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The initial volumes of ''100 Bullets'' center around the [[Shades of Conflict]] Graves' offer yields for the person he approaches; the main conflict is over whether they should indeed commit a murder they know they can get away with in order to obtain a sense of closure. Graves does not judge anyone he approaches for their decision, but simply makes the offer and lets the person choose as they wish. Sometimes these characters will come back, while others have a very minor impact on the overall story.
Soon enough, the focus of ''100 Bullets'' expands to include Agent Graves himself, as it is revealed that he does benefit from these acts of revenge. Sometimes it's because he wants a particular person killed for his own ends, and sometimes he just wants to see his unique brand of justice carried out. It just so happens that Graves is the leader of an elite group of [[Badass|badasses]] known as The Minutemen, who acted as the police force for The Trust, [[Conspiracy Theory|a group of thirteen powerful families that control the United States]]. Graves and The Minutemen left The Trust after being told that [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|they are no longer necessary]] by order of The Trust's leader, Augustus Medici. The Trust plotted to kill them all, but thanks to Graves' inside man Mr. Shepherd, The Minutemen were spared and given new lives - along with a healthy dose of [[Fake Memories]] and [[Laser
Now Graves is making preparations to exact his own revenge by gathering his Minutemen once more. At the same time, Augustus is making a few power plays of his own concerning both Graves and the other twelve familes of The Trust...
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* [[Chick Magnet]]: Cole Burns, Wiley Times, Victor Ray and Benito Medici (except to Megan, who loves to play with his obvious lust for her).
* [[Click Hello]]
* [[Cluster F
* [[Code Name]]: All of The Minutemen have nicknames referring to their personalities. Cole is known as The Wolf, likely for his predatory smile and alpha male personality. Lono is The Dog, because he's a big, dangerous attack dog who needs a strong hand on a short leash. Jack is The Monster -- the biggest, most dangerous of all of them. Milo is The Bastard for his abrasive and obstinate personality. Victor Ray is The Rain, as he falls on the just and unjust unquestioningly at Graves' order. Remi is The Saint, likely for irony. Wiley is The Point Man, because he was a leader among his peers, and because every shot he fires has a point -- a killing headshot. Loop is The Boy for his youth and newness to the job. Dizzy is The Girl for the same reasons.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Victor Ray
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|Lono possibly pulls one of these. It's unclear if he survives being shot by Dizzy and falling out of a high window. Consider what he survived earlier in the series, it's entirely possible that he does.}}
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Members of the Trust and the Minutemen are all guilty of this at different times.
* {{spoiler|[[Kill
** {{spoiler|Dizzy's and Graves' fates are tied to each other, and left ambiguous at the end. Dizzy can do her job as a Minuteman and kill Graves, but if she does so, she will be unable to escape the burning mansion due to her injuries. The fact Graves put himself in the place where Dizzy would have to make this decision is particularly interesting, since it means Graves is giving her another one of the choices he's so obsessed with: do her job or save her life.}}
* [[Knight Templar]]: Agent Graves.
* [[Kryptonite Factor]]: The only thing that grosses [[Complete Monster|Lono]] out is {{spoiler|anal sex. As he puts it: "We all got [[Genre Savvy|our Kryptonite]], Jack...[[Squick|shit on the dick]] is it for me." }}
* [[Laser
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: It's a huge [[Ensemble Cast]].
* [[MacGuffin]]: The painting.
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* [[New Meat]]: Dizzy and Loop.
* [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]]: In ''Hang Up On The Hang Low''.
* [[The Obi
* [[Offhand Backhand]]: Lono walks out a door and casually kills a guy who is waiting for him with a gun. Lono simply crushes his trachea with one blow.
* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: Wylie's shoot-out with Mikhail "Coochie" Kuchenko and his gang in the desert.
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* [[Punny Name]]: Agent Graves's first name is Phillip, as in Fill up Graves. Then there's Cole Burns ('Coal burns'), Jack Daw ('Jackdaw'), Victor Ray ('Victory'), and Echo Memoria ('Echoic Memory').
* [[Scary Black Man]]: Nine Train ''is'' this trope.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: {{spoiler|Loop}} does this at the very end of the series.
* [[Shout Out]]: The Minutemen are a gang of seven badass career criminals dressed in identical black suits and ties, who disband suddenly when they're involved in a crime gone wrong. [[Reservoir Dogs|Sounds familiar.]]
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Lono and Remi Rome.
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