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-->'''Tallulah''': So this is showbiz.
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-->'''Tallulah''': [''splat''] So this is showbiz.show business.
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* BritishAccents: The down-and-outs Bugsy recruits all have Cockney accents. Which is strange, considering the film's [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity setting...]]
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* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: Blousey's fellow auditionees at the theatre, including a dire stand up comedian couple, a bad ventriloquist and a dancing chorus line who fall over and break the scenery.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Fat Sam and Tallulah spend most of the movie bickering but during the big finale, he puts his arm around her and kisses her on the cheek as they laugh and sing together, still covered in gunge.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Dandy Dan custard pies one of his own men for messing up.
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* AffablyEvil: [[BigBad The main antagonist]], Dandy Dan, is very polite, charming and likeable, if a BadBoss. Sam, who is on the good side, is much ruder and more aggressive.
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* AffablyEvil: [[BigBad The main antagonist]], Dandy Dan, is very polite, charming and likeable, if a BadBoss. Sam, who is on the good side, is much ruder and more aggressive.aggressive, though he is a much better boss.
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* CardCarryingVillain: The two guys singing "We are the best at being bad!"
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* CardCarryingVillain: The two guys singing "We are "We're the best at being bad!"
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* CoolCar: You know you(r children) just want one of those pedal-driven 20s cars.
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* CoolCar: You know you(r children) just want wanted one of those pedal-driven 20s cars.
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* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: Fat Sam and his Gang are sort of the good guys in the story, although they are of course still gangsters. (It helps that Fat Sam is a much nicer employer than [[BadBoss Dandy Dan]].)
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* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters: Fat Sam and his Gang are sort of the good guys in the story, although they are of course still gangsters. (It helps that Fat Sam is a much nicer employer than [[BadBoss Dandy Dan]].)
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* OnlySaneMan: Argubly Bugsy.
* OoCIsSeriousBusiness: An interesting take. When things has gone badly for Fat Sam, he attempts to subvert this by acting as normal as possible. The problem is, Fat Sam is usually so very busy. When he suddenly is not busy and takes his time with other things to show that there is no problem it becomes his out-of-character moment. So if someone paid attention to how kind and social Fat Sam suddenly became, they would possibly catch wind of that something was very wrong. Nobody did, though. On the other hand, it did mean Blousey got her job.
* OoCIsSeriousBusiness: An interesting take. When things has gone badly for Fat Sam, he attempts to subvert this by acting as normal as possible. The problem is, Fat Sam is usually so very busy. When he suddenly is not busy and takes his time with other things to show that there is no problem it becomes his out-of-character moment. So if someone paid attention to how kind and social Fat Sam suddenly became, they would possibly catch wind of that something was very wrong. Nobody did, though. On the other hand, it did mean Blousey got her job.
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* OnlySaneMan: Argubly Arguably Bugsy.
*OoCIsSeriousBusiness: OOCIsSeriousBusiness: An interesting take. When things has gone badly for Fat Sam, he attempts to subvert this by acting as normal as possible. The problem is, Fat Sam is usually so very busy. When he suddenly is not busy and takes his time with other things to show that there is no problem it becomes his out-of-character moment. So if someone paid attention to how kind and social Fat Sam suddenly became, they would possibly catch wind of that something was very wrong. Nobody did, though. On the other hand, it did mean Blousey got her job.
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Once the pies start flying at the end, not even the cutest chorus girl is safe.
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Once the pies start flying at the end, not even the cutest chorus girl is safe. Neither do Bugsy and Blousey get off completely unscathed.
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* VillainSong: "Bad Guys", sung by Fat Sam's gang. (They're closer to AntiHero status, with Dandy Dan's gang being the villains, but Dandy Dan's gang doesn't sing at all.)
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* VillainSong: "Bad Guys", sung by Fat Sam's gang. (They're closer to AntiHero status, with Dandy Dan's gang being the villains, but Dandy Dan's gang doesn't sing at all.get their own number.)
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* GeniusDitz: Implied to have been the case with Roxy Robinson, if Fat Sam's opening narration is anything to go by: "Roxy had spent his whole life making two and two into five. But he could smell trouble like other people could smell gas." Fat Sam even calls Roxy "one of [his] best" after his death, further supporting the idea of him having been one of these.
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* AntiHero: Fat Sam's gang is little better than Dandy Dan's. Both mob bosses have no qualms about treating their subordinates like dirt and both even use them for target practice. The difference? [[PiratesWhoDontDoAnything Fat Sam's guys are utterly incompetent]].
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* AntiHero: Fat Sam's gang is little better than Dandy Dan's. Both mob bosses have no qualms about treating their subordinates like dirt and both even use them for target practice. The difference? [[PiratesWhoDontDoAnything Fat Sam's guys are utterly near-utterly incompetent]].
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* GoodIsNotNice: Fat Sam has shades of this.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Bugsy quotes the film ''OnTheWaterfront'' -- "I coulda been a contender, Charlie". A film made 30 years after Bugsy is set...
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Bugsy quotes the film ''OnTheWaterfront'' ''Film/OnTheWaterfront'' -- "I coulda been a contender, Charlie". A film made 30 years after Bugsy is set...
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Bugsy Malone (who is somewhat affiliated with Fat Sam but not an actual member of his gang) meets Blousey Brown, an aspiring singer who's trying to get work at Fat Sam's speakeasy. Unfortunately Fat Sam is too distracted by the "war" with Dandy Dan to give her an audition.
Dandy Dan's gang splurges most of Fat Sam's gang after a tip-off turns out to be a trap. After this catastrophe Fat Sam tells his right hand man (and only remaining gangster) Knuckles that everything must continue as normal, eventually giving Blousey her audition, which she aces. However, right before the audition Tallulah (Fat Sam's moll) was flirting with Bugsy; although he rejected her advances, Blousey doesn't know this and gets angry with him.
Dandy Dan's gang splurges most of Fat Sam's gang after a tip-off turns out to be a trap. After this catastrophe Fat Sam tells his right hand man (and only remaining gangster) Knuckles that everything must continue as normal, eventually giving Blousey her audition, which she aces. However, right before the audition Tallulah (Fat Sam's moll) was flirting with Bugsy; although he rejected her advances, Blousey doesn't know this and gets angry with him.
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Bugsy Malone (Creator/ScottBaio) (who is somewhat affiliated with Fat Sam but not an actual member of his gang) meets Blousey Brown, an aspiring singer who's trying to get work at Fat Sam's speakeasy. Unfortunately Fat Sam is too distracted by the "war" with Dandy Dan to give her an audition.
Dandy Dan's gang splurges most of Fat Sam's gang after a tip-off turns out to be a trap. After this catastrophe Fat Sam tells his right hand man (and only remaining gangster) Knuckles that everything must continue as normal, eventually giving Blousey her audition, which she aces. However, right before the audition Tallulah(Fat (Creator/JodieFoster), Fat Sam's moll) moll, was flirting with Bugsy; although he rejected her advances, Blousey doesn't know this and gets angry with him.
Dandy Dan's gang splurges most of Fat Sam's gang after a tip-off turns out to be a trap. After this catastrophe Fat Sam tells his right hand man (and only remaining gangster) Knuckles that everything must continue as normal, eventually giving Blousey her audition, which she aces. However, right before the audition Tallulah
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* AlliterativeName: Blousey Brown, Sam Staccato, Dandy Dan, and Roxy Robinson.
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* DwindlingParty: Fat Sam's gang. Louis, Snake Eyes, Angelo and Ritzy are splurged in a tip-off that turns out to be a trap, leaving just Sam and Knuckles. The latter himself is killed by an experimental weapon, leaving Sam to turn to Bugsy for help and protection.
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OverlyLongGag: "Get Babyface," and "Pass this to Babyface".
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* OverlyLongGag: "Get Babyface," and "Pass this to Babyface".
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* Redshirt: Roxy Robinson.
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* Redshirt: {{Redshirt}}: Roxy Robinson.
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* BritishAccents: The down-and-outs Bugsy recruits all have Cockney accents. Which is strange, considering the film's [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity setting...]]
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[[caption-width-right:300 Left to right: Fat Sam, Tallulah, and Bugsy.]]
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Dandy Dan's gang splurges most of Fat Sam's gang after a tip-off turns out to be a trap. After this catastrophe Fat Sam tells his right hand man (and only remaining gangster) Knuckles that everything must continue as normal, eventually giving Blousey her audition, which she aces. However, right before the audition Tallulah (Fat Sam's moll) was flirting with Bugsy; although he rejected her advances, Blousey doesn't know this and gets angry with him.
Meanwhile Fat Sam hires Bugsy to drive him and his "specialist" Looney Burgonzie to ambush Dandy Dan at a meeting; it fails. Bugsy and Sam get away and Sam gives Bugsy extra money for his quick thinking.
Meanwhile Fat Sam hires Bugsy to drive him and his "specialist" Looney Burgonzie to ambush Dandy Dan at a meeting; it fails. Bugsy and Sam get away and Sam gives Bugsy extra money for his quick thinking.
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Dandy Dan's gang splurges most of Fat Sam's gang after a tip-off turns out to be a trap. After this catastrophe Fat Sam tells his right hand man (and only remaining gangster) Knuckles that everything must continue as normal, eventually giving Blousey her audition, which she aces. However, right before the audition Tallulah (Fat Sam's moll) was flirting with Bugsy; although he rejected her advances, Blousey doesn't know this and gets angry with him.
Meanwhile Fat Sam hires Bugsy to drive him and his "specialist" Looney Burgonzie to ambush Dandy Dan at a meeting; it fails. Bugsy and Sam get away and Sam gives Bugsy extra money for his quick thinking.
Meanwhile Fat Sam hires Bugsy to drive him and his "specialist" Looney Burgonzie to ambush Dandy Dan at a meeting; it fails.
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* AffablyEvil: [[BigBad The main antagonist]], Dandy Dan, is very polite, charming and likeable. Sam, who is on the good side, is much ruder and more aggressive.
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* AffablyEvil: [[BigBad The main antagonist]], Dandy Dan, is very polite, charming and likeable.likeable, if a BadBoss. Sam, who is on the good side, is much ruder and more aggressive.
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Dandy Dan's gang splurges most of Fat Sam's gang after a tip-off turns out to be a trap. After this catastrophe Fat Sam tells his right hand man (and only remaining gangster) Knuckles that everything must continue as normal, eventually giving Blousey her audition, which she aces. However, right before the audition Tallulah (Fat Sam's moll) was flirting with Bugsy; although he rejected her advances, Blousey doesn't know this and gets angry with him.
Meanwhile Fat Sam hires Bugsy to drive him and his "specialist" Looney Burgonzie to ambush Dandy Dan at a meeting; it fails. Bugsy and Sam get away and Sam gives Bugsy extra money for his quick thinking.
Meanwhile Fat Sam hires Bugsy to drive him and his "specialist" Looney Burgonzie to ambush Dandy Dan at a meeting; it fails. Bugsy and Sam get away and Sam gives Bugsy extra money for his quick thinking.
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Dandy Dan's gang splurges most of Fat Sam's gang after a tip-off turns out to be a trap. After this catastrophe Fat Sam tells his right hand man (and only remaining gangster) Knuckles that everything must continue as normal, eventually giving Blousey her audition, which she aces. However, right before the audition Tallulah (Fat Sam's moll) was flirting with Bugsy; although he rejected her advances, Blousey doesn't know this and gets angry with him.
Meanwhile Fat Sam hires Bugsy to drive him and his "specialist" Looney Burgonzie to ambush Dandy Dan at a meeting; it fails. Bugsy and Sam get away and Sam gives Bugsy extra money for his quick thinking.
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[[caption-width-right:300 Left to right: Fat Sam, Tallulah, and Bugsy.]]
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Dandy Dan's gang splurges most of Fat Sam's gang after a tip-off turns out to be a trap. After this catastrophe Fat Sam tells his right hand man (and only remaining gangster) Knuckles that everything must continue as normal, eventually giving Blousey her audition, which she aces. However, right before the audition Tallulah (Fat Sam's moll) was flirting with Bugsy; although he rejected her advances, Blousey doesn't know this and gets angry with him.
Meanwhile Fat Sam hires Bugsy to drive him and his "specialist" Looney Burgonzie to ambush Dandy Dan at a meeting; it fails. Bugsy and Sam get away and Sam gives Bugsy extra money for his quick thinking.
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Dandy Dan's gang splurges most of Fat Sam's gang after a tip-off turns out to be a trap. After this catastrophe Fat Sam tells his right hand man (and only remaining gangster) Knuckles that everything must continue as normal, eventually giving Blousey her audition, which she aces. However, right before the audition Tallulah (Fat Sam's moll) was flirting with Bugsy; although he rejected her advances, Blousey doesn't know this and gets angry with him.
Meanwhile Fat Sam hires Bugsy to drive him and his "specialist" Looney Burgonzie to ambush Dandy Dan at a meeting; it fails. Bugsy and Sam get away and Sam gives Bugsy extra money for his quick thinking.
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Sam once again enlists Bugsy's aid, offering him $400 this time, but Blousey is not happy to hear of the delay, and hangs up on him and she is angry with herself for thinking that she could trust Bugsy. Bugsy and Leroy then follow Dan's men to Dock 17, where they discover the guns are being stashed. The two of them can't take the place alone, so Bugsy and Leroy find a large group of down-and-out workers who are having their free lunch and Bugsy persuades them to join him. They steal the guns and make it back to the speakeasy in time to counter the attack by Dan's Gang. Chaos ensues until they are stopped by a chord from Razzamataz, the pianist. Everybody has been splurged (except Bugsy and Blousey), and the final song is about everyone realising they can be friends.
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Sam once again enlists Bugsy's aid, offering him $400 this time, but Blousey is not happy to hear of the delay, and hangs up on him and she is angry with herself for thinking that she could trust Bugsy. Bugsy and Leroy then follow Dan's men to Dock 17, where they discover the guns are being stashed. The two of them can't take the place alone, so Bugsy and Leroy unwittingly find a large group of down-and-out workers who are having their free lunch and Bugsy persuades them to join him. They ambush the dock guards, steal the guns and make it back to the speakeasy in time to counter the attack by Dan's Gang. Chaos ensues until they are stopped by a chord from Razzamataz, the pianist. Everybody has been splurged (except Bugsy and Blousey), and the final song is about everyone realising they can be friends.
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* Redshirt: Roxy Robinson.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Played straight with Blousey, who escapes from the final pie fight with barely a drop on her. Deliriously averted with Tallulah, who gets ''extremely'' [[PieInTheFace Pied In The Face]] at the climax, and basically every other girl in the scene.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Played straight with Blousey, who escapes from the final pie fight with barely a drop on her. Deliriously averted with Tallulah, who gets ''extremely'' [[PieInTheFace Pied In The Face]] at the climax, and along with basically every other girl in the scene.
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* AffablyEvil: [[BigBad The main antagonist]], Dandy Dan, is very polite, charming and likeable. Sam, who is on the good side, in much ruder and more aggressive.
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* AffablyEvil: [[BigBad The main antagonist]], Dandy Dan, is very polite, charming and likeable. Sam, who is on the good side, in is much ruder and more aggressive.
* BettyAndVeronica: Blousey is the Betty, Tallulah is the Veronica.
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* GoshdangItToHeck: Since it's a kids kids' film, there's odd words used in place of swearing.
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-->We coulda been anything that we wanted to be\\
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted with Tallulah, who gets ''extremely'' [[PieInTheFace Pied In The Face]] at the climax.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted Played straight with Blousey, who escapes from the final pie fight with barely a drop on her. Deliriously averted with Tallulah, who gets ''extremely'' [[PieInTheFace Pied In The Face]] at the climax.climax, and basically every other girl in the scene.
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* NonSingingVoice: The kids are lip-synching to adult voices, owing to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Malone#Production a lack of rehearsal time for the former]]. The only time this isn't used is for the CuteButCacophonic Lena Marelli.
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* FunWithSubtitles: Early in the film, a frustrated Fat Sam says something in Italian to Knuckles, who doesn't understand on account of [[KosherNostra being Jewish]]. [[BreakingTheFourthWall Fat Sam tells him to read the subtitles.]]
-->[[BlatantLies Everything's hunky-dory.]]
-->[[BlatantLies Everything's hunky-dory.]]
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* CoolCar: You know you(re children) just want one of those pedal-driven 20s cars.
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* KosherNostra: Knuckles.
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--> '''Knuckles''': No, boss. I'm Jewish.
--> '''Fat Sam''': Don't you speak ''Italiano''?!
--> '''Knuckles''': No, boss. I'm Jewish.
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* TheMafia
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* AntiHero: Fat Sam's gang is little better than Dandy Dan's. Both mob bosses have no wqalms about treating their subordinates like dirt and both even use them for target practice. The difference? [[PiratesWhoDontDoAnything Fat Sam's guys are utterly imcompetent]].
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* AntiHero: Fat Sam's gang is little better than Dandy Dan's. Both mob bosses have no wqalms qualms about treating their subordinates like dirt and both even use them for target practice. The difference? [[PiratesWhoDontDoAnything Fat Sam's guys are utterly imcompetent]].incompetent]].
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* AntiHero: Fat Sam's gang is little better than Dandy Dan's. Both mob bosses have no wqalms about treating their subordinates like dirt and both even use them for target practice. The difference? [[PiratesWhoDontDoAnything Fat Sam's guys are utterly imcompetent]].
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* CardCarryingVillain: The two guys singing "We are the best at being bad!"
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* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: Pop Becker's Bookstore is the front for Fat Sam's speakeasy. Lest you think this is only in the stage version, recall that the bookstore also appears in the beginning of the movie, as well as in a shot showing Babyface as he alerts the gang to Dandy Dan's presence.
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* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: In the stage version, Pop Becker's Bookstore is the front for Fat Sam's speakeasy.
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A 1976 musical film, later adapted for the stage. The setting is a {{Gangsterland}} in TheRoaringTwenties -- but all the characters are played by children, and all the weapons used are EdibleAmmunition.
Dandy Dan's gang has a new weapon, the splurge gun. This means the custard pies used as weapons by their rivals, Fat Sam's gang, just won't cut it any more...
Bugsy Malone (who is somewhat affiliated with Fat Sam but not an actual member of his gang) meets Blousey Brown, an aspiring singer who's trying to get work at Fat Sam's speakeasy. Unfortunately Fat Sam is too distracted by the "war" with Dandy Dan to give her an audition.
Dandy Dan's gang splurges most of Fat Sam's gang after a tip-off turns out to be a trap. After this catastrophe Fat Sam tells his right hand man (and only remaining gangster) Knuckles that everything must continue as normal, eventually giving Blousey her audition, which she aces. However, right before the audition Tallulah (Fat Sam's moll) was flirting with Bugsy; although he rejected her advances, Blousey doesn't know this and gets angry with him.
Meanwhile Fat Sam hires Bugsy to drive him and his "specialist" Looney Burgonzie to ambush Dandy Dan at a meeting; it fails. Bugsy and Sam get away and Sam gives Bugsy extra money for his quick thinking.
Bugsy and Blousey make up and he reveals he has enough money for two tickets to Hollywood; however, as he returns the car he borrowed from Sam to the garage, he is mugged, losing the money. Leroy Smith saves him with what Bugsy calls some impressive punching. So, Bugsy takes Leroy to Cagey Joe's gym to see if he can make it as a boxer.
Sam once again enlists Bugsy's aid, offering him $400 this time, but Blousey is not happy to hear of the delay, and hangs up on him and she is angry with herself for thinking that she could trust Bugsy. Bugsy and Leroy then follow Dan's men to Dock 17, where they discover the guns are being stashed. The two of them can't take the place alone, so Bugsy and Leroy find a large group of down-and-out workers who are having their free lunch and Bugsy persuades them to join him. They steal the guns and make it back to the speakeasy in time to counter the attack by Dan's Gang. Chaos ensues until they are stopped by a chord from Razzamataz, the pianist. Everybody has been splurged (except Bugsy and Blousey), and the final song is about everyone realising they can be friends.
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* AbnormalAmmo / EdibleAmmunition: Custard pies and splurge guns (which are basically tommy-guns that fire blobs of custard cream).
* AffablyEvil: [[BigBad The main antagonist]], Dandy Dan, is very polite, charming and likeable. Sam, who is on the good side, in much ruder and more aggressive.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Bugsy quotes the film ''OnTheWaterfront'' -- "I coulda been a contender, Charlie". A film made 30 years after Bugsy is set...
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted with Tallulah, who gets ''extremely'' [[PieInTheFace Pied In The Face]] at the climax.
* BrightReprise: The final song is a reprise of "Bad Guys" in which the gangsters sing about turning over a new leaf and being Good Guys from now on.
* TheChanteuse: Tallulah.
* CloudCuckooLander: Looney Burgonzie.
* CoolCar
* CuteButCacophonic: Lena Marelli, which is to be expected seeing as she was played by [[Series/DoctorWho Bonnie Langford]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Tallulah, even when she's CoveredInGunge:
-->'''Tallulah''': So this is showbiz.
* GainaxEnding: The film climaxes with a shootout/pie fight, which Razzmatazz interrupts. Then, suddenly, everybody just starts ''singing''. This is especially weird when it's previously been implied that splurge guns are stand-ins for real guns, with Fat Sam breaking down over Knuckles' "death". Although, Knuckles also gets splurged in the shoulder early on with no visible ill effects.
* GoshdangItToHeck: Since it's a kids film, there's odd words used in place of swearing.
* LighterAndFluffier: Than history! Interestingly, director Alan Parker went on to direct (among other films) the much darker musical ''TheWall''. The story goes that Parker was inspired to make this film after refusing to let his son watch ''Film/TheGodfather''. He even throws in a subtle reference to ''Godfather II'' (watch out for two guys carrying a carpet).
* LiteralMetaphor: One of Fat Sam's workers says he can't stop Dandy Dan's gang because "he's all tied up" (he's actually tied up). Fat Sam replies "I don't care how busy you are."
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The novelization gives entire chapters over to several before Bugsy is properly introduced.
* MeetCute: Bugsy and Blousey.
* MediumAwareness: Fat Sam says something in Italian. But his henchman, Knuckles, is Jewish and doesn't understand Italian. He is told to read the translation as the subtitle appears onscreen.
* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: Fat Sam and his Gang are sort of the good guys in the story, although they are of course still gangsters. (It helps that Fat Sam is a much nicer employer than [[BadBoss Dandy Dan]].)
* NerfArm: Pies are deadly -- not as deadly as Splurge Guns, though.
* NeverSayDie: Characters who are pied or splurged disappear from the action. They're said to be "finished" rather than dead. Everybody who gets splurged in the big showdown is still lively enough during the final song.
* NonSingingVoice: The kids are lip-synching to adult voices, owing to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Malone#Production a lack of rehearsal time for the former]]. The only time this isn't used is for the CuteButCacophonic Lena Marelli.
* OnlySaneMan: Argubly Bugsy.
* OoCIsSeriousBusiness: An interesting take. When things has gone badly for Fat Sam, he attempts to subvert this by acting as normal as possible. The problem is, Fat Sam is usually so very busy. When he suddenly is not busy and takes his time with other things to show that there is no problem it becomes his out-of-character moment. So if someone paid attention to how kind and social Fat Sam suddenly became, they would possibly catch wind of that something was very wrong. Nobody did, though. On the other hand, it did mean Blousey got her job.
* PieInTheFace: EdibleAmmunition-style.
* PopStarComposer: Paul Williams; some of the [[NonSingingVoice dubbed singing voices for the kids]] are his vocals.
* PowerOfFriendship: Focus of the last song, along with:
* PowerOfLove
* ThePrimaDonna: Lina Marelli.
--> '''Lina Marelli''': Oscar! Oscar! I'm back! I'll give you one more chance, you hear me? I'll give you one more chance, you hear me, Oscar? Otherwise I'm out for ''good''! Out, out, ''out''! I'm not being ''humiliated'' in this place! You know I ''am'' the star and I should be treated like it absolutely all the time!
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Once the pies start flying at the end, not even the cutest chorus girl is safe.
* SmugSnake: Dandy Dan.
* SurroundedByIdiots:
** Fat Sam with his gang, while Dandy Dan's are slightly more competent.
** Bugsy himself.
* ThereAreNoAdults: It's an entire cast of children!
* VillainSong: "Bad Guys", sung by Fat Sam's gang. (They're closer to AntiHero status, with Dandy Dan's gang being the villains, but Dandy Dan's gang doesn't sing at all.)
-->We coulda been anything we wanted to be\\
With all the talent we had\\
But we decided, a fact we take pride in,\\
To be the very best at being ''bad''.
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!!Specific to the stage version:
* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: In the stage version, Pop Becker's Bookstore is the front for Fat Sam's speakeasy.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: In the stage version Shady gives Fat Sam information that will lead his men into a trap, he then collects his money from Dandy Dan only to be killed (splurged) while walking away. Dandy Dan takes back his money commenting he can't stand traitors.
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A 1976 musical film, later adapted for the stage. The setting is a {{Gangsterland}} in TheRoaringTwenties -- but all the characters are played by children, and all the weapons used are EdibleAmmunition.
Dandy Dan's gang has a new weapon, the splurge gun. This means the custard pies used as weapons by their rivals, Fat Sam's gang, just won't cut it any more...
Bugsy Malone (who is somewhat affiliated with Fat Sam but not an actual member of his gang) meets Blousey Brown, an aspiring singer who's trying to get work at Fat Sam's speakeasy. Unfortunately Fat Sam is too distracted by the "war" with Dandy Dan to give her an audition.
Dandy Dan's gang splurges most of Fat Sam's gang after a tip-off turns out to be a trap. After this catastrophe Fat Sam tells his right hand man (and only remaining gangster) Knuckles that everything must continue as normal, eventually giving Blousey her audition, which she aces. However, right before the audition Tallulah (Fat Sam's moll) was flirting with Bugsy; although he rejected her advances, Blousey doesn't know this and gets angry with him.
Meanwhile Fat Sam hires Bugsy to drive him and his "specialist" Looney Burgonzie to ambush Dandy Dan at a meeting; it fails. Bugsy and Sam get away and Sam gives Bugsy extra money for his quick thinking.
Bugsy and Blousey make up and he reveals he has enough money for two tickets to Hollywood; however, as he returns the car he borrowed from Sam to the garage, he is mugged, losing the money. Leroy Smith saves him with what Bugsy calls some impressive punching. So, Bugsy takes Leroy to Cagey Joe's gym to see if he can make it as a boxer.
Sam once again enlists Bugsy's aid, offering him $400 this time, but Blousey is not happy to hear of the delay, and hangs up on him and she is angry with herself for thinking that she could trust Bugsy. Bugsy and Leroy then follow Dan's men to Dock 17, where they discover the guns are being stashed. The two of them can't take the place alone, so Bugsy and Leroy find a large group of down-and-out workers who are having their free lunch and Bugsy persuades them to join him. They steal the guns and make it back to the speakeasy in time to counter the attack by Dan's Gang. Chaos ensues until they are stopped by a chord from Razzamataz, the pianist. Everybody has been splurged (except Bugsy and Blousey), and the final song is about everyone realising they can be friends.
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!!Tropes:
* AbnormalAmmo / EdibleAmmunition: Custard pies and splurge guns (which are basically tommy-guns that fire blobs of custard cream).
* AffablyEvil: [[BigBad The main antagonist]], Dandy Dan, is very polite, charming and likeable. Sam, who is on the good side, in much ruder and more aggressive.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Bugsy quotes the film ''OnTheWaterfront'' -- "I coulda been a contender, Charlie". A film made 30 years after Bugsy is set...
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted with Tallulah, who gets ''extremely'' [[PieInTheFace Pied In The Face]] at the climax.
* BrightReprise: The final song is a reprise of "Bad Guys" in which the gangsters sing about turning over a new leaf and being Good Guys from now on.
* TheChanteuse: Tallulah.
* CloudCuckooLander: Looney Burgonzie.
* CoolCar
* CuteButCacophonic: Lena Marelli, which is to be expected seeing as she was played by [[Series/DoctorWho Bonnie Langford]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Tallulah, even when she's CoveredInGunge:
-->'''Tallulah''': So this is showbiz.
* GainaxEnding: The film climaxes with a shootout/pie fight, which Razzmatazz interrupts. Then, suddenly, everybody just starts ''singing''. This is especially weird when it's previously been implied that splurge guns are stand-ins for real guns, with Fat Sam breaking down over Knuckles' "death". Although, Knuckles also gets splurged in the shoulder early on with no visible ill effects.
* GoshdangItToHeck: Since it's a kids film, there's odd words used in place of swearing.
* LighterAndFluffier: Than history! Interestingly, director Alan Parker went on to direct (among other films) the much darker musical ''TheWall''. The story goes that Parker was inspired to make this film after refusing to let his son watch ''Film/TheGodfather''. He even throws in a subtle reference to ''Godfather II'' (watch out for two guys carrying a carpet).
* LiteralMetaphor: One of Fat Sam's workers says he can't stop Dandy Dan's gang because "he's all tied up" (he's actually tied up). Fat Sam replies "I don't care how busy you are."
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The novelization gives entire chapters over to several before Bugsy is properly introduced.
* MeetCute: Bugsy and Blousey.
* MediumAwareness: Fat Sam says something in Italian. But his henchman, Knuckles, is Jewish and doesn't understand Italian. He is told to read the translation as the subtitle appears onscreen.
* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: Fat Sam and his Gang are sort of the good guys in the story, although they are of course still gangsters. (It helps that Fat Sam is a much nicer employer than [[BadBoss Dandy Dan]].)
* NerfArm: Pies are deadly -- not as deadly as Splurge Guns, though.
* NeverSayDie: Characters who are pied or splurged disappear from the action. They're said to be "finished" rather than dead. Everybody who gets splurged in the big showdown is still lively enough during the final song.
* NonSingingVoice: The kids are lip-synching to adult voices, owing to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Malone#Production a lack of rehearsal time for the former]]. The only time this isn't used is for the CuteButCacophonic Lena Marelli.
* OnlySaneMan: Argubly Bugsy.
* OoCIsSeriousBusiness: An interesting take. When things has gone badly for Fat Sam, he attempts to subvert this by acting as normal as possible. The problem is, Fat Sam is usually so very busy. When he suddenly is not busy and takes his time with other things to show that there is no problem it becomes his out-of-character moment. So if someone paid attention to how kind and social Fat Sam suddenly became, they would possibly catch wind of that something was very wrong. Nobody did, though. On the other hand, it did mean Blousey got her job.
* PieInTheFace: EdibleAmmunition-style.
* PopStarComposer: Paul Williams; some of the [[NonSingingVoice dubbed singing voices for the kids]] are his vocals.
* PowerOfFriendship: Focus of the last song, along with:
* PowerOfLove
* ThePrimaDonna: Lina Marelli.
--> '''Lina Marelli''': Oscar! Oscar! I'm back! I'll give you one more chance, you hear me? I'll give you one more chance, you hear me, Oscar? Otherwise I'm out for ''good''! Out, out, ''out''! I'm not being ''humiliated'' in this place! You know I ''am'' the star and I should be treated like it absolutely all the time!
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Once the pies start flying at the end, not even the cutest chorus girl is safe.
* SmugSnake: Dandy Dan.
* SurroundedByIdiots:
** Fat Sam with his gang, while Dandy Dan's are slightly more competent.
** Bugsy himself.
* ThereAreNoAdults: It's an entire cast of children!
* VillainSong: "Bad Guys", sung by Fat Sam's gang. (They're closer to AntiHero status, with Dandy Dan's gang being the villains, but Dandy Dan's gang doesn't sing at all.)
-->We coulda been anything we wanted to be\\
With all the talent we had\\
But we decided, a fact we take pride in,\\
To be the very best at being ''bad''.
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!!Specific to the stage version:
* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: In the stage version, Pop Becker's Bookstore is the front for Fat Sam's speakeasy.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: In the stage version Shady gives Fat Sam information that will lead his men into a trap, he then collects his money from Dandy Dan only to be killed (splurged) while walking away. Dandy Dan takes back his money commenting he can't stand traitors.
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