Cartwright Curse: His wife died in a car crash (actually murdered) before the first film, and his love interest in the second film slept with the fishes.Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He's obsessed with The Three Stooges and Looney Tunes, loves causing property damage, and is suicidally depressed in the first film, but is very good at his job.The Berserker: Even after getting over his suicidal tendencies, he still has a cavalier regard for his own survival.Badges And Dogtags: He's cryptic about his Vietnam experiences, has a special forces tattoo and mentions both sniping and an encounter with Shadow Company during the war.Maybe eight or even ten guys in the world could have made that shot. Badass Boast: He has several throughout the series, but his Establishing Character Moment in the film really hits this trope: "When I was 19, I did a guy in Laos from a thousand yards out.Ax-Crazy: Primarily in the first film, mellows down in the sequels.He changes into a Pragmatic Hero in the sequels, finding more reasons to live and people to care about (namely Lorna, Leo, and the Murtaughs), but still willing to resort to dirty tactics. Anti-Hero: He is an Unscrupulous Hero in the first film, where the only reason he does anything (as well as his primary reason for not going through with suicide) is because he loves being a cop.Adopt the Dog: He adopts an Angry Guard Dog in the third film, and still has it in the fourth.By the end of the third film, he jokes about going back to cigarettes to deal with his "dog biscuit problem".He replaces cigarettes with dog biscuits, as well as a raw onion."This is a real badge, I'm a real cop, and this is a real fucking gun!"Ī reckless LAPD detective and widower with a death wish.