History Film / BoysDontCry2000

* BadassInANiceSuit: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by Fred to mock Grucha's [[RealMenWearPink pink sweater]]. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] by Grucha in response.

* AntiVillain: Bolec, who is only being a gangster for his father, Boss. Kuba later lampshades that when Fred asked to kill him, Bolec was unsure about doing so. [[spoiler:Eventually, after a good talk with Kuba, he decides to follow his dreams and start a career in music and dancing.]]

->And the story of this sweater you would not get anyway.

--> '''Grucha''': Maybe this sweater is plebean, but it supposed to be like this. Because unlike you I don't give a shit what some dude am I supposed to waste thinks about me. I also don't think it fucking matters if you kill someone with style or not. [...] All I know for sure is that every guy, when you shoot him from just a few centimeters away, [[LudicrousGibs can mess up your 3 thousand bucks suit]].

-->'''Fred:''' When I'm about to kill somebody, I say this to them "If it's heads, you win and I spare your life. If it's tails, then you lose, and I win your death"... And it's ''always'' tails.

->And the story of this sweater you wouldn't understand anyway.

* MadeOfIron: Almost literally. [[spoiler: Grucha survives being shot right into the forehead due to having a titanium plate filling in his skull]].
-->[After the doctor explains the whole thing in a matter-of-fact way]
-->'''Bolec''': What is he, a fucking Film/{{Robocop|1987}}?

---> '''Grucha''': Maybe this sweater is plebean, but it supposed to be like this. Because unlike you I don’t give a shit what some dude am I supposed to waste thinks about me. I also don’t think it fucking matters if you kill someone with style or not. […] All I know for sure is that every guy, when you shoot him from just a few centimeters away, [[LudicrousGibs can mess up your 3 thousand bucks suit]].

->And this sweater's story you wouldn't understand anyway.

* LiteralMetaphor: This is how Fred’s relation with some woman ended.

* LookBehindYou: [[spoiler: How Bolec distracts Grucha long enough to try to shoot him]].
* LoveAtFirstSight: Grucha and Angelika instantly catch each other's attention when he's going for a business meeting in Bolec's club and Angelika is dancing on the pole. They even discuss it later, during their casual date. Angelica is also the only thing Grucha remembers about the events prior to the shootout at the club, much to Fred's annoyance.

-->[The camera pans out, revealing they reached [[spoiler: the sea shore, hundreds of kilometers away from Warsaw.]]Cue end credits.]

-->[Kuba is so terrified and confused, he just trembles in place as Bolec walks back to his car]

* PinballProtagonist: Kuba is most of time escaping from Fred and Grucha and survived them only because [[spoiler: Grucha gets fed up with Fred and kills him]].

* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Bolec is fascinated with [[ForeignCultureFetish Afroamerican culture]] and tries to replicate it.

* SissyVillain: Fred, at least for the standards of the stereotypical Polish gangster. He doesn't smoke nor does hard drugs, follows a strict diet to stay in good health, is well-read and articulate and also cultivates an image of a BadassInANiceSuit. This is further contrasted with Grucha, who's closer to the baseline "template" of a rather rough around the edges guy that beat people first, asks questions maybe.

* StraightEdgeEvil: Downplayed, since he doesn't seem to have a problem with alcohol, but Fred complains about second-hand smoke, forbidding Grucha from smoking in their car and throwing away his last cigarette and doesn't indulge in coke, too.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Bolec would love to be appreciated by his father. The film shows him growing to realise that maybe he should actually do something with and for himself, rather than trying to please the old man - and ''that'' ends up being what impresses Szef, while he actually congratulates Bolec in the end.

* BadassBystander: Siwy, who beats the living shit out of Grucha and accidentally saves Oskar while running his own little graft.

-->'''Ticket girl''': Yy... [Fred is already behind the doors, before she can say or stop him] A-and you, sir?
-->'''Grucha''': And I'm carrying a [[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paszport_Polsatu Polsat]] [[DiplomaticImpunity passport]].

** Kuba's AllegedCar. [[spoiler: He leaves it on the lot next to the nightclub after escaping from the shootout on foot. Fred later gets the idea to check it and finds Kuba's signed sheet music inside.]]

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Bolec, while looking for a gangster movie to watch with Fred and Grucha, chooses film titled ''[[Film/MorteAVenezia Death in Venice]]'' only to disappoint them with "movie about dude on a boat".
** During their conversation about reincarnation Fred tries to imply Grucha was an animal in previous life and suggests that Grucha might have just killed his "uncle" by running over some animal. Grucha replies this is impossible, because his uncle works in TV.

* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler: Fred dies starring at his lucky half-dollar coin after [[HeadsOrTails the fateful coin-toss]] to decide Kuba's fate]].

* DrunkDriver: Stoned, which makes things even ''worse'', if played entirely for comedy. Bąbel is so stoned, [[spoiler: he falls asleep behind the wheel, somehow managing to drive for a long while. When Laska wakes him up, he insists he wasn't sleeping at all]].

** When we see Bolec for the first time, he's busy playing with his dachshund and discussing with his head pimp how Polish gangsters lack flaire, then instantly bumble through a simple phone call with Szef, his father.

* GambitPileup: Both Fred and Szef are planning to trick the other side in their big deal for smuggling bunch of illegal cars, trying to test the other side. Eventually Fred insists that Kuba nicked the BriefcaseFullOfMoney from the meeting in the Black Lotus club, suggesting he was also trying to [[spoiler: double-cross his partner Grucha]] and sending everyone on [[SnipeHunt a wild goose chase]] to further gain the merchandise without paying even the 20% that he was originally planning to pay with Grucha and then disappear without ever delivering the rest.

* HeadsOrTails: Fred has an intimidation trick based on making a toss with Kennedy's half-dollar coin. He also uses it when preparing to [[spoiler: execute Kuba. The coin lands on heads, but before Fred can react on this, [[TheDogBitesBack Grucha shoot him]]]].

* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: Angelika gifts Grucha with a sweater she made for him. It's garish pink, with equally garish, crude pear ("Grucha" is also an augmentative for "pear" in Polish) stitched on the chest. Fred mocks it thoroughly, but Grucha wears it proudly.

* IconicOutfit: Grucha's infamous pink sweater, especially combined with shoulder holster, reached a memetic status in Poland to the point nowadays you can easily buy one online.

* InUniverseFactoidFailure: Bolec does the classic "suicidal ballade" UrbanLegend about "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_ostatnia_niedziela To ostatnia niedziela]]", where guys would order the song to be played by the bar's band and then [[AteHisGun ate their gun]]. However, even if he's wrong, it doesn't change the point he's making: it's one of its kind song about unfulfilled love, and it's ''nothing'' like the modern pop jingles.

* LoveAtFirstSight: Grucha and Angelika instantly catch each other's attention when he's going for a business meeting in Bolec's club and Angelika is dancing on the pole. They even discuss it later, during their casual date.

* SissyVillain: Fred, at least for the standards of the stereotypical Polish gangster. He doesn't smoke nor does hard drugs, follows a strict diet to stay in good health, is well-read and articulate and also cultivates an image of a BadassInANiceSuit. This is further contrasted with Grucha, who's closer to the baseline "template" of a rather rough around the edges guy that beat people firsts, asks questions maybe.