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* CoolGuns: A LOT. In fact we can even say it's TheMovie.
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[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No, really.]]

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[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer [[SincerityMode No, really.]]
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* VillainousValor: Hertz may have a load of reprehensible character traits but cowardice isn't one of them. He joins his men on all the raids, faces down Smith with no fear even after seeing how capable he is and never backs down or tries to flea from danger despite being an ordinary middle-aged man.

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* VillainousValor: Hertz may have a load of reprehensible character traits but cowardice isn't one of them. He joins his men on all the raids, faces down Smith with no fear even after seeing how capable he is and never backs down or tries to flea flee from danger despite being an ordinary middle-aged man.
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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy : Like the rest of this movie it's cranked up to 11 - ''and that's if they're able to fire at all.'' Lampshaded when Go-To-Guy claims he was only trying to scare Smith into surrendering. Smith snarks back that it explains why he's such a lousy shot.

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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy : ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Like the rest of this movie it's cranked up to 11 - ''and that's if they're able to fire at all.'' Lampshaded when Go-To-Guy claims he was only trying to scare Smith into surrendering. Smith snarks back that it explains why he's such a lousy shot.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Smith and Hertz. Smith is more deadpan and Hertz is more snarky.



* DeadpanSnarker: Smith and Hertz. Smith is more deadpan and Hertz is more snarky.

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* {{Determinator}}: Most obviously shown when Smith [[spoiler: takes down the BigBad and TheDragon, ''after they break all his fingers, with nothing more than a handful bullets set off by fire.'']]

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* {{Determinator}}: Most obviously shown when Smith [[spoiler: takes down the BigBad and TheDragon, ''after they break all his fingers, with nothing more than a handful of bullets set off by fire.'']]


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* DiesWideOpen: Oliver's mother.
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* ImperiledInPregnancy: The film begins with a heavily pregnant woman being pursued by a hitman. Smith intervenes to protect her and deliver her baby, though the mother is killed in the crossfire shortly after giving birth. The other two surrogate mothers are KilledOffscreen along with their unborn children.
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* CharacterTic: As explained in the commentary, ''every'' character in the movie has at least one small quirk that sets them apart from the other characters, from Smith's carrots, to the Lone Man's constant gun-polishing. Hell, even the little old lady who runs the pawn shop, from whom Smith and DQ buy bullets and a bullet-proof respectively, has a thing for watches.

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* CharacterTic: As explained in the commentary, ''every'' character in the movie has at least one small quirk that sets them apart from the other characters, from Smith's carrots, to the Lone Man's constant gun-polishing. Hell, even the little old lady who runs the pawn shop, from whom Smith and DQ buy bullets and a bullet-proof vest respectively, has a thing for watches.



* {{Determinator}}: Most obviously shown when Smith [[spoiler: takes down the BigBad and TheDragon, ''after they break all his fingers, with nothing more than five bullets set off by fire.'']]

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* {{Determinator}}: Most obviously shown when Smith [[spoiler: takes down the BigBad and TheDragon, ''after they break all his fingers, with nothing more than five a handful bullets set off by fire.'']]



* DumbwaiterRide: DQ's made a quick escape in a descending dumbwaiter during the penthouse shootout scene.

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* DumbwaiterRide: DQ's made DQ makes a quick escape in a descending dumbwaiter during the penthouse shootout scene.



* FailsafeFailure: Thumbprint scanners on all of Hertz's guns. Smith simply [[BorrowedBiometricBypass hacks off a mook's hand]] and points the gun with it.

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* FailsafeFailure: Thumbprint scanners on all of Hertz's guns. Smith simply [[BorrowedBiometricBypass hacks off a mook's hand]] and points unlocks the gun with it.



* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Do we need to tell you? Averted for the [[DeathOfAChild two other babies]].

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* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Do we need to tell you? Averted for the [[DeathOfAChild two other babies]]. Eventually; Smith hides Oliver and DQ inside a tank, after giving them instructions for getting out of town. Then he goes and shoots more people, obviously.



* RunningGagged: The running gag of Hertz's wife calling him hits is end [[spoiler:in the final act, when Hertz (who ironically is mortally wounded courtesy of Smith) gets a call from his wife telling him she is going to divorce him.]]

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* RunningGagged: The running gag of Hertz's wife calling him hits is its end [[spoiler:in the final act, when Hertz (who ironically is mortally wounded courtesy of Smith) gets a call from his wife telling him she is going to divorce him.]]



* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Smith is the most moral man in the entire story and the only man Donna throughout the movie Donna is shown to actually be attracted to.

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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Smith is the most moral man in the entire story and the only man Donna throughout the movie Donna is shown to actually be attracted to.



* UnconventionalFoodUsage: The film starts with a shot of Mr. Smith eating carrots, establishing his preference of the vegetable. A minute later, Smith uses ''another'' carrot to kill a mobster by jamming the carrot into his victim's throat, and somewhere in the second act of the film Smith killed yet another mook with a carrot... via EyeScream.

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* UnconventionalFoodUsage: The film starts with a shot of Mr. Smith eating carrots, establishing his preference of the vegetable. A minute later, Smith uses ''another'' carrot to kill a mobster by jamming the carrot into his victim's throat, and somewhere in the second act of the film Smith killed yet another mook with a carrot... via EyeScream. Then he finishes the film by using a carrot in place of his broken trigger finger.

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* CleanPrettyChildbirth: The mystery woman Smith rescues delivers her baby with a great loss of blood afterwards. The child is covered in blood from the birth but in the next instant, he is wiped clean of the blood and afterbirth by Smith.



* FanDisservice:
** A woman's exposed breasts are titillating. A dead lactating woman's breasts? Not so titillating.
** DQ servicing an adult male client roleplaying as a baby with DQ's breast milk dripping from his mouth.



* ForcedMiscarriage: DQ confesses to Smith that her pimp hit her in the stomach, causing her baby to be stillborn.



** DQ throws a cup of hot coffee in Hertz's lap when he attempts to sexually assault her.



* ItIsDehumanizing: Smith addresses the baby he is protecting as "It". DQ tells him not to call the baby an "It". Smith says that the baby is simply an "It" to him as a means to avoid emotional attachment.



* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: "What were you doing in there?" "Cleaning my gun." "...Oh, really?" The man in question is polishing his gun for most of the film. Literally, though.
** In the commentary track, it is suggested that the reason he's always cleaning his gun is because he uses it for... stuff. Yeah, non-gun-related activities.

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* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: "What were you doing in there?" "Cleaning my gun." "...Oh, really?" The man in question is polishing Smith sees the senator's go-to guy coming out of a bathroom stall wiping his gun for most clean with a hand towel and sarcastically accuses him of doing this since he took so long doing so in the film. Literally, though.
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bathroom stall. The senator's go-to guy insists that he is suggested actually cleaning his automatic weapon. Though it's heavily implied that the reason he's always cleaning his gun is because he uses it for... stuff. Yeah, for...non-gun-related activities.activities.


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* NaughtyNuns: A prostitute that tries to stop Smith from intruding the brothel to look for DQ is roleplaying as a nun and she wears a revealing outfit that has her backside exposed to the audience.


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** Smith decides to name the baby Oliver after ''Oliver Twist''. Not just because he is an orphan but because Smith likes the book.
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* RunningGag:
** Hertz being called by his wife in the middle of all the murder and mayhem.
** Smith constantly asking "do you know what I hate?" when he sees something that annoys him (like ponytails and [[ParkingPayback people who park on handicapped spaces]]), usually [[PreAssKickingOneLiner as a prelude to doing something about it through violence]].
* RunningGagged: The running gag of Hertz's wife calling him hits is end [[spoiler:in the final act, when Hertz (who ironically is mortally wounded courtesy of Smith) gets a call from his wife telling him she is going to divorce him.]]
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* CantStopTheSignal: Discussed, attempted, and averted: Smith [[RunningGag hates]] that [[GenreSavvy in movies the good guys rarely do this]] and thus he contacts every major news service in the country to try to release the complot's existence. The aversion comes the scene right after Smith explains this, in which the Lone Man casually mentions to Hertz that [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections he used his connections]] to strong-arm everybody into keeping quiet.
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* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: "What were you doing in there?" "Cleaning my gun." "...Oh, really?" The man in question is polishing his gun for most of the film. Literally, though.
** In the commentary track, it is suggested that the reason he's always cleaning his gun is because he uses it for... stuff. Yeah, non-gun-related activities.
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* CoitusUninterruptus: Smith guns down a few mooks in the process of having sex with Donna. [[BondOneLiner "Talk about shooting your load."]]

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* CoitusUninterruptus: Smith guns down a few mooks in the process of having sex with Donna. [[BondOneLiner "Talk about shooting your load."]]"]] And really, we need to make this clear: Smith is having sex with Donna. They are attacked by mooks with guns. Smith engages in a firefight ''and doesn't stop having sex with Donna''. She stays wrapped around his waist the entire time as he bounces around the room, killing bad guys.
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* PregnantBadass: A {{Downplayed}} example with Oliver's mother who manages to evade her attempted killer reasonably well considering she's in active labour and likely almost fully dilated. She also tries to shoot him but misses, but still, points for attempting.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: "What were you doing in there?" "Cleaning my gun." "...Oh, really?" The man in question is polishing his gun for most of the film. Literally, though.
** In the commentary track, it is suggested that the reason he's always cleaning his gun is because he uses it for... stuff. Yeah, non-gun-related activities.
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It can also be described more-or-less accurately as an R-rated live-action WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon. No, seriously: Smith and Hertz's feud in the film is explicitly likened to Bugs' iconic feud with WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd, with Smith even spending much of the movie [[TrademarkFavoriteFood munching on carrots]] (which the filmmakers confirmed as a deliberate ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' reference). Yeah: it's that kind of movie.

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It can also be described more-or-less accurately as an R-rated live-action WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon. No, seriously: Smith and Hertz's feud in the film is explicitly likened to Bugs' iconic feud with WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd, with Smith even spending much of the movie [[TrademarkFavoriteFood munching on carrots]] (which carrots]]--which the filmmakers confirmed as a deliberate ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' reference). Yeah: it's reference.

Yeah... It's
that kind of movie.

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