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* [[Cowboy Cop]]: Subverted; though Agent Frawley at times comes off this way nothing he does violates the law or standard police protocol. He's simply ruthlessly efficient and willing to do whatever's allowed to do his job.
* [[Death by Cameo]]: [[Alias (TV series)|Victor Garber]] appears for 30 seconds in the opening scene as a bank manager who is severely beaten (although not killed) by James during the opening robbery. However, in the extended version of the film, there is a scene where Doug and Claire visit him at the hospital.
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* [[The Dragon]]: Fergie's associate, though {{spoiler|Doug effortlessly dispatches him at the end}}.
* [[The Dulcinea Effect]]: Even though Doug has only known Claire for a couple of weeks, he is still willing to {{spoiler|take part in a major heist so that Fergie and his henchman won't kill her as an intimidation tactic}}.
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* [[Nuns Are Spooky]]: Doug and his men run their second heist wearing rubber nun masks. Look no further than this page, and happy nightmares.
* [[Oh Crap]]: The look on that little boy's face as he catches a glimpse of Doug in the back of the van, wearing a nun mask and carrying an assault rifle, as the robbers' van passes them right before the second robbery.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Chris Cooper as Doug's father, Stephen MacRay. Also, [[Pete Postlethwaite]] is on screen for hardly more than 5 minutes, but makes the most of every moment in an intense, genuinely frightening performance as Fergie the Florist.▼
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Claire is played by English actress Rebecca Hall, and her accent subtlely slips throughout the movie. One example is in the scene where Doug and Claire are on a date and run into Jem. The line "So I've been telling all my friends about you," is clearly said in Hall's native British accent. ▼
* [[One Last Job]]: Fenway Park.
* [[One Last Smoke]]: Not quite a smoke, but before [[Suicide by Cop|he lets the police kill him]], [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Jem enjoys the last of a discarded McDonald's Coke he sees on the ground]].
▲* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Chris Cooper as Doug's father, Stephen MacRay. Also, [[Pete Postlethwaite]] is on screen for hardly more than 5 minutes, but makes the most of every moment in an intense, genuinely frightening performance as Fergie the Florist.
* [[Only Bad Guys Call Their Lawyers]]: Stated as true by Agent Frawley. Semi-lampshaded in that he prefaces it with saying "it isn't a very civil libertarian thing" for him (a cop) to say.
▲* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Claire is played by English actress Rebecca Hall, and her accent subtlely slips throughout the movie. One example is in the scene where Doug and Claire are on a date and run into Jem. The line "So I've been telling all my friends about you," is clearly said in Hall's native British accent.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Played straight with the way Doug and Jem use their cop disguises to escape Fenway Park as the police move in. By using the disguises, they blend in with the real BPD officers. Jem, however, gives himself away by carrying his money bag with him, while Doug manages to escape because he behaves like every other cop at the scene.▼
* [[Pet the Dog]]: We figure that Doug's the 'good' criminal when, while Jimmy's screaming at the terrified Claire to hurry up when she keeps flubbing the lock to the bank vault, he puts his hand over hers and gently tells her to breathe deeply and take her time.
** Jem himself gets a moment late in the movie when he reveals {{spoiler|that the guy he killed had been planning on killing Doug, and Jem intercepted him en route.}}
▲* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Played straight with the way Doug and Jem use their cop disguises to escape Fenway Park as the police move in. By using the disguises, they blend in with the real BPD officers. Jem, however, gives himself away by carrying his money bag with him, while Doug manages to escape because he behaves like every other cop at the scene.
* [[Pretty Little Headshots]]: {{spoiler|Every member of Doug's gang goes down like this.}}
* [[Pseudo Crisis]]: {{spoiler|Inverted. After their second robbery, the team races across the Charlestown Bridge (leading out of the North End across the river to Charlestown) before the police can set up a roadblock or open the drawbridge. When they get across and are sure no one's followed them, they jump out of their getaway van and prepare to torch it...and then they turn around and see a cop staring in wide-eyed surprise at them and their weapons. After a few moments staring at each other, the cop turns his head the other way and allows them to flee.}}
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* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Jem (red) and Doug (blue).
* [[Red Right Hand]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. Even though there was a scene based around Doug being ''scared shitless'' because Claire might see Jem's neck tattoo, which she witnessed during the first heist, it never comes up again, nor does it affect the heroes in any way afterward}}.
* [[Spanner in the Works]]: {{spoiler|Surprisingly, it's not Claire but Krista who sells the protagonists out at the end}}.▼
* [[Shell-Shock Silence]]: Used to great effect {{spoiler|during the final heist, when the SWAT team throws flashbang grenades into the parking garage at Fenway Park}}.
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▲* [[Spanner in the Works]]: {{spoiler|Surprisingly, it's not Claire but Krista who sells the protagonists out at the end}}.
* [[Start My Own]]: Doug's father tried this. [[Fate Worse Than Death|It didn't work out]].
* [[Suicide by Cop]]: {{spoiler|James'}} final fate.
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