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* GutturalGrowler: Boogie has a ridiculously deep voice that matches his stereotypical 90s anti-hero parody.
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* FormerlyFat: Marcia was morbidly obese before becoming a beautiful and attractive woman.
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The titular Boogie "The Oily" is a private investigator, hitman and ex-Vietnam veteran in a crime-infested city, ruled over by local kingpin Boss Sonny Calabria. After a run-in with Sony's girlfriend Marcia, Boogie ends up being assigned to escort Marcia -- who had turned against Calabria -- to testify on a trial on the Boss. Boogie reluctantly agrees to the fee of 1 million, but soon enough he finds himself knee-deep against hordes and hordes of killers, including a vicious mercenary named Blackburn.

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The titular Boogie "The Oily" is a private investigator, hitman and ex-Vietnam veteran in a crime-infested city, ruled over by local kingpin Boss Sonny Calabria. After a run-in with Sony's Sonny's girlfriend Marcia, Boogie ends up being assigned to escort Marcia -- who had turned against Calabria -- to testify on a trial on the Boss. Boogie reluctantly agrees to the fee of 1 million, but soon enough he finds himself knee-deep against hordes and hordes of killers, including a vicious mercenary named Blackburn.



* AllForNothing: Yeah, the lengthy, climactic chase scene? With Boogie speeding like crazy to reach the courthouse in time, getting a few thousand cops pursuing him in the process? It doesn't mean jack, because [[spoiler: after delivering Marcia right on time to testify against Sony Calabria, turns out Calabria had stationed a few dozen mooks in the courthouse to prevent the testimonial from happening, and as soon as Marcia testifies, cue all the mooks firing their guns in every direction to massacre everybody in the courthouse]]. At which point Boogie, who's still nearby, decides to settle things the only way he knows how -- GunsAkimbo!

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* AllForNothing: Yeah, the lengthy, climactic chase scene? With Boogie speeding like crazy to reach the courthouse in time, getting a few thousand cops pursuing him in the process? It doesn't mean jack, because [[spoiler: after delivering Marcia right on time to testify against Sony Sonny Calabria, turns out Calabria had stationed a few dozen mooks in the courthouse to prevent the testimonial from happening, and as soon as Marcia testifies, cue all the mooks firing their guns in every direction to massacre everybody in the courthouse]]. At which point Boogie, who's still nearby, decides to settle things the only way he knows how -- GunsAkimbo!



** Sony Calabria is clearly a parody of both [[Film/TheGodfather Don Vito Corleone]] and Creator/JoePesci's characters;

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** Sony Sonny Calabria is clearly a parody of both [[Film/TheGodfather Don Vito Corleone]] and Creator/JoePesci's characters;



* HotPursuit: Exaggerated in the final chase where Boogie is racing across the streets to reach the courthouse within 5 minutes, so that Marcia can testify against Sony Calabria. But with Boogie speeding like crazy along the way, he soon ends up being pursued by what appears to be a few hundred cop cars (the film shows audiences a [[OverlyLongGag fifteen-second stream of police vehicles]]) accompanied by five or six choppers, many which Boogie blows up and crashes in the process.

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* HotPursuit: Exaggerated in the final chase where Boogie is racing across the streets to reach the courthouse within 5 minutes, so that Marcia can testify against Sony Sonny Calabria. But with Boogie speeding like crazy along the way, he soon ends up being pursued by what appears to be a few hundred cop cars (the film shows audiences a [[OverlyLongGag fifteen-second stream of police vehicles]]) accompanied by five or six choppers, many which Boogie blows up and crashes in the process.



* MisterBig: Sony Calabria the kingpin, who is also the GreaterScopeVillain of the picture... barely stood up to most of the other characters' waistlines. And yet he spends the entire film barking orders and bossing his mooks around.

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* MisterBig: Sony Sonny Calabria the kingpin, who is also the GreaterScopeVillain of the picture... barely stood up to most of the other characters' waistlines. And yet he spends the entire film barking orders and bossing his mooks around.



* RaceAgainstTheClock: The final scene where Boogie must deliver Marcia to court, in order for her to testify against the kingpin Sony Calabria, all within five minutes. Cue Boogie [[DrivesLikeCrazy driving like a madman]] attracting what appears to be a few hundred police cars in pursuit.

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* RaceAgainstTheClock: The final scene where Boogie must deliver Marcia to court, in order for her to testify against the kingpin Sony Sonny Calabria, all within five minutes. Cue Boogie [[DrivesLikeCrazy driving like a madman]] attracting what appears to be a few hundred police cars in pursuit.



** Receives a CallBack in the form of a BrickJoke, as in the finale [[spoiler: Marcia offs Sony Calabria... by whacking him to death using the same heel]].

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** Receives a CallBack in the form of a BrickJoke, as in the finale [[spoiler: Marcia offs Sony Sonny Calabria... by whacking him to death using the same heel]].



* TookALevelInBadass: Marcia in the final shootout, once she gets a dropped gun. From a DamselInDistress for most of the film? Suddenly she's taking names and performing executions, killing mobsters and policemen alike, [[spoiler: culminating in her beating Sony Calabria to death with her heels]].
* TookALevelInKindness: Downplayed. Despite not losing his sociopathic behavior, Boogie starts feeling guilty after trading Marcia in to Calabria and decides to go back and rescue her while helping her to go to the trial.

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* TookALevelInBadass: Marcia in the final shootout, once she gets a dropped gun. From a DamselInDistress for most of the film? Suddenly she's taking names and performing executions, killing mobsters and policemen alike, [[spoiler: culminating in her beating Sony Sonny Calabria to death with her heels]].
* TookALevelInKindness: Downplayed. Despite not losing his sociopathic behavior, Boogie starts feeling guilty after trading Marcia in to Calabria and decides to go back and rescue her while helping escorting her to go to the trial.

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** The titular protagonist is very similar to [[ComicBook/SinCity Marv]] in term of appearance but he's a chauvinistic prick as opposed to the former's vow to not beat women;

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** The titular protagonist is very similar to [[ComicBook/SinCity Marv]] in term of appearance but he's a chauvinistic prick as opposed to the former's latter's vow to not beat women;


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* TookALevelInKindness: Downplayed. Despite not losing his sociopathic behavior, Boogie starts feeling guilty after trading Marcia in to Calabria and decides to go back and rescue her while helping her to go to the trial.
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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Boogie has no problem killing a dog just because it chased him while driving.


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* ButtMonkey: Marcia is constantly victim of physical and verbal abuse by Boogie.


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* ClusterFBomb: It's rare a dialogue without any kind of profanities, including the f-word.


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* {{Expy}}:
** The titular protagonist is very similar to [[ComicBook/SinCity Marv]] in term of appearance but he's a chauvinistic prick as opposed to the former's vow to not beat women;
**Sony Calabria is clearly a parody of both [[Film/TheGodfather Don Vito Corleone]] and Creator/JoePesci's characters;
** One of Calabria's mooks has an uncanny resemblance to [[Franchise/{{Hitman}} Agent 47]], complete with bald head, black suit and red necktie.


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* FormerlyFat: Marcia was morbidly obese before becoming a beautiful and attractive woman.


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* GutturalGrowler: Boogie has a ridiculously deep voice that matches his stereotypical 90s anti-hero parody.


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* PrecisionFStrike: Marcia lets out an F-bomb during the final shootout.


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* RageAgainstTheReflection: Blackburn smashes a mirror after seeing his disfigured face.
* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: [[spoiler: Boogie does this right before the end]].


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* StrawMisogynist: Boogie doesn't even bother to hide his chauvinistic views on women. And there's one line that emphasizes this:
-->'''Marcia''': "Boogie? Do you want me to drive?"
-->'''Boogie''': "There are only two places for women: [[StayInTheKitchen The kitchen]] and the bed."


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* TestosteronePoisoning: The animated film in question is full of gore, sexy women and a very manly psychotic protagonist.
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* AntiHero: Boogie, the private investigator and hitman, who swears, slaps women around, doesn't bat an eye at civilian casualties or CollateralDamage, shoots his ''own nanny'' for annoying him, blows up his ex-girlfriend for (rightfully) dumping him, shoots policemen whom were doing their jobs, beats up senior citizens without a single care, and... wait a minute, he's supposed to be the good guy?

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* AntiHero: Boogie, the private investigator and hitman, who swears, slaps women around, doesn't bat an eye at civilian casualties or CollateralDamage, shoots his ''own nanny'' commit many questionable acts. However, he has some redeeming quality, such as after trading Marcia in to Calabria, Boogie starts feeling guilty, and decides to go back and rescue Marcia. He decides to bring her to the trial, that was waiting for annoying him, blows up his ex-girlfriend for (rightfully) dumping him, shoots policemen whom were doing their jobs, beats up senior citizens without a single care, and... wait a minute, he's supposed to be her testimony, and crosses the good guy?country at high speed.
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* HeKNowsTooMuch: Boogie himself name-drops this line after shooting Auntie Sue, his ''own nanny'', for revealing to Marcia that Boogie is a naughty 8-year-old. Have we mentioned this hero is a dick?

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* HeKNowsTooMuch: HeKnowsTooMuch: Boogie himself name-drops this line after shooting Auntie Sue, his ''own nanny'', for revealing to Marcia that Boogie is a naughty 8-year-old. Have we mentioned this hero is a dick?
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* HotPursuit: Taken UpToEleven in the final chase where Boogie is racing across the streets to reach the courthouse within 5 minutes, so that Marcia can testify against Sony Calabria. But with Boogie speeding like crazy along the way, he soon ends up being pursued by what appears to be a few hundred cop cars (the film shows audiences a [[OverlyLongGag fifteen-second stream of police vehicles]]) accompanied by five or six choppers, many which Boogie blows up and crashes in the process.

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* HotPursuit: Taken UpToEleven Exaggerated in the final chase where Boogie is racing across the streets to reach the courthouse within 5 minutes, so that Marcia can testify against Sony Calabria. But with Boogie speeding like crazy along the way, he soon ends up being pursued by what appears to be a few hundred cop cars (the film shows audiences a [[OverlyLongGag fifteen-second stream of police vehicles]]) accompanied by five or six choppers, many which Boogie blows up and crashes in the process.
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: When Marcia asks Boogie if there was an important woman in his life, he replies, "Besides my mother?" It could indicate that his mother is one of the few people he appreciates

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* KnifeNut: Blackburn favors using curved knives as his WeaponOfChoice, which he keeps concealed underneath his sleeves. He can even launch these knives while attached on RazorFloss on bracelets, turning them into an instant BladeOnARope.


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* PsychoKnifeNut: Blackburn favors using curved knives as his favoured weapons, which he keeps concealed underneath his sleeves. He can even launch these knives while attached on RazorFloss on bracelets, turning them into an instant BladeOnARope.
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The titular Boogie "The Oily" is a private investigator, hitman and ex-Vietnam veteran in a crime infested city, ruled over by local kingpin Boss Sonny Calabria. After a run-in with Sony's girlfriend Marcia, Boogie ends up being assigned to escort Marcia -- who had turned against Calabria -- to testify on a trial on the Boss. Boogie reluctantly agrees to the fee of 1 million, but soon enough he finds himself knee-deep against hordes and hordes of killers, including a vicious mercenary named Blackburn.

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The titular Boogie "The Oily" is a private investigator, hitman and ex-Vietnam veteran in a crime infested crime-infested city, ruled over by local kingpin Boss Sonny Calabria. After a run-in with Sony's girlfriend Marcia, Boogie ends up being assigned to escort Marcia -- who had turned against Calabria -- to testify on a trial on the Boss. Boogie reluctantly agrees to the fee of 1 million, but soon enough he finds himself knee-deep against hordes and hordes of killers, including a vicious mercenary named Blackburn.



!!Boogie contain examples of:

* AffectionateParody: Towards the suave, cool, PrivateDetective badass, as well as FilmNoir and HeroicBloodshed in general. The titular hero appears as one of these, but he's anything but heroic (beating up senior citizens and not giving a single shits on civilian casualties and collateral damage) and definitely NOT cool (he burps, farts, and beats up women). Every single onscreen death are PlayedForLaughs, without a single dramatic moment in between, and somehow it works...
* AllForNothing: Yeah, the lengthy, climatic chase scene? With Boogie speeding like crazy to reach the courthouse in time, getting a few thousand cops pursuing him in the process? It doesn't mean jack, because [[spoiler: after delivering Marcia right on time to testify against Sony Calabria, turns out Calabria had stationed a few dozen mooks in the courthouse to prevent the testimonial from happening, and as soon as Marcia testifies, cue all the mooks firing their guns in every direction to massacre everybody in the courthouse]]. At which point Boogie, who's still nearby, decides to settle things the only way he knows how -- GunsAkimbo!

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!!Boogie contain !!''Boogie'' contains examples of:

* AffectionateParody: Towards the suave, cool, PrivateDetective badass, as well as FilmNoir and HeroicBloodshed in general. The titular hero appears as one of these, but he's anything but heroic (beating up senior citizens and not giving a single shits on civilian casualties and collateral damage) and definitely NOT cool (he burps, farts, and beats up women). Every single onscreen death are is PlayedForLaughs, without a single dramatic moment in between, and somehow it works...
* AllForNothing: Yeah, the lengthy, climatic climactic chase scene? With Boogie speeding like crazy to reach the courthouse in time, getting a few thousand cops pursuing him in the process? It doesn't mean jack, because [[spoiler: after delivering Marcia right on time to testify against Sony Calabria, turns out Calabria had stationed a few dozen mooks in the courthouse to prevent the testimonial from happening, and as soon as Marcia testifies, cue all the mooks firing their guns in every direction to massacre everybody in the courthouse]]. At which point Boogie, who's still nearby, decides to settle things the only way he knows how -- GunsAkimbo!
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* ArchEnemy: Boogie and Blackburn hates each other's guts, and the entire film is a massive buildup to their final confrontation.


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* BackToBackBadasses: Boogie and [[spoiler: Marcia]] in the final courtroom shootout.
* BadDate: The flashback date between Boogie and his ex, Sonya. It begins with Boogie denying to lend Sonya his lighter for a smoke, leading to Boogie hurling his lighter into her ''eye'', and then Sonya leaves in a huff... only to be blown up by Boogie for shits and giggles.


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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Most of the onscreen kills delivered by Boogie and Blackburn would have killed a normal person many, many times over.
* ToiletHumor: When Marcia's mother meets Boogie.
--> '''Marcia's mom''': Hi, Boogie...
--> '''Boogie''': (lets out a HUGE fart at mom's direction, without even making eye contact)
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''Boogie, el aceitoso'' is a 2009 Argentine adult-orientated animated film based on the Roberto Fontanarrosa comic of the same name, directed by Gustavo Cova.

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''Boogie, el aceitoso'' is a 2009 Argentine adult-orientated animated film based on the Roberto Fontanarrosa Creator/RobertoFontanarrosa comic of the same name, directed by Gustavo Cova.

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* BottomlessMagazines: Boogie's guns never seem to run out of ammo. Except for dramatic reasons, that is.



--> '''Boogie''': Well, she asked for a light.

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--> '''Boogie''': [[DeadlyEuphemism Well, she asked for a light.light]].


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* DieChairDie: In the hotel fight, as Blackburn takes cover behind a couch, Boogie then utterly ''destroys'' said couch by emptying his dual pistols into it.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} If you're looking for a hero, try ANOTHER movie]]! ]]

''Boogie, el aceitoso'' is a 2009 Argentine adult-orientated animated film based on the Roberto Fontanarrosa comic of the same name, directed by Gustavo Cova.

The titular Boogie "The Oily" is a private investigator, hitman and ex-Vietnam veteran in a crime infested city, ruled over by local kingpin Boss Sonny Calabria. After a run-in with Sony's girlfriend Marcia, Boogie ends up being assigned to escort Marcia -- who had turned against Calabria -- to testify on a trial on the Boss. Boogie reluctantly agrees to the fee of 1 million, but soon enough he finds himself knee-deep against hordes and hordes of killers, including a vicious mercenary named Blackburn.

This was notably the first 3D animated movie made in Argentina and Latin America. And it's NOT for kids.

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!!Boogie contain examples of:

* AffectionateParody: Towards the suave, cool, PrivateDetective badass, as well as FilmNoir and HeroicBloodshed in general. The titular hero appears as one of these, but he's anything but heroic (beating up senior citizens and not giving a single shits on civilian casualties and collateral damage) and definitely NOT cool (he burps, farts, and beats up women). Every single onscreen death are PlayedForLaughs, without a single dramatic moment in between, and somehow it works...
* AllForNothing: Yeah, the lengthy, climatic chase scene? With Boogie speeding like crazy to reach the courthouse in time, getting a few thousand cops pursuing him in the process? It doesn't mean jack, because [[spoiler: after delivering Marcia right on time to testify against Sony Calabria, turns out Calabria had stationed a few dozen mooks in the courthouse to prevent the testimonial from happening, and as soon as Marcia testifies, cue all the mooks firing their guns in every direction to massacre everybody in the courthouse]]. At which point Boogie, who's still nearby, decides to settle things the only way he knows how -- GunsAkimbo!
* AnArmAndALeg: Most of Blackburns' onscreen kills end up losing limbs, with a geyser of blood accompanying, since Blackburn ''loves'' using knives for killing.
* AntiHero: Boogie, the private investigator and hitman, who swears, slaps women around, doesn't bat an eye at civilian casualties or CollateralDamage, shoots his ''own nanny'' for annoying him, blows up his ex-girlfriend for (rightfully) dumping him, shoots policemen whom were doing their jobs, beats up senior citizens without a single care, and... wait a minute, he's supposed to be the good guy?
* AtopAMountainOfCorpses: Boogie on the above poster. In the film itself, he's depicted in this manner after the hotel shootout and a war flashback, while his immediate rival, Blackburn, had another during the DeathMontage.
* BlackComedy: All over the place. Beating up senior citizens? Tricking a kid to ring the doorbell of a mobster's den and getting shredded by bullets into process? A little girl getting blown up by [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Tinkerbell wielding a Grenade Launcher]]? All PlayedForLaughs.
* BloodierAndGorier: Compared to the original comic (which is in black and white) at least. The gore in this animated adaptation isn't measured in buckets, it's measured in entire silos.
* BloodKnight: Boogie and Blackburn both '''loves''' bloodshed a bit too much. Especially the former.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: The film's final scene, where Boogie, having the time of his life in an unspecified South American warzone, points his M16 at the audience:
--> '''Boogie''': There's some for you too! [SmashToBlack]
* BrickJoke: The film's opening scene had Boogie scamming a young black boy to ring the doorbell of a mobster's den, getting the boy killed (hilariously) in the process. In a later scene in Marcia's apartment when Boogie gobbles up leftover food from Marcia's fridge, the boy can be briefly seen as a FaceOnAMilkCarton.
* CarBomb: The fate of Sonya, Boogie's ex-girlfriend, in a trap ''activated by Boogie himself''. Why? She dumped him, that's why. Have we mentioned Boogie is a lover of the DisproportionateRetribution trope? (well, not yet anyway, but see a few more lines below)
--> '''Boogie''': Well, she asked for a light.
* DavidVersusGoliath: Inverted example, but our "hero" ('''cough''') is the huge, imposing, oversized Boogie, with the main villain being the smaller, faster and much more nimble Blackburn. Their fights in fact mostly revolves around Blackburn zipping all over the place around Boogie, while Boogie tries to catch Blackburn to take him down.
* DesecratingTheDead: [[spoiler: In their final fight, Boogie, pissed off that Blackburn had ''accidentally'' impaled his own head with those knives, then empties both pistols into Blackburn's head]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Delivered by the titular asshole, erm, hero, throughout. Annoying him? Talking at the wrong time? They are ''lucky'' to be alive after Boogie is done with them...
* DonutMessWithACop: Most cops are shown eating donuts whenever they're onscreen and NOT engaging in shootouts. Including the two cops that ticked off the ending HotPursuit scene summoning backup when Boogie sped past them (the momentum knocking their donut boxes off their hands).
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Early in the film, a young black boy begs Boogie for ten bucks, saying he needs the money to buy textbooks for an education so he doesn't grow up in the slums. Boogie says he'll give the kid thirty for a simple task -- ringing the doorbell of a mobster's hideout. Cue the kid getting gunned to shreds upon touching the door, while Boogie simply gloats at his death -- "sucker!"
** Blackburn had one of these himself, a DeathMontage where he slices and dices his way through a rival gang, and gloating all the way.
* ExcusePlot: Yeah, there's a plot somewhere in this movie, but it's buried in a landslide made of blood, guts, gore, dead bodies, explosions and bullets.
* EyeScream:
** During a scene in a bar, a punk who ticks off Boogie the wrong way gets punted halfway across the bar by Boogie, before landing on a lady patron. The punk's eye then pops out and lands on the terrified lady's bossom. Cue the lady screaming.
** In Boogie's flashback around his date with his ex-girlfriend Sonya, she tried asking him for his lighter. Boogie responds by ''throwing'' the lighter into Sonya's face, right into the eye socket, which made Sonya decide Boogie is NOT worth it. Followed by Sonya leaving with her eye swollen.
* FacialHorror:
** Blackburn ''loves'' dishing out these, since his preferred weapon is his pair of wicked-looking curved blades which he uses to carve his victims' faces apart in graphic detail.
** Suffered by Blackburn during his first fight against Boogie, when Boogie rips open Blackburn's face using Marcia's dropped heels. Resulting in the assassin getting a scary-looking GlasgowGrin for the second half of his screentime.
* {{Gorn}}: Loads and loads of animated gorn, from beginning to end. Let's just say, this cartoon managed to cram what appears to be two-hundred onscreen deaths within the span of ninety minutes, each gorier than the next. And it's ''glorious''.
* GunsAkimbo: Boogie favours using double guns in most of his shootouts, including the hotel and the courthouse.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: In Blackburn's intro, he's slicing apart his victims like crazy, a few of them which gets separated from the waist. With loads and loads of gore, as always.
* HeKNowsTooMuch: Boogie himself name-drops this line after shooting Auntie Sue, his ''own nanny'', for revealing to Marcia that Boogie is a naughty 8-year-old. Have we mentioned this hero is a dick?
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The final fight between Blackburn and Boogie, where Blackburn tries using his RazorFloss to tie up Boogie, only to entangle himself instead once Boogie throws Blackburn into the direction of the strings. A moment later Blackburn gets his own knife into his temple]].
* HotPursuit: Taken UpToEleven in the final chase where Boogie is racing across the streets to reach the courthouse within 5 minutes, so that Marcia can testify against Sony Calabria. But with Boogie speeding like crazy along the way, he soon ends up being pursued by what appears to be a few hundred cop cars (the film shows audiences a [[OverlyLongGag fifteen-second stream of police vehicles]]) accompanied by five or six choppers, many which Boogie blows up and crashes in the process.
* KarmaHoudini: Boogie, despite the amount of collateral damage he caused and himself being a mass-murdering, misogynistic dick who beats up senior citizens ForTheLulz, [[spoiler: ends the movie without ''a single punishment''. He even gets the girl at the end of the film!]]
* KnifeNut: Blackburn favors using curved knives as his WeaponOfChoice, which he keeps concealed underneath his sleeves. He can even launch these knives while attached on RazorFloss on bracelets, turning them into an instant BladeOnARope.
* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: In the hotel fight as Blackburn tosses Marcia aside to deal with Boogie, Marcia ends up dropping one of her heels in the process. Boogie managed to grab that heel and use it as a weapon against Blackburn.
* MatchCut: Boogie getting his injuries stitched up by Marcia, which is intercut with Blackburn, himself barely surviving a fight against Boogie only to have his cheek ripped open in the process, stitching his own wounds.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Blackburn, after the hotel fight where he's last seen in an exploding room after Boogie dropped a grenade on him. Yes, NoOneShouldSurviveThat, but Blackburn did (somehow) with the only injuries being his face getting ripped open during the brawl.
* OutrunTheFireball: The hotel fight against Blackburn ends with Boogie and Marcia leaping out of an explosion -- from a grenade dropped by Boogie, no less.
* OverTheShoulderCarry: Boogie usually hauls Marcia behind him in this manner. Whether she wants it ''or not''.
* ProfessionalKiller: Boogie and Blackburn, both of them capable of taking plenty of names throughout the film.
* RedBaron: Boogie "the Oily".
* MisterBig: Sony Calabria the kingpin, who is also the GreaterScopeVillain of the picture... barely stood up to most of the other characters' waistlines. And yet he spends the entire film barking orders and bossing his mooks around.
* MushroomSamba: Boogie had this hallucination after being administered a syringe of sedatives by Marcia, where he's suddenly in the Vietnam War again, entering a Disneyland Parody called "War Land" (complete with a Tinkerbell {{Expy}} wielding a grenade launcher), where he gets to ride a Splash Mountain parody (with blood!), shoot up a carnival with an M16, massacre some mascots, with explosions going off everywhere he goes... and then he wakes up.
* OffingTheAnnoyance: NEVER annoy Boogie.
** When Auntie Sue reminds Boogie in front of Marcia that he's a naughty boy as a kid, Boogie blows her face off..
** An anti-cancer activist tries to talk Boogie out of smoking. Boogie's not interested, and once she flicks three ciggies out of Boogie's face, our "hero" ('''cough''') then shoves his revolver down her throat, saying maybe she's interested in ''this'' instead. Cue an offscreen gunshot...
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The final scene where Boogie must deliver Marcia to court, in order for her to testify against the kingpin Sony Calabria, all within five minutes. Cue Boogie [[DrivesLikeCrazy driving like a madman]] attracting what appears to be a few hundred police cars in pursuit.
* ShoeSlap:
** The first fight against Blackburn had Boogie losing... until he picked up Marcia's dropped heels. He then uses the back of the heel to rip out Blackburns' cheek, in graphic detail.
** Receives a CallBack in the form of a BrickJoke, as in the finale [[spoiler: Marcia offs Sony Calabria... by whacking him to death using the same heel]].
* SmokingIsCool: Boogie in every scene, who is meant as a deconstruction of the "cool, suave, private investigator" archetype. According to him, he smokes [[MustHaveNicotine ten packets a day]].
* TakeThat: The entire scene under MushroomSamba is a thinly-disguised slap directed at Ride/DisneyThemeParks in general. It has a grenade-launching Tinkerbell blowing up children before releasing fireworks that reads "War Land". And the Disney Castle knockoff turns into missiles.
* TookALevelInBadass: Marcia in the final shootout, once she gets a dropped gun. From a DamselInDistress for most of the film? Suddenly she's taking names and performing executions, killing mobsters and policemen alike, [[spoiler: culminating in her beating Sony Calabria to death with her heels]].
* TheVietnamVet: Boogie used to fight in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, if the opening narration and flashback sequences are any indication. Unlike most examples though, he ends up becoming a crazed BloodKnight.
* VillainProtagonist: By reading up to this point, you would've probably realized Boogie is NOT a nice guy. At all.
* WouldHarmASenior: Boogie happily ''shoots his nanny'' Auntie Sue in the face for talking about his childhood behaviour in front of Marcia, and later during a diner scene shoves his fist into an old man's face (ripping out dentures embedded in Boogie's fists) because... the old man [[DisproportionateRetribution refused to pass the salt]].
* YourHeadAsplode: Most of the BoomHeadshot moments in this movie results in the victim's entire heads getting vapourized, regardless of the distance, and ''it's awesome''. See Auntie Sue for reference (although in this case, she's only a few feet away from Boogie's gun)

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