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* AssholeVictim: Ben and Chon frame one of Elena's top men for the loss of $3 million that they stole. He gets tortured and killed for that, but he was guilty of a whole lot of real crimes.



* KickTheSonOfABitch: Ben and Chon frame one of Elena's top men for the loss of $3 million that they stole. He gets tortured and killed for that, but he was guilty of a whole lot of real crimes.

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%%* AffablyEvil: Elena

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%%* * AffablyEvil: ElenaElena is friendly, but also utterly ruthless.



* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Dismembered with a chainsaw, burned alive, you name it. [[TruthInTelevision An accurate depiction]] of the behavior of the real [[TheCartel Mexican drug cartels]].



%%* TheDreaded: Elena.

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%%* * TheDreaded: Elena.Elena is widely feared.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Lado. He is incredibly charismatic and an excellent conversationalist, but he is also a murderous psychopath who unhesitantly guns down [[Esteban for [[spoiler:NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished being too sympathetic to their victims]], including O.]]

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* FauxAffablyEvil: Lado. He is incredibly charismatic and an excellent conversationalist, but he is also a murderous psychopath who unhesitantly guns down [[Esteban [[spoiler:Esteban for [[spoiler:NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished being too sympathetic to their victims]], victims, including O.O]].]]

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%%* BloodKnight: Chon.

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%%* * BloodKnight: Chon.Chon is a former military man whom O describes in her narration as Ben's muscle when it comes to drug deals. He has the highest body count in the movie out of all the heroic characters.



%%* FauxAffablyEvil: Lado.

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%%* * FauxAffablyEvil: Lado.Lado. He is incredibly charismatic and an excellent conversationalist, but he is also a murderous psychopath who unhesitantly guns down [[Esteban for [[spoiler:NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished being too sympathetic to their victims]], including O.]]



* {{Hypocrite}}: Dennis; despite being a DEA agent, he accepts pot from Ben to help relieve his wife's symptoms as she's dying from cancer.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Dennis; despite {{Hypocrite}}:
** Dennis. Despite
being a DEA agent, he accepts pot from Ben to help relieve his wife's symptoms as she's dying from cancer.cancer.
** Lado, who commits murder, torture, rape, and is unfaithful to his wife, calls the protagonists [[TitleDrop "savages"]] for participating in a committed polyamorous relationship between consenting adults.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: The film at times comes across as a loose remake of ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid''.



* ValuesDissonance: Lado, who commits murder, torture, rape, and is unfaithful to his wife, calls the protagonists "savages" for participating in a committed polyamorous relationship between consenting adults.



* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Elena. [[spoiler:She only got into the drug business in the first place because her husband was killed and she inherited his cartel connections, two of her sons were also killed, her third son is completely cut off from her, and her daughter Magda wants nothing to do with her, and at the end Lado betrays her and she ends up getting sentenced to 30 years in prison. O even admits that she feels bad for Elena in spite of everything she's done.]]

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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Elena. [[spoiler:She only got into the drug business in the first place because her husband was killed and she inherited his cartel connections, two of her sons were also killed, her third son is completely cut off from her, and her daughter Magda wants nothing to do with her, and at the end Lado betrays her and she ends up getting sentenced to 30 years in prison. O even admits that she feels bad for Elena in spite of everything she's done.]]]]
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Ophelia Sage, nicknamed O. You could be a secret agent with a name like that.
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** Chon and O having rough sex in the film's opening.
** O and Ben having sex in the hot tub followed by them taking it to the bedroom.
** The three-way between Chon, O, and Ben together after the club scene.
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* AffablyEvil: Elena

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* %%* AffablyEvil: Elena



* BloodKnight: Chon.

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* TheDreaded: Elena.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chon.

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* OneTrueThreesome: {{Invoked|Trope}} and then subverted.

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* %%* OneTrueThreesome: {{Invoked|Trope}} and then subverted.



* ShellShockedVeteran: Chon.

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''Savages'' is a 2012 crime-thriller movie directed by Creator/OliverStone from the novel of the same name by Don Winslow, starring Creator/TaylorKitsch, Creator/AaronJohnson, Creator/BlakeLively (who also narrates the movie), Creator/JoaquinCosio, Creator/SalmaHayek, Creator/BenicioDelToro, Creator/EmileHirsch and Creator/JohnTravolta.

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''Savages'' is a 2012 crime-thriller movie directed by Creator/OliverStone from the [[Literature/{{Savages}} 2010 novel of the same name name]] by Don Winslow, starring Creator/TaylorKitsch, Creator/AaronJohnson, Creator/BlakeLively (who also narrates the movie), Creator/JoaquinCosio, Creator/SalmaHayek, Creator/BenicioDelToro, Creator/EmileHirsch and Creator/JohnTravolta.



* AntagonisticOffspring: Both of Elena's surviving children have issues with her; her son because Elena cut him out of the cartel to protect him, and her daughter Magda who's ashamed of her mother for being a ruthless criminal.



* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:None of the main characters die....Ben, Chon and O are together hiding in paradise, but emotionally scarred. Elena is arrested, but a new cartel takes over in her place, and Lado gets away with ''everything'', becoming the new Dragon in it.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:None of the main characters die....Ben, Chon and O are together hiding in paradise, but emotionally scarred. Elena is arrested, but a new cartel takes over in her place, and Lado gets away with ''everything'', becoming the new Dragon in it.the new cartel.]]



* FauxAffablyEvil: Lado.

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* %%* FauxAffablyEvil: Lado.



* {{Hypocrite}}: Dennis; despite being a DEA agent, he accepts pot from Ben to help relieve his wife's symptoms as she's dying from cancer.



* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Lado gets off scot-free due to him being an informant for Dennis and setting up Elena to take the fall.]]

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* KarmaHoudini: KarmaHoudini:
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[[spoiler:Lado gets off scot-free due to him being an informant for Dennis and setting up Elena to take the fall.]]]]
** [[spoiler: Dennis, the corrupt DEA agent, ends up being regarded as a hero at the end for bringing down Elena]].



* PsychoForHire: Lado fits this trope to an absolute T.

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* %%* PsychoForHire: Lado fits this trope to an absolute T.


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* RobbingTheMobBank: Not a literal bank, but Ben and Chon hit a cartel cash shipment to get the money to pay O's ransom.

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* BigotWithABadge: O's bodyguard Hayes, who is black, is pulled over and seems to think that it's because of his race; however, the "cop" is actually a cartel hitman targeting him to kidnap O.
-->'''"Cop"''': Do you know why I pulled you over?
-->'''Hayes''': [sarcastically] Let me guess. [gets shot in the head]



* BlackDudeDiesFirst: The only African-American member of Chon's group of mercenary friends is killed during O's kidnapping.

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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Hayes, The only African-American member of Chon's group of mercenary friends is killed during O's kidnapping.



* TheCartel: The plot is driven by Elena's drug cartel's efforts to expand operations in the US by taking over Ben and Chon's weed business.



* DamselInDistress: O.

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* DamselInDistress: O.O; she is kidnapped by the cartel to get Ben and Chon to cooperate in handing over their weed business.



* TheFashionista: When their accountant is getting the protagonists' finances in order to flee the country, he mentions having to add a clothing budget when he learns that O is coming as well. O also takes a final trip to the mall to stock up.

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* TheFashionista: When their accountant is getting the protagonists' finances in order to flee the country, he mentions having to add a clothing budget when he learns that O is coming as well. O is also takes kidnapped only because she insists on taking a final trip to the mall to stock up.up before leaving town.



* MamaBear: Elena.
* MeaningfulName: Lado means "side," and he's the right-hand man of a drug kingpin.

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* LonelyRichKid: Implied in O's backstory. Her mother is pretty neglectful and her father is out of the picture, and O started using weed at a young age to cope.
* MamaBear: Elena.
Elena. She cut her son off from the business entirely to protect him, and she will do anything to make sure her daughter is safe.
* MeaningfulName: Lado means "side," and he's the right-hand man of a drug kingpin. Additionally, "el otro lado" is Mexican slang for the United States, and Lado is in charge of cartel operations north of the border.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Lado]] is a double mole; as a high ranking member of Elena's organization, he is giving information both to her enemy El Azul and to the DEA.


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* ValuesDissonance: Lado, who commits murder, torture, rape, and is unfaithful to his wife, calls the protagonists "savages" for participating in a committed polyamorous relationship between consenting adults.

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