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''Snatch'' is the second film by British director and recovering [[Madonna]] enthusiast [[Guy Ritchie]]. Like his first film, ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]'', ''Snatch'' is a humorous crime caper featuring a trainwreck of villains in a cartoonish London underworld.
The film's plot is essentially broken down into two mostly separate plot threads, both of which feature [[Loads and Loads of Characters|large ensemble casts]].
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: More like a writer/director allusion - Tony hears Madonna's "Lucky Star" on the radio and comments, "I love this track!" Guy Ritchie and Madonna, well, you know the story.
** Bullet Tooth Tony is introduced doing exactly the same thing as Big Chris is in ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]''.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Turkish is definitely a shady character, and hardly a nice guy, but he's by far the most decent of the bunch. On account of being the only one who's not a violent criminal. Or a complete idiot.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]
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{{quote| '''Bullettooth Tony''': Boris the Bullet-Dodger?<br />
'''Avi''': Why do they call him that?<br />
'''Bullettooth Tony''': ...Because he [[Exactly What It Says
** "Anything to declare?" "Yeah -- don't go to England!"
* [[Disposing of a Body]]:
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* [[Even the Subtitler Is Stumped]]: ?????
* [[Evil Old Folks]]: Brick Top.
* [[Exactly What It Says
{{quote| '''Avi:''' Why do they call him the "bullet dodger"?<br />
'''Tony:''' ...Because he dodges bullets, Avi. }}
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** The random informant that Bullet Tooth Tony drags through the street by his tie while driving is [[Trainspotting|Spud]].
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: Basically what Avi is subjected to over the course of the movie.
* [[I Just Shot Marvin in
** And Rosebud, Avi's henchman, accidedently stabs himself.
* [[Implacable Man]]: Tony and Boris both.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Played with. Boris' two nicknames (Boris the Blade and Boris the Bullet Dodger) actually aren't all that accurate. He's only seen using a blade once in the entire movie, and he doesn't dodge bullets so much as absorb them. His third name "Boris the sneaky fucking Russian" is a bit more accurate (although technically he's an Uzbekistanian).
* [[Not So Different]]: Sol and Vincent are essentially a slightly more dodgy and violent (and in Sol's case, slightly less smart) version of Turkish and Tommy.
* [[Not
* [[Oh Crap]]: Several moments: Bad Boy Lincoln when he recognizes Bricktop, Turkish and Tommy's reaction when Mickey knocks out Bricktop's fighter (both times).
{{quote| '''Turkish''' Now, we are fucked.}}
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* [[Police Are Useless]]: The only time we even ''see'' any policemen comes after all the action is over and all the bad guys are dead.
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: Avi constantly refers to Boris as a "Cossack."
* [[Preemptive "Shut Up"]]: Brick Top, to Errol:
{{quote| '''Errol''': ''[to Turkish]'' Oi, fuckface, was he talking to you?<br />
'''Turkish''': Fuckface, huh? I like that. I'll have to remember that next time I'm crawling off [[Your Mom|your Mum]].<br />
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{{quote| 'Fuck it, we're outta here.'}}
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Brad Pitt as a bareknuckle boxer spends a lot of time with his shirt off, exposing his numerous gypsy tats and chiseled abs.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Bullet Tooth Tony is introduced in a scene where he is continuously banging a car door off the head of some random Mook in the same manner as Big Chris (Also played by Vinnie Jones) does in ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]''.
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]
{{quote| '''Brick Top:''' Do you know what Nemesis means? A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent. Personified in this case by a 'orrible cunt. Me.}}
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: For ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]''. Similar tone, subject matter, and some crossover in cast and crew. Vinnie Jones is shown crushing someone's head in a car door in both films.
* [[Stealth Pun]]: Brad Pitt's character first appears performing the act that 'Brad Pitt' is [http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang/brad_pitt rhyming slang] for.
* [[Stupid Crooks]]: Sol, Vinny, and Tyrone. Apparently, everything they do was inspired by stories shared on late night talk show monologues.
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* [[To the Pain]]: Brick Top describing [[Fed to Pigs|"the best way"]] to dispose of a body to Sol and Vinnie.
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: For Brick Top, "loud and aggressive" is his default mode. When he gets ''really'' angry, he gets very quiet.
* [[The Unintelligible]]: The Pikeys, Mickey in particular. [[Fun
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]:
** Minerals (fancy way of saying "stones").
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* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: For a given value of 'villain' (he's certainly not nearly as bad as some in this movie), Avi spends most of the movie getting more and more edgy and irate with things until he's eventually reduced to firing a gun wildly at a dog. One gets the feeling he'd been wanting to shoot something/one for a while by that point.
{{quote| '''''I HATE FUCKING DOGS!'''''}}
* [[What Happened to
* [[Why Won't You Die?|Why Won't You Fuckin' DIE?]]: Screamed at Tony in a flashback.
* [[The Yardies]]: Lincoln (played by Goldie) is described as "a bad boy Yardie."
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