The Departed: Difference between revisions

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* [[Cut His Heart Out With a Spoon]]: "I'm gonna [[I Will Tear Your Arms Off|tear your fucking arm off]] and [[Ass Shove|shove it up your fucking ass!!]]" (And this is a ''cop'' talking.)

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Sergeant Dignam in spades.

* [[Death Is Dramatic]]: Averted. One of the three leading actors is killed [[Boom Headshot|instantly]] with no warning whatsoever.

* [[Death Is Dramatic]]: Averted. One of the three leading actors is killed [[Boom! Headshot!|instantly]] with no warning whatsoever.

* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: {{spoiler|[[Mark Wahlberg|Marky Mark]] kills [[Matt Damon]].}}

* [[Detective Mole]]: Sullivan.

* [[Dirty Cop]]: Sullivan. Ironically, he's not very well liked within the department because everyone thinks that he's using his ''squeaky clean record'' ([[Professional Butt Kisser|and a whole lot of asskissing]]) to get ahead.

* [[Dirty Cop]]: Sullivan. Ironically, he's not very well liked within the department because everyone thinks that he's using his ''squeaky clean record'' ([[Professional Butt-Kisser|and a whole lot of asskissing]]) to get ahead.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: One of the major themes of the film.

* [[Dragon Their Feet]]: Reversed and played straight at two different points.

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* [[MacGuffin]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded.]]

* [[Mexican Standoff]]

* [[Mister Sandman Sequence]]

* [["Mister Sandman" Sequence]]

* [[The Mole]]: In both directions, even.

* [[Name's the Same]]: [[Jack Nicholson]]'s character shares a name with a famous New York City mobster, but is not inspired by him in any way. The real-life Frank Costello inspired [[The Godfather (Film)|Vito Corleone]]. The Frank Costello of ''[[The Departed]]'' was inspired by James "Whitey" Bulger.

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* [[Revised Ending]]

* [[Sanity Slippage]]: Costello becomes more unhinged as the story progresses. Which is disturbing to see, since he's not terribly sane to start with.

* [[Self Offense]]

* [[Self-Offense]]

* [[Sexual Karma]]: Sullivan's erectile dysfunction.

* [[Shout Out]]: The scene in the graveyard has significant visual parallels with a scene in ''[[The Third Man]]''.

* [[Shout-Out]]: The scene in the graveyard has significant visual parallels with a scene in ''[[The Third Man]]''.

* [[Shout Out to Shakespeare]]: "Readiness is all." [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Dignam.

* [[Sir Swearsalot]]: Staff Sergeant Dignam.

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** The echo of "What's the difference?" This is what Costello says in his opening monologue, then Billy to him in a bar later on.

** "School's Out."

* [[Surprisingly Sudden Death]]: {{spoiler|Billy Costigan}} gets killed instantly with no warning.

* [[Surprisingly-Sudden Death]]: {{spoiler|Billy Costigan}} gets killed instantly with no warning.

* [[Television Geography]]: Boston's Government Center is portrayed as the Massachusetts State Police headquarters. In actuality, the MSP general headquarters is in Framingham.

* [[There Are No Therapists]]: [[Averted Trope]]: Costigan must see a therapist as part of his "parole" and to maintain his cover.

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