Cop partnerships are a tricky thing to manage.  Thanks to ridiculous movie producers, we've been 'treated' to a wacky group of films about them.  Here are the weirdest and wackiest ones.

How can these guys possibly be buddies?!?  The buddy cop film is a staple of the 1980s and 1990s, although it has never truly gone away.  Case in point: Cop Out.  During its heyday, the sub-genre spawned so many films that a lot of really weird ideas were green-lit by major studios.  I think it's time that these films got highlighted for a bit.  You'll get some interesting combinations, including foreign mis-mashes, man and dogs and even an octogenarian or two!  Enjoy...

12. The Enforcer/The Dead Pool: Dirty Harry likes to pick partners for politically-correct reasons only!  Out of the five Harry films, a pair of them stand out for interesting choices in partners.  In Enforcer, he gets a female partner- the future one half of the lady cop tandem Cagney & Lacey.  Why?  He's all about Feminism, yo!  In Pool, he has an Asian partner.  Why?  To please a growing demographic, of course.  Well, that and to do Clint's share of the action scenes.  The man was nearly 60, so what did you expect?

11. Second Sight: This film is totally '80s!  John Larroquette is a detective who plays by the rules.  Bronson Pinchot is a psychic.  Ironically, this movie is quite obscure.  It's ironic because Pinchot is probably most famous for either the show Perfect Strangers or his recurring role in the Beverly Hills Cop series.  Now those cop comedies made money!

10. The Hard Way: Can you parody something by accident?  This 1990 comedy is about James Woods as a veteran cop who gets teamed up with an actor studying him for a film role.  Yeah, making your film Meta doesn't cover the fact that it's not that good.  Of course, the other film to try and parody the buddy cop sub-genre (Last Action Hero) certainly had it's own problems too...

9. Alien Nation: How did a credible film get on here?  The movie is much less famous than the subsequent television show, which is certainly backwards from the way things usually go.  The premise is simple- a cop and an alien solve crime.  Obviously, there's a lot more subtext to it all, but I choose to focus on the silly aspect.  Heh heh.  His head is covered in specks.

8. Top Dog/Turner & Hooch/K-9: It's a dog's world if you're a cop!  Three specific buddy cop films dealt with the idea of pairing cops with dogs...and boy are they silly.  Top Dog features Chuck Norris, but not ninjas.  Translation: who cares?  Turner & Hooch is more of a comedy and is famous for featuring Tom Hanks before he won all those Oscars.  Finally, K-9 features Jim Belushi teaming up with a dog to determine who is less appealing.  Sorry, Jim- the dog doesn't have twenty-plus years of disappointment going against him!  Yes, I do know that there are two sequels to K-9.

7. K-9000: What's better than a real dog?  A robot!  This comedy film features a cop who doesn't like technology teaming up with a robot dog.  That's really all I need to say there.  I would note how the premise of this film was co-opted for the film I, Robot though.

6. Collision Course/Red Heat/Rush Hour: Why can't we give these buddy cop roles to American workers?!?  In Course, a young Jay Leno teams up with Pat Morita in the 'Motor City.'  Check out YouTube to see the main reason to watch this film though.  Red Heat features Ahnuld playing Russian, which is certainly an odd choice.  Yes, Belushi shows up here again!  Rush Hour features Jackie Chan coming to America and meeting Christ Tucker.  Don't judge us, Jackie!

5. Loose Cannons: Hey Monk- I know where you got your premise from!  This obscure comedy stars Gene Hackman as a no-frills cop forced to team up with Dan Akroyd as a cop with Multiple-Personality Disorder. He's the best!  The guy got this disorder- now known as Dissociative Identity Disorder- as a result of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.  How can one ailment give you another?  Regardless, the man's quirky habits and obsessive attention to detail helps save the day.  You're on notice, Shalhoub!

4. Cop and a Half: Who writes this stuff?!?  Burt Reynolds stars as a cop who ends up being forced to team up with a kid who witnessed a murder.  As someone who was once a kid, I feel insulted by this.  Don't you?

3. Dead Heat: It takes brains to be a cop- that or the desire to eat them.  This wacky film has Treat Williams and Joe Piscopo as cops who face off with some odd robbers.  The former dies and is brought back to life as a zombie via some machine.  Can the now-mismatched pair stop the evil corporation behind the device and Doctor Phibes himself?!?

2. Theodore Rex: Even the Nostalgia Critic can't make sense of this crap!  In the future, technology has allowed dinosaurs to take on human proportions and traits.  This leads to a tough cop- Whoopie Goldberg- teaming up with a wacky dinosaur to save the day.  Bring on another Ice Age and fast!

1. Stop or My Mom Will Shoot: Could it really be anything other than this?  This infamous Stallone film is a comedy that features the man as a cop who solves crime with...his mother.  Estelle Ghetty and Stallone- a pair for the ages.  While it's a comedy, the real joke is on the people involved.  The film is so infamous, in fact, that the mere mention of the title is a joke in and of itself!

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Next up, I want to pay attention to a bunch of movies that are intentionally ignored.  These are the sequels that nobody wants to remember- except for me!  Stay tuned..