History Film / TheSuicideSquad

* CursedWithAwesome: Polka-Dot Man was given a superpower that causes him to grow glowing polka-dots under his flesh that he has to expel at least twice a day. He's incredibly depressed.

** Polka-Dot Man and his siblings were subjected to cruel experiments by their own mother, who wanted to create her own superheroes. He is one of the few test subjects who survived the process. Not only is he CursedWithAwesome by the interdimensional virus inside him, but the experience left him so traumatized that he has frequent hallucinations of his mother.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: [[spoiler:Starro the Conqueror says, through one of their {{meat puppet}}s: "This! City! Is! Mine!"]]

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** Peacemaker is portrayed by the handsome John Cena, who gets to show off his muscular physique with a rather tight shirt, and has an entire scene where he stands in his underwear. Even his spinoff series set shortly after this film lampshades this! "Just because you're handsome doesn't mean you're not a piece of shit murderer "

** Peacemaker is portrayed by the handsome John Cena, who gets to show off his muscular physique with a rather tight shirt, and has an entire scene where he stands in his underwear.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Zig-zagged. While this movie embraces its comic book roots far more than its predecessor, the stakes and dark themes featured here are actually more in line with the source material with its [[{{Gorn}} ramped up gore]], the higher emphasis on [[SpyFiction covert military operations]] and [[WarIsHell the true cost of war]], and firmly sticking to its AnyoneCanDie precedent. [[spoiler:By the time the credits roll, only Bloodsport, Harley, Ratcatcher, and King Shark are still standing, which starkly contrasts to the previous Squad movie seeing a large majority of its cast surviving to the end.]]

* DestructoNookie: [[spoiler:Harley and Luna]] destroy a good part of the priceless artifacts in the room where they have sex. They also set the floor on fire thanks to a carelessly knocked over candelabra.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: While everyone in the movie is morally gray at best, the movie consistently draws a moral line at WouldHurtAChild. Harley [[spoiler:immediately shoots and kills Luna despite being incredibly drawn to him]] when he notes he's willing to hurt his enemies' families. Waller's support staff can't even comprehend the idea that Waller would intentionally endanger Bloodsport's daughter just to coerce him onto the team. Rick's decision [[spoiler:to turn rogue and try to expose the US's involvement in Project Starfish]] is explicitly based in how they hurt children along with adults, something even [[spoiler:Peacemaker, despite trying to cover it up,]] is disgusted by. Flow's decision to [[spoiler:knock out Waller and coerce the support staff to assist the team in stopping Starro's rampage]] is explicitly reasoned by how all the kids on Corto Maltese will be killed. The easiest way in the movie to determine which villain is sympathetic and which isn't is based on whether they're okay with hurting children.

* IdiotBall: Instead of immediately pumping Harley full of lead after she [[spoiler: killed Silvio Luna (y'know, the ''leader of the country she's in''),]] his men instead opt to chain her up in a room with only one guard keeping watch. Naturally, she kills him (and many other soldiers) and escapes.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Zigzagged with the Corto Maltese army. They often miss their shots when aiming and firing at Task Force X but they were able to gun down Blackguard, Javelin, TDK, and Milton. King Shark in particular does get hit with bullets but his skin is so thick that the bullets just bounce off of him. In one case during the Jotunheim entrance fight scene, rain is falling down so heavily that it negatively affects the accuracy of the soldiers, as Bloodsport lampshades.

* MisplacedWildlife: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_lion_tamarin Golden lion tamerins]] are native to a tiny part of southern Brazil and would be unlikely to be found in the island nation of Corto Maltese.

* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler:TDK's power is hilarious. But when he's completely helpless, writhing and screaming, it's very upsetting]].

* NakedFirstImpression: Harley first meets President Luna after he emerges from his hot tub in a speedo. [[FemaleGaze She doesn't seem to mind much.]]

* NonHumanSidekick: Ratchatcher's pet rat Sebastian, who wears clothes, attempts to befriend her squadmates (with varying success), and warns them when [[spoiler:King Shark attempts to eat her]].

* OfCourseISmoke: After being arrested, Bloodsport bums a cigarette off one of his captors and leans forward for the man to light it because his hands are cuffed behind his back. While smoking, he gets into a conversation with the soldier. This is part of plan to stage an escape, and after the guards are neutralized, he spits out the cigarette with a disgusted look on his face and mutters "I don't smoke".
* OneWomanArmy: Harley basically slaughters an entire barracks of soldiers all by herself. This occurrs a short time after she suffered a long torture session.

* SoundtrackDissonance: Harley carving a bloody path through the prison guards to the accompaniment of Louis Prima's upbeat "Just A Gigolo."

* TooKinkyToTorture

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Bloodsport is disgusted and afraid when Ratcatcher II summons thousands of rats to corner King Shark, having suffered a traumatic experience with rats in his youth. Ratcatcher II is sympathetic to this though, and even shields Bloodsport during the final fight.

* IncrediblyLamePun: One of the rat actors playing Sebastian was named Crisp Ratt after actor Creator/ChrisPratt.

* CharacterDevelopment: Harley's time away from the Joker has clearly done her some good. She rejects Luna's advances for his similarity to her murderous ex, shows genuine affection for Captain Boomerang, Javelin, and Flag, and shows genuine gratefulness for the Squad's attempt to rescue her.

* IdiotBall: Instead of immediately pumping Harley full of lead after she [[spoiler: killed Silvio Luna (y'know, the ''leader of their country''),]] his men instead opt to chain her up in a room with only one guard keeping watch. Naturally, she kills him (and many other soldiers) and escapes.

* DwindlingParty: [[spoiler:Ultimately, barring TheStinger survivors of Weasel and Peacemaker, the only survivors of the Corto Maltese mission are Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Ratcatcher II, and King Shark/Nanaue.]]