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* OhCrap!: When he hears Flip causally mention that Felix is holding him at gun point over the wire, and, later, when Flip forgets a key detail in "Ron Stallworth"'s cover story.
* RedOniBlueOni: Arguably the Red to Flip's Blue, despite also being TheChessmaster behind the mission.
* RealitySubtext: Ron tells Walter over the phone that his father is sick in El Paso. The real life Ron Stallworth was born in Chicago, but grew up in El Paso.
* RedOniBlueOni: Arguably the Red to Flip's Blue, despite also being TheChessmaster behind the mission.
* RealitySubtext: Ron tells Walter over the phone that his father is sick in El Paso. The real life Ron Stallworth was born in Chicago, but grew up in El Paso.
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* "OhCrap!"Smile: Flip's artificial smile and clearly panicky eyes when Felix shows him the Klan's weapons arsenal. Although Flip is an adequate, though not effortless, liar at the beginning of the film (ItGetsEasier), this is perhaps the only time he appears to be fighting true panic as he realizes what the Klan are capable of. Although he does smile nervously in the banquet scene when Felix calls him by his real name, hinting that this might be his [[{{TheTell}tell], as Flip is normally stoic in both his Klan persona and in his regular life.
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* TheGadfly: Epically trolls Duke on the phone at the end of the movie and to his face when he asks to take a polaroid with him.
* ArtisticLicense: Although the real Ron Stallworth did rely on a white undercover narcotics officer to interface with the Klan (for obvious reasons), the identity of his partner has never been made public. Thus Flip is a largely fictionalized character and it was film's decision to make him Jewish.
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* CompositeCharacter: Between a woman that the real Stallworth mentions dating in his autobiography and of a young Angela Davis-type.
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* AmbiguousSituation: It is not clear if Ron and Patrice are going to stay together at the end of the film. [[spoiler: On one level, the movie has a BolivianArmyEnding that leaves ambiguous whether or not Patrice and Ron get into a literal or metaphorical shoot out with potential white supremacists (who still know Ron's address). Given that the real life Ron Stallworth is alive and well and that Patrice appears to be a fictionalized character, we can assume that they either survive an assassination attempt or that the final Spike Lee dolly shot into the future is meant to be symbolic]].
* GuileHero: The mastermind and key architect of the mission to infiltrate the Klan although, obviously, he cannot interface with the Klan directly.
* TheStrategist: Although he often ends up improvising the "plan" as he goes along, he is the one who comes up with the idea and remains in charge of calculating the next move.
** Despite Flip's claim that he keeps the professional and personal separate, it seems that Ron has told Flip at some point that he is still dating Patrice which implies that Flip has not ratted Ron out. Ironically, we get this information in a cut-away during the scene where [[spoiler: Ron finally confesses to Clarice that he is a cop]] in the context of Flip rebuking Ron for prioritizing his relationship with her over the investigation (in Flip's eyes).
** Flip also (silently) cracks up as much as Jimmy and Trapp listening to Ron troll David Duke on the phone.
** Flip also (silently) cracks up as much as Jimmy and Trapp listening to Ron troll David Duke on the phone.
* AmbiguousSituation: It is not clear if she and Ron are going to stay together at the end of the film. [[spoiler: On one level, the movie has a BolivianArmyEnding that leaves ambiguous whether or not Patrice and Ron get into a literal or metaphorical shoot out with potential white supremacists (who still know Ron's address). Given that the real life Ron Stallworth is alive and well and that Patrice appears to be a fictionalized character, we can assume that they either survive an assassination attempt or that the final Spike Lee dolly shot into the future is meant to be symbolic]].
* DatingCatwoman: From her point of view, [[spoiler: at the end of the movie, after finding out that Ron is a cop given her belief that the police cannot be reformed from the inside]].
* WasAllOfItALie?: Patrice is understandably upset when she finds out that her boyfriend is an undercover cop who was uncover the night they met.
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* CloudCuckooLanderWasRight: His paranoia that "Ron" is Jewish turns out to be correct. It could be a case of a broken clock being right twice a day (Felix is paranoid about Jewish "infiltrators" in general and happened to be right this time), or he may have realized that "Ron" was lying the first time Felix asked if he was Jewish inches from Flip's face.
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* Big Damn Heroes: Shows up at the end just in the nick of time [[spoiler: to save Ron from police brutality at the hands of their fellow cops. Of course, by this point the bomb in Patrice's car has already been detonated and she escapes harm due to luck and Felix's stupidity]].
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* Big Damn Heroes: BigDamnHeroes: Shows up at the end just in the nick of time [[spoiler: to save Ron from police brutality at the hands of their fellow cops. Of course, by this point the bomb in Patrice's car has already been detonated and she escapes harm due to luck and Felix's stupidity]].
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* ItGetsEasier: He slowly gets better at lying to the Klan and imitating their rhetoric, going from struggling to use a Jewish slur with a disgusted expression to Felix to being able to calmly call his best friend the n-word to keep from blowing his cover in the Klan.
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* CommonalityBonding: With Patrice over Black liberation (despite their other differences in ideological perspectives)
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perspectives)and, later, with Flip, as minorities hated by the KKK working together to infiltrate their local Klan chapter. Ron also invokes this on the phone with Duke and other Klan members in his ability to imitate the rhetoric and ideology of white supremacists.
* ConsummateLiar: A necessary trait for an undercovercopcop.
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* OddCouple: "The Stallworth Brothers"--the first black Colorado Springs cop and a non-practising Jewish man who share the undercover identity of a rising star in the KKK.
* SharpDressedMan: When off-duty, in that 70's way.
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* SharpDressedMan: When off-duty,KKK. Also while Ron is a talkative, charismatic, SharpDressedMan (albeit in that 70's way.a classic 70s) way with a carefully maintained Afro, Flip is reserved, taciturn, and does not seem to own an outfit not consisting of blue jeans and flannel.
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* ConsummateLiar: He has to become this in order to go undercover in the Klan. While he is good enough to pass for most of the movie, he lacks Ron's charisma and memory, leading him to commit very basic mistakes such as forgetting whether or not his "sick father" lives in El Paso or Dallas.
* ConsummateLiar: He has to become this in order to go undercover in the Klan. While he is good enough to pass for most of the movie, he lacks Ron's charisma and memory, leading him to commit very basic mistakes such as forgetting whether or not his "sick father" lives in El Paso or Dallas.
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* DeadpanSnarker: "Oh my god, you are SO white."
* IndyPloy: Although he is TheMastermind behind the entire mission, he also has a tendency to improv on the spot when necessary (such as when he needs to break a window to save Flip's life) or wants to troll David Duke.
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* AmbigouslyJewish: Invoked. Although Flip apparently passes as a WASP in most contexts, Felix suspects that he's Jewish early on.
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* AuthorAvatar: Played with. She echoes a young Spike Lee in many ways, although the film does not conclusively come down on her side or Ron's in their debate regarding the role of Black police officers in Black liberation.
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* KarmaHoudini: Aside from realizing he got duped by a Black man, Duke faces no real consequences at the end of the film. TruthInTelevision, sadly.
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* TrainingYourReplacement: Walter is very eager to recruit "Ron" and almost immediately names him as his successor because, as we see in his smoozing up to David Duke, Walter wants to work for the Klan in a national capacity and knows Felix is too crazy to replace him.
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* BadassBoast: "Ron Stallworth was BORN ready."
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*CowboyCop: Ron comes up with the idea to infiltrate the KKK on his own despite being a rookie, and repeatedly gets personally involved to further the case. Several times he does heroic but procedurally questionable actions, like throwing a brick through Felix's window when he thinks Flip is in trouble, or personally tackling [[spoiler: Connie when he thinks she has the bomb.]]
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pass. On the other hand, all of the other cops call him "Flip," suggesting that he does not go by his Jewish surname (Zimmerman) even at work.
*OddCouple: TheLancer: to Ron.
* NotSoAboveItAll:Unable to stop snickering alongside Ron after their Sarge describes his bureaucratic situation as a "circle jerk." More seriously, although Flip claims to be able to detach himself from his mission and see it as a "job," it evidently affects him emotionally more and more as he gets deeper into his role.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: All of his colleagues on the police force call him "Flip." His real name, Philip Zimmerman, is only given once near the end of the movie.
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* NotSoAboveItAll:Unable to stop snickering alongside Ron after their Sarge describes his bureaucratic situation as a "circle jerk." More seriously, although Flip claims to be able to detach himself from his mission and see it as a "job," it evidently affects him emotionally more and more as he gets deeper into his role.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: All of his colleagues on the police force call him "Flip." His real name, Philip Zimmerman, is only given once near the end of the movie.
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* SoapBoxSadie: Patrice is a young woman who's passionate and outspoken about Black liberation. She organizes protests and is the president of the Black Student Union. She's generally portrayed sympathetically, though there's some tension about whether her views or Ron's views on how to do it are correct.
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* FireForgedFriends: Ron and Flip start off as simply co-workers, with Flip being a very reluctant and cynical participant in the investigation, but eventually develop a true camaraderie and respect for one another.
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*ArmorPiercingQuestion: Played with. When Ron asks, surprised, if Flip is Jewish, Flip answers dryly "I dunno. Am I?" Flip is repeatedly asked if he is Jewish throughout the film in a very, very different context...leading to Flip to ask himself "I don't know, am I?" in a real, existential way.
*FireForgedFriends: Ron and Flip start off as simply co-workers, with Flip being a very reluctant and cynical participant in the investigation, but eventually develop a true camaraderie and respect for one another.
*ArmorPiercingQuestion: Played with. When Ron asks, surprised, if Flip is Jewish, Flip answers dryly "I dunno. Am I?" Flip is repeatedly asked if he is Jewish throughout the film in a very, very different context...leading to Flip to ask himself "I don't know, am I?" in a real, existential way.
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* OddCouple: "The Stallworth Brothers"--the first black Colorado Springs cop and a non-practicing Jewish man who share the undercover identity of a rising star in the KKK.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Her husband is killed by the same bomb that she planned to use on Patrice.
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* BiggerBad: Ron is never up against him directly, seeking mainly to foil the local Klan's plans, but Duke is ultimately their leader and an inspiration to people like them. Duke is SavedByCanon, as he was still alive when the film was made.
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* BiggerBad: GreaterScopeVillain: Ron is never up against him directly, seeking mainly to foil the local Klan's plans, but Duke is ultimately their leader and an inspiration to people like them. Duke is SavedByCanon, as he was still alive when the film was made.
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* BiggerBad: David Duke. Ron is never up against him directly, seeking mainly to foil the local Klan's plans, but Duke is ultimately their leader and an inspiration to people like them. Duke is SavedByCanon, as he was still alive when the film was made.
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* BiggerBad: David Duke. Ron is never up against him directly, seeking mainly to foil the local Klan's plans, but Duke is ultimately their leader and an inspiration to people like them. Duke is SavedByCanon, as he was still alive when the film was made.
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* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: He's played by the much more conventionally handsome Ryan Eggold, although was similar in stature and build to Ivanhoe in reality.
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* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: He's played BigBad: Despite being TheDragon.
* DragonInChief: Even though Breachway is the KKK chapter's president, Felix is the BigBad.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Felix and Connie Kendrickson are terrible racist folks, but they really love each other.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by themuch more conventionally handsome Ryan Eggold, although was similar in stature and build C4 bomb they planned to Ivanhoe in reality.use on Patrice]].]]
* DragonInChief: Even though Breachway is the KKK chapter's president, Felix is the BigBad.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Felix and Connie Kendrickson are terrible racist folks, but they really love each other.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the
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Breachway's second-in-command.
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Breachway's second-in-command.
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* BigBad: Despite being TheDragon.
* DragonInChief: Even though Breachway is the KKK chapter's president, Felix is the BigBad.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Felix and Connie Kendrickson are terrible racist folks, but they really love each other.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]]. Walker was even the one who supplied them with the C4.]]
* DragonInChief: Even though Breachway is the KKK chapter's president, Felix is the BigBad.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Felix and Connie Kendrickson are terrible racist folks, but they really love each other.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]]. Walker was even the one who supplied them with the C4.]]
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* BigBad: Despite being TheDragon.
* DragonInChief: Even though Breachway is the KKK chapter's president, Felix is the BigBad.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Felix and Connie Kendrickson are terrible racist folks, but they really love each other.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killedHistoricalBeautyUpgrade: He's played by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]]. Walker much more conventionally handsome Ryan Eggold, although was even the one who supplied them with the C4.]]similar in stature and build to Ivanhoe in reality.
* DragonInChief: Even though Breachway is the KKK chapter's president, Felix is the BigBad.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Felix and Connie Kendrickson are terrible racist folks, but they really love each other.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]]. Walker was even the one who supplied them with the C4.]]
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[[folder:Walker]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Nicholas Turturro
A weapons supplier for the KKK.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]]. Walker was even the one who supplied them with the C4.]]
[[folder:Walker]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Nicholas Turturro
A weapons supplier for the KKK.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]]. Walker was even the one who supplied them with the C4.]]
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' John David Washington
The first officer in the CSPD, and an undercover detective who infiltrates TheKlan.
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The first officer in the CSPD, and an undercover detective who infiltrates TheKlan.
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' Adam River
A veteran CSPD officer, non-practicing Jew, and "face" for Ron Stallworth's undercover identity.
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A veteran CSPD officer, non-practicing Jew, and "face" for Ron Stallworth's undercover identity.
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' Frederick Weller
A violently racist cop that antagonizes both Ron and Patrice.
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A violently racist cop that antagonizes both Ron and Patrice.
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*TokenEvilTeammate
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Robert John Burke
The chief of the CSPD.
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The chief of the CSPD.
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' Laura Harrier
The president of the Black Student Union and Ron's girlfriend.
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The president of the Black Student Union and Ron's girlfriend.
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' Corey Hawkins
The real-life prime minister of the Black Panther Party.
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The Grand Wizard of TheKlan.
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The Grand Wizard of TheKlan.
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* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: The leader of the Colorado Springs chapter of the Klan is played by the much more conventionally handsome Ryan Eggold, although was similar in stature and build to Ivanhoe in reality.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]]. Walker was even the one who supplied them with the C4.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]]. Walker was even the one who supplied them with the C4.]]
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' Ryan Eggold
The president of the Colorado Springs's KKK chapter.
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* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade:The leader of the Colorado Springs chapter of the Klan is He's played by the much more conventionally handsome Ryan Eggold, although was similar in stature and build to Ivanhoe in reality.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]]. Walker was even the one who supplied them with the C4.]]reality.
The president of the Colorado Springs's KKK chapter.
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* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade:
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]]. Walker was even the one who supplied them with the C4.]]
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Breachway's second-in-command.
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*BigBad: Despite being TheDragon.
* DragonInChief: Even though Breachway is the KKK chapter's president, Felix is the BigBad.
Breachway's second-in-command.
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*BigBad: Despite being TheDragon.
* DragonInChief: Even though Breachway is the KKK chapter's president, Felix is the BigBad.
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A member of the Colorado Springs KKK chapter.
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Felix's housewife, and an important asset to the KKK.
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Felix's housewife, and an important asset to the KKK.
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* AfroAsskicker: Ron sports a large Afro, and puts himself under incredible risk to take down the Klan. He's not involved in that much action, but he doesn't hesitate to threaten and get himself seen by a whole bunch of Klan members when he thinks Flip is in trouble, or to tackle someone who he thinks has a bomb. Based on a discussion where he states his admiration for {{Blaxploitation}} films, his looks and chosen career may be an attempt to invoke this trope.
* BecomingTheMask: [[InvokedTrope Invoked, in a way]]. Stallworth's first assignment as an undercover detective is to infiltrate a local group of black activists to report on whether or not they've become radicalized, and Stallworth takes the assignment in order to better connect with the community.
* CowboyCop: Ron comes up with the idea to infiltrate the KKK on his own despite being a rookie, and repeatedly gets personally involved to further the case. Several times he does heroic but procedurally questionable actions, like throwing a brick through Felix's window when he thinks Flip is in trouble, or personally tackling [[spoiler: Connie when he thinks she has the bomb.]]
* FireForgedFriends: Ron and Flip start off as simply co-workers, with Flip being a very reluctant and cynical participant in the investigation, but eventually develop a true camaraderie and respect for one another.
* ItsPersonal: Early on, Ron's colleagues accuse him of having a vendetta against the Klan, of being determined to stop them regardless of whether they pose a threat to public safety or not. Later, his investigation really becomes personal when the Klan start plotting to kill his love interest Patrice.
* OddCouple: "The Stallworth Brothers"--the first black Colorado Springs cop and a non-practicing Jewish man who share the undercover identity of a rising star in the KKK.
* RealNameAsAnAlias: Ron Stallworth goes undercover to infiltrate Klu Klux Klan... and uses his real name. His co-workers make fun of him for this, and it causes some minor problems when Felix shows up at his house, having looked the name up in the phone book.
* RefugeInAudacity: A black man infiltrating the KKK and becoming so friendly with the Grand Wizard that he's appointed the leader of a local chapter. If it wasn't a true story you'd never accept it.
* BecomingTheMask: [[InvokedTrope Invoked, in a way]]. Stallworth's first assignment as an undercover detective is to infiltrate a local group of black activists to report on whether or not they've become radicalized, and Stallworth takes the assignment in order to better connect with the community.
* CowboyCop: Ron comes up with the idea to infiltrate the KKK on his own despite being a rookie, and repeatedly gets personally involved to further the case. Several times he does heroic but procedurally questionable actions, like throwing a brick through Felix's window when he thinks Flip is in trouble, or personally tackling [[spoiler: Connie when he thinks she has the bomb.]]
* FireForgedFriends: Ron and Flip start off as simply co-workers, with Flip being a very reluctant and cynical participant in the investigation, but eventually develop a true camaraderie and respect for one another.
* ItsPersonal: Early on, Ron's colleagues accuse him of having a vendetta against the Klan, of being determined to stop them regardless of whether they pose a threat to public safety or not. Later, his investigation really becomes personal when the Klan start plotting to kill his love interest Patrice.
* OddCouple: "The Stallworth Brothers"--the first black Colorado Springs cop and a non-practicing Jewish man who share the undercover identity of a rising star in the KKK.
* RealNameAsAnAlias: Ron Stallworth goes undercover to infiltrate Klu Klux Klan... and uses his real name. His co-workers make fun of him for this, and it causes some minor problems when Felix shows up at his house, having looked the name up in the phone book.
* RefugeInAudacity: A black man infiltrating the KKK and becoming so friendly with the Grand Wizard that he's appointed the leader of a local chapter. If it wasn't a true story you'd never accept it.
* FireForgedFriends: Ron and Flip start off as simply co-workers, with Flip being a very reluctant and cynical participant in the investigation, but eventually develop a true camaraderie and respect for one another.
* HidingYourHeritage: Ron accuses Flip of passing as a WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant, although later Flip says that he just never really thinks about being Jewish, but isn't intentionally trying to pass.
* OddCouple: "The Stallworth Brothers"--the first black Colorado Springs cop and a non-practicing Jewish man who share the undercover identity of a rising star in the KKK.
* SarcasticConfession: Flip tells the KKK point-blank that he's Jewish when asked, but in an angry and sarcastic tone of voice.
* HidingYourHeritage: Ron accuses Flip of passing as a WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant, although later Flip says that he just never really thinks about being Jewish, but isn't intentionally trying to pass.
* OddCouple: "The Stallworth Brothers"--the first black Colorado Springs cop and a non-practicing Jewish man who share the undercover identity of a rising star in the KKK.
* SarcasticConfession: Flip tells the KKK point-blank that he's Jewish when asked, but in an angry and sarcastic tone of voice.
* DirtyCop: Andy Landers, who never fails to antagonize Ron and other black folks.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: While Stallworth's memoir doesn't show him in a kind light, "Landers" is an out-and-out gleeful racist, although the most his real-life inspiration could be accused of is incredible incompetence and arrogance.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: While Stallworth's memoir doesn't show him in a kind light, "Landers" is an out-and-out gleeful racist, although the most his real-life inspiration could be accused of is incredible incompetence and arrogance.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
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* DaChief: A classic example, with a mustache-sporting, tough-talking superintendent who says he has Ron's back but often gives him a hard time or doesn't support his investigations.
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* SoapBoxSadie: Patrice is a young woman who's passionate and outspoken about Black liberation. She organizes protests and is the president of the Black Student Union. She's generally portrayed sympathetically, though there's some tension about whether her views or Ron's views on how to do it are correct.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* AffablyEvil: David Duke is incredibly mild-mannered, polite, and friendly to everyone, and he and Ron even have some somewhat pleasant conversations on the phone. Despite this, he's the Grand Wizard/National Director of TheKlan, the antagonists of the movie.
* BiggerBad: David Duke. Ron is never up against him directly, seeking mainly to foil the local Klan's plans, but Duke is ultimately their leader and an inspiration to people like them. Duke is SavedByCanon, as he was still alive when the film was made.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: You even see footage of the real David Duke at the end of the film.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Downplayed.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* BiggerBad: David Duke. Ron is never up against him directly, seeking mainly to foil the local Klan's plans, but Duke is ultimately their leader and an inspiration to people like them. Duke is SavedByCanon, as he was still alive when the film was made.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: You even see footage of the real David Duke at the end of the film.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Downplayed.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
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* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: The leader of the Colorado Springs chapter of the Klan is played by the much more conventionally handsome Ryan Eggold, although was similar in stature and build to Ivanhoe in reality.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]]. Walker was even the one who supplied them with the C4.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]]. Walker was even the one who supplied them with the C4.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Felix and Connie Kendrickson are terrible racist folks, but they really love each other.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]]. Walker was even the one who supplied them with the C4.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
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* TheAlcoholic: Ivanhoe is almost never sober.
* FatIdiot: Burly, bearded Ivanhoe is extremely dumb, and often extremely drunk, which doesn't help him seem any smarter.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]]. Walker was even the one who supplied them with the C4.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
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* TheAlcoholic: Ivanhoe is almost never sober.
* FatIdiot: Burly, bearded Ivanhoe is extremely dumb, and often extremely drunk, which doesn't help him seem any smarter.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Felix, Ivanhoe, and Walker are [[KarmicDeath killed by the C4 bomb they planned to use on Patrice]]. Walker was even the one who supplied them with the C4.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
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!Colorado Springs Police Department
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[[folder:Sergeant Trapp]]
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[[folder:Chief Bridges]]
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!Civil Rights Protesters
[[folder:Patrice Dumas]]
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!The Klu Klux Klan
[[folder:David Duke]]
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[[folder:Felix Kendrickson]]
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[[folder:Walter Breachway]]
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[[folder:Ivanhoe]]
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[[folder:Connie Kendrickson]]
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!Colorado Springs Police Department
[[folder:Ron Stallworth]]
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[[folder:Flip Zimmerman]]
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[[folder:Andy Landers]]
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[[folder:Sergeant Trapp]]
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[[folder:Chief Bridges]]
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!Civil Rights Protesters
[[folder:Patrice Dumas]]
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!The Klu Klux Klan
[[folder:David Duke]]
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[[folder:Felix Kendrickson]]
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[[folder:Walter Breachway]]
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