Jack Em Popoy: The Puliscredibles is a 2018 Philippine action comedy film directed by Mike Tuviera and starring Coco Martin, Vic Sotto, and Maine Mendoza. Its plot revolves around a team of "puliscredibles"—consisting of three charismatic, adventurous police officers Jack (Martin), Popoy (Sotto), and Emily (Mendoza)—who embark on a mission to stop crimes from occurring within their vicinity. The film was released on December 25, 2018, as an official entry to the 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival.
The film contains these following tropes:
- Action Dad: Popoy is a clumsy but honest police officer who happens to be Emily's foster father and Jack's real father.
- Action Girl: Emily.
- Affectionate Nickname: Perfecto is often called "Popoy or Pops" and Emily is often referred to as "Em".
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Emily is a hot-headed police officer who hates men except for her foster father. Jack is a relatively calm police officer but is relentless in pursuing criminals and his love towards Emily. They get along together over the course of this film.
- Big Bad: the Montenegro family headed by Antonio who wants to expand his drug business throughout the country.
- Bloodless Carnage: Most of the police officers and the Montenegro syndicate's Mooks had CGI squibs but didn't bleed blood except for Andrew and Antonio.
- The Cameo:
- Pauleen Luna appears as a host of a contest where Jack joins with the urging of Emily and his foster parents.
- FlipTop rappers Shernan, Mhot, Zaito, Bassilyo, and Smugglaz appear as Jack's neighbors.
- Wilma Doesnt appears as Angelo's caretaker.
- Pekto and Jerald Napoles appear as Police Officers with Punny Names.
- Camp Gay: Jack's foster parents, in a nutshell. They tried to act like men towards Jack, but he knew from the start that they were gays. So, they drop the manly act after that.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Popoy may come across as a bumbling fool, but he has his moments when he outdraws Supt. Punongbayan when he saw him drawing a gun from his holster, manages to run from a hail of bullets from Antonio's Mooks, and outwits Antonio by using himself as bait to have both Jack and Emily shoot him.
- Dark and Troubled Past:
- Jack lost his mother when she was shot by Antonio's men when he tried to killed Popoy in their house which leads to Popoy's imprisonment because Antonio framed him for robbery. He later became a beggar but soon adopted by Nanding, Otep, and Binoy.
- Popoy lost his dear friend in the hands of Antonio, lost his wife and earned resentment from his son due to leaving him because he was framed and gets imprisoned. Said son later grow up to be a fellow officer like him.
- Disguised in Drag: When they try to find evidence that Andrew is involved in his father's syndicate, both Jack and Popoy disguised as women when they go to his bar.
- Dwindling Party: A villainous version. Supt. Punongbayan, the Montenegros' police protector, was killed by Popoy, Andrea fell from the container van when she tried to shoot Emily, Andrew also got fell and Impaled with Extreme Prejudice after a brutal fight with Jack, and Antonio was killed by the 3 people whose lives he screwed up in a factory where he killed Popoy's partner who is also Emily's real father.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Antonio Mondragon can kill anyone who discovers his drug operation but he didn't resort to kill his own wife when she tells him that she will go to the US along with their youngest son. Though, this also a Played With example because he can kill his wife and sepatate her and Angelo if she tells the authorities about their illegal drug trade.
- Faux Affably Evil: Supt. Punongbayan acted like a normal Reasonable Authority Figure towards the protagonists, but deep inside he's a sociopathic member of the Montenegro family syndicate.
- Mole in Charge: Supt. Punongbayan, the three protagonists' Da Chief, is revealed to be working alongside the Montenegros when he held Popoy at gunpoint.
- The Reveal:
- Jack is Popoy's long lost son and Emily is the daughter of Popoy's dead former partner.
- Supt. Punongbayan is working alongside the Montenegros.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After she gets sick of her older children dealing their father's illicit business, Valerie and her son Angelo opted to get out of the country. They are also the final members of the Monenegro family that survived throughout the film.
- Tsundere: Emily is Type A towards Jack.
- Wham Shot: Someone is calling Popoy at the Montenegros' hideout in the climax. That someone is revealed to be Supt. Punongbayan.
