeah.
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-->'''Coyle:''' If your mom's vagina were a video game, it'd be rated "E" for "Everyone!"

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-->'''Coyle:''' If your mom's vagina were a video game, it'd be rated "E" for "Everyone!""Everyone!"
* In a ContinuityNod, as Quinn [[spoiler: has the Predator on the ropes]]:
-->'''Quinn:''' [[WhatTheHellAreYou What are you?]]
-->'''Predator:''' ''*Gurgles something*''
-->'''Quinn:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Shut the fuck up.]] ''*Riddles the Predator with bullets*''

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Its Creator/ShaneBlack, you should expect some great comedic dialogue and one-liners.
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Its Creator/ShaneBlack, a Creator/ShaneBlack film, you should expect some great comedic dialogue and one-liners.
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one-liners in the midst of MoodWhiplash.
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Its Creator/ShaneBlack, you should expect some great comedic dialogue and one-liners.
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-->'''Traeger:''' Well we took a vote, Predator's cooler. ''[all scientists murmur in agreement]'' Fuck, yeah.

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-->'''Traeger:''' Well we took a vote, Predator's cooler. ''[all scientists murmur in agreement]'' Fuck, yeah.yeah.
* The film might have the best take on a YourMom joke, as said by Creator/KeeganMichaelKey's character:
-->'''Coyle:''' If your mom's vagina were a video game, it'd be rated "E" for "Everyone!"
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* The exchange between Bracket and Traeger. The scientists and men in black took a vote on the coolest name for an alien species.
-->'''Bracket:''' That's not a predator, that's a sports hunter.
-->'''Traeger:''' Well we took a vote, Predator's cooler. ''[all scientists murmur in agreement]'' Fuck, yeah.

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