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* BigBadWannabe: He's a much smaller deal than he seems to think he is and despite being the one who instigates the plot he relies on other to keep him out of trouble.

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* BigBadWannabe: He's a much smaller deal than he seems to think he is and despite being the one who instigates the plot he relies on other others to keep him himself out of trouble.
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* AdaptationalWimp: [[spoiler: In the comic he's killed in a shootout with Sullivan, int he comic, he's merely shot while taking a bath.]]


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* BigBadWannabe: He's a much smaller deal than he seems to think he is and despite being the one who instigates the plot he relies on other to keep him out of trouble.


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* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: In the comic he tells Sullivan to go to hell before his death.]]
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* SadisticChoice: Either Rooney stands aside and lets his surrogate son Michael Sr. kill his biological son Connor in revenge for the deaths of Michael's wife and son, or he protects Connor by trying to kill Michael or drive him into exile. It's even worse because it's also a MortonsFork; [[InadequateInheritor Connor]] is too incompetent and vicious to be trustworthy, which means once his father dies he is a dead man walking. Rooney [[ThickerThanWater still chooses to defend his biological son regardless.]]
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* AntiVillain: He's not a good man, but his sincerely kindly, grandfatherly personality and [[EvenEvilHasStandards sincere standards]] make him quite sympathetic.

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* ManlyTears: [[spoiler:Sullivan is beside himself with sadness when he raises his Tommy gun to John Rooney.]]

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* ManlyTears: [[spoiler:Sullivan is beside himself with sadness on the verge of tears when he raises his Tommy gun to John Rooney.]]



* DastardlyDapperDerby: Amoral PsychoForHire Maguire wears a brown bowler hat that contrasts with most of the fedora-wearing mob cast.



* {{Foil}}: Mike and Connor are Ronney's surrogate and actual son, respectively, but couldn't be more different if they tried.

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* {{Foil}}: Mike and Connor are Ronney's Rooney's surrogate and actual son, respectively, but couldn't be more different if they tried.
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* ManlyTears: [[spoiler:He's clearly grief-stricken when he raises his Tommy gun to John Rooney.]]

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* ManlyTears: [[spoiler:He's clearly grief-stricken [[spoiler:Sullivan is beside himself with sadness when he raises his Tommy gun to John Rooney.]]

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* TheDreaded: The name Sullivan carries quite a bit of weight in the criminal underworld.

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* TheDreaded: The name Sullivan carries quite a bit of weight in the criminal underworld.underworld, as shown when he shows up to collect from Tony Calvino and once he gives his name he's let in at once.



* ManlyTears: [[spoiler:He's clearly grief-stricken when he raises his Tommy gun to John Rooney.]]



* RetroactiveRecognition: Michael's young actor is now better known as a [[Series/TeenWolf wolf]] and [[Series/SupermanAndLois the Man of Steel]]

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