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* [[Accent Relapse]]: [[Con Man|Cody and Tiptoes]], who are introduced as [[Upper Class Twit|toffs]], are just using silly accents on some impressionable female tourists. They revert to their London accents soon after.
* [[Affably Evil]]: Several of the gangster characters, particularly Morty and Gene, Eddie Temple, and the protagonist himself.
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* [[Room Disservice]]: How the [[Magnificent Bastard]] gangster has the protagonist brought to him, preventing him from having sex with Sienna Miller.
* [[Scary Black Man]]: Averted by the two main black characters, Morty and Trevor, who are very soft spoken and seem perpetually calm. Eventually played straight when the idiot who landed Morty in jail for ten years wanders in off the street and asks him for money. [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|Carnage]] [[Villainous Breakdown|ensues]].
* [[SchrodingersSchrödinger's Cat]]: While surviving and leaving England in the book, the protagonist is implied to die in the movie. Connolly does write a sequel book titled Viva La Madness, but whether it's going to be adapted for theatre remains to be seen.
* [[Scope Snipe]]: Used against {{spoiler|Mr. Lucky}}. Triggers an [[Oh Crap]] from XXXX.
* [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]: The Serbians are are an evil version of this. While a fortune in drugs was stolen from them, it turns out that this is just a pittance and they content with the deaths of those who stole from them.