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* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Minegishi was an important character in the original novel, and the son being escorted by Lemon and Tangerine was his. Here, he was killed in the backstory by the White Death during the latter's takeover.

* [[Double Tap]]: {{spoiler|The Prince shoots Lemon thrice. Fortunately for him, he was wearing a [[Bulletproof Vest]], and she didn't go for the head or stick around long enough to ensure he actually died.}}

* [[Emergency Impersonation]]: Partway through the film, events force Ladybug to pretend to be Lemon and meet the White Death's mooks alongside Tangerine.

* [[Experienced Protagonist]]: Ladybug has been in the business for a while before his hiatus, including crossing paths with various other characters on past jobs.

* [[Extremely Short Timespan]]: The whole film, barring flashbacks, takes place over the course of an overnight journey.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: Lemon and Tangerine have a conversation in which Lemon says he's got a [[Bulletproof Vest]] on and Tangerine says he doesn't bother because it doesn't protect the neck. {{spoiler|The vest protects Lemon from the Prince. Tangerine is fatally wounded by a shot to the neck.}}

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: ~~{{spoiler|The Wolf's thrown knife bounces off the briefcase and flies right back into himself.}}~~

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]:

** {{spoiler|The Wolf's}} thrown knife bounces off the briefcase and flies right back into himself.

** The White Death likes killing would-be assassins with their own weapons. The Prince carries a booby-trapped pistol that she plans for him to try doing just that with.

* [[Inferred Holocaust]]: {{spoiler|The train violently derails at the end, smashing through several buildings. The likelihood of all of them just happening to be empty is very low.}}

* [[Malevolent Masked Men]]: The White Death is initially introduced wearing a full-faced ''oni'' mask and several of his mooks wear mouth-covering ones.

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* ~~[[Meaningful Name]]:~~ The Prince's moniker holds more significance than just being a sign of her parents' thwarted hopes of a boy. It foreshadows that she's {{spoiler|a [[Mafia Princess]].}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]:

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** The Prince's moniker holds more significance than just being a sign of her parents' thwarted hopes of a boy. It foreshadows that she's {{spoiler|a [[Mafia Princess]].}}

** The Hornet is an assassin that uses venom as her [[Weapon of Choice]].

* [[Mundane Made Awesome]]: A seemingly ordinary Fiji Water bottle gets a title card and backstory.

* [[Of Corpse He's Alive]]: Done not once but thrice with {{spoiler|the Wolf, the White Death's son, and the Hornet.}}

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Almost everyone goes by codenames. Yuichi is the only clear exception, since "Maria Beetle" is ambiguous enough that it could go either way.

* [[Pocket Protector]]: {{spoiler|Ladybug's phone saves him from a stabbing by the Wolf.}}

* [[Race Lift]]: Most of the named characters in the original novel were Asian, mainly Japanese. Here, despite the setting staying in Japan, almost all of them except The Elder are white or of African descent.

* [[Ruthless Foreign Gangsters]]: The White Death is a Russian who climbed the ranks of Minegishi's organisation until he could secretly form a rival group, do a violent takeover, and supplant his former superior as head of the Japanese underworld.