History Film / Juice

* WhamLine: [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide "I am crazy,]] [[FaceHeelTurn and I don't give a fuck."]]

* YouWouldntShootMe: Q invokes this trope at Bishop, who corners him in a crowded elevator.
-->'''Q:''' Fuck you gonna do, shoot me in an elevator?

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Bishop’s death shakes Q up, to the point where he’s completely speechless, and expresses disapproval when one partygoer claims that he now has “the juice” that Bishop previously sought after and acquired by force. Bishop’s character arc was based around the fact that he just wanted some respect after spending almost every waking moment of his life tormented by Radames and his crew, and the fact that his father was raped in jail. However, that thirst for respect drove him down a much darker path than Q. While Q wants to earn respect legitimately, Bishop wants to earn his the way Radames did; through intimidation, and waving a weapon around. It’s implied that Q knows the true complexity of Bishop’s lust for respect, and possibly thought he could get him some help, hence he decided against just killing Bishop.]]

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Defied by Q. [[spoiler:He buys a gun specifically to shoot Bishop for the very likely chance that he might be coming to kill him, but tosses it in a river as the stress and paranoia stacks up, and he feels like he might be stooping to Bishop’s level.]]

* AxCrazy: Bishop, as the film reaches its climax.

** Highlighted in an argument between Bishop and Q. While Bishop wants to gain respect through fear so that no one will mess with him, Q wants to earn respect legitimately through his passion for [=DJing=]).

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Steel and Q, whose names are Eric and Quincy, respectively.

* MilesGloriosus: PlayedWith. Bishop tends to act extremely cocky when he knows his friends will back him up. [[spoiler: Later in the film, when Q and Steel decline helping him, he fights them off and shoots Radames in an ally]].

* CrapsackWorld: The film's setting being in Harlem, NY.

* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Bishop actually tells Q to his face that he was the one responsible for all of Bishop’s crimes, and that he was the one chasing Bishop, not the other way around. It’s as unsettling and a clear example of Bishop’s SanitySlippage as it seems.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Bishop’s death shakes Q up, to the point where he’s completely speechless, and expresses disapproval when one partygoer claims that he now has “the juice” that Bishop previously sought after and acquired by force. Bishop’s character arc was based around the fact that he just wanted some respect after spending almost every waking moment of his life tormented by Radames and his crew, and the fact that his father was raped in jail. However, that thirst for respect drove him down a much darker path than Q. While Q wants to earn respect legitimately, Bishop wants to earn his the way Radames did; through intimidation, and waving a weapon around. It’s implied that Q knows the true complexity of Bishop’s lust for respect, and possibly thought he could get him some help, hence why he decided against just killing Bishop.]]

** Radames spent the whole film victimizing Raheem and his friends, as well as a bunch of other kids in the neighborhood. To say that nobody is shaken by [[spoiler:his death (other than it being an example of Bishop finally becoming an AxCrazy murderer)]] is an understatement.

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler: Bishop was originally just a ChaoticNeutral who was tired of constantly being harassed, who eventually loses it as he kills a store owner, his best friend, and nearly kills one of his other closest friends.]]
* KeepingSecretsSucks: [[spoiler: Q nor Steel can't tell anyone that it was Bishop who killed Raheem, unless they wants to be the next victims.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: Bishop has the honor of pulling off ''multiple'' horrendous acts over the course of the film.
** Arguably the most straight example from Bishop has to be [[spoiler:his murder of Mr. Quiles. He does it completely unprovoked, as he has Quiles at gunpoint, and even stole the gun Quiles usually keeps, so it’s not like he can potentially be a threat if he’s not careful. He later tries to justify it by saying [[BlatantLies “he made a move!”]], despite the fact that Quiles was at best trembling in fear and was completely unarmed with his hands up, not reaching for a concealed weapon in any way.]]
*** Shortly after this, Bishop [[spoiler:shoots Raheem, his own friend, because the latter asked for the gun to get rid of to not implicate them, and because he rightfully does not trust Bishop with it anymore. To add insult to injury, he steals the money they robbed Quiles of right out of Raheem’s pocket as he bleeds to death, and as if any salt needed to be poured into the wound, he hugs Raheem’s mother and allows her to cry on his shoulders as if he wasn’t her son’s murderer.]]
** [[spoiler:Bishop forcibly brings Steele along to an alleyway in the middle of the night, looking for Q. As Steele protests, Bishop decides that his former friend has become too much of a liability, and shoots him, framing Q in the process which gets him in trouble with Trip and the cops.]]

''Juice'' is a 1992 American crime drama film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Gerard Brown. It stars rapper Music/TupacShakur and Omar Epps. Additional cast members include Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins, Khalil Kain, and Creator/SamuelLJackson.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[Bishop’s death shakes Q up, to the point where he’s completely speechless, and expresses disapproval when one partygoer claims that he now has “the juice” that Bishop previously sought after and acquired by force. Bishop’s character arc was based around the fact that he just wanted some respect after spending almost every waking moment of his life tormented by Radames and his crew, and the fact that his father was raped in jail. However, that thirst for respect drove him down a much darker path than Q. While Q wants to earn respect legitimately, Bishop wants to earn his the way Radames did; through intimidation, and waving a weapon around. It’s implied that Q knows the true complexity of Bishop’s lust for respect, and possibly thought he could get him some help, hence why he decided against just killing Bishop.]]

* {{Foil}}: Highlighted in an argument between Bishop and Q. While Bishop wants to gain respect through fear so that no one will mess with him, Q wants to earn respect legitimately (presumably through other passions like [=DJing=]).

** Radames!
** [[spoiler: Bishop.]]

* KeepingSecretsSucks: [[spoiler: Q nor Steel can't tell anyone that it was Bishop who killed Raheem, unless they wants to be the next victims.]]

* WhamLine: "[[DrunkOnTheDarkSide I am crazy]], and [[FaceHeelTurn I don't give a fuck]]".
* YouWouldntShootMe: Q invokes this trope at Bishop, who corners him in a a crowded elevator.
-->'''Q:''' Fuck you gonna do shoot me in an elevator??

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''Juice'' is a 1992 American crime drama film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, written by Ernest R. Dickerson and Gerard Brown. It stars rapper Tupac Shakur and Omar Epps. Additional cast members include Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins, Khalil Kain, and Samuel L. Jackson.