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-->'''Tony: I kill a communist for fun, but for a green card... I'm gonna carve him up real nice.
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* MondegreenGag: When Tony asks Manny how his immigration interview went, we get this exchange:
-->'''Tony:''' So? What'd you tell them?
-->'''Manny:''' I told 'em what you told me to tell 'em, Tony. I told 'em I was in sanitation. They didn't go for it.
-->'''Tony:''' Sanitation?
-->'''Manny:''' Yeah.
--> '''Tony:''' I told you to tell them you was in a sanitarium, not sanitation. Sanitarium.
-->'''Tony:''' So? What'd you tell them?
-->'''Manny:''' I told 'em what you told me to tell 'em, Tony. I told 'em I was in sanitation. They didn't go for it.
-->'''Tony:''' Sanitation?
-->'''Manny:''' Yeah.
--> '''Tony:''' I told you to tell them you was in a sanitarium, not sanitation. Sanitarium.
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* StartingANewLife: Tony and his friends at the beginning of the film, coming over to America in order to start a new life for the better.
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* CompositeCharacter: The character of Tony Montana in the movie "Scarface" was based on a combination of fictional and real-life individuals. Here are the real people and fictional characters who influenced the creation of Tony Montana:
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* CompositeCharacter: The character of Tony Montana in the movie "Scarface" was as based on a combination of fictional and real-life individuals. Here are the real people and fictional characters who influenced the creation of Tony Montana:
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** De Palma and the filmmakers drew inspiration from real-life figures involved in the Miami drug trade. For example, the character of Tony Montana, played by Al Pacino, bore a resemblance to Mario Tabraue, a Cuban exile and chairman of a smuggling operation. Tabraue's extravagant lifestyle, including owning a zoo with big cats, mirrored aspects of Tony Montana's character in the film [1].
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** De Palma and the filmmakers drew inspiration from real-life figures involved in the Miami drug trade. For example, the character of Tony Montana, played by Al Pacino, bore a resemblance to Mario Tabraue, a Cuban exile and chairman of a smuggling operation. Tabraue's extravagant lifestyle, including owning a zoo with big cats, mirrored aspects of Tony Montana's character in the film [1].film.
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* AnyoneCanDie: After Tony [[spoiler:kills Alberto]], [[spoiler:people Tony cares about start dropping like flies]], and then[[TheHeroDies [[spoiler:The Hero Dies Tony himself]]]].
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* AnyoneCanDie: After Tony [[spoiler:kills Alberto]], [[spoiler:people Tony cares about start dropping like flies]], and then[[TheHeroDies [[spoiler:The Hero Dies Tony himself]]]].then [[spoiler:Tony himself]].
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* AnyoneCanDie: After Tony [[spoiler:kills Alberto]], [[spoiler:people Tony cares about start dropping like flies]], and then [[spoiler:[[The Hero Dies Tony himself]]]].
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* AnyoneCanDie: After Tony [[spoiler:kills Alberto]], [[spoiler:people Tony cares about start dropping like flies]], and then [[spoiler:[[The then[[TheHeroDies [[spoiler:The Hero Dies Tony himself]]]].
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* AnyoneCanDie: After Tony [[spoiler:kills Alberto]], [[spoiler:people Tony cares about start dropping like flies]], and then [[spoiler:Tony himself]].
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* AnyoneCanDie: After Tony [[spoiler:kills Alberto]], [[spoiler:people Tony cares about start dropping like flies]], and then [[spoiler:Tony himself]].[[spoiler:[[The Hero Dies Tony himself]]]].
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** Hector referred to Tony as "Car'e Cicatriz" which is Spanish for "Scar Face."
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** Hector referred to Tony as [[TitleDrop "Car'e Cicatriz" which is Spanish for "Scar Face.""]]
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Tony [[WouldHitAGirl slapping Gina]] would shock many viewers, but machismo is deeply rooted in Hispanic culture. It's why Manny barely reacts when he witnesses this.
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* FirstNameUltimatum: Tony's mom only ever calls him "Antonio".
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** Tony's mom only ever calls him"Antonio"."Antonio".
** Manny is referred to as "Manolo" whenever things get serious.
** Tony's mom only ever calls him
** Manny is referred to as "Manolo" whenever things get serious.
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* CompositeCharacter: The character of Tony Montana in the movie "Scarface" was based on a combination of fictional and real-life individuals. Here are the real people and fictional characters who influenced the creation of Tony Montana:
** Al Capone: Tony Montana's character is partly based on Al Capone, the notorious American gangster and boss of the Chicago Outfit. Capone's rise to infamy and his involvement in various criminal activities served as inspiration for the character of Tony Montana.
** Tony Camonte: The 1932 film "Scarface" starring Paul Muni featured a character named Tony Camonte, who was based on Al Capone. Tony Montana's character was also influenced by Tony Camonte.
** Tony Guarino: The character of Tony Guarino from the 1929 novel, which the 1932 film was based on, was a loose fictionalization of Al Capone. Tony Montana's character can be traced back to Tony Guarino.
** Al Capone: Tony Montana's character is partly based on Al Capone, the notorious American gangster and boss of the Chicago Outfit. Capone's rise to infamy and his involvement in various criminal activities served as inspiration for the character of Tony Montana.
** Tony Camonte: The 1932 film "Scarface" starring Paul Muni featured a character named Tony Camonte, who was based on Al Capone. Tony Montana's character was also influenced by Tony Camonte.
** Tony Guarino: The character of Tony Guarino from the 1929 novel, which the 1932 film was based on, was a loose fictionalization of Al Capone. Tony Montana's character can be traced back to Tony Guarino.
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* PrepareToDie: Tony when he kills Alberto.
--> '''Tony:''' You die, motherfucker!
--> '''Tony:''' You die, motherfucker!
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* AnimalMetaphor: Tony has a pet tiger that is meant to symbolize Elvira.
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* RedIsViolent: Tony is wearing red when he stabs Rebenga.
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* BigNo: Frank gives out several of these just seconds before [[spoiler:Manny shoots him in the face]].
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As the sound dulls while Tony is shown to be eyeing Elvira for the first time in Frank's apartment, Manny can be heard going on in a low voice to Frank, talking about how the girl sitting on the bed during the botched drug deal with Hector at the motel looked like a "witch".
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* KilledOffscreen:
** You can see [[spoiler:Ernie]] being garroted by the assassins, but it cuts away just before he gets killed.
** [[GoryDiscretionShot We do not see [[spoiler:Angel]] being slaughtered with a chainsaw.]]
** You can see [[spoiler:Ernie]] being garroted by the assassins, but it cuts away just before he gets killed.
** [[GoryDiscretionShot We do not see [[spoiler:Angel]] being slaughtered with a chainsaw.]]
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* LeaveNoWitnesses: Sosa has Omar Suarez killed after presumably discovering that he was a [[TheMole police informant]] in order to keep himself clean, then commissions Tony to attempt to kill a journalist who is trying to take down his cocaine empire, then after the Journalist survives and makes his speech at the UN, has Tony himself killed in retaliation for fucking up the hit and letting the journalist live.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Zigzagged. Tony Montana is shown to be not-so-bad when he refuses to make a hit that will involve children in the collateral and pays for it when Sosa orders him killed. But he also kills his best friend and sister's future husband.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact:
** Jerry the banker updates Tony on the various government agencies cracking down on drug money and the need for further discretion. He's also the only character other than Sosa who can shield Tony from a tax evasion charge, so Tony's refusal to pay him his dues effectively dooms him.
** Rebenga's military torturer background, along with his killing of Frank Lopez's brother are what get him targeted for termination by Lopez, who conscripts Tony and Manny to kill Rebenga, thus allowing the latter two and their friends to get their hands on green cards so as to have free passage into the United States, and also go into business with Lopez's drug empire. Also, his murder is used as leverage by Mel Bernstein to extort Tony and his friends later on.
** Jerry the banker updates Tony on the various government agencies cracking down on drug money and the need for further discretion. He's also the only character other than Sosa who can shield Tony from a tax evasion charge, so Tony's refusal to pay him his dues effectively dooms him.
** Rebenga's military torturer background, along with his killing of Frank Lopez's brother are what get him targeted for termination by Lopez, who conscripts Tony and Manny to kill Rebenga, thus allowing the latter two and their friends to get their hands on green cards so as to have free passage into the United States, and also go into business with Lopez's drug empire. Also, his murder is used as leverage by Mel Bernstein to extort Tony and his friends later on.
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Tony sabotaging his assassination attempt on a reporter leaves his criminal acts exposed. Whether or not he escapes or faces prosecution is not confirmed before the film ends, but [[TakingYouWithMe he makes damn sure that Tony goes down]] no matter what happens to him.]]
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* BloodIsSquickerInWater: [[spoiler:Tony Montana]]'s death.
* BoringInsult: After Tony Montana makes it big, his wife Elvira tells him he's become boring because all he talks about is money.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Alejandro Sosa tells Tony Montana that his colleague Omar Suarez is a police informant. Sosa hands Montana binoculars so he can watch Suarez being thrown from a helicopter with a rope around his neck.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Tony Montana is shot a number of times through the torso. As he is currently high on cocaine, it just makes him angry.
* PleaseWakeUp: [[spoiler:Tony and Gina]] in the end. Though Tony's world was crashing down, and he'd just done about a kilo of cocaine.
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Tony's mother when he briefly reunites with her and offers her and his sister some money he had gotten... from less than honest ways.
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* ScarsAreForever: Tony Montana from has a scar across his right eye from a knife fight as a kid.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Tony's mother when he briefly reunites with her and offersher her
and his sister some money he had gotten... from less than honest ways.
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* TattooedCrook: While it wasn't as obvious as the other examples, Tony Montana has a tattoo on his hand showing that he was in prison.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Gina tells Tony that got married with Manny.
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* LoveAtFirstSight: After laying eyes on Gina for the first time, Manny tells Tony she's beautiful and wonders why Tony never mentioned her.
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* ForcedToWatch: Tony is cuffed to a shower pole and force to watch [[spoiler:Angel get dismembered with a chainsaw]].
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* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler:Tony's moral code against killing women and children is what leads to his death.]]
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* TheExile: Tony and Manny. The movie begins with them and a bunch of other criminals being exiled from Cuba.
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* DeadlyEuphemism: Tony tells Bernstein he's getting him a first class ticket to the resurrection.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: After killing [[spoiler:Angel]], [[spoiler:Hector]] tries to kill Tony and is shot several times by Manny but [[MadeOfIron survives and manages to escape the building]]. Tony runs outside, catches him up to him, and [[BoomHeadshot shoots him in the head]], much to the shock of several bystanders.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: After killing [[spoiler:Angel]], [[spoiler:Hector]] tries to kill Tony and is shot several times by Manny but [[MadeOfIron survives and manages to escape the building]]. Tony runs outside, catches him up to him, and [[BoomHeadshot shoots him in the head]], much to the shock of several bystanders. To them it looks like a ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination, but it is actually a revenge shooting that just happened to be in public.
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* AnImmigrantsTale: Tony Montana is an illegal immigrant who was exiled from Cuba and arrives in Miami, Florida.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Tony shows up at his mother's house in a fancy suit, not thinking this will raise suspicion as to how he got that the money to buy that as an illegal immigrant.
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Manny's reaction to being told by Tony to stay out of the Siedelbaum negotiation.
-->'''Manny:''' What the fuck are you talking about, okay? I'm your partner, okay? You're not gonna trust me with that kind of thing, who the fuck you're gonna trust?
-->'''Manny:''' What the fuck are you talking about, okay? I'm your partner, okay? You're not gonna trust me with that kind of thing, who the fuck you're gonna trust?
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* DrugsAreBad: Everything starts going downhill for Tony when he starts [[GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply getting high on his own supply]].
* DyingAlone: [[spoiler:Tony gets shot in the back after losing everything and descending to madness trying to stay in power]]. Shortly before that, [[spoiler:he picks up the phone on his office desk for a moment, then sets it back down. There's nobody left to call: Manny and Gina are dead, Frank is dead, Sosa wants him killed, his mother has disowned him, and Elvira has left him for good. Tony has absolutely nobody left.]]
* DyingAlone: [[spoiler:Tony gets shot in the back after losing everything and descending to madness trying to stay in power]]. Shortly before that, [[spoiler:he picks up the phone on his office desk for a moment, then sets it back down. There's nobody left to call: Manny and Gina are dead, Frank is dead, Sosa wants him killed, his mother has disowned him, and Elvira has left him for good. Tony has absolutely nobody left.]]
