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* UnderageCasting: Creator/DannyGlover is ten years younger than his character Roger Murtaugh, and Creator/MelGibson was in high school when UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar ended and therefore far too young to play a Vietnam vet.
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* UnderageCasting: Both Murtaugh and Riggs were treated as being about ten years older than their actors, Creator/DannyGlover is ten years younger than his was 40 playing a character Roger Murtaugh, talking about retirement and Creator/MelGibson was in high school when during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar ended and therefore far too young to play a Vietnam vet.vet. The fourth film 11 years later was when their ages were more plausible to the characters.
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* DevelopmentHell: [[http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/richard-donner-lethal-weapon-5/ A fifth film was planned]] before being passed on for the TV series.
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* DevelopmentHell: [[http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/richard-donner-lethal-weapon-5/ A fifth film was planned]] before being passed on for movie is still in development, with Mel Gibson taking over the TV series.reins from Richard Donner who had directed all the previous installments.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Kind of; Leo Getz, like most of Creator/JoePesci's characters, is a hot-headed little guy with a HairTriggerTemper and [[SirSwearsALot a filthy mouth]], but where most of Pesci's well-known characters tended to back this up by being genuinely dangerous and often psychotic thugs, Leo's pretty much harmless, a bit of a ButtMonkey and for all his bluster a pretty nice guy.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Kind of; Leo Getz, like most of Creator/JoePesci's characters, is a hot-headed little guy with a HairTriggerTemper and [[SirSwearsALot a filthy mouth]], but where most of Pesci's well-known characters tended to back this up by being genuinely dangerous and often psychotic thugs, Leo's pretty much harmless, Leo is a harmless bumbling sidekick and a bit of a ButtMonkey and ButtMonkey. Though for all his bluster bluster, he’s a pretty nice guy.guy and loyal friend to the heroes.
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* ''Series/LethalWeapon2016''
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* ''Series/LethalWeapon2016''''Trivia/LethalWeapon2016''
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** ''Film/FortyEightHours'' from 1982 should be considered the origin of the 1980s buddy-cop film, but the ''Lethal Weapon'' series does codify most of the tropes.
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** ''Film/FortyEightHours'' ''Film/FortyEightHrs'' from 1982 should be considered the origin of the 1980s buddy-cop film, but the ''Lethal Weapon'' series does codify most of the tropes.
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* DevelopmentHell: [[http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/richard-donner-lethal-weapon-5/ A fifth film was planned]] before being passed on for the TV series.
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* DiedDuringProduction: Creator/RichardDonner, the director of the movies, [[https://deadline.com/2021/07/richard-donner-dead-superman-lethal-weapon-director-1234786372/ passed away on July 5th, 2021]], leaving the fate of ''Lethal Finale'', the GrandFinale of the franchise, to Mel Gibson himself, who was chosen to direct the movie in his place.
* FakeNationality: In an odd reversal of Jewish actors portraying Italian-Americans, Italian-American actor Creator/JoePesci plays Leo Getz, a character of German-Jewish descent.
* FakeNationality: In an odd reversal of Jewish actors portraying Italian-Americans, Italian-American actor Creator/JoePesci plays Leo Getz, a character of German-Jewish descent.
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* DiedDuringProduction: Creator/RichardDonner, the director of the movies, [[https://deadline.com/2021/07/richard-donner-dead-superman-lethal-weapon-director-1234786372/ passed away on July 5th, 2021]], 2021, leaving the fate of ''Lethal Finale'', the GrandFinale of the franchise, to Mel Gibson himself, who was chosen to direct {{direct|ed By Cast Member}} the movie in his place.
* FakeNationality: In an odd reversal of Jewish actors portraying Italian-Americans, Italian-American actor Creator/JoePesci plays Leo Getz, a character of German-Jewish descent.place.
* FakeNationality: In an odd reversal of Jewish actors portraying Italian-Americans, Italian-American actor Creator/JoePesci plays Leo Getz, a character of German-Jewish descent.
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* DiedDuringProduction: Creator/RichardDonner, the director of the movies, [[https://deadline.com/2021/07/richard-donner-dead-superman-lethal-weapon-director-1234786372/ passed away on July 5th, 2021]], leaving the fate of ''Lethal Finale'', the GrandFinale of the franchise, unknown.
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* DiedDuringProduction: Creator/RichardDonner, the director of the movies, [[https://deadline.com/2021/07/richard-donner-dead-superman-lethal-weapon-director-1234786372/ passed away on July 5th, 2021]], leaving the fate of ''Lethal Finale'', the GrandFinale of the franchise, unknown.to Mel Gibson himself, who was chosen to direct the movie in his place.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Riggs' love of Film/TheThreeStooges omes from Creator/MelGibson himself.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Riggs' love of Film/TheThreeStooges omes comes from Creator/MelGibson himself.
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* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Creator/RichardDonner and producer Joel Silver's tendency to make serendipitous, on-set improvisations and changes has made this series is infamous for it.
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* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Creator/RichardDonner and producer Joel Silver's tendency to make serendipitous, on-set improvisations and changes has made this series is infamous for it.
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* DiedDuringProduction: Creator/RichardDonner, the director of the movies, [[https://deadline.com/2021/07/richard-donner-dead-superman-lethal-weapon-director-1234786372/ passed away on July 5th, 2021]], leaving the fate of ''Lethal Finale'', the GrandFinale of the franchise, unknown.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Kind of; Leo Getz, like most of Creator/JoePesci's characters, is a hot-headed little guy with a HairTriggerTemper and [[SirSwearsALot a foul mouth]], but where most of Pesci's well-known characters tended to back this up by being genuinely dangerous and often psychotic thugs, Leo's pretty much harmless, a bit of a ButtMonkey and for all his bluster a pretty nice guy.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Kind of; Leo Getz, like most of Creator/JoePesci's characters, is a hot-headed little guy with a HairTriggerTemper and [[SirSwearsALot a foul filthy mouth]], but where most of Pesci's well-known characters tended to back this up by being genuinely dangerous and often psychotic thugs, Leo's pretty much harmless, a bit of a ButtMonkey and for all his bluster a pretty nice guy.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Kind of; Leo Getz, like most of Creator/JoePesci's characters, is a hot-headed little guy with a HairTriggerTemper, but where most of Pesci's well-known characters tended to back this up by being genuinely dangerous and often psychotic thugs, Leo's pretty much harmless, a bit of a ButtMonkey and for all his bluster a pretty nice guy.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Kind of; Leo Getz, like most of Creator/JoePesci's characters, is a hot-headed little guy with a HairTriggerTemper, HairTriggerTemper and [[SirSwearsALot a foul mouth]], but where most of Pesci's well-known characters tended to back this up by being genuinely dangerous and often psychotic thugs, Leo's pretty much harmless, a bit of a ButtMonkey and for all his bluster a pretty nice guy.
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* ThrowItIn: Leo's rants about people who fuck you with various goods and services, (The drive-thru, the hospital, etc.) are improvised. In fact, when he goes on his rant about being fucked by the hospital in three, you can see Creator/ReneeRusso [[{{Corpsing}} start to crack up]] in one shot before it's cut to another. The rant he and Butters go on about cellphones in ''4'' is entirely unscripted, with Donner apparently just telling them to, "Bitch about cell phones for a while."
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* ThrowItIn: Leo's rants about people who fuck you with various goods and services, (The drive-thru, the hospital, etc.) are improvised. In fact, when he goes on his rant about being fucked by the hospital in three, you can see Creator/ReneeRusso Creator/ReneRusso [[{{Corpsing}} start to crack up]] in one shot before it's cut to another. The rant he and Butters go on about cellphones in ''4'' is entirely unscripted, with Donner apparently just telling them to, "Bitch about cell phones for a while."
