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* DownerEnding: Although the real Son Of Sam is arrested, Vinny loses [[spoiler:his girlfriend Dionna for his infidelities and Richie's friendship because he brought his friends to kill him believing that he's the killer]]. Vinny tries unsuccessfully to apologize for the mistake.
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* DownerEnding: Although the real Son Of Sam is arrested, Vinny loses [[spoiler:his girlfriend wife Dionna for his infidelities and Richie's friendship because he brought his friends to kill him believing that he's the killer]]. Vinny tries unsuccessfully to apologize for the mistake.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Woodstock's rationale for Reggie Jackson being the Son of Sam -- "What kind of guns does the killer use? 44 caliber, right? What's Reggie's number? 44." The others are dismissive of this.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: InsaneTrollLogic : Woodstock's rationale for Reggie Jackson being the Son of Sam -- "What kind of guns does the killer use? 44 caliber, right? What's Reggie's number? 44." The others are dismissive of this.
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* SatanicPanic: Everyone is convinced that the Son of Sam is a Satan worshipper, and so they go to increasingly desperate lengths to figure out who would be a Satanist, utilizing stereotypes from the then-ongoing panic. For this reason, they settle on punk rocker Richie.
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* AllGaysArePedophiles: When Vinnie's "friends" are trying to convince him that Richie is the Son of Sam killer, they bring up the fact that he's [[FauxYay at a minimum gay for pay][, which they take to mean gay anyway, and treat being 'gay" as synonymous with being a pervert and serial killer.
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* AllGaysArePedophiles: When Vinnie's "friends" are trying to convince him that Richie is the Son of Sam killer, they bring up the fact that he's [[FauxYay at a minimum gay for pay][, pay]], which they take to mean gay anyway, and treat being 'gay" as synonymous with being a pervert and serial killer.
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* AllGaysArePedophiles: When Vinnie's "friends" are trying to convince him that Richie is the Son of Sam killer, they bring up the fact that he's [[FauxYay at a minimum gay for pay][, which they take to mean gay anyway, and treat being 'gay" as synonymous with being a pervert and serial killer.
* DramaticIrony: Even if the audience isn't aware that David Berkowitz is the Son of Sam, the movie reveals early that he is and it's not Richie.
* EmpathicEnvironment: During the Son of Sam killings, tempers flare and spiral out into violence during an intense HeatWave.
* EmpathicEnvironment: During the Son of Sam killings, tempers flare and spiral out into violence during an intense HeatWave.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: While not necessarily evil, Brian and Joey are exceptionally mean to a lot of people, yet Joey loves his daughter and Brian speaks fondly of his mother.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: While not necessarily evil, Brian and Joey are exceptionally mean to a lot of people, yet [[VillainousParentalInstinct Joey loves his daughter daughter]] and [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Brian speaks fondly of his mother.]]
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* HeatWave: Everyone is dressed for summer.
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* HeatWave: Everyone is dressed for summer.summer, as it's set during the 1970s heatwave.
* HellHound: A non-supernatural version. Son of Sam sees a big black dog telling him to kill.
* HellHound: A non-supernatural version. Son of Sam sees a big black dog telling him to kill.
* InsaneEqualsViolent: SerialKiller Son of Sam is shown HearingVoices that tell him to kill, especially, in one case, from a dog.
* PredatoryProstitute: Discussed. One of the ways Vinnie changes his mind about Richie's innocence is upon finding out that Richie is a stripper (especially [[AllGaysArePedophiles for men]]). But Richie is, in fact, not the killer.
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* RomanceAndSexualitySeparation: Vinny is too locked into his Madonna/whore complex to have good sex with his wife, and cheats on her frequently.
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* RomanceAndSexualitySeparation: Vinny is too locked into his Madonna/whore complex MadonnaWhoreComplex to have good sex with his wife, and cheats on her frequently.
* SelfDeprecation: By way of a CastingGag. In his CreatorCameo, Creator/SpikeLee plays a journalist from a news station who goes to the predominantly black neighborhood of Bed-Stuy. He's accosted by a woman who accuses him of [[BoomerangBigot hating other black people]] and not having any interest in them to suit white audiences.
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* TakeAThirdOption: When Vinny and Richie are confronted in a restaurant because of Richie's punk rock attire, they are given the options of either leaving peacefully (which is unlikely) or getting in a fist fight with the other patrons. Instead, Richie breaks a bottle over ''his own head'', which confuses and scares everyone enough to defuse the situation.
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* TakeAThirdOption: When Vinny and Richie are confronted in a restaurant because of Richie's punk rock attire, they are given the options of either leaving peacefully (which is unlikely) or getting in a fist fight fistfight with the other patrons. Instead, Richie breaks a bottle over ''his own head'', which confuses and scares everyone enough to defuse the situation.
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* DownerEnding: Although the real Son Of Sam is arrested, Vinny loses [[spoiler:his girlfriend Dionna for his infidelities]] and Richie's friendship because [[spoiler:he brought his friends to kill him believing that he's the killer]]. Vinny tries unsuccessfully to apologize for the mistake.
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* DownerEnding: Although the real Son Of Sam is arrested, Vinny loses [[spoiler:his girlfriend Dionna for his infidelities]] infidelities and Richie's friendship because [[spoiler:he he brought his friends to kill him believing that he's the killer]]. Vinny tries unsuccessfully to apologize for the mistake.
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* RatedMForManly: This movie is the antithesis of a 'chick flick.'
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* DeathBySex: Averted, Vinny and Dionna attend an orgy, yet get home safely.
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* ActorAllusion: John Leguizamo played [[Film/SuperMarioBros an Italian-American New Yorker at least once before.]]
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* ActorAllusion: John Leguizamo played [[Film/SuperMarioBros [[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 an Italian-American New Yorker at least once before.]]
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* SpinningPaper: Used for the first part of the closing credits - the major cast and crew are named as part of newspaper headlines.
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* TheVoice: Creator/JohnTurturro provides the voice of the dog the Son of Sam thinks is ordering him to kill.
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* ActorAllusion: John Leguizamo played [[Film/SuperMarioBros an Italian-American at least once before.]]
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* ActorAllusion: John Leguizamo played [[Film/SuperMarioBros an Italian-American New Yorker at least once before.]]
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* ActorAllusion: John Leguizamo played [[Film/SuperMarioBros an Italian-American at least once before.]]
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* VigilanteMilitia: Joey and his buddies incompetently try to deduce who the Son of Sam killer might be and spend a lot of time threatening and searching innocent people who they suspect for petty reasons. They nearly kill one of them before hearing the real killer has been caught.
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* VigilanteMilitia: Joey and his buddies incompetently try to deduce who the Son of Sam killer might be and spend a lot of time threatening and searching innocent people who they suspect for petty reasons. They [[spoiler:They nearly kill one of them before hearing the real killer has been caught.caught]].
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* TheUnfought: True to real life, Son of Sam is eventually found and caught by the police. The characters who've been been trying to catch him throughout the movie never even encounter the man, instead wasting their time accusing, [[spoilers:and nearly killing]] a former friend of theirs whose new punk attire freaks them out.
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* TheUnfought: True to real life, Son of Sam is eventually found and caught by the police. The characters who've been been trying to catch him throughout the movie never even encounter the man, instead wasting their time accusing, [[spoilers:and [[spoiler:and nearly killing]] a former friend of theirs whose new punk attire freaks them out.
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* TheUnfought: True to real life, Son of Sam is eventually found and caught by the police. The characters who've been been trying to catch him throughout the movie never even encounter the man, instead wasting their time accusing, [[spoilers:and nearly killing]] a former friend of theirs whose new punk attire freaks them out.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: The guys are convinced Richie is gay due to his punk rocker image.
** Richie has sexual encounters with men for money, so he's at least gay for pay or bisexual.
** Richie has sexual encounters with men for money, so he's at least gay for pay or bisexual.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: The guys are convinced Richie is gay due to his punk rocker image.
**image. Richie has is shown to have sexual encounters with men for money, so he's at least gay for pay gay-for-pay or bisexual.
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