History Recap / BrooklynNineNineS3E10YippieKayak

* CanadaEh: One of the robbers turns out to be Canadian, much to Jake's disappointment. When Jake impersonates him over the walkie-talkie, he does a hilarious fake Canadian accent. Even better, ''it works''

* MondegreenGag: Charles misinterprets John [=McClane's=] CatchPhrase as "Yippie kayak, other buckets!"

* AcceptableTargets: Greeks, in both Jake and Charles minds.
-->'''Jake''': You're so clearly supposed to be German! Are ''any'' of you German?\\
'''Robbers''': *mumbles of denial*\\
'''Charles''': Russian? North Korean? ''Greek''? ''(to Jake)'' I don't trust the way the Greeks dance.\\
'''Jake''': No one does.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* AcceptableTargets: Greeks, in both Jake and Charles minds.
-->'''Jake''': You're so clearly supposed to be German! Are ''any'' of you German?//
'''Robbers''':*mumbles of denial*\\

* CanadaEh: One of the robbers turns out to be Canadian, much to Jake's disappointment. When Jake impersonates him over the walkie-talkie, he does a hilarious fake Canadian accent. Even better, ''it works''.

-->'''The Vulture:''' I will end your career!!!! You’ll be out there working as a model because… well, you know, you’re shredded, and I respect that.
* PocketDial: Terry tells the squad '''not''' to call him over the Christmas holiday and he refers to last year, in which Scully called him FIFTY times.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Charles misinterprets John [=McClane's=] CatchPhrase as "Yippie kayak, other buckets!"

* RealityEnsues: The Vulture's motives for wanting to storm the building rather than let Jake and Charles attempt to resolve it internally were entirely petty and selfish, and Terry was vindicated in preventing him from giving the order to do it. However, he still disobeyed a superior officer (and threw him in a garbage can), so he has to be suspended for a week.

* OhCrap:
** Jake, when the robber in charge is ''definitely'' sure about killing him.
** Terry, when he finds out that the Vulture is in charge of the hostage situation.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Not only does finding out that Jake is in danger allow Amy to brave the frozen water but it motivates her to freak out at Holt.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Terry finally has enough of Zeke belittling him and calls Zeke out for being unemployed yet still having the guts to make fun of Terry having to prioritize a life-or-death situation above his family.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The Vulture is due to go on a "massage tour" of Southeast Asia. Not that hard to figure out what he'll be doing on his trip.

* CanadaEh: One of the robbers turns out to be Canadian, much to Jake's disappointment. When Jake impersonates him over the walkie-talkie, he does a hilarious fake Canadian accent.

* DieHardOnAnX: ''Film/DieHard'' in a department store. Naturally, since it's an homage to ''Film/DieHard''.

* {{Homage}}: The hostage situation has parallels to the original ''Film/DieHard''. Jake is ecstatic and keeps trying to find his "John [=McClane=]" moment.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Jake and Charles take down the robbers with various items they find around the store.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Charles misinterprets [[Film/DieHard John [=McClane's=]]] CatchPhrase as "Yippie kayak, other buckets!"

'''Jake:'''Yeah, I know. We're looking at the same thing.

* {{Jerkass}}: Of course, the Vulture.

* TheLoad: Gina, despite Jake and Charles' best efforts, keeps trying to run off and find [[AerosolFlameThrower an aerosol can so that she can use it as a flamethrower]] against the robbers. This gets her captured and adds yet another problem that Jake and Charles have to solve.

** And Terry, when he finds out that the Vulture is in charge of the hostage situation.

* FaceYourFears: Parodied with Amy going swimming with Diaz and Holt. She hates being cold, but is determined to prove that she's tough. Nevertheless, when it comes to the big moment she runs into the tideline with her anorak on...and lasts about three seconds of having cold wet feet before turning around and running back to dry land again, shrieking "''Nooooooooo!''"
** Later, just after Diaz and Holt have gone in the water, Amy checks her phone message and finds all the messages from Jake being in a hostage situation. This time, she plunges into the sea after Diaz and Holt and wades in up to her waist so that she can tell them that they have go and help.

'''''Yippie Kayak''''' is the tenth episode of ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'''s third season.

* YouWouldntShootMe: Jake tries to tell the robber in charge that killing a man is not as easy as it sounds. Unfortunately, the man's already killed ten people and has no problem with adding another to his tally.

* AerithAndBob: In a sense. Jake, ever the ''Film/DieHard'' fanboy, naturally gives German names to the robbers (e.g. Klaus, Günter). He even marks those names on his wrist á la John [=McClane=]. To his disappointment, it turns out they've got boring old English names, like Matt … and Dave. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since they're actually Canadian.

* BadBoss: We already knew the Vulture was a terrible boss from the opening episodes of the season, but if the long-suffering reaction from the officer ordered first to shoot Terry (which he refuses to do) and then to go on the roof of a nearby building for no reason (which he reluctantly does) is anything to go by, the SWAT team isn't overly thrilled to have him in charge either.

* SmoochOfVictory: In a way. Amy kisses Jake after he's been rescued, however she admits its partially down to the fact she's still freezing and he's got plenty of body heat.

* DieHardOnAnX: ''Film/DieHard'' in a department store. Naturally, since it's an homage to ''DieHard''.

* OhCrap: Jake, when the robber in charge is ''definitely'' sure about killing him.