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8	''Dhoom'' (''Rock'') is a successful series of UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} action-comedy films, released in 2004, 2006 and 2013 respectively. Both follow Mumbai supercop Jai Dixit and his partner Ali in their pursuit of supposedly unstoppable thieves. ''Dhoom 1'' features Kabir, leader of a local gang of motorcycle-riding bank robbers. ''Dhoom 2'' has Aryan, an international art thief and master of disguise. ''Dhoom 3'' has Sahir, the son of a circus owner seeking revenge against a bank for destroying his father's circus. {{Plot Hole}}s abound, but they possibly get away with it by taking RefugeInAudacity.
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10	Do not confuse this with VideoGame/{{Doom}}, or even a UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} knockoff of ''Doom''.
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12	!!These films contain the following tropes:
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14	* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Everywhere, but perhaps best exemplified by Jai's entrance in the second film. He emerges on a jet ski ''from underwater'' at high velocity, soars through the air, and lands safely on a boat.
15	%% BadassBiker: Kabir
16	%% BadassDriver: Any character who operates a vehicle.
17	* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: Sure, Sahir dies at the end of 3, but it is by suicide, on his own terms, and the Western Bank of Chicago shuts down.]]
18	* BetaCouple: Ali and Monali in the second film, who have an uncomplicated romance in the background of the main crime and romance plots with Jai, Aryan, and Sunehri.
19	* BuddyCopShow: Jai and Ali, although the latter isn't actually cop until the second film.
20	* {{Chase Scene}}: Several in each film, including LostInACrowd, HotPursuit, SuicidalGotcha, and lots of SloMoBigAir.
21	* CarFu: The third installment treats us to a MotorcycleJousting scene. Way to go, Victor.
22	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Ali, who's mostly bluster, shows occasional moments of action hero competence.
23	* DancePartyEnding: Par for the course in {{Bollywood}} films, of course.
24	* DatingCatwoman: Sunehri and Aryan. (Sunehri is openly stated by the writers to be based on Catwoman.)
25	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Kabir in 1, Sahir and Samar in 3. Subverted with Aryan in 2; he falls, but somehow doesn't die.]]
26	* DrivenToSuicide: After the Western Bank of Chicago forecloses on Iqbal Khan's circus, he pulls out a gun and shoots himself in grief, right in front of the bank officials and his son.
27	* ExplodingBarrels: Near the end of the first movie, a few shots with a handgun suffice to cause a stack of conveniently placed fuel barrels to explode.
28	* {{Expy}}: Sunehri to Catwoman. Less so Sahir to The Joker (he is at one point called this and the film has been favorably compared to The Dark Knight).
29	* FakeDefector: [[spoiler: Ali in the first film]]
30	* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Aryan and Sunehri fake his death in order to be together.]]
31	* FauxActionGirl: Shonali in 2, Victoria in 3. Despite investigating Aryan's and Sahir's cases respectively for two years, bothe still haven't noticed their thieving pattern. Jai figures it out within seconds.
32	* FemmeFatale: Sunehri in 2, although [[spoiler:she was originally just a small-time criminal before coming under Aryan's mentorship, which she only does ''at the insistence of the police''.]]
33	* GetOutOfJailFreeCard: Jai lets Sunehri go after [[spoiler:Aryan's death]], apparently considering her deal with law enforcement sufficiently satisfied. Subverted in that [[spoiler: Aryan's death was faked. Then double-subverted when it turns out that Jai figured that out, but chooses not to arrest them after being convinced that they've reformed.]]
34	* GoryDiscretionShot: When Iqbal Khan commits suicide; we see only young Sahir screaming, and then an older Sahir having a CatapultNightmare as he pulls the trigger.
35	* HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Sunehri. Subverted in that she ends up with Aryan, who is technically the bad guy, but they both ultimately give up on crime to be together in peace.]]
36	* ImpossibleThief: Aryan and Sahir in different ways. Sahir especially [[spoiler:and in fact the impossibility of his getaways are a clue to the mid-film twist.]]
37	* IncendiaryExponent: Waterfronts in the ''Dhoom'' universe seem to be littered with barrels of [[MadeOfExplodium explodium]] (see: the final sequence of the first film, and the opening sequence of the second).
38	* {{Leitmotif}}: One of Bollywood's best known background score themes.
39	* MasterOfDisguise: Aryan, whose disguises run the gamut from LatexPerfection to PaperThinDisguise
40	* MeetCute: Subverted. Ali does this with Sweety, Sheena, and Shonali, but none of them return his affections. He meets his one mutual love interest via completely ordinary means.
41	* MotorcycleJousting: ''Dhoom 3'' has Jai and Sahir ([[spoiler:Or is it Samar?]]) motorcycle jousting in the end chase
42	* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Subtle, but the owner of the Western Bank of Chicago has the same name as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Anderson_(American_businessman) Warren Anderson]] (probably not a coincidence given the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster connection to India]]).
43	* NoNameGiven: Kabir, Sheena, and Sunehri don't even have last names in the credits. Aryan does, but it's never given during the film, and his ''first'' name isn't revealed until after {{Intermission}}.
44	** Averted with Sahir Khan, he introduces himself with his full name to Jai.
45	%% PermaStubble: Kabir
46	* PoliceAreUseless: Jai seems to be the only competent person on the Mumbai (or Chicago) police force.
47	* ProductPlacement: BMW Motorrad sponsors the third film with their K 1300 R roadster and S 1000 RR superbike. There are also a lot of Apple products in the film.
48	* PutOnABus: Shonali abruptly quits the police force after failing to catch Mr. A in Mumbai, after which she (and her teased romantic tension with Jai) are never mentioned again. Her actress continues to be in the movie, though, PlayingTheirOwnTwin.
49	* RussianRoulette: [[spoiler: Aryan]] forces [[spoiler: Sunehri]] to play this. [[spoiler: Turns out to be FakeRoulette.]]
50	* SamusIsAGirl: Sunehri and Victoria's introductions: face covered (by a balaclava and motorcycle helmet respectively), although it's not hard to guess in either case, even before the reveal.
51	* {{Sidekick}}: Ali to Jai, although he might insist they're equal partners.
52	* StuffBlowingUp: "Dhoom" is an onomatopoeia for an explosion. Yeah. These movies are ''so'' action packed that [[AwesomenessIsVolatile even the title is exploding]].
53	* TheDitz: Monali comes off this way, although it's mostly just that she's the one totally carefree, cheerful person in an otherwise relatively stoic cast.
54	* TheGlassesComeOff: Jai in the first film. Referenced with his sunglasses in the second, by which point he's apparently gotten contacts. He also does this in 3 when revealing himself to "Samar".
55	* TheMole: Jai's preferred method of catching difficult criminals seems to be flipping a small-time crook to get in with them: [[spoiler: Ali]] in 1, [[spoiler: Sunehri]] in 2.
56	* ThemeSongReveal: Upon rewatching, Aryan's lines in "Dil Laga Na" make [[spoiler: the next scene's LoveMakesYouCrazy]] less abrupt.
57	* ThirdPersonPerson: Sunehri refers to herself this way about half the time.
58	* TraintopBattle: Between Aryan and the Queen's bodyguards.
59	* VillainOpeningScene: Aryan's train robbery opens the second film.
60	* WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife: Uttered almost word for word after [[spoiler: Kabir's suicide.]]
61	* WorthyOpponent: Jai feels this way about the master criminals he chases. They mostly return the compliment.

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