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* [[Anti-Villain]]: Everyone on the side of the brothers.
* [[As Himself]]: David Della Rocco.
* [[As the Good Book Says...]]
* [[Audience Participation]]: Mostly for the first one, but its cult status has led to some fan screenings, including a few in 2009 on the tenth anniversary of the film's release.
* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: The MacManus brothers occasionally do this.
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* [[Development Hell]]: The second film took ''ten years'' to make due to a lack of funding and Troy Duffy's ego. The third film, thus far, seems to be in the same position. Duffy has said if negotiations go through, the story may be continued in a TV series, but the progress seems to be going slowly.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]/[[Fridge Brilliance]]: An Irishman (Il Duce) would not have been able to succeed so far in the Sicilian mafia. However: {{spoiler|Il Duce was never in a position of authority. He simply liked killing mobsters, and attacked specific ones at the behest of his friend Louie (who ''is'' Italian, and rose to a position of power after killing off all his rivals)}}.
** [[Took a Level In Dumbass|Romeo]] offers up proof of his Mexican [[Badass|Badassitude]] by pointing out that his people invented Tabasco sauce. [
* [[Due to The Dead]]: Played straight for the most part, particularly with the Saints' victims.
** Hilariously [[Averted]] in the sequel when the Saints visit {{spoiler|Rocco's}} grave and see that they used his mugshot for his memorial.
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* [[Fighting Irish]]
* [[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.
{{quote| '''Rocco''': You think that the men who built all this had it easy?<br />
'''Murphy''': Hard men!<br />
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* [[Playing Against Type]]: Il Duce, the [[The Stoic|stone-cold]] veteran [[Hitman With a Heart|hitman]], is played by ''Billy Connolly'' of all people. He's done serious roles before, but not like ''this.''
* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: The family prayer that the brothers recite before executing someone.
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: Both movies. The dream sequence in the sequel underlines this, though most people generally agree that the scene where Connor ''rips a toilet out of the floor'' is the best example in the first.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: Basically the entire franchise relies on this.
* [[Southies]]: Oh my yes. The film is quite inaccurate on the subject, [[MST3K Mantra|though it doesn't matter]]. Interestingly, the film's cult fandom is not especially large around South Boston.
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* [[Sibling Team]]: The MacManus twins.
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: The Saints all smoke, [[Everybody Smokes|as do many other characters]]. [[Word of God]] says that during the Il Duce firefight in the first film, they needed to put a cigar in Billy Connolly's mouth because he [[Trigger Happy|would not stop smiling.]]
* [[Throw
* [[Tourettes Shitcock Syndrome]]: The bartender Doc. There has been some attempt at realism here, though. Doc has motor tics as well as verbal ones, and his verbal tic is preceeded by a period of stuttering.
* [[Twin Tropes]]: Connor and Murphy are fraternal twins, though they don't fit many [[Twin Tropes]] besides [[Twin Telepathy]] (which is the only way they could have the same dream in both the first film and the sequel, and a mild variant of [[Different As Night and Day]].
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* [[Oh Crap]]: After Smecker infiltrates Don Yakavetta's home, and comes across a mook with his throat cut. {{spoiler|Il Duce then comes up behind Smecker and gives him a [[Tap On the Head]], [[Wholesome Crossdresser|having mistaken him for a woman]].}}
** Earlier in the same film, after Yakavetta's men have {{spoiler|captured the Saints, and realized that Il Duce, whom they hired to kill the Saints and loves killing Mafiosos ''isn't going to stop until he's killed somebody''}}.
* [[Pants
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Willem Dafoe makes as convincing a woman as [[Looney Tunes|Bugs Bunny]] does. And like Bugs, he has extreme good fortune to "seduce" the one guy on earth [[The Guards Must Be Crazy|thick enough]] to be fooled by his getup.
* [[Room Disservice]]: Rocco's attempted hit on the Russians.
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