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In the 1993 film True Romance, the plot is set in motion by a rapid-fire sequence of impulsive romantic decisions and a critical, violent mistake. The following specific actions transition the story from a quirky romance into a high-stakes crime thriller:
On his birthday, Clarence Worley (Christian Slater), a comic book store clerk in Detroit, goes to a Sonny Chiba triple feature alone. There, he meets Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette). After a night together, Alabama tearfully confesses that she is a "call girl" who has only been on the job for four days; she was hired by Clarence’s boss as a birthday present. However, she admits she has genuinely fallen in love with him.
Clarence and Alabama impulsively marry the next day. Haunted by the idea of Alabama’s past and encouraged by an apparition of Elvis Presley (Val Kilmer)—who acts as Clarence's subconscious mentor—Clarence decides he must "cleanse" her past by confronting her pimp, Drexl Spivey (Gary Oldman). Clarence visits Drexl’s club to retrieve Alabama's belongings and tell Drexl she is "moving on."
The meeting turns violent. Clarence shoots and kills Drexl and his henchman, Marty. Before fleeing, Clarence grabs a small suitcase that he believes contains Alabama’s clothes and personal effects.
Upon returning home, Clarence and Alabama open the suitcase only to find it is packed with millions of dollars worth of high-grade cocaine (which Drexl had recently stolen from the mafia). Instead of turning it in, Clarence decides they should drive to Los Angeles to sell the drugs to a contact in the movie industry and start a new life.
The action that truly puts the "plot in motion" regarding the external threat is a careless mistake Clarence makes during the struggle with Drexl: he leaves his driver's license at the crime scene. This allows the Sicilian Mafia, led by Vincenzo Coccotti (Christopher Walken), to track Clarence to his father’s house and eventually to Los Angeles, initiating the deadly pursuit that drives the rest of the film.
The summary states Clarence 'leaves his driver's license.' More precisely, Drexl took Clarence's wallet (which contained the license) during the fight, and Clarence failed to retrieve it after killing him. The outcome is identical.
The plot of True Romance (1993) is set in motion when Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) marries Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) the day after meeting her at a movie theater. Learning she was a call girl hired for his birthday, Clarence is urged by an apparition of Elvis (Val Kilmer) to confront her pimp, Drexl Spivey (Gary Oldman). Clarence kills Drexl and accidentally grabs a suitcase full of cocaine (stolen from the mob) instead of Alabama's clothes. Crucially, Clarence's wallet—containing his driver's license—is left at the scene (having been taken by Drexl during the fight), allowing mob consigliere Vincenzo Coccotti (Christopher Walken) to track them, initiating the chase to Los Angeles.