Kindergarten Cop
Undercover classroom detective
Kindergarten Cop is a 1990 action comedy film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a tough police detective who goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to locate a criminal's ex-wife and child.
The film is remembered for its fish-out-of-water premise and quotable lines, particularly It's not a tumor!
The title has become shorthand for any incongruous pairing of toughness with childcare.
Exaggerated physical humor
- gagsJokes or silencing devices
- one-linersBrief comedic remarks
- fish-out-of-waterOne in alien circumstances
- mismatchIncompatible combination
chaos · hijinks · pranks · tantrum · headache · ferret · tough-guy · contrast
Austrian bodybuilder politician
- 1990Final decade's start
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- AstoriaPacific Northwest seaport
Oregon · detective · Phoebe · Cullen · premiere · sequel · soundtrack · box-office
First-year elementary students
- teacherOne who instructs others
- naptimeDaytime slumber break
- recessPause in activity
- storytimeScheduled narrative session
show-and-tell · finger-painting · crayons · alphabet · blocks · puzzles · playdough · snacktime
Identity-concealing alteration
- aliasAdopted false name
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- incognitoWith identity concealed
- stakeoutProlonged covert observation
surveillance · covert · deception · informant · badge · precinct · bust · investigation
slapstick
Exaggerated physical humor
- gagsJokes or silencing devices
- one-linersBrief comedic remarks
- fish-out-of-waterOne in alien circumstances
mismatch · chaos · hijinks · pranks · tantrum · headache · ferret · tough-guy · contrast · awkward
Schwarzenegger
Austrian bodybuilder politician
- 1990Final decade's start
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
Astoria · Oregon · detective · Phoebe · Cullen · premiere · sequel · soundtrack · box-office · screenplay
kindergartners
First-year elementary students
storytime · show-and-tell · finger-painting · crayons · alphabet · blocks · puzzles · playdough · snacktime · glitter
disguise
Identity-concealing alteration
- aliasAdopted false name
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- incognitoWith identity concealed
stakeout · surveillance · covert · deception · informant · badge · precinct · bust · investigation · witness
chase
Rapid following of quarry
hostage · danger · gunfire · showdown · climax · confrontation · protection · threat · tension · peril
- SchwarzeneggerTerminator, Terminator 2, Predator, True Lies, The Running Man
- ComediesThe Hangover, Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters, Blazing Saddles, The Naked Gun
Kindergarten CopSchindler's List
Mystic River · The Godfather · Platoon · psychological horror
kindergarten, kindergartens, kindergarteners, kindergartener, pre-kindergarten, prekindergarten