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* TheEndOrIsIt: The novel ends with another Triad boss arriving in New York from Hong Kong to replace Joey Tai.
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-->'''Joey Tai:''' Let no motherless fuck ever raise his head again between us.
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* DecapitationPresentation: When the Burmese guerillas tell Joey Tai that they'd rather stick with their established contact White Powder Ma, Joey plants Ma's head on the table.


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* RapeAsDrama: Tracy Tzu is raped in her own home by three Triad youths, in a clear attempt to [[IfIWantedYouDead break her without killing her]].
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A 1985 American neo-noir crime thriller directed by Creator/MichaelCimino that follows a police detective (Creator/MickeyRourke) investigating a series of murders of gang leaders.

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A 1985 American neo-noir crime thriller directed by Creator/MichaelCimino Creator/{{Michael Cimino|Director}} that follows a police detective (Creator/MickeyRourke) investigating a series of murders of gang leaders.
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* RuthlessForeignGangsters: The Triads are an all-Chinese criminal group that are touted in the movie as especially dangerous, moreso than other ethnic gangs.

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* RuthlessForeignGangsters: The Triads are an all-Chinese criminal group that are touted in the movie Stanley regards as especially dangerous, moreso than other ethnic gangs.
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* ADeadlyAffair: Stanley's position as head crime fighter against the Triads, coupled with his close involvement and affair with Tracy, causes Connie to be murdered during a retaliatory attempt on Stanley's life.

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* ADeadlyAffair: Stanley's Stanley White's position as head crime fighter against the Triads, coupled with his close involvement and affair with Tracy, causes Connie to be murdered during a retaliatory attempt on Stanley's life.



* AwfulWeddedLife: Stanley White's homelife and marriage both appear to be full of negative drama and not far from collapsing. Conveniently, he soon hooks up with a Chinese woman and his wife is killed by Chinese men.

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* AwfulWeddedLife: Stanley White's Stanley's homelife and marriage both appear to be full of negative drama and not far from collapsing. Conveniently, he soon hooks up with a Chinese woman and his wife is killed by Chinese men.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Stanley is racist, and obsesses over race and ethnicity in nearly every situation.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Stanley is racist, uses crude racist language, and obsesses over race and ethnicity in nearly every situation.

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* ADeadlyAffair: Stanley's position as head crime fighter against the Triads, coupled with his close involvement and affair with Tracy, causes Connie to be murdered during a retaliatory attempt on Stanley's life.



* DeadlyAffair: Stanley's position as head crime fighter against the Triads, coupled with his close involvement and affair with Tracy, causes Connie to be murdered during a retaliatory attempt on Stanley's life.
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* DeadlyAafair: Stanley's position as head crime fighter against the Triads, coupled with his close involvement and affair with Tracy, causes Connie to be murdered during a retaliatory attempt on Stanley's life.

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* DeadlyAafair: DeadlyAffair: Stanley's position as head crime fighter against the Triads, coupled with his close involvement and affair with Tracy, causes Connie to be murdered during a retaliatory attempt on Stanley's life.

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