Dhoom

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A successful pair of Bollywood action-comedy films, released in 2004 and 2006 respectively. Both follow Mumbai supercop Jai Dixit and his partner Ali in their pursuit of supposedly unstoppable thieves. Dhoom 1 features Kabir, leader of a local gang of motorcycle-riding bank robbers. Dhoom 2 has Aryan, an international art thief and master of disguise. Plot Holes abound, but they possibly get away with it by taking Refuge in Audacity.

Do not confuse this with Doom, or even a Bollywood knockoff of Doom.

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These films contain the following tropes:

• Badass Biker: Kabir
• Badass Driver: Any character who operates a vehicle.
• Beta Couple: Ali and Monali
• Buddy Cop Show: Jai and Ali
  • Or Ali and Sheena, depending on the movie.
• Chase Scenes: Include Lost in a Crowd, Hot Pursuit, Suicidal Gotcha, and lots of Slo-Mo Big Air.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Ali
• Dance Party Ending
• Designated Hero: Jai
• Disney Death: Kabir
• Fake Defector: Ali in the first film
• Faking the Dead: Aryan
• Fan Service: Constantly. Occurs as often with male characters as female characters.
• Faux Action Girl: Shonali. Despite investigating Aryan's case for two years, she still doesn't know his thieving pattern. Jai figures it out within seconds.
• Femme Fatale: Sunehri
• Foe Yay: Jai has this with both Kabir and Aryan.
  • "I like your confidence." "I like you."
  • "That's impossible!" "I love the impossible, Officer Dixit."
• Fridge Logic: Who was flying Aryan's helicopter?
• "Get Out of Jail Free" Card: Aryan and Sunehri, though they do nothing to deserve it.
• Gratuitous English
• He's Just Hiding: played straight with Aryan
• High Heel Face Turn: Sunehri. Subverted in that she ends up with Aryan, who is technically the bad guy. Although, by this point, he is considerably more sympathetic than the police chasing him.
• Impossible Thief: Aryan embodies this trope.
• Incendiary Exponent
• Leitmotif
• Master of Disguise: Aryan, whose disguises run the gamut from Latex Perfection to Paper-Thin Disguise
• Meet Cute: Subverted. Ali does this with Sweety, Sheena, and Shonali, but none of them return his affections. He meets his one mutual love interest via completely ordinary means.
• No Name Given: Kabir, Sheena, and Sunehri don't even have last names in the credits. Aryan does, but it's never given during the film, and his first name isn't revealed until after Intermission.
• Not So Different: Jai and both Aryan and Kabir.
• Perma Stubble: Kabir
• Police Are Useless: Jai seems to be the only competent person on the Mumbai police force.
• Russian Roulette: Aryan forces Sunehri to play this. Turns out to be Fake Roulette.
• Samus Is a Girl: Sunehri's introduction
• Sidekick: Ali
• Stuff Blowing Up: "Dhoom" is an onomatopoeia for an explosion. Yeah. These movies are so action packed that even the title is exploding.
• The Ditz: Monali
• The Glasses Come Off: Jai in the first film. Referenced with his sunglasses in the second, by which point he's apparently gotten contacts.
• The Mole: Sunehri
• Theme Song Reveal: Upon rewatching, Aryan's lines in "Dil Laga Na" make the next scene's Love Makes You Crazy less abrupt.
• Third Person Person: Sunehri
• Traintop Battle
• Villain Opening Scene
• What a Senseless Waste of Human Life: Uttered almost word for word after Kabir's suicide.
• What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?
• Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?: Aryan's assorted gadgets.
• Worthy Opponent
• You Fail Physics Forever: Everywhere, but perhaps best exemplified by Jai's entrance in the second film. He emerges on a jet ski from underwater at high velocity, soars through the air, and lands safely on a boat.
  • Actually, while the jump onto the boat may still be pushing it, those 'jet ski's' actually can go underwater for quite a while. Good luck holding your breath though.