The Last Boy Scout · 1991 — 第 18 / 20 章 · 3'11" · B2

Joe and Jimmy Race to the Coliseum, Explained:dance a jig

With a bomb heading for the stadium, Joe and Jimmy commandeer a car and give chase. Most of the drive is an argument: Jimmy's plan is to pull alongside the other car and shout at the driver through bulletproof glass, and Joe tells him exactly what he thinks of it. "That's the lamest plan I ever heard!"

あらすじ

Joe reports the bomb to the police and then takes a stranger's car to chase it, with Jimmy and Darian along. The owner is left shouting into a phone about a stolen car and a burnt pool. On the road the pair argue about speed, and about Jimmy's plan to pull up alongside the bomb car and simply shout through its window.

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注目の表現

bought itBomdance a jigblack-and-whites

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このシーンの表現

dance a jig

celebrate joyfully

After the chase and the gunfire, Joe swears he will dance a jig if he lives through the case.

If the deal closes, I'll dance a jig in the office.

このシーンの他の表現

  • bought it

    nearly died

  • Bom

    cross-lingual pun on Bom

  • black-and-whites

    police cars

  • pull up

    bring a car to a stop

  • shit

    stuff, work

このシーンのメモ一覧

45 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · A2be still alive

not dead yet

Is there any chance these guys are still alive in there?
表現 · A2be in danger

at risk

There's a bomb on the way to the Coliseum. Senator Baynard's in danger! You got it?
表現 · B1before something gets to somewhere

ahead of its arrival

We gotta get that bomb before it gets to Baynard. Got a car here?
表現 · B1the ... in the world

the most ... on earth

- You must be the dumbest guy in the world. - Why's that?
発音Why's that

Why's that runs together into something like why-zat.

- You must be the dumbest guy in the world. - Why's that?
表現 · B1ruin someone's career

destroy someone's career

You're trying to save the guy that ruined your career...
表現 · A2steal someone's car

take someone's car

He stole my car and said he's going to the Coliseum.
表現 · B1set something on fire

deliberately burn something

He stole my car. He set my pool on fire. The man is a lunatic. Ah!
スラング · B1lunatic

a crazy person — A harsh word for someone reckless; avoid it face to face.

He stole my car. He set my pool on fire. The man is a lunatic. Ah!
スラング · B2black-and-whites

police cars — Old police slang; use police cars in everyday speech.

Give me 10 black-and-whites. Hallenbeck is on his way to the Coliseum.
表現 · B1travel back in time

go back to the past

Joe, if we go any faster, we're gonna travel back in time.
文法 · B1if we go any faster

if-clause: The if-clause names the condition and the main clause gives the joking result.

Joe, if we go any faster, we're gonna travel back in time.
発音gonna travel

The to in gonna drops, so it slides straight into travel.

Joe, if we go any faster, we're gonna travel back in time.
表現 · B1pull up next to something

drive up beside something

- Pull up next to them, I'll yell at them. - That's the lamest plan I ever heard!
文法 · B2the lamest plan I ever heard

relative clause: The relative clause I ever heard modifies the lamest plan without a connector.

- Pull up next to them, I'll yell at them. - That's the lamest plan I ever heard!
表現 · B1bulletproof glass

glass that stops bullets

- Can we try it? - Bulletproof glass. They won't hear you.
表現 · B1can't do anything right

never get anything right

Always criticizing my shit. I can't do nothing right.
スラング · B2shit

stuff — A swear for stuff or work; informal only.

Always criticizing my shit. I can't do nothing right.
スラング · B2bought it

died — Old slang, usually with almost to mean a close call.

- "Bom" means "fuck you" in Polish. - That's not funny, man. I almost bought it.
表現 · B1let me tell you

I'm telling you

Tragic loss to the art world, let me tell you.
表現 · A2buckle your seat belt

safety belt in a car

- You're gonna lose them, man. - Buckle your fucking seat belt.
スラング · B2fucking

damn — An intensifying swear; keep it out of polite talk.

- You're gonna lose them, man. - Buckle your fucking seat belt.
発音swear to

Swear to links up, with to reduced to a light sound.

I swear to Christ, if I survive this fucking case, I'm gonna dance a jig.
表現 · B2what the hell

on earth

Hey, where you going? Hey, man, what the hell are you doing?
文法 · B2what the hell are you doing

emphatic question: Inserting the hell into a wh-question adds anger or disbelief.

Hey, where you going? Hey, man, what the hell are you doing?

「Joe and Jimmy Race to the Coliseum」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is a car chase played as a comedy of friction. The plot is simple and urgent — a bomb is on its way to kill a senator — but the film spends the ride on the partnership, and the partnership runs on argument. Jimmy's plan is genuinely terrible, and the film lets him have fun with it: "That's the lamest plan I ever heard!" He draws a bomb as an apple with lines, gets mocked for it, and complains that nothing he does is right. Under the jokes, both men are functioning better together than either would alone, and the running gag about dying is how they keep fear at arm's length.

Theme

FriendshipJoe and Jimmy bicker constantly while working as a team, and the arguing is how they cooperate.
SurvivalWith a bomb ahead and a stolen car beneath them, the pair joke about death to keep moving.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A bad plan said out loud becomes a punchline.
  • Bought it means died, not purchased, in old slang.
  • Chases are built out of short, overlapping complaints.
  • A family threat turns a car chase into a hostage scene.

発音のポイント

  • Why's that — Why's that runs together into something like why-zat.
  • gonna travel — The to in gonna drops, so it slides straight into travel.
  • swear to — Swear to links up, with to reduced to a light sound.
Here. Happy birthday. Buy yourself a new pair of pants.

A throwaway line that shows how Joe treats the chaos: he pays a stranger with an insult and a joke.

- You must be the dumbest guy in the world. - Why's that?

The exchange that underlines the absurdity of Joe's mission, saving the man who ruined him.

Always criticizing my shit. I can't do nothing right.

Jimmy's sulky complaint, which is also the rhythm of their partnership.

I swear to Christ, if I survive this fucking case, I'm gonna dance a jig.

The joke that hides real fear: survival rewarded with an absurd little dance.

Joe, if we go any faster, we're gonna travel back in time.

Jimmy's wisecrack about Joe's driving, cracking tension with pure exaggeration.

- Pull up next to them, I'll yell at them. - That's the lamest plan I ever heard!

The plan and the verdict in one exchange, summing up their whole dynamic.

このシーンについての質問

Why do they steal a car?

They need to catch the car carrying the bomb before it reaches the senator. Their own transport is not fast enough, so they take a stranger's convertible.

How do the police get involved?

Joe calls them with the bomb warning, but the car's owner also calls to report the theft and a burnt pool. The police end up trying to find Hallenbeck.

What is Jimmy's plan?

He wants Joe to pull up beside the bomb car so he can shout at the men inside. Joe points out the windows are bulletproof and nobody will hear him.

Why does Jimmy draw a picture?

Because shouting will not work, he tries to show the other car a drawing of a bomb. The drawing looks like an apple with lines, which only earns more mockery.

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