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The novels are formatted a little different than the animation as each book covers one major event. While they have not been written in chronological order, most books are best defined by the year they take place. Most books center on a single character or a small group of characters as a focal point for the story.

''~~'''~~Baccano!~~'''~~'' is part of an overarching [[The Verse|Verse]] of light novels written by Narita Ryohgo that includes the following:

''[[Baccano!]]'' is part of an overarching [[The Verse|Verse]] of light novels written by Narita Ryohgo that includes the following:

* ''[[Vamp!]]''

* ''~~'''~~Baccano!~~'''~~''

* ''[[Baccano!]]''

* ''[[Durarara!!]]''

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** [[Fridge Brilliance]] makes it better when you remember who started the Rail Tracer rumours in the first place {{spoiler|after Isaac and Miria tell it to Jacuzzi, one of the chefs mentions, "That young conductor" had been telling the story for a while. Conclusion: Claire Stanfield invented his own urban legend.}}

* [[All Part of the Show]]: Isaac and Miria manage to convince themselves that the entire plot of ''The Slash'', including {{spoiler|Ronnie showing off his demon mojo}} and a number of bloody murders, is an elaborate and ''awesome'' magic show.

* [[All There in the Manual]]: While the anime is generally self-contained and understandable without the [[Light Novels]], there's still quite a bit of backstory that doesn't find its way into the ~~show—as~~ well as the unanswered question of just who were those people who sliced up Isaac's ear in the first episode. And of course, if you want to know what happens ''after'' the anime events...

* [[All There in the Manual]]: While the anime is generally self-contained and understandable without the [[Light Novels]], there's still quite a bit of backstory that doesn't find its way into the show -- as well as the unanswered question of just who were those people who sliced up Isaac's ear in the first episode. And of course, if you want to know what happens ''after'' the anime events...

* [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"]]: It's pretty much impossible to talk about Claire Stanfield without spoiling a hell of a lot of the 1931/Grand Punk Railroad arc. Of course, he's also one of the most popular characters in the series, and the Railroad arc is one of the most popular arcs, so nearly any conversation on ''Baccano!'' invariably ''will'' result in massive spoilers. The fandom usually refers to him as {{spoiler|The Young Conductor}} before his reveal, and treats him like two different characters before and after.

* [[Always Someone Better]]:

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* [[Ambition Is Evil]]: Szilard and Huey can be argued under this to explain why they turned out to be such monsters.

* [[Anachronic Order]]: The first episode actually contains scenes from the endings to each of the three stories. Later episodes will jump back and forth between and even within the separate stories with little warning.

* [[Analogy Backfire]]: Note to Isaac and ~~Miria—Al~~ Capone is ''not'' a good benchmark for personal success. Yet strangely, it is more sensible than nearly everything else that comes out of their mouths.

* [[Analogy Backfire]]: Note to Isaac and Miria -- Al Capone is ''not'' a good benchmark for personal success. Yet strangely, it is more sensible than nearly everything else that comes out of their mouths.

* [[Anti-Hero]]

** [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes]]: ''Baccano!'' characters seem to more or less run the gamut between Type I or Type II (arguably, Isaac and Miria) through to Type V (the Rail tracer). The most common types seem to be Types III-V, however.

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* [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]]: {{spoiler|Elmer}}'s interesting way of distracting Szilard in episode 7.

* [[Die Hard on an X]]:

** ~~1931—On~~ a train! With ''three'' gangs hijacking at the same time, two serial killers, and three immortals! You almost forget hostages are involved, sometimes.

** 1931 -- On a train! With ''three'' gangs hijacking at the same time, two serial killers, and three immortals! You almost forget hostages are involved, sometimes.

** ~~2002—On~~ two luxury cruises! With one [[Cult]] kidnapping women for their purposes and hijacking one of the ships, one group of assassins getting in their way ''and'' hijacking the other ship, and ''seven'' immortals on board, two of whom are on their honeymoon. This time the hostages are barely mentioned at all.

** 2002 -- On two luxury cruises! With one [[Cult]] kidnapping women for their purposes and hijacking one of the ships, one group of assassins getting in their way ''and'' hijacking the other ship, and ''seven'' immortals on board, two of whom are on their honeymoon. This time the hostages are barely mentioned at all.

* [[Dirty Business]]: Most of this cast consists of occupations such as [[The Mafia]], Liquor Bootleggers, [[Psycho for Hire]] and the like.

* [[Disco Dan]]: One of the [[Crowning Moment of Funny|CMOF]] attributed to Issac and Miria in the flashforward to 2001 at the end of the TV episodes.

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* [[Gangsterland]]: Everyone in the cast is either a gangster or connected to one. The plots revolve around bootlegging, hijacking, and gore. The mobsters themselves don't really fit the trope though.

* [[Gender Neutral Writing]]: In ''1931 - The Grand Punk Station: Local Episode'', Firo, Berga, and Luck never refer to {{spoiler|Claire}}'s gender when talking to Ennis about {{spoiler|him}}.

* [[Generation Xerox]]: Charon and Claudia Walken act a lot like gender-swapped versions of their paternal great-grandparents, {{spoiler|Chane Walken and <s>Claire Stanfield</s> [[Two Aliases, One Character|Felix Walken]]}}~~—although~~ Firo claims that Charon's quietness and stoicism is actually a product of hanging out with [[The Voiceless|Keith Gandor]] for entirely too long.

* [[Generation Xerox]]: Charon and Claudia Walken act a lot like gender-swapped versions of their paternal great-grandparents, {{spoiler|Chane Walken and <s>Claire Stanfield</s> [[Two Aliases, One Character|Felix Walken]]}} -- although Firo claims that Charon's quietness and stoicism is actually a product of hanging out with [[The Voiceless|Keith Gandor]] for entirely too long.

** The 2002 story invokes this, with the culprit behind the incident claiming that he wants to recreate the events of the Flying Pussyfoot Massacre in 1931. {{spoiler|It fails, and it's implied to have been because the culprit didn't take into account the roles Isaac and Miria played in 1931.}}

* [[Genre Busting]]: [[The Mafia]] + Immortality + Alchemy by way of [[Quentin Tarantino]]. Then consider that this was done by a ''Japanese'' author.

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* [[Match Cut]]: The opening credits.

* [[Mad Love]]: For Ladd and Lua, "I'll kill you last" is just as good as "I love you."

* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: Subverted, as Claire Stanfield, one of the biggest badasses in the series, is a total virgin by his own ~~admission—though~~ not exactly by ''choice'', mind you)

* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: Subverted, as Claire Stanfield, one of the biggest badasses in the series, is a total virgin by his own admission -- though not exactly by ''choice'', mind you)

{{quote|'''Claire:''' Don't say stupid things. I've never two-timed before, you know? Well, frankly, it's because I never dated a woman.}}

* [[Marriage to a God]]: In the 2002 novel, {{spoiler|a cult tries to force Sylvie to become their god and marry their leader.}}

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* [[Noodle Incident]]: Pretty much the only thing we know about {{spoiler|Firo and Ennis's wedding}} is that it took place in a church circa 1980, there were {{spoiler|[[Wedding Smashers]]}}, and that it ended in a bloodbath that is later fondly remembered by the Martillos.

* [[Official Couple]]: [[Outlaw Couple|Isaac and Miria]], [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Nice and Jacuzzi]], [[Dogged Nice Guy|Firo and Ennis]], [[Mad Love|Ladd and Lua]], {{spoiler|[[Unholy Matrimony|Claire and Chane]]}}, [[Bodyguard Crush|Tick and Maria]], and {{spoiler|[[Brains and Brawn|Huey and Monica]]}}.

* [[Older Than They Look]]/[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: To be expected in a series with immortals. Firo, pre-immortality, serves as the former, ~~as—both~~ in and out of the ~~series—people~~ usually underestimate his age (almost nineteen) by about three or four years.

* [[Older Than They Look]]/[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: To be expected in a series with immortals. Firo, pre-immortality, serves as the former, as -- both in and out of the series -- people usually underestimate his age (almost nineteen) by about three or four years.

* [[One Steve Limit]]: Semi-averted with variations on a name. There's a trio and a pair of related names, although all belong to secondary or lesser characters: Gustav St. Germain (the vice-president of the Daily Days), Gustavo Bagetta (the mafioso who kidnaps Eve), and Goose (the leader of the black suits aboard the train); Nicholas Wayne (the information broker) and Nick (the blond member of Jacuzzi's crew).

* [[Open the Door and See All the People]]: One of the delinquents walks into the buffet car armed with a knife. At the same time, representatives from the two groups of mobsters turn up with guns. He apologises and withdraws.

* [[Our Hero Is Dead]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|"Firo and the Three Gandor Brothers Are Felled by Assassins' Bullets"]]. Technically speaking, it's completely ~~true—they~~ just don't ''stay'' dead.

* [[Our Hero Is Dead]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|"Firo and the Three Gandor Brothers Are Felled by Assassins' Bullets"]]. Technically speaking, it's completely true -- they just don't ''stay'' dead.

* [[Out of the Inferno]]: In the 2001 novel, {{spoiler|Czes escapes from a group of superstitious villagers who think immortals are demons by ''throwing himself into a fireplace'', waiting for the ropes they've bound him with to burn off, and walking out of the flames, regenerating as he goes. Even more impressive when you recall that Fermet threw him into a fireplace at one point. Also a CMOA.}}

* [[Paint the Town Red]]: More paint the train red in the 1931 arc with Ladd and the Rail Tracer, but plenty of other people are guilty of this in New York proper.

* [[Painting the Medium]]:

** The books do this from time to ~~time—such~~ as when Barnes' thoughts gradually shift from kanji to hiragana to demonstrate their degradation, or the fact that the epilogue is deliberately put ''before'' the story itself.

** The books do this from time to time -- such as when Barnes' thoughts gradually shift from kanji to hiragana to demonstrate their degradation, or the fact that the epilogue is deliberately put ''before'' the story itself.

** There's also an example in the show, where Claire explains that he sees himself as the only real person in the world, and everyone else is just an interesting character he thinks up. At this point, the audience sees things from his eyes, and the visual image is like an old movie projection.

* [[Panacea]]

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* [[Pretty Little Headshots]]: The shot Dallas takes to the forehead is downright tidy.

* [[Pulling Themselves Together]]: Immortals recover from damage by doing this.

* [[Punch-Punch-Punch Uh-Oh]]: When Graham Spector slams a wrench into Ladd's torso at about ~~50 mph~~, Ladd stands there and [[Slasher Smile|smiles]] at him. This is when Graham decides he's [[Defeat Means Friendship|met his new daddy]].

* [[Punch-Punch-Punch Uh-Oh]]: When Graham Spector slams a wrench into Ladd's torso at about 50mph, Ladd stands there and [[Slasher Smile|smiles]] at him. This is when Graham decides he's [[Defeat Means Friendship|met his new daddy]].

* [[Punctuated Pounding]]: Ladd gives one of the black suits a lesson in boxing history with words and fists.

* [[Puppy Love]]:

** Nick mentions that Nice and Jacuzzi have been dating for ten years. Neither of them could be any older than eighteen. Flashbacks show them as being something of an item in their childhoods.

** This occurs between [[Woobie|Czeslaw]] and the {{spoiler|little homunculus}} girl from Children of Bottle, [[Gender Blender Name|Phil]]. The [[Fan Girl|fangirls]] ran ''wild'' [[media:~~1155 3241 5157~~.jpg|with this one.]]

** This occurs between [[Woobie|Czeslaw]] and the {{spoiler|little homunculus}} girl from Children of Bottle, [[Gender Blender Name|Phil]]. The [[Fan Girl|fangirls]] ran ''wild'' [[media:1155__3241_5157.jpg|with this one.]]

** The later books have fun with it by putting Tick and Maria together. While they're both of them are ''physically'' adults, they both act like somewhat [[Axe Crazy]] [[Psychopathic Manchild|children]]. To Luck, seeing them together is like watching ten-year-olds trying to flirt.

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Czeslaw Meyer, Maiza, Szilard, Huey, Elmer, Sylvie, and others from the 1711 incident.

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* [[Thriller on the Express]]: the aforementioned "Pussyfoot Express" plotline.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]:

** ~~Subverted—Randy~~ and Pecho's complete disregard for fire safety indirectly makes them ''immortal''.

** Subverted -- Randy and Pecho's complete disregard for fire safety indirectly makes them ''immortal''.

** Also subverted with Isaac and Miria: they mix with violent characters and seem likely to die. {{spoiler|But instead end up immortal. They unwittingly drink the elixir of life, and neither of them ever get killed, so it takes them seventy years to realize they haven't aged a day}}.

* [[Touched by Vorlons]]: The immortals from 1711 achieved their status by summoning a demon. {{spoiler|The demon itself considers himself this as well.}}

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