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* AintTooProudToBeg: Bobby begs Marty for mercy during the assault and tries to apologize to him for "whatever [he] did". It doesn't work.



* AintTooProudToBeg: Bobby begs Marty for mercy during the assault and tries to apologize to him for "whatever [he] did". It doesn't work.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Everything that unfolds after Bobby is killed is about as real as it could get; the teens don't receive any satisfaction, they're wholly unable to deal with the guilt and trauma, and the fact that some of them are less capable of keeping the secret than others gets all of them booked fairly quickly.
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* AssholeVictim: After everything he did, it's very difficult to feel much sympathy for Bobby when he's killed. It's [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in that the act of deliberately killing even someone as wholly unlikable as Bobby still would be considered a crime, and the teens responsible are booked and sent to prison after they immediately fail to cover what they did up. That is to say nothing of the fact that all of the teens responsible realize that killing a person, no matter how terrible they are, does ''not'' feel good.

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* AssholeVictim: After everything he did, it's very difficult to feel much sympathy for Bobby when he's killed. It's However, this is also [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in that the act of deliberately killing even someone as wholly unlikable as Bobby still would be considered a crime, and the teens responsible are booked and sent to prison after they immediately fail to cover up what they did up.did. That is to say nothing of the fact that all of the teens responsible realize that killing a person, no matter how terrible they are, does ''not'' feel good.



* ScrubbingOffTheTrauma: Bobby obsessively washes his hands after any sexual encounter with a female, driving home the closeted homosexuality.
* SlashedThroat: Marty slashes Bobby's throat.

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* ScrubbingOffTheTrauma: Bobby obsessively washes his hands after any sexual encounter with a female, driving home the his closeted homosexuality.
* SlashedThroat: Marty slashes Bobby's throat.throat during the assault.
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Wanting to free Marty and those around Bobby from his tyranny once and for all, Lisa plots to kill him, and gathers a group of people around their small Florida town willing (however reluctantly) to assist in doing the deed. However, in the midst of their impulsive desires to enact justice, their naïveté ends up creating [[{{Understatement}} dire complications]] for them.

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Wanting to free Marty and those around Bobby from his tyranny once and for all, Lisa plots to kill him, and gathers a group of people around their small Florida town willing (however reluctantly) to assist in doing the deed. However, in the midst of their naiveté and impulsive desires to enact justice, their naïveté ends for justice end up creating [[{{Understatement}} dire serious complications]] for them.



** The "hitman". Even though he's a lying poser, you've got to feel for him when, after the murder, he tries to make the others see what deep shit they're now in and basically tells them to get their stories straight, only for everyone to start freaking out and saying "I didn't kill anyone" and denying any culpability in the crime.

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** The "hitman". Even though he's a lying poser, you've got to feel for him when, after the murder, he tries to make the others see what deep shit they're now in and basically tells them to get their stories straight, only for everyone to start freaking out and out, saying "I they didn't kill anyone" anyone, and denying any culpability in the crime. crime.



* SoundtrackDissonance: The very end of the film, which puts Music/FatboySlim's "Talking 'Bout My Baby" -- specifically, its happy refrain "Under the big bright yellow sun" -- over footage of the kids' lives falling apart, from them arguing in court in front of everyone to the final reveals of their (initial) sentences. An added detail is the song progressively being swallowed by reverb to [[NightmareFuel eerie, anxiety-inducing effect]].

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* SoundtrackDissonance: The very end of the film, which puts Music/FatboySlim's "Talking 'Bout My Baby" Baby (Reprise)" -- specifically, its containing the happy refrain "Under the big bright yellow sun" -- over footage of the kids' lives falling apart, from them arguing in court in front of everyone to the final reveals of their (initial) sentences. An added detail is sentences, as the song is progressively being swallowed by reverb to [[NightmareFuel eerie, anxiety-inducing effect]].



* TeensAreMonsters: Bobby was a horrible bully and a rapist. Those who took part in his murder are at least debatable.

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* TeensAreMonsters: Bobby was a horrible bully and a an unrepentant rapist. Those who took part in his murder are at least debatable.

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