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Did I Mention It's Christmas?: The holiday has some plot relevance: It's why John is visiting his estranged wife in the first place, and the Nakatomi employees are partying in a mostly empty building. Elevator Escape: John kills Tony, then puts his body in an elevator and stands on the roof to watch as Hans is taunted by the message on the dead man's sweater that he has a machine gun. The criminals in comparison to the terrorists in the novel, if ever so slightly. In the book, they are killers and terrorists, but they are also genuinely motivated by a political cause and not just trying to make money. In fact, in the book, their plans include taking the money from the company's vault, and throwing it out the window.

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Indestructible Edible: John finds a Twinkie that he says is years old and asks what they're made of.Probably the most notable is McClane and Powell trading anecdotes as McClane pulls glass out of his feet. Hostage Situation: Subverted. The entire hostage situation is choreographed to provide cover for the real crime, a massive robbery. The FBI's response, to shut down the power, is exactly what they wanted. There is an odd Running Gag of John finding his eyes wandering to various attractive women, from smiling at a pretty stewardess on the plane to a lightly dressed woman jumping her boyfriend in the lobby and much later a poster of a topless woman in the maintenance hallways. At the least, the poster serves a purpose as John gets turned around in the chaos and used that poster to regain his bearings. An especially odd one comes after the initial takeover and John slips away into the offices still under construction, there is a brief shot where he looks across the street to see a woman undressing. McClane: Tell her [Holly] that she's the best thing that ever happened to a bum like me. She's heard me say "I love you" a thousand times. She never heard me say "I'm sorry". I want you to tell her that, Al. Tell her that John said that he was sorry.

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Endangering News Broadcast: Thornburg goes to John McClane's house and talks to his children. Hans Gruber hears the name "Gennero" on television, sees Holly's reaction, lifts the photograph in her office, and realizes that Holly is John's wife, giving him a valuable hostage.Standard Snippet: At the suggestion of director John McTiernan, Beethoven's Ode to Joy (Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement) is the musical theme of the terrorists. It can be heard when the vault is opened or when Gruber hums it on the elevator with Mr. Takagi. A very subdued and dark version of it also functions as something of a Leitmotif for Gruber. Married to the Job: The "workaholic cop, frustrated wife" relationship is inverted, as at the beginning of the movie, police officer John McClane's complaint was that the devotion his wife had to her job was ruining their marriage. Foreshadowing: "Glass? Who gives a shit about glass?!" You will, John, after someone shoots out a window and you have to run across it barefoot... The Glomp: At the airport, John McClane watches as a young lady in the airport runs over to a man who is ostensibly her boyfriend, jumps up, wraps herself around him, and kisses him passionately.

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Guile Hero: John McClane may be considered an Action Hero at first sight, but he doubles as this. He kills one man, gains a radio, a machine gun, and a whole LOT of information about the guys he's fighting. Uses the radio to call for help, uses the machine gun and the next guy he kills to get police attention and spoon-feeds them everything he found out. Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: "Bill Clay" holds his cigarette the "European" way, between his thumb and forefinger, rather than between his forefinger and middle finger. Also, John, who's the hero, smokes quite a bit during the movie, while Kristoff, one of the bad guys, is either smoking or lighting up in most of his scenes. Sgt. Powell: The man is hurting. He's alone, tired, and hasn't seen diddly-squat from anyone down here! Now you're going to stand there and tell me that he's going to give a DAMN about what you do to him, IF he makes it out of there alive? Why don't you wake up and smell what you're shoveling! Good Guns, Bad Guns: The terrorists mainly wield MP5s (aside from Karl with his Steyr AUG). John mainly wields a Beretta 92F pistol, the SWAT team carries M16 rifles, and Sgt. Powell carries a Smith & Wesson 15, showing him as the straight-laced cop to John's Cowboy Cop.When Robinson arrives on the scene, Al, who was the first man there, introduces himself as "Sgt. Powell. Al Powell." The movie was adapted into several video games, including Dynamite Cop (completely different apart from the premise, where one of the players is based on John McClane, barefoot and all that) and Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza (a direct adaptation). Long before he's managed a single scheme?" Hans obviously has big-time capital well before Nakatomi: the weapons, the personnel, and even his own sartorially-resplendent self could not have come cheap. There's no way this is his first time at the rodeo. Parting-Words Regret: John and Holly have a pleasant enough reunion at the Christmas party, until John decides to start a fight over her using her maiden name. She is pulled away for other issues, and John immediately starts berating himself for choosing a stupid time to bring it up. Then the terrorists show up. Later on in an Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene John talks with Al and gives him something to tell Holly if he doesn't survive.

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FBI Agent: Agents Johnson and Johnson take over the law enforcement response to the takeover and, as Al Powell says, "They've got the universal terrorist playbook and they're running it step by step." This plays right into the hands of Hans Gruber, who takes advantage of their tactics to break into the vault. The agents then try to slaughter the terrorists while risking the hostages' lives and get blown up by a terrorist trap. Car Fu: Argyle, the limousine driver, is oblivious to the hostage situation for half of the movie and useless for most of the rest, but in the last 15 minutes or so, he slams his limo into the getaway vehicle, trapping it against the wall of the garage and preventing Theo from escaping.Off-into-the-Distance Ending: Ends with Argyle behind the wheel of the damaged limo, driving John and Holly away (to the hospital, hopefully). Take That!: The dialog between McClane and Gruber about "American cowboys" is an extended Take That! by screenwriter Steven de Souza against many pretentious European intellectuals and film critics. Gruber's lines about McClane as "Just another American who saw too many movies as a child? Another orphan of a bankrupt culture..." were actually a close paraphrase of a writer's critique of American movies like de Souza's earlier Commando. McClane's famous Catchphrase retort is essentially de Souza's response. Criminal Craves Legitimacy: Hans' plan is fairly simple: make everyone think his crew are terrorists, steal 600 million dollars, fake their deaths, and then sit on a beach and earn 20% off their stolen (and believed destroyed) loot. The Dragon: John McClane is hunted by Karl and must defeat him before he can defeat Hans Gruber. Technically Karl does not die until the end, but McClane leaves him bloody and beaten before throwing Gruber off the building. Karl then emerges for round two, only to be gunned down by Al. Nobody Poops: Averted, as Holly requests that Hans allow the hostages access to the washrooms, which he grants.