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* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: Oh, so, played straight. Ghost Dog has a remarkable way with carrier pigeons. ''A sparrow even lands on Ghost Dog's sniper rifle'' and he pauses to admire it before scoping out the mafia hideout.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: Oh, so, played straight. Ghost Dog has a remarkable way with carrier pigeons. ''A sparrow even lands on Ghost Dog's sniper rifle'' and he pauses to admire it before scoping out the mafia hideout.
* [[Training Montage|Gonna Fly Now Montage]]: Ghost Dog's dreamy martial arts meditation/power-up sequence on the rooftop.
* [[Training Montage|Gonna Fly Now Montage]]: Ghost Dog's dreamy martial arts meditation/power-up sequence on the rooftop.
* [[Go Out With a Smile]]: {{spoiler|Ghost Dog.}}
* [[Go Out with a Smile]]: {{spoiler|Ghost Dog.}}
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Ghost Dog calmly {{spoiler|takes down the entire Mafia hideout}} in a subversion of [[John Woo]] style.
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Ghost Dog calmly {{spoiler|takes down the entire Mafia hideout}} in a subversion of [[John Woo]] style.
* [[Heroic Bloodshed]]
* [[Heroic Bloodshed]]
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* [[Passing the Torch]]: Ghost Dog bequeaths his copy of the ''Hagakure'' to Pearline. {{spoiler|She also picks up his gun and aims it at Louie as he runs away, signaling that she might follow in his footsteps.}}
* [[Passing the Torch]]: Ghost Dog bequeaths his copy of the ''Hagakure'' to Pearline. {{spoiler|She also picks up his gun and aims it at Louie as he runs away, signaling that she might follow in his footsteps.}}
* [[Perspective Flip]]
* [[Perspective Flip]]
* [[Pop Cultured Badass]]: The mafioso rap fan.
* [[Pop-Cultured Badass]]: The mafioso rap fan.
* [[The Public Domain Channel]]: Cartoons. So many cartoons.
* [[The Public Domain Channel]]: Cartoons. So many cartoons.
* [[Rashomon Plot]]: The scene where Ghost Dog's life is spared is seen differently.
* [[Rashomon Plot]]: The scene where Ghost Dog's life is spared is seen differently.
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** Ghost Dog only speaks English, his best friend Raymond only speaks French, but they keep saying the same thing.
** Ghost Dog only speaks English, his best friend Raymond only speaks French, but they keep saying the same thing.
** The constant eating of chocolate ice cream. {{spoiler|When both Ghost Dog and Pearline turn down a cone within seconds of each other, it's a good sign that the mood is about to change.}}
** The constant eating of chocolate ice cream. {{spoiler|When both Ghost Dog and Pearline turn down a cone within seconds of each other, it's a good sign that the mood is about to change.}}
* [[Shout Out]]: to Frankenstein, as well as an appearance by Gary Farmer where he calls the gangster who shoots one of his pigeon "stupid fucking white man." Farmer is even credited as "Nobody," the character he played in Jarmusch's previous film ''[[Deadman (Film)|Deadman]]'', whose [[Catch Phrase]] is "Stupid Fucking White Man".
* [[Shout-Out]]: to Frankenstein, as well as an appearance by Gary Farmer where he calls the gangster who shoots one of his pigeon "stupid fucking white man." Farmer is even credited as "Nobody," the character he played in Jarmusch's previous film ''[[Deadman (Film)|Deadman]]'', whose [[Catch Phrase]] is "Stupid Fucking White Man".
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: To ''[[Deadman (Film)|Deadman]]''. The two films can be taken as part of a thematic series, similar to his early series of films.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: To ''[[Deadman (Film)|Deadman]]''. The two films can be taken as part of a thematic series, similar to his early series of films.
** And to ''[[Le Samourai|Le Samouraï]]'', (1967) which was also about a Bushido-following assassin.
** And to ''[[Le Samourai|Le Samouraï]]'', (1967) which was also about a Bushido-following assassin.
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