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'''Juror #11:''' ''Doesn't'' even speak good English. }}
'''Juror #11:''' ''Doesn't'' even speak good English. }}
** To make it even funnier, Juror #11 is an immigrant to America from Europe.
** To make it even funnier, Juror #11 is an immigrant to America from Europe.
* [[I'll Kill You!|I'LL KILL YOU!]]
* [[I'll Kill You!]]
** [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"You don't really mean you'll kill me, do you?"]]
** [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"You don't really mean you'll kill me, do you?"]]
* [[Implacable Man]]: Juror #4 is a purely intellectual version, a highly intelligent man who looks at the case with pure logic to defend his guilty vote rather than the more passionate and personal views of the others. He's also the only one who doesn't take his jacket off or loosen his tie in the hot room, claiming to never sweat. Subverted when he starts sweating when questioned about a movie he saw four days earlier.
* [[Implacable Man]]: Juror #4 is a purely intellectual version, a highly intelligent man who looks at the case with pure logic to defend his guilty vote rather than the more passionate and personal views of the others. He's also the only one who doesn't take his jacket off or loosen his tie in the hot room, claiming to never sweat. Subverted when he starts sweating when questioned about a movie he saw four days earlier.
* [[Ineffectual Death Threats]]
* [[Ineffectual Death Threats]]
* [[Jerkass]]: Juror #7. He didn't care what the decision of the jury was, he only wanted to end early so he could go watch a game. At least the most vicious jurors voted guilty because they believed so.
* [[Jerkass]]: Juror #7. He didn't care what the decision of the jury was, he only wanted to end early so he could go watch a game. At least the most vicious jurors voted guilty because they believed so.
* [[The Judge]]: Shown issuing instructions to the jury in the opening scene. Many stage productions (and the 1997 TV version) cast a woman in the role as a way of bringing at least some token gender diversity to the play without contradicting [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|the literal meaning of its title]].
* [[The Judge]]: Shown issuing instructions to the jury in the opening scene. Many stage productions (and the 1997 TV version) cast a woman in the role as a way of bringing at least some token gender diversity to the play without contradicting [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|the literal meaning of its title]].
* [[Karma Houdini]]: If the kid is guilty, then he gets away with killing his father.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: If the kid is guilty, then he gets away with killing his father.
** And if the kid is innocent, the real killer is still at large and unsuspected.
** And if the kid is innocent, the real killer is still at large and unsuspected.
* [[The Lancer]]: Juror #9 acts as this, to some extent, to Juror #8.
* [[The Lancer]]: Juror #9 acts as this, to some extent, to Juror #8.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: "You know, it's interesting he'd find a knife exactly like the one the boy bought!"
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: "You know, it's interesting he'd find a knife exactly like the one the boy bought!"
* [[Locked in A Room|Locked in a (Jury) Room]]
* [[Locked in a Room|Locked in a (Jury) Room]]
* [[Man in White]]: Juror #8
* [[Man in White]]: Juror #8
* [[Minimalism]]: Apart from a very short prologue and epilogue, the entire play/film takes place in the jury room (and an adjacent bathroom).
* [[Minimalism]]: Apart from a very short prologue and epilogue, the entire play/film takes place in the jury room (and an adjacent bathroom).
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* [[Second Hand Storytelling]]
* [[Second Hand Storytelling]]
* [[The Spock]]: Juror #4 (the stockbroker with wire rim glasses).
* [[The Spock]]: Juror #4 (the stockbroker with wire rim glasses).
* [[Title By Number]]
* [[Title by Number]]
* [[Values Dissonance]]: At the time this was written in the '50s, women weren't allowed on juries in some parts of the country. These days, the script is often produced as ''Twelve Angry Jurors'' with a more diverse cast.
* [[Values Dissonance]]: At the time this was written in the '50s, women weren't allowed on juries in some parts of the country. These days, the script is often produced as ''Twelve Angry Jurors'' with a more diverse cast.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Juror #10 seems to have one of these, you know what I mean? *sniff*
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Juror #10 seems to have one of these, you know what I mean? *sniff*
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** And Juror #3 shortly afterward. Made somewhat more poignant by the reactions of the other jurors; where they reacted to #10's breakdown with silent anger, they watch #3's meltdown with something closer to pity, as most of them realise why he is really pushing for a guilty verdict even as he denies the true reason, not just to the other jurors but to himself.
** And Juror #3 shortly afterward. Made somewhat more poignant by the reactions of the other jurors; where they reacted to #10's breakdown with silent anger, they watch #3's meltdown with something closer to pity, as most of them realise why he is really pushing for a guilty verdict even as he denies the true reason, not just to the other jurors but to himself.
* [[Wham! Line]]: #8 has a wham ''action'' when he pulls out a switchblade identical to the murder weapon, but the best has to go to #9 when he points out the female witness had glasses marks on her nose, which renders her testimony useless (meaning she wasn't wearing her glasses at the time she saw the stabbing, meaning she wouldn't have been able to see the murderer correctly).
* [[Wham! Line]]: #8 has a wham ''action'' when he pulls out a switchblade identical to the murder weapon, but the best has to go to #9 when he points out the female witness had glasses marks on her nose, which renders her testimony useless (meaning she wasn't wearing her glasses at the time she saw the stabbing, meaning she wouldn't have been able to see the murderer correctly).
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: It's never clear if the kid really did it, but that isn't the point. And many modern lawyers say that the jury made the correct decision as far as reasonable doubt goes.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: It's never clear if the kid really did it, but that isn't the point. And many modern lawyers say that the jury made the correct decision as far as reasonable doubt goes.
** It should be noted that even though acquittal was the right decision, the way they got to it was partly wrong; for a juror to conduct his own investigations the way #8 did should have resulted in an immediate mistrial. However, since the knife was only one aspect of the reasonable doubt, and the other points were arrived at properly, the verdict was still correct.
** It should be noted that even though acquittal was the right decision, the way they got to it was partly wrong; for a juror to conduct his own investigations the way #8 did should have resulted in an immediate mistrial. However, since the knife was only one aspect of the reasonable doubt, and the other points were arrived at properly, the verdict was still correct.
* [[You Wouldn't Shoot Me]]: Juror #3 is asked to reenact the stabbing process on Juror #8. Given the tension between the two men, and #3's almost maniacal bloodthirstiness, there's a definite tension as to how "real" #3 will make the reenactment. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by the alarmed reactions of most of the other ten jurors as he draws back the knife.
* [[You Wouldn't Shoot Me]]: Juror #3 is asked to reenact the stabbing process on Juror #8. Given the tension between the two men, and #3's almost maniacal bloodthirstiness, there's a definite tension as to how "real" #3 will make the reenactment. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by the alarmed reactions of most of the other ten jurors as he draws back the knife.
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