History WebVideo / Chroma

* AluminumChristmasTrees: In Episode 3, Karim criticizes Highlander 2 for going for the cliché "CorruptCorporateExecutive trying to monopolize a vital resource" plot and says it never happens in real life. Well this kind of people do exist, as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_electricity_crisis California electricity crisis]] proves it, to Karim's shock.

* ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'', an apparently GenreBusting movie about a family stumbling into a village full of hostile goblins.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: [[invoked]] The ''Film/Troll2'' review starts with a mention of ''Casa 5'', from the same director, and a long and confusing list of films that have similar names and [[DolledUpInstallment serial numbers]] without being related to each other. He later notes that ''Film/Troll2'' isn't a sequel to ''Film/{{Troll}}'' either. And then the list continues.

* ''Film/{{Carnosaur}}'': A B horror film about a MadScientist who recreates dinosaurs from chickens.

** {{Invoked}} for ''Film/{{Signs}}'', where Karim and Kamel are indentical in everything... except their opinion about the film. Karim thinks the film fails because he forcefully passes plot devices as "divine signals", which can fool the characters but not the viewers. Kamel points out that nothing in the film actually proves that the aliens are hostile, and that the characters who perceive divine signals might just as well be completely wrong; but the viewer is still led into adopting their point of view.

-->"Peter Jackson’s Brain Dead had to be rename Dead Alive for its release, not to be confused with Dead or Alive, Dead or Alive, Dead or Alive 2, Dead or Alive Final, Wanted Dead or Alive − the film not the series −, Wanted - Dead or Alive, Hell’s Fury: Wanted Dead or Alive, Dinosaurs Dead or Alive, Hitler: Dead or Alive, Alive or Dead, More Dead than Alive, The Dead are Alive, or Dead or Alive."

* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: In the last episode, despite the disappearance of all the great movies from existence, Karim makes a lengthy speech about the roots of cinematography but when he says that as long as there are people to go watch movies and talk about them, whatever the film, cinema will continue to exist from the most disgusting crap to the ultimate masterpiece and...

** In episode 2, when Karim mentions that a staff member's name is a pseudonym, Morvan doesn't react even though the word threw him into a panic in episode 1, hinting that he's already been replaced by the Pseudonym.

* The Loony Mustached Operator (or "Mustache Gilles"), also from universe 1.

* BrickJoke: In the first episode, Jérémy mentions the "Pseudonyms", undefined monsters that "drink your blood and replace it with urine". A few episodes later, [[spoiler:alternate-universe Gilles and Jérémy]] are shown to bleed urine.[[note]]It's a pun on the French expression "pisser le sang" ("to piss blood" i.e to bleed heavily), inverted in "saigner de la pisse" ("to bleed piss")[[/note]]

* CerebusSyndrome: after Episode 5, the plot thickens from pure gags to an overarching plot which influences the video themselves.

* ConflictBall: Everyone in the crew picks it in the first episode where Karim headbutting Jérémy out of frustration at his lack of seriousness leads to a lengthy gratuitous fight among the crew plus another man named Professor Kung-Fu.
* DarkReprise: The 8th episode opens with pseudonym!Jérémy singing a slowed-down, disturbingly ominous version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNI9falAtqY Allô, allô, monsieur l'ordinateur.]]

* DisposingOfABody: In the last episode, [[spoiler: the corrupted Jérémie is shot in the head by the other Jérémie, leading to an epilogue where the crew goes to a farm to cut up the body and throw the pieces in a river]].
* TheDitz: Jérémy Morvan, the microphone holder, is this.
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: [[invoked]] Creator/FrancoisTruffaut's famous quote is mentionned in the ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' review to point out that the film is very fast paced and yet, contrary to ''Film/Scarface1983'', does not end with an epic battle and an iconic death, but with the protagonist leading the kind of mundane and boring life he didn't want, thus avoiding that pitfall to an extent.

** Jérémy keeps acting like a clown on the inaugural episode of Chroma, and Karim berates him for that, eventually headbutting him.
** Jérémy farting onscreen in Episode 5 shocks and offends everyone so much they receive a letter from the government asking to censor it.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Episode 3, which places an emphasis on Canon, features Jérémy and Gilles acting out of character. It foreshadows the fact that they are merely alternate selves of the original crew belonging to a parallel universe.

* MagicAIsMagicA: In Episode 3, Karim criticizes the film for not obeying the clear established rules of the previous movie, saying that it takes the spectator apart from the movie, and is a sign of disrespect.

* RetGone: Alternate Jérémy and Gilles make good movies vanish from existence in Karim's universe, so the crew and supposedly everyone forgets about their existence.

** In episode 1, Jeremy off-handedly mentions that Pseudonyms "drink your blood and replace it by urine" (which sounds like just a throwaway joke but becomes a plot point later on).
** In episode 2, when Karim mentions that a staff member's name is a pseudonym, Jérémy doesn't react even though the word threw him into a panic in episode 1, hinting that he's already been replaced by the Pseudonym.

** In episode 5, Jérémy has a bandage on his right hand; turns out he's actually a Pseudonym and was wounded in a fight against Morvain (who was BoundAndGagged during the episode).
** In episode 11, you can see the movie posters in the background gradually disappearing as Mustache Gilles and Jérémy keep erasing good films from existence (and since "all films are linked", some films disappearing means that others never get made). In episode 12, as Karim and Gilles start remembering good movies, the posters also start reappearing.
* SequelHook: The last scene of the final episode features the Moustached Gilles appearing in the frame.

* AlanSmithee[[invoked]]: Karim [[spoiler: in reality Kamel]] mentions Alan Smithee, a pseudonym directors can use to disguise their work on a rejected or bad movie.

* CensoredForComedy: The film's countless product placements and Kamel's {{Precision F Strike}}s are censored by a melodica note and a blurring machine in the ''Film/MacAndMe'' review. Of course, by the end the blurring machine breaks and Kamel asks the melodica man to stop it already.

* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Karim and Kamel are alternate selves, but both a movie buffs. However when Kamel mentions stuff like Film/{{ET}}, Karim doesn't even know who Steven Spielberg is. [[spoiler: Turns out alternate Jérémy and Gilles are somehow erasing good movies from existence, leading to Karim and the whole world ot remember that they even existed.]]
* RedFilterOfDoom: In Episode 8, the introductory features the alternate Jérémy erasing many movies from existence in a room, the whole scene being filtered in red.

* RewatchBonus: For all its silliness, the show’s plotline actually contains quite a bit of foreshadowing and subtle referencing that becomes more obvious in retrospect, such as Kamel Debbiche not saying his name at the start of the third episode (hinting that he’s not Karim Debbache), or Jeremy off-handedly mentioning in the first episode that Pseudonyms "drink your blood and replace it by urine" (which sounds like just a throwaway joke but becomes a plot point later on).
* SequelHook: The last scene of the final episode features the alternate Gilles appearing in the frame.

* SpiritualSequel: To ''Crossed''. Or '''prequel''', since Kamel explains his presence to Karim by saying that his backstory could become source material for a sequel.

* RewatchBonus: For all its silliness, the show’s plotline actually contains quite a bit of foreshadowing and subtle referencing that becomes more obvious in retrospect, such as Kamel Debbiche not saying his name at the start of the third episode (hinting that he’s not Karim Debbache), or Jeremy off-handedly mentioning in the first episode that Peudonyms "drink your blood and replace it by urine" (which sounds like just a throwaway joke but becomes a plot point later on).

* MistakenForRacist: In episode 10, Karim faces the Cerberus, who’s dressed as a policeman, only for the latter to ask "papers, please". Karim is visibly pissed, thinking the policeman is controlling him because he looks Arabic[[note]]face-based identity controls are an actual and serious problem in France[[/note]], while it was actually a riddle. As Kamel figures out, the policeman was asking to see not his "papiers" (papers) but his "pas-pieds" (not-feet), meaning his hands.

* MistakenForRacist: In episode 10, Karim faces the cave’s guardian, who’s dressed as a policeman, only for the latter to ask "papers, please". Karim is visibly pissed, thinking the policeman is controlling him because he looks Arabic[[note]]face-based identity controls are an actual and serious problem in France[[/note]], while it was actually a riddle. As Kamel figures out, the policeman was asking to see not his "papiers" (papers) but his "pas-pieds" (not-feet), meaning his hands.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Karim point out that in ''Film/{{Knock Off}}'', Van Damme's character, a simple jeans salesman, is able to hold his own against the Russian mafia, the Hong Kong triad, the CIA and even some fruit seller.

* ItsALongStory: Jérémy holds the evil Gilles at gunpoint. Karim asks how he got a Beretta, and when Jérémy says the stocdkc phrase, Karim just tells him to continue. Jérémy proceeds to recite his whole colorful life, getting sidetracked for so long the evil Gilles escapes when they were distracted by Jérémy's speech.

* ''Film/KnockOff'': a convoluted action movie by Tsui Hark starring Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.

--> A good film is a film that uses pertinently [[CameraTricks the tools specific to the moving pictures medium]].

* AlanSmithee: Karim [[spoiler: in reality Kamel]] mentions Alan Smithee, a pseudonym directors can use to disguise their work on a rejected or bad movie.

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''Chroma'' is a French WebVideo series hosted by Karim Debbache acting as the SpiritualSequel of ''WebVideo/{{Crossed}}'', during which Karim once again talks about movies and cinema in general. The first season was made between January 2016 and May 2017, each episode focusing on a different movie and delivering a particular message or food for thought about cinema.

Funded popularly on Ulule, Chroma got a budget of a whooping 200,000€, allowing the show to have more special effects, a completely redesigned setting for the show, and creating an overarching plot besides the movies each episode is focused on.

The first (and so far only) season is complete with 12 episodes:

* ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'', an apparently GenreBusting movie about a family stumbling into a village full of hostile goblins.
--> What is a (bad/good) film?
* ''Film/{{Rollerball}}'' (the 2002 remake), an action movie featuring a Dystopia in which an ordinary hero participates in the eponymous sport.
--> All films are political.
* ''Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening'': the much-reviled sequel of Film/{{Highlander}}.
--> A fictional film has a [[WorldBuilding diegesis]].
* ''Film/{{Signs}}'': the science-fiction movie from Creator/MNightShyamalan featuring a family living an apparent alien invasion.
--> Films are screens. And [[AlternateAesopInterpretation we are the projectors]].
* ''Film/ParanormalActivity'': a ''found footage'' movie featuring a couple harassed by a malicious spirit.
--> A good film is a film that uses pertinently [[CameraTricks the tools specific to the moving pictures medium]].
* ''Film/MacAndMe'': a ripoff of Film/{{ET}}.
--> The meaning of a film shouldn't be altered by [censored] [[EnforcedPlug monetary reasons]].
* ''Film/{{Vidocq}}'': a French DetectiveDrama featuring the famous inspector.
--> Just because a film is [[StylisticSuck unpleasant to look at]] doesn't mean it's a failure.
* ''Film/KnockOff'': a convoluted action movie by Tsui Hark starring Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.
--> The movies we love say a lot about who we are.
* ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNight'': a 1984 SlasherMovie where the killer is dressed as Santa.
--> In a film, it is very hard to [[PoesLaw make a difference]] between what's descriptive and what's prescriptive.
* ''{{Film/Gremlins}}'': The famous movie from Creator/JoeDante where the eponymous creature wreak havoc on a suburban town.
-->Cinema is a collective art.
* ''{{Film/Goodfellas}}'': The iconic gangster film from Creator/MartinScorsese.
-->All films are linked together.
* ''Film/{{Carnosaur}}'': A B horror film about a MadScientist who recreates dinosaurs from chickens.
-->Cinema has no birth date.
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!Tropes found in ''Chroma''

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Karim saw Knockoff so many times on [=DVD=] that he describes the [=DVD=] as "sharp as a fucking razor". When thrown, it can slice through someone's cheek and get stuck on the head.
* AgentScully: Karim acknowledges that this trope can be used to help the audience accept the supernatural explanation by making the down to Earth explanation increasingly unlikely, but he criticizes its use in ''Film/{{Signs}}'' (where the policewoman is just being a dick about it) and ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' (where Micah ''does'' believe there is something supernatural going on, but [[ArbitrarySkepticism doesn't trust demonologists]] and [[BullyingADragon does his best to antagonize the demon]]).
* AlienBlood: The evil Gilles has yellow transparent blood instead of red blood, betraying his inhuman nature.
* AlanSmithee: Karim [[spoiler: in reality Kamel]] mentions Alan Smithee, a pseudonym directors can use to disguise their work on a rejected or bad movie.
* AlternateAesopInterpretation:
** {{Invoked}} for ''Film/{{Signs}}'', where Karim and Kamel are indentical in everything... except their opinion about the film. Karim thinks the film fails because he forcefully passes plot devices as "divine signals", which can fool the characters but not the viewers. Kamel points out that nothing in the film actually proves that the aliens are hostile, and that the characters who perceive divine signals might just as well be completely wrong; but the viewer is still led into adopting their point of view.
** Mocked in the review for ''Film/MacAndMe''. When Jeremy starts doing the same thing with the aliens from the movie, theorizing they were evil, Karim openly calls it bullshit and somewhat racist.
* AlternateUniverse: Different parallel universes are featured, the one Karim lives in being apparently devoid of Creator/StevenSpielberg.
* AluminumChristmasTrees: In Episode 3, Karim criticizes Highlander 2 for going for the cliché "CorruptCorporateExecutive trying to monopolize a vital resource" plot and says it never happens in real life. Well this kind of people do exist, as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_electricity_crisis California electricity crisis]] proves it, to Karim's shock.
* AnAesop: Each of Chroma's episode contains one in relation with the movie the episode is about.
* ArcWelding: Each episode of Chroma not only focuses on a movie, but also presents an overarching plot in which the greatest movies ever made are [[RetGone disappearing from existence]] and similar movies of far worse quality have become notorious in their place.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Karim point out that in ''Film/{{Knock Off}}'', Van Damme's character, a simple jeans salesman, is able to hold his own against the Russian mafia, the Hong Kong triad, the CIA and even some fruit seller.
** In the final episode, we can see that [[spoiler:Jérémy Morvain]] is wanted for murder, extraction-injection of piss for blood in a body, and theft of a book in a library.
* BadFuture: In Episode 7, a portrait of Orson Welles shows Karim a future where good movies have disappeared, resulting in everyone having bad taste, wearing ridiculous outfits or cracking bad jokes.
* BaitAndSwitch: The seventh review starts with Creator/OrsonWelles telling Karim to review [[Film/CitizenKane a film that revolutionized cinematic techniques, where the titular character dies early on and where we learn what happened through flashbacks recounted by people who knew him.]] Karim proceeds to review ''Film/{{Vidocq}}''.
* BrickJoke: In the first episode, Jérémy mentions the "Pseudonyms", undefined monsters that "drink your blood and replace it with urine". A few episodes later, [[spoiler:alternate-universe Gilles and Jérémy]] are shown to bleed urine.[[note]]It's a pun on the French expression "pisser le sang" ("to piss blood" i.e to bleed heavily), inverted in "saigner de la pisse" ("to bleed piss")[[/note]]
* BullyingADragon: Karim mocks the tendency of Micah in ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' to deliberately antagonize the supernatural presence in his house in a sketch where Jeremy is playing a threatening demon who is being bullied by Gilles like he's a little kid.
* CallBack: The stoic cop saying "papers, please" was already a recurring character in ''WebVideo/{{Crossed}}''.
* TheCameo:
** Several of Karim's friends appear in episode 6, notably the WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier, whose own episodes Karim is writing.
** Episode 3 features a vocal one from famous French voice actor Daniel Beretta (better known as the voice of Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger).
* CensoredForComedy: The film's countless product placements and Kamel's {{Precision F Strike}}s are censored by a melodica note and a blurring machine in the ''Film/MacAndMe'' review. Of course, by the end the blurring machine breaks and Kamel asks the melodica man to stop it already.
* CerebusSyndrome: after Episode 5, the plot thickens from pure gags to an overarching plot which influences the video themselves.
* CloudCuckooLander: Jérémy Morvan. In Episode 5, he shows glimpses of his appartment and day to day life, with emphasis on his hippopotamus and tiger slippers.
* ConflictBall: Everyone in the crew picks it in the first episode where Karim headbutting Jérémy out of frustration at his lack of seriousness leads to a lengthy gratuitous fight among the crew plus another man named Professor Kung-Fu.
* DarkReprise: The 8th episode opens with pseudonym!Jérémy singing a slowed-down, disturbingly ominous version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNI9falAtqY Allô, allô, monsieur l'ordinateur.]]
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Karim always refers to the demon in the ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' review as some variant of "the devilish demon from infernal hell".
* DisposingOfABody: In the last episode, [[spoiler: the corrupted Jérémie is shot in the head by the other Jérémie, leading to an epilogue where the crew goes to a farm to cut up the body and throw the pieces in a river]].
* TheDitz: Jérémy Morvan, the microphone holder, is this.
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: [[invoked]] Creator/FrancoisTruffaut's famous quote is mentionned in the ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' review to point out that the film is very fast paced and yet, contrary to ''Film/Scarface1983'', does not end with an epic battle and an iconic death, but with the protagonist leading the kind of mundane and boring life he didn't want, thus avoiding that pitfall to an extent.
* DreamIntro: Episode 7 begins with Karim dreaming of a portrait of Orson Welles goading him into talking about a good movie for change. Karim proceeds to talk about Vidocq while we were led into thinking he'd talk about ''Film/CitizenKane''.
* DudeNotFunny:
** Jérémy keeps acting like a clown on the inaugural episode of Chroma, and Karim berates him for that, eventually headbutting him.
** Jérémy farting onscreen in Episode 5 shocks and offends everyone so much they receive a letter from the government asking to censor it.
* DullSurprise: Discussed in the ''Film/{{Signs}}'' review, which seems to be a contest of who can act the least. Not the worst, just... the least.
-->'''Karim:''' "...Yes? Ah, sorry, it seems Creator/MelGibson has crashed. Can someone reboot him? Quick, he's starting to have flashbacks!"
* TheEndingChangesEverything: A lot of twists happens near the end of each episode, changing the persective of what's been happening during it.
* EvilTwin: The alternate Jérémy and Gilles are apparently up to no good, making good movies disappear.
* ExecutiveMeddling: [[invoked]] Discussed by Karim in Episode 2, 6 and 8. It has a tendency to ruin the movies of competent film directors, ruining the original intention and alienating said directors from the producer in the first place. Karim theorizes that ''Knock Off'' is a mockery of Hollywood.
* {{Fanboy}}: Karim doesn't even tried to hide he's a huge one for Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme, and spends a long sequence gushing about his badassery in ''Knock Off''.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Horrible monsters able to replace someone' blood with piss are lurking around. Their names? Pseudonyms. Downplayed as he word isn't cute sounding but doesn't sound threatening either.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Episode 3, which places an emphasis on Canon, features Jérémy and Gilles acting out of character. It foreshadows the fact that they are merely alternate selves of the original crew belonging to a parallel universe.
* ImNotDoingThatAgain: In the ''Troll 2'' review, he notes that the only way to be scared by the film would be "to watch it on a smartphone, chased by twenty hungry wolves." Before adding "And that's something I'll never do again."
* ImpaledPalm: In Episode 10, the Cerberus shoots a bullets through his hand the second he shows his [=ID=].
* ItsALongStory: Jérémy holds the evil Gilles at gunpoint. Karim asks how he got a Beretta, and when Jérémy says the stocdkc phrase, Karim just tells him to continue. Jérémy proceeds to recite his whole colorful life, getting sidetracked for so long the evil Gilles escapes when they were distracted by Jérémy's speech.
* MagicAIsMagicA: In Episode 3, Karim criticizes the film for not obeying the clear established rules of the previous movie, saying that it takes the spectator apart from the movie, and is a sign of disrespect.
* MotorMouth: As a succesor of ''WebVideo/{{Crossed}}'', Karim Debbache's fast elocution is par for the course.
* MultipleEndings: Highlander 2 has two endings, making Karim [[spoiler: (Kamel in reality)]] realize that the movie had a chaotic production, lifting some of the blame he's had for it.
* PoliceBrutality: Even though the Cerberus' legitimity as a policeman is questionable, the tropes is invoked when he coldly asks "Papers, please" and then shoots through Karim's hands.
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Karim and Kamel are alternate selves, but both a movie buffs. However when Kamel mentions stuff like Film/{{ET}}, Karim doesn't even know who Steven Spielberg is. [[spoiler: Turns out alternate Jérémy and Gilles are somehow erasing good movies from existence, leading to Karim and the whole world ot remember that they even existed.]]
* RedFilterOfDoom: In Episode 8, the introductory features the alternate Jérémy erasing many movies from existence in a room, the whole scene being filtered in red.
* RetGone: Alternate Jérémy and Gilles make good movies vanish from existence in Karim's universe, so the crew and supposedly everyone forgets about their existence.
* SequelHook: The last scene of the final episode features the alternate Gilles appearing in the frame.
* SimilarlyNamedWorks: [[invoked]] The ''Film/Troll2'' review starts with a mention of ''Casa 5'', from the same director, and a long and confusing list of films that have similar names and [[DolledUpInstallment serial numbers]] without being related to each other. He later notes that ''Film/Troll2'' isn't a sequel to ''Film/{{Troll}}'' either. And then the list continues.
* SpeakInUnison: Karim and his alternate self Kamel do that occasionally, even quoting [[Manga/DragonBall Gogeta]] together to bond.
* SpiritualSequel: To ''Crossed''. Or '''prequel''', since Kamel explains his presence to Karim by saying that his backstory could become source material for a sequel.
* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: In the last episode, despite the disappearance of all the great movies from existence, Karim makes a lengthy speech about the roots of cinematography but when he says that as long as there are people to go watch movies and talk about them, whatever the film, cinema will continue to exist from the most disgusting crap to the ultimate masterpiece and...
-->'''Karim''': And everyone wins.
-->'''Kamel''': But if everyone wins, no one loses!
-->'''Karim''': Bingo!
-->'''Kamel''': Then, we won!
-->'''Karim''': Tringo!
-->'''Kamel''': Cool! Let's party ''(cue everyone partying)''
* TheReveal: Episode 3 reveals the existence of parallel universes, allowing Karim Debbache to converse with an alter-ego, Kamel Debbiche.
* ToiletHumor: Jérémy tells Karim to say "Truck", only for him to fart. This is so bad [[SarcasmMode it offends someone who posts on Twitter]].
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Funded popularly on Ulule, Chroma disposes of a budget of a whooping 200,000€, allowing the show to be an example of SequelEscalation, having more special effects, a completely redesigned setting for the show, and creating an overarching plot besides the movies each episode is focused on.

''Chroma'' is a French WebVideo series hosted by Karim Debbache acting as the SpiritualSequel of ''WebVideo/{{Crossed}}'', during which Karim once again talks about movies and cinema in general. A first season debuted in January 2016, and is scheduled for 12 episodes, each focusing on a different movie and delivering a particular message or food for thought about cinema.

--> What is a [[SoBadItsGood (bad/good)]] film?

--> [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical All films are political.]]
* ''Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening'': the [[{{Sequelitis}} much-reviled sequel]] of Film/{{Highlander}}.

--> The movies we love say a lot about [[WhatYouAreInTheDark who we are]].

* {{Fanboy}}: Karim doesn't even tried to hide he's a huge one for JeanClaudeVanDamme, and spends a long sequence gushing about his badassery in ''Knock Off''.

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: [[invoked]] Creator/FrancoisTruffaut's famous quote is mentionned in the ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' review to point out that the film is very fast paced and yet, contrary to ''Film/{{Scarface}}'', does not end with an epic battle and an iconic death, but with the protagonist leading the kind of mundane and boring life he didn't want, thus avoiding that pitfall to an extent.

* In the final episode, we can see that [[spoiler:Jérémy Morvain]] is wanted for murder, exchanging blood with piss in a body, and stealing a book in a library.