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[[File:boondock_saints.jpg|frame|[[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You|Connor and Murphy MacManus are about to shoot you in the]] [[Curse Cut Short|ba--er, leg.]]]]

 

''In Nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti."''|Connor and Murphy MacManus, delivering the family prayer before executing someone.}}

 

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Multilingual vigilante twins with Irish accents? ''Yes, please.''

* [[Evilly Affable]]: The Saints, concerning their actual targets. When dealing with innocents they fall under [[Affably Evil]] or [[Anti-Villain]].

Connor: I'm strangely comfortable with it. }}

* [[Fast Roping]]: Lampshaded by Connor and ends up being accidentally invoked by the Saints. In the sequel they play it straight... in an over-the-top way.

* [[Floating Head Syndrome]]: One of the most awkward examples ever.

* [[Freudian Slip]]: "Fag man" instead of "fat man," though Smecker takes it in stride. During a pep talk, Rocco has one during his [[Rated "M" for Manly]] speech.

'''Rocco''': And that gives me a hard-on! *[[Record Scratch]]* But not in a gay way or anything like that. }}

* [[Friendly Sniper]]: Connor and Murphy would be friendly even if they ''weren't'' on a mission from God to shoot evil people in the head.

* [[Moral Dissonance]]: The brothers' moral compass is a bit loose. They give Rocco a free pass, despite him having a career in the Mafia which failed only because of his own incompetence, because he's a good drinking buddy. And they are perfectly willing to buy all their guns from a man ''heavily'' implied to be [[The Troubles|IRA]]. Not to mention they seem to have no qualms about stealing from the mobsters they kill even before they receive their [[Mission From God]]. Also Connor {{spoiler|somehow seems to know what heroin tastes like}} in the sequel.

** Lampshaded by Rocco.

'''Rocco''': "Don't you think that's a little weird, a little psycho?" }}

* [[Motivation on a Stick]]: Detective Greenley humorously suggests that the only way they're going to catch the [[Mac Manus]] brothers is by "...dangling a potato on a string" -- of course, they walk in just as he's saying this.

* [[Never Hurt an Innocent]]: All the Saints, although they did tase that housewife in the first film after getting access to her husband's poker game ([[Asshole Victim|said husband and his poker buddies are all mobsters]]). But as knocking her out meant she wouldn't get in the way and inadvertently be killed in the crossfire, this is likely justified.

* [[No Name Given]] / [[Unnamed Parent]]: One is more likely to survive in this film ''without'' a name. The brothers' names are Connor and Murphy -- which is rarely mentioned in either film while every other character gets a pause and a brief caption that literally spells out their identity. Il Duce {{spoiler|their father}} gets a caption that reveals absolutely nothing and is only addressed by his real name, {{spoiler|Noah}}, in the second film. The Roman as well only gets a proper name during the last third of the second film.

** Later, one of the two Russian gangsters gets a toilet dropped directly on his cranium. There are many, many other examples. Let's just say that this film ties with ''[[Tropic Thunder]]'' in the [[Refuge in Audacity|Hilarious Carnage department]].

* [[Angrish]]: Loads and loads. Of note is Rocco's reaction to the Copley Plaza massacre is one of these involving a [[Cluster F-Bomb]].

'''Connor''': Well, that certainly illustrates the ''diversity'' of the word. }}

* [[Apathetic Citizens]]: "Now, we must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men."

* [[The Danza]]: Carmine Distephano plays Augustus Distephano, a retired mob boss. Also, a man named David Della Rocco is played by none other than David Della Rocco.

* [[Dare to Be Badass]]: In a way, the priest's sermon in the beginning of the film:

* [[Dumbass Has a Point]]: Greenly. He manages to correctly state the motive behind the [[Mac Manus]] brothers' murders ("They were all bad guys. Now, they're dead bad guys.") as well as the number of hitmen sent after them ("What if it was one guy with six guns?"), only to have his conclusions immediately shot down by Smecker.

* [[Flash Back]]: All the hits except the last are shown like this, usually involving Agent Smecker working out what happened. Eventually Smecker and the Saints are shown in the same scene, showing how Smecker now identifies with them.

* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]: Rocco's monologue runs dangerously close to this. Especially the part where he suffers a [[Freudian Slip]] partway through.

* [[This Is Sparta]]

'''Murphy:''' Shades of [[Clint Eastwood|Eastwood]]...<br />

'''Connor:''' [[Death Wish|Charlie Bronson]]...<br />

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Romeo. An approving pat on the hand from his uncle and clear father figure results in [[Manly Tears]] from Romeo as he reflects on it later. Naturally, the brothers tease him for it.

* [[With Due Respect]]: Lampshaded.

 

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