The Other Guys/Trivia

• Actor Allusion:
  • Hoitz is basically Dignam, reassigned and demoted instead of left on his own to kill off Sullivan as per Reality Ensues. Bonus points for Gamble ambushing Hoitz in his own apartment.
    • Also, when Terry is in group therapy for officers who have had to fire their weapons in the line of duty, everyone but him is extremely proud of themselves. In The Departed, Leonardo DiCaprio's character tells his therapists that cops who cry about having to fire a weapon is something made-up for tv, and that real cops love it.
  • He could also be the other Wahlberg's cop role.
  • And Gamble yelling at length about injuries (or even a hangover) comes all the way from his role in the first two Austin Powers movies.
    • Speaking of hangovers, Rob Riggle demands his taser back from a class of schoolchildren, parodying his One-Scene Wonder role in The Hangover.
  • While doing Samuel L. Jackson's paperwork, Will Farrell hums the theme from S.W.A.T. Jackson played Hondo in The Movie.
    • And the theme from Bewitched. Will Farrell played Darrin in The Movie.
• Blooper: Noticeably, when the red Prius's rear door is replaced with a gray door. Later, when the car is on a train, the door is red, and a few scenes later, the door is gray again.
  • Also after the explosion, his wooden gun is in its holster, then on the ground, then in its holster again.
• Playing Against Type: For a long time now, Ferrell has mostly been known for playing immature Man Children. His portrayal of the nerdy, straight-laced, and prudish Allen Gamble is marked departure from that norm.