The Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Difference between revisions

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* [[Broken Bird]]: The hooker.

* [[Cast Incest]]: The actors who play Doctor Rogen and the hooker are married, as are the actors who play Steele/Zalman and Janet

* [[Damn It Feels Good to Be A Gangster]]: Steele defines this trope. Even after {{spoiler|getting his fingers cut off and losing an eye, he never loses his cool or his edge, he just gets [[Darker and Edgier]]}}

* [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be A Gangster!]]: Steele defines this trope. Even after {{spoiler|getting his fingers cut off and losing an eye, he never loses his cool or his edge, he just gets [[Darker and Edgier]]}}

* [[The Danza]]: [[Mind Screw|Subverted]]. Dr. Rogen ''looks'' like [[Seth Rogen]], but is not played by him, a fact [[Word of God|even the director can't get his head around]].

* [[Danger Takes a Backseat]]: A hilariously casual version when {{spoiler|Steele sits up in the back of Doc's car in broad daylight}}.

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* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Steele.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Don takes a while to get there, but in the end he shoots Steele in the back, allowing Dr. Rogen and The Hooker to live.}}

* [[Hey It's That Guy]]: Ed Glaser plays a hitman who's the best at being the worst.

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Ed Glaser plays a hitman who's the best at being the worst.

* [[Hookers and Blow]]: Subverted in that the Hooker is the one with the cocaine habit.

* [[Hooker With a Heart of Gold]]: Quite [[Made From Real Girl Scouts|literally]]. She's a pretty nice person, too.

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* [[Morality Pet]]: {{spoiler|Janet, for Steele}}

* [[Neighbourhood Friendly Gangsters]]: Dr. Rogen initially sees Steele and his boys this way... until about the third time they pulled a gun on him.

* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Zalman is fond of old really horrible NES video games and forces his accomplice to play them non-stop at gun point. A possible [[Shout Out]] to [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]].

* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Zalman is fond of old really horrible NES video games and forces his accomplice to play them non-stop at gun point. A possible [[Shout-Out]] to [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]].

* [[Psycho for Hire]]: The trio of mercenaries who are the best at being the worst.

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Mattie and Don, who unlike the other bad guys don't seem to derive pleasure out of doing bad things all that much.

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: Say, did you ever like Neil Young's "Heart of Gold"? {{spoiler|You won't after seeing Part 4!}}

* [[Shout Out]]: Probably unintentional, but as you recall, The Hooker's cocaine habit ''makes her stronger'', like one [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Snowflame]].

* [[Shout-Out]]: Probably unintentional, but as you recall, The Hooker's cocaine habit ''makes her stronger'', like one [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Snowflame]].

** The three hitmen are all named after characters played by Pierre Kirby.

* [[Sorry I Left the BGM On]]: Happens when Janet is dancing for Steele.

* [[Wham Episode]]: Part 4. {{spoiler|"I'm going to ''[[Exact Words|steal her heart]]''!"}} [[Downer Ending|And he does.]]

* [[Wham! Episode]]: Part 4. {{spoiler|"I'm going to ''[[Exact Words|steal her heart]]''!"}} [[Downer Ending|And he does.]]

* [[Wretched Hive]]: The city the story takes place. To paraphrase Dr. Rogen: "Is everyone in this town a fucking sleazebag!?"