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* [[Bittersweet Ending]] - {{spoiler|The dad dies, but the kid lives.}}
* [[Black and Grey Morality]] - The purest motive held by any of the characters is Tom Hanks' wish for his son to have a better life.
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'''John Rooney:''' There are only murderers in this room! Michael! Open your eyes! This is the life we chose, the life we lead. And there is only one guarantee - none of us will see heaven.
'''Michael Sullivan:''' Michael could.
'''John Rooney:''' Then do everything that you can to see that that happens. }}
* [[Blood Is Squicker in Water]] - {{spoiler|Connor's execution}} in the bath. Water preceding death is a major theme.
* [[Canon Foreigner]] - If you've only seen the movie, you might be surprised to learn that Maguire is nowhere to be found in the source material.
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** {{spoiler|Subverted in the comic--Michael arrives to find them both dead, and immediately gets shot as well.}}
* [[The Collector of the Strange]] - Maguire has a collection of photographs of corpses, at least some of which are his own handiwork.
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* [[Psycho for Hire]] - Maguire. Hey, that rhymes.
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]] - Connor.
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'''Frank Nitti:''' No, you can't! This is the point. You're a big baby who doesn't know his thumb from his dick! }}
* [[Psychotic Smirk]] - Connor.
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* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: Mendes deliberately wrote every death to be near or surrounded by water to demonstrate the commoness (and uncontrollability) of death in the mobster's lives.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]
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