The Last Boy Scout · 1991 — 第 10 / 20 章 · 3'35" · B2

Joe and Jimmy Team Up, Explained:go figure

Joe offers his hand and tells Jimmy he respects what he once did for the president, and the two grudging rivals become a team. Jimmy cannot let Cory's death go, while Joe warns him this is no game. Even at home, the insults keep coming, with Joe's daughter taking Jimmy apart line by line.

あらすじ

Joe shakes Jimmy's hand and tells him he respects what he did for the president, and the two reluctant men agree to team up. Their evidence is gone, so they will have to find more. Jimmy cannot stop thinking about Cory's death, while Joe warns him that real guns and real bullets make this dangerous. They agree to start tomorrow, and Joe goes home to see his family.

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rode hard and put away wetone's middle namestick something up your assgo figure

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このシーンの表現

go figure

that is hard to explain

Joe says his daughter likes Prince but not him, then shrugs with go figure, resigned and wry.

He never studies and still gets A's. Go figure.

このシーンの他の表現

  • rode hard and put away wet

    used up and left exhausted

  • one's middle name

    one's defining trait

  • stick something up your ass

    a crude threat to insert something

  • pee one's pants

    laughing uncontrollably

  • it speaks

    ironic shock that something talks

このシーンのメモ一覧

54 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · A2shake someone's hand

greet with a handshake

I just wanted to shake your hand.
発音wanted to

The t in wanted to flaps, so it can blur toward wanna.

I just wanted to shake your hand.
表現 · B1what someone did for someone

the favor one did for another

Ben told me about what you did for the president. I respect that.
表現 · B1might have to do something

may be forced to

I think we might have to get some more.
表現 · B1let go

stop holding on

You just won't let go, huh?
表現 · B1ain't right

not fair or correct

It ain't right.
スラング · A2ain't

is not; nonstandard — Nonstandard speech; keep it out of writing.

It ain't right.
文法 · B1ain't no game

double negative: Ain't with no is a nonstandard double negative that actually stresses how serious it is.

This ain't no game, Flash.
スラング · B1ain't no game

this is serious — A double negative for emphasis; very casual.

This ain't no game, Flash.
表現 · B2one's middle name

one's defining trait

When Joe warns him it is dangerous, Jimmy boasts that danger is his middle name, playing it cool.

Danger's my middle name.
表現 · A2go home and see someone

return home to visit

In the meantime, I'd like to go home and see my family.
表現 · A2have kids

have children

You got kids?
表現 · A2like someone

feel affection for someone

- A little girl. - Does she like you?
表現 · B1an actual + noun

a real one, not imagined

Wow. An actual house.
スラング · B2and shit

and stuff, crudely — Crude filler for listing things; avoid in polite speech.

I was thinking a cave with skulls and shit.
表現 · B2what the hell

what on earth

What the hell does that mean?
表現 · B2take someone out

invite someone on a date

Maybe I could take your daughter out.
文法 · B1if you look at her funny

if-clause: The if-clause sets the trigger, with funny as an adverb meaning in a strange way.

She's 13, and if you look at her funny...
表現 · B2be pissed at someone

angry with someone

- Yeah, I can see that. - She's also pissed at you bigtime.
スラング · B2pissed

very angry — Casual for angry; use angry in formal settings.

- Yeah, I can see that. - She's also pissed at you bigtime.
スラング · B2bigtime

to a great degree — A casual intensifier for informal talk.

- Yeah, I can see that. - She's also pissed at you bigtime.
表現 · A2what's wrong with something

what is the matter with

What's wrong with his face?
発音What's wrong

The t in What's often drops, running straight into wrong.

What's wrong with his face?
表現 · A2need a shave

require shaving

- He needs a shave. JOE: Oh, oh, oh.
表現 · B1a license plate

a car's registration plate

...is that, like, a license plate in case somebody tries to steal it?
文法 · B2in case somebody tries to steal it

in case clause: An in case clause gives the preventive reason, guarding against a possible theft.

...is that, like, a license plate in case somebody tries to steal it?
発音do you

Do you reduces to a quick dya in fast speech.

So when do you graduate?

「Joe and Jimmy Team Up」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is the moment the two men stop fighting each other and start fighting the same enemy, and the film handles it without sentimentality. Joe reaches out first, saying he respects what Jimmy did for the president, which is both an olive branch and a way of putting them on equal footing. Jimmy's half of the partnership is pure grief: Cory is dead while the men responsible are enjoying dinner, and "it ain't right" is the whole of his argument. Joe's response is a warning dressed as a joke — real guns, real bullets, it's dangerous — and Jimmy's answer, that danger is his middle name, tells you he is not going to be talked out of it. The comedy moves to Joe's house, where his daughter takes Jimmy apart with the same deadpan cruelty her father uses. The team is built out of people who insult each other, which is the film's idea of affection.

Theme

FriendshipTwo grudging rivals become a team, bonding through insults and a shared purpose rather than warmth.
Death & griefJimmy is driven by Cory's death, and his refusal to let it go is what commits him to the fight.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A daughter's mockery can reveal more affection than a hug.
  • Stable idioms carry exhaustion no plain word can.
  • Refusing to quit is what finally wins Joe over.
  • The deadpan joke hides how much the father is hurting.

発音のポイント

  • wanted to — The t in wanted to flaps, so it can blur toward wanna.
  • What's wrong — The t in What's often drops, running straight into wrong.
  • do you — Do you reduces to a quick dya in fast speech.
My girl's dead. The guys that did it are up at Spago's eating chicken marsala.

Jimmy's grief stated as an outrage: while Cory is dead, the men responsible are out enjoying an expensive dinner.

I feel like I've been rode hard and put away wet.

A cowboy expression for total exhaustion, used here to say Jimmy is used up and worn out.

You're like a dog with a Frisbee.

A teasing image of Joe's stubbornness: once he latches onto something, he will not let it go.

You tell anybody, I'll kill you.

A mock threat that seals the deal: Jimmy's embarrassing middle name is the price of their new partnership.

His nose is too pointy. His eyes are beady. His ears are too big.

Darian's merciless inventory of Jimmy's face, delivered like a sports commentary and just as cutting.

このシーンについての質問

How do Joe and Jimmy end up working together?

Joe offers his hand and says he respects what Jimmy once did for the president. They still dislike each other, but with the evidence gone they agree to team up and look for more.

What happened to their evidence?

It was destroyed in the car, along with the tape. Without it they have nothing to bargain with, which is why they decide to go looking for new evidence.

Who is Darian?

She is Joe's teenage daughter. When Joe brings Jimmy home, Darian insults Jimmy's face without mercy, and Joe clearly enjoys watching it.

Why does Jimmy refuse to let the case go?

Because Cory is dead and her killers are still free, eating dinner in a restaurant. That injustice is what keeps him committed even after being warned how dangerous it is.

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